Daniel Van der Meulen – The Wells of Ibn Saud – 1957 – First Edition

An early profile of Ibn Sa’ud, founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, looking at the kingdom’s modern history and its formation.

Offers valuable and first-hand insight into a critical period of the country’s recent history, with the emergence of the oil era and the significant transformation it brought.

First edition, first impression. Hardback, published in 1957 by John Murray in London.

The author, Daniel Van Der Meulen, was a Dutch diplomat and writer who was based in Saudi Arabia as Dutch consul in Jeddah in the late 1920s and then again in the late 1940s. He also travelled widely in southern Arabia and Yemen, authoring several other books on the region.

In very good condition. No jacket. Hardback, bound in green cloth. Minor wear externally, clean inside with no writing. Binding tight and square. 270 pages.