A Vanished World, Wilfred Thesiger, 2001, W. W. Norton, Photo Catalog, Fine w/DJ

Thesiger, Wilfred, and Alexander Maitland. A Vanished World (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001).

English, a Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, HC, 4to, 11 1/4" x 9," 189 pp., including illustrations.

ISBN: 0393050866

Fine black cloth-covered boards with silver-foil lettering on spine. Covers pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Fine white paper dust jacket with black lettering on spine, full-page sepia-toned black-and-white printed photograph on front panel. Dust jacket has a bump at head of spine, else clean and intact, not price-clipped. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Pages pristine and intact. Principally black-and-white printed photographs. A beautiful photo catalogue featuring portraits of people from different cultures and communities in parts of the Middle East and Africa. The photos were taken by Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2004), a British photographer, travel writer, explorer, and military officer. He took the photos depicted herein from about the early to mid-twentieth century during his travels. Includes a brief introductory essay by Alexander Maitland.