signed by thesiger

Thesiger's account of his time with the marsh Arabs of southern Iraq in the 1950's, signed by him on the title page.

First edition, second impression, signed by author to title; 8vo (22 x 15 cm); 109 photographic plates, 3 maps in text, armorial bookplate to pastedown, newspaper clipping tipped to rear endpaper; original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper a little frayed to top edge, touch of rubbing, a very good copy; xiv, 242 pp.