owen oxley (8 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Stu Oxley: North Shore Reflection This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

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Softcover. Condizione: Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 127pp. Perfectbound. Art editor is Gail Howell-Jones. Black and white illustrations. Light rubbing else fine. Ian Robinson founded Oasis in 1969 and continued to publish the magazine while Robinson founded Oasis Books in 1970. This magazine is devoted to the translation and review of well known poets and authors such as: Bruno Jasienski, Florence Chia Ying Yeh Chao, and Max Jacob. Well known poets and author's include George Bowering, a well known poet and historian and Martin Booth, a British novelist and poet who founded the Sceptre Press. Three chapters of Lotte Bullock's *The Lost Tiger* are printed in this issue. Also includes Illustrations by Carol Chapman, Jean Demelier, Patrick O'Keeffe, Stanley Engel, and John Mitchinson. Additional contributors include Anthony Hodge, Philip Weeks, David H W Grubb, Reginald Levy, John Rice, Donato Cinicolo III, Sally Tylecote, Paul Matthews, William Oxley, Paul Gogarty, Colin Nixon, Thea Clark, Ervin Gaspar, Michael Gold, Richard Austin, Paul Green, Robin Lee, William Bedford, Bruton Connors, Andrew Darlington, Valerie Owen, Charles Black, Craig Anderson, Matt Simpson, Simon McNulty, Cecily Lambert, John Mitchinson, David Jaffin, Roger Bonner, Rachel Blake, Mark Young, and Francesca de Masi.

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 117 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs by author/photographer Owen Oxley. Documents Saudi Arabian culture, the growth of ARAMCO (Arabian American Oil Company) during the period 1950-1955, and the American/Arabian experience in the region as modern economic/political changes occurred. Clean, bright copy. Record # 612330.

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 117 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs by author/photographer Owen Oxley. Documents Saudi Arabian culture, the growth of ARAMCO (Arabian American Oil Company) during the period 1950-1955, and the American/Arabian experience in the region as modern economic/political changes occurred. Clean, bright copy. Record # 612329.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Aramco photographers: Owen Oxley; Dick Cesare; Carl von Hoffman (illustratore). Original b/w illustrated wraps 22x28cm. 16pp including b/w photos and drawings. Good, creased, with a couple of patches of staining to the back. The cover story describes the Aramco Training Center at Sidon, and how it prepares employees for life and work in Saudi Arabia. It opened in New York in 1948 before transferring to Lebanon in 1951, with 3 US staff including head R.E. Sullivan, and 19 Lebanese. Offering long 4 week and short 2 week intensive courses it aimed to teach 600 words of Arabic ("a language so complex that some thirty volumes are required merely to explain its grammar"), Saudi history, the history of oil, a tour of Tapline installations, and supervision and training skills if required. It offers insight into recreational facilities on-site, and weekend tours to Baalbek, Damascus, Jerusalem and Cyprus. The photos feature the campus and locale including Tapline's tank farm seen through the eyes of one of its students. Other articles include "The Caravan" (a description of an exploration team's encounter with a Bedouin caravan in the Rub al Khali); Middle Eastern influences on modern jewellery; a description of the "Christmas Tree" (oil well control head); and a comparison of wedding ceremonies in different countries.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. B/w illustrated staple-bound wraps 22x28cm. Printed at the Middle East Export Press, Beirut. (4), 44pp with captioned b/w photos throughout, and a map to the back. Wraps fair, worn, with archival tape reinforcement to the spine. Interiors good, lightly creased, with a small patch of scarring to the image inside the front wrap. Rare, with Worldcat recording 10 locations. Dated 1955 in the text and on the map. With the author unnamed, this primarily showcases the work of Aramco's photographers through a series of essays titled: First views; The path of oil; All in a day's work; Occupation: housewife; After hours, Small fry. The inner front wrap features TF Walters' photo of King Saud receiving diplomats at his palace in Jeddah. The map shows towns, pipelines, oil fields, and the Saudi Government Railroad.