8vo. ix, [5], 383 pp., vii, [1], 9 maps, 32 b/w photographs, numerous drawings, cloth in slightly worn d/w, index, lower margin of upper cover lightly bumped, previous owner’s prescription on front fly leaf, otherwise copy clean inside in very good condition, Collins, London, first edition, 1970.

Synopsis

Archaeological expeditions to Bahrain, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Muscat in search of the remains of the civilisation that dominated the trade routes between Mesopotamia and the Indus valley four thousand years ago.