Three Deserts by Jarvis C S (24 results)

Condition: Good. 1936. Reprint. 313 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Fair. 1941. Third Edition. 313 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations by Frank Lee. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. More pronounced to endpapers, pastedowns and text block edges. Water staining to some pages. Noticeable cracking to hinges. Pen inscription to reverse of photographic frontispiece. Binding is weakened, however text block remains secure. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is dulled. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to ends.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear. Content has light toning with foxing to front pages. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Acceptable. Condition fair, no dust jacket. ref ZKVQ.

Condition: Good. 1942. 1942 Reprint. 290 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front endpaper. Boards have slight shelf with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Considerable loss to jacket edges and corners.

First American edition hard back binding in publisher's original camel cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered red back (faded) and front cover, maps to the lining papers. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5¾''. Contains photographic frontispiece, (ix), 313 pp with 6 full-page monochrome illustrations throughout. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Egypt].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 290 pages. Map and b/w ills.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. pp292. Fascinating if paternalistic account of life in the Colonial Service in prewar Egypt as an official in the Frontier Service. Cover badly faded.

Octavo hardcover (G+) scruffy/water damaged copy; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Condition: Gut - gebraucht. Gebundene Ausgabe Guter Zustand, ohne Namenseintrag Einband und Unterkante mit Fleck Zustand: 3, Gut - gebraucht, Gebundene Ausgabe John Murray London , 1951 , Three Deserts. Illustrated by Frank Lee, Jarvis, Major C.S.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. First Cheap Edition. 313pp, index, 6 bw ills, end paper maps. Or sand cloth with picture of camel to front, title in green to spine. Light foxing on edges, previous owners name on half-title. Jacket price-clipped, with 4 small chips and 1 piece missing (2" x 1/2"), spine darkened- no fading.The author was governor of Sinai for 13 years and writes with authority on the desert regions of the middle-east, and their inhabitants. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Front hinge cracked; Some dampstaining tope edge. A good reading copy. Memoires of the experience of Major C. S. Jarvis from the Libyan Desert, Sanai Desert, and Arabian Desert from 1917 to the mid-1930s.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. Withe a frontispiece , 6 sketches in the text and a decorative map. 290 S. Oktav. Oln ohne OU. Sehr leichte Papierbräunung. Ohne Markierungen. Gut. Buch.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 290 pages, frontis; map & illustrations.; 190 x 130mm.

John Murray, London 1954. 290, (2) pp. Publisher's cloth, no jacket. Owner signature. Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Frank Lee (illustrator). 3rd Impression. Green binding, gold title and motif of Arab and camel. 313 pages. Map endpapers. B/w frontis photo of Arab and camel with 6 b/w sketches. A clean, tight, straight book. Scan available.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Rubbing and toning overall, bumps and fraying to the spine ends, ex-libris plate to the front endpaper, foxing to the page edges, and a small bump to the bottom rear edge. Photos upon request. International shipping billed at cost.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 313 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Frank Lee (illustrator). *HARDBACK, no edition stated in good condition. Reprinted edition .Light tan boards w/green illustration on front board and lettering on spine. Minor edge and shelf wear to boards. Some light spotting or handling wear. Missing dust jacket. Frontis picture of desert man and his camel. 290 pages. Book clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Frank LEE; HAWES (illustrator). 1st Edition. First American Edition. DJ and initial sales price intact ($3.00); lightly chipped. Very light wear overall. Some age-related tanning of the pages. Illustrated with six drawings in black-and-white by Frank LEE, and endpaper maps by HAWES. Unmarked pages. Protected in an archival wrapper. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in its original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good+ in a Very Good DJ.

Cloth. Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Photos & Illus. (illustrator). First Edition. New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Company. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1937. First Edition. Cloth. Sm 4to., 313 pp., cover rubbed, spine sunned, page foxing & toning, bookplate .

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First. 8vo.Green boards with wear, gilt titles and front decoration. Light knock to lower front joint.Cracked at title page. Spotting, mainly to index. signed by author on half title 1936 dedicated to Harvey & Nance. Book.

Condition: Good. E.P. Dutton & Co. New York 1937 beige cloth illustrative boards. light staining to the top and bottom edge of boards. also light staining to foredge. dust jacket has some chipping along edges with age toning.

London: John Murray 1938. 8vo. Orig. cloth. x 314pp. With frontispiece 6 full-page plates and endpaper maps by Frank Lee.