PHILBY, H. St. J.B. The Queen of Sheba. London, Quartett Books, [1981].
4to. Original black boards, spine lettered in gilt, illustrated wrappers (not price-clipped); pp. 141, highly illustrated after photographs by the author and others; fine.
First edition, much rarer then the trade paperback of the same year. Prefaced by Gerald de Gaury, this is Philby's last and posthumously published work, based on an unfinished manuscript retracing the lure of the Queen of Sheba's state visit to Israel.
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