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Arabian American Oil Company.
Aramco World. New York, Aramco, 1960-1965.
Small folio (215 x 280 mm). 12 issues. Original printed wrappers. Stapled. Set of 12 issues of the popular Aramco magazine. In November 1949 the Arabian American Oil Company launched "Aramco World" as an interoffice newsletter that linked the company's U.S. offices with "the field" - primarily Dhahran, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The journal quickly grew into a bi-monthly educational magazine featuring historical, geographical and cultural articles that helped the American employees and their families appreciate an unfamiliar land. - The present collection comprises vol. 11, no. 5; vol. 14, nos. 5-8; vol. 15, nos. 1-3 and 5-6; vol. 16, nos. 1 and 2. - 11 issues addressed to Michigan resident Florence E. Lostuzzi on verso.
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Arabian American Oil Company.
Corporate insurance, retirement, savings and medical plans. No place, Aramco, 1967.
8vo. 5 booklets: (2), 14; 5, (3); (4), 15, (1); (4), 29, (3); (4), 20 pp. Original printed wrappers. Stapled. Set of booklets on Aramco benefit plans, informing employees of terms and conditions of life insurance, retirement income, a medical payment plan, and a savings plan offered by the company, the latter seeking "to encourage Employees to save part of their earnings systematically so they will have additional financial security in the later years of their lives". - Front cover of one booklet scratched with loss to text; front cover of another somewhat foxed.
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Arabian American Oil Company.
Handbooks for American employees. Vols. I & II. [New York?], Aramco, 1952.
4to. 2 vols.: VIII (but: X), 112 pp., final blank leaf; I-(XIV), 179 pp., final blank page. With numerous black and white photographic illustrations as well as several colour-printed illustrations, maps and charts in the text. Contemporary printed wrappers. Spiral binding. Second edition. The well-known handbook series prepared by the Arabian American Oil Company for the benefit of their staff as operations began to expand after WWII. First published as a set of five booklets in 1950. Although intended for the instruction of Aramco's own employees, the series "attracted widespread interest outside the company and the demand of copies was so great that two years later, in January 1952, a revised hardbound edition was published" (Nawwab). The present spiral-bound second edition was apparently produced simultaneously. Subsequent editions in a single volume appeared in 1960 and 1968. - Part I discusses the history of oil production and the role of the United States, in particular the evolution of Aramco oil exploration in Saudi Arabia, emphasizing the company's pioneering role in the country. Part II describes the work and life of Aramco employees in Saudi Arabia. Parts III-V provide some background on Arabia and the Middle East, including information on the Saudi government, as well as on Arabian culture and customs. - Apart from refineries, tanks, drilling operations, oil wells, the city of Jeddah, the Dammam oil field, Dhahran Camp, the Ras Tanura refinery, and the construction of pipelines in the desert, the photographs include pictures of royal visits to Aramco operations, showing King Ibn Saud and Crown Prince Saud in Dhahran in 1947, as well as the Sheikh of Bahrein in 1939, mosques and scenes of the Hajj, life at the Dhahran expats' camp, local farmers and fishers, as well as Arabian hospitality and wildlife. Further, the illustrations comprise charts showing the changes in U.S. consumer demand between 1908 and 1948 and U.S. production increase from 1859, as well as maps of the American interest in the Middle East and a world map displaying oil reserves and the inter-regional movements of petroleum in 1948. - Extremities slightly worn; some tears to first volume. Interior crisp and clean. OCLC 83399405.
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Arabian American Oil Company.
Handbooks for American employees. Vols. I & II. [New York?], Aramco, 1952.
4to. 2 vols.: VIII (recte: X), 112 pp., final blank leaf; I-(XIV), 179 pp., final blank page. With numerous black-and-white photographic illustrations as well as several colour-printed illustrations, maps and charts in the text. Contemporary printed wrappers. Spiral binding. Second edition. The well-known handbook series prepared by the Arabian American Oil Company for the benefit of their staff as operations began to expand after WWII. First published as a set of five booklets in 1950. Although intended for the instruction of Aramco's own employees, the series "attracted widespread interest outside the company and the demand of copies was so great that two years later, in January 1952, a revised hardbound edition was published" (Nawwab). The present spiral bound second edition was apparently produced simultaneously. Subsequent editions in a single volume appeared in 1960 and 1968. - Part I discusses the history of oil production and the role of the United States, in particular the evolution of Aramco oil exploration in Saudi Arabia, emphasizing the company's pioneering role in the country. Part II describes the work and life of Aramco employees in Saudi Arabia. Parts III-V provide some background on Arabia and the Middle East, including information on the Saudi government, as well as the Arabian culture and customs. - Apart from refineries, tanks, drilling operations, oil wells, the city of Jeddah, the Dammam oil field, Dhahran Camp, the Ras Tanura refinery, and the construction of pipelines in the desert, the photographs include pictures of royal visits to Aramco operations, showing King Ibn Saud and Crown Prince Saud in Dhahran in 1947, as well as the Sheikh of Bahrein in 1939, mosques and scenes of the Hajj, life at the Dhahran expats' camp, local farmers and fishers, as well as Arabian hospitality and wildlife. Further, the illustrations comprise charts showing the changes in U.S. consumer demand between 1908 and 1948 and U.S. production increase from 1859, as well as maps of the American interest in the Middle East and a world map displaying oil reserves and the inter-regional movements of petroleum in 1948. - Extremities slightly worn. Interior crisp and clean. OCLC 83399405.
