[Rarebooks] FS - Alois Musil's Arabia works

[GREENFIELD BOOKS]

We offer three titles by the Czech scholar Alois Musil, a contemporary 
of T. E. Lawrence. Each title is priced individually but, if all three 
titles are purchased as one lot, they are available for $1,250 postpaid. 
Terms of sale at end.

Musil (1868-1944) was a Czech explorer, orientalist, and writer. In the 
years 1887-1891 he studied at the Theological faculty of Olomouc, and 
was consecrated a priest in 1891. He received his doctorate in theology 
in 1895. In the years 1895 to 1898, he studied at the Dominican Bible 
School in Jerusalem, and at the Jesuit University of St. Joseph in 
Beirut. He traveled extensively throughout the Arab world and kept 
coming back to it until 1917, collecting a huge body of scientific 
material. During World War I, he was sent to the Middle East to mitigate 
British attempts to instigate a revolution against Turkey, thus making 
him an opponent of T. E. Lawrence. After the war he became a professor 
at Charles University in Prague. In cooperation with the American 
industrialist Charles Richard Crane, he published his works in English 
(see Wikipedia for further details).



1.    *MUSIL, Alois. /THE NORTHERN HEGAZ / A TOPOGRAPHICAL ITINERARY //* 
*/American Geographical Society / Oriental Exploration and Studies No. 
1./*. Bound in the original grey cloth; with two folding maps, and b&w 
photographs. Published by the American Geographical Society, New York 
City. 1926.  1st edition. Royal 8vo, pp. xii, 374.

This copy with the signature on the front endpaper of the scholar and 
Arab Studies professor, Dr. Louise Sweet. A few of her penciled 
notations to the contents. Rubbing to board edges and light general 
soiling to cloth. The maps are in excellent condition. A good plus, to 
very good, copy.

Price: $500.00.

2.    *MUSIL, Alois. /ARABIA DESERTA / A TOPOGRAPHICAL ITINERARY //* 
*/American Geographical Society / Oriental Exploration and Studies No. 
2./* Bound in the original grey cloth; with map, and b&w photographs. 
Published by the American Geographical Society, New York City. 1927. 1st 
edition. Royal 8vo, pp. xvii, 631.

This copy with the signature on the front endpaper of the scholar and 
Arab Studies professor, Dr. Louise Sweet. A few of her penciled 
notations to the contents. This is a heavy book, the text printed on 
coated paper. Rubbing to board edges and light general soiling to cloth. 
A good plus copy.

Price: $750.00.

3.    *MUSIL, Alois. /THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE RWALA BEDOUINS / 
American Geographical Society / Oriental Exploration and Studies No. 6. 
/*Bound in the original grey cloth, and illustrated with black-and-white 
photographs. Published by the American Geographical Society, New York 
City. 1928. 1st edition. Royal 8vo, pp. xiv, 712.

This copy with the signature on the front endpaper of the scholar and 
Arab Studies professor, Dr. Louise Sweet. A few marginal notations. This 
is a heavy book, the text printed on coated paper. The binding is 
stressed and some gatherings are standing proud but no pages are loose. 
Rubbing to board edges and light general soiling to cloth. A good copy.

Price: $175.00.




Terms of sale: The price is in USD. Payment by check or credit card. 
Known institutions may be billed. Shipping for individual volumes will 
be $10 in North America; $20 overseas. Returnable within seven days of 
receipt if not as described.

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