arabia felix across empty de thomas bertram (75 resultados)

Condición: New. In.

Condición: New. pp. 438.

Condición: New. In.

Hard Cover. Condición: Good. Illustrated, pp xvi, 304, several pages lightly bruised at the top corner, the title page fox blotched, a large folding map at rear, decorated parchment-like boards, slightly bowed and marked, the spine dull and age-toned.

Cloth Bound. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. . First Edition. Unmarked hardcover no jacket. Scribner's seal and A on copyright page. this is a ex library book with stamp and pocket. no swriting in book no foxing except few spots on title page, all maps and b/w present except fold out map in rear. Some foxing to endpapers some fading to spine of the purple/redpurple boards with embossed gilt decoration. corners have wear. please see all pictures, great reading book.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Spine has a small tear at the bottom. Deckled page edges. Text and illustrations are bright and clear. Map pull-out at the rear of the book. Photograph available on request.

Condición: Good. Good condition. Moderate wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Front end page torn out. Map included. No dust jacket. Pictures available upon request. AP.

Library Binding Hardcover. Condición: Gut. XXIX, 396 p.: Ill., Maps. Zustand altersbedingt: Einband berieben, an einigen Stellen leicht bestoßen, ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar, daher mit Stempel und Anmerkungen im Vorsatz, Seiten angebräunt und teilweise leicht fleckig / Age-related condition: binding rubbed, slightly bumped in some places, former library copy, therefore with stamp and annotations in the endpapers, pages browned and partly slightly stained. - CONTENTS FOREWORD PREFACE INTRODUCTION I. A PROPITIOUS START AND AN EARLY CHECK EmbarkationDisembarkation The need for secrecy Trouble in the InteriorMy plans unfoldedMy envoys leave. II. AT DHUFAR: ANARCHY, TREACHERY AND HOSPITALITY The settled tribes of Dhufar-History of Dhufar Tribal anarchy Hegemony of Sultan establishedArrival of a tyrantA tyrant rules and his sons are murderedOrder restored - Arab instability A visit to Salala A social function Giant ancestors The price of freedom A negro dance The Bathing Chorus. III. SKULL-MEASURING AND DEVIL-DANCING Racial typesPre-Islamic civilisations A father's skull Taking head-measurements - Social distinctions - A warrior's pride, and his needs The Governor of Dhufar The 'unco guid' in ArabiaExorcism - Negro customs-Institutions of slavery Mourning ceremonies The dance of the slave girls The climax The evil spirit is exorcised. IV. IN THE QARA MOUNTAINS: 'AIN AR RIZAT Hunting prospects Preparation of specimens - Earlier civilisations Ancient graves A son of the free Offerings to spirits Pagan cults Lying, picking and stealing A courageous collector Evil spirits Sitting up for hyena. CHAPTER V. IN THE QARA MOUNTAINS. ANCIENT SURVIVALS^ AND THE BLOOD SACRIFICE Ibn Battuta's views Hadoram and Hazramaveth Forest- clad mountainsUnruly camelsPeril from snakesRock caves An offer of marriage A pleasant valley A tribal danceA hyena slainCostly mourning ceremonies An Arab 'wake' Local laws of inheritance The wife's duties and rights. VI. THE QARA MOUNTAINS. HYENAS, FAITH CURES AND CIRCUMCISION. Poisonous snakesFood customsThe riding camel of a witch The gazelle and the hyena The offence of the ape Demands on my medicine chest Restitution of conjugal rights A cure for varicose veins The cautery Theft and pillage Tribesmen and non-tribesmen The camel of Salih bin Hut-The origin of the Qara - Christian traditions Sons of Adam Female circumcision Hair customs-Female adornments An old lady's hand-bagFlirtation punished Social conventions love lyrics. VIL THE QARA MOUNTAINS. EXORCISING THE EVIL EYE AND ORDEAL BY FIRE Camping in the mountains Camels and cattleSheep and goats Exorcism of the Evil Eye Veterinary methods The Qara at Khiyunt Local law and custom Atonement for blood The law of hospitality The oath on the Qur'anThe ordeal by fire-The furnace of affliction Belief in witchcraft Gossip with a murderer. VIII. THE QARA MOUNTAINS. FAREWELL Matriarchal customs - A case of snake-bite A case for a physician Lying up for panther The sacrifice of blood Marriage customs, divorce, re-marriage and married women's property Betrothal customs The Bait Qutun troubleCamp at FuzahMurder in cold blood The psychology and ethics of the blood-feud Morning at Arbot. CHAPTER IX. DHUFAR. THE ELEVENTH HOUR The Sultan's yacht arrives Discussions with Shaikh Salih The Wali intervenes Shaikh Salih agrees Computations and calculations The attitude of the Murra. X. