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First Edition. No dust jacket. Ex Libris with all the usual attributes. Cover worn with tears, soiling and spots. Spine leaning; back hinge cracked. Dust jacket flaps taped to first page. A few dog-ears, and some soiling and marks. Poor condition.

Chipping. Dent in spine cloth. Pages clean. Binding good.

8vo. 307, [1] pp. Illust. title, numerous text illustrations. Beige-coloured cloth, red, black & white colour plate mounted front cover, red, black & white spine label (minor shelfwear, minor bumping to couple corners), w/ d.j. cover art by the Hoffmans (minor chipping to couple corners, minor scuffing, couple closed tears, price-clipped), VG/G copy. First edition of this often-amusing, and occasionally shocking memoir of the twin sisters lives in Baghdad, Iraq where Ruth Hoffman's husband was an engineer building railroads. They mixed with the Prime Minister, native princes, Royal Air Forde officers, and bedouin chieftains (including the harem), and assembled a menagerie of birds, cats, a wild boar, gazelles, storks, rabbits, and peacocks.

Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes; Good or Better hardcover, minor wear to covers, tips bumped, 8vo, 307 pp.

Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes; Good or Better hardcover, minor wear to covers, tips bumped, 8vo, 307 pp.