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Arabian American Oil Company.
Identification card. No place, 1. II. 1964.
Oblong 12mo (60 x 102 mm). 2 pp. Insurance ID for the Aramco employee Orlin Orace Thomas, verifying his claim to have medical expenses covered under the Aramco medical payment plan. - Right corners slightly worn.
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Arabian American Oil Company.
Operation Tapline. New York, Aramco, [December 1957].
560 x 430 mm. Folding poster with several black-and-white photographic illustrations. First edition. Scarce Aramco poster on the benefits of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline (Tapline) established in 1950. Celebrating seven years in the business, it presents the busy workforce behind the Tapline as well as the jobs it created, proving "that nationals of many countries and varying backgrounds can be welded into a harmonious, efficient work force". Among the images are the terminal at Sidon, pumping units, new townsites that emerged around Tapline pump stations, and medial care for Tapline employees. - Occasional light browning along folding lines. - All early issues of the eductional Aramco posters as reprinted in 1969 are rare.
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Arabian American Oil Company.
Ras Tanura. Headquarters for Aramco's Refinery and Terminal. Saudi Arabia, Aramco, June 1963.
8vo. (2), 18 pp. each in English and Arabic. With several black-and-white photographic illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Stapled. Exceedingly rare booklet about the Aramco compound at Ras Tanura, describing the facilities and the various steps of oil production, including emphasis on the safety record of Ras Tanura: "Employees working in the District have received the highest award for safety granted by the United States National Safety Council". The illustrations include impressive aerial views of the refinery as well as images of workers seeing to ensure smooth operations of the facilities. - Wrappers slightly spotted. Not in OCLC.
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Arabian American Oil Company.
Report of operations to the Saudi Arab government by the Arabian American Oil Company. [Dhahran, Aramco], 1951.
4to. (6), 59, (2) pp. each in English and Arabic. With numerous black-and-white and colour photographic illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Stapled. Illustrated report on the activities of Aramco for 1951 - the year of the completion of the Dammam-Riyadh railroad as well as of the discovery of the Sufaniya and Uthmaniyah oil fields. The personal copy of Aramco official Robert King Hall, a director of training, with his handwritten ownership to title-page. - The report discusses petroleum operations and facilities, industrial training of employees, the construction of pipelines, plants, tanks and loading facilities, as well as roads and housing. It points out the merit of Aramco medical facilities, as well as the progress of Saudi infrastructure. Further, the report includes well statistics and a double-page illustration showing two camels and a bedouin admiring an Aramco oil rig. - Extremities slightly rubbed. Cf. OCLC 2416997.
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Arabian American Oil Company.
Report of operations to the Saudi Arab government by the Arabian American Oil Company. 1953. [Dharan, Aramco, 1954].
Folio. VI, 59, (2), 59 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. Original illustrated colour wrappers. Stapled. 1953 issue of the "Taqrir an sair al-amal marfu ila Hukuma al-Arabiya as-Suudiya min qibal Sarikat az-Zait al-Arabiya al-Amrikiya", printed in Arabic and English throughout. Profusely illustrated, the annual journal issued by ARAMCO reported on the year's work and activities in the form of essays and statistical figures. A few years previously, Aramco had moved their headquarters from New York to Dhahran, jointly with King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud managing to negotiate a larger share of the profits for the Saudi Arab Government. The principal oil fields at the time were Ghawar and Safaniya, soon to be confirmed the largest onshore and the largest offshore field in the world, respectively. - Some notes in ink to Arabic title-page. In good condition. Cf. OCLC 2416997.
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Arabian American Oil Company.
Report of operations to the Saudi Arab government by the Arabian American Oil Company. 1954. [Dhahran, Aramco, 1955].
Folio. VII, (1), 52, 52 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. Original illustrated colour wrappers. Stapled. Yearly report of the Arabian American Oil Company (now Aramco), covering the year 1954, when the production reached a "new high in the Company's history", something "achieved despite the increasingly keen competition resulting from a substantial surplus of producing capacity in the Middle East" (p. VI). Contains tables showing the company's produce, photos of oil fields and drilling stations, sections on transportation, personnel, marketing, safety, the local economy, etc. The text is included in both English and Arabic. - In very good condition. Cf. OCLC 2416997.
