SOLD $65 ARABIAN SANDS, Wilfred Thesiger, Motivate Publishing, London, 2008 edn., 306 page hardback in original black cloth, gilt titles, VG+ jacket, B&W plates, maps of The Empty Quarter

ARABIAN SANDS, Wilfred Thesiger, Motivate Publishing, London, 2008 edn., 306 page hardback in original black cloth, gilt titles, VG+ jacket, B&W plates, maps 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 time-honoured classic of desert travel $65

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ARABIAN SANDS, Wilfred Thesiger, Motivate Publishing, London, 2008 edn., 306 page hardback in original black cloth, gilt titles, VG+ jacket, B&W plates, maps 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 time-honoured classic of desert travel $65