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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. S.M. Amin; Tor Eigeland; Nicholas Kourides; et al (illustratore). Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 36pp with colour and b/w photos and drawings. Covers very good, marked, interiors near fine. The cover story is about diving for seashells in the Red Sea off Jeddah and elsewhere. Other content includes the overland journeys made by Aramco's riggers and transport specialists and challenges encountered; the origins and development of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) with a profile of one of its pilots Nahar Nassar, and description of its services; Nicholas Kourides' photo essay of people in the mountains of Lebanon; a profile of Travels in Arabia Deserta author Charles Doughty; and the 10th installment from Wallace Stegner's "Discovery! The Story of Aramco Then" with illustrations by Donald Thompson. Photographers include Aramco's own S.M. Amin and Tor Eigeland.