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Arabian American Oil Company.
Safety poster for bus drivers. Saudi Arabia, Aramco Transportation, Graphic Arts, no date.
280 x 330 mm. Graphic poster. In English and Arabic. Rare poster with safety instructions for Aramco bus drivers. Prepared by the Transportation Department, it reminds the drivers that "one bus should never pass another", as well as to "keep plenty of space between buses": "The lives of your passengers are in your hands". Apart from the safety rules in English and Arabic, the poster shows sketches of six fully occupied coaches. - Very well preserved.
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Arabian American Oil Company.
Safety posters. Dammam, Aramco Loss Prevention, 1984-1989.
455 x 575 mm and 435 x 560 mm. 14 folding posters: 13 graphic posters and 1 photographic poster. With instructions in English and Arabic. A collection of Aramco safety posters featuring bright illustrations, bold colors, and techniques that give a nod to popular culture. The earliest poster in the set, dating from June 1984 ("Stop accidents before they stop you"), was designed by Ninoy Lumboy - perhaps the most productive artist of Aramco safety posters in the 1980s. "For the three years from 1982 to 1984 he designed almost every poster published by the Loss Prevention Department. While Lumboy was prolific, he was also amazingly inventive, merging elements of the cubism and impressionism art movements with pop art to create colorful and striking posters. He described his technique as 'crosshatchism' - a method of painting where an artwork is rendered with multiple layers of intersecting sets of parallel lines" (Bartlett). - Other than the Lumboy-poster, only 2 posters bear their artist's name or at least initials: Jenny Dahroug ("Wear hearing protection"), and J.v.D. ("Hand tool tips"). The remainder of the set are anonymous creations not ranging behind the above-mentioned in effort or style. Also, the set includes one photo poster featuring Aramco employees as models - a technique "that would become standard practice for the company's safety publications" (ibid.) from 1986 onwards. The present specimen shows two uniformed guards strapping into their car seats, ready to respond to a call, captioned with the slogan "The danger may not always be obvious. Buckle up". - Margins slightly worn. A unique ensemble. Bartlett, Saudi Aramco and the Art of Safety, 227 & 238.
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Arabian American Oil Company.
Set of booklets on the company's benefit plans. Dhahran and no place, 1974-1976.
4to and oblong 8vo. 4 brochures and a folder, the latter comprising (55) ff. Prospectuses for Aramco benefit plans, briefing the employees on terms and conditions of life insurance, retirement income, social security benefits, a medical payment plan, a savings plan, disability plans, and the compensation plan for expats. The latter includes the photocopy of a typed letter signed by Aramco official W. E. Whitley, inviting an employee to attend a meeting on the compensation plan at the Dhahran training center. - Some margins slightly worn.
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Arabian American Oil Company.
The Industrious Saudi Arabs. New York, Aramco, [1969].
560 x 430 mm. Folding poster with several black-and-white photographic illustrations. Aramco poster celebrating technological advances in Saudi Arabia triggered by their cooperation with America. Featuring pictures taken by Aramco employees, it presents the Saudi Arabians' industrial achievements and their growing infrastructure, including railways, loading cranes, accurate scales, gas stations, and machines manufacturing blocks of concrete. The text accompanying the images bursts with praise for the Saudi spirit: "For over two decades now the Saudi Arabs have been building their ancient land into a modern nation [...] The drilling bit that bored down into the desert did more than strike oil - it quickened the life blood of a whole nation".
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Arabian American Oil Company.
Transportation in Arabia. New York, Aramco, [1969].
560 x 430 mm. Folding poster with several black-and-white photographic illustrations. Aramco poster celebrating technological advances in the Arab world. Featuring pictures taken by Aramco employees, it presents the various modes of transportation in Saudi Arabia, emphasizing the symbiosis of progress and tradition: "Present-day Arabia is a meeting place of ancient and modern ways. Arab Bedouins and camels, reminiscent of Biblical days, are often seen side by side with modern airplanes and oil rigs". The images show pack animals, sail boats, cars, buses, tankers, trains and airplanes.
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Arabian Oil Company.
Al Khafji. Khafji, Publish Relations Department, October 1986 - February 1987.
4to. 4 issues. 56 pp. each. Original printed wrappers. Stapled. Popular illustrated magazine published by the Arabian Oil Company. A set of 4 issues discussing aspects of Arabian engineering, agriculture, and the advances in science and medicine, as well as cultural and spiritual affairs. - Margins slightly worn.
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Arabian Peninsula - Oman.
[Map of the Eastern Arabian Peninsula]. No place or date (but probably 1970s).
