Buy this book on-line Phillips, Wendell : Unknown OmanLondon: Longmans, Green and Co, 1966.
First edition, hardback, 9 " x 5.5", in near fine condition, in a very good unclipped (42/-) dust jacket now in protective plastic coat, publisher's original turquoise clothboards with gilt blocking to spine, 319 pages including index, internally clean tight and bright, b/w photo illustrations, b/w line maps. Contents include: Akhdhar and Muscat; Religion in Oman; To Sohar; Disease and Medicine in Oman; The Will of Allah? Fatalism and Slavery; Trucial Oman; Dubai to Buraimi; Women in Oman; The Badu; Sohar to Dhofar; Frankincense from Dhofar; Salalah to Shabwah; Appendix 1 Oil; Appendix 2 Archaeology; Notes and Bibliography; Index --------"The author travelled extensively as an archaeolgist and oilman. This is a vividly-written and valuable account - often amusing, always fascinating, of the experiences of an exceptionally well-informed enquirer in a land that is, as yet, little know to the Western World." Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Phillips, Wendell : Unknown Oman. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, livres d'occasion, livres rares, libri rari and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |