8vo. xvi, 136 pp., 3 maps, 2 figures, 8 b/w plates, cloth in d/w, notes, biblio, index, previous owner’s name inscribed verso front cover, otherwise copy in mint condition, Kegan Paul International, London, first edition, 1986.

Synopsis

An authentic and absorbing account of the history and traditional way of life of the Al-Dhafir bedouins of North-Eastern Arabia, based on a study of their traditions, Arabic historical annals and the reports of western travellers over the past two hundred years.