About this title: Wilfred Thesiger is the last of the great British eccentric explorers, renowned for his travels through some of the most inaccessible places on earth. As a child in Abyssinia he watched the glorious armies of Ras Tafari returning from hand-to-hand battle, their prisoners in chains; at the age of 23 he made his first expedition into the country of the Danakil, a murderous race among whom a man's status in the tribe depended on the number of men he had killed and castrated. His books, "Arabian Sands" and "The Marsh Arabs", tell of his two sojourns in the Empty Quarter and the Marshes of ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780002161947ISBN:000216194X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780002161947ISBN:000216194X
Description: Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780002161947ISBN:000216194X
Description: Good. Jacket Has Various Small Tears *** Expect to see light wear and some spine creasing *** Dispatched in padded packaging. ** UK SELLER-Get it in days not weeks ** read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: William Collins, Glasgow
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780006372677ISBN:0006372678
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 463pp. B/W photographs and maps. Very good clean copy; some sl. discolouration as well as sl. bumping and rubbing-previous owners name ifc; some sl. fraying and surface scratches. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780006372677ISBN:0006372678
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 484 pages. (484 pages) in this autobiography, wilfred thesiger highlights the people who most profoundly influenced him and the events which enabled him to lead the life of his choice. an explorer of some of the most inaccessible places on earth. other books by him include "arabian sands" and "the marsh arabs". 32pp b&w photographs, 12 maps edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Edition: First Paperback
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Fontana, London
Date Published: 1988
Description: 8vo. original printed paper wraps (short tear to base of spine, wraps a bit creased, prev. owner's name to first leaf); pp. 464 (last pubs. advts), with illustrations & maps. A very good copy. read more
Edition: First Paperback
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Fontana, London
Date Published: 1988
Description: 8vo. original printed paper wraps (wraps a bit rubbed, slight fading & crease to upper panel); pp. 464 (last pubs. advts), with illustrations & maps. A very good copy. read more
Edition: Fifth Reprint
Binding: Hardcover in Dustjacket
Publisher: Collins, London
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780002161947ISBN:000216194X
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Used-Unread Condition. 8vo. Black boards with gilt titles. Dustjacket has minor rubbing on the front. Not price clipped. 459 pages. Black and white photographs and map illustrations. read more
Edition: First Paperback
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Fontana, London
Date Published: 1988
Description: 8vo. original printed paper wraps (wraps a bit creased & rubbed); pp. 464 (last pubs. advts), with illustrations & maps. A very good copy. read more
Edition: 1st ed
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W.W. Norton, NY
Date Published: 1988
Description: Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket. Dustjacket spine faded; dj protected by removable clear film. Gift inscription on ffep. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins, London
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780002161947ISBN:000216194X
Description: Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dustjacket. With B&W illustrations. Dustjacket protected by a removable clear film & slightly edgeworn; dj spine a little faded. This book weighs well over 1kg and extra shipping may be requested for orders from outside the UK. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Norton (, New York
Date Published: 1988)
ISBN-13:9780393025132ISBN:0393025136
Description: First U.S. Edition, First Printing. With photos from the author's travels. 459 pages. Hardcover, near fine (corner bumped) in near fine dust jacket (spine a touch sunned). ISBN 0393025136. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Collins, London
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780002161947ISBN:000216194X
Description: Very good in New jacket. This mint, reprint, HARDBACK, Collins, London, 1987, has an unclipped dust jacket that is now protected in a clear acid-free slipcover. The dust jacket has a small wound on the back cover that has been repaired and slight fading to the spine. On the dedication page is SUE MACARTNEY-SNAPE'S signature in pencil. Her wonderful drawings ( in her own books ) are as observant and inimitable as Thesiger's own observations. There are 12 maps. There are 63 black and white ... read more
"living the life of others, being immersed in their culture; This man was present when Haillie Salassie was made emporer in Ethyopia, Abyssinia when he was born there. Following in the footsteps of the historical Laurence of Arabia, anyone who lived in East Africa or has been interested in Arabian culture will find this absorbing and difficult to put down."
"Let's just admit it: if you're male, you want to be Wilfred Thesiger. You do. Born to British diplomatic family in Abyssinia early in the century, growing up in a dying Edwardian world, then a life abroad in the outlands of Empire: governing districts in the Sudan, living among the Dinka and the Nuer, climbing to cliffside monasteries in Ethiopia... Wartime with the SAS in Ethiopia and the Western Desert. Then the great trek across the Empty Quarter and literary fame. Plus hunting amongst the Marsh Arabs in 1950s Iraq and clambering up and down the Himalayas. The last explorer, the obituaries called him a few years ago. By all accounts, a cold and distant man, ascetic to the core. But the man who'd get you through the ambush or up the mountain. And a fine writer. Damn it, no one should get to have all of his life. But Thesiger did. And you want to be him. You really do. However not?"
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