{"product_id":"narrative-of-a-years-journey-through-central-and-eastern-arabia-3rd-edition","title":"Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia — 3rd Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNarrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63), William Gifford Palgrave — 3rd Edition \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"115\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London and Cambridge, Macmillan and Co., 1866\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"174\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 2 vols, 8vo, pp. [viii], 428; [iv], 398. With portrait frontispiece, one large folding coloured map, and 4 folding plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The two volumes are presented in their original publisher’s green cloth, featuring striking gilt-tooled vignettes of an Arab leading a camel to the front boards and gilt lettering to the spines. The bindings remain structurally sound and pleasingly tight, showing only minor, expected shelf-wear for their age; there is some light rubbing to the extremities, with gentle bumping and slight fraying just beginning at the spine heads and tails, alongside slightly softened corners. The gilt tooling remains notably bright and unoxidised. Internally, the text blocks are generally clean and crisp, with the edges remaining slightly rough-cut. There is some light, scattered foxing primarily confined to the preliminary and terminal leaves, including the title page and frontispiece, as is typical for this title, but the main body of text and the folding maps remain in excellent, tidy condition, ensuring the set justifies its strong grade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: The Third Edition of William Gifford Palgrave’s highly regarded travelogue, complete in two volumes. Following the immediate and widespread success of the first edition in 1865, Macmillan and Co. quickly issued this 1866 third edition to meet public demand. The work is beautifully supplemented by a medallion portrait frontispiece of the author in traditional Arab dress, alongside a large, coloured facsimile hand-drawn folding map of Arabia and four detailed folding plans, notably including the intricate 'Plan of Hayel'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003ePalgrave’s journey was ostensibly undertaken to determine the region's suitability for French imperial ambitions under Napoleon III, though it is best remembered today for providing one of the most detailed, observant, and literary accounts of the Arabian Peninsula produced in the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eComplete copies of early printings that retain their original Macmillan green cloth bindings and all supplementary maps are becoming increasingly uncommon on the open market, making this an excellent addition to any collection of Middle Eastern travel and exploration history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Gifford Palgrave (1826–1888) was an English priest, soldier, and diplomat who undertook a daring and perilous expedition across the Arabian Peninsula. Disguised as a Syrian physician, Palgrave successfully penetrated regions of the Nejd and Wahhabi strongholds that were strictly closed off to European travellers. His resulting narrative is celebrated not only for its invaluable geographical and ethnographic observations of a rarely seen world, but also for its vivid, engaging prose that brings the harsh, beautiful landscapes and complex societies of nineteenth-century Arabia vividly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55210270163283,"sku":"5898","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261003_120132.jpg?v=1791207750","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/narrative-of-a-years-journey-through-central-and-eastern-arabia-3rd-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}