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY The first night's camp Camel management Diana Orac- ulum The cave of Sahaur Lehez The penalty of theft A damp night In the Qara Mountains A discussion on religious customs - The frarikincense tree F rankincense grovesInnocent salacity Hanun and Ghabartan The Place of Tombstones-Ancient monuments, inscriptions and religious cultsGhudun and Sa'atanAstronomical observations Chronometers Ista My first oryx The Virgin and the Unicorn Beetles and lizards. XL NEJD. LIFE IN THE SOUTHERN STEPPE The fort of ShisurWar and deathA desert raid The southern steppeMugshin Umm al Hait The wadis of the steppe - Tribal distribution The life of the steppe The practice of cautery ExorcismAnimal lifeDisappearance of ostriches Lizards, edible and inedible. XII. ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF THE SANDS On tenterhooks A thunderstorm Water in a thirsty landA love lyricA smoking party The joys of the smoker-The simple life Astronomical observations - Camp at Nukhdat FasadCare for camelsReligious practices of the desert A discussion on religion The importance of head-dressA hungry camp at Mitan The road to Ubar-Stories of Ubar- Arabia and the Ice Age. XIII. ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS SANDS OF URUQ- ADH-DHAHIYA Tired camelsCold nightsBaking breadBread and indigestion The hare and the gazelle The bellowing of the sands Wheezing sandsThe great dunesA false alarm - The art of desert raiding The laws of desert war CHAPTER Soft sandsKhor Dhahiya Christmas dinnerExhausted camels Welcome waterThe lore of the trackerWe join forces with Shaikh Salih XIV. A GEOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON RUB' AL KHALI The southern and eastern edges Dwellers in the sands - Altitudes in the central sands Depression in the sands The question of quicksands. XV. THROUGH THE SANDS OF DAKAKA. THE SECOND RELAY OF CAMELS Table etiquette Hamad bin Hadi and his party Pay day and settling day in the desert Man and mount A bride and her dowry Table talk and table manners The sands of DakakaHamad bin Hadi The ritual and practice of exorcism The result The hare, the women and the ProphetMan and the camelMan and natureMan and the elements Camel's flesh, rice, dates and milk A practical joke. XVI. AT THE WATER-HOLE OF SHANNA. THE HALT BEFORE THE NORTHWARD DASH Camel for dinner Casting lots for meat A novel tonic The Valley of Images Traditions of the Bani Hillal My plans take shapeUnwan.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Reissue. A very good copy with d/w of the re-issue edition of 1936, with a frontispiece, numerous other plates with illustrations from photographs, 22 text figures, a sketch map, a chart, and a large folding coloured map, xxxiipp, 397pp., publisher's buckram cloth gilt that show ssigns of damp marking. Foreword by TE Lawrence. Despite some signs of damp marking this remains a reasonable copy and is priced accordingly.

Condición: Very Good. Reissue. Hardback. Octavo. xvi, 304pp. Original covers slightly worn, slight crease to spine and faint bowing to boards, endpaper slightly creased, slight foxing to first and last few pages, otherwise very good. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Readers' Union edition hardback with a foreword by T. E. Lawrence, 1938, with no jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards slightly tanned to spine. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text, maps (including large folding map to rear) and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1st. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards are a little marked and generally a bit grubby; evidence of sticker removal to front. Some slight bumping to corners. Spine is age darkened with bumping to ends. Rough cut page edges. Inner hinges a bit weak. B/w photographic frontispiece. Textblock is in good condition, generally clean and tight, just a few grubby marks associated with use. Illustrated throughout and with 3 maps including a large folding map to rear. Pagination: xxix pp, 397 pp, folding map. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 1280g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 033864:14c) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 1280 G. Book.

