Arabian Sands

Arabian Sands, by Wilfred Thesiger. Longman, London, 1959, first edition with Dust Jacket. A very attractive signed copy of his very popular account of his explorations in Arabia. "The book covers the five years ending in 1950 which, with the exception of brief interruptions only, Thesiger spent in and around the Empty Quarter, the half million square miles of… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, 1959. First edition. 46 plates, 8 maps to the text & folding map in pocket. xvi, 326 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine original cloth, spine gilt, in very good dj, headcap chipped, some minor shelfwear. First edition. 46 plates, 8 maps to the text & folding map in pocket. xvi, 326 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "I… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, xvi, 326 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket wrapped in mylar, price is clipped. Graphic spine with yellow and black lettering. Minor chipping along length and sides of spine. Moderate creasing and shelfwear with slight tearing to top,… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1959. First American Edition. Hardcover. frontispiece, 68 photos, 9 maps; xvi, 326 pages; A very nice example of the First Edition of Thesiger's landmark work. Clean and tight in original binding of blue cloth and light blue boards in bright dustjacket (price-clipped) now in… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1983 F-/F-. 8vo. original black boards gilt (a trifle rubbed & marked) in dustwrapper priced £14.95 (slightly rubbed); pp. 348 (last blank), with 64 plates, large folding map + 8 text maps. A near fine copy of the 1983 reissue.. First Thus. Hard Cover. F-/F-.

London: Collins, 1983. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original cloth hardcover, illustrated, folding map, 347 pages, spotting on top page edges otherwise very good in faded on the spine very good unclipped dustwrapper. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. … Read more about this item

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1959. First American edition. Illustrated with photographs and maps (one fold-out at the end). xvi, 326pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth and boards. Near fine in good yellow pictorial dust-jacket (unclipped, top of spine panel chipped, spine panel sunned and rubbed with loss to lettering). First American edition. Illustrated with photographs and maps (one… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd,, 1959. Focuses on the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula between 1945 and 1950 First edition, second impression, signed by the author on the title page. With the finely engraved bookplate of archaeologist and rare book collector, Mary Anna Marten, on the front pastedown. This was Thesiger's first book and "in his… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, 1959. First edition. First edition. Signed by Wilfred Thesiger on the title page. xvi, 326 pp. with b/w plates. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt; map present in pocket at rear. Very Good+ with foxing to endpapers and top edge, in a Very Good dust jacket, rubbed, red on spine panel… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, 1960 A writer fit to stand beside Charles Doughty and T.E.Lawrence, a matchless observer of Bedouin character and customs. One of the finest travel books ever written. xvi, 325pp with black and white plates. Envelope to the lower paste down with a folding two colour map.

London: Longman, 1959. Illustrated, octavo, pp 326, fore-edge very slightly thumbed, otherwise quite clean and sound internally, a folding map in the rear pocket, green cloth, very slightly bruised at the corners and the spine head. [This would appear to be a first edition, the endpapers and the pocket for the map appear correct; however the cloth binding doesn't… Read more about this item

London: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., 2000. New Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New edition first printing Large octavo hardback 338 pages Many photo illustrations 9 maps Near Fine condition in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket Gift inscription on front end paper.

Readers Union Longmans, Green & Co, 1960. Hardcover. Good. 1960. 270 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Tape marks and surface tears… Read more about this item

New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton & Co , 1959. First American edition. His travels in the Empty Quarter of Arabia between 1945 and 1950 and describes the vanishing way of life of the Bedu. CONDITION Blue papered bds with cloth spine, White and bright Gilt decoration and title (clean and unworn, bottom cnrs bumped) pp xvi 326 with 68… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, 1959. First edition. 46 plates, 8 maps to the text & folding map in pocket. xvi, 326 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth, spine gilt and with some rubbing to the head and foot, near fine, some spotting to rear board, not affecting map, in slightly faded dust-jacket with some shelfwear and spotting near flap hinges. … Read more about this item

New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc, 1959. First American edition. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps, with one fold-out map affixed to rear pastedown endpaper. xvi, 326 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter bound blue cloth and paper boards, stamped in gilt and white on front and spine, photographic color dust jacket with some shelf wear to edges and… Read more about this item

New York.: E.P. Dutton., 1959. 1st Edition.. Quarter blue cloth over blue boards, Gilt and white spine title and cover decoration.. Very good, slight bump to lower corner, otherwise near fine in a very good dust jacket. 23x15.5 cm.. “Five years of travel with the nomad Arabs in the deserts of southern Arabia”. weight: 1.7 lb. Numerous… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1959. First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, illustrated, map in the inside pocket, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. Though educated… Read more about this item

London: Longman Group Limited, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust jacket worn. Author's first book.

Motivate, 2000. ~Dustwrapper slightly rubbed but unfaded and unclipped. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request.. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. 306pp., many illus. With dustwrapper. Binding sound, text unmarked.