A collection of Wilfred Thesiger's greatest journeys, in the Empty Quarter of Arabia, the marshes of Iraq, the mountains of the Hindu Kush and Kurdistan, and the Yemen, illustrated with Thesiger's own photographs. First published in 1979.
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A collection of Wilfred Thesiger's greatest journeys, in the Empty Quarter of Arabia, the marshes of Iraq, the mountains of the Hindu Kush and Kurdistan, and the Yemen, illustrated with Thesiger's own photographs. First published in 1979.
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Very Good. Very Good Jacket. Size: 11x8x1; Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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illus. VG-/Good+ (see notes) 304pp. NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Inside of DJ shows some evidence of damp storage. Some warping of pp thoughout, no adhesion. No evidence the book got wet; rather, the problem seems to come from gradual absorbtion of moisture in damp storage conditions. Present well on the shelf, but you need to be able to get past the rippling of the pages.
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F- in VG+ jacket. F-/VG+. 4to. original brown boards gilt (a few spots to outer leaves) in dustwrapper (edges very slightly rubbed, trifle sunning to red spine titling, small tear to top edge of rear panel); pp. 304, with numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.6kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A near fine copy.
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First Reprint. 304pp. Quarto in original brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine in original (price clipped) pictorial dust jacket. Heavily illustrated with maps and black & white photography. Fine condition In this lavishly illustrated book, Wilfred Thesiger-one of the last in a great British tradition of individual and often eccentric travellers-recreates a lifetime's journey in some of the world's least-known places, assembling a striking collection of photographs portraying the desert, marshes, mountains and other remote regions where he has travelled (excerpt from dust jacket).
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First Edition. 304pp. Quarto in original brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine in original (price clipped) pictorial dust jacket. Previous owner's gift inscription on front freepaper. Heavily illustrated with maps and black & white photography. Fine condition In this lavishly illustrated book, Wilfred Thesiger-one of the last in a great British tradition of individual and often eccentric travellers-recreates a lifetime's journey in some of the world's least-known places, assembling a striking collection of photographs portraying the desert, marshes, mountains and other remote regions where he has travelled (excerpt from dust jacket).
