PERKINS, KEN. — Khalida. (Signed)

London: Quartet Books, 1991. 070432783X. 1st edition. The author's first novel. "Aden in the 1960s. A young British soldier, Corporal Kelly has been seduced by an Arab woman in her desperate bid to divert him from an explosives cache. Unknown to Kelly, his daaughter Khalida has been conceived. He mother dies and her revolutionary uncle, Salim, becomes her guardian, then her lover. London in the 1980s. As Khalida has grown up her fantasy has grown with her, avenging a death has become an obsession - and Kelly is her target.." Pp.547, signed by author to title page, owner's armorial bookplate(designed by G.M.Hough) to inside front board. Green boards, dustwrapper slightly sunned to spine has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/G+.