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Published by London Centre of Arab Studies, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 1900404192ISBN 13: 9781900404198
Seller: The Merrickville Book Emporium, Merrickville, ON, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised English translation of al-Shamlan's 1970s memoir of the last generation of pearling in the Arabian Gulf in the early 20th Century. Copy is in near fine condition. Absolutely minimal wear to the blue cloth boards. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is in like condition save for faint sunning to the spine. Now wrapped in a protective Brodart cover.
Published by London Centre of Arab Studies ( LCAS ), London, 2001
ISBN 10: 1900404192ISBN 13: 9781900404198
Seller: Dendera, London, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Original blue cloth gilt-titled to spine in illustrated dust jacket 16 x 24cm. 190pp including double-page map + (16)pp containing 19 b/w illustrations on glossy paper. Covers fine, lightly bumped to spine head. Binding secure. Interiors mostly fine with some creasing. Dust jacket has some soiling and light creasing. The first English language edition of al-Shamlan's original in Arabic (2 volumes, published in 1975 and 1978), translated by Peter Clark and edited by William Facey. Based on the author's personal recollections as well as documentary and oral sources including divers, ship masters and pearl merchants, it describes the last years of the pearling industry from 1900-30: "the grim conditions of the divers, their food, their work and the tools of their trade, their illnesses and the hazards of life at sea.". There is a glossary of Gulf marine terms. The maps show Kuwait and the northern Gulf. The illustrations (some of which credited to Shakespear) show sailing vessels, divers and crew, and members of the author's family.
Published by the London Centre of Arab Studies, London, 2000
ISBN 10: 1900404192ISBN 13: 9781900404198
Book
Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 8vo pp.190. book.
Published by London Centre of Arab Studies, 2000
ISBN 10: 1900404192ISBN 13: 9781900404198
Seller: Brooks Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 8vo. 190 pp., b/w photographs, glossary, index, original cloth in d/w, copy in mint condition.
Published by Arabian Publishing Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1900404192ISBN 13: 9781900404198
Seller: The Secret Book and Record Store, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Corners and edges bumped, dust jacket is worn and grubby, book is bent in the middle at bottom, text block is stained in one place. Overall book is solidly bound and in acceptable condition.