Verlag: The Overlook Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 1585672904 ISBN 13: 9781585672905
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. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Verlag: Century, 1986
ISBN 10: 0712601821 ISBN 13: 9780712601825
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardback. Zustand: Good. 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.
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Verlag: Abrams, Inc., 1987
ISBN 10: 0879512784 ISBN 13: 9780879512781
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Good. First Edition. first thus. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Verlag: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited, 2010
ISBN 10: 1848851928 ISBN 13: 9781848851924
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Verlag: John Murray, 1945
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. 1945. Reprint. 265 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. 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. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Verlag: Random House UK, 1992
ISBN 10: 0099847108 ISBN 13: 9780099847106
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Readers Union Ltd. by arrangement with J. Murray
Anbieter: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A good condition book. No dust jacket. Discolouration to the spine. A lightly foxed and handled copy but remains perfectly legible and sound.
Verlag: Abrams Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 1590206460 ISBN 13: 9781590206461
Anbieter: medimops, Berlin, Deutschland
Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
Zustand: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Later reprint. With remainder mark. (travel writing, middle east, history) 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. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Verlag: John Murray
Anbieter: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A good hardcover ex-library first edition, rebound in new green boards without dustjacket. A few marks to boards. Usual stamps and stickers, otherwise contents are generally clean and unmarked.
Verlag: London : John Murray., 1941
Anbieter: Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß, Berlin, Deutschland
Original cloth. Zustand: Gut. 327 p. In good condition, Arabic private dedication on endpaper - CONTENTS -- Foreword by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis -- Chapters -- From the Air -- Mukalla Revisited -- Transport and the Cook -- The Towns of the Kathiri -- THE DIARY -- THE JOURNEY -- The Journey Begins -- Wadi 'Amd -- Sickness in 'Amd -- Robin -- The High Joi -- The Drawings of Rahbe -- Across the Watershed -- Arrival in 'Azzan -- Naqb al Hajr -- Jebel Kadur -- The Sultan's Caravan -- The Site of Cana -- A Dhow to Aden -- Appendix Arabic Plants -- Index. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.
Verlag: London, John Murray., 1972
ISBN 10: 0719527279 ISBN 13: 9780719527272
Anbieter: Versandantiquariat andanti, Schwäbisch Gmünd, BAWÜ, Deutschland
8° (22,5 x 14 cm). vii, 1 Karte, 327 S., 3 Bl. Kunstdrucktafeln. Original-Pappband mit illustriertem Schutzumschlag. Englische Originalausgabe. - Handschriftlicher Besitzervermerk auf fliegendem Vorsatz. Mehrere Anstreichungen mit hellem gelbem Marker. Sonst gut erhaltenes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: Dutton, New York, 1940
Anbieter: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, USA
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hardcover. Zustand: near fine. First. Photo illustrations. Large 8vo, green cloth. New York: Dutton, 1940. First American Edition. Near fine copy, lacking dust wrapper, spine lightly faded.
Verlag: The Travel Book Club, London, 1944
Anbieter: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust jacket. Hardcover without dust jacket in good condition for its age. Boards are slightly marked and corners and spine ends are bumped. Gilt lettering on spine is barely legible. Page block is tanned and blemished, and pastedowns and endpapers are creased. A few of the pages are lightly marked, however they remain clear and bright throughout. LW. Used.
Verlag: London : John Murray, 1972
Anbieter: Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß, Berlin, Deutschland
Zustand: Gut. 327 p. In good condition. - CONTENTS -- Foreword by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, K.C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. -- Chapters -- From the Air -- Mukalla Revisited -- Transport and the Cook -- The Towns of the Kathiri -- THE DIARY -- THE JOURNEY -- The Journey Begins -- Wadi 'Amd . -- Sickness in 'Amd . -- Robin -- The High Joi -- The Drawings of Rahbe -- Across the Watershed -- Arrival in 'Azzan -- Naqb al Hajr -- Jebel Kadur -- The Sultan's Caravan . -- The Site of Cana . -- A Dhow to Aden . -- Appendix Arabic Plants . -- Index. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Original cloth with dustjacket.
