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CARRUTHERS, Douglas.MareMagnum

Captain Shakespear's Last Journey.

8vo. 15 pages, plus black and white plates, 2 of which are double sided fold-out panoramas; and an extra large fold-out color map measuring 24 x 38 inches (61 x 97cm). This issue contains the fabulous map, the plates, and the first part of the narrative in original condition. The second part of the narrative was issued a month later. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete monthly issue of the Geographical Journal, containing the above described narrative and other accounts as well. Seldom found in such good and original condition. Fantastic, detailed biographical narrative of Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, English civil servant and explorer who mapped uncharted areas of northern Arabia and made the first official British contact with Ibn Sa'ud, future king of Saudi Arabia. The report discusses his early life, character (he was a great linguist, mastering Urdu, Pushtu and Persian) his work for the British Foreign Office, vice consulship of India and transfer to Kuwait. From there, he made seven separate expeditions into the Arabian interior, during which he became a close friend of Ibn Sa'ud, then the Emir of The Nejd. In March, 1914, Shakespear began a 1,800 mile journey from Kuwait to Riyadh and from there to Aqaba, via the Nafud Desert, which he mapped and studied in great detail, the first European to do so. In November, 1914, the British government in India asked him to secure Ibn Sa'ud's support for the British-Indian Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, which had just taken Basra. Carruthers retraces these various routes, examining the latter's significant finds (including some inscribed stones discovered at the wells of Hinna and the rined site of Thaj) and devotes several pages to Shakespear's last journey of the title. In January, 1915, at the Battle of Jarrab, Shakespear's friend Ibn Sa'ud asked him to retreat to a place of safety before the fighting began. As an English Gentleman, he naturally declined to do so. He was struck by a bullet and killed. The victorious Rashidis cut off his head. His solar helmet was handed over to the Ottoman authorities and hung on one of the main gates of Medina as proof of the Al Sau'ds' collaboration with the British. It has been suggested by some authorities, notably St. John Philby, that the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire might have been very differently directed if Shakespear had survived, i.e. the British would have supported and armed Ibn Sa'ud rather than Sherif Hussein ibn Ali. Accompanied by wonderful photographs featuring the mobilization of Ibn Saud's camels, a portrait of Shakespear and of Shakespear riding out with the Emir, among others. Endlessly fascinating, impossible to put down - the stuff of pulp fiction spy novels.

PHILBY, H. ST. John B.MareMagnum

Rub' Al Khali: An Account of Exploration in the Great South Desert of Arabia.

26 pages. Plus black and white photographic plates and large fold-out color map, measuring approximately 15 x 15 inches (38 x 38cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Accompanied by a spectacular descriptive colour map, this is Philby's first-hand expedition report on early explorations into unknown regions of Arabia, under the auspices and patronage of His Majesty `Abdul `Aziz ibn Sa`ud, King of the Hejaz and Nejd and its Dependencies. Philby continues where Bertram Thomas left off - "ninety days of wanderings across Arabia by way of the Rub'al Khali" in this riveting narrative. Key to Philby's compelling story telling is his attention to detail: we learn of the breed of camels employed for the gruelling expedition - Umaniya - best of all strains; of the characters of the eighteen strong party - their fear and reluctance to navigate the Empty Quarter and the presence of evil omen; descriptions of adherence to the fast of Ramadhan, condemning the party to thirty hungry days with nothing to eat or drink between daybreak and sunset. Philby's central objective lay in as complete an observation as possible of the Jafura desert, an extensive northward continuation of the sands of the Great South Desert reaching from the line Jaub-Jabrin to within a few miles of the Hasa oasis and skirted on the east by the esturay-like depressions known as Jiban. Features Anbak, settlement of antiquity and small oasis; Qasr ibn Dahbash, Jabrin District; Dharbun ridge; arrival at Wabar; the sand slopes of Naifa; Hadhat al Hawaya and many more locations. Includes fascinating discussion of the Murra tribes people; the search for Maqainama or Magan; the wells of Bir Fadhil; the discovery of an unexpected volcano and craters at Wabar, mythical site of an ancient civilization and much more.

