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"First issue" as stated to the opening statement p(1). Colour illustrated wraps 17x23cm, (128)pp approx, with English and Arabic text, colour photos and adverts throughout. Very good with light creasing and occasional foxing. Undated, but 1977 to mid 1978 (based on the description of Kuwait, and the United Arab Shipping Co advert), a period of growing profitability and expansion under the chairmanship of Faisal Saud Al-Fulaij. This includes useful information about numerous stopping points across the Arab world, including Aden, Amman, Bahrain, Baghdad, Beirut, Cairo, Casablanca, Damascus, Jeddah, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Tripoli, Tunis, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE); and other locations including Amsterdam, Athens, Belgrade, Bombay, Copenhagen, Cyprus, Frankfurt, Geneva, Istanbul, Karachi, Khartoum, London, Madrid, New Delhi, Paris, Rome, and Tehran. Information includes currency, transport, shopping, sightseeing, holidays, hotels, restaurants, nightclubs popular arts, tourist regions, banking, hotels, tipping, business hours, Kuwait Airways office and embassy details, etc. Extremely rare, with Worldcat and Jisc locating only 1 (Exeter University), which looks to be a later edition with 80pp from a different publisher. Seller Inventory # 4941
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