Berkeley: Howell North Books, 1971. First US Edition. Octavo, 304 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine pictorial green and gray with black lettering. Mild age toning exteriorly with slight soiling to the rear, minor chips to the edges and ex-library sticker to lower spine. Boards have slight tilt to the spine with extremely light wear exteriorly. Text block has slight age toning to the edges and slight darkish marks to the hinges. Pictorial end papers. Previous owner's name to the front end paper. Frontispiece. Two tiny chips to head edge to the title page. Small ex-library marking to the copyright page. Illustrated. First US Edition. More

New York and London: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1906. First American Edition. Octavo, 328 pages. In Good condition. Spine pictorial sea blue with yellow lettering. Boards have slight tilt to the spine with mild wear exteriorly, slight rubbing wear to the joints and head/tail edges. Pictorial front colored in yellow, gray and gilt. Text block has moderate age toning to the edges with foxing sprinkled slightly throughout interiorly. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown with slight offsetting to the end papers and former owner's information to the front free end paper. Cracking to the gutter at the title page, pages fifty eight to fifty nine, one hundred fifty four to one hundred fifty five and two hundred fifty to two hundred fifty one. First American Edition. More

New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xxii, 314 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is blue with salmon-colored and white lettering. Light shelfwear to head and tail of spine with minimal chipping. Mild soiling to top right and middle portion of front cover of dust jacket. Minor creasing to back cover with slight marks in black ink leaving indentations. Slight sticker attached to lower portion of back cover leaving adhesive mark. Mild rubbing and scratching to dust jacket. Light tanning to top edge of textblock's middle section. Age-toning to textblock. Inscribed by Buzz Aldrin. More

Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. First Edition. Octavo, xi, 556 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine black with gilt lettering. Boards has mild exterior wear with few, white smudges to the rear and previous bookshop's sticker to the rear. Illustrated. First Edition. More

Bentonville: Collegium House, 2004. First Edition, 232/250. Octavo, viii, xiv, 655 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine burgundy with gilt lettering. Very light wear to the edges. Previous owner's information to the front free end paper. First Edition. Limited, numbered copies, this is number 232 of 250 copies. More

New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1871. First Edition. 12mo, 234 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's brick red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Moderate plus wear including small whitish smudges and rubbed joints/edges and fraying to spine edges. Ex-library markings to slightly cocked spine. Beveled edges. Text block head edge gilt with age toned fore/tail edges. Deckled fore/tail edges. Several instances of ex-library markings and label remnants with foxing interiorly. Minor chips to fore edge to half title page. Very scarce. First Edition. More

Somerset: Haynes Publishing, 2013. First Edition. Quarto, 188 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine orange with white lettering. Boards have slightly cocked spine with few scuffs and scratches to exterior and minor edge wear. Text block has slight age toning to the edges, light ink writing to half title page, light foxing to end papers and wear to hinges. Illustrated. First Edition. More

New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 282 pages. In Good condition. Bound in brown cloth with yellow text. Boards have light sunning to spine, rubbing and bumping to corners exposing boards, and mild edgewear and shelfwear. Binding somewhat loose. Textblock has library stamp on both pastedowns and glue staining on rear pastedown. "Published by the Viking Press in September 1951" on copyright page. Ex-Library. Shelved Case 13. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 295 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt text on black spine labels. Scribner's "A" and seal on copyright page. Lacking issued dust jacket. Boards have fading to spine as normally seen, rubbing to corners, brown marks on both covers, and fading to covers near edges. Text block has light foxing to many pages. Shelved in Case 13. More

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1938. Octavo, vii, 229 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine peach with dark brown lettering. Moderate wear with slight soiling, lightly sunned spine and few chips to the edges. Boards have light wear to the edges and small bumps to tail fore corners.Text block has slight age toning to the edges with previous bookshop's small sticker to the rear pastedown with light offsetting to rear end paper. Frontispiece. Illustrated. More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. First Edition. Octavo, [i-iv], 1-286 pages. In Fair condition. Bound in wavy-patterned green cloth with gilt text on spine. Boards have moderate rubbing to corners, tearing to spine edges, and moderate shelf wear. Binding is loose with cocking to spine. Text block has heavy splitting to interior hinges, leaves between front pastedown and title page missing, color transfer from front pastedown to title page, mild foxing to most pages, and light damp staining on pages 121 to 265. Shelved Room A. More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. First Edition. Octavo, 1-319 pages, portrait frontispiece inserted. In Good plus condition. Bound in green wavy-patterned cloth with gilt text on spine. Boards show mild rubbing to corners, small tears to front and rear joints near head edge, and bending to spine edges. Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, stamp on front pastedown, owner's inscription on third page, second page missing, pencil marking on margins of many pages, stamp from previous owner on margin of page 54, and writing in pencil on pages 318 and 319. Shelved Room A. More

