C. Leonard Woolley and T.E. Lawrence. Second U.K. edition. London: Jonathan Cape, 1936. Both unclipped dust jacket and hardcover are in Very Good condition. Other than former owner signature on flyleaf, no other writing or markings found in the book, 166 pp. There is some chipping on spine and tape residue along top of dust jacket. Introduction by Sir Frederick Kenyon. With a chapter on Greek Inscriptions by M.N. Todd. Profusely illustrated with 40 full-page plates on coated paper, 58 illustrations in the text including one folding plan and 2 maps.
First published in 1915 by the Palestine Exploration Fund (double volume). First American edition was also published in 1936 by Scribner. Very scarce archeological work on the desert region south of Beersheba and the Desd Sea, reaching to Akaba.
Lawrence and Woolley launched their careers with this work, collaborating together and joining their knowledge and travel experiences to form a comprehensive view of the desert regions surrounding Palestine.
The Wilderness of Zin was the first of Lawrence's work to be published in book form. Sir Frederic Kenyon's preface (not included in the first edition or in the 1935 second issue of the work, which was bound from the original sheets), describes the further archaeological work done in the area since the original publication. This edition also includes 3 more plates than the original.
