142 résultats
1958réf. L6DAZGHLUF3GWashington DC: USAF aeronautical chart and information service 1958. Colour printed map 56 x 73.5 cm with a legend printed on the back. Scale 1:1000000. Pilot's map of Wadi Sirhan in the border region of Iraq Saudi Arabia and Jordan. The map shows the concave and zigzagging border between Saudi Arabia and Jordan before it revision in 1965. The indefinite nature of the borders is clearly visible on the map in the changed and crossed-out borderlines and the notations "boundary approximate" and "boundary approximate". Several areas are marked as "danger area" or "prohibited area". Stamped "obsolete for use in aviation" otherwise in excellent condition. USAF aeronautical chart and information service, unknown
19608vo. First Edition with plates and maps neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. SCARCE.
19278vo., Second Impression thus, with a frontispiece and folding map, small neat signature on half-title; original green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. Nice copy of the second impression of the first single-volume edition. Garnett's abridgement of Doughty's nineteenth century classic, first published in two volumes in 1908, brought the work to a new and appreciative audience (including T E Lawrence). Professor Bonney, Doughty's geological tutor, attributed to this publication the award by the RGS of the Founder's Gold Medal in 1912. The first single-volume edition appeared in 1926. Scarce.
1985réf. 163227Riyadh: General Department of Antiquities and Museums 1985. The capital of the first Saudi state First edition first impression of this richly illustrated bilingual guide for visitors to the historic earthen city of Diriyah recording its history and restoration to date. This work is institutionally uncommon with WorldCat tracing only four locations Library of Congress Smithsonian Bilkent University Library and Bibliotheque Geneve. The Emirate of Diriyah often referred to as the First Saudi state had the town of Diriyah as its capital. Located on the northwestern outskirts of Riyadh its At-Turaif district served as the original home of the Saudi royal family. The town was "founded in the 15th century and bears witness to the Najdi architectural style which is specific to the centre of the Arabian Peninsula. In the 18th and the early 19th century its regional political and religious role increased and the citadel of at-Turaif became the centre of the temporal power of the House of Saud and the spread of the Islamic reform movement in Arabia Salafiyya. The property includes the remains of many palaces and an urban ensemble built on the edge of the ad-Dir'iyah oasis" UNESCO. The At-Turaif District in Diriyah was included on the list of World Heritage Sites in 2010. Quarto. With 2 folding maps numerous illustrations in the text. Original light yellow wrappers illustrations from photographs; text in Arabic and English. Some marks to covers neat repair at foot of spine. A very good copy. "At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah" UNESCO available online. unknown
1937Milano, C.T.I., 1937, in-8, br., pp. XII, (125). Copertina e 4 tavv. a col., numerose ill. fotografiche in b.n., cartine e pubblicità.
1936In-16 (cm. 19.10), brossura originale, pp. 308, (4), con illustrazioni in bianco e nero fuori testo. COPIA DA STUDIO. Scritte d’appartenenza. Segnatura al verso dell’antiporta. Tracce d’uso al dorso. Distacco parziale delle prime carte. Scollamento tra le pagine 112 e seguente; peraltro testo in buono stato (text in good condition).
1936réf. VOY512MNew York: Random House, 1936. New Definitive Edition [2 Volumes in 1]. Hardcover on light gray cloth, This edition has a black and white map in the mappocke, Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; [1370] pages.
1950réf. 171429Saudi Arabia: c. 1950. A record of Aramco's formative era A collection of ground and aerial shapshots apparently taken by a Saudi Aramco manager stationed at the Mahasin camp just outside al-Hofuf showing the site's early years several scenes of local life and the drilling rig. Collectively the images provide a window onto the early years of Saudi Arabia's development. Seven images depict the camp itself including one picture taken from atop the radio tower overlooking the barracks mess halls powerhouse water trucks and wells. The structures are all surrounded by black lines which the annotations to the verso of the image inform us are "oil to keep the scorpions and snakes out - we hope". Other snapshots show the view up to the top of the radio mast the view down to ground and a panorama across to the nearest town presumably al-Mubarraz. One picture shows the drilling rig with cars in front and a crane to the right. The remaining six images were taken at leisure and show a rocky outcrop several camels locusts on the fender of a jeep local camel drivers and a view from a water tank in an oasis. Accompanying the photographs is a handwritten note from two Aramco employees to a "Mr Canady" perhaps the photographer. The employees complain of a colleague who is proposing to charge the company rent for the use of a dysfunctional bulldozer leased by the Bin Laden company. Muhammad Bin Laden was Saudi Arabia's most successful construction magnate of the mid-20th century and was famously the world's largest importer of Caterpillar bulldozers. 13 gelatin silver photographs c.120 x 92 mm 1 slightly trimmed and numbered on the print in ink manuscript captions relating to numbering on verso. Housed in developer's buff paper sleeve. Numbered image creased and slightly trimmed several others with slight striations: a very good collection. unknown
1975réf. 167654Al Khobar: Printed by the East Press for the Ministry of Information 1975. First edition first printing of this report covering agriculture town planning municipality projects of Asir and particularly Abha the capital of the region. The handsome illustrations include one of H.R.H. Fahd ibn 'Abdul-'Aziz Al Saud inaugurating the Wadi Abha Dam. Oblong octavo. With illustrations throughout some in colour. Original green pictorial wrappers front wrapper lettered in white and black. Minor loss to spine wrappers creased and rubbed. A good copy. unknown
