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1961ABC_45244London: Anti-slavery and Aborigines Protection Society 1961. Original pictorial wrappers. Vol. 2 no. 7 April 1961. Pamphlet journal which includes obituaries articles reports news and reviews. Cover photo shows Nigerian children boarding a plane for Saudi Arabia where a story on page 73 states that they are to be sold as slaves to cover the costs of pilgrimage. A vertical crease some slight wear. Otherwise in good condition. Anti-slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, unknown
1976179946Jeddah: Jeddah Modern Service c.197677. First edition unrecorded on WorldCat. This photograph collection features both old and new sites from the Masmak Fortress through to the University of Riyadh. This guide is undated but was most likely released in the mid-1970s judging from both the population statistics and the many photos of the Riyadh Water Tower completed in 1971. The introduction recounts the history of the city from its founding in the 17th century through to the first Saudi state the Ottoman Empire the restoration of the House of Saud and modern times. "In 1902 Adbul Aziz Ibn Abdul Rahman who was only 20 years old accompanied by only 40 men with his brother Mohammed and his cousin Abdullah Ibn Jilwai set out to recover Riyadh. With a daring surprise attack they killed the Rashidi governor Ajlan. On hearing the news the people of Riyadh welcomed Abdul Aziz back" p. 3. Small octavo concertina-style 162 x 111 mm. With 25 colour photographic illustrations 3 double-page colour map colour diagram of regional flight routes. Original pictorial card wrappers colour map on inner covers. Rubbed spine cocked old adhesive to front wrapper some small abrasions internally plates bright: a very good copy. unknown
1998188302Riyadh: Maktabat al-malek 'abd al-'aziz al-'amma 1998. Second edition of this well-illustrated history of communications and telecommunications in Saudi Arabia during the first half of the 20th century. The study begins with the most traditional modes of communication and transport - the use of camels and horses across the desert - with a map of the main routes from Damascus to Mecca and Basra. The second part examines the modernization of roads and the introduction of motor and rail transport under King Abdulaziz with particular emphasis on the Hijaz Railway and considers Aramco's central role in developing Saudi road and rail infrastructure. The third section is devoted to maritime communications with old photos of the Jeddah and Dammam ports and the earliest travel from the airports of Jeddah and Hofuf. The last section offers an overview of wired and wireless communications including the telegraph the postal service and the telephone. Octavo 240 x 160 mm. With half-tone photographic illustrations and maps. Text in Arabic. Original pictorial wrappers wire-stitched as issued. Extremities a little rubbed: a very good copy. unknown
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispieces (one in colour), coloured or tinted plates, woodcut illustrations in the text, plans on japon (2 folding; one double-page) and large folding coloured map, half-title of first volume lightly spotted; original black cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, red tops, black endpapers, neatly rebacked with old backstrips laid down, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front paste-downs and free endpapers, and neat blind stamp on titles. 'It will thus be seen that this edition is very complete, as it has the various appendices from all the past editions. There is also a full index. As in the second edition [1857] there are thirty-four chapters instead of the original thirty-five, owing to two being made appendices, 'The Damascus Caravan' being numbered as a separate chapter' (Penzer). Burton's classic account was first published in 1855. Penzer, p.54.
1950ABC_487261950. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. Various sizes. Four postcards and one press photograph. Collection of four postcards and one press photograph all relating to hajj. Every image shows a different aspect of the pilgrimage. The photograph shows a group of Moroccan men awaiting their turn to board the plane to Mecca and the postcards show the covered Kaaba both from further away and from up close and the arrival of the holy carpet in Alexandria. The final postcard depicts the public execution of two men.The postcard of the holy carpet has been used and has a black stamp on the front and a message and an address on the back the left margin has been cut slightly affecting the image and the handwritten text the corners of the photographs are somewhat creased. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
1977184718Jeddah: Banawi Printers 1977. Rare annual report by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency SAMA - today's Saudi Central Bank - on economic development in the KSA for the year 1977. We have traced no other copies in OCLC. SAMA was established in 1952 under King Abdul Aziz. In 1977-78 it was relocated from Jeddah to Riyadh. Regular statistical summaries were issued from the 1960s covering the trends of the Saudi economy. For 1977 the most important was "the elimination of congestion at the Jeddah and Dammam ports which had been plaguing the country's economy for close to two years" p. 1 followed by a decline in the cost of living index and housing rents. Chapters are devoted to money supply imports and exports investments and oil production with specific mention of major projects such as the expansion of the Riyadh refinery. The appended tables provide data in riyals on project expenditure oil production and export including data on Aramco and revenue sources as well as imports and internal consumption. Quarto. Original white wrappers wire-stitched. Front wrapper slightly foxed at margins a few light marks or small water stains to back cover contents clean: a very good copy. unknown
2001Star-9783540672722Springer 2001. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
2001Star-9783540672722Springer 2001. Hardcover. New. Springer hardcover
ria9780443314780_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Smart Functional Hybrid Nanocomposites: Fundamentals and Applications for Environmental Sustainability and Energy introduces readers to the fundamental principles behind these materials covering their chemical and physical properties paperback
1928PHO-1377London, Constable & Co ltd ,1928 , 8°, xiv-422pp. , original editor cover , one folding map and several illustrations .
