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51 MORRIS, Jan, as James Morris. Sultan in Oman. London: Faber and Faber, 1957 First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page; ownership inscription of Kennett Love, New York Times reporter and CIA hand who helped mastermind the 1953 coup in Iran, brother-in-law of author Peter Matthiessen, inscribed on the front free endpaper, “Kennett Love, London, Feb. 1957”. “Several journalists did not merely cooperate with the government; they apparently became active participants in intelligence-gathering and covert political operations while remaining members of the news media. The most notorious example was New York Times reporter Kennett Love’s conduct during the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that restored the shah of Iran to his throne. Love later wrote one of the most detailed and revealing accounts of US activity on behalf of the shah’s cause during those crucial days in the summer of 1953 . . . Love did not write his account for public consumption; it was later found in the files of CIA director Allen Dulles” (Carpenter, p. 65). Morris was Arabian correspondent for The Times during the disturbances over the Eastern border of Saudi Arabia and accompanied the Sultan of Oman to Buraimi for his confrontation with the Imam of Oman. Octavo. Original orange cloth, spine lettered in white. With dust jacket. With a colour photographic frontispiece, 23 monochrome illustrations from photographs across 14 plates, two black and white maps. Very good in slightly used jacket with crease to spine. ¶ Ted Galen Carpenter, The Captive Press: Foreign Policy Crises and the First Amendment , 1995. £750 [156315]
The impact of Black Arrow upon the civilian population in Gaza is the key theme in this propaganda piece, from the striking cover design (the “I” of Israel formed by a bloody dagger) to graphic images of victims of the raid and the damage wrought on water and food supplies. Images of dead and wounded include captions such as: “Does he look like a man in arms?”; “Families attacked while in bed”; and “A civilian murdered”. Interestingly, the pamphlet also emphasises the presence of the UN in Gaza, with photographs of UN officials and infrastructure, and indeed the attack was unanimously condemned by the UN Security Council in March 1955. These English-language pamphlets were part of the Egyptian government’s attempt to rally Western support for the Arab cause in the struggle with Israel, and is an important and rare piece. Oblong octavo, 32 pp. Original buff wrappers, lettered in red and black. Title page and 31 half-tone plates from photographs. Wear and splitting to spine but still holding, a little soiled and toned, extremities slightly nicked, a well-preserved example of an ephemeral item. £3,500 [158780] 50 MORRIS, Claud. The Desert Falcon. The Story of H. H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahiyan, President of the United Arab Emirates. London: The Outline Series of Books, 1974 First edition, first impression, a biography of the first President of the UAE, based on the author’s meetings with Sheikh Zayed at Al Ain. Published barely three years after independence, Morris’s intimate portrait of Sheikh Zayed at the outset of his rule examines his life and political philosophy for the future of the UAE. Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. With portrait photograph frontispiece of Sheikh Zayed and 4 maps to contents. Ownership inscriptions of one Jacinthe L. Malam to pastedowns. Slight lean to spine, boards slightly bumped and marked, slight water marks to front matter, a very good copy in like dust jacket, rubbed, a little marked, spine faded. £650 [159302]
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