Search Results: men against the desert by calder ritchie

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1952. Book. Illus. by 15 Pages of Photos. Near Fine. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original yellow cloth with a hint of edgewear.Title in black on the unfaded spine. A red dust jacket that is NOT price clipped and has only one small closed tear along the bottom edge. With endpaper maps. The photos taken circa 1950 illustrate life in the deserts of North Africa, Sinai and Iran. A fine travel book of its time and a bench mark, as these deserts have changed. Pages 186, index..

George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. First Edition. 186 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards.

London: Country Book Club. 186 pages, illustrated, maps on the endpapers, index. . Very Good. Original Green Cloth. Reprint.. 1953.

London: The Country Book Club. Very Good with no dust jacket; Missing DJ, corners lightly bumped, slight . stains to front board. ; Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, . map endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside.. 1952. Reprint. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . B&W Photographs and maps; 186 pages; Details of a UNESCO expedition of desert research stations in the Middle East and North Africa. .

London: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN, 1951 Near Fine H/b. The author, Science Editor of the News Chronicle, was sent out for a one-man Unesco Inquiry Report. This powerful account provokes the conscience. B/b photo-plates by Raymond S Kleboe,Staff Photographer of Picture Post which co-operated in the Expedition. 186pp+ publisher adverts.1st ed.1951. 225x145mm. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Nr.Fine/VG[ Book- Maps to end -papers, No insc. Sound binding, clean throughout, starting to light fox/tan] Dust Jacket not price clipped 12/6, sunned spine, small shelf wear edge loss to top/base spine, mild soiling- an erased price sticker perhaps to top front ?

George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.. Very Good- with no dust jacket; Foxing to book cover, taped in with . compliments slip now loose. 1951. Hardcover. Index, map of nth Africa on endpapers. Author undertakes a tour of desert research stations on behalf of UNESCO, description includes - on trail of the Rats of Tobruk, qanats of Persia, Iraq, Egypt. 500gms weight; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 194 pages .

London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; mild shelf wear, covers clean, spine toned. Binding tight and text unmarked. Trav. Stax.

UK: Allen & Unwin. Good. Hardcover. 1951. 186 pages. .

George Allen & Unwin, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. 186 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Orange cloth. Flat signed by Author. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. 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.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, (1951). First Edition. 3/4 leather. Very good. 186p octavo, illustrated. A very good copy rebound in 3/4 tan morocco and cloth, black leather label, raised bands, Exlibrary but with no external markings, only some stamping inside.

London: Allen & Unwin. 1951. 2nd impression, 8vo, pp. 186, Index, ( vi adverts), b/w frontis, b/w plates, maps, ednaper map, minor foxing top edge, original cloth boards, edges rubbed, bottom front cnr bimped, in worn d.j., edges frayed with few chips, spine discoloured and scuffed. Calder's scientific tour through the Middle East and North Africa for UNESCO. 2nd impression. Cloth Boards.

GB: Allen & Unwin, 1958. Inscribed By the Author on front endpaper "For Margaret Higginson with regards Very Sincereley Ritchie Calder on the occasion of Bolton School prizegiving Oct 28th 1959". Minor spotting.. Inscribed By the Author. 2nd Edition Revised. Hardback. VG+/VG+ DW.

George Allen, London. 2nd. 1951. Hb. illustrated. G+.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1952. Third impression. 186 pp. plus ads. Title page inscribed by the author. Maps on the endpapers. Orange cloth. Corners bumped. Red DJ. Faded spine, light wear along the edges. VG+/VG-. Signed by Author.

London: Allen & Unwin, 1952. 3rd imp.. Near Fine. octavo.. hardback with dust jacket 186pp., b/w pls., maps, index,

Allen & Unwin, 1958. Second edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dj cover. GC plus.George Allen and Unwin,1958.Second edition, revised with a Re-appraisal. Please note: The image of the book is different from the above.Yellow hardback(gilt illustration and lettering on the front cover, blue lettering to the spine, small nicks, dent and light shelf wear on the edges of the cover and spine) in GC plus, No Dj cover.Illustrated with b/w photos,drawings,maps.Nice and clean pages but slightly tainted on the outer edges,previous owner's own presentation label inside the front cover, small ink marks and light shelf wear on the edges of the pages.208pp including List of illustrations,foreword to the new edition,bibliography,index.

George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1951. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Good. First edition hardback, 1951, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a good dust jacket with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed and nicked (now protected); boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text, maps to endpapers, maps and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Allen & Unwin, London, 1951. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 186 pages; Physical desc. : 186p. : illus. ; 23cm. Impressively map and photo illustrated. Subject: Reclamation of land. Deserts. Africa, North - Description and travel - 1951-. Middle East

London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1951. First Edition. Hardback. A very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 186 pages; Description: 186 p. : ill. , maps. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Reclamation of land. Africa, North --Description and travel. Middle East --Description and travel.

London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1951. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 186 pages; Description: 186 p. : ill. , maps. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Reclamation of land. Africa, North --Description and travel. Middle East --Description and travel.