1987réf. 4558Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1987. XII, 433 pp. Map Gr. 8°. OCloth
2000réf. 167658Saudi Arabia: Ministry of Education Assistant Deputy Ministry for Antiquities and Museums c.2000. First edition first printing of this illustrated bilingual guide to the archaeology of the capital of the Emirate of Diriyah widely considered the first Saudi state. The work celebrates the recent government-backed restoration of fortification walls and watchtowers. Diriyah's At-Turaif district served as the home of the Saudi royal family. The town was "founded in the 15th century and bears witness to the Najdi architectural style which is specific to the centre of the Arabian Peninsula. In the 18th and the early 19th century its regional political and religious role increased and the citadel of at-Turaif became the centre of the temporal power of the House of Saud and the spread of the Islamic reform movement in Arabia Salafiyya. The property includes the remains of many palaces and an urban ensemble built on the edge of the ad-Dir'iyah oasis" UNESCO. The At-Turaif district was included on the list of World Heritage Sites in 2010. Large octavo. With folding map duplicated in Arabic and English photographs and diagrams in text. Text in Arabic and English. Original illustrated card wrappers lettered in black and green in Arabic and English. Wrappers lightly rubbed bright internally. A near-fine copy. unknown
1984Two volumes. No marks or inscriptions. Two very clean very tight copies with bright unmarked red cloth boards, very slight bumping to spine feet and no bumping to corners. Dust jackets not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to spine extremities from being constrained in protective sleeves. Both jackets now protected in fully-removable transparent sleeves. Large folded detailed map at end of Vol 2 in perfect condition. Total of 657pp. Burton's purported reason for visiting North West Arabia in 1877 to 1878 was gold prospecting but his real purpose was to study and survey the region scientifically. Facsimile edition of the 1879 edition.
réf. a44043Rome 1980. Proceedings of a Symposium held in Riyadh 9-13 October 1976. Translated into English. 8vo. 606pp. wraps. Good Plus spine edges rubbed head of spine and wraps a bit worn. Text bright and clean no owmer marks; binding secure. Scarce title. . paperback
1971réf. 890335Coconut 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
1961réf. ABC_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
réf. 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
1977réf. 184718Jeddah: 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
2018réf. AME_9781786344571World Scientific 2018. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. _ World Scientific hardcover
1719
1974171, [5] p., ill. a colori n.t.; 24 cm. Bross. edit. Copertina imbarcata, per il resto buono
1978réf. 175074Riyadh: General Directorate of Press c. 1978. A colourful photobook gifted to a delegate to an international geological conference held in Jeddah. Published midway through the second Five-Year Development Plan it documents "the concrete achievements of recent years which have witnessed the rapid transition from a traditional society towards a technological one" rear cover. Tipped onto the title page verso is a sheet in English and Arabic stating that this copy was "presented on occasion of the international symposium on evolution and mineralization of the Arabian-Nubian Shield" which was convened in February 1978 at the Institute of Applied Geology King Abdulaziz University. Some of the photographs celebrate recent achievements in Saudi science and technology. No publication date is given and we have traced a number of editions with unknown priority including one spiral-bound and one in three languages. Large quarto. Colour illustrations throughout. Original pictorial wrappers spine lettered in black front cover lettered in white map on inner front cover. Spine ends bumped covers creased some leaves proud where volume somewhat crudely bound photographs bright: a very good copy. unknown
réf. 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
2010réf. ALEG00100Somogy / Louvre éditions. In-4 (25,5 x 28,7 cm), cartonné avec jaquette, 623 pages, iconographie en couleurs, ouvrage épuisé chez l'éditeur.
1945réf. 165179London: Geographical Section General Staff 1945. A detailed early map of central Arabia Second edition of this pilot's map of Riyadh and the surrounding region reissued by Britain's general staff for the use of the Royal Air Force at the end of the Second World War and annotated by a member of 53 Squadron. Revised from its first publication in 1922 the map was photolithographed in 1942 and then updated in 1945 to include new information on roads airfields landing grounds and seaplane stations. The topographical features that are referenced include all the salient information a pilot might expect such as rivers marshes areas liable to flooding mountains ruins lava flow and sandy desert. A glossary explains the English meanings of the Arabic terms included in the map such as darb road jabal mountain and qasr fort. The owner's inscriptions to the lower corners read "Riyadh" and "E. Skemp" most likely Eric Skemp who "flew Liberators on 53" Squadron Mulder p. 298. Although the squadron spent the war years stationed in Britain and the eastern United States it was assigned to carry troops home to India in 1945. Photolithographed map 630 x 790 mm. General light creasing more marked at head and foot of central fold scuff at top left corner: a very good example. Rob J. M. Mulder The Fokker Fours 2019. unknown
1976réf. 179946Jeddah: 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
