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Detail of wrapper - Arabian Sands (thesiger6bp 150/222 THES6)
Thesiger, Wilfred. ARABIAN SANDS. Images of Southern Arabia. BNo. n/a. Third Impression, 1960 (1959). Pp: xvi, 326; 220mm x 150mm; 0.79kg. 68 b/w(pl), 9 maps. Introduction, prologue, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (dw frayed on h&t spine; minor dump at top of spine). Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, London, 1960. (The author writes about his travels in Southern Arabia with the Bedu and this book presents a few of his photographs of the desert and its people at a time when contact with the Western world was limited) (Keywords: Travel, exploration, Middle East, Asia, Arabia, Bedu).
Book Code: Q201 AU$75
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Front of dust wrapper - The Marsh Arabs
Thesiger, Wilfred. THE MARSH ARABS. Tribes that live in the Marshes of Iraq. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1964. Pp: (xiv), 242; 215mm x 140mm; 0.66kg. 110 b/w (pl), 3 maps. Introduction, glossary, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (minor wear). Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, London, 1964. (The book is about the tribes that live in the Marshes of Iraq, around the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates. Thesiger lived among these people for eight years and visited most villages in the Central Marshes. The text is about the landscape, wild life, the sheikhs, the canoemen and their families. The text is well supported by the photographs) (Keywords: Exploration, social anthropology, Asia, Middle East, Iraq, Bu Mughaifat, Fartus, Qabab, Hamar, Gharraf).
Book Code: D174 SOLD - now out of stock AU$30
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Front of dust wrapper - The Marsh Arabs
Thesiger, Wilfred. THE MARSH ARABS. Tribes that live in the Marshes of Iraq. BNo. 0-00-217068-X. Reprint Edition, 2000 (1964). Pp: (xx), 219; 230mm x 155mm; 0.57kg. 52 b/w (pl), 3 maps. Introduction, glossary, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Harper Collins Publishers, London, 2000. (The book is about the tribes that live in the Marshes of Iraq, around the junction of the Tigris andEuphrates. Thesiger lived among these people for eight years and visited most villages in the Central Marshes. The text is about the landscape, wild life, the sheikhs, the canoemen and their families. The textis well supported by the photographs) (Keywords: Exploration, ethnographic, Asia, Middle East, Iraq, Bu Mughaifat, Fartus, Qabab, Hamar, Gharraf).
Book Code: Q279 AU$55
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Detail of dust wrapper - Visions of a Nomad - Wilfred Thesiger
Thesiger, Wilfred. VISIONS OF A NOMAD. Images of Africa and Asia. BNo. 0-00-217729-3. First Edition, 1987. Pp: 224; 290mm x 220mm; 1.35kg. Num b/w, 1 map. Introduction. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, London, 1987. (A collection of photographs of the author taken over fifty years presenting an image of Africa, his Asian travels and photographs from the Arab world) (Keywords: Exploration, photography, Chilinji Pass, Pakistan, Arabia, Madan, Iraq, Yemen, Masai, Samburu, Turkana, Rendile, Kenya, Ladakh, Ethiopia, Berber, Marrakesh).
Book Code: E138 SOLD - now out of stock AU$75
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Detail of dust wrapper - Desert, Marsh and Mountains - Wilfred Thesiger
Thesiger, Wilfred. DESERT, MARSH AND MOUNTAIN. Travels in Southern Arabia, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. BNo. 0-00-654817-2. Paperback Edition, 1995 (1979) (pb). Pp: xix, 202; 195mm x 130mm; 0.25kg. 68 b/w, 10 maps. Author's foreword, prologue, epilogue, glossary, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Flamingo, Harper Collins Publishers, London, 1995. (This book is an account of the author's travels in the desert of Southern Arabia, his life with the Marsh Arabs of Iraq and his expeditions to Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran, the Yemen, and the mountain country of the Hindu Kush and the Karakorams. Thesiger draws a poignant picture of strength and beauty of nomadic life in prose and photographs) (Keywords: Travels, photography, exploration, Southern Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan).
Book Code: Q312 AU$26
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