London: The Cresset Press, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 376p.
A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good
dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket has speckly stains
on the front, some mild edge wear, and a lightly tanned spine, but is
essentially intact. Item #192220
Richard
Meinertzhagen (1878-1967) was a British intelligence officer and
ornithologist influential in the formation of the modern state of
Israel. Though once regarded as a military hero, many of his claims of
heroism, as well as his purported ornithological discoveries, have been
called into doubt or refuted.