Wilfred Thesiger - Books

Books

• Arabian Sands (1959) travel writing classic, reissued in several editions
  • Currently available edition:
    • Paperback reissue April 1985 by Penguin; ISBN 0-14-009514-4
  • Out of print editions
    • Hardcover reissue 1960 Readers Union (1 January 1960) 270 pp; ASIN B0007J3E16
    • Paperback reissue 1981 Viking Press (February 1981); ISBN 0-14-002125-6
    • Hardcover reissue 1983 by Fairmount Books Ltd Remainders (30 September 1983); ISBN 0-00-217005-1
    • Hardcover reissue 1983 by Viking Adult (19 April 1984). 347 pp. ISBN 0-670-13005-2
    • Paperback reissue 1984 by Penguin; ISBN 0-14-009514-4
    • Hardcover reissue 1998 by Motivate Publishing Ltd; ISBN 1-873544-75-8

• The Marsh Arabs (1964):
  • • Penguin Classics; Reissue edition (25 October 2007); # ISBN 0-14-144208-5, # ISBN 978-0-14-144208-2
  • Out of print editions
    • Paperback reissue 1983 (out of print) – Gardners Books (30 April 1983); ISBN 0-14-009512-8
    • Hardover reissue 1985 (out of print) – Harpercollins Pub Ltd (31 May 1985); ISBN 0-00-217068-X

• The Last Nomad (1979) – out of print in all editions.
  • Out of print editions
    • American hardcover reissue 1980 (out of print) – William Collins Sons & Co.; ISBN 0-525-93077-9

• The Life of My Choice (1987) – out of print in all editions; described as a remarkable autobiography
  • Out of print editions
    • British edition Collins (1987); ISBN 0-00-216194-X;
    • American hardcover edition W.W. Norton (January 1988) 459 pp; ISBN 0-393-02513-6;
    • American paperback edition Harpercollins Pub Ltd (31 March 1993). ISBN 0-00-637267-8

• My Kenya Days Harper Collins, London, 1994; ISBN 0-00-255268-X

• The Danakil Diary: Journeys through Abyssinia, 1930-4 Hammersmith, 1996, ISBN 0-00-638775-6 His account of exploring the Awash valley, and encounters with the Afar people.

• Among the Mountains: Travels Through Asia Harper Collins, (1998); ISBN 0-00-255898-X. This account presents edited portions of journal entries written during trips to remote mountain areas of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kurdistan between 1952 and 1965, as well as numerous black-and-white photographs that he took at the time. There is little detail (nor current travel information) since the book is based on his diary entries. For a better account, read The Life of My Choice.

• Crossing the Sands Motivate Pub Ltd (January 2000) 176 pp; ISBN 1-86063-028-6. About his journeys in the Empty Quarter and the Arabian Peninsula during the late forties, with photographs, but apparently more than a coffee table book.

• My Life and Travels (anthology)
  • Available editions
    • Hardcover edition Harper Collins (21 October 2002) 352 pp. ISBN 0-00-257151-X
    • Hardcover reissue by Flamingo (6 October 2003) 320 pp; ISBN 0-00-655212-9

• A Vanished World – in print
  • Available editions
    • First American hardcover edition 2001 W.W. Norton (17 September 2001) 192 pp; ISBN 0-00-710837-0
    • American hardcover edition 2002 W.W. Norton (April 2002) 189 pp, possibly the same as above, collection of photographs; ISBN 0-393-05086-6