Under Five Shahs by Arfa, General Hassan - 1965

London: John Murray, 1964. Cloth. Fine/Good. Larger book, quality shiny blue cloth, very bright gilt lettering and design on spine, ink owner's name at top of first front end paper, 457 pages including glossy photo sections throughout. Bottom tip of page 223 creased. DJ price-clipped beneath mylar, glossy green background to front and spine, white and black lettering, photo of general in formal uniform on back. DJ has tiny nicks at top front bookfold edge, light wear to top front edge, very slight surface wear to spine top and bottom edges, nick at spine bottom right edge, very tiny tear at top back edge. Good DJ/Fine book.

London: John Murray, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Some light shelfwear to the book and jacket. Dustjacket is clipped. Previous owner's signature to the front endpage.

William Morrow, 1965. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London, Murray, 1964;. Softcover. Good+ condition. ix,447pp with photographs. Free front endpaper torn out. Appears to be pre-publication copy with content pges marked 000. The Biography of General Hassan Arfa, an officer in the Iranian Army for 30 years . .

Hardback. 1964. 457pp 1964. *Lively personal memoirs spanning 70 years by a soldier diplomat close to the centre of events (FAB). VG in DW .

See Comments, 1964. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. First edition without jacket on green cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable

London: John Murray, 1964. 1st edition. Near Fine. octavo. dust jacket ix + 457pp., b/w pls., maps, appendix, index, Much on 20th Century Iranian Wars ; Campaigns aginst the Kurds & nomadic tribes, WWI & Bolsheviks

John Murray, London, 1964. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 457 pages; Physical desc. : ix, 457p. , 22p. Of plates : ill. , maps, ports. ; 23cm. Includes index. Impressively and abundantly photo illustrated. Subject: Arfa, Hasan. Generals - Biography. Iran - History - Politics and government - 20th century

Minor rubbing. Small tear to dustwrapper. VG., 22x14cm 10pp photoplates, 4pp maps. Iranian Political History J. Murray London (1964) orig. cloth 22x14cm, ix,457,(14)pp. Autobiography of an Iranian general & Pahlavi dynasty ambassador. ["..,. Arfa first met Reza Shah Pahlavi (ruled 1926 - 1941), who was then Minister of War, at the outset of the campaign against the Kurds in 1921. Reza Shah's forceful character left a deep impression on him, and Arfa remained a loyal supporter of the Pahlavis throughout his life...,.During the joint Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran in August 1941, the shah appointed Arfa chief of staff in charge of the defenses for Tehran...,.Arfa became involved in national politics during the 1940s and 1950s. As Chief of the General Staff from 1944 to 1946, he authorized the supply of weapons to the Shahsavan tribesmen who opposed the autonomous government of Azerbaijan...,.Arfa became a founding member of the secret committee of military officers, the Committee to Save the… Read More