184pp, with a map and introduction and drawings by the author. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt stamped lettering on the spine. 12mo. Cloth is gently rubbed on slightly rounded corners and spine ends. Previous owner's name neatly inked on the front free endpaper else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original paper dust wrapper, rubbed and toned with some mild chipping around edge, sunned over spine.
Maxwell recounts his two-month sojourn among the Arab tribes of the marshes around the Tigris River in Iraq.
