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Victor Gollancz, 1955. Hardcover. Good. 1955. 335 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Sold as is. Lower corner stained, lower page edges damp-warped. Sound otherwise.

New York:: Harcourt, Brace,, [1955].. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. In signature and another neat ink name and address on front free endpaper; very slight use to extremities of the spine; tight and sound in a dust jacket with several small chips, tears and abrasions. . 8vo,. Illustrated from photographs..

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.3000 in x 9.0000 in x 6.2000 in. No DJ. Gift inscription on front free page. No other markings in book. Lightly read if read at all. Binding is fine.

Victor Gollancz, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1955. Second Impression. 335 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket.

New York (Harcourt, Brace and Company), 1955.. xvi, 362pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 8vo. Cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author. From the library of Kurt Weitzmann.

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. Hardcover. Good. 1955. 362 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are in good condition with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges.

Victor Gollancz LTD, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Jacket is very shelf worn with the top half of the front torn off, and a chip on the bottom of the spine. Boards are neat with very little edge wear. Binding is secure. No inscriptions or annotations. Presents well in cellophane. JHK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1955 A very good copy with just lightly foxed edges. Only the flaps of the dust jacket are included.

Victor Gollancz, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photographs & maps. dustjacket chipped at top of the front panel and the bottom of the spine. A darkening of the edges of the pages. Non-authorial gift annotation on the title page, Otherwise nice clean copy . this story of archaeology in the Arabian Peninsula and the politics Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 735 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs & maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Arabia; history. Inventory No: 0265316. .

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1955). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Good. New York:Harcourt, Brace and Company. (1955). 1st edition. xvi+362pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book in very good condition with a previous owners bookplate to verso of 1st free endpage, otherwise clean. The dust jacket is lightly soiled and shelfworn with wear to edges and folds. The top spine edge is worn with chips and tears.

London, Victor Gollancz. 1955. Hb. illustrated. Good

London: Gollancz, 1955. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 335pp., b/w plates, notes, index, Nice copy in bright burgundy cloth in a slightly chipped dust jacket

London.: Gollancz.. 1955.. Endpaper maps, black and white photographic plates, 362pp, index, dustjacket worn and damaged with loss, some foxing, a sound hardback copy. .

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. Hardcover. Octavo, xvi, 362 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is red with yellow and white print. Dust jacket in mylar. Edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, toning to spine. Price unclipped: "$5.00". Boards in tan cloth. Wear to spine caps and corners, light peripheral toning. Illustrated: b&w photographs. Inscribed in ink by the author on the half-title page. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1375681. FP New Rockville Stock.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt, map endpages. Stated second printing. Inscribed to half title page by Phillips. Bottom board corners bumped, PO stamp to half title, faint staining to textblock edge. Sound binding. The DJ in mylar is nicked/slightly torn at spine ends/points, toned at spine, a few small dampstains to spine, tiny closed tear to front panel edge, interior tape at crown. Many photos. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1955 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good Only. 8.5" by 5.5". Not stated. The first UK edition of this exploration book detailing a visit to the Middle East with many illustrations. First UK edition of Qataban and Sheba, Exploring Ancient Kingdoms on the Biblical Spice Routes of Arabia by Wendell Phillips in the original publisher's cloth binding and clipped dust wrapper. Wendell Phillips was an American archaeologist who led some of the first archaeological expeditions in modern day Yemen and Oman. Densely illustrated with seventy eight monochrome plates, various diagrams throughout the text and three maps. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding and clipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. There is some wear to the dust wrapper, including some significant loss to the rear panel. To the binding, there is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company [1955], 1955. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [6], vii-xvi, [3], 4-362, [4] pp. Yellow cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Decorated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several full-page and in-text black and white photographs. A record of Wendell Phillips' travels to the ancient sites Beihan and Marib, and modern Yemen and Oman. Phillips had a fascination with ancient Middle Eastern archaeology, and was the President of the American Foundation for the Study of Man. A touch of foxing to the boards' edges; jacket has a chip to the rear panel and a bit of general edge wear.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Signed and dedicated by author on half title page. Dedication reads: 'To lovely Hassana from an ardent admirer - with love from Wendell'. Boards and spine are foxed and slightly sunned. Spine ends are bumped. Page block is tanned and lightly marked. Penned note on reverse of half title page. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. HCW. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Good. Used.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo, 362pp., illustrated. A tight, crisp copy, very slightly canted, and with some mild offsetting on pp. 14-15 from an old laid-in news clipping. Overall, very good. In a very good dust jacket with shallow chipping and creasing along the top edges, and one 2-inch closed tear on the rear panel. A review copy, with the publisher's slip laid-in. This copy also SIGNED and warmly INSCRIBED on the title page: "To A. L. W. Williams, with the author's best salaams - Wendell Phillips."