Bertram Thomas Foreword by T E Lawrence (4 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st UK Edition. Appendix by Sir Arthur Keith, hinges weak, illustrated with b/w photos, 2 maps plus folding maps at end, unmarked, 397pp, VG/--. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First reprint. [First reprint, in the same year as the first edition]. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xxx, 397. edges untrimmed, a large coloured folding map at the rear, a slight blemish from the front endpaper through to the frontispiece, otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth slightly faded marked and worn the spine a little more faded and slightly marked. …

Condition: Very Good. Second impression. Hardback. Large octavo. xxix, 397pp. Original covers slightly worn and faded, endpaper slightly creased, very occasional light foxing, otherwise complete, very good indeed. No jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First American Edition. British explorer crosses the 600-mile stretch of desert called the Rub' al Khali, or 'empty quarter' in 1931; finds it not empty. With a foreword lament the passing of the 'old Arabists' by Lawrence; anthropometric appendix on the "Racial characters of the Southern Arabs" by Keith, zoological appendix by W. T. Calman. First American edition (first printing, with 'A' on copyright page), hardcover in jacket as pictured. Light wear to book, corners lightly bumped, lower edge faded; jacket loose & tattered, with tears, creases, chips, holes, scuffs, some internal tape mends - not archival, but non-yellowing. Text clean; xxix, [3], 397 pages; maps (one large folding, in color), b/w plates, figures, all present as called for. Size: Large Octavo. …