1st Edition 1939. Frontispiece and 46 plates, folding map and illustrations in the text. Philby's account of his journey from Central Asia to the Indian Ocean, in his role as Ibn Saud's official advisor. An important work, notable for Philby being the first European to enter Abha, capital of Najran, the frontier district between the Wahhabis and the Yemenites, and the second to visit Shabwa, where he was the first to thoroughly examine the city's ruins. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. Light foxing to text block edge. The wrapper is very good++. Edges lightly rubbed, nicked and with fine creasing. Price clipped.