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904-1905. Limited Edition, #46/200. Quartos, 15 volumes. Very Good minus. Bound in publisher's grey-green cloth, gilt to spines and front boards. Some variable discoloration to all boards, ranging from minimal (volumes II part 1 to volume VI part II) to covering the entire front board (volume VII part 1). Spine heads and tails with some chipping and general wear. Top edges trimmed, others uncut. Interiors clean, with no bookplates or notes from former owners. One of 200 large paper sets on Van Gelder paper, this being hand-numbered 46 in each volume. Contains seven volumes in fourteen parts plus the atlas volume. HR consignment. Shelved above Religion. More

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983. Quarto, xiii, xvii, 48 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine white with black and brown lettering. Mild soiling wear with minor wear to the edges and partial sticker remnants to front flap. Boards have slight cocking to the spine and slight soiling with light wear to the edges. Text block has light foxing to the head edge and lightly toned fore and tail edges with slight foxing to few pages. Frontispiece. Profusely illustrated with black and white plates and some drawings. More

Shaoxing: Xiling Press, 2004. Oblong Quarto, 105 pages. In Very Good plus condition. Spine brown with tan lettering. Boards have tiny scratch to rear lower edge. Text block has very light age toning to the edges. Profusely illustrated. Text in Chinese and English. More

Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2009. First Edition. Quarto, 351 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine blue with white lettering. Mild shelf wear to the exterior and to the head/tail edges. Boards have very slight splaying with minor bumping to the fore corners. Text block has very light tone to the edges. Profusely illustrated in full color. First Edition. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition. Octavo, xiii, 180 pages. In Very Good minus condition, lacking the issued dust jacket. Boards show very light wear with mild rubbing wear to the edges. Text block has moderate age toning to the edges. Pictorial end papers. Slight erasures to front end paper with slight wear interiorly. Illustrated. First Edition with Scribner's 'A'. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917. Large Paper Edition: #515/550. Octavo, xxxi, 278 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus brown dust jacket, and housed in a Very Good minus brown slip case. Spine printed with black text. Dust jacket folded along upper and lower edges, apparently as issued. Mild shelfwear. Closed tear along spine of dust jacket. Last quarter of textblock uncut. Tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Features illustrations and photographs throughout. Some chipping and separation along top edge of slip case. Shelved in Case 9. More

London: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xvi, 326 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket wrapped in mylar, price is clipped. Graphic spine with yellow and black lettering. Minor chipping along length and sides of spine. Moderate creasing and shelfwear with slight tearing to top, bottom, and side edges of dust jacket. Moderate foxing to dust jacket and top and side edges of textblock. Bumping to front and back fore-edges and bottom back board. Slight fraying to top and bottom edges of boards. Mild soiling to bottom right edge of back board. Moderate age-toning to textblock. Soiling and foxing to front and back endpapers and first several pages. Signed and dated by Thesiger on half-title page. Black and white photographs tipped in throughout textblock. Slight marginalia on copyright page and back first free edge. Map of Thesiger's traverses in the Empty Quarter compiled by the Royal Geographical Society (1945-50) inside pocket attached to back pastedown. Shelved in Case 9. More

Atlanta: Tupper & Love, 1954. Octavo, xxii, 457 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine green with gilt lettering. Boards show light soiling wear with slight rubbing wear to the edges and mild cocking to the spine. Text block has moderate age toning to the edges, cracking to front hinge and light foxing to end papers. Illustrated. More

Amsterdam and New York: N. Israel and Da Capo Press, 1969. Facsimile Reprint. Octavo, 80 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine off-white and blue with gilt lettering. Boards have very minimal wear with minor bumping to spine corners. Text block shows light age toning. Illustrated. Facsimile Reprint. More

Westport: Greenwood Press, 1974. Reprinted. Octavo, xi, 303 pages. In Vey Good condition. Spine is brown with black print. Boards in brown cloth. Illustrated with b&w plates. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1895. First Edition. Octavo, 341 pages. In Very Good condition. Full green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration. Spine tan from sunfading. Top edge of textblock gilt. Minor shelfwear. Bookplate from previous owner adhered to front paste down. Offset from acidic paper to front pastedown and front free end paper. Light age-toning to pages. textblock clean. Shelved case 9. More

Detroit: F. B. Dickerson & Co., 1882. First Edition. Octavo, x, 458 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is green with gold lettering. Boards have shelf wear, has some rubbing damage, a scratch and a small stain on the back. Binding is slightly loose. Damp staining on pastedowns and end pages. Tear in gutter with front pastedown. Textblock has tearing and foxing on most pages. More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. First English Language Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 171 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Black spine with green and white lettering. Dust jacket protected in a mylar covering. Moderate shelfwear to dust jacket, including crinkling to head and tail and a small tear to the front bottom edge. Textblock clean. Shelved in Drama. More