paul hoye editor (28 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. In very good condition; small, hard scuff mark top edge of front cover; points of moderate to hard rubbing at edges; former library stamp front cover; mailing label attached to back cover; otherwise, clean and bright, binding sound. 36 pages. 11 x 8.5 in. CONTENTS: Elizabeth G. Simpson, Art of the Mamluks; John Lawton, The Last Survivor (Richard Adamson and King Tutankhamen); Torben B. Larsen, A Flying Tiger (Arabia's milkweed butterfly); Carol Hotchkiss Malt, The Artist in Damascus; John Munro, Amber Forever (amber discovered in Lebanon). Inv. EW0405.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. In very good condition; light scuffing to wraps; moderate rubbing to spine, points of light rubbing along edges; former library stamp front cover; mailing label attached to back cover; otherwise, clean and bright, binding sound. 33 pages. 11 x 8.5 in. CONTENTS: Caroline Stone, We Three Kings of Orient Were. . .; Heather Colyer Ross, Fashion in the Sand (Bedouin dress); Barry Hoberman, A Giraffe for Tamerlane (15th century Mamluk trek from Egypt to Samarkand with giraffe); Thor Heyerdahl, Voyage to the Past (reed boat voyage from Mesopotamia to the Indus and back to Africa); John Brinton, Footsore and Fancy-Free (John Ledyard in the Middle East). Inv. EW0406.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Original colour illustrated wraps 21 x 28cm. 40pp. illustrated in colour throughout. Near fine, lightly worn. This edition primarily celebrates the achievement of King Fahd's nephew, the astronaut Prince Sultan, who, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, became the first Arab, first Muslim, and first member of royalty in space. There are also pieces on Arab astronomy, and comet sightings, with the front cover opening out to reveal a double-page photo taken by astronomers at Helwan Observatory during the last appearance of Halley's Comet in 1910.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. V.K. Antony; et al (illustratore). Original b/w illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 32pp with several b/w photos and drawings. Covers very good with foxing and some marks, interiors near fine. The cover story is a photo essay about Aramco's Mobile Drilling Platform No. 1 in the Arabian Gulf, and life aboard for its crew including 45 Saudi Arabs. Other articles cover manners in the Middle East; oriental carpets; Sir Chester Beatty and his collection of Arab artifacts outside Dublin; pottery; and Easter. Photographers include Aramco's own V.K. Antony.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Amin, S.M.; Burnett Moody et al (illustratore). Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. 36pp illustrated in colour and b/w. Very good with some creasing, and printed mailing label to the back. Articles include a history of Waqf or charitable giving (Jon Mandaville), Philby's crossing of the Rub al Khali Part One with full page portrait by Aramco's pioneering geologist Max Steineke inside the front cover (Elizabeth Monroe), Ghawar oilfield (Brainerd Bates), new hotels in the Middle East cover story with Mecca Hotel to the front, including new developments in the Gulf, and a profile of the Nazzall family: "five generations of Arab innkeepers" (Joseph Fitchett), From Pirate Coast to Trucial including photos of the original treaty (John Brinton), and Rodney Searight's collection of Orientalist art. Among the photographers are Aramco's own S.M. Amin and Burnett Moody.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; et al (illustratore). Original green and black illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 32pp with b/w and colour photos and drawings. Near fine. The cover story is about postage stamps in the Arab world and their art, with several significantly enlarged illustrations highlighting the quality of their execution. Other content includes Aramco's Sea Island No. 1 built to berth increasingly large oil tankers; the passing and significance of the traditional black Bedouin tents of Saudi Arabia; Petra; the Kemal Ataturk Memorial (Anitkabir) in Ankara; and "Little Syria" or Damascus in Brooklyn. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; 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. Near fine. The cover story is about representation of the Tower of Babel in art and architecture, and its underlying significance. Other articles describe the Khanjar; oil drilling rigs in Saudi; a survey of the Arab press in the US (Al Hoda, Al Islah, Al Bayan, Mera't Al-Gharb et al) with photos of editors, typesetters, printing presses etc; new buildings in Beirut growing out of the rubble; and Kairouan in Tunisia ("The Fourth Holy City"). Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; et al (illustratore). Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 32pp with b/w and colour photos and drawings. Very good. The cover story is about Saudi Arabia's "Pink Gold", the new shrimping industry based in Eastern Province, with several photos of a trawling expedition. There is also a history of the Nairn Transport Company and the author's valuable account of the bus journey he made through the Syrian Desert to Baghdad. Other content includes the Trans-Arabian Pipeline (Tapline)'s terminal at Sidon; Saint Simeon and the Qalat Seman fortress in Syria; Ibn Khaldoun; and the alphabet. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; Thomas F. Walters; et al (illustratore). Original b/w illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 36pp with b/w and colour photos and drawings. Near fine. The cover story is about the life and work of Bertha Spafford Vesta and the American Colony in Jerusalem. Other articles describe the city of Taif in the Hejaz mountains; desert characteristics (picturing Al Hasa, Qatif, Haradh, Bedouin etc); a forecast of the oil industry in 1990 (speculating on energy demand, 2-helicopter families etc) and Aramco's role; a history of Jerash; and ancient Egyptian funerary art. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr and Thomas F. Walters.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Tor Eigeland; et al (illustratore). Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 40pp with colour and b/w photos and drawings. Near fine. The cover story presents Daniel da Cruz and Tor Eigeland's beautifully illustrated first-hand account accompanying a convoy to the site of a planned Aramco exploratory well "in a remote corner of the Empty Quarter". Other content includes Kathe Tanous (Mrs Mooslie)'s sketches of the Middle East; life in a Palestinian refugee camp seen through the eyes of Ibrahim Ali Badran, a farmer who fled Tel Aviv in 1948; the rescue and reconstruction of an Egyptian temple at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and the 9th installment from Wallace Stegner's "Discovery! The Story of Aramco Then" with illustrations by Donald Thompson. Photographers include Aramco's own Tor Eigeland.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Walters, Thomas F.; et al (illustratore). The first issue to introduce colour photos. Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 32pp with b/w and colour photos and drawings. Near fine, lightly rubbed to the extremities. The cover story describes how oil is found and the people who search for it ("Wanted: Earth scientist with rugged physique, excellent health, strong nerves and inquiring mind. For outdoor job involving constant travel, exacting work, irregular hours"). Other content covers Eid al Fitr; music in the Middle East; Palmyra; and the development of skiing in Lebanon. Photographers include Aramco's own Thomas F. Walters.

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.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Burnett H. Moody; S.M. Amin; Ali M. Khalifa; 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. Near fine. The cover story describes how Aramco plans its major long-term infrastructure based on an estimated doubling in crude oil production by 1975. Examples include Abqaiq's power plant, the offshore GOSP plant at Safaniya, Ras Tanura's tank island and pier pictured in striking aerial views on the cover. Other content include the Arab child in school, Thomas Waghorn's overland mail and passenger route to India via Egypt (referred by Palmerston as "the world's most important trade route); Arab worry beads; gardens; and the 6th installment from Wallace Stegner's "Discovery! The Story of Aramco Then" with illustrations by Donald Thompson. Photographers include Aramco's own Burnett Moody, S.M. Amin, and Ali Khalifa.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Philby, H. St. John; Nik Wheeler; Robert Arndt; et al (illustratore). Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. 36pp illustrated in colour and b/w. Very good with previous owner's name to the front cover and printed mailing label to the back. Articles include the lengthy cover story "Last Boats to Taqba" giving a last look at the Euphrates as it was, based a voyage down the Syrian segment (Carla Hunt); Philby's crossing of the Rub al Khali Part Two continuing from the Nov-Dec 1973 issue with Philby's own photos (Elizabeth Monroe); and the near extinct Ibis of Birecik on the Turkish Euphrates (Robert Arndt). Included as a Special Feature is the valuable reference "An Aramco World Index" covering 1951-73 in anticipation of the publication's 25th anniversary (pp11-26): "of interest to the scholars, writers, journalists and teachers who make up a large part of the magazine's present circulation" (Eileen Olmsted).

