Arfa General Hassan (14 results)

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An important firsthand memoir of modern Iranian history by General Hassan Arfa (1895-1983), a senior Iranian military officer and diplomat whose career spanned the final Qajar rulers and the rise of the Pahlavi dynasty. Drawing upon his personal involvement in Iran's political and military affairs, Arfa chronicles the country's transformation from the late nineteenth century through the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah. His account covers the 1921 coup d'etat, Reza Shah's modernization program, military campaigns in Kurdistan and Lorestan, the Second World War, and Iran's changing international relationships. The narrative offers a valuable participant's perspective, while reflecting the author's openly favorable assessment of the Pahlavi monarchy. Original dark green cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering, accompanied by the original dust jacket designed by Val Biro (1921-2014), the prolific Hungarian-born British illustrator and commercial artist. Biro is credited with designing approximately 3,000 dust jackets during his career, working for major British publishing houses including Collins, Hutchinson, Heinemann, and Hodder & Stoughton. His design for Under Five Shahs features oversized white typography against an olive-green field, contrasting black lettering, yellow horizontal rules, and a geometric ornamental device. The rear jacket reproduces a formal photographic portrait of General Arfa. Illustrated throughout with historical black-and-white photographs, including portraits of Qajar and Pahlavi rulers, Arfa's family, and the 1934 meeting between Reza Shah and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Includes a foreword, chronological chapters, an appendix concerning tribal regions beyond central government control in 1921, and an extensive index. Copyright 1964; printed in Great Britain by R. & R. Clark Ltd., Edinburgh. The copyright page shows no later printing statement, consistent with a first-edition copy, although the printing cannot be conclusively established from this evidence alone. Condition: Very Good+ hardcover - Good+ dust jacket. The green cloth boards are notably clean and well preserved, with bright gilt spine lettering, light rubbing at the extremities, and minor shelfwear. Binding is square and sound. The top edge is darkened, with natural age toning to the other page edges and interior paper. Pages are clean and legible. A small handwritten '1.95' notation appears at the upper corner of the front free endpaper. The original Biro-designed dust jacket retains its striking green color and bold typography, with edge rubbing, corner wear, small chips and tears, and a diagonal crease near the upper spine/front panel. Jacket design by Biro (illustrator). …

1st edition. 8vo. [x] + 457pp. B/w. illustrations, 4 maps. Original cloth. Green d/w. lettered in white and black. Some minor wear. US$15.

1st edition. 8vo. [x] + 457pp. B/w. illustrations, 4 maps. Original cloth. Green d/w. lettered in white and black. Some minor wear. US$15.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. CURRENTLY WE ONLY SELL TO UK LOCATIONS. PLEASE DO NOT PLACE ORDER IF INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS REQUIRED. This is an ex-library book so has the usual library marking, stamps and labels inside and sometimes on the spine. Edge of pages slightly discoloured. Dust cover in poor condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First US edition (UK edition published in 1964). Thick 8vo, x + 462 pp. plates. Very good copy in very good dust wrapper, slightly frayed at top of spine, one-inch tear along seam in upper left corner of front panel. The five shahs of the title were the last three Qajar shahs (Mozaffar ad-Din, Mohammed Ali, and Ahmad) and the two Pahlavi shahs, Reza and Mohammed Reza. We also have listed his "The Kurds.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket is good, with some creasing and rubs. Not price clipped. Text is solid, shows a bit of foxing on top edge. In protective covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. John Murray, London, 1964. 1st Edition. Physical desc. : ix, 457p. , 22p. Of plates : ill. , maps, ports. ; 23cm. Includes index. abundantly photo illustrated. Subject: Arfa, Hasan. Generals - Biography. Iran - History - Politics and government - 20th century Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. 1 Kg. 457 pp. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Some light shelfwear to the book and jacket. Dustjacket is clipped. Previous owner's signature to the front endpage.

General Afra was an officer in the Iranian Army for thirty years before his political and diplomatic career. First edition Hardback. Near Fine, edges dusty slight bumping, in clean and bright dustwrapper. Showing very minor wear, slightest discolouration, some bumping, and rubbing couple small closed tears,which is housed in a protective removable sleeve. There are no ink marks or writing. Excellent clean example. 14167.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition without jacket on green cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.

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

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

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 Fatherland, formed in 1952 with the objective of overthrowing Mossadegh.." -wikipedia]. Minor rubbing. Small tear to dustwrapper. VG., 22x14cm. 10pp photoplates, 4pp maps. (illustrator).…