Kuwait and Her Neighbours. Edited for publication by Clifford Witting.

DICKSON, Harold Richard Patrick.

Edité par London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956

First edition, uncommon with the fragile jacket, of this remarkable topographical, anthropological, and historical survey of the region written by Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson, a British political agent based in the region for more than 25 years. This book includes numerous highly revealing personal reminiscences, as well as one of the few published firsthand accounts of the Uqair Convention of 1922. It has been described by one historian of the country as Dickson's "sprawling lifework", and that "more than many other British administrators in his position, he enjoyed being with the Bedouin in their tents, drinking endless rounds of coffee, swapping yarns, winning their respect, becoming their friend. When Dickson spoke of going to see his 'friends,' he was invariably referring to the Bedouin tribesmen, and the appellation was sincere" (Finnie, p. 58). Dickson (1881-1959), the son of John Dickson, British Consul-General in Jerusalem, was born in Beirut. After the war he served as Political Agent in Bahrain and Political Resident in the Gulf. "In 1929, when the 'Ikhwan rebellion against King Ibn Sa'ud was at its height, he went to Kuwait as Political Agent … and played a prominent part in the negotiations that led to the capitulation of the rebels" (p. 9). This copy has a variant cloth band instead of the customary end-pocket. David H. Finnie, Shifting Lines in the Sand: Kuwait's Elusive Frontier with Iraq, 1992. Octavo. Coloured frontispiece, 27 pages of black and white plates, 15 illustrations in text, 2 maps and 12 genealogical tables (one is folding) in text, end-pocket (cloth band) with 4 folding maps, 2 folding genealogical tables, plus a genealogical tree in Arabic of the al-Sabah and a plate with prehistoric animal drawings in Kuwait. With pictorial dust jacket by Gross-Andre. Original orange cloth, title gilt on green faux label to spine, top edge orange, linen hinges. Contents just toned, slight mainly marginal foxing to fore-edge, front pastedown, first couple of leaves, and margins of Basra map; extremities a little chipped and nicked, few tape repairs to folds and a little foxing on verso, price-clipped: a very good copy in like jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur 183844

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Titre : Kuwait and Her Neighbours. Edited for ...
Éditeur : London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956
Edition : Edition originale