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Published quarterly by the Riyadh Al-Kharj Hospital Programme. Patron : HRH Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz.Riyadh : Riyadh Al-Kharj Hospital Programme, 1979 - 1980. Six issues, Volume 1, Number 1 (July 1979) - Volume 1, Number 6 (October 1980) bound together. Large octavo (245 mm tall), pp. 340 plus preliminaries, illustrated. In a magnificent and lavish bespoke binding by Asprey & Co. of London of full crushed morocco, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, binder's stamp to inner board, housed in a matching full morocco clamshell box, similarly ruled and lettered in gilt, lined with felt, contained within the original purple card Asprey box lettered in gilt. The complete first volume of the Saudi Medical Journal, one of the pre-eminent medical journals of the Arab world, magnificently and elaborately custom bound by the London luxury goods retailer Asprey & Co. in full morocco with a full morocco clamshell box, in pristine condition. It is unknown who this breathtaking copy of the Medical Journal was bound for, Asprey proudly display their Royal Warrant to Her Majesty The Queen on the presentation gift box, and this volume may indeed have been commissioned for a member of a notable royal family. Certainly no expense was spared in commissioning a binding of exquisite quality for the first volume of this significant publication from Saudi Arabia.