A Soldier with the Arabs by Glubb Sir John Bagot - 1957

Hodder & Stoughton London 1957. Super octavo 460pp incl 11pp index with 28 maps (incl fep's), & 26pp of b & w plates, blue cloth boards with gilt embossed lettering on front & spine & emblem on front, TE stained blue, VG (back board sl bowed & rubbed, small discoloured spots on front board, front cnrs v sl bumped, sl cocked, sl browning to ep's, edges sl foxed, chronology table pasted on last two pages)

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn & taped jacket; 9.0 X 6.2 X 1.7 inches .

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1957. Pasha Glubb commanded the Arab Legion when Jordan and the other states attacked the new state of Israel in 1948. He belongs to that line of Englishmen who fell in thrall to the desert and its peoples. Although they lost the war, the Legion was perhaps the only "real army" involved and in general acquited themselves with honour. Readers should note that Sir John is perfectly free with his opinions and prejudices! This is a Very Good Plus copy of the Fourth Impression of the First Edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering. Mildly bumped. Clean text; 460 pages with the index. Illustrated with photographs; map for endpapers. No dustwrapper. Size: 64mo - up to 3" tall. Later Printing.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

London: Hodder & Stoughton. 460pp; illustrated by maps and black and white photographs. Blue, cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and coat-of-arms on the front, slightly faded gilt lettering on the spine. Minor wear only, straight with no bumps or inscriptions. The author's life and experiences living among the Arabs. Weysprings Books is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and subscribes to the Association's Code of Ethics. . Very Good. Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing. 1957.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1957 8vo. 460pp. 23 plates, 25 maps, end-paper maps, epilogue, index, chipped dw. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's cloth with the dust-wrapper. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if requested.[G]

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1957. Second impression. With 28 maps and 26 illustrations. 460 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering. Some underlining and marginal marks in red pen, else Fine. Second impression. With 28 maps and 26 illustrations. 460 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. SIGNED. Scholar George Rentz's copy. Signed by the author on the title page and Rentz on the ffep.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1957 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A signed first edition of the autobiography of Sir John Bagot Glubb, who led and trained Transjordan's Arab Legion. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.Flat signed by the author to the title page, dated 11 Oct 1957.Illustrated with twenty-six photographic images, and numerous vignette and full page illustrations of maps. Collated, complete.The autobiography of Sir John Bagot Glubb, the British soldier, scholar, and author who led and trained Transjordan's Arab Legion between 1939 and 1956.The work received positive reviews, with comparisons made between the author and T. E. Lawrence. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Chipping to dust wrapper head and tail, and front and rear wrap heads and tails. Small losses to wrap heads.… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1957]. First Edition. Offered with a small photo of Glubb, 2 ALS & 1 TLS from Glubb, dated Mayfield, UK, Sept. 29 and Oct. 23, 1959, and Dec. 31, 1960 to Dr. A.D.Tushingham, Head of the Division of Art & Archaeology at the Royal Ontario Museum, and a copy of a letter sent from Tushingham to Glubb, dated Oct. 20, 1959. In the typed letter of Sept. 29, Glubb thanks Tushingham for his hospitality on a recent visit to Toronto. It reads in part: “It was also a great pleaure to find someone who could talk about Jordan and the Jordanians, who are, as I am sure that you will appreciate, still very near to my heart. Even apart from personal considerations, one cannot avoid being anxious at the general ignorance and indifference in the West towards these countries which are of such vital strategic importance and where the Russians are working so hard.” The rest of the letter and the other correspondence largely concern a proposed lecture tour by Glubb to Canada.… Read More