Orig.-Leinenbände. XXIX, 396 Seiten mit einigen s/w Abbildungen auf Tafeln und 1 großen farbigen Faltkarte. Einband geringfügig berieben und an Ecken und Kanten leicht bestoßen, vor der Titelei ist die Bindung leicht angebrochen, die Karte weist einen kleinen Einriss (1 cm) auf, sonst handelt es sich um ein gutes Exemplar mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Exlibris auf den ersten Seiten, ansonsten textsauber und aus einem Nichtraucherhaushalt. Dieses Exemplar stammt aus der Bibliothek von Walter W. Müller, Professor für Semitistik an der Philipps-Universität Marburg. // Original hardcover (cloth). Cover slightly rubbed and slightly bumped at corners and edges, the binding is slightly broken in front of the title page, the map has a small tear (1 cm), otherwise it is a good copy with only slight signs of wear. Exlibris the first pages, otherwise text-clean and from a non smoking environment. Sprache: Englisch.

Hardcover. First Edition. First edition with Scribner's colophon. Folding map clean and crisp folded in rearClean pages, tight binding, cloth boards clean with light fade Clean pages, tight binding, clot.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1932 later printing. Sound hinges. All pages lightly toned (age tanned), completely clean and undamaged. Spine is faded from sun exposure as are narrow bands across the edges of front and back covers. Very little soiling to front cover or spine. The back cover also has very little soiling but it does have a small cluster of spots in the upper center of the cover and one tiny dot near the top edge. There is also a 1/8" to 1/4" long ink line on the spine. None of the book's corners are bumped. A little wear to the top edge of the spine. A very nice copy bordering on VG condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 304 pages in very good condition. Foreword by T. E. Lawrence. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Previous owner's stamp on the ffep, flyleaf, half-title and title pages. Brown endpapers. Page edges are darkened and smudged. Bound in brown hardcovers with red titles. Worn around the edges. Binding is smudged, lightly stained, and scuffed. VG/- -. Book.

Condición: Good. Boards have some wear, edge scuffs. Some staining to end paper. Content is clean and has light toning. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. A clean example of the First Edition. No jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 397 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. Hardcover with gilt lettered front board, no dust jacket, in very good condition for its age. Published in February, 1932 and reprinted twice in March, 1932. Includes plates and fold out map (in very good condition). Boards are sunned, particularly the spine. Edges and corners are bumped and rubbed. Page block is lightly blemished and foxed. Light foxing also noted on the pastedowns, endpapers and a few of the pages, which are otherwise clear, and binding is sound. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover Re-Issue. xxix (iv),396 (4) pp + fold-out maps, First Published @1932, llus. With a Foreword by T. E. Lawrence and an Appendix by Arthur Keith; also containing maps, charts, diagrams, and illustrations complementary to the text: Re-issued in a New First Edition, 1936. Light external wear with lightly age-toned text block, else, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.25". Orangish-brown cloth gilt lettering to spine, and brownish top text block. Size: Large Octavo. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good first edition. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Slight bumping to spine ends. Very minor age-toning and specks of discolouration to spine and covers. Two slight white markings to front cover. Slight wear to corners of covers. Previous owner's signature to front end paper. A factual account of Thomas' voyage across the vast southern desert of the Arabian Peninsula from 1930-33.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. First Edition. Mild wear else a very clean example of the 1932 2nd Printing of the Original Edition. In an attractive jacket with a dust darkened spine, mild wear. Scarce in a jacket. Intro by T E Lawrence. All 3 Maps present. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. First Edition. A very good copy of the first edition in original cloth with a d/w that is in fair non price clipped state but has old tape repair marks (tape removed) to upper and lower edges. The d/w has done its job of preserving the binding. "Lawrence's third and last introductory essay is a foreword to Bertram Thomas's book. Lawrence admired the task Thomas undertook. The foreword was written with the aid of G.B. Shaw. " (Philip O'Brien, T.E. Lawrence a bibliography). A great travel classic. 397pp.Illustrations, maps and charts etc. An elusive volume in the first edition.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First impression. Very well illustrated, with numerous plates and large fold-out map to rear. All in VG internal order. Very slight opening of binding by title page, but all holding firm. Gift inscription to fep. Brown cloth well worn and rather marked. 8vo. xxxi, 397pp.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. The second impression of the first edition, same year as the first. Original brown buckram cloth hard covers with gilt titles to spine. Light handling and fading to covers; edges and endpapers toned. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Illustrated, maps -- all present as listed including fold-out map at rear. Appendices, index. xxxii,397pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Not Stated Ilustrador. A smart illustrated first edition, second impression, of Bertram Thomas' account of his crossing the Rub' al Khali. The first edition, second impression of this work, reprinted in the same year as the first impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, one folding plate, forty-seven plates, and many in-text illustrations. Collated complete. An immersive travel work on Saudi Arabia, noting the author's experiences travelling through the country. This work recounts the author's journey as he became the first documented Westerner to cross the Rub' al Khali. The Rub' al Khali is a large sand desert which encompasses most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula. Written by Bertram Thomas, an English diplomat and explorer. With a foreword by Thomas Edward Lawrence, a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer known for his role during the Arab Revolt and Sinai and Palestine campaign. His activities associations, and ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia. An appendix by Sir Arthur Keith, a British anatomist and anthropologist. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. book.

