A SOLDIER WITH THE ARABS.
Pp. 460, frontispiece portrait, plus 22 plates, numerous full page text maps, plus upper endpaper map, index; demy 8vo; navy cloth boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, with later navy morocco spine and fore-corners, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, boards slightly scuffed; top edges navy; later endpapers, with the original upper endpaper map laid on, but lacking the lower endpaper map; Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1957. First edition. *Sir John Bagot Glubb (1897-1986), also known as 'Glubb Pasha', served in the First and Second World Wars, the Ikhwan Revolt, and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In 1930 he became an officer of the Arab Legion (later known as the Jordanian Armed Forces) and in 1931 he formed the Desert Patrol, which consisted exclusively of Bedouin. He wrote several books on the Middle East and his experiences with the Arabs. Item #184287
Price: $175.00