1957-1978 A Collection of Works on South-West Asia and International Relations

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Twelve volumes. First edition unless otherwise stated. This set contains: The Last Migration, 1957. A study of the nomad tribes of Southern Persia, some of the world's hardiest and most independent people. With information on their way of life, twice yearly migrations, and artistry. Written by Vincent Archibald Patrick Cronin, a British historical, cultural, and biographical writer. A Reed Shaken by the Wind, 1957. Illustrated with thirty-seven plates, one map, and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A personal narrative of a journey through an almost unknown land, among an almost unknown people - the reed dwellers of the great marshes surrounding the lower reaches of the Tigris. Written by Gavin Maxwell, a Scottish naturalist and author. War in the Desert, 1960. Illustrated with eight plates and nineteen maps. Collated complete. A little-known chapter into the story of the R.A.F. in the days when flight was a perilous undertaking, and desert flying especially so. Offering an interesting example of British intervention as an imperial power. Written by Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb, known as Glubb Pasha, a British military officer who led and trained Transjordan's Arab Legion between 1939 and 1956 as its commanding general. The Middle East: A Social Geography, 1963. Illustrated with thirty-two plates. Collated complete. An exploration into the politics and personalities of the Middle East, as well as its social and geographical realities and conditions, including: peoples, languages, religions, climate, resources, communications, industry, and history. Syria and Lebanon, 1965. Third edition. Illustrated with thirty four plates and two maps. Collated complete. A detailed historical study of the periods of greatness in Syria and Lebanon under Phoenician, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Crusader, and Saracen rulers. Setting the present day countries against the context of the past. Written by Henry Robin Romilly Fedden, an English writer, diplomat and mountaineer. The Neglected War: Mesopotamia 1914-1918, 1967. Illustrated with a map frontispiece, fifty-five plates and thirty-two maps and sketches. Collated complete. Exploring the state of Mesopotamia during the First World War, from the entry of the British enacted to secure the Royal Navy's oil supplies. Written by A. J. Barker, a British author and historian. Oil: The Biggest Business, 1968. Illustrated with sixteen plates, twelve in-text figures, and mapped endpapers. Collated complete. A study into the world trade of oil, the largest international industry and possibly the least understood. With reference to important negotiations between governments and corporations. Written by Christopher Tugendhat, a British politician, businessman, journalist and author. Palgrave of Arabia: The Life of William Gifford Palgrave 1826-1888, 1972. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated complete. The life of William Gifford Palgrave, an English priest, soldier, diplomat, traveller, and Arabist. An explorer who convinced his superiors to support a mission to the interior of Arabia, which at that time was terra incognita to the rest of the world. Written by Mea Allan, a British journalist who worked for the Glasgow Herald. Philby of Arabia, 1973. Illustrated with fourteen images across eight plates and three maps. Collated complete. A study of the life of Harry St John Bridger Philby, a British Arabist, advisor, explorer, writer, and a colonial intelligence officer who served as an advisor to King Abdulaziz ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia. Written by Elizabeth Monroe, an English historian of South-west Asia. Iraq and Syria 1941, 1974. An account of the campaigns in Iraq and Syria and the political dealings of the Second World War. Examining the consequences of these political maneuvers and the many protagonists. Written by Geoffrey Warner, a British author and historian. Gertrude Bell, 1978. Illustrated with twelve plates, three facsimiles, and two maps. Collated complete. A study of the life and travels of Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist. She spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making as an Arabist. Written by Harry Victor Frederick Winstone, an English author and journalist, who specialised in Middle Eastern topics. The Origins of the United Arab Emirates: A Political and Social History of the Trucial States, 1978. Illustrated with seventeen images across eight plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive history of the Arabs of the Trucial Coast, with reference to tradition, control, challenges to power, reactions with Britain, oil concessions, and more. Written by Rosemarie Said Zahlan, a Palestinian-American historian and writer on the Arab states of the Persian Gulf.