Arabian Sands: The Remarkable True Story of One the Last Great Adventures of Modern Times. by Wilfred Thesiger - 1959.

New York, NY E.P. Dutton and Company, 1959. Hardcover First Edition (1959), so stated. First Edition (1959), so stated. Very Good: shows light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the panels; slight spine lean; faint soiling to the rear panel and faint sunning or blanching for some other reason to the top and outside edges of the panels; the binding remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor flaws. Corners sharp. Clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. Not far from "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9 x 6 x 1.5 inches). xvii, 326 pages. 68 duotone plates and 8 maps. Fold-out map of The Empty Quarter tacked into the rear pastedown endpaper. Language: English. Weight: 27 ounces. Hardback: Lacks DJ. Arabian Sands is Wilfred Thesiger's record of his extraordinary journey through the parched "Empty Quarter" of Arabia. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Thesiger was repulsed by the softness and rigidity of Western life -- "the machines, the calling cards, the meticulously aligned streets." In the spirit of T. E. Lawrence, he set out to explore the deserts of Arabia, traveling among peoples who had never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill Christian infidels. His now-classic account is invaluable to understanding the modern Middle East.