HAMILTON, A., Lt.-Col. The Kingdom of Melchior. Adventure in South West Arabia.

HAMILTON, A., Lt.-Col. The Kingdom of Melchior. Adventure in South West Arabia.HAMILTON, A., Lt. Col. The Kingdom of Melchior. Adventure in South West Arabia. London: John Murray. [1949]. 8vo. Original grey beige cloth, spine lettered in gilt, illustrated dust wrappers, not price clipped; pp. x, 212, two maps on green card, numerous photographic illustrations on plates; apart from one little marginal chip to wrappers at head of spine, a near fine copy, with contemporary ownership inscription to front fly leaf. First edition. A

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Up and down

and a staff list of the pavillion

John Gielgud and Madeleine Carroll

With the Afghans

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American and British dance bands

he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and traversed the Maasai country with donkeys

The shakiness of the signature is a testament to the physical difficulty he had in holding a pen and forming letters

typographic ornaments

Field was an flight historian and dealer in collectables relating to aviation