Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group, 2008
ISBN 10: 0141442085 ISBN 13: 9780141442082
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 1976
ISBN 10: 0140025731 ISBN 13: 9780140025736
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Good. Wilfred Thesiger, this century's greatest explorer, spent eight years living amongst the Arabs of the Marshes of Iraq. This book is about his experiences. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Verlag: Penguin Books, 1967
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 233 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Verlag: Harper Collins, 1985
ISBN 10: 000217068X ISBN 13: 9780002170680
Anbieter: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Südafrika
hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 2nd. shelf wear on the jacket. foxing. though a bit marked, book remains intact and presentable. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Verlag: Penguin Books, London, 1967
Anbieter: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australien
Soft Cover. Zustand: VG-. Reprint. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed and creased, prev. owner's name inside front cover, silverfishing to front cover, a few spots); pp. 234 (last blank), [6(advts.)], with 110 plates & 3 maps. A very good copy.
Verlag: Longmans, London, 1964
Anbieter: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, USA
Hardcover. Octavo, 242 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is yellow illustration with green print. Dust jacket has light edge wear. Price unclipped: "36/- net". Boards in green cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, spotty fading, slightly cocked spine. Text block has light musty odor, tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w plates (photographs). Clipped book review laid in. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column G. 1378890. FP New Rockville Stock.
Verlag: Dubai: Motivate Publishing, 1994, 1994
Anbieter: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, Vereinigtes Königreich
8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (page edges spotted and lightly tanned - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. 206, illus with b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions).
Verlag: Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1964
Anbieter: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australien
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Hard Cover. Zustand: VG+. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo. original green cloth (slightly rubbed & bumped, spine a little sunned, prev. owner's name and blindstamp to FFE; lacks dustwrapper); pp. [xii (last blank)], 242, with 109 plates & 3 maps. A very good copy.
Verlag: E. P. Dutton & Co.
Anbieter: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. First US Hardcover Edition 1964. Dust jacket in reasonable condition with only minor wear and tear along the edges. Some light rubbing on the cover. Boards in good vibrant condition with sharp clear illustrations on the front though some slight discolouration on the interior. Textblock securely bound throughout. Pages show minimal signs of use, no marks, staining or foxing. A good example of this rare edition.
Verlag: Penguin, 1984
Anbieter: Antiquariat Armebooks, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Gut. Penguin - 1980 : Wilfred Thesiger - tb IG-RHY7-4S35 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.
Verlag: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, London, 1964
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. First edition hard cover in very good condition, with an unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Nice card bookmark from Heffers, Cambridge, is enclosed. General shelf and handling wear, including blemishes, tanning, creasing, and wear to DJ cover, edges, corners and folds. Edges are nicked and chipped, notable scoring to rear cover. Pageblock lightly tanned, leading into page edges, light tanning to endpapers. Within, pages are tightly bound, and content, including 110 photographs, are unmarked. CN. Used.
Verlag: Folio Society
Anbieter: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Light wear to the boards. Tight binding. Clean interior pages. Missing the slipcase. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 3.35.
Verlag: London / The Folio Society,, 2005
Anbieter: Antiquariat Willi Braunert, München, Deutschland
8°, half cloth, hardcover. 213 pp Like new. Lacks slipcase. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.
Verlag: Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1964
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A profusely illustrated first edition copy of Wilfred Thesiger's account of his experiences living with the Marsh Arabs. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixty-four plates, and three in-text maps. Collated, complete. Wilfred Thesiger lived amongst the tribes in the marshes of Iraq for eight years. In this work, he recounts his experiences and the lives and culture of the various tribes. A very interesting first-hand account by the British military officer. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, generally bright and smart. Gilt remains bright. Marks to the front board and lower extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for light offsetting to the end papers. Dust wrapper remains bright, but is slightly chipped to the head and tail of the spine. Very Good. book.
Verlag: London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1964
Anbieter: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Octavo, pp244. Illustrated with photographs. Bound in publisher's original green cloth covered hard boards, and in the original dust jacket, un-clipped (36/- net). Fine condition book in Very Good Plus jacket with has a little wear at the spine ends.
Verlag: Longmans, London., 1964
Anbieter: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
First edition. Octavo. pp [xiv], 242. Photographs by the author. The author's second book, his classic account of the tribes that lived in the Iraqi Marshes, around the junction of the Tigris and the Euphrates. Extreme head and tail of spine slightly faded. Very good indeed in very good, price-clipped dustwrapper a little nicked and rubbed at the edges. At production stage the dustwrapper was put on a bit unevenly so that a quarter of an inch of the white of the flap shows at the outer edge of the upper panel.
