Lords of the Atlas: The Rise an Fall of the House of Glaoua, 1893-1956
by Maxwell , Gavin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1966 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. 318 pp, illus. First Edition, 1966. Price clipped.3/4" chip across top edge spine dj with a small chip along the bottom edge spine, and a slightly rubbed rear panel of same. Only the faintest wear to bottom front spine corner, else, Pristine. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 5.75" x 8.5". Green cloth with blind stamped rifles on front board, orange lettering to spine, and illustrated endpapers. Pictorial dj in acetate protector. "Set in the medieval city of Marrakesh and the majestic kasbahs of the High Atlas mountains, `Lords of the Atlas' tells the extraordinary story of the Madani and T'hami el Glaoui, warlord brothers who carved out a feudal fiefdom in southern Morocco in the early twentieth century. Quislings of the French colonial administration, they combined the aggression of gangland mobsters with the opulence of hereditary Indian princes, and ruled with a mixture of flamboyance and terror. On returning from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, T'hami ordered the severed heads of his enemies to be mounted on his gates. Yet in 1956, when the French left Morocco, the Glaoua regime toppled like a pack of cards.".
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005874
- Title
- Lords of the Atlas: The Rise an Fall of the House of Glaoua, 1893-1956
- Author
- Maxwell , Gavin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- HISTORY AFRICA MARRAKESK MOROCCAN CAID HOUSE OF GLAOUI EATLY 20TH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
- Size
- Octavo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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