Doughty, C.M. (2013) ‘Travels in Arabia Deserta’, Folio Society limited edition

Charles M. Doughty (2013) ‘Travels in Arabia Deserta‘, Folio Society limited edition. One of only 780 numbered sets of which tho is no. 129. A beautiful production of Doughty’s seminal account of his travel in the 1870s. Two half bound goatskin leather volumes with hand marbled paper sides, and a separate fold-out map. The presentation fits the topic of the travel account perfectly and the reader will be transported back in time when reading this.

Condition: almost like new with light shelf wear to the slipcase, and usual sagging to volumes. The books have hardly been looked at. No previous owner’s bookplates, no scribbles, no stamps. Long sold out from the publisher.

Production details from the publisher:

• Limited to 780 hand-numbered copies
• Preface by Rory Stewart
• Introduction by T. E. Lawrence
• Numerous integrated illustrations
• Text printed on wove paper with approximately 200 integrated illustrations
• 52 pages of plates printed duotone on art silk paper
• Half bound in goatskin with hand marbled paper sides by Jemma Lewis
• Halftones printed on art silk paper
• Fabriano endpapers
• Gilded top edge
• Ribbon marker
• Map is mounted onto book cloth and then bound into a buckram book case
• Buckram slipcase holds books and map
• 2 volumes, 1,328 pages in total
• Book size: 11” x 6¾”

Each volume is half-bound in Indian goatskin with blocked leather corners and paper sides hand-marbled by Jemma Lewis. The spines feature gold-blocked ornaments; there are gilded top edges and a ribbon marker in each volume. The map, which Doughty drafted on his travels and presented to the Royal Geographical Society upon his return, has been printed on toned paper, mounted in panels on book cloth and fixed separately into a binding case to allow for easy cross reference with the text. The books and map are presented together in a buckram-bound slipcase with a leather label, blocked in matt gold.