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; Burnett H. Moody; et al (illustratore). Original b/w illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 40pp with colour and b/w photos and drawings. Near fine. The cover story profiles foreign correspondents covering the Arab world and the stories and personalities they have been working on. These include LA Times Middle East Bureau Chief Joe Alex Morris (pictured on the cover), Tom Brady, Milan Kubic, Elias Antar, Paul Delifer, John Lawton, and others. Other content includes the Dhahran Fashion Show hosted by Aramco women of Dhahran, Abqaiq and Ras Tanura; wildlife on Juraid Island; Jordan's efforts to promote camel camping tourism in Wadi Ram in the wake of the occupation of Jerusalem and the West Bank; ancient Egyptian humour; and the 3rd installment from Wallace Stegner's "Discovery! The Story of Aramco Then" with illustrations by Donald Thompson. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr and Burnett Moody.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; V.K. Antony; et al (illustratore). Original b/w illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 32pp with several b/w photos and drawings. Very good, wraps foxed. The cover story "The Restless Sands" describes "the smothering advance" of wind blown sand from the Great Nefud Desert on Al Hasa Oasis, its effects, and efforts to reverse desertification. Other content includes the Egyptian film industry since 1927, with photos of actress Nahid Sabri on set for Al Ahram Studios, Shams al Baroody, Fatin Hamamah, Omar Sharif, director Muhammad Salim, among others; the mosque on Massachussetts Avenue in Washington DC; Arab horses; and the Suq al Hamjdiyah in Damascus. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr and V.K. Antony.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Moody, Burnett; V.K. Antony; et al (illustratore). Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 32pp with b/w and colour photos and drawings. Very good. The cover story and much of the content presents a history of the American University of Beirut founded 100 years previously. Other content includes the poets and development of poetry at Ukaz (between Taif and Mecca); the work of oil dispatchers; Wadi Ram; and ancient Egyptian building. Photographers include Aramco's own Burnett Moody and V.K. Antony.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Moody, Burnett; V.K. Antony; Thomas F. Walters; E.E. Seal; et al (illustratore). Original black and yellow illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 32pp with several b/w photos and drawings. Very good. The cover story is about Aramco's oil reservoirs and challenges of controlling fluid movement. Other content includes a description of present day Medina; Jeddah's harbour pilots and the challenges of navigating its reefs; Arab literature today; and a history of Muslim rule on Majorca. Photographers include Aramco's own Burnett Moody, V.K. Antony, Thomas Walters, and E.E. Seal.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; Burnett Moody; V.K. Antony; et al (illustratore). Original b/w illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 32pp with several b/w photos and drawings. Very good, wraps foxed, lightly creased. The cover story presents a history of ancient Byblos on the Lebanon coast. Other articles include the Al Murrah Bedouin "one of the most important tribes" in Saudi Arabia; the Trans-Arabian Pipeline (Tapline) 16 years on from the start of construction; and modern developments in Arabic literature written for Aramco World by the Egyptian author Abbas Mahmoud Al-Akkad shortly before his death. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr, Burnett Moody, and V.K. Antony.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Burnett H. Moody; Thomas F. Walters; et al (illustratore). Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 32pp with colour and b/w photos and drawings. Near fine. The cover story is a photo essay on modern Arab haute couture. This showcases women's clothing adapted from the Bedouin abaya, the North African kaftan, etc, and how the designs were obtained by designers including Asseily, Edde, al-Khazen, al-Khoury, and Moua'wad. Other content includes a study of reptilian wildlife in Najd; mirages; examples of superstition in the Arab world and elsewhere; Umayyad desert retreats; and the 5th installment from Wallace Stegner's "Discovery! The Story of Aramco Then" with illustrations by Donald Thompson. Photographers include Aramco's own Burnett Moody and Thomas F. Walters.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; Tom Walters; Burnett Moody; et al (illustratore). Original black, red and white illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 32pp with several b/w photos and drawings. Very good. The cover story is about "the famous fighting Muslims of the Philippines". There is a major article on Arabists in the US, marking a major improvement of knowledge of the region since the 1930s (including T. Cuyler Young, Princeton; Gustave von Grunebaum, UCLA; Charles Issawi, Columbia; Richard Frye, Harvard; John Badeau, Columbia; Majjid Khaduri, Johns Hopkins; et al). Other content includes repair and maintenance operations by Aramco's Consolidated Shops; impact of corrosion on Aramco's pipelines and the Trans Arabian Pipeline (Tapline) and how to deal with it; and buying and selling oriental carpets. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr, Tom Walters, and Burnett Moody.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; Burnett H. Moody; S.M. Amin; 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. Near fine. The cover story is about the first known family visit deep into the Rub al Khali in Land Rovers for a camping expedition. It describes their encounters with Bedouin, and contrasts the family's experiences with those of Aramco's oil explorers who "While in the field for weeks at a time live in reasonable comfort in mobile trailers fitted out for sleeping, eating and showering". An article profiles the activities of Aramco's aviation department and its fleet with striking aerial and desert views. Other content is on Syria's traditional conical beehive houses; Buck Whaley's 18th Century journey to the Holy Land on a bet; locusts; and Syrian and Arab emperors in Rome. