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Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; Thomas F. Walters; et al (illustrator). Original b/w illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 36pp with b/w and colour photos and drawings. Near fine. The cover story is about the life and work of Bertha Spafford Vesta and the American Colony in Jerusalem. Other articles describe the city of Taif in the Hejaz mountains; desert characteristics (picturing Al Hasa, Qatif, Haradh, Bedouin etc); a forecast of the oil industry in 1990 (speculating on energy demand, 2-helicopter families etc) and Aramco's role; a history of Jerash; and ancient Egyptian funerary art. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr and Thomas F. Walters.