Ameen Rihani – Ibn Sa’oud of Arabia – His People and His Land – 1928 First Edition

A first edition of this early account of Ibn Saud by Ameen Rihani, a renowned Lebanese-American traveller and intellectual who authored a series of ground-breaking books on Arabia in the 1920s. This a first-hand account of his time with Ibn Saud and his family, one of the earliest such biographies. It is also notable for being written from the perspective of an Arab, rather than a Westerner, and provides fascinating and highly readable insight into a crucial period in the Kingdom’s history. Includes numerous black-and-white photographs of key figures, landscapes, buildings and other aspects of life in the Kingdom at the time. First edition, first impression of the British edition. Hardback, published by Constable in 1928. Bound in the original pictorial cloth, no jacket. In fair condition. Some marks, creases and fading externally, with a small hole in the rear board. Fraying to one side of the spine. Slight lean. Previous owner’s inscription inside.