Forty Days in 1914
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. First American Edition. 213, maps, boards weak, pages have darkened, small tears at spine, embossed stamp on title page. More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. First American Edition. 213, maps, boards weak, pages have darkened, small tears at spine, embossed stamp on title page. More
London, England: The Right Book Club, 1939. Stated First Published in 1929. Presumed First Printing. Hardcover. viii, 300 pages. Includes Preface, Occasional Footnotes, Appendix, and Index. The DJ has some wear, and small pieces missing. Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson KCIE CSI CMG DSO (18 July 1884 – 31 May 1940) was the British civil commissioner in Baghdad in 1918–20. Wilson served under Percy Cox, the colonial administrator of Mesopotamia (Mandatory Iraq) during and after World War I, including the Iraqi revolt against the British in 1920. In 1933 Wilson was elected in a by-election as the Conservative MP for Hitchin. He described himself as a 'left-wing radical Tory'. Wilson published his travelling and political diaries as the Walks and Talks series with the Right Book Club. Like his half-sister Mona Wilson, Wilson published extensively on what he termed 'left wing' issues such as workmen's compensation, the costs of funerals, industrial assurance, and old age pensions. These researches arguably influenced related postwar policies. Before the Second World War his outspoken views on foreign policy evoked much criticism. Wilson was the third Member of Parliament to die in action in World War II. He was killed while serving as an aircrew member at the advanced age of 55. Wilson was immortalized as Sir George Corbett in the 1942 Powell and Pressburger movie One of Our Aircraft is Missing. More