Pasha Glubb John (32 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. nice copy of the first edition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback in good condition. General shelf and handling wear, including tanning to cover, notably the spine, light creasing to edges and corners, and age related discolouration and light blemishes to pageblock. Within, pages are tightly bound, and content is bright and unmarked. CN. Used.…

Super 8vo hardcover (VG) lacking d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. DUST JACKET. First American Edition. First American Edition. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition; First Printing. Tight clean book in blue cloth; name to top edge of front endpaper; in dust jacket with tears to spine ends.; 496 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 371 pp., frontis, end paper maps, 14 b/w photo illus., 5 maps, cloth in worn d/w, light foxing to endpapers, otherwise copy in good condition, fourth impression. #2421.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 480 pages, bibliography, indexed and illustrated. The jacket is chipped at the head of the spine and lightly along the edges and the back carries a short tear at the tail; the head of the front and back flap are lightly damp stained, as is a small section at the head of the front paste down and front end paper. The head is dust stained. Despite these faults, it remains a very good copy - clean, unmarked and solid. "An Arab historian traces events leading to the rise and decline of the powerful Muslim Mamluke Empire between 1250 and 1517." "Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb, KCB, CMG, DSO, OBE, MC, KStJ, KPM (16 April 1897 - 17 March 1986), known as Glubb Pasha, was a British soldier, scholar, and author, who led and trained Transjordan's Arab Legion between 1939 and 1956 as its commanding general. During the First World War, he served in France. Glubb has been described as an "integral tool in the maintenance of British control." (Wikipedia) .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition printed in England. Bound in black cloth with title in bright gilt on the front cover and spine. Spine has faded. Slight wear to the spine caps and corners. Name of previous owner neatly penned on the ffe. Otherwise, the book is clean and unmarked. Binding is firm. The author was a British soldier and scholar who served both the United Kingdom and Jordan and was Commander of the Arab Legion during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The events in this classic book took place between 1921-1930 in what is now Saudi Arabia. Illustrations include 12 maps and 8 photographs; one is of the Meeting of the Kings on the H.M.S. Lupin -with King Feisal I-and King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud. 352 pp.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 371 pp., frontispiece, photographs, endpaper maps, maps, index, cloth soiled & aged, otherwise copy clean inside & in good condition. #840.

first edition, hardcover octavo (VG+), in d/w (tatty, large tears and missing segments); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1960 first edition hardback in near fine condition. Dust jacket shadows to end papers. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding, near flawless blue cloth boards. In its original, unclipped dust wrapper with chipping to edges, some fading to all faces and a few minor blemishes to rear. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 496 pp., several maps including endpaper maps, cloth, slightly soiled, appendix, index. #3203.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1959 first edition hardback in very good condition. Light foxing to page ends and end papers. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding, near flawless blue cloth boards. In its original, unclipped dust wrapper with chipping to edges and a few marks to main faces, but no major flaw. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day.…

Hardcover. 352p., generously illustrated with maps and photographs, first edition dark blue cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. Quite a good copy although not 'as-new'. The book itself has a spine panel that is faintly sunned, lettering a touch dulled, while the dj is protected under non-acetate plastic which is translucent rather than transparent (secured with taping to verso); within, textblock and endsheets are excellent. All in all, a sound, clean, unmarked copy. 'Bedouins' might be a more apt keyword that 'Arab' but that was not in our system.…

Hardback, 16x24cm, 480pp. Good condition (general light wear; slightly curved boards; heavily foxed edges) in good dustwrapper (faded spine; worn, foxed edges; creased front flap). ISBN: 0340149140.

Original cloth (hardcover). 372 pp.; ill., plates, maps.; 22x15 cm. "A Da Capo Reprint Series, The Middle East in the Twentieth Century". Text in English. Reprint of the 1948 ed. published by Hodder . - (no dust-jacket, sl. worn) Although very good, see picture. 740g.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blule heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 318pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate tanning, heavy fading to lettering on spine- replaced with neat handwritten text, minor soiling, moderate foxing to flaps).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Cloth/mylar wrapped dust jacket Octavo. black cloth, gilt lettering, mylar wrapped dust jacket, 416 pp dj worn on the edges Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

1st ed, h/c + d/j, 22x15cm, maps, d/j well worn , missing sections at spine ends, price clip, shop sticker, corner scuffs, two rred stains on front d/j cover, several d/j creases.

1st Edition. Hardback. Near very good in good, edge worn, rubbed and plastic protected, d/w. Spine cocked and bumped, edge of pages marked, pages a bit yellowed. Please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts (PLEASE NOTE: International Economy shipping is by sea and may take up to 90 days to arrive).…

hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, green cloth lettered gilt, mottled fading to the spine, the binding remains tight, the text clean and unmarked, the unclipped dust wrapper with some discolouration to the rear panel, maps, tables, 424pp.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 352 pp., 8 b/w plates, 19 maps, cloth in clipped d/w, index, copy otherwise in good condition. #2535.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The air doctrine in action; it now looks eerily prescient. pp352, illus. DW chipped, spine sunned; now in archival sleeve.

Volume: 1 22,5x14 cm.,legatura in piena tela con titoli impressi in oro al piatto e al dorso, pagg. 416, albero genealogico, 12 mappe geografiche, prima edizione, in inglese, buone condizioni. 2 ex libris e 3 fromtespizi di libri arabi applicati alle sguardie.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 371 pp. Binding firm. Endpapers partially browned, text block clean. Dust Jacket marked and chipped, with slightly faded spine. Edges slightly foxed and browned. Covers marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Jordan & Britain; Modern; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 62547. …

Hardcover. First American Edition. 352 pgs. Illustrations. Signed and dated "with all good wishes" by the author. Very good hardcover copy in like dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate. (854).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 353 pages, 8 plates, 19 maps. Very good condition in dustwrapper. Very slightly foxed on fore-edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. SIGNED and dated by the author in 1968. Laid in is a photo of the author's mother, a devotional prayer by her, and a six-page handwritten letter from her to a friend in Redlands, California, Dr. Caroline Mattingly (the letter does not mention her son) . Also laid in are several newspaper clippings about Glubb's dismissal from his post in Jordan by a young King Hussein. Glubb was a British soldier, scholar and author best known for leading and training Transjordan's Arab Legion from 1939-1956 as its commanding general. During the First World War, he served in France. Book is solid, clean. Protecte, unclipped dust jacket has wear at corners. Bookplate of former owners laid in, that of Jeffrey J. And Caroline Prendergast (Dr. Caroline Mattingly) , with the coat of arms bearing the Scottish St. Andrews Cross and the motto "Vincit Veritas" (Truth Conquers) . Map endpapers. 371 pp. Including index. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Written large at the foot of a page on a 4to leaf. In good condition, lightly aged and creased, with a short closed tear to the outer edge just below Glubb's sprawling signature, which consists of an illegible line of curls. Folded once for postage. At the head of the page is Diane Richard's Typed Note Signed, addressed to 'General Glubb' and requesting that he sign 'two pictures from my collection'. Glubb replies: 'Dear Miss RICHARD, / I return your two pictures herewith with much pleasure. / All good wishes, / Your sincerely / [signature]'.…