Signature of former owner neatly penned to front pastedown, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are stiff, clean and unmarked. Bound in maroon cloth with bright gilt titles to spine. . Author was "a British Arabist, adviser, explorer, writer, and colonial office intelligence officer." He lived and worked in the Middle East for more than two decades. [Wikipedia] A beautiful, Fine copy, in collectible condition. Scarce thus. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 387 pages. E1