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr, Burnett Moody, and S.M. Amin.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; et al (illustratore). Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 32pp with colour and b/w photos and drawings. Wraps very good with marks to the front, interiors near fine. The cover story is about the 514 mile earth and gravel Trans-Arabian Pipeline (Tapline) Road running from Qaisumah to Turaif. It includes scenes of the road prior to and during its recent asphalting, and discusses its significance as "Saudi Arabia's newest trade route to the Mediterranean". Other articles cover the delivery and installation of a massive new high-pressure gas trap at the Gas-Oil Separation Plant at Shedgum; van der Meulen's memories of old Jeddah; US Naval Lieutenant W.F. Lynch's exploration of the Jordan River in 1847; T.E. Lawrence's account of the march to Wadi Aish (extracted from Seven Pillars of Wisdom); and Baalbek. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; V.K. Antony; et al (illustratore). Original b/w illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 32pp with several b/w photos and drawings. Very good, wraps foxed. The cover story is a celebratory history of Aramco mapping in Saudi Arabia from the 1930s up to the major exercise completed with the USGS. It includes early photos from Aramco's Exploration Department, examples of maps and aerial photography, Aramco cartographers and geologists including Charles Phillips, Lee Ramirez, Thomas Barger, Max Steineke, et al. Other articles cover Bahrain; the experiences of Saudi students in the US; Kahlil Gibran; and marine archaeology in the Mediterranean. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr and V.K. Antony.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. V.K. Antony; et al (illustratore). Original b/w illustrated wraps with portrait of Ibn Saud 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 32pp with several b/w photos and drawings. Covers very good with some foxing and marks, interiors near fine. The cover story presents an account of Ibn Saud's taking of Riyadh, by war correspondent David Howarth with charcoal drawings by Sydney King. Other articles cover Aramco's Industrial Training Center for Saudi students ("In the classrooms of the ITCs, Aramco workers find a path to progress"); archaeology in South Arabia; spelunking (cave exploration) in Lebanon; and monuments on the Nile. Photographers include Aramco's own V.K. Antony.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Tor Eigeland; Khalil Abou El-Nasr; 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. Near fine. This special "Quest for Knowledge" issue is entirely dedicated to education and training in the Arab world. Articles include a history and description of Al Azhar University in Cairo; the American University of Beirut; 15 years of progress in developing education in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia; technical training in support of industrialisation; special needs; Aramco's contributions to education in Saudi Arabia; the University of Jordan; and the new breed of Arab colleges and universities, 18 out of 27 of which founded since 1946. The latter includes a detailed table of principal four-year colleges and universities across the Arab world with data on faculty, student enrollment, budget, languages, etc, distinguishing national from private or foreign institutions. Photographers include Aramco's own Tor Eigeland and Khalil Abou El-Nasr.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Tor Eigeland; S.M. Amin; 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. Near fine. The cover story is a biography and fulsome tribute to one of Aramco's eminent generation of early explorer-geologists Thomas Barger, who had arrived in Bahrain in 1937 (received by Max Steineke), and just stepped down as its Chair and CEO on 1 September ("Myth or Man?"). This features numerous Donald Thompson paintings of Barger in the field, and later as a senior executive. Other content includes Tor Eigeland's photos of a Bedouin boy on a camel deep in the Empty Quarter (taken during his trip with Daniel da Cruz which featured in the May-June 1969 issue); Qatif Junction (QA-5, the link up point for many of Aramco's pipelines); a celebration of 1000 years of Cairo and 100 years of the Suez Canal; and the 11th installment from Wallace Stegner's "Discovery! The Story of Aramco Then" with illustrations by Donald Thompson. Photographers include Aramco's own Tor Eigeland and S.M. Amin.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. The King Faisal memorial issue. Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. 40pp, illustrated in colour and b/w throughout. Good, lightly creased, with short closed tear to the back cover. The late King is shown in a portrait on the front cover, and chairing a high level event to the back. A panel to the contents page highlights some of his accomplishments as follows: "Equally at home in the Bedouin tents of Arabia, the chanceries of Europe and America, and at the conference tables of the United Nations, the late King Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz Al Sa'ud, third ruling monarch of Saudi Arabia, brought his country into the twentieth century of balanced budges, universal education, free medical care, modern communications and rapid industrialisation, without sacrificing the traditions of Islam and the Arabian heartland". The centre pages, featuring a late b/w portrait, unfold to reveal a tribute with photos from throughout his career. Other articles cover a history of Arab trade with China (Nancy Jenkins), the palaces of Damascus (Genevieve Maxwell), Cairo's qamariya windows (John Feeney), the story behind the ancient Egyptian obelisk in Central Park (Edmund Whitman), and Theophilus Waldmeier in Lebanon (Jackie Drucker).