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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. London -Murray- 1954/, pp. 454, ill. Major military figure with English, Russian (Demidov family) and Iranian noble blood. Iran in the 1920s-30s with Russian connections in Tabriz. Diplomatic life in the 1960s. Interesting though privileged life.
Published by John Murray1964, london, 1964
Seller: Librería "Franz Kafka" México., Cuernavaca, MOREL, Mexico
Book
Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Aceptable. General Hassan Arfa. Under Five Shahs. Londres, John Murray, 1964. Características: Buen estado general. Pasta dura en tela editorial. Tapas ligeramente sucias. Tapa superior ligeramente raspado en la parte lateral derecha. Lomo ligeramente roto en la parte superior. Letras con acabado brillante sobre lomo. Guardas limpias. Cantos limpios. Canto superior ligeramente sucio. 446 p. + índice. (22 x 14 cm) Peso: 900 g.
Published by William Morrow & Co., New York, 1965
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc., Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. ; Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not price clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. The dust jacket has some rubbing and creasing at the spine end s and along the top edge of the front cover. Very good condition in very good dust jacket. ; Black-and-white photographs; 8vo.; ix, 462 pages.
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.
Published by John Murray, 1964
Seller: Prior Books Ltd, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Green hardback; firm and square with strong hinges, not showing any snags or splits; complete with original dustjacket, which is very tidy with no tears or chips, just mildly rubbed and edge-worn; contents sound, clean and tight with no pen marks and no loose pages. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. A very good copy.
Published by John Murray, London, 1964
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Book
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: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.5.
Published by John Murray, London, 1964
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Some light shelfwear to the book and jacket. Dustjacket is clipped. Previous owner's signature to the front endpage.
Publication Date: 1964
Seller: Anthony C. Hall, Bookseller ABA ILAB, Isleworth, MIDDX, United Kingdom
Hardback. 457pp 1964. *Lively personal memoirs spanning 70 years by a soldier diplomat close to the centre of events (FAB). VG in DW.
Published by John Murray, London. 1964., 1964
Seller: Holybourne Rare Books ABA ILAB, Alton, United Kingdom
First Edition
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.
Published by New York, Morrow, 1965., 1965
Seller: Alexanderplatz Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First 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.".
Published by London, Murray, 1964;, 1964
Seller: Wheen O' Books, Selkirk, United Kingdom
Softcover. Good+ condition. ix,447pp with photographs. Free front endpaper torn out. Appears to be pre-publication copy with content pges marked 000. The Biography of General Hassan Arfa, an officer in the Iranian Army for 30 years .
Published by London John Murray, 1964
Seller: Books of Asia Ltd, trading as John Randall (BoA), Rye, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book
First edition pp.viii, 457, illustrations. A very good copy in original cloth, dust jacket. An autobiography covering thirty years of military and diplomatic service in Iran.
Published by Murray., London., 1964
Seller: EmJay Books, Bradford., United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. x + 457pp, photos, maps. The rapid expansion of Iran from 1865 to 1963, author was an officer in the Iranian Army and later Chief of Staff and an Ambassador. His wife was Hilda Bewicke the ballerina. Very light wear to unclipped d/w otherwise fine. 900g.
Published by See Comments, 1964
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition without jacket on green cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.
Published by John Murray, London, 1964
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 457 pages; Physical desc. : ix, 457p. , 22p. Of plates : ill. , maps, ports. ; 23cm. Includes index. Impressively and abundantly photo illustrated. Subject: Arfa, Hasan. Generals - Biography. Iran - History - Politics and government - 20th century 1 Kg.
Published by John Murray, London, 1964
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 457 pages; Physical desc. : ix, 457p. , 22p. Of plates : ill. , maps, ports. ; 23cm. Includes index. Impressively and abundantly photo illustrated. Subject: Arfa, Hasan. Generals - Biography. Iran - History - Politics and government - 20th century 1 Kg.
Published by John Murray, 1964
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Very rare. Signed. 1st ed. Good boards with minimal wear. Content is clean through out. Toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, some toning, some chips and creasing.
Published by J. Murray (1964), London, 1964
Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark, Svendborg, Denmark
orig. cloth. 10pp photoplates, 4pp maps. (illustrator). 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.
Published by John Murray London 1964, 1964
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
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.
Published by John Murray, 1964
Seller: LBL Books, Selkirk, OTHER, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Good. 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.
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