FINKLESTONE, JOSEPH - Anwar Sadat : Visionary Who Dared (Signed)

London, Frank Cass, 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0714641650) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The first major study of the President by a journalist who came to know him well in the last few years of his life having became intrigued by the unlikely and amazing story of Sadat's rise to power from an uncompromising beginning as a boy born into poverty, a fanatical, histrionic nationalist who spent years in prison. Light bumping to corners else a clean square hardback in a d/w. SIGNED by the author to the title page with the inscription ''To Rhodes Boyson in friendship and deep admiration from the author Joseph Finklestone - Nov.1996''. Also contains, laid in, a complementary letter from the author. Some faint sunning to page edges - 297 pp including index. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.