First edition. Photographic frontispiece, 19 photographic plates and three sketch maps in the text. 8vo. Original terracotta cloth, black lettering to spine; very light wear to extremities, slight lean to text block, corners bumped, otherwise very good. Ink ownership inscription to ffep, some slight spotting to opening and closing leaves, rest of interior clean and fresh. 287, [1]pp. London, Skeffington & Son, n.d. but, 1929.
An interesting book on Asir and Yemen. The author was a naval officer who explored the Arabian coast of the Red Sea while commanding HMS Minto. His narrative chiefly concerns his experiences in Yemen but also describes a cruise in Gulf, during which his ship policed the Bahrain pearl fisheries.
Macro, 778.
