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Wanderings In Arabia - the authorized one volume abrigement of Travels in Arabia Deserta
by Doughty, Charles M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Duckworth. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1949. Abridged Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. Boards show some shelf wear light foxing of front endpapers. DJ has heavy shelf wear with tears, chipping and soiling, front panel almost completely separated.; A tight solid book, hinges undamaged. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, foldout map at back; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 607 pages; "This book is considered to be one of the finest works ever written on Arabia, admired for the beauty of its prose and valued as being one of the most important 19th-century portraits of Arabia and her people. Embarking on an adventure that had not been attempted by even the most intrepid explorers of the day, Charles Doughty travelled for nearly two years through the desert interior of the great Arabian Peninsula. Openly proclaiming himself a Christian and an Englishman, Doughty wandered through the desert, living with and as a bedouin, experiencing and recording a way of life that has now disappeared forever." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21649
- Title
- Wanderings In Arabia - the authorized one volume abrigement of Travels in Arabia Deserta
- Author
- Doughty, Charles M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- Abridged Edition; Later Printing
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Arabia, Desert
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRAVEL;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
Glossary
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...