Black Tents Arabia by Raswan Carl, First Edition (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Photographs by the Author (illustrator). First American Edition. xiv, 159pp, with the map in back, binding and hinges tight, black & white photographs throughout. Covers age darkened, occasional interior foxing. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2nd printing of the first edition hardcover in rust colored, cloth covered boards with sharp tips and lightly bumped spine ends. Two tiny (and tidy) former owner's names on fep, else the 206 pp text is crisp and unmarked. Original, un-clipped illustrated peach background dust wrapper shows small chips at periphery and 1/2" loss at head of backstrip that wraps around 1" onto the head of the rear panel. One 1" closed tear at foot of rear dj panel with 1/4" loss, one small, gently colored in sticker pull and two areas of light soil on frt panel. First hand account of the author's time amongst the Bedouin tribesman of the Arabian desert, shortly before the outbreak of World War I. Raswan spent time migrating, hunting, raiding, starving and feasting with them. Raswan traveled to the area initially to research the breeding and history of Arabian horses. Includes photographs taken by the author.

First American edition. First American edition. Photographs by the Author. 1 vols. 4to. Brown buckram. About Fine, previous owner's inscription on ffep Photographs by the Author. 1 vols. 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Repairs have been made to the book. The boards are edge worn with scuffs and knocks, the text on the front board is faded. The binding is secure. Previous owners bookplate, and 2 ink inscriptions from a previous owner on the front end page. The pages are browned due to age. Scarring on the paste downs. No other ink inscriptions or annotations. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Printing. 280, (24)pp.ads. With illustrations. "Carl Raswan is one of the few men who have penetrated the unexplored desert of Northern Arabia. He lived with the warlike Bedouins, not as a foreigner, but as one marked by the rite of blood-brotherhood with their Sheiks. He shared in the migration of over 30,000 people, hundreds of tents and thousands of camels, seeking water and grazing land, experiencing with them the eternal struggle against hunger and drought." Clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. CLipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear, chips.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 280p red cloth with gilt title in fine condition, first edition, photographic illustrations by the author, lacks plate at pp.50-51, includes fold-out table of Arabian horses of known (asil) descent, useful glossary of Bedouin terms, name in ink, light foxing otherwise remarkably fresh and clean condition, binding excellent Language: English.