8vo. 516 pp., of Arabic text, 4 pp., introduction in English, 35 folding tables, 3 folding maps, modern cloth, original wrappers preserved, biblio, previous owner’s inscriptions verso original wrappers, title printed in Arabic & English, light soiling to original lower wrapper, otherwise copy clean inside and in very good condition, Centre for Arab Gulf Studies Publications, University of Basrah, Series No. 33, Dar al-Irshad, Baghdad, 1980.