Search Results: the thirsty land by john brown

London Hodder And Stoughton, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. First Printed. 192 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white photographic plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to gutters, text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light thumb marking present throughout. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor sunning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Some minor tanning, creasing and scuffing overall.

London, The Travel BookClub, nd;. Hardback. Very good/ Dj Good. 192pp with numerous illustrations. Cream covers with title on spine. Dust jacke thas closed tears, edge wear. " Real life adventure: the record of a light-hearted journey across the great Thirstland of Southern Arfica in the winter f 1952/53." .

The Travel Book Club; London, 1111. First printing thus. . Hard with Dust Jacket. Very good+ in very good dust jacket. 8vo.. Numerous wonderful b/w photo` plates.. Very good + in very good dust jacket. D.j bears minor edge-wear.

London: Travel Book Club, 1955. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 192pp with index and b/w photographs. A light hearted journey across the great Thirstland of Southern Africa in the winter of 1952-53. Some wear to heel of dj, some spotting to page edges but a very decent copy..

dirty cream: Travel Book Club, 1954. Hardcover. Used: Acceptable. Condition fair, no dust jacket. ref ZKVQ

(London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1954 First Edition). 8vo; original red cloth, no dustwrapper; pp. 192 including index; frontispiece portrait, black-and-white plates. Uniform browning throughout. Very good condition. "This is an unpretentious account of a light-hearted journey across the great Thirstland of southern Africa in the winter of 1952-53. The old Boer pioneers named the area well, for hundreds of them died of thirst in the parched wilderness. Our search in the waste of the Namib Desert and Kalahari, aided by the new tools of science, was for information and underground water resources. We visualized new towns and great cattle ranches on a Texas pattern, but knew that everything has to start in a small way." .

(London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1954). 8vo; original red boards, lettered in black on spine; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 192 including index; frontispiece portrait, black-and-white plates. Dustwrapper somewhat edgeworn and rubbed, with archival tape repairs to reverse; earlier owner's name signed on front pastedown; a little foxing. Good to very good condition. "This is an unpretentious account of a light-hearted journey across the great Thirstland of southern Africa in the winter of 1952-53. The old Boer pioneers named the area well, for hundreds of them died of thirst in the parched wilderness. Our search in the waste of the Namib Desert and Kalahari, aided by the new tools of science, was for information and underground water resources. We visualized new towns and great cattle ranches on a Texas pattern, but knew that everything has to start in a small way." .

Hodder and Stroughton Limited, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, torn, slightly marked and edge worn. Now protected in cellophane. The condition of the book is given in terms of the book's age. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Hodder & Stoughton. VG. (1954). 1st ptg. Travel across great Thirstland of south Africa in 1952-53 in a quest for underground water resources. Red binding. Edge wear. .

Hodder and Stoughton, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The boards are rubbed and marked.Some foxing.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Travel Book Club. No Date circa 1955. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light tape marks to endpapers and previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 192 pages.. A journey across the great Thirstland of southern Africa in the winter of 1952-53. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Book Club Edition. Hardback.

UK: Travel Book Club. Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 192 pages. South West Africa .

Hodder, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The jacket is a bit worn and torn but has suffered little paper loss. Internally clean and tightly bound. One notation.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. The jacket is a bit shelf rubbed and a bit chipped.Internally clean and tightly bound.EK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. The jacket is torn and marked.Internally clean.Well bound.[R.M]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Travel Book Club, 1954. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback, octavo, a tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, b&w plates, 192pp. The pictorial dust wrapper has a large area of loss to the spine and has been strengthened to the reverse..

Travel Book Club. 1954 Travel Book Club edition hardback; Very Good clean copy, owner's stamp on fep; Good unclipped dj has shelf wear and edge tears; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Hardcover. 1954.

London England: The Travel Book Club, 1953. The world food situation demands the utilisation of the blank spaces on the map. This is an unpretentious account of a light-hearted journey across the great Thistland of Southern Africa in the winter of 1952-53. The old Boer pioneers named the area well for hundreds of them died of thirst in the parched wilderness. Our search in the waste of the Namib Desert and Kalahari, aided by the new tools of science, was for information and underground water resources. We visualized new towns and great cattle ranches on a Texas pattern, but knew that everything has to start in a small way. Work has already begun on a variety of projects and may, we hope, help to set a new pattern of survey, linking the theorist with the field work necessary to transform the wide open spaces. Wear and tear to D/J. Small piece of D/J missing from back.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1954 first edition hardback in very good condition. A little foxing to long page edge and a few marks to inside cover. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding. The red cloth boards have just light shelf wear. In its original, unclipped dust wrapper with rubbing to top edge, tears to spine and marking to rear, but still quite serviceable. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

London.: Hodder & Stoughton. , 1954. Dj is slightly rubbed on front and hinges, frittered at head. Book pages are yellowing. Frontis, map,192pp incl index, 14 pp b w photos. . First Edition.. Hard Cover Maroon boards.. Very Good in P V C/Very Good. 221x21p3mm.