Fuad Rayess (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; et al (illustrator). 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. Condition: Near Fine. Walters, Thomas F.; et al (illustrator). 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. Condition: Very Good. Moody, Burnett; V.K. Antony; Thomas F. Walters; E.E. Seal; et al (illustrator). 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.