arnold talbot wilson (28 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 156.

Zustand: New. pp. 155.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. pp. 156.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Book Club Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked tan cloth boards, with author name and publisher's device faded slightly from the spine. Lightly bumped corners and faintly foxed edges. Internally tight, bright and clean throughout. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; ix, 305 pages : map ; 22 cm. Notes; First published by Oxford University Press, 1941. This edition published for Readers Union by arrangement. Subjects; Wilson, Arnold Talbot, Sir 1884-1940 Diaries. Wilson, Arnold Talbot, Sir 1884-1940 Correspondence. British Iran History 20th century. Iran History 1905-1911 Personal narratives, British. Iran Description and travel 20th century. Iran Social life and customs 20th century. Colonial administrators Iran Biography. 3 Kg.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

First Edition. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xi, 315 pages ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Wilson, Arnold Talbot Sir 1884-1940 ; Diaries; Great Britain. Army Officers ; Diaries; Iran Description and travel; Iran History 1905-1911. 3 Kg.

Zustand: New. pp. 433.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original tan cloth boards, with spine printed with black and red titles. Boards slightly scuffed, with edges lightly rubbed. Endpapers and edges somewhat foxed, with interior otherwise tight, bright and clean. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; ix, 305 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; First published by Oxford University Press, 1941. Subjects; Wilson, Arnold Talbot, Sir 1884-1940 Diaries. Wilson, Arnold Talbot, Sir 1884-1940 Correspondence. British Iran History 20th century. Iran History 1905-1911 Personal narratives, British. Iran Description and travel 20th century. Iran Social life and customs 20th century. Colonial administrators Iran Biography. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New with no dust jacket. 1.15 lbs 1 x 8.4 x 5.7 Inches; x, 253 pages; Limited edition facsimile in blue cloth. Original was 1930. Books about Persia and translations of Persian works.

Zustand: New.

1st edition. Poor copy in the original cloth. Spine bands torn and missing; panel edges somewhat dust-toned, spotted and rubbed as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; xvii, 420 pages, plates, portrait, folded maps, 26 cm. Contents; Military operations in Mesopotamia from the death of General Maude to the armistice -- The advance to the Caspian -- The development of local resources, the growth of the police force and Arab levies -- The growth of the civil administration during 1918 -- Political discussions Nov. 1918 to May 1919 -- Uncertainty in Iraq and disturbances in Kurdistan Dec. 1918 to Aug 1919 -- Civil administration during 1919 -- Army chaplains, Y.M.C.A., church army, canteen, and war graves commission -- Administrative problems 1919-20 -- The first four month of 1920 -- The acceptance of the mandate -- and after -- The military situation in 1920 -- Political discussions June-Oct. 1920. Subjects; 1914-1918. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Iraq. Diplomatic relations. Military campaigns. Politics and government. Campaigns Turkey and the Near East Mesopotamia. Iraq - Foreign relations - Great Britain. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxxiii, 519 pages; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages xxv-xviii). Subjects: Industrial life insurance Great Britain; Insurance law Great Britain; Insurance legislation & jurisprudence; Insurance, Health history; Benevolent societies Industrial insurance Friendly societies Industrial assurance; Social Security - Great Britain; Insurance, Life; Industrial laws and legislation; Great Britain. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Limited edition facsimile of the original Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1930 edition (edition size not stated). Original gilt-titled blue cloth 15x22cm. x, 253pp. Fine.

Zustand: New.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 519 pages; Description: xxxiii, 519 p. 24 cm. Bibliography: p. [xxv]-xviii. Subjects: Industrial life insurance--Insurance Law--Great Britain. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 238 pages; Description: xx, 238 (i. E. 236) p. , 1 l. Incl. Tables, diagr. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Old age pensions - Great Britain. Pensions. Notes: Joint authors: Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson, K. C. I. E. And G. S. Mackay. Bibliographical foot-notes. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 519 pages; Descripion: xxxiii, 519 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Insurance - legislation & jurisprudence. Insurance, Health - history. Industrial life insurance - Great Britain. Insurance law - Great Britain. Insurance, Industrial - Great Britain. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. ix + 313 pages, folded map : 22 cm.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Loyalties; Mesopotamia, 1914-1917; A Personal and Historical Record is an authoritative and firsthand account of the British military and civil administration in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Written by Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson, who served as a high-ranking political officer in the region, the work blends personal observation with historical documentation to provide a comprehensive view of the Iraq campaign.

