Arabian Sands by Thesiger, Wilfred - 1959

E-89: E. P. Dutton. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. E. P. Dutton. 1959. Xvi, 326 pgs. Frontispiece, 47 plates of 68 photographs and 9 maps, 1 large folding map present on the rear panel. First Edition/First Printing. The DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ. No ownership marks present. The text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards have light shelf wear present. Arabian Sands is Wilfred Thesiger's record of his extraordinary journey through the parched "Empty Quarter" of Arabia. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Thesiger was repulsed by the softness and rigidity of Western life—"the machines, the calling cards, the meticulously aligned streets." In the spirit of T. E. Lawrence, he set out to explore the deserts of Arabia, traveling among peoples who had never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill Christian infidels. His now-classic account is invaluable to understanding the modern Middle East. Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger KBE, DSO, FRAS, FRSL, FRGS (3 June 1910 – 24 August 2003) , also called Mubarak bin London (Arabic for "the blessed one of London") was an English explorer and travel writer. E-89; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 326 pages .