unknown_binding. Zustand: Very Good. John Muraay 1942 reprint, hardcover, cheap edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Verlag: Tauris Parke, 2020
ISBN 10: 0755633822 ISBN 13: 9780755633821
Anbieter: Monster Bookshop, Fleckney, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1942
Anbieter: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australien
Hard Cover. Zustand: VG+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG-. Cheap Edition. VG+/VG-. 8vo. original brown cloth gilt (inscrip. to FFE, faint spotting & offsetting to endpapers, leaf edges, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, edges rubbed with some wear to extremities, some tanning); pp. x, 266 (last blank), with numerous illustrations by the author and 2 maps. A very good copy.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1940
Anbieter: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Zustand: Good. xii, 328, [4]-ads, 70 b/w photo plates, 3 maps (1 folding). . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, spine and edges of boards faded, page edges uncut. Some minor foxing to edges of text block. From the library of David J. Greathead (1931-2006) with his name to endpaper. Good. First edition. Freya Stark (1893-1993) was a British-Italian explorer and author, who spent much of her time travelling in the Arabian peninsula. She undertook a multi-year expedition to the Hadramout region of southern Arabia, hoping to travel along the frankincense and spice trading routes of the mountain hinterlands, as well as searching for the ancient city of Shabwa, the fabled capital city of the biblical Queen of Sheba. Despite never finding the lost city, she wrote several books on her travels in the region including Winter in Arabia, her last work on this expedition.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1940
Anbieter: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australien
Erstausgabe
Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo. original green cloth gilt, uncut (rubbed, slightly nicked at headcap, internally clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xii, 328, [iv], with numerous illustrations by the author and 3 maps. Heavy item (1.2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1940
ISBN 10: 0879512784 ISBN 13: 9780879512781
Anbieter: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Südafrika
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 328 pages (complete). A gently aging, but rigorously compelling book. This is Stark's account (she had written two earlier volumes of account) of her most extraordinary journey to and through the Hadhramaut in Southern Arabia in 1935. The dustjacket is much worn, torn, scuffed, marked by storage and handling, all about. It is intact and secure. The boards too have wear, sunning, marks from storage. However, they are also comfortable, steady, sure. Within, the frontispage has been removed. This caused some scarring to the front pastedown. The papertrims are foxed. The contents are vigorously thrilling. There are age-related marks, some foxing. But, by and large the contents are clear, clean, convivial, certain, confident, generous, companionable, agreeable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Verlag: John Murray, London,, 1940
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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition 1940. Original blue cloth gilt. Spine dulled, else a VG bright copy, dust jacket with long tape repair to spine and lower panel. Not clipped no ownership marks.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1945
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
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Early printing of one of the most important pieces of literature on the region and a book that placed Freya Stark in the pantheon of great writers and explorers of the Arab World. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, illustrated, maps. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis. Uncommon in the original dust jacket. In 1934 Freya Stark made her first journey to the Hadhramaut in what is now Yemenâ"the first woman to do so alone. Even though that journey ended in disappointment, sickness, and a forced rescue, Stark, undeterred, returned to Yemen two years later. Starting in Mukalla and skirting the fringes of the legendary and unexplored Empty Quarter, she spent the winter searching for Shabwaâ"ancient capital of the Hadhramaut and a holy grail for generations of explorers. From within Starkâs beautifully-crafted and deeply knowledgeable narrative emerges a rare portrait of the customs and cultures of the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. Named one of The London Times' 20 Best Travel Books of the Past Century.
Verlag: John Murray, London, 1940
Anbieter: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australien
Erstausgabe
Hard Cover. Zustand: VG+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG. First Edition. VG+/VG. 8vo. original green cloth gilt, uncut, (cloth a little rubbed & sunned, some spotting to leaf edges and endpapers, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper priced 16s. (rubbed & marked, a little frayed with slight chipping at headcap); pp. xii, 328, [iv], with numerous illustrations by the author and 3 maps. A very good copy in the uncommon dustwrapper.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1940
Anbieter: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
London, John Murray, 1940. 8vo. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt; pp. xii, 328, [4, advertisements]; 2 single-page maps, 1 folding map, numerous illustrations from photographs by the author, printed in photogravure; cloth faded along edges and spine; internally, apart from the occasional very light spotting and offsetting from endpapers, a good copy. First edition. The author's beautifully illustrated account of her time in the Hadhramaut, dedicated to Doreen and Harold Ingrams. Freya Stark 'was awarded the Back grant from the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) and was the first woman to receive the Burton medal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Her account of her journeys, The Valleys of the Assassins (1934), was an immediate success, and known for its elegant prose, lively wit, and observations of people' (Oxford DNB). - 'For additional Photographs of the Hadhramaut the reader can refer to the author's volume of Photographs Seen in the Hadhramaut' (p. ix).