[SOLD] David Howarth – The Desert King – 1964 First Edition

An early biography of Ibn Saud, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, and the story of the making of the present-day country.

First edition, first printing, 1964, published by Collins in London.

Hardback, bound in brown cloth. With the original colour jacket depicting a group of Wahhabi fighters in the desert, based on a photograph in the book.

In very good condition. Original jacket, price-clipped. Minor chipping to top of jacket spine. Clean inside with no writing or marking.