8vo. xxx, 695 pp. of English text, 24 pp., of Preface in Arabic text, red cloth, 2 previous owners’ inscriptions verso front cover, the author’s stamp on front endpaper & title page, few pencil markings on couple of pages, small stain to outer edges, otherwise copy in good condition, Longman Group Ltd & Librairie du Liban, London/Beirut, first edition, 1979.