Katharine Sim (50 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Yes, with plastic cover. Light wear to bottom edges of boards. Dust jacket has chipping to top edges, a small water stain at base of spine and sun fading along the spine. Book is square. Hinge is visible at title page. Top edges of pages are dusty. Soiling and dog ears to some pages. Former library bo…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. No date but thought to be 1947. In beige boards with green lettering on spine. Boards rather marked with age, plus two brown marks on back and one on rear paste down endpaper. Text is slightly tanned throughout, but is otherwise unmarked. Tightly bound. Includes black and…

Condition: Good. 1947. First Edition. 103 pages. Dust jacket over grey cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light ru…

Condition: Good. 1947. First Published. 103 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with…

Condition: Good. 1959. No edition remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bu…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Paperback Edition. 447 pAGES As an explorer, the remarkable Jean Louis Burckhardt achieved the near impossible. After immersing himself in Arab culture and language, Burkhardt disguised himself as "Sheik Abraham" and journeyed through regions not yet known to Europe…

Condition: Fair. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription and paper residue to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. As photographed; a little very mild shelf-marking to covers; o/w the books appears to be in unopened condition; binding still tight, as new; clean, crisp, and unmarked throughout; private ownership; 447pp + 32pls. Although Burckhardt's own writings are known, and he has a lengthy entry in the Di…

Condition: Good. 1969. This edition. 252 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth. Black and white illustration plates. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. C…

Condition: Good. 1946. First Edition. 248 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfa…

First Edition. 1947 1st edition with B&W illustrations; binding tight but spine a little discoloured. Dust jacket not price-clipped with wear, tear and small losses to edges; spine tanned. Page fore-edges yellowed. Internally, endpapers a little foxed and yellowed; page edges yellowed; otherwise, a good, tidy copy. Used - Good.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 447 pp., numerous b/w plates, maps and line drawings, publisher's original wrappers, notes, glossary, index, Talis House stamp verso front & lower covers, otherwise copy clean & in very good condition. The author first read about J. L. Burckhardt when she visited "Petra" in 1960, 150 years after…

8° , Softcover/Paperback. 1.Auflage.. 447 Seiten Einband mit geringen Lagerspuren, innen sehr guter und sauberer Zustand. ------------------------------------------------ Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (* 25. November 1784 in Lausanne; 15. Oktober 1817 in Kairo) war ein Schweizer Orientreisender. Während seines Aufenthalts im Orient n…

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: Dust wrapper price clipped. A little age-spotted at the top edge of the text block. The contents complete, clean and tight; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over blue boards with gilt titles to the spine; Meas…