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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 32pp with colour and b/w photos and drawings. Wraps very good with marks to the front, interiors near fine. The cover story is about the 514 mile earth and gravel Trans-Arabian Pipeline (Tapline) Road running from Qaisumah to Turaif. It includes scenes of the road prior to and during its recent asphalting, and discusses its significance as "Saudi Arabia's newest trade route to the Mediterranean". Other articles cover the delivery and installation of a massive new high-pressure gas trap at the Gas-Oil Separation Plant at Shedgum; van der Meulen's memories of old Jeddah; US Naval Lieutenant W.F. Lynch's exploration of the Jordan River in 1847; T.E. Lawrence's account of the march to Wadi Aish (extracted from Seven Pillars of Wisdom); and Baalbek. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; et al (illustrator).…