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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: 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, 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: 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 This edition also includes previously unpublished material from the PEF archives, a preface by Jonathan Tubb and a new introduction by Sam Moorhead.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.

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

Tall quarto (8-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches), original half navy cloth and gray paper boards. Interior very fresh, mild toning to spine of original cloth, light rubbing to the spine. A desirable near-fine copy housed in a grey cloth clamshell case with Morocco label. First edition, first issue, of "the first of Lawrence's books to appear in book form," with large folding plan, seven full-page maps, plans and illustrations, 37 photographic plates and nearly 60 in-text illustrations, an excellent copy. "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 archaeological work, Woolley and Lawrence wrote The Wilderness of Zin, the first of Lawrence's works to appear in book form" (O'Brien, 6). Their stated assignment was… Read More