KILNER, Peter and Jonathan WALLACE (editors).
A guide for businessmen and visitors. The Gulf handbook 1978.
Bath and London, Trade and Travel Publications and MEED, 1978. 17.5 x 12 cm. With 8 sections of a map (2 full-page and 3 double-page) in colour of showing several parts of the Arabian peninsula, 8 full-page black-and-white photographic portraits of the Heads of State of the different Gulf States, 21 black-and-white maps and plans of these states and their largest cities, and numerous advertisements (partially in colour) throughout. Original illustrative printed boards, showing an Arab man with a gun in front of a large satellite dish and an advert for Arab Wings showing a plane in the sky on the back. XII, 576 pp.
€ 350
A small pocket guide for travellers and businessmen offering general information about the 8 states centered around the Gulf: Bachrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi-Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. It starts with a description of the region in general and explains religion and culture, how to do business and what health precautions Western visitors should take. Subsequently, each country is described separately in more detail. The work mentions the history and geography of each state, the hotels and clubs to go to, the most important newpapers and, naturally, the members of government, with large photographs of each Head of State.
With an owner's inscription on the first flyleaf ("[name] London i januari 1978") and annotations on the table of contents. With a brown (water-)stain on the bottom edge of the book block, never affecting any text and only slightly touching the maps. Overall in good condition.
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