32 photocopies in polypouch binder (ca. 23 x 34 cm). Highly detailed and extensively hand-annotated map of the eastern end of the Peninsula, photocopied from the one-million scale pilots' ONC maps (Operational Navigation Chart) as a set of 32 sheets and self-assembled by a traveller to the region. Covers Oman, including the eastern portion of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The repeated notations, "maximum elevation believed not to exceed 200 feet" and "limits of reliable relief information" bear witness to the measure in which the inner Peninsula still constituted frontier country in the later 20th century.
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Arabian Peninsula. - [Brown, Glen Francis].
[United States Geological Survey of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]. Arabian Peninsula. Map I-270 B-2. Washington, D.C., The Survey (U.S. Geological Society), 1967.
Large chromolithographed map (122 x 139 cm). Scale 1:2,000,000. Second edition. A highly detailed map of the complete Peninsula, the first modern map in 1:2,000,000 scale. Based on the groundbreaking series prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Arabian American Oil Company under the joint sponsorship of Saudi Arabia and the U.S. State Department, "a unique experiment in geological cooperation among several governments, petroleum companies, and individuals" (Seager/Johnston). Also includes the territories of today's Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen. "The plan for a cooperative mapping project was originally conceived in July 1953 [... By 1955] there was established a cooperative agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Department of State, and the Arabian-American Oil Co. to make available the basic areal geology as mapped by Aramco and the U.S. Geological Survey" (ibid.). The plan provided for 21 maps on a 1:500,000 scale in both geologic and geographic versions; "a peninsular geologic map on a scale of 1:2,000,000 was to conclude the project [...] The first geographic quadrangle was published in July 1956 and the last in September 1962. While preparation of the geographic sheets was in progress, a need arose for early publication of a 1:2,000,000-scale peninsular geographic map. Consequently, a preliminary edition was compiled and published in both English and Arabic in 1958" (ibid.). This revised, final version ("I-270 B-2") that first appeared in 1963 incorporated additional photographic, topographic and cultural data. The present map, printed in 1967, is a re-issue of the 1963 edition, merely differing in the date. Includes a key with symbols for water pipelines, desert watering points, oil fields, pumping stations, refineries, and a glossary of Arabic names. - "Although the search for oil, gas and minerals was ultimately to drive geological survey work across the region [...], in its early years it was the need for water that was the catalyst for Saudi Arabia's resource exploration. In 1944 King 'Abd al-'Aziz approached the United States for a technical expert who could assist with the identification and plotting of the kingdom's natural resources, particularly its groundwater reserves. The individual who arrived, Glen F. Brown, was one of the pioneers of a partnership between the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the government of Saudi Arabia that was to span the next five decades and play an important role in the development of the kingdom [...] By 1954 the Saudi Ministry of Finance, USGS and Aramco were working together to produce the first full series of geographic and geologic maps of the country. The first of their type in the Peninsula, these were published [...] in both Arabic and English versions, and the information they contained formed the basis of subsequent Saudi national development plans. To this day, all modern maps of the kingdom trace their roots back to these first publications" (Parry). - Several small tears and paper loss to right and upper margin; occasional small holes. James V. Parry, "Mapping Arabia", in: Saudi Aramco World 2004/1, p. 20ff. OCLC 6681002. O. A. Seager/W. D. Johnston, Foreword to the Geology of the Arabian Peninsula series (U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 560-A-D, 1966).
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Arabian Peninsula. - Brown, Glen F[rancis].
[United States Geological Survey of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]. Arabian Peninsula. Map I-270 B-1. Washington, D.C., The Survey (U.S. Geological Society), 1958.
