C. F. Beckingham - Atlas Of The Arab World And The Middle East. Orig. Edn.

Amsterdam, Djambatan, 1950. Small folio. Orig. cloth, title in gilt on spine. [2]pp. (table of contents). frontispiece, full-size map, printed on verso of front boards, with key, indicating Refugee camps in the Near East; Publ. preface with general key to maps printed on page 1=recte of first map, 40pp. with coloured maps with legenda and keys, 42 photo-ills., of which some full-page, with captions, introduction and general explanatory text on 10 unnumbered lvs. (printed recto/verso, index on 3 unnumbered lvs. (printed recto/verso) with acknowledgements at end, map, with legenda, of Middle East Oil Concessions at very end, printed on recte of last unnumbered lve., double-spread coloured maps, with legenda printed on f.e.p.'s, 1: The spread of Islam in the 20th century, and 2: The World of Islam in the Middle Ages(10th to 14th century) with extensive key printed at tail. An interesting and detailed atlas, still of importance and value. NO dustjacket. Very good copy.