The Marsh Arabs
Thesiger, Wilfred
£15.00
The Marsh Arabs
By Wilfred Thesiger
Published by Longmans, Green & Co., Ltd. London, 1964. 2nd Impression. Hardback with dust jacket over green boards. Approx: 22cm H x 14.5cm W. 242pp. Index; Glossary; 110 b&w plates (taken by the author); 3 maps.
Book Condition: Used. Very Good. Outer pages are lightly dust stained. Inside is tight and bright; No inscriptions; All pages present. Dust Jacket - Good, with some shelf wear to the edges and corners; Closed tears; Light rubbing and chipping.
"The book is about the tribes that live in the Marshes of Iraq, around the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates. This area covering some 6,000 square miles, is now closed to travellers and no previous explorer has had any experience of it compared to the author's. Soon these marshes will probably be drained and a way of life which has lasted for thousands of years will disappear. Wilfred Thesiger lived among these people for eight years, and there is hardly a village, however small, in the Central Marshes that he has not visited."
Overall Condition: Good++