182812889Florenz, Giuseppe Galletti, 1828. Kupferstich. Blattgröße: 42,5 x 50,5 cm, Druckspiegel: 29 x 43,5 cm. [2 Warenabbildungen]
In-8 p., tela editoriale (fioriture al dorso), pp. XVII,370, con numerose ill. fotografiche in b.n. in tavv. f.t., 1 mappa “showing the new boundaries of Najd” e un albero genealogico di Aal Sa’oud, nel testo. Prima edizione. Storia di Abd’ul-Aziz Ibn Sa’Oud, re di Al-Hijaz nel 1926 e del Najd e sue dipendenze nel 1927, la cui abile politica estera gli assicurò l’indipendenza dalla stessa Inghilterra. Firma di appartenenza al frontespizio; ex-libris e timbro al risguardo, altrimenti esempl. ben conservato.
199997531Oger International 1999 2 volumes. In-4 30 x 21 cm. Reliures pleine toile bordeaux, dos lisses, pièces de titre cuir noir, 300-206 pp. Exemplaires en très bon état.
64107Riyadh: Designed and Printed by the National Offset Printing Press 1986. Original colour-printed map of the Arabian Peninsula 60 x 88.5 cm showing all manner of streets and roads. Verso printed with additional descriptive text and with photographs of Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud and King Fahd bin Abdulaziz al Saud. Text in Arabic map in English and Arabic. Folding between original pictorial covers. A very good copy. The legend specifies freeways and/or dual carriageways completed and under construction existing main roads designed to be dual carriageways completed and under construction asphalted main highways asphalted feeder or secondary roads main roads under construction and railways. The map is flanked to the right by a column of text con telegraphs public transport shipping and railways. Riyadh: Designed and Printed by the National Offset Printing Press, 1986. unknown
Signed [Asim], dated and briefly inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. 152 pages. "The true story of a villager who grew up in rural Bengal. I travelled many countries in pursuit of my career and married a foreign wife. This is my true life story illustrating the harrowing struggle to clear my name in a false medico-legal case in Saudi Arabia. This story shows the way how, with God's love in our lives, we can overcome the toughest trouble and survive." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Dust jacket discretely affixed to boards. A quality copy. Book
1971890335Coconut Grove Miami Florida.: Field Research Projects. 1971. Card covers. Covers little scuffed and marked pages edges little foxed else Very Good. Field Research Projects. unknown
44410637-nnew. unknown
ria9781789698053_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This survey aimed to gain greater understanding of the past and present of Wadi Bani Kharus Oman through its tangible and intangible cultural heritage. The book provides an eclectic overview of the wadi’s twenty-nine communities inc paperback
In-24 gr. (mm. 140x90), mz. pelle coeva con ang., filetti e tit. oro al dorso, pp. IV,362, con 3 tavv. f.t. e 1 cartina geografica più volte ripieg. Alc. cc. con uniformi ingialliture, altrimenti ben conservato.
63344Washington D.C.: Printed by Army Map Service Corps of Engineers 1958. Original colour-printed map of Salwah Saudi Arabia 56 x 75 cm with descriptive legend to right margin. Compiled by photogrammetric methods. A very good copy. Series K502 Sheet NG 39-14 Edition 1-AMS Washington, D.C.: Printed by Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, 1958. unknown
ria9781108497664_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Aimed at graduate students and researchers this book offers a model-driven approach to the study and manipulation of dynamical systems. Based on an online course hosted by the Complexity Explorer it uses analytical tools from informat hardcover
68018aafLausanne, Trois Continents, 1979, in-4to, 139 p., rich. ill. en couleurs, reliure en toile originale, avec jaquette.
