NURI AS - SAID. A STUDY IN ARAB LEADERSHIP
LORD BIRDWOOD
Published by CASSELL, LONDON, 1959
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HARDBACK IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET, SEVERAL FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS & MAPS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 11 + 2 + 306 PAGES. FEW TEARS, CHIPS & CREASES TO EDGES OF JACKET, SOME WHITE MARKS TO CLOTH MOSTLY AT BOTTOM OF BOARDS [SEE IMAGE] ONE TEXT PAGE TORN WITH NO LOSS. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION & CLEAN INTERNALLY. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DUST JACKET HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVER THAT MAY SHOW SOME REFLECTIONS IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. Seller Inventory # 006432-S0
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Title: NURI AS - SAID. A STUDY IN ARAB LEADERSHIP
Publisher: CASSELL, LONDON
Publication Date: 1959
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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Nuri As-Said - A Study in Arab Leadership
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Cassell (1959), London, 1959
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First Edition
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No signatures. Lacking the dust-jacket. ; xi, [2 (double-page map)], 306 pages + frontispiece + 15 illustrations on 4 plate leaves. 4 other maps within the pagination. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 137mm. Biography. Chapters include: The Desert Campaign, 1916-17; The Encirclement of Deraa, 1918; Damascus and the End of the War; The Peace Conference, 1919, and Anglo-French Conflict; War and Peace as viewed from Baghdad; The Era of Treaties; Rashid Ali and the Three Weeks' War; Egypt and the War of Words; Iraq and Jordan answer the United Arab Republic; Epilogue: Revolution and Assassination; Glossary of Arabic Words. "The tragic death of the young King Feisal of Iraq and of his Prime Minister, Nuri as-Said, in the revolution of July, 1958, made the name of Iraq's leading statesman a household word overnight. Already known as a firm friend to Britain and as one of the architects of the Baghdad Pact, he was responsible for Iraq's uncompromising resistance to the wiles of Egyptian propaganda. Little, however, is generally known of his early life, and Lord Birdwood, in his biography of this truly great man, has traced his rise to power against the background of the whole Middle East question." - from dust-jacket blurb (this copy lacking the dust-jacket). Seller Inventory # 19944
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Nuri As-Said. A Study in Arab Leadership
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London: Cassell, 1959
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First Edition
Seller: Gerald Baker, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, xi[iii], 306 pp, black & white plates, maps, original black cloth in dustwrapper, dustwrapper somewhat frayed along top edge, otherwise in very good condition. Nuri As-Said (1888-1958), Iraqui statesman, Defence Minister, and Prime Minister on multiple occasions between 1930 and his assassination in 1958. Seller Inventory # 6931
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Nuri As-Said - A Study in Arab Leadership
Published by
Cassell (1959), London, 1959
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. No signatures. Some foxing to page edges. Some adhesive tape stains to endpapers and to dust-jacket flaps. Some 5mm chips at head of dust-jacket spine and top corners of dust-jacket. Vertical crease to front panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; xi, [2 (double-page map)], 306 pages + frontispiece + 15 illustrations on 4 plate leaves. 4 other maps within the pagination. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. Biography. "The tragic death of the young King Feisal of Iraq and of his Prime Minister, Nuri as-Said, in the revolution of July, 1958, made the name of Iraq's leading statesman a household word overnight. Already known as a firm friend to Britain and as one of the architects of the Baghdad Pact, he was responsible for Iraq's uncompromising resistance to the wiles of Egyptian propaganda. Little, however, is generally known of his early life, and Lord Birdwood, in his biography of this truly great man, has traced his rise to power against the background of the whole Middle East question." - from dust-jacket blurb. Chapters include: The Desert Campaign, 1916-17; The Encirclement of Deraa, 1918; Damascus and the End of the War; The Peace Conference, 1919, and Anglo-French Conflict; War and Peace as viewed from Baghdad; The Era of Treaties; Rashid Ali and the Three Weeks' War; Egypt and the War of Words; Iraq and Jordan answer the United Arab Republic; Epilogue: Revolution and Assassination; Glossary of Arabic Words. Seller Inventory # 22493
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