1380:1216 mm. Lambert conformal conic projection, constant ratio linear horizontal scale 1:2,000,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Folded. A highly detailed map of the complete Peninsula, the first modern map in 1:2,000,000 scale: the rare preliminary edition, issued five years before the officical release. Based on the groundbreaking series prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Arabian American Oil Company under the joint sponsorship of Saudi Arabia and the U.S. State Department, "a unique experiment in geological cooperation among several governments, petroleum companies, and individuals" (Seager/Johnston). Also includes the territories of today's Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen. "The plan for a cooperative mapping project was originally conceived in July 1953 [... By 1955] there was established a cooperative agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Department of State, and the Arabian-American Oil Co. to make available the basic areal geology as mapped by Aramco and the U.S. Geological Survey" (ibid.). The plan provided for 21 maps on a 1:500,000 scale in both geologic and geographic versions; "a peninsular geologic map on a scale of 1:2,000,000 was to conclude the project [...] The first geographic quadrangle was published in July 1956 and the last in September 1962. While preparation of the geographic sheets was in progress, a need arose for early publication of a 1:2,000,000-scale peninsular geographic map. Consequently, a preliminary edition was compiled and published in both English and Arabic in 1958" (ibid.). While the revised, final version that appeared in 1963 ("I-270 B-2") would incorporate some additional photographic, topographic and cultural data, the exceedingly uncommon present, preliminary edition is surprisingly complete in virtually all respects - a testament to the precision with which Aramco's cartographers proceeded from the very first. Includes a key with symbols for water pipelines, desert watering points, oil fields, pumping stations, refineries, and a glossary of Arabic names. - "Although the search for oil, gas and minerals was ultimately to drive geological survey work across the region [...], in its early years it was the need for water that was the catalyst for Saudi Arabia's resource exploration. In 1944 King 'Abd al-'Aziz approached the United States for a technical expert who could assist with the identification and plotting of the kingdom's natural resources, particularly its groundwater reserves. The individual who arrived, Glen F. Brown, was one of the pioneers of a partnership between the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the government of Saudi Arabia that was to span the next five decades and play an important role in the development of the kingdom [...] By 1954 the Saudi Ministry of Finance, USGS and Aramco were working together to produce the first full series of geographic and geologic maps of the country. The first of their type in the Peninsula, these were published [...] in both Arabic and English versions, and the information they contained formed the basis of subsequent Saudi national development plans. To this day, all modern maps of the kingdom trace their roots back to these first publications" (Parry). - In excellent condition. James V. Parry, "Mapping Arabia", in: Saudi Aramco World 2004/1, p. 20ff. OCLC 30099393. O. A. Seager/W. D. Johnston, Foreword to the Geology of the Arabian Peninsula series (U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 560-A-D, 1966).
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Arabian Peninsula. - Brown, Glen F[rancis].
[United States Geological Survey of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]. Arabian Peninsula. Map I-270 B-1. Washington, D.C., The Survey (U.S. Geological Society), 1958.
1380 × 1216 mm. Lambert conformal conic projection, constant ratio linear horizontal scale 1:2,000,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Framed and glazed. A highly detailed map of the complete Peninsula, the first modern map in 1:2,000,000 scale: the rare preliminary edition, issued five years before the officical release. Based on the groundbreaking series prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Arabian American Oil Company under the joint sponsorship of Saudi Arabia and the U.S. State Department, "a unique experiment in geological cooperation among several governments, petroleum companies, and individuals" (Seager/Johnston). Also includes the territories of today's Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen. "The plan for a cooperative mapping project was originally conceived in July 1953 [... By 1955] there was established a cooperative agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Department of State, and the Arabian-American Oil Co. to make available the basic areal geology as mapped by Aramco and the U.S. Geological Survey" (ibid.). The plan provided for 21 maps on a 1:500,000 scale in both geologic and geographic versions; "a peninsular geologic map on a scale of 1:2,000,000 was to conclude the project [...] The first geographic quadrangle was published in July 1956 and the last in September 1962. While preparation of the geographic sheets was in progress, a need arose for early publication of a 1:2,000,000-scale peninsular geographic map. Consequently, a preliminary edition was compiled and published in both English and Arabic in 1958" (ibid.). While the revised, final version that appeared in 1963 ("I-270 B-2") would incorporate some additional photographic, topographic and cultural data, the exceedingly uncommon present, preliminary edition is surprisingly complete in virtually all respects - a testament to the precision with which Aramco's cartographers proceeded from the very first. Includes a key with symbols for water pipelines, desert watering points, oil fields, pumping stations, refineries, and a glossary of Arabic names. - "Although the search for oil, gas and minerals was ultimately to drive geological survey work across the region [...], in its early years it was the need for water that was the catalyst for Saudi Arabia's resource exploration. In 1944 King 'Abd al-'Aziz approached the United States for a technical expert who could assist with the identification and plotting of the kingdom's natural resources, particularly its groundwater reserves. The individual who arrived, Glen F. Brown, was one of the pioneers of a partnership between the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the government of Saudi Arabia that was to span the next five decades and play an important role in the development of the kingdom [...] By 1954 the Saudi Ministry of Finance, USGS and Aramco were working together to produce the first full series of geographic and geologic maps of the country. The first of their type in the Peninsula, these were published [...] in both Arabic and English versions, and the information they contained formed the basis of subsequent Saudi national development plans. To this day, all modern maps of the kingdom trace their roots back to these first publications" (Parry). - Some insignificant browning; a few slight edge defects professionally repaired. Altogether in fine condition. James V. Parry, "Mapping Arabia", in: Saudi Aramco World 2004/1, p. 20ff. OCLC 30099393. O. A. Seager/W. D. Johnston, Foreword to the Geology of the Arabian Peninsula series (U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 560-A-D, 1966).
