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Zustand: Very Good. New Ed. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. New Ed. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. New Ed. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Softcover. Zustand: Bon. Ancien livre de bibliothèque. Edition 1969. Editeur différent. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Former library book. Edition 1969. Different publisher. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

23.0 x 15.0cms 450pp good paperback (a reading copy) Burckhardt led expeditions to Timbuktu the upper reaches of Niger Aleppo Syria Palestine Petra Nubia and Abu Simbel and Mecca (1809-1817).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. No date but thought to be 1947. In beige boards with green lettering on spine. Boards rather marked with age, plus two brown marks on back and one on rear paste down endpaper. Text is slightly tanned throughout, but is otherwise unmarked. Tightly bound. Includes black and white illustrations and photos, including frontispiece of the author with one of her cats. Dust jacket is covered with clear removable plastic. Stained on the inside, plus some brown tape at the top of the spine on the inside. Minor chips along the top and bottom. Some marks on the front and back. The story of seven Siamese cats.

Zustand: Good. 1947. First Edition. 103 pages. Dust jacket over grey cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine. Moderate rubbing and marking all over.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Previous Owner's Name Inscribed Front Endpaper.

Zustand: Good. 1947. First Published. 103 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Boards have little wear. Light toning to pages. DJ has tears and loss to edges with toning. Price clipped.

Zustand: Good. 1959. No edition remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing and wear to ends. Droplets to boards. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

As photographed; a little very mild shelf-marking to covers; o/w the books appears to be in unopened condition; binding still tight, as new; clean, crisp, and unmarked throughout; private ownership; 447pp + 32pls. Although Burckhardt's own writings are known, and he has a lengthy entry in the Dictionary of National Biography, this is in fact the first full-length biography to be written in English.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Paperback Edition. 447 pAGES As an explorer, the remarkable Jean Louis Burckhardt achieved the near impossible. After immersing himself in Arab culture and language, Burkhardt disguised himself as "Sheik Abraham" and journeyed through regions not yet known to Europeans. He became the first to enter Petra, discovered the colossal figures at Abu Simbel, and even penetrated Mecca, where he lived for many years as an Arab.

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Foxing to the pages. Neat dedication on the opening page.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. 248 pages.

Zustand: Fair. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription and paper residue to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Stain to front board.

Dark Blue Cloth Boards. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. The artistic odyssey of the Scottish artist and academic David Roberts, best known for his lithographs of Middle Eastern subjects. 350pp with index, illustrated with 8 colour plates, 24 black and white reproductions and 7 part-title illustrations. Gilt design to top board, gilt lettering to spine. Printer's blemish to front pastedown and endpaper and slight marking to page edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has slight edgewear and surface marking, otherwise good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Zustand: Good. 1969. This edition. 252 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth. Black and white illustration plates. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with a small tear to spine base. Spine mildly tanned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. xvii, 350 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Zustand: Good. 1946. First Edition. 248 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Lettering is clear. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Dust jacket has heavy edge wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Extensive tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Copy in beige cloth on boards in unclipped D/J.Board spine lightly sunned. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Jacket lightly chipped around edges. Slight crack in front hinge. Previous owners inscription on FFE. Clean text with b/w plates and illustrations.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

First Edition. 1947 1st edition with B&W illustrations; binding tight but spine a little discoloured. Dust jacket not price-clipped with wear, tear and small losses to edges; spine tanned. Page fore-edges yellowed. Internally, endpapers a little foxed and yellowed; page edges yellowed; otherwise, a good, tidy copy. Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Covers & Spine: both front and back boards are undamaged with light wear at the edges and corners, spine is strong with minimal bumping at ends. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, very clean throughout. Dust Jacket: complete with only light scuffing on surface and edges, has been price-clipped, has been neatly covered & protected in clear plastic by previous owner; no adhesive tape used. PLEASE NOTE: Due to this item weighing more than 1 kg, postage cost for international orders (i.e. not Australian) will be more than what is shown here. Please email me for an exact quote. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 447 pp., numerous b/w plates, maps and line drawings, publisher's original wrappers, notes, glossary, index, Talis House stamp verso front & lower covers, otherwise copy clean & in very good condition. The author first read about J. L. Burckhardt when she visited "Petra" in 1960, 150 years after the latter discovered it. Henceforth her interest in him grew and she eventually decided to write about this unassuming explorer whose other great discovery was The Great Temple of Rameses II at Abu Simbel. This book is intended as an introduction to Burckhardt, the man and his travels, the adoptive son of England, who lived and worked dangerously, strenuously in her service, and who died in so doing. #19977.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. H/B 248 pages, conditiion is very good.