X,253,(3) S. Orig.-Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. Limited Edition Facsimile of the Original Edition Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1930. - Schönes Exemplar.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Martino hardcover facsimile of 1930 original. Light external wear, pristine pages, tight binding.

2nd Edition. orig.cloth Minor rubbing. Some light sunning to edges. Name on flyleaf. VG., dustwrapper. Folding map. 24x16cm, xv,224 pp, In a heavily rubbed, chipped & torn dustwrapper. Some light discolorations to flyleaves. Copntents. First Beginnings; Preliminary Negotiations 1854-65; The Completion & Opening of the Canal 1866-73; The Acquisition of the Khedive' s Shareholding by the British Government; The Question of Canal Duties, 1870-84; The Neutralization of the Suez Canal; The Suez Canal from 1889 to 19 1 4; The Finances of the Suez Canal Company; The Suez Canal during the Great War; The Panama Canal: A Rival Route; Comments, Criticisms & Replies;Conclusions; Appendices. Minor rubbing. Some light sunning to edges. Name on flyleaf. VG., dustwrapper.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Stitch-bound wraps 15x24cm. 20, (1)pp including data tables, complete with single-fold b/w Sketch Map of Arabistan 16x24cm (Ordnance Survey, 1910). Disbound from a larger volume with sections coming loose, otherwise near fine. The author, Arnold Talbot Wilson (1884-1940), is here identified as a Lieutenant in the Indian Army, and Acting Consul for Arabistan. He had arrived in Persia in 1904 where he led a group of Bengal Lancers in defence of the British Consulate in Ahvaz, and William Knox D'Arcy's oil drillers. In 1907 he transferred to the Indian Political Department serving as a Political Officer in the Persian Gulf. In 1908 he oversaw the discovery of the first oil site in the Middle East at Masjid-i-Suleiman. As Consul-General of Muhammerah (1909-11), he was in charge of the Turko-Persian Frontier Commission. He opens this report by stating that in spite of the "disturbed state of Persia", trade has in fact improved as shippers have managed to avoid the "prolonged disturbances on the Bushire-Shiraz road" by using the Ahwaz-Isfahan road instead, with much of the opium and tobacco crop also being exported via Ahwaz. Imports of materials for the newly formed Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) were over double all other imports combined (@300,000l). He includes a brief survey of security, banks (the Imperial Bank of Persia's new branch in Mahommerah is expected to benefit British commerce), trade restrictions, trade generally and its limited prospects in spite of Arabistan being potentially one of the richest provinces of Persia. In this context, he describes the largely subsistence life of locals: "the Arab of the desert is content with the nomadic life, living by the produce of his flocks and occasional large crops" etc, and the kinds and sources of limited imported goods they purchase. There is also extensive discussion of transport. The area is well served by various steam navigation companies, of which two have been stopping at the Refinery site at Braim (Abadan). The caravan route primarily using mules between Ahwaz and Isfahan takes 17-25 days, hampered by the lack of caravanserais and fodder, with the hope the Bakhtiari Khans will be "induced" to improve matters. The map, @23 miles to 1 inch, centres approximately on Ahwaz, bounded by Abadan Island (SW), Hindijan Customs House on the Persian Gulf coast (SE), Masjid i-Sulaiman to the south of the Bakhtiari Mountains (NE), and the Dizful Customs House (NW). It shows the extent of the very early APOC activities that Wilson had been facilitating, and hints at future developments. Thus "Oil Works" are indicated at Masjid i-Sulaiman and Mamatain, and the "Site for refinery" is marked out on Abadan. APOC had obtained the lease for this site in 1909, and built the refinery during 1910-12. Also shown are various land routes, canal and rivers indicating their navigable extents, some geographical features, and Arabistan's administrative boundary.