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ARAMCO
Aramco Handbook: Oil and the Middle East
Dharan Saudi Arabia: Arabian American Oil Company 1968 The Aramco Handbook was originated to fill to fill the void in comprehensive texts written in English about the Middle east. Employees . needed reliable and fiary detailed knowledge . the handbook continues ot be useful as a .source of information and background . an unusual range of topics ; the history culture geography religion and economic development . the fundamentals of the oil industry " Very useful information on the development of the oil industry with informative coloured maps charts and diagrams and photographs to c.1965 279p. illus bibliography.maps.index. Rev Ed. Hard Cover. Very Good. Arabian American Oil Company hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 26565
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Aramco - Loss prevention.
A man's best friend is his hard hat! Dammam, Altraki printing press, October 1976.
575 x 425 mm. Colour lithograph, signed "Ibrahim K.". Mounted on styrofoam board. Bilingual safety poster in Arabic and English. - Traces of folds.
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Aramco - Loss prevention.
Clean up! Dammam, Altraki printing press, March 1976.
580 x 420 mm. Colour lithograph, signed "Ibrahim K.". Mounted on styrofoam board. Bilingual safety poster in Arabic and English. - Traces of folds.
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Aramco - Loss prevention.
Electricity can kill you. Call an expert. Dammam, Altraki printing press, May 1976.
580 x 420 mm. Colour lithograph, signed "Ibrahim K.". Mounted on styrofoam board. Bilingual safety poster in Arabic and English. - Traces of folds.
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Aramco - Loss prevention.
Handle dangerous chemicals with care. Dammam, Altraki printing press, September 1976.
575 x 420 mm. Colour lithograph, signed "Ibrahim K.". Mounted on styrofoam board. Bilingual safety poster in Arabic and English. - Traces of folds.
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Aramco - Loss prevention.
Protect against summer heat. Jeddah, Dar al-Asfahani and Co., May 1973.
560 x 430 mm. Colour lithograph, signed "Ibrahim K.". Mounted on styrofoam board. Bilingual safety poster in Arabic and English. - Traces of folds.
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Aramco - Loss prevention.
Protect your eyes! Wear safety glasses or goggles. Dammam, Altraki printing press, October 1976.
570 x 430 mm. Colour lithograph, signed "Ibrahim K.". Mounted on styrofoam board. Bilingual safety poster in Arabic and English. - Traces of folds, some brownstaining to lower right corner.
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Aramco - Loss prevention.
Protect your lungs and save your life. Dammam, Altraki printing press, August 1976.
580 x 420 mm. Colour lithograph, signed "Ibrahim K." Mounted on styrofoam board. Bilingual safety poster in Arabic and English. - Traces of folds, some brownstaining to lower right corner.
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Aramco - Loss prevention.
Save a life. Learn mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Jeddah, Dar al-Asfahani and Co., June 1975.
555 x 430 mm. Colour lithograph, signed "Arab Jawa". Mounted on styrofoam board. Bilingual safety poster in Arabic and English. - Traces of folds.
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Aramco - Loss prevention.
Take special care when parking on a hill! Dammam, Altraki printing press, December 1976.
570 x 425 mm. Colour lithograph, signed "Ibrahim K.". Mounted on styrofoam board. Bilingual safety poster in Arabic and English. - Traces of folds.
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Aramco - Loss prevention.
Use a safety shower to wash off dangerous chemicals. Jeddah, Dar al-Asfahani and Co., August 1975.
560 x 430 mm. Colour lithograph. Mounted on styrofoam board. Bilingual safety poster in Arabic and English. - Traces of folds.
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Aramco - Loss prevention.
Wash your hands before eating or sleeping. Dammam, Altraki printing press, August 1976.
570 x 430 mm. Colour lithograph. Mounted on styrofoam board. Bilingual safety poster in Arabic and English. - Traces of folds.
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Aramco - Loss prevention.
Watch out for children! Drive with care. Dammam, Altraki printing press, 1976.
565 x 425 mm. Colour lithograph, signed "A. Jawa". Mounted on styrofoam board. Bilingual safety poster in Arabic and English. - Traces of folds. Numbered "B61-2" in blue pen below the horizonat fold on the right.
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Aramco - Loss prevention.
Wet roads? Slow down! Dammam, Altraki printing press, December 1976.
570 x 420 mm. Colour lithograph, signed "Ibrahim K.". Mounted on styrofoam board. Bilingual safety poster in Arabic and English. - Traces of folds.
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Aramco.
Two photos of Aramco airplanes. [Probably Dhahran, ca. 1950s].
100 x 74 mm and 95 x 70 mm. Two Douglas DC-3 aircraft (registrations N720A and N726A) in their 1950s or early 1960s Aramco livery.
