THE ARAB WAR by Bell, Gertrude - 1940

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1940. Limited Edition; #236/500. 51 pages in very good condition; clean, white, untrimmed. Minor yellowing on the fore-edge and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Quarter bound with green Niger over beige boards. Five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Spine faded, slight yellowing on board edges. Corners lightly bumped. Binding tight. Scarce. VG+. Limited Ediiton. Hard Cover. VG+.

Introduction by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, Director of the Arab Bureau 1916-1920.
A Limited Edition; 1 of 500 copies, this being copy number 102. 4to. (253*188 mm), original quarter aquamarine morocco over cream cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, top edge gilt and others untrimmed, raised bands, gilt tooling. [2], 3-50 pp, [1], [1] limitation. Printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, Rolls Passage, London, E.C.4. in Perpetua type on Arnold's mould-made paper, and finished on the 30th day of April, 1940.
The spine gently sunned, some light markings to the boards; a very good copy.
Gertrude Lowthian Bell (1868-1926), "traveller, archaeologist, and diplomatist, was born at Washington Hall, co. Durham, on 14 July 1868, the elder child and only daughter of (Thomas) Hugh Bell (1844–1931), an ironmaster, who succeeded his father as second baronet in 1904, and his first wife, Mary (or Maria; 1844–1871), daughter of John Shield of Newcastle." (ODNB.) Bell developed an… Read More

Rolls Passage, London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1940. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. An edition limited to 500 copies. In quarter Niger over cloth, faded at edges, corners bumped slightly. Spine, faded, raised bands, gilt tooling, rubbed. Internally, [2], 3-50 pp, [1], [1] limitation, bound by S&S, London, t.e.g., remainder uncut, removal mark of bookplate to fpd, occasional spot to eps. Very Good. (253*188 mm). Pieces on: The basis of government in Turkish Arabia -- Note on the tribal authority of the sheikhs of Muhammerah and Kuweit in the occupied territories -- The rebellion against the sultan of Muscat -- Ibn Saud -- Tribal fights in the Shamiyah -- Ismail Bey -- The situation in Hail.