Freeth (Zahra) Kuwait was my Home
£135
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1956.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 16s.
Compelling insight into the Kuwait of today, or at least of the 1950s, by a woman writer.
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A very good copy; jacket very slightly sunned at spine with some minor rubbing, spotting visible to lower panel, overall very good.
23 half-tone illustrations; jacket design by Alan Breeze.
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