The Sand Kings of Oman, being the experiences of an R.A.F. officer in the little known regions of Trucial Oman Arabia

The Sand Kings of Oman. Being the Experiences of an R.A.F. Officer in the Little Known Regions of Trucial Oman Arabia.

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (22 x 14 cm). pp.xix+[1, map]+209+[1, colophon]. Publisher's original rose cloth, spine lettered in gilt, map endpapers, in the striking (price-clipped) dust-jacket with a photograph of Sheik Mahomed bin Ali, ruler of the Beni Qitab tribe. 16 black & white photographic plates and 2 maps (one to front endpapers). Jacket with bookseller's stamp of McLeods (Timaru, New Zealand) to inner front flap. Some very light wear to dust-jacket along extremities with some very minimal losses and concomitant sunning to cloth, small closed marginal tear affecting two plates, some very light spotting to endpapers and edges, generally a very good copy in the scarce dust-jacket. "Arabia, land of vast deserts, frankincense and myrrh, has always been a source of inspiration and attraction to travellers. Where the intrepid Doughty led the path of desert exploration, St. John Philby, Freya Stark, and Bertram Thomas followed. Now in their wake comes another, with an absorbing record of his experiences among the sheikhs and the Bedouin tribes of this fascinating country. Raymond O'Shea, who, during the war, commanded a lonely desert post in a remote corner of south-eastern Arabia known as the Trucial Oman Coast, gives a detailed account in The Sand Kings of Oman of the lives and social traditions of the Arabs. Nearly every aspect of desert life is covered, from a description of the pearl diving industry, to slavery, tribal wars, gazelle hunting, and an account of native craftsmen in the towns and villages. One of the most arresting chapters deals with a trip which the author made into an unexplored corner of the mysterious Rub-al-Khali desert, where he and his com- panions discovered the ruins of a Lost City. To the lover of travel books, The Sand Kings of Oman will make an irresistible appeal, and its illustrations alone will prove of great interest to all students of Arabia" (dust-jacket). Nº de ref. del artículo: 62702

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