Xi, 364 Pp. Blue Cloth Lettered In Gilt With Publisher's Device In Blind On Front Cover. First American Printing, With 1930 Date At Bottom Of Title Page, Using Sheets Printed In Great Britain. This American Edition Doe Not Include The Large Map Of Arabia Used In The British Edition, But Has A Single Page Map At P. 335. Near Fine, Slight Usage, Ownership Signature Of United States Diplomat John S. Habib. With A Postcard Addressed To Habib From May Rihani, Referring To Their Evening In Paris, And Discussing Her Dinner With His Brother Thomas Habib. Dust Jacket Worn, Completely Torn In Half Vertically Around The Spine, Large Chips To Spine Ends, Browning To Spine But The Title Is Complete. Rihani Is Perhaps The Most Important Arab-American Writer Circa 1900-1940, And Was Advisor, With St, John Philby, To Saudi King Ibn Saud Advising Him To Develop The Newly Discovered Oil Industry With American Companies. May A. Rihani Is The Director Of The George And Lisa Zakhem Kahlil Gibran Chair For Values And Peace At The College Of Behavioral And Social Sciences At The University Of Maryland. Before Joining The University Of Maryland, Ms. Rihani Served For 30 Years As Senior Vice President At Fhi360, The Academy For Educational Development (Aed), And Creative Associates International. She Also Served As Vice President At Transcentury. In These Organizations, Ms. Rihani Was Responsible For Ensuring The Planning And Implementation Of Educational Projects As Well As The Integration Of Gender Perspectives In Programs In Education, Economic Productivity, And Health. She Designed, Planned, And Managed Numerous Cross-Cutting Education Projects In Africa, Asia, And The Middle East. Due To Her Global Experience In Gender, Ms. Rihani Was Elected As The Co-Chair Of The United Nations Girls? Education Initiative, (Ungei), From 2008 To 2010.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Around The Coasts Of Arabia

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Compoany, Boston / New York

Publication Date

1930

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Plates; Map

Edition

First American Edition

Printing

1st Printing

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Poor

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