1959 The Arab of the Desert
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Description
Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
The third impression of this work.
In the original unclipped dustwrapper.
An in-depth travel work on Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in the first half of the twentieth century, written from notes and journals that the author kept during his travels.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, eight folding maps, six folding tables, nine colour plates, forty-four monochrome plates, and many in-text illustrations.
Collated, complete.
Written by H. R. P. Dickson, a British colonial administrator in the Middle East.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light rubbing to the joints. A few minor marks to the boards. Small tear to the tail of the front joint. Dust wrapper is edge worn, heavier to the head and tail of the spine. Light age-toning and handling marks to the wraps, including light marks to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.
Very Good Indeed
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