1st edn 3rd imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. xv + 221, illus with coloured and b&w photos and drawings (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper).
NOTE: There is more than one author with this name on Goodreads. Hugh^Kennedy
Has studies Arabic at the Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies. Went on to read Arabic, Persian & History at Cambridge. Taught in the Department of Medieval History at St Andrews since 1972, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2000).
A very solidly put together piece of research, though hardly a book to be consumed by people who are not medieval castle freaks. Very interesting at building historical context.