The Illicit Adventure

London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 528 pages. Portrays all the major European powers in a struggle for ascendency in the Middle East at the beginning of the century, and provides the most thoroughly documented and significant account of the origins of Middle East turmoil today (1982). DJ in mylar sleeve.; 5… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape, London, 1982 Large 8vo, Original dust jacket, Numerous maps & illustrations, 15 + 528pp, Corners bumped to boards, Pages lightly browned to margins but overall a very good plus copy with minor faults only. Overseas orders may require extra postage costs. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine.

Hardback. 1898. The Story of Political and Military Intelligence in the Middle East from 1898 to 1926. xv, 528pp 8 plates, Jonathan Cape, London 1982. Very good copy in very good dust jacket. .

London: Cape, 1982. 1st edition. As New. 8vo.. dust jacket xv + 528pp., b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Espionage in the struggle for ascendency in the Middle East. Much on Lawrence, Captain Shakspear, Colonel Parker, Colonel Newcombe on the British side & Wassmuss, Von Stotzingen & Niedermayer on the German. Also the mysterious death… Read more about this item