Cross Sand: First Edition (12 results)

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 349 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked, F/VG. 349pp. Jacket has a long scratch down back panel. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st US Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition. x, 349 p. ill., map 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-335) and index. ; First American edition.

Hard Cover. First U.S. printing. AS NEW IN DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition; First Printing. Bookdealers stamp on inside front board. Remainder marks on top and bottom page edges. Top fore corners lightly bumped.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.34 X 6.34 X 1.25 inches; 249 pages; "The Sword and the Cross takes us to the Sahara at the end of the nineteenth century, when the desert remained largely unexplored by Europeans. But France, which had seized Algeria in 1830, had designs on this hostile wilderness. Charles de Foucauld and Henri Laperrine, two friends, were part of this conquest. The one a layabout and womanizer, the other a stern career soldier, each found his vocation in the desert. Foucauld abandoned his decadent lifestyle and founded a severe monastic order. Living off dates and barley, the gourmand became a sun-baked scarecrow, thought by many to be a saint. Yet he remained a committed imperialist, and continued to assist the military. Laperrine founded a camel corps whose exploits became legendary. Surviving on dates and water, he led his men across the desert as Foucauld, guide and interpreter, trudged along reciting prayers. When the Sahara's fragile peace crumbled during World War I, Foucauld paid a tragic price for his role as imperial pawn. Laperrine, by then recalled to the Western Front, returned to avenge his friend. A haunting narrative of a forgotten period in Europe's colonial crusade, this is also a story of hatred and friendship, discovery and delusion.".…

Hardcover, in dust jacket. Condition: Near Fine. dj. First edition, first printing. Owner blind stamp to ffep, still near fine, in fine, gently shelf worn dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First edition. Small 4to, 210 pp., illus. Head and heel of spine lightly bumped, top edge a bit dusty, previous owner name on front pastedown. Jacket worn, chipped, scuffed, torn, dampstained.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. ISBN 080211752X. Hardcover copy in fine condition with fine condition dustjacket. First printing.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. x, 349pp, 3 maps, bibliography, index, pictorial end-papers. Papered boards in dust-jacket which has a nick at the centre of the front flap fold. The fascinating story of two men who became embroiled in France's bid to tame the Sahara and conquer North Africa. Size: 8vo.…

2003 Fleming, Fergus THE SWORD AND THE CROSS: TWO MEN AND AN EMPIRE OF SAND NY: Grove Press, c2003 First printing 8vo 349pp, biblio, index 8vo New trade hardcover copy with d/w.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy.