THESIGER, Wilfred (author). The Life of My Choice. London HarperCollins. 1991

Large 8vo. Original light brown linson boards lettered in gilt; pp. [xxii], 23-459; with maps and diagrams and numerous black-and-white illustrations after photographs; an unread copy in an equally fine, unclipped dustwrapper (£20).

Reprint, first published in 1987, by the same publisher. Here signed in black ink by the author to the title-page.

British military officer, explorer, and writer Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2002) is best known for his travel book classics Arabian Sands (1959) and The Marsh Arabs (1964).