International standard book number
000211643X
Shelfmark
Id6.5.12
Author
Title
Desert, marsh and mountain : the world of a nomad / Wilfred Thesiger ; [maps drawn by Tom Stalker-Miller].
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London] : Collins, St James's Place, London, 1979 (Chatham : W & J Mackay)
Physical description
304, [4] p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Note
Cartographer taken from title-page verso.
Note
Preliminaries: "This edition is limited to 160 copies, numbered and signed by the author. Of these, numbers 151 to 160 are not for sale".
Note
Printer and binder taken from limited edition statement.
Provenance
Presentation copy with signature under copy number statement: Wilfred Thesiger.
Provenance
Given to ECL by Wilfred Thesiger in June 1982.
Binding
20th-century red/brown leather half-binding; boards covered in stone coloured cloth; gilt framing on covers; five raised bands on spine; title, author, and publisher stamped in gold on spine; 3 motifs stamped in gold on spine; gilt edges; brown and green marbled endpapers; bound by Robert Hartnoll Limited of Bodmin; housed in matching stone coloured cloth slipcase, with brown centrepiece and the title and author stamped in gold within a gilt frame.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy is number 109.
Copy-specific note
Photocopy of TLS from Provost Charteris to the author [Wilfred Thesiger] dated 23rd June 1982, regarding this presentation copy.
Subject
Subject
Middle East Description and travel.
Added entry--name
Stalker-Miller, Tom cartographer.
Added entry--name
Robert Hartnoll Limited binder.
Added entry--name
W. & J. Mackay Limited printer.
Added entry--name
Collins publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B43621