[TWEEDY, Maureen]. Bahrain and the Persian Gulf. Ipswich, England: East Anglian Magazine Ltd., 1952.
FIRST EDITION; cloth-bound, hardcover with dust jacket, octavo (19.5 x 12.5 x 1.5cm), pp. 79, [1] ads. English text, numerous illustrations throughout. Bound in publisher's cloth and supplied in the original unclipped dust-jacket. 3 maps (one double-page) and 53 black and white photographic illustrations on 16 plates. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Covers and contents very well-preserved. Dust jacket with tears to the rear and a small piece missing from top of spine. Scarce.
Notes: First UK edition of an uncommon short guide to the Gulf, with chapters on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Muscat and the Trucial Coast (now the United Arab