Verlag: London Longmans 1964, 1964
Anbieter: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, Vereinigtes Königreich
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PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED by the Author. FIRST EDITION. 8vo., bright green clothbound hardback gilt, in original dust jacket (unclipped: 36/- net); 242pp., indexed, illustrated with 110 b/w plates and 3 maps. Author's presentation inscription and signature in blue ball point pen to title page: "To Charles. Wilfred Thesiger". No other ownership markings or inscriptions. Slight age-toning to edges, boards and dust jacket a little worn at outer corners and spine ends. Overall VG/VG. (Shelf 2/9) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Verlag: London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1964., 1964
Anbieter: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Österreich
Erstausgabe
8vo. (14), 242 pp. With a frontispiece, 3 maps in text (including 1 double-page) and 32 plates with reproductions of 109 photographs. Green cloth with illustrated dust jacket. First edition, second impression, of an account of the Arabs living in the marshes of southern Iraq, written by Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2003), who stayed with them from 1951 to 1958. "From my recollections, helped by my diaries, I have tried to give a picture of the marshes and of the people who live there. Recent political upheavals in Iraq have closed this area to visitors. Soon the marshes will probably be drained; when this happens, a way of life that has lasted for thousands of years will disappear" (Introduction). In 25 chapters Thesiger describes his experience in the marshes. The book is illustrated with over 100 photographs showing the people, their homes, boats, horses and kettle, and some common activities like fishing, preparing food and making homes and buildings out of water reed. Thesiger also wrote "Arabian Sands", published in 1959. - In very good condition. Dust-jacket only slightly worn at head and foot of the spine. - For the author see: A. Maitland, Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer (2011).
Verlag: Longmans, Green and co.,, London,, 1964
Anbieter: Antiquariaat FORUM BV, Houten, Niederlande
Erstausgabe
First edition, second impression, of an account of the Arabs living in the marshes of southern Iraq, written by Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2003), who stayed with them from 1951 to 1958. "From my recollections, helped by my diaries, I have tried to give a picture of the marshes and of the people who live there. Recent political upheavals in Iraq have closed this area to visitors. Soon the marshes will probably be drained; when this happens, a way of life that has lasted for thousands of years will disappear" (introduction). In 25 chapters Thesiger describes his experience in the marshes. They are illustrated with over a 100 photographs showing the people, their homes, boats, horses and kettle, and some common activities like fishing, preparing food and making homes and buildings out of water reed. Thesiger also wrote Arabian sands, published in 1959. In very good condition. Dustjacket only slightly worn at head and foot of the spine.l For the author see: A. Maitland, Wilfred Thesiger: the life of the great explorer (2011). Green cloth with illustrated dustjacket. With a frontispiece, 3 maps in text (including 1 double-page) and 32 plates with reproductions of 109 photographs. Pages: [13], [1 blank], 242 pp.
Verlag: Longmans, 1964
Anbieter: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, Vereinigtes Königreich
FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and 109 further photographs spread across numerous plates, a few maps, pp. [xiii], 242, 8vo, original green cloth, backstrip lettered in black and gilt, very slight lean to spine, gentle knock at head of upper board, dustjacket in excellent shape, offsetting slightly to free endpapers, very good.
Verlag: (Dubai): Motivate Publishing (1994)., 1994
Anbieter: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, Vereinigtes Königreich
8vo, 206 pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, signed on the title page by the author. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1964
Anbieter: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
London, Longmans, [1964.] 8vo. Original cloth in dust-jacket, not price-clipped; pp. [xiii], 242; numerous photographic illustrations, 3 sketch maps to text; minimal spotting to cloth, as often, light offsetting from endpapers; a very good copy. First edition. Thesiger lived among the Marsh Arabs of Iraq for eight years. The Marsh Arabs evokes the region and its culture, which has almost completely vanished.
Verlag: London: Longmans, 1964, 1964
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Advance proof copy issued for the first UK edition. The Marsh Arabs followed Arabian Sands (1959) and confirmed Thesiger's reputation as a writer and photographer. The proof differs from the published version in that it comprises just a selection of plates. The price of the proof copy and the first edition is the same (36 shillings). "After travelling in Iraqi Kurdistan, in 1950, Thesiger visited the marshes of southern Iraq. From then until 1958, except for 1957, he spent several months every year with the marsh Arabs, sharing the communal life of the villages and travelling by canoe throughout the marshes. To escape the hot, humid marsh summers, he travelled among the mountains of western Asia and Morocco" (ODNB). Octavo. Original blue patterned wrappers, title and "Probable Month of Publication" paper labels on front wrapper. With 4 half-tone plates. A little creased and rubbed, short tear to foot of front joint, spine and contents lightly toned. A very good copy.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1964
Anbieter: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe Signiert
London, Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, [1964]. 8vo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in black and gilt, dustwrapper (price-clipped); pp. [xiv], 242; monochrome photographic frontispiece and 32 plates bearing 109 photographic illustrations recto-and-verso after Thesiger, one double-page and two full-page maps after K.C. Jordan in the text; cloth a little mottles as usual, edges of wrapper with minimal abrasures, fly-leaves with brown patches due to previous tape adhesion; still a very good copy. First edition, second impression, signed by the author on title-page. The Marsh Arabs was Thesiger's second book, and is based on his experiences between 1950 and 1958, when he lived amongst the Marsh Arabs of Iraq for eight years, 'sharing the communal life of the villages and travelling by canoe throughout the marshes' (Alexander Maitland, ODNB); its publication in 1964 - extensively illustrated with Thesiger's own photographs - 'confirmed Thesiger's reputation as a writer and a photographer' (loc. cit.).