The Puritan King of Saudi Arabia.
by IBN SA'UD - WILLIAMS, Kenneth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape,, 1933. The story of Ibn Sa'ud's rise First edition, first impression, of this early biography, a "good general account of the Wahhabis and the rise of Ibn Saud" (Foreign Affairs). This book is a typically attractive Cape production of the period with an unusually well preserved jacket. Octavo. Original dark green cloth, lettered in yellow on the spine and front cover, top edge green. With typographical dust jacket printed in purple and black on light brown hammer finish paper stock. Portrait frontispiece from a photograph by HE Shaikh Hafidh Wahba, 3 full-page maps and 2 full-page pedigrees. Occasional minor staining; price-clipped jacket, minor creases and tears to edges: a near fine copy in near-fine jacket. Foreign Affairs, January, 1938.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 163385
- Title
- The Puritan King of Saudi Arabia.
- Author
- IBN SA'UD - WILLIAMS, Kenneth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Jonathan Cape,
- Date Published
- 1933
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
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London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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