Search Results: the wilderness of zin by woolley c leonard

London: Cape. Good; some wear, some chipping of DJ Book includes the very scarce Dust . Jacket. 1936. Hardbound. 204 pages .

First American edition (from British sheets). 4to. Gilt stamped on orange cloth. 40 b/w plates; 2 maps; 58 text illustrations. Dust jacket (price clipped; tears and stains). Very good. 166 pages. No signatures.
From the library of noted "Gone With The Wind" Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre Bookplate on the front pastedown.

London,, 2003. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. 8vo. pp lxvii, 290. Sepia illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's cream cloth with gilt lettering at spine and front. Copiously illustrated in black and white.ISBN: 1900988291Heavy book may require extra shipping.

London: Stacey International, 2003.. 8vo. lxviii, 290, (2) pp. 40 black and white plates and a folding plan, plus plans and illustrations in the text, signature to fly leaf. Original gilt titled buckram, top of spine slightly worn. Black and white plates and illustrations in the text, many photographic. An excellent copy. Lawrence's first work in book form, a survey of the Nevez region of the Sinai Peninsula originally published by the Palestine Exploration Fund in 1915.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1936. new edition. Hardcover. Very good/fair. 8 x 10 in. 166 pp. Red cloth boards. Section of plates, maps and fold-out map. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean, toned at upper edges. Corners mildly bumped, minor shelf wear. Binding tight. PO's name on ffep, text unmarked. DJ is FAIR ; clipped, vertical stain on front, very chipped, section around spine head gone. Ancient Hist. RGR.

Jonathan Cape, 1936-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

London: Stacey International . This is a Fine Copy of this book in publisher's cream cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine and upper cover in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer extremities of the dust-wrapper.Not price clipped.This copy has NO previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.The page edges are clean and bright with crisp white page edges.The Dust-wrapper comes well protected in a removable cover sleeve.Lovely copy for the collector and illustrated with 37 plates and with some 59 illustrations set within the text and with 3 maps.8vo 290pp Revised Edition [2003] . Fine. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 2003.

London: Stacey International, 2003. Revised Edition. Near fine/near fine. Hardcover : pp. [iv] xlix, 290 [2 blank] : 37 plates : 59 illustrations with-in text : introduction to first, second and third edition : preface to third edition : facsimile preliminary pages to first edition : prefatory note to first edition : cream cloth boards : gilt to front and spine : plum endpapers : illustrated dust jacket. Upper board at head has minor bump along the top edge; head and tail of spine very mildly pushed, including to jacket; text block edges have a few fox marks. According to the jacket, The Wilderness of Zin, first published as the Annual of the Palestine Exploration Fund for 1914/15, describes an incredible archaeological survey carried out as cover for a British military mapping operation in southwest Palestine just before the outbreak of World War One.

Jonathan Cape, 1936T. hardcover. Very Good. 1st Thus 1936 HB Jonathan Cape; no dust jacket; with bookplate of the noted historian Sir Michael Oppenheimer

London: Stacey International, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine copy in d/w. The new revised edition of this archaeological report on the area that was first published by the Palestine Exploration Fund in 1914-15 and originally re-published by Jonathan Cape in 1936. Here with new Preface by Jonathan Tubb and new Introduction by Sam Moorhead that gives this reissue real significance. A handsome volume. 290pp..

London: Stacey International, 2003. Revised edition. Preface by Jonathan Tubb. Introduction by Sam N. Moorhead. Pp. lxviii+290, numerous illustrations (plates and text figures, all within pagination), 2 full page maps, bibliography, index, appendices; wide f'cap 4to; dust wrapper; Stacey International, London, 2003. Third edition. O'Brien sA006b. *The Wilderness of Zin, first published as the Annual of the Palestine Exploration Fund for 1914/15, describes an incredible archaeological survey carried out as cover for a British military mapping operation in southern Palestine just before the outbreak of World War One.... This edition also includes previously unpublished material from the PEF archives, a preface by Jonathan Tubb and a new introduction by Sam Moorhead, all of which provide a fuller picture of this remarkable episode' [wrapper blurb].

