Desert Hawk : Abd El Kader and the French Conquest of Algeria

292pp, sixteen black and white plates. Grey cloth-covered boards, dark grey titles on spine. Heavily bumped spine ends, cloth worn through. Wear to covers. Ex- Boots Library book with sticker on front cover and library label removed from rear paste down. Text block edges tanning. Map endpapers. Previous owner's name on rear of front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 8vo. The story of the Algerian "Sharif" religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion in the mid-19th century.