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Ɵ THESIGER, W. Eight Works, and one related: five vols. SIGNED. London, 1959-2001. (9)

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Ɵ THESIGER, Wilfred. (1910 - 2003). Eight Works, and one related: five volumes SIGNED by the author. London, 1959-2001. comprises: Arabian Sands. SIGNED. Longmans, 1959. first edition, SIGNED by the author, with a loose signed note from the author's brother, Gerald Thesiger on notepaper headed with a Chelsea address, dated 1950, dustwrapper clipped: The Marsh Arabs. SIGNED. Longmans, 1964. first edition, SIGNED and dated 2000 by the author, dustwrapper clipped: Desert, Marsh and Mountain: The World of a Nomad. Collins, 1979. first edition, dustwrapper unclipped: The Life of My Choice. Collins, 1987. first edition, dustwrapper unclipped: My Kenya Days. SIGNED. Harper Collins, 1994. first edition, SIGNED and dated 2000 by the author, dustwrapper unclipped: The Danakil Diary. Journeys Through Abyssinia, 1930-34. Harper Collins, 1996. first edition, dustwrapper unclipped: Among the Mountains, Travels in Asia. SIGNED. Harper Collins, 1998. SIGNED by the author, dustwrapper unclipped: A Vanished World. SIGNED. Harper Collins, 2001. first edition, SIGNED and dated 2001 by the author, dustwrapper unclipped : ASHER, Michael. Thesiger, a Biography. Viking, 1994. first edition, dustwrapper unclipped.

Provenance: from the collection of a personal friend of Wilfred Thesiger, who knew the author towards the end of his life. (9)

Condition Report:
1. Arabian Sands - SIGNED, publisher's cream cloth, clean and bright, gilt lettering to spine bright, spine a little bumped head/tail, dustwrapper clipped, with light foxing to flaps and heavier foxing to inside of dustwrapper, light foxing to edges and first few pages, o/w. clean internally, the loose note from the author's brother with a small square mark to the Chelsea address, o/w. clean and bright.

2. The Marsh Arabs - SIGNED, publisher's green cloth, clean and bright, corners a little scuffed, spine also a little bumped head/tail, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper worn with two tears to top of upper cover, one of which has been repaired with tape, a small mark to front endpaper, o/w. clean internally.

3. Desert, Marsh and Mountain - publisher's brown cloth clean and bright, gilt lettering to spine bright, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.

4. The Life of My Choice - publisher's black cloth clean and bright, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.

5. My Kenya Days - SIGNED, publisher's black cloth clean and bright, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.

6. The Danakil Diary - publisher's plum cloth clean and bright, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.

7. Among the Mountains, Travels in Asia - SIGNED, publisher's black cloth clean and bright, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.

8. A Vanished World - SIGNED, publisher's grey cloth, clean and bright, bright silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.

9. Thesiger A Biography - publisher's black cloth clean and bright, gilt lettering to spine bright, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer

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Ɵ THESIGER, Wilfred. (1910 - 2003). Eight Works, and one related: five volumes SIGNED by the author. London, 1959-2001. comprises: Arabian Sands. SIGNED. Longmans, 1959. first edition, SIGNED by the author, with a loose signed note from the author's brother, Gerald Thesiger on notepaper headed with a Chelsea address, dated 1950, dustwrapper clipped: The Marsh Arabs. SIGNED. Longmans, 1964. first edition, SIGNED and dated 2000 by the author, dustwrapper clipped: Desert, Marsh and Mountain: The World of a Nomad. Collins, 1979. first edition, dustwrapper unclipped: The Life of My Choice. Collins, 1987. first edition, dustwrapper unclipped: My Kenya Days. SIGNED. Harper Collins, 1994. first edition, SIGNED and dated 2000 by the author, dustwrapper unclipped: The Danakil Diary. Journeys Through Abyssinia, 1930-34. Harper Collins, 1996. first edition, dustwrapper unclipped: Among the Mountains, Travels in Asia. SIGNED. Harper Collins, 1998. SIGNED by the author, dustwrapper unclipped: A Vanished World. SIGNED. Harper Collins, 2001. first edition, SIGNED and dated 2001 by the author, dustwrapper unclipped : ASHER, Michael. Thesiger, a Biography. Viking, 1994. first edition, dustwrapper unclipped.

Provenance: from the collection of a personal friend of Wilfred Thesiger, who knew the author towards the end of his life. (9)

Condition Report:
1. Arabian Sands - SIGNED, publisher's cream cloth, clean and bright, gilt lettering to spine bright, spine a little bumped head/tail, dustwrapper clipped, with light foxing to flaps and heavier foxing to inside of dustwrapper, light foxing to edges and first few pages, o/w. clean internally, the loose note from the author's brother with a small square mark to the Chelsea address, o/w. clean and bright.

2. The Marsh Arabs - SIGNED, publisher's green cloth, clean and bright, corners a little scuffed, spine also a little bumped head/tail, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper worn with two tears to top of upper cover, one of which has been repaired with tape, a small mark to front endpaper, o/w. clean internally.

3. Desert, Marsh and Mountain - publisher's brown cloth clean and bright, gilt lettering to spine bright, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.

4. The Life of My Choice - publisher's black cloth clean and bright, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.

5. My Kenya Days - SIGNED, publisher's black cloth clean and bright, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.

6. The Danakil Diary - publisher's plum cloth clean and bright, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.

7. Among the Mountains, Travels in Asia - SIGNED, publisher's black cloth clean and bright, bright gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.

8. A Vanished World - SIGNED, publisher's grey cloth, clean and bright, bright silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.

9. Thesiger A Biography - publisher's black cloth clean and bright, gilt lettering to spine bright, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer

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