Description
The signed limited edition of The Story Of The Arab Legion by Lt. General Sir John Bagot Glubb.
Octavo, 371pp, [1]. Publisher’s brown calf, raised bands, title stamped in gilt on the spine. Decorative endpapers. Stated “This Edition Nov 1980” on the copyright page. All edges gilt. Includes the publisher’s glassine dust jacket and matching slipcase. Complete with frontispiece portrait, 53 photographic illustrations and seven maps. Appears unread. Loss of gilt on the spine, despite this copy appearing unread.
From a limited edition of 100 copies signed by Glubb, this being number 98.
The first edition of The Story Of The Arab Legion was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1948. This edition was issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Glubb’s entrance into the service of the Jordanian Government.
