DICKSON, H.R.P.

The Arab of the Desert.

A glimpse into Badawin life in Kuwait and Sau'di Arabia.

Stock Code 113946

London, Allen & Unwin, 1949

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Dickson the son of the British consul in Syria, had unrivalled access to the desert tribes as a result of being wet-nursed by a Badawi woman. The work is thorough an comprehensive. Completed in 1936, due to the difficulties of typing the manuscript and drawing the text illustrations in desert winds and sand and the disruptions of WWII, it was not published until 1949.

First edition. Large 8vo, 664 pp, a frontispiece, photos, illustrations, index, 9 maps on 7 folding sheets and 6 folding genealogical charts in pocket strap inside back cover, original cloth, a very good copy.

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