Men Against the Desert by Calder, Ritchie - 1951

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. .

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.