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Arasteh A. Reza in collaboration with Josephine Arasteh
Man and Society in Iran
Leiden: E. J. Brill 1970. Photomechanical reprint with some corrections. Yellow marker highlighting on a few pages. x 193 pages. 24.4 cm. Hardcover. . Catalogs: IRAN. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1970 hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 6898
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Arberry Arthur J
Shiraz: Persian City of Saints and Poets
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1960. Map. Bibliog. Index. Worn dj. Centers of Civilizations series. xv 177 pages. 12mo. Hardcover. . Catalogs: IRAN. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1960) hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 4714
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Arberry Arthur J
Shiraz: Persian City of Saints and Poets
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1960. Dj. Map. Bibliography. Index. Centers of Civilizations series. xv 177 pp. 12mo. Hardcover . Catalogs: IRAN. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1960) hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 5911
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Arberry Arthur J. ed
The Legacy of Persia
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1963. Second printing. Essays by 13 scholars. 53 plates. Index. Chipped dj. xvi 421 pages. 18.5 cm. Hardcover. . Catalogs: IRAN. Oxford: Clarendon Press, (1963) hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 6594
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Arberry Arthur J. ed
The Legacy of Persia
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1953. Essays by 13 scholars. 53 plates. Index. Worn dj. xvi 421 pages. 12mo. Hardcover. . Catalogs: IRAN. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1953 hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 4907
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ARBORIO MELLA FEDERICO A..
Gli Arabi e l'Islam. Storia, civiltà, cultura.
In 8°, t.t. edit. con sovrac. ill., pp. 303,(1), con 38 dis. e cartine n.t. e 48 fot. b.n. e col. in tavv. f.t.; coll. "Storia e documenti. 40"; prima ed., copia molto buona. (x057)
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Ardoynis, Santes de.
De venenis. Venice, Bernardino Rizzo for Johannes Dominicus de Nigro, 19. VII. 1492.
Folio (420 x 280 mm). (4), 101, (1) ff. Later calf with gold- and blind-tooling. First edition of a work on poisons, compiled by Sante Arduino (or Ardoini) of Pesaro. "[T]he elaborate compendium on poisons in eight books which Sante Ardoini of Pesaro compiled in the years, 1424-1426, from Greek, Arabic and Latin works on medicine and nature, and which was printed at Venice in 1492, and at Basel in 1518 and 1562 [...] Although Ardoini quotes previous authors at great length, his work is no mere compilation, since he does not hesitate to disagree with such medical authorities of Peter of Abano and Gentile da Foligno, and refers to his own medical experience or observation of nature at Venice and to what fisherman or collectors of herbs have told him. He also seems to have known Arabic, and his occasional practice of giving the names of herbs in several Italian dialects is of some linguistic value" (Thorndike). Arduino makes extensive use of the works by Avicenna (Ibn Sina), who "held a high place in Western European medical studies, ranking together with Hippocrates and Galen as an acknowledged authority" (Weisser). Among the numerous other sources he used are Galen, Avenzoar (Ibn Zuhr), Rasis (al-Razi), Andromachus, Albucasis (Al-Zahrawi), Serapion the Younger and Dioscorides. - A very good copy, with only a few marginal waterstains. Binding slightly rubbed along the extremities and with a few scratches on boards. Hain-Copinger 1554. Goff A-950. Ohly-Sack 233. Walsh 2186. Proctor 4963. BMC V, 403. GW 2318. Thorndike III, 545. ISTC ia00950000.
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Arfa Hassan
Under Five Shahs
New York: William Morrow 1965. The autobiography of an Iranian general. Maps. Photos. Index. Chipped dj. x 462 pages. 21.5 cm. Hardcover. Condition Book/Dj: Very Good/Good. Light wear at edges of dust jacket. . Catalogs: IRAN. New York: William Morrow, 1965 hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 8860
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Arfa Hassan
Under Five Shahs
New York: William Morrow 1965. The autobiography of an Iranian general. Maps. Photos. Index. Chipped dj. Light wear at edges of price-clipped dust jacket. Condition Book/Dj: Very Good/Good. ix 462 pages. 21.4 cm. Hardcover. . Catalogs: IRAN. New York: William Morrow, 1965 hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 3657
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Arfa Hassan
Under Five Shahs
New York: William Morrow 1965. The autobiography of an Iranian general. Maps. Photos. Condition Book/Dj: Very Good/Very Good. Light wear at edges of dust jacket. ix 462 pp. 8vo. Hardcover . Catalogs: IRAN. New York: William Morrow, 1965 hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 3681
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Arg-i Bam, Kirman ; Kungrih-i Tarikh-i Mi`mari va Shahrísazi-i Iran (3rd : 2006 : Kirman, Iran)
Majmu`ah-i maqalat-i sivvumin Kungrah-i Tarikh-i Mi`mari va Shahrísazi-i Iran : 25-30 Farvardin mah 1385 = Third Congress of the History of Iranian Architecture and Urbanism
Volume 2 only. Large octavo in pale yellow and black illus wraps; 592p, numerous illustrations and maps in b/w, bibliographical references and indexes; 24 cm **Volume 2 only.** In Persian || Architecture -- Iran -- Congresses. Urbanization -- Iran -- Congresses. City planning -- Iran -- Congresses. Iran -- Antiquities -- Congresses.