Small 8vo. (6), 43, (1) pp. Stiff green cloth wrappers titled in black. Extremely rare manual, marked "For Official use only" and prepared for the troops of the Indian Expeditionary Force "D", giving an account of the political and historical context of the British Mesopotamian campaign of World War I. - Expeditionary Force "D" was made up of Indian and British troops and is infamous for its doomed defense of the siege of Kut, where disease and starvation forced a surrender in April 1916. However, the pamphlet does not limit itself to Iraq, but crucially provides an entire chapter on the history of, and British interest in, the Arabian Peninsula, titled "Arabia - Our Left Flank", including an entire section on Abdulaziz Ibn Saud (1875-1953). The author summarizes the history of British presence in the Gulf, noting the sack of Ras-al-Khaimah in retribution for alleged pirate activity, after which "the climate forced [the British] to evacuate that position". The book further refers to the "maritime truce" imposed by Britain upon the Arabian Coast from "Masandam to Kuwait" in 1836 and notes that the suppression of the arms trade in Muscat was successful thanks to the regulations put in place by Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1864-1913), the direct ancestor of Sultan Haitham. In more general terms the author describes "The rich oases of the Qasim, with their population of enterprizing merchants" and "the Hasa, coveted for its date groves and its ports on the Persian Gulf" which "was finally wrested from the Ottoman Government by Ibn Sa'ud in 1913". The author lists British treaties along the Gulf Coast, including with "the Shaikh of Bahrain" (Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifa, 1769-1849) in 1820 "and in 1798 with the chiefs of the Trucial Coast". - Cloth gently rubbed. Interior shows a hint of foxing, otherwise in very good condition. A single copy is listed in auction records, and that volume included a pencil note attributing authorship to Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson (1884-1940), a captain in the British Indian Army. As then-acting civil commissioner for Mesopotamia who later became known for his strong opinions on the postwar fate of Iraq, he is not an unlikely candidate.

First edition, traced in six institutional libraries, of this internal briefing prepared for Force D officers. Despite "the highly confidential nature of the subjects dealt with. it is hoped that sufficient has been said to demonstrate the strategical and political importance both from the European and Indian standpoint of the country in which we are fighting" (preface). The Sketch outlines the present state of British relations with the Gulf after "150 years of continuous naval vigilance, of political watchfulness, and of commercial penetration" (p. 6). A lengthy chapter is devoted to "Arabia - our left flank", touching on relations with the leaders of Oman and Bahrein and Trucial chiefs. "The history of modern Arabia has been determined by two main factors. The rise and growth of the Wahhabi power in Najd, and the attempts made by the Turks to enforce their dominion over deserts where the suzerainty of any exterior or centralized government has never been permanent" (p. 29). A separate section addresses Britain's relations with Ibn Sa'ud, now Britain's most important regional strategic buffer to Ottoman power in the Gulf, focusing on his dealings with Captain Shakespear after the outbreak of the First World War. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arnold Wilson (1884-1940), writing here anonymously, was one of the key figures in the wartime and immediate post-war administration of Mesopotamia-Iraq. "Wilson spent most of the First World War in Mesopotamia. In 1915 he became deputy chief political officer, under Sir Percy Cox, to the Indian expeditionary force occupying Basrah. Cox formed a civil administration in Mesopotamia, and Wilson served as one of its leading figures. In March 1918, when Cox was transferred to Persia, Wilson took over as acting civil commissioner and political resident" (ODNB). Copies are located at the British Library, Imperial War Museum, Birmingham University, La contemporaine, McMaster, and Chicago. Octavo. Original green linen boards, front cover lettered in black. Light marking and rubbing to cloth, a few leaves partially unopened: a near-fine copy.