OLD OMAN

W.D.Peyton

ISBN 10: 0905743342 / ISBN 13: 9780905743349

Published by Stacey Inernational, 1983

About this Item

A fascinating portfolio of photographs from the first half of the 20th. century. Both book and complete d/w. have only minor defects and the photographs are not compromised in any way. V.G.++.

Seller Inventory # 1614

Bibliographic Details

• Title: OLD OMAN
• Publisher: Stacey Inernational
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0905743342
• ISBN 13: 9780905743349
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Exploration / travel.

About this title

Synopsis

It has been said of Oman that "the middle ages stopped in 1970;" certainly before the accession of Sultan Qaboos, little had changed in the country's outward aspect for many generations. W.D. Peyton, an Arabist with a deep knowledge and love of Oman, has painstakingly amassed a stunning record of the country as it used to be. The result is a truly fascinating series of pictures of a world now utterly transformed. Old Oman will intrigue anyone whose knowledge of the country began in more recent years, and will enhance the recollections of those with a longer acquaintance with the country.

About the Author

W.D. Peyton first went to the Middle East in 1946 to teach at an American secondary school in Damascus. After learning Arabic in Cairo and after a stint with the Quakers among the Palestine refugees at Gaza, he went to Jeddah as representative of J. Paul Getty. He has also worked for Aramco in Saudi Arabia, The Economist in England, and Shell in London, Libya, and Oman. He and his wife lived in Oman for many years and he still visits regularly.