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John Murray, 1956. Hardcover. Good. 1956. First Edition. 201 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. B&W photographs throughout. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Rear hinge cracked with visible netting, thus the board is slack. Pencil marks to both paste downs. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Minor scuffing, staining and marking to boards.
A CRACKLE OF THORNS. Experiences in the Middle East by Kirkbride, Alec Seath - 1956
by Kirkbride, Alec Seath
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A CRACKLE OF THORNS. Experiences in the Middle East
by Kirkbride, Alec Seath
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London: John Murray, 1956. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. A near-fine copy, lacking however the dust-jacket.. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed "To Willard / Alec Kirkbride. M.C." on the half-title page. Originally a soldier in Allenby's army, Kirkbride later went to Transjordan to take control of the power vacuum there, establishing himself as president of Kerak until Abdullah took control. He served Abdullah and was a powerful leader in the region, far more than a consul. He later was British ambassador to Amman, and played an important role in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The inscription is to (Reverend) A. Willard Jones, and American who headed up two Quaker schools in the region, and also was engaged in relief work and aid to displaced persons in the area. Ownership signature of Jones on front flyleaf. 8vo red cloth. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers.
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- Publisher John Murray
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1956
- Keywords middle, east, english, diplomacy, politics, signed, arab
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A Crackle of Thorns: Experiences in the Middle East
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A Crackle of Thorns: Experiences in the Middle East
by Alec Seath Kirkbride
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201pp, red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. First edition/first printing. Near Fine/Near Fine, Dj in clear cover, small dark spot on front (see photo), unclipped price of 21s, small chip at bottom of spine, light foxing on ffep and back end page, otherwise very clean and unmarked. 18 illustrations. "The Middle East was not an easy milieu in which to work and my thirty-nine years; service covered two World Wars with plenty of civil unrest between-whiles." Detailed adventures of Sir Alec Seath Kirkbride, K.C.M.G.,C.V.O., O.B.E., M.C.
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