Voyager Press Rare Books & Manuscripts · West Vancouver BC, CA115,90 €

THOMAS, BertramMareMagnum

A Camel Journey Across the Rub' Al Khali - 9

34 pages. Plus photographic plates and a large fold-out colour map, measuring approximately 16 x 21 inches (40 x 53cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a fascinating expedition report on the author's explorations in Arabia, which Predate his All-Important Book - Arabia Felix; Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia, published in 1931. Accompanied by a vivid and descriptive map, this narrative is an outstanding early report into the harsh savage regions of Arabia. Thomas undertook the exploration of the magnificent Rub' Al Khali in three journeys. The first camel journey of 600 miles through the south-eastern borderlands was made in the winter of 1927-1928, the second, travelling nortwards 200 miles from the central south to the edge of the sands, were undertaken under his own initiative, a part of his plan to explore the unkown south and also as a preliminary reconnaissance for a final desert crossing. The realization of that journey is the subject of this report. In order to make the journeys, Thomas grew a beard, donned Arab clothing, and lived as one of the Badus themselves. On completion of his second journey he entered into a secret arrangement, sealed with only 20 Pounds Sterling, with a member of his party, an influential member of the Rashid tribe, to bring him in the following winter, by caravan to a point in the desert where occasionally Murra tribesmen would come from the north, and that from there he would make his way by being passed from tribe to tribe! The author's captivating story of his third and successful pioneering exploration, includes notes on the tribes, geography, and extensive appendices on the natural history collections. The writer of this book was one of the most talented of the younger political officers in Mesopotamia during and after the War, and served in a similar capacity in Trans-Jordan, before being selected to fill the responsible post of Financial Advisor and Wazir to His Highness the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. He showed courage and resource in circumstances of much difficulty and great danger during and after the war in Mesopotamia. He performed two remarkable journeys over territory hitherto completely unknown. The first was along the Southeastern Borderlands of the Rub 'al Khali from near Ras al Had to Dhufar, the second from Dhufar for a distance of some two hundred miles inland. The two journeys, taken together, constitute the most important and most extensive piece of geographical exploration undertaken in any part of the world since the War.

Voyager Press Rare Books & Manuscripts · West Vancouver BC, CA115,90 €

THOMAS, BertramMareMagnum

The South-Eastern Borderlands of Rub' Al Khali.

24 pages. Plus photographic plates and a large fold-out colour map, measuring approximately 14 x 13 inches (36 x 33cm) Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. An outstanding early narrative on Arabia accompanied by a profusion of plates and a large fold out colour map. This report pre-dates Thomas' all-important books, including; ARABIA FELIX: Across The Empty Quarter of Arabia,first published in 1932 & THE ARABS, first published in 1937. The last of the great single-handed explorations of Arabia, begun more than a century earlier. And despite the relatively modern date, not an unworthy successor to Burckhardt and Richard Burton. Bertram Thomas represented the end of an epoch - the insightful traveler who made his exploration on foot, using his own resources. The author enjoys the distinction of being the only white man to have served as Prime Minister of an independent Arab state and the first white man to have crossed the great South Arabian Desert. On reporting on his famous book, The Arabs, T.E. Lawrence writes; "Thomas was Political Officer in Mesopotamia, Assistant British Representative in Transjordania, and the only white man ever to cross the great South Arabian Desert, a feat which T.E. Lawrence described as being finest thing in Arabian exploration. The author begins in the morn of history, when Arabia formed a barbarian wedge between Egypt and Sumer. He tells of the life and teachings of the Prophet Mohammed. He traces the wars of expansion, and the gradual disintegration of a great empire under the impact of Crusaders from Europe and Mongols from Asia. And not only does he give the story of their battles and victories, but of their social life, of the arts and sciences which came to flower under their stimulation, and which made the Arab civilization pre-eminent in its day. He takes us from the earliest stirrings of racial consciousness of a people down to the days of the Great War..." References T.E. Lawrence.

Voyager Press Rare Books & Manuscripts · West Vancouver BC, CA115,90 €