(63) Persian Gulf Pilot comprising the Persian Gulf and its Approaches from Ras al Hadd, in the South-West, to Ras Muari, in the East

11th Edition (1967) compiled by Commander T.C. Russell with opening statement by Rear Admiral GS Ritchie, Hydrographer of the Navy. Original yellow-titled navy cloth 16 x 25cm. (4)pp pink pages, x, 372, 1pp including numerous views and tables + large folding Index chart facing p1. Covers near fine, rubbed along spine edges. Interiors fine. Chart neatly folded without tears. Previous owner's details neatly handwritten to the ffep: "Theresa Howard Carter / The Johns Hopkins University / Baltimore 1974". Carter (1925-2015) is regarded as one of the most important female archaeologists of the early 20th century, working at some of the greatest excavations in the Middle East, Mediterranean, and North Africa. She joined the University of Pennsylvania Museum in 1950, became Director of the American School of Oriental Research in Baghdad in 1965, then joined Johns Hopkins University Department of Near Eastern Studies in 1970. In 1974, Kuwait University awarded her its Distinguished Service Award. She was Chief Advisor to the Kuwait National Museum, and Director of the Kuwait Archaeological Survey in 1980-87.…