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BELL (Gertrude)
The Arab War: Confidential Information for General Headquarters from Gertrude Bell, Being Despatches Reprinted from The Secret "Arab Bulletin."
Introduction by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, KCMG, CBE, DSO, Director of the Arab Bureau, 1916-1920. 1st Ed., 52pp., 4to (258x196mm). Golden Cockerel Press.
1940
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Bell was well-travelled in Arabia prior to 1914: her knowledge of the region was valuable to the Arab Bureau & this work includes chapters on The Basis of Government in Turkish Arabia; Note on the Tribal Authority of the Sheikhs of Muhammerah & Kuweit in the Occupied Territories; The Rebellion Against the Sultan of Muscat; Ibn Sad; Tribal Fights in the Dhamiyah; Ismail By & The Situation in Hail. Finely produced on laid paper, orig. qtr. green morocco, raised bands & gilt title to sp., over wheat cloth boards, one of 500 numbered copies, this being number 308, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Very minor wear, generally excellent state throughout. See illustrations on our website.
£375
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