DOUGHTY, Charles Montagu (1843-1926). Travels in Arabia Deserta. Cambridge, 1888. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION.
2 volumes, 8vo (222 x 142 mm). Color-printed folding map dissected and laid down on linen, 5 folding views or panoramas. (Some foxing mostly to preliminaries.) 20th-century half blue morocco git by Riviere (some spotting to foreedge). Provenance: Edward Joseph Dent (bookplate); Norman Douglas Simpson (bookplate). FIRST EDITION OF DOUGHTY'S GREAT CLASSIC ON ARABIA. "In its authenticity, originality, and power, Doughty's English-Arabic style rivals the work of other Victorian prose masters such as Carlyle, Ruskin, and Pater. Poet Robert Bridges quickly recognized Arabia Deserta's uniqueness, and it was one of William Morris's favourite books toward the end of his life" (ODNB). Bidwell, pp. 83-95.
