8vo. xii, 295 pp., 22 b/w plates, index, cloth in slightly soiled & clipped d/w, light foxing to endpapers, otherwise copy inside clean and in very good condition, John Murray, London, first edition, 1970.

Synopsis

The autobiography of a member of the Levant Consular Service, who worked in many Middle Eastern countries, and served under all six British High Commissioners in Egypt.