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Bell, Gertrude. The Arab War. Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1940.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 500 copies. Binding lightly soiled, spine faded.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$480.32 + shipping
Description: Introduction by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, KCMG, CBE, DSO, Director of the Arab Bureau, 1916-1920. 1st Ed., 52pp., 4to (258x196mm). Golden Cockerel Press. Bell was well-travelled in Arabia prior to 1914: her knowledge of the region was valuable to the Arab Bureau & this work includes chapters on The Basis of Government in Turkish Arabia; Note on the Tribal Authority of the Sheikhs of Muhammerah & Kuweit in the Occupied Territories; The Rebellion Against the Sultan of Muscat; Ibn Sad; Tribal Fights in the Dhamiyah; Ismail By & The Situation in Hail. Finely produced on laid paper, orig. qtr. green morocco, raised bands & gilt title to sp., over wheat cloth boards, one of 500 numbered copies, this being number 308, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Very minor wear, generally excellent state throughout. See illustrations on our website.
Seller: Turner Donovan Military Bks, Brighton, SXE, United Kingdom
Price: US$608.41 + shipping
Description: Introduction by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis K.C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O., Director of the Arab Bureau 1926-1920. Number 48 of an edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Publisher's quarter green Niger binding, five raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, other edges deckled. Printed by Christopher Sandfrd and Owen Rutter in Perpetua type on Arnold's mould-made paper, and finished on 30th April, 1940. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, London as stamped on front free endpaper. Quarto. pp. [1-4 blank] [1-2] 3-50 [51-52] [53-56 blank]. Grubby cream cloth-covered boards, fading to spine, some spotting throughout, more so on preliminaries
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
Price: US$762.11 + shipping
Description: 1st edition. Hardcover. Original beige boards, slightly rubbed, with green quarter-bound Niger, spine lightly paled with five raised bands and gilt lettering, top edge gilt, deckled pages with some occasional spotting, top and bottom page-edges slightly browned. Hand-numbered 216 out of 500 such copies. Introduction by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis. The book contains six previously unpublished reports by Gertrude Bell, from 1916 and 1917, sent to the Arab Bureau in Cairo, while she was stationed in Basra on behalf of the British Government.
Seller: Shellhouse Books, Quinton, Northants, United Kingdom
Bell, Gertrude. THE ARAB WAR. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1940.
Price: US$794.03 + shipping
Description: Confidential information for General Headquarters. Being despatches reprinted from the secret "Arab Bulletin". Introduction by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, Director of the Arab Bureau, 1916-1920. Pp. 52 (last colophon); cr. 4to; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. green niger morocco, spine lettered in gilt, with raised bands and small cockerel device, cream cloth boards, lightly soiled and foxed, the spine faded to brown, fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; t.e.g., others uncut; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, at centre of upper pastedown, with binder's stamp and a small number stamp at foot of same, most leaves browned at edges, scattered foxing; Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1940. One of 470 numbered copies thus bound (total edition 500, all printed on Arnold's mould-made paper). Pertelote 147. *Drawn from the same sources as Secret Despatches from Arabia.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$862.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited Edition; #236/500. 51 pages in very good condition; clean, white, untrimmed. Minor yellowing on the fore-edge and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Quarter bound with green Niger over beige boards. Five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Spine faded, slight yellowing on board edges. Corners lightly bumped. Binding tight. Scarce. VG+
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$928.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Introduction by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, Director of the Arab Bureau 1916-1920. A Limited Edition; 1 of 500 copies, this being copy number 102. 4to. (253*188 mm), original quarter aquamarine morocco over cream cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, top edge gilt and others untrimmed, raised bands, gilt tooling. [2], 3-50 pp, [1], [1] limitation. Printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, Rolls Passage, London, E.C.4. in Perpetua type on Arnolds mould-made paper, and finished on the 30th day of April, 1940. The spine gently sunned, some light markings to the boards; a very good copy. Gertrude Lowthian Bell (1868-1926), "traveller, archaeologist, and diplomatist, was born at Washington Hall, co. Durham, on 14 July 1868, the elder child and only daughter of (Thomas) Hugh Bell (18441931), an ironmaster, who succeeded his father as second baronet in 1904, and his first wife, Mary (or Maria; 18441871), daughter of John Shield of Newcastle. (ODNB.) Bell developed an interest in the Middle East from a young age, learning the Arabic and Farsi languages "as though they were French or German" (Robinson, p. 5). A good friend of T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935), Bell famously held several important positions after moving to Baghdad in 1917, including as Chief Political Officer to the British Resident and as President of the Baghdad library. This work covers the following subject areas: I. The basis of government in Turkish Arabia. II. Note on the tribal authority of the Sheikhs of Muhammerah and Kuweit in the occupied territories. III. The rebellion against the Sultan of Muscat. IV. Ibn Saud. V. Tribal fights in the Shamiyah. VI. Ismail Bey. VII. The situation in Hail. Loosely enclosed is a catalogue description from Asprey which partially reads, It will be of great interest to the many friends and admirers of the late Gertrude Bell to read something from her pen which has not before been published; and those of us who were in the Middle East during the last war will find delight in reading once again these vivid pictures of happenings in the Arab would and in contrasting them with the conditions of today. Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.
Seller: GEORGE HANCOCK RARE BOOKS PBFA, BATH, United Kingdom
Price: US$1248.84 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An edition limited to 500 copies. In quarter Niger over cloth, faded at edges, corners bumped slightly. Spine, faded, raised bands, gilt tooling, rubbed. Internally, [2], 3-50 pp, [1], [1] limitation, bound by S&S, London, t.e.g., remainder uncut, removal mark of bookplate to fpd, occasional spot to eps. Very Good. (253*188 mm). Pieces on: The basis of government in Turkish Arabia -- Note on the tribal authority of the sheikhs of Muhammerah and Kuweit in the occupied territories -- The rebellion against the sultan of Muscat -- Ibn Saud -- Tribal fights in the Shamiyah -- Ismail Bey -- The situation in Hail.
Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom