Four volume Autobiography, comprising Traveller's Prelude, Beyond the Euphrates, The Coast of Incense and Dust in the Lion's Paw. All volumes published by John Murray, London. All first editions, first impressions. All green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt facsimile signature to front boar. Each 9ins x 6ins. Traveller's Prelude, published 1950 - mainly red dustwrapper. xii, (ii), 346pp plus double page map on green paper and 24pp plates. Inscribed and signed by the author to the half-title page. Rear panel of dustwrapper browned. Small area of loss to top of dustwrapper has been very skillfully repaired. Beyond Euphrates (Autobiography 1928-1933), published 1951 - pale blue dustwrapper xiii (iii), 341pp plus double page map on green paper and 40pp plates. The Coast of Incense (Autobiography 1933-1939), published 1953 - green dustwrapper xiii, (iii), 287pp plus single page map on green paper and 40pp plates. . Dust in the Lion's Paw (Autobiography 1939-1946), published 1961 - yellow dustwrapper xii, 297pp plus 16pp plates. Inscribed and signed by the author to the half title-page. All books in near fine condition with VG dustwrappers - not price clipped. Signed copies are very rare.