1951, ISBN: 4005ca6c41aa32136a1bc1a7153274e7

[SC: 11.62], [PU: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951], BOOKS TRAVEL & EXPLORATION MIDDLE EAST ARABIAN PENINSULA ASIA INDIAN SUBCONTINENT MILITARY NAVAL MARITIME NAVIGATION SHIPBU… Plus…

[SC: 11.62], [PU: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951], BOOKS TRAVEL & EXPLORATION MIDDLE EAST ARABIAN PENINSULA ASIA INDIAN SUBCONTINENT MILITARY NAVAL MARITIME NAVIGATION SHIPBUILDING NOISBN, First edition, first printing, of Hourani's seminal study, his first work and yet to be superseded in the field, remaining a key text in the historiography of the maritime history of the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf. Maritime heritage remains central to national identity in Gulf societies, and this title offers a highly readable general account, useful to the lay reader and historian alike. George Fadlo Hourani (1913-1984) was an Anglo-Lebanese historian and classicist, who became an authority on Islamic thought and philosophy. His brother, Albert Hourani, was also a distinguished historian, author of the popular and influential 1991 work A History of the Arab Peoples. Octavo. Original grey cloth, lettered in silver on dark green ground. With dust jacket. 4 plates of photographic illustrations, with illustrations and maps to the text. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper. A very good copy indeed, spine ends slightly bumped, extremities rubbed, in a worn dust jacket, not price-clipped, loss to spine ends, corners chipped, spine sunned and with closed tear of 40 mm, front panel still bright and presenting well, a good example.<

1951, ISBN: 4005ca6c41aa32136a1bc1a7153274e7

[SC: 11.63], [PU: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951], BOOKS TRAVEL & EXPLORATION MIDDLE EAST ARABIAN PENINSULA ASIA INDIAN SUBCONTINENT MILITARY NAVAL MARITIME NAVIGATION SHIPBU… Plus…

[SC: 11.63], [PU: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951], BOOKS TRAVEL & EXPLORATION MIDDLE EAST ARABIAN PENINSULA ASIA INDIAN SUBCONTINENT MILITARY NAVAL MARITIME NAVIGATION SHIPBUILDING NOISBN, First edition, first printing, of Hourani's seminal study, his first work and yet to be superseded in the field, remaining a key text in the historiography of the maritime history of the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf. Maritime heritage remains central to national identity in Gulf societies, and this title offers a highly readable general account, useful to the lay reader and historian alike. George Fadlo Hourani (1913-1984) was an Anglo-Lebanese historian and classicist, who became an authority on Islamic thought and philosophy. His brother, Albert Hourani, was also a distinguished historian, author of the popular and influential 1991 work A History of the Arab Peoples. Octavo. Original grey cloth, lettered in silver on dark green ground. With dust jacket. 4 plates of photographic illustrations, with illustrations and maps to the text. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper. A very good copy indeed, spine ends slightly bumped, extremities rubbed, in a worn dust jacket, not price-clipped, loss to spine ends, corners chipped, spine sunned and with closed tear of 40 mm, front panel still bright and presenting well, a good example.<