Arabian Adventure - Douglas Carruthers’s Oryx Expedition, Inscribed by the Author 1945 aviation book original pictorial dust jacket priced

original pictorial dust jacket priced $5

from Portal’s personal collection

here survives complete and in outstanding condition

the red boards remaining unusually bright

Arabian Adventure - Douglas Carruthers’s Oryx Expedition, Inscribed by the Author 1945 aviation book original pictorial dust jacket pricedCARRUTHERS, Douglas. Arabian Adventure: To the Great Nafud in Quest of the Oryx. London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1935. First edition, first impression. Original rust cloth, lettered in white to spine. With thirty three photographic plates and two maps, including the folding map of the Sharart Wilderness and Western Nafud. Inscribed by the author on the half title: Rosemary Portalfromthe authorDouglas CarruthersChristmas 1936 A distinguished presentation