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Arg-i Bam, Kirman ; Kungrih-i Tarikh-i Mi`mari va Shahrísazi-i Iran (3rd : 2006 : Kirman, Iran)
Majmu`ah-i maqalat-i sivvumin Kungrah-i Tarikh-i Mi`mari va Shahrísazi-i Iran : 25-30 Farvardin mah 1385 = Third Congress of the History of Iranian Architecture and Urbanism
Volume 5 only. Large octavo in pale yellow and black illus wraps; 800p, numerous illustrations and maps in b/w, bibliographical references and indexes; 24 cm **Volume 5 only.** In Persian || Architecture -- Iran -- Congresses. Urbanization -- Iran -- Congresses. City planning -- Iran -- Congresses. Iran -- Antiquities -- Congresses.
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Arg-i Bam, Kirman ; Kungrih-i Tarikh-i Mi`mari va Shahrísazi-i Iran (3rd : 2006 : Kirman, Iran)
Majmu`ah-i maqalat-i sivvumin Kungrah-i Tarikh-i Mi`mari va Shahrísazi-i Iran : 25-30 Farvardin mah 1385 = Third Congress of the History of Iranian Architecture and Urbanism
Volume 1 only. Large octavo in pale yellow and black illus wraps; 591p, numerous illustrations and maps in b/w, bibliographical references and indexes; 24 cm **Volume 1 only.** In Persian || Architecture -- Iran -- Congresses. Urbanization -- Iran -- Congresses. City planning -- Iran -- Congresses. Iran -- Antiquities -- Congresses.
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Argensola, Bartolome Leonardo de.
Conquista de las islas Malucas. [Madrid, Alonso Martin, 1609].
Small folio (222 x 296 mm). (12), 407 (but: 411; 316-319 numbered twice), (1) pp. Engraved figurative title (lower border cropped with loss of imprint, as common). 18th century red gilt morocco, boards with richly gilt floral décor, gilt edges of covers, richly gilt spine in seven compartments with raised bands, black title label, speckled edges. Marbled endpapers. In modern custom-made chemise of auburn cloth and a cloth case with spine in red morocco and five raised bands, title in gold. First edition of the author's principal work, very rare, especially with the engraved title. The book mostly discusses the Philippines and the Moluccas, but also deals with China, Java, Sumatra, and Ceylon, with references to "los estrechos Persico y Arabico" (p. 12). The Portuguese naval commander Afonso de Albuquerque had conquered Malacca in the early 16th century, several decades after Arab merchants had introduced Islam to the islands. - "Few narratives are written with so much judgment and elegance [...] One of the most important works for the history of the Philippine islands [...] The book also contains matter relating to Sir Francis Drake and American voyages, and to the history of Spanish and Portuguese exploration in the Indies" (Cox). "Very lucidly and elegantly written" (cf. Ebert). "Copies with the engraved title are rare, and still more difficult to find are copies in which the printer's name and date of printing are preserved at its bottom" (cf. Salvá). "For the compilation of this work, the author had the command of all authentic manuscript relations, which were either in official custody, or in private hands, besides the testimony of such persons then living as had been eyewitnesses to any part of what he delivers" (Griffin). - Boards somewhat worn and rubbed, a few spots, some small cracks in the joints, slight defects at head and foot of spine, but altogether a beautifully preserved copy. Final leaf laid down, some small, inconspicuously repaired wormholes near headlines. Some occasional foxing and browning; pages 65-68 with a remargined flaw at the edge (no loss to text). Provenance: Engraved bookplate of Jeremiah Hill (early 18th century). Later in the famous library of Sir Thomas Phillips (1792-1872, with shelfmark and inscription "MHC" in pencil). Sold at Sotheby's June 23, 1988 for £3,800 (lot 110); latterly in the private collection of the Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013). Palau 16089. Cat. Nederl. Scheepv. Mus. 494. Cox I, 284. Brunet I, 419. Ebert 994. Graesse I, 193. Griffin/Ph. 23. Penney 304. Maggs (Spanish Books) 54a. Pardo de Tavera 121. Reiss & Auvermann 40 (Travel & Exploration) 408. Sabin 1946. Salvá 3349.
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Arian Asher
Politics in Israel: The Second Generation
Chatham House 1985. Light edgewear. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Chatham House paperback
书商的参考编号 : 316761 ???????? : 0934540373 9780934540377
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