$80 & $100 ARABIAN SANDS, Wilfred Thesiger, Allen Lane, London, 1977 edn., 326 page hardback in black cloth, gilt titles, jacket good though sunned on spine, B&W plates, map of The Empty Quarter.

ARABIAN SANDS, Wilfred Thesiger, Allen Lane, London, 1977 edn., 326 page hardback in black cloth, gilt titles, jacket good though sunned on spine, B&W plates, map of The Empty Quarter. Arabian Sands recounts Thesiger's travels with the Bedu through the Empty Quarter between 1945 and 1950: 'The empty quarter or Rubâ€ al-Khali had been crossed by Bertram Thomas in 1931 and by Harry St John Philby in 1932. Understandably Thomas had followed the easiest route. Philby's journey, on the other hand, involved a trek of 400 miles between wells, which Thesiger regarded as an epic of desert exploration. A classic of desert travel $80 Ex libris John Nankervis. A 2nd copy available...this one, the true 1st edition, 1959 including superb large fold-out map of Empty Quarter in rear pocket, tan cloth grubby, no jacket, foxing $100 ex libris John Nankervis

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ARABIAN SANDS, Wilfred Thesiger, Allen Lane, London, 1977 edn., 326 page hardback in black cloth, gilt titles, jacket good though sunned on spine, B&W plates, map of The Empty Quarter. Arabian Sands recounts Thesiger's travels with the Bedu through the Empty Quarter between 1945 and 1950: 'The empty quarter or Rubâ€ al-Khali had been crossed by Bertram Thomas in 1931 and by Harry St John Philby in 1932. Understandably Thomas had followed the easiest route. Philby's journey, on the other hand, involved a trek of 400 miles between wells, which Thesiger regarded as an epic of desert exploration. A classic of desert travel $80 Ex libris John Nankervis. A 2nd copy available...this one, the true 1st edition, 1959 including superb large fold-out map of Empty Quarter in rear pocket, tan cloth grubby, no jacket, foxing $100 ex libris John Nankervis