The Great Arab Conquests by Glubb, Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot - 1964

Cassell & Co., London 1978 Hardcover with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, and barcode. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket This is a fascinating document in the history of the Middle East, illuminating the benevolent ideas and political blunders of British policy between the two World Wars. Above all it is a loving tribute to the vanishing way of life of the desert Arab, his courage, his endurance, his generosity and his chivalry; and a tribute also to the countless Britons who in the days of Empire gave up home and family to work for the peoples who they were called upon to serve,

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1957 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed, a few leaf edge spots, prev. owner's details in pencil to half-title, else clean & bright; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 460, with illustrations & maps. A very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1960. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A smart first edition of this little-known R.A.F. story, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. Illustrated with eight plates and nineteen maps. Collated complete. A record of personal experience providing a fascinating picture of the wild and turbulent sons of the desert from the man who knew and understood them. Written by Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb, known as Glubb Pasha by the Jordanians, a British soldier, scholar, and author, who has been described as an "integral tool in the maintenance of British control." In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Minor… Read More