London: Stacey International, 2003. The Wilderness of Zin, first published as the Annual of the Palestine Exploration Fund for 1914/15, describes an incredible archeological survey carried out as cover for a British military mapping operation in southern Palestine just before the outbreak of World War One. The most comprehensive account of the region at the time, it is still a most important work ninety years later. "Admirers of T. E. Lawrence will find it a valuable addition to the ana of that strange and impressive personage" (The Montreal Gazette). "A brilliant record of hazardous adventure" (New York Sun).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1936 4to. original terracotta cloth gilt (prev. owner & bookseller's small rsms to FFE, a few spots to leaf edges & outer leaves, else very clean & bright; lacks dustwrapper); pp. [ii], 166, with 40 plates, 2 maps & 58 text figures. Heavy item (1.2kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A near fine copy.. New Edition. Hard Cover. F-/No Jacket.

London: Stacey International, 2003. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Revised edition. lxvii, 290pp. Cloth. First published as the Annual of the Palestine Exploration Fund for 1914/15, the book describes an incredible archaelogical survey carried out as cover for a British military mapping operation in southern Palestine just before the outbreak of World War I. At the time of publication it was the most comprehensive account of the region and still extremely relevant ninety years later. This edition also includes previously unpublished material from the PEF archives, a preface by Jonathan Tubb and a new introduction by Sam Moorhead. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, maps and drawings. Name on front free endpaper. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo.

London: Jonathan Cape [1936], 1st printing of the new edition. (4to) 166pp. plus xl plates. Very good, no dust jacket. Rust cloth with gilt titles. The top edge is stained rust, 2 maps, 40 plates, illustrations, folding plan, index. Contributors include M.N. Tod (Inscriptions from Southern Palestine; Greek). Introduction by Frederic Kenyon. Locale: Middle East. (History--Africa).

UK: Cape, 1936. New Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. New Edition 1936. New Edition with a chapter on Greek inscriptions by M. N. Tod and an Introduction by Sir Fredric Kenyon. First published by the Palestine Exploration Fund in 1915. 2 maps and 58 illustrations in the text. Book is very good++ and very bright. The wrapper is very good and bright. Loss to bottom edge. Light rubbing to edges. Contents good with small name to endpaper. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18296

London: Jonathan Cape,, 1936. First trade edition, first impression, originally published in 1914 by the Palestine Exploration Fund. "During January and February 1914, Lawrence and Woolley, in the company of a British Army surveying detachment led by Capt. Newcombe, under the guise of an archaeological survey, mapped the Negev region of the Sinai Peninsula, then under Turkish suzerainty. The British sought updated maps for the war they felt was coming. To complete the fiction of the archaeological work, Woolley and Lawrence wrote The Wilderness of Zin, the first of Lawrence's works to appear in book form [when it came out originally in 1914]" (O'Brien). Octavo. Original red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, top edge red. With dust jacket. With 40 plates, 2 maps, line drawings in the text. Foxing and toning to endpapers; jacket lightly soiled, spine toned with minor damp staining to foot, nicks and short tears to extremities, not price clipped: a very good copy in like jacket. O'Brien A006.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1936. With a chapter on the Greek inscriptions by M. N. Tod. Introduction by Sir Frederic Kenyon. Pp. [ii]+166, 40 plates, 2 full page maps, folding plan, numerous text figures (a couple full page), index; cr. 4to; brick red buckram, spine and upper board lettered in gilt, a trifle soiled, head of spine lightly bruised; top edges red; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Jonathan Cape, London, 1936. Second U.K. edition. O'Brien A006. *Originally published in 1915, The Wilderness of Zin was the first of Lawrence's work to be published in book form. Sir Frederic Kenyon's preface (not included in the first edition or in the 1935 second issue of the work, which was bound from the original sheets), describes the further archaeological work done in the area since the original publication. This edition also includes 3 more plates than the original.

NY: SCRIBNERS.. Very Good. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. A very good+ or better copy in a Vg. dj. (Offsetting at edges of endpapers & pastedowns. Some shallow chipping at spine ends on dj., resulting in very minor loss to titles. Couple of small clear tape mends at corner sof dj. A few small chips & edge tears in dj. Traces of shelf soiling as well) Very scarce work on the desert region south of Beersheba and the Dead Sea, reaching to Akaba. .

Eisenbrauns, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. .3 x 0 x 0. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Eisenbrauns, 2003. 290 pages. Nice Firm copy ! Light general wear. Previous owner name written on half-title page. Size: .3 x 0 x 0. History::Archaeology History::Middle East 0329 0329