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Publicado por Longmans, 1978
Librería: Zerzura Rare Books (Dubai), Ripon, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. A fascinating memoir and history of Kuwait in the mid-20th century, written by long-term resident Violet Dickson, the widow of Harold Dickson, a prominent British political agent and business figure in the region who died in 1959. The family s former residence in Kuwait City is now the Dickson House Museum. Hardback with original unclipped jacket. First edition, third impression, 1978. Published by George Allen and Unwin in London. Clean inside, no writing or inscriptions. Book ships from the UAE. Free shipping within UAE.
Publicado por George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: Hall of Books, Shropshire, Reino Unido
Libro
Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Second impression hardback, 1971, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket a touch faded to spine; boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature to front endpaper dated 1974; text, maps and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
Publicado por Allen & Unwin Australia, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Minor shelf wear to boards and dust jacket. All pages are intact and unmarked, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.3.
Publicado por Allen & Unwin,, London,, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. First Impression Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 18 illustrations, 5 maps. Widow of Colonel H R P Dickson. Original publisher's orange cloth lettered gilt at the spine Slight evidence of a label being removed from the front pastedownbut decent copy. Very good in VG dust jacket with slight rubbing. No inscriptions, not price-clipped.ISBN: 0-04-920032-1 Pages: 335.
Publicado por George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. This is a Very Good + Copy of this hardcover book orange cloth with silver title lettering to spine in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has one closed tear to the top edge of the lower cover and nick to head of spine.Not price clipped.There are no previous names or inscriptions present.There is one small bookseller's ticket to the bottom edge of tyhe front pastedown of the 'Family Bookshop in Kuwait' The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Lovely clean tight copy with the dust-jacket coming well protected in a cover sleeve.Decent copy for the collector of this uncommon title and highly regarded study of Arab and Desert Life,she is still much revered in Kuwait,8vo 335pp First Edition 1st Impression [1971].
Publicado por Allen & Unwin Australia, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Libro Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, second printing. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Gift inscription in ink on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Author signature and gift inscription on separate paper taped onto half title page. Corner clipped from front flap. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.3. signed by author.
Publicado por Allen & Unwin, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Condición: Very Good. SIGNED! London: George Allen & Unwin 1971. 2nd impression. Hardcover 8vo 335 pgs. B/w plates. Signed by author on half title pg, no inscription. Very good in a near very good dust jacket. Light soil and fading to top edge of textblock. Slight foxing to endpapers. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket edgeworn, chipped and has small edge tears. Price clipped. (Kuwait, Travel) Inquire if you need further information.
Publicado por Allen & Unwin, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 1.25.
Publicado por Allen & Unwin, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Publicado por Allen & Unwin, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Condición: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.25.
Publicado por Allen & Unwin, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service.
Publicado por Allen & Unwin, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Condición: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.25.
Publicado por Allen & Unwin, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: new. New.
Publicado por Allen Unwin, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Condición: new.
Publicado por Allen & Unwin, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Publicado por Allen & Unwin, 1971
ISBN 10: 0049200321ISBN 13: 9780049200326
Librería: books4u31, Asheville, NC, Estados Unidos de America
Libro Ejemplar firmado
Hardcover. Condición: 2nd impression. 1971 2nd impression hardback is signed by Violet Dickson is not personalized does have owners name on fly page and owners inscription as a gift no marks in text and is in very good condition with dust coverAND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing. PLEASE NOTE OVER SEAS BUYERS if the book extra large or heavy there will be additional postage due to the new US Postage rates. Signed flat.
Publicado por London, Allen & Unwin, 1971., 1971
Librería: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Original o primera edición
With original dustjacket in excellent condition. First edition, first printing. Violet was the wife of H. R. P. Dickson, author of 'The Arab of the Desert' and 'Kuwait and her Neighbours'.
Publicado por London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1971, 1971
Librería: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
First edition, second impression, signed by the author in Kuwait on the title page. First released earlier the same year, this detailed autobiography describes Dickson's meeting with Ibn Saud and societal changes brought about by the oil boom. Violet Dickson (1896-1991) was married to Harold Dickson, a British political agent in Bahrain (1919-20) and Kuwait (1929-36) and subsequently an employee of the Kuwait Oil Company. She stayed in Kuwait after her husband's death in 1959 until the Iraqi invasion in 1990, becoming a prominent member of the expatriate community. She also published The Wild Flowers of Kuwait and Bahrain in 1955. The desert flower, Horwoodia Dicksoniae, is named after her. Octavo. Original orange cloth, spine lettered in silver, top edge orange. With pictorial dust jacket. With 16 plates, numerous illustrations and maps in the text throughout. Soiling at head and foot of boards, internally clean; jacket price-clipped, extremities bumped, offsetting and browning on verso: a very good copy in like jacket.
Publicado por 1955, 1955
Librería: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB), Stockholm, Suecia
Original o primera edición
Pp. 144. With six maps (two in the text), two coloured plates, five half-tone plates and many textual illustrations. Errata slip enclosed. Original red cloth, faded at spine ends. Original red dust jacket lettered in white, chipped along edges, small loss to spine ends. First edition of an important book on the local flora. Violet Dickson first came to the Middle East in 1920 as the wife of British colonial administrator Harold Dickson. Before settling in Kuwait, she and her husband lived in Bahrain, Iran and Iraq. In 1929 they moved to Kuwait where Violet remained for 61 years and acquired the honorific titles Umm Kuwait (Mother of Kuwait) and Umm Saud (Mother of Saud). She was a keen botanist and had a desert plant, Horwoodia dicksoniae, named in her honour. She regularly sent wildflowers to Kew Gardens in London, and mammal specimens to the British Museum.
Librería: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
London, George Allen & Unwin, [1955]. 8vo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with the rarely seen dust-wrapper; pp. 144, errata slip tipped in, highly illustrated with maps, plates and in the text; marginal loss and price-clipping to wrappers, a little offsetting from endpapers; otherwise a very good copy. Very rare first edition of one of the first botanical monographs on the two Gulf countries. Violet was the wife of H. R. P. Dickson, the author of The Arab of the Desert and Kuwait and her Neighbours. - She is revered in Kuwait (as Umm Kuwait, Mother of Kuwait) and the Dickson house is now a cultural centre.