Second Edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Leonard Harrison Matthews. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Foxing scattered throughout. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xvi, 304 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; A propitious start and an early check -- At Dhufar: anarchy, treachery and hospitality -- Skull-measuring and devil-dancing -- In the Qara Mountains: 'Ain ar Rizat -- In the Qara Mountains, ancient survivals and the blood sacrifice -- The Qara Mountains, hyenas, faith cures and circumcision -- The Qara Mountains, exorcising the evil eye and ordeal by fire -- In the Qara Mountains, farewell -- Dhufar, the eleventh hour -- Over the hills and far away -- Nejd, life in the southern steppe, along the southern fringe of the sands -- Across the mountainous sands of Uruq Adh Dhahiya -- A geographical note on Rub' al Khali -- Through the sands of Dakaka, the second relay of camels -- At the water-hole of Shanna, the halt before the northward dash -- The northward dash -- Through the central sands -- A retrospect -- Banaiyan to the sea. The last stage. Subjects; Arabian Peninsula Description and travel. Arabian Peninsula Social life and customs. Rub al-Khali Description and travel. 1 Kg.

Cloth. Condición: Good. First reprint. [First reprint, in the same year as the first edition]. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xxx, 397. edges untrimmed, a large coloured folding map at the rear, a slight blemish from the front endpaper through to the frontispiece, otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth slightly faded marked and worn the spine a little more faded and slightly marked.

Second Edition. Provenance: Bookplate of Leonard Harrison Matthews. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Foxing scattered throughout. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xvi, 304 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; A propitious start and an early check -- At Dhufar: anarchy, treachery and hospitality -- Skull-measuring and devil-dancing -- In the Qara Mountains: 'Ain ar Rizat -- In the Qara Mountains, ancient survivals and the blood sacrifice -- The Qara Mountains, hyenas, faith cures and circumcision -- The Qara Mountains, exorcising the evil eye and ordeal by fire -- In the Qara Mountains, farewell -- Dhufar, the eleventh hour -- Over the hills and far away -- Nejd, life in the southern steppe, along the southern fringe of the sands -- Across the mountainous sands of Uruq Adh Dhahiya -- A geographical note on Rub' al Khali -- Through the sands of Dakaka, the second relay of camels -- At the water-hole of Shanna, the halt before the northward dash -- The northward dash -- Through the central sands -- A retrospect -- Banaiyan to the sea. The last stage. Subjects; Arabian Peninsula Description and travel. Arabian Peninsula Social life and customs. Rub al-Khali Description and travel. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Third Printing. CLEAN very good 1932 hard cover with fair dust jacket. Foreword by Col. T.E. Lawrence. Map intact. Book plate: Deddeh. Wadi Deddeh was well known local San Diego politician.