The River in the Desert.

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

Melbourne: Wilke & Co. (1955). 8vo. Original cloth (small mark on front). (216pp.). Num. maps and illustrations drawn by Joan Graham. Ex-lib. copy with stamps on endpapers dedication page and half title-page. Library pocket tipped in at end with lending card. Light toning on endpapers. NOTE: This account of the military campaign in Mesopotamia tells the story of the campaigning itself; it places the campaign in its setting of WWI; and traces the effects back to their basic causes.