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1996USD_9780815181453Mosby 1996. 2nd. Unknown Binding. UsedLikeNew/UsedLikeNew. Mosby unknown
1996AME_9780815181453Mosby 1996. 2nd. Unknown Binding. New/New. Mosby unknown
1732845913.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
B9781732845916Paperback / softback. New. paperback
167682Sana'a and Delft: Printed for Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources General Department of Hydrology; TNO Institute of Applied Geoscience 1995. With attractive maps and cross-sections First edition first printing consolidating hydrological data on Yemeni geography information sources climate monitoring networks and surface- and groundwater with a particular focus on evapotranspiration and flash flows. An institutional search locates only seven copies in Europe and the US. The Yemen Arab Republic formed the General Department of Hydrogeology GDR in 1978 and the Yemeni-Dutch Water Resources Assessment Yemen WRAY programme was launched four years later. WRAY investigated the water resources while building a public database and its fourth phase began in 1990 to ensure the GDR's self-reliance and consolidate earlier findings. The study focuses on western areas such as Tihama Al Jauf and Marib while the east is largely limited to the Wadi Hadhramaut. It looks at ancient water systems such as the old Marib Dam the collapse of which is noted in the Koran. Also shown is spate irrigation illustrated by Van der Gun's map of Wadi Surdud. Ghayls open canals capturing groundwater are identified as future study potential. Modern projects are assessed including the new Marib Dam and irrigation project and the increasing challenges of groundwater depletion are examined. Folio. With 6 colour folding maps and colour geological cross-section illustrations in the text. Original illustrated wrappers front wrapper lettered in white. Some rubbing of extremities soiling of rear wrapper end edges of text block internally clean. A very good copy. unknown
1934164042London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1934. First English-Arabic edition first impression of the diplomatic agreement which acknowledged "the complete and absolute independence of His Majesty the King of the Yemen the Imam and his kingdom in all affairs of whatsoever kind" p. 2. In June 1934 shortly after this agreement was concluded Ibn Saud and Imam Yahya signed the Treaty of Taif which brought an end to armed hostilities between the two countries. In this development Britain had played a major part with its support for Yemen and comparatively lukewarm stance vis-à-vis Ibn Saud helping to both precipitate military conflict and ultimately bring it to an end. The English text of the treaty without the ratifications was first published earlier in the year as HMSO Yemen No. 1. Octavo 232 x 151 mm pp. 11. Royal coat of arms of the UK on first page. Sometime disbound with no subsequent stitching. Small faint Admiralty ink stamp dated 14 December 1934 on first page. Light creasing and skinning where previously bound a few nicks small chip at foot of first leaf text bright. A very good copy. unknown
1935169367Aden: 1935-36. A superb window onto Yemen in the 1930s Two albums depicting the experiences of British servicemen stationed in Yemen around the time of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War 1935-7 mixing the documentary and the personal. The images include very rare contemporary aerial photographs of towns including Aden Ta'izz and Shibam graphic pictures of war in Addis Ababa urban military and agricultural scenes and records of free time on the RAF base at Khormaksar. Nearly all carry explanatory manuscript captions. Aden was of crucial strategic importance to the British Empire having been brought under the control of the East India Company in 1839. After the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 it became one of the world's busiest ports. The RAF maintained a base at Khormaksar now Aden International Airport which played host to numerous squadrons throughout the 1930s. Of these No. 8 Squadron was stationed at Khormaksar for the longest period of time maintaining a policing and day-bombing role. Photographs of military aircraft belonging to No. 8 Squadron can be seen in these albums alongside pictures of planes flown by Nos 203 41 and 55 Squadrons. The photographs give a vivid impression of the volume of air and maritime traffic - mostly British but also French and Dutch - which passed through Aden after Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia. Aerial shots show Fairey MK IIIs and Vickers Vincent planes flying in formation as well as night and day bombers and flying boats. There are also detailed close-ups of ships including British aircraft carriers. It seems probable that the photographer who assembled these albums was involved in surveying: there are fine aerial shots of Aden and Crater the Sultan's palace at Lahij Shuqra Shibam Tarim Ibb al-Mukalla and Ta'izz giving an outstanding sense of how these towns looked in the early 20th century. The pictures of Ethiopia include one aerial photograph of Addis Ababa a number of ground shots of an execution the wounded and the dead and images of buildings on fire. There is only one photograph captioned as having been taken in Somaliland but this provides a further clue that the photographer was sent from Yemen to the Horn of Africa with the intention of documenting Italian military activities there. As a result of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War Ethiopia was incorporated into Italian East Africa consisting of Italian Somalia Ethiopia and Eritrea. Britain ruled British Somaliland and France controlled French Somaliland Djibouti. Many of the images may have been taken when the photographer was off duty. There are several almost touristic shots of everyday life in Crater showing children playing and Friday prayers images taken on the beach and in the salt pans around Aden pictures of Yemeni pastoralists with their cattle and photographs of Yemeni Indian and Somali women. A significant minority of the pictures show downtime at Khormaksar with a string of images depicting airmen in fancy dress playing football and drinking. There are even two photos of the squadron's dog in a cap and glasses and with a pipe in its mouth. 2 albums. Album I with 175 silver print photographs of various dimensions 100 x 65 mm - 240 x 180 mm mounted on card. Album II with 55 silver print photographs all c.100 x 150 mm or c.75 x 100 mm. Almost all photographs with period ink captions. Album I: quarto 290 x 230 mm. Original cloth covers spine and sides decorated with pictorial designs in relief marbled endpapers 36 card stock leaves. Album II: landscape octavo 130 x 187 mm. Contemporary black card wrappers "Aden" title sticker on front cover 22 card stock leaves. Album I: superficial rubbing to spine and rear cover short splits to inner hinges fore edges nicked. Album II: rear inner hinge split glue residue to gutters. Photographs all in very good condition. hardcover
1997271959Paris: Flammarion 1997. hardcover. near fine/very good. Extensively illustrated with color photographs. 239 pages with text in French. 4to gray boards d.w.; minor edgewear and fading to top margin of dust wrapper. Paris: Flammarion 1997. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> Instiut du Monde Arab<br/> <br/> Flammarion unknown
