[SOLD] Donald Hawley – The Trucial States – First Edition 1970

A classic modern history of the Trucial States, now hard to find. Covers early history of the region, the arrival of the European powers, the key family groups, the discovery of oil, and the formation of the UAE.

With a series of excellent appendices on geography, family trees, key legal treaties and more.

Hardback. First edition, first impression, published in 1970 by George Allen and Unwin. Rare in this first printing.

In good condition, with original unclipped jacket. Vertical tear to left-hand bottom of jacket cover. Sun-fading to edges of jacket cover. Previous owner’s name to front free endpaper, dated 1971.