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Kurds Turks and Arabs. Politics, Travel and Research in North-Eastern Iraq 1919-1925. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
by EDMONDS C.J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford University Press,, 1957. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 31 plates on 16, 2 large folding maps, a full-page map and 2 full-page plans in the text, and endpaper maps in orange; original buff cloth, gilt back, a remarkably bright, fresh, clean copy in unclipped, moderately age-soiled dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its inscription on front board, small label scar on front paste-down, bookplate on half-title verso and neat blind stamp on title. THESE ATTRIBUTES NOTWITHSTANDING, THIS IS A REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF A PRACTICALLY UNOBTAINABLE WORK. With dustwrapper artwork by Anthony Gross. This important account covers the diplomatic and military history of the Mosul dispute between Great Britain and Turkey from 1918 to 1925, with a detailed appreciation from the author's own experiences as political officer and member of the Anglo-Iraqi delegation of the Committee of the League of Nations. In addition it contains much new information of the geography and antiquities of north-eastern Iraq , the secular frontier dispute between the Ottoman and Persian Empires, the organization and influence of the mystical dervish fraternities, modern cultural activity and other facets of Kurdish society. THIS REGION ALSO SAW THE FIRST ASSIGNMENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AS THE ARM PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTERNAL DEFENCE AND INTERNAL ORDER. Rare.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19672
- Title
- Kurds Turks and Arabs. Politics, Travel and Research in North-Eastern Iraq 1919-1925. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
- Author
- EDMONDS C.J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press,
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- middle east, kurdistan, turkey, iraq, persia, mosul dispute, raf, royal air force, c.j. edmonds, travel, exploration, middle east, kurds, turks, arabs
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