1945. Exceedingly rare black-and-white portrait on a 10.5 x 8.25-inch heavy-stock board, taken by "Starvis & Ewing," official photographers of the British Royal Family. The photo shows Abdullah as King Regent and Field Marshall, war-dated January 1, 1945, boldly signed "Abdullah" in English and Arabic, not personalized as it would be considered demeaning. Authentic signatures of Starvis and Ewing on the lower border attest to the fact that this is an official portrait. Abdullah is extremely rare due to the..... More

8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, (1992). vg Presentaion copy. More

Brooklyn: powerHouse, 2007. Numerous color photographs. Oblong 4to, white pictorial boards. Brooklyn: powerHouse, (2007). First Edition. Fine. With a long inscription by the photographer, and a typed letter signed laid in. More

Boston: Houghton, 1919. 2 volumes, Illustrated with 19 maps and 16 half-tone plates. ix, 294; vi, 312 pages. Tall 8vo, beige cloth (2nd volume stained at head). Boston, 1919. First Edition. Very good. An account of the Mesopotamian Campaign as witnessed by Candler who was the "Times Correspondent" in the First World War. More

illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (N.Y.): HarperCollins, (2002). vg Biography of Saddam Hussein. More

New York: ReganBooks, 2003. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. (New York): ReganBooks, (2003). Fine Presentation copy. Biography of Donald Rumsfeld. More

New York: Times Books, 2005. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w., front flyleaf lightly soiled. New York: Times Books, (2005). More

Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1935. With an introduction by Sir Arthur Keith; edited by Berthold Laufer. Illustrated with 156 plates, 48 in-text figures, and 3 maps. 474pp. Thick 4to, modern marbled wrappers. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1935. A very good copy, internally clean with mostly un-opened pages. The physical character and anthropometric data on Arabs and Bedouins, collected in 1928. More

New York: Carroll & Graf, 2005. Illus. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Carroll & Graf, (2005). Very good(+) Presentation copy. Biography of Ahmad Shawkat, an Iraqi Kurd. More

Birmingham: Legal Classics Library, 1987. thick 8vo, full red leather, ornately gilt spine and covers, all edges gilt. (Birmingham): Legal Classics Library, (1987). Fine. More

London: Methuen, 1938. Frontis., 25 illus. and 2 endpaper maps. 8vo, black cloth, cloth lightly soiled. London: Methuen & Co., (1938). Travels in Egypt and Iraq. More

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2005. 467pp. 8vo, boards, dust wrapper. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, Near fine. More

New York: Penguin, 2006. Illustrated. 482 pages, 8vo, red cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Penguin, 2006. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More