forty years in Kuwait
Dickson, Violet.
Published by George Allen & Unwin Limited., London., 1971
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335pp, photos, maps, appends. Wife of HRP Dickson (The Arab of the Desert and Kuwait and her Neighbors) writes just as enthusiastically but a little more personally about her life from 1920 onwards. Clean and tight, previous owner name to ffep, unclipped mild wear to wrapper. 800g. Seller Inventory # 011546
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Title: forty years in Kuwait
Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Limited., London.
Publication Date: 1971
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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Forty Years in Kuwait
Seller: Studibuch, Stuttgart, Germany
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hardcover. Condition: Akzeptabel. Seiten; 9780049200326.4 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1. Seller Inventory # 674917
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Forty years in Kuwait
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London, George, Allen & Unwin Ltd., [, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321
ISBN 13: 9780049200326
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Seller: Hammer Mountain Book Halls, ABAA, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Very good condition in slightly edge-worn dust jacket. ]. 335p. Seller Inventory # 54370
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Forty Years in Kuwait
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Allen & Unwin Australia, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321
ISBN 13: 9780049200326
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Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards show signs of wear. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.55. Seller Inventory # 1865117519
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Forty years in Kuwait
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 1.25. Seller Inventory # 353-0049200321-gdd
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Forty Years in Kuwait.
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London, Allen & Unwin, 1971., 1971
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
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With original dustjacket in excellent condition. First edition, first printing. Violet was the wife of H. R. P. Dickson, author of 'The Arab of the Desert' and 'Kuwait and her Neighbours'. Seller Inventory # 27447
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Forty years in Kuwait
Seller: books4u31, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: 2nd impression. 1971 2nd impression hardback is signed by Violet Dickson is not personalized does have owners name on fly page and owners inscription as a gift no marks in text and is in very good condition with dust coverAND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing. PLEASE NOTE OVER SEAS BUYERS if the book extra large or heavy there will be additional postage due to the new US Postage rates. Signed flat. Seller Inventory # 181108024S
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Forty Years in Kuwait.
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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1971, 1971
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Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
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First edition, second impression, inscribed by the author in Kuwait on the title page: "Don & Rosanna with love. A lovely visit to Al Ain. Violet. / 27.2.74". First released earlier the same year, this detailed autobiography describes Dickson's meeting with Ibn Saud and societal changes brought about by the oil boom. Violet Dickson (1896-1991) was married to Harold Dickson, a British political agent in Bahrain (1919-20) and Kuwait (1929-36) and subsequently an employee of the Kuwait Oil Company. She stayed in Kuwait after her husband's death in 1959 until the Iraqi invasion in 1990, becoming a prominent member of the expatriate community. She also published The Wild Flowers of Kuwait and Bahrain in 1955. The desert flower, Horwoodia dicksoniae, is named after her. Octavo. Original orange cloth, spine lettered in silver, top edge orange. With pictorial dust jacket. With 16 plates, illustrations and maps in the text. Illegible signature on front free endpaper. Spine a little cocked; jacket unclipped, spine sunned, edges with minor creasing, corners with faint tide marks: a very good copy in like jacket. Seller Inventory # 179144
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