K V Antony (17 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. This paperback edition is in good condition, with minor wear along the edges and corners. The binding is intact, and the pages are clean and free from annotations, except for a personal inscription on the title page. There is no dust jacket, as expected for this format. unknown (appears to be a paperback without a dust jacket). Jackie Dial, MS (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN: 9789350502556.

N.A. Condition: New. ISBN: 9789384556365.

No Binding. Condition: Fair. 8vo. Pamphlet. Cover missing, replaced with facsimile. 30pp. tanned, edges chipped, incl. appendix.

Condition: New. Jiju Antony is recognized worldwide as a leader in Six Sigma methodology for achieving and sustaining process excellence. He founded the Centre for Research in Six Sigma and Process Excellence (CRISSPE) in 2004, establishing the first re.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 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. V.K. Antony; et al (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 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. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; V.K. Antony; et al (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 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. Moody, Burnett; V.K. Antony; et al (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 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. Moody, Burnett; V.K. Antony; Thomas F. Walters; E.E. Seal; et al (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 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. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; Burnett Moody; V.K. Antony; et al (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Original b/w illustrated wraps 22x28cm. 24pp, photo illustrated in b/w throughout. Interiors very good, loose in wraps which have been repaired with archival tape along the inner fold. Slightly musty scent. The cover story describes the crude oil stabiliser at Abqaiq ("The main job of the big oil 'kitchen' at Abqaiq is sweetening up the crude"). Another story celebrates Saudi workers at the Dhahran carpentry shop headed by Hillal Bin Ali and Khalil Younis Ali: "The crew range from 25 to 40 men, depending on the work load. Hillal has around 75 more on-the-site carpenters who take care of the housing units. Another 50 to 75 are assigned to the industrial installations. Both foremen, and all their crew members, are Saudi Arabs". The other articles cover ice skating, cowboys, Stephen Foster, eggs, and cocoa beans. Antony, V.K.; T.F. Walters; et al (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original b/w illustrated wraps 22x28cm. 24pp, photo illustrated in b/w throughout. Very good. Slightly musty scent. The cover story celebrates Aramco's training program for Saudi Arabs, remarking on how quickly the country and its people are developing. It included Industrial Training Shops for manual and mechanical skills, and Industrial Training Centers with courses in Arabic, English, maths, and sciences. Staff received full pay whilst studying. There is a case study given to illustrate career progression. Photos show class and workroom situations, and the ITC Library in Dhahran. Another article describes how US Boy Scouting has adapted to the Saudi setting with cooking, tracking and recognising wildlife in the desert, learning about radio equipment, etc. Other content covers fur coats, ploughs, baby carriers, and sausages. Antony, V.K.; T.F. Walters; E.E. Seal; et al (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 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. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; V.K. Antony; et al (illustrator).…

Condition: New. pp. xv + 432.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Two original b/w photos 20x25cm. Conditions good with light wear, and a couple of small patches of skinning to one of the backs. They show a camel tending to its newborn calf as it is rising to stand, inside a mud wall enclosure with date grove behind. The backs are ink stamped "Aramco photograph by V.K. Antony", one numbered 10726 and the other 10729. No location is given. They are undated, but Antony was working for Aramco's Public Relations Department during the 1950s-60s.…

No Binding. Condition: Good. A collection of 60 early original b/w press photos showing the Arabian American Oil Company's oil and other activities during 1947-64. Conditions are generally good to very good with printed captions, ink stamps and notes to versos, most without edits to the fronts, some wear, creasing, a couple with surface scuffing. Various sizes. Various publishers, including Aramco. Most photos do not name the photographer, although among those named are Aramco's own Harold Corsini, TF Walters, VK Antony, BH Moody, and EE Seal. Themes include training and employment of local staff, juxtapositions of desert activities with Bedouin or of modern shipping with dhows, desert exploration, installations, Aramco-supported agricultural projects, and recreation. In chronological order: Oil well with Arab worker (1947); Arab worker at Dhahran (1947); a Bedouin camel rider before a gas plant (1947); classroom for US children (1947); Ras Tanura (1948); drilling rig in the desert (1948); Aramco workers inside their early tented home (1948); Arab workers at rest (1948); building Tapline (1948); pipe for Tapline unloaded at Ras al Mishaab (1948); native worker at Abqaiq (1949); Arab with camel bearing boxes marked 'Grade A Turkeys' (1949); Bedouin camel riders encountering an Aramco desert taxi outside Dhahran (1949); former Bedouins working in a repair shop (1949); picking dates at Al Kharj Experimental Farm (1949 - this appeared Aramco World Mar 1962 p19, crediting Harold Corsini); harvested watermelons at Al Kharj Farm (crediting Corsini, Aramco, undated but related to the previous photo); pipelines near Dhahran (1950); pier at Ras Tanura (1950); Al Kharj Experimental Farm (1952); locust swarm at Dhahran (1952); Arab firefighter (1953); Arab and US firefighters in training (1953); oil tank transported in the desert (1953); Bedouin camel rider stopping to chat with Exploration Dept staff outside their mobile office (1954); Bedouin camel rider viewing Badanah pump station (1954); schoolhouse at Badanah (1954); two photos of US workers playing donkey polo at Ras Tanura with Arabs looking on (1954); transporting a steel cylinder in the desert (1955); Bedouin camel rider passing a derrick at Abqaiq (1955); dhow passing freighter moored at Ras Tanura Marine Terminal (1955); Saudi villager with alfalfa laden donkey watching US workers playing golf on oiled sand (1955); a Saudi being interviewed at Dhahran Airfield (1956); two views of motorcyclists in the desert (1956); core analysis (nd c1950s); a camel drawn plough in operation (1957); Arab students at the Aramco school (1958); 3 views of a US cub scout camp in the desert (1958); new ministry buildings on al Wazirat Avenue in Riyadh (1959); 2 views of Dhahran Airfield on 1 sheet (1959); Aramco health centre staff (1959); Ain Dar plant (1959); 5 views of holidaying US staff and families encountering Saudis at Tarut Island and Al Kharj (1959); 2 photos of barges off Qatif (nd c1960); aerial view showing a seismograph expedition dwarfed by the Rub al Khali's dunes (1960); Bedouin guide Saad ibn Fahd Gahtani in the desert with 2 US girl scouts (1961 - this was the cover photo for Aramco World, Apr 1961 crediting VK Antony); tugs pulling a drilling platform to Abu as Safa (1963); aerial view of a desert camp (1964); heavy vehicles in the desert (1964); Arab workers under a vehicle in the desert (1964); refinery (1964); drilling rig (nd c1960s).…

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