kuwait neighbours von dickson (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 627 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine black and orange with white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "75s net." Moderate shelf wear. Chipping along edges of dust jacket. Closed tear to on rear cover at bottom edge, measuring about 2 inches. Closed tear to tail of spine, measuring about 1.5 inches. Foxing to flaps and inside jacket. Rubbing to cloth on spine. Age-toning and foxing to textblock. Features illustrations throughout. Includes three fold-out maps (lacking fourth map) and two genealogical trees in end-pocket. Shelved in Case 8 1/2. H.R.P. Dickson was a British colonial administrator in the Middle East during the first half of the 20th century. His military and political experiences in the Middle East led him to be knowledgeable of Arab life and culture. (Wiki). 1377643. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

First edition of Colonel H.R.P. Dickson's classic work on the people and history of Kuwait. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs, maps, tables. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is price-clipped. Colonel H.R.P. Dickson's classic work on the people and history of Kuwait, comes from the perspectives of his own experiences there as a foreigner. Not strictly a history, much of the book is a recounting of military and political lore and stories gathered over an extensive career in the country.

First edition, first impression; uncommon, particularly so with the fragile jacket. A remarkable topographical, anthropological, and historical survey of the region written by Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson (1881-1959), a British political agent based in the region for more than 25 years. This book includes numerous highly revealing personal reminiscences, as well as one of the few published firsthand accounts of the Uqair Convention of 1922. Dickson, the son of John Dickson, British Consul-General in Jerusalem, was born in Beirut. After education at Oxford his army career began with the 1st Connaught Rangers, transferring to the 33rd QVO Light Cavalry in 1914, his knowledge of Arabic assuring his despatch to Mesopotamia, where "he took part in all the actions leading up to the capture of Basra, Kurna and Nasiriyah, including the battle of Shu'aiba, and was mentioned in dispatches" (p. 9). After the war he served as Political Agent in Bahrain and Political Resident in the Gulf. "In 1929, when the 'Ikhwan rebellion against King Ibn Sa'ud was at its height, he went to Kuwait as Political Agent and played a prominent part in the negotiations that led to the capitulation of the rebels" (ibid). After retirement from the army he was employed by the Kuwait Oil Company. Kuwait and Her Neighbours has been described by 0ne historian of the country as Dickson's "sprawling lifework", and that "more than many other British administrators in his position, he enjoyed being with the Bedouin in their tents, drinking endless rounds of coffee, swapping yarns, winning their respect, becoming their friend. When Dickson spoke of going to see his 'friends,' he was invariably referring to the Bedouin tribesmen, and the appellation was sincere" (Finnie, p. 58). David H. Finnie, Shifting Lines in the Sand: Kuwait's Elusive Frontier with Iraq, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1992. Octavo. Original orange cloth, title gilt on green faux label to spine, top edge orange, linen hinges. With pictorial dust jacket by Gross-Andre. Coloured frontispiece, 27 pages of black and white plates, 15 illustrations in text, 2 maps and 12 genealogical tables (one is folding), in text, end-pocket with 4 folding maps, of which one is coloured, and 2 folding genealogical tables; title page with crossed red banners of the Emir. Light shelf-wear to the extremities; price-clipped jacket slightly dust-soiled on rear panel and with a few nicks, chips and short closed tears, but pictorially and textually complete: a very good copy.