Saddam : The Secret Life

First edition, first printing. 350pp, central section of black and white photographic plates. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Green endpapers. Pages tanning, Internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, light chipping to top edge, price unclipped. 8vo. Creates a detailed and fascinating picture of the dictator, from a childhood marred by taunts of ‘bastard’ to his first failed coup in 1959 onto the wilderness years when he built the infrastructure which would allow him to hold on to power, despite several attempts on his life.