Queen of the Desert: the story of Lady Hester Stanhope by Hughes, Jean Gordon - 1967

London, Macmillan, 1967, hardcover, 160 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Fair dustjacket. Tightly bound and clean, tidy previous owner's name and date to front endpaper, slight lean, light spine-end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, closed edge tears, sticker lift to front panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The story of the intrepid 19th-century British lady traveler in the Arab Middle East, written with young readers in mind. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Hilary Abrahams.

London: Macmillan, 1967. 160 pages, b/w ills, map. Prelims, endpages and edges foxed. Four-line birthday greeting by the upper edge of the front flyleaf. Cloth boards in price-clipped dust-jacket. A biography of the intrepid 19th century English lady traveller who was crowned 'Queen of the Desert' when she rode into the forbidden city of Palmyra at the head of a tiny retinue and a large but unreliable Arab escort.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Hilary Abrahams. 8vo.

London, UK: Macmillan, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Abrahams, Hilary. 160pp. Green cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Bumped spine heel. Text block edges starting to tan and fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. Recounts the remarkable life story of one of the earliest in a long line of intrepid British lady travellers.

London: MacMillan, 1967. Dust jacket has a hint of dust soiling and a bit of sticker pull to top front corner. Looks good in plastic protective cover. No former owner's name. Text is clean and unmarked.. Hardcover. Good+/Good.

London: MacMillan, 1967. Some shelfwear, DJ lightly tanned and rubbed with chipped edges. Slightly cocked, closed edges foxed, content clean and tidy.. Hard. Good/Good. Illus. by Abrahams, Hilary. 8vo.

Self Published, 2007. No Edition Stated . Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. 8 1/2" X 5 1/8. Kate Dore. Stories that once belonged to Mr. Smith's father are here published by his son, Rick. Six stories and a poem. 102 pp. Book is SIGNED in black ink by Patrick D Smith J. and dated 3 - 12 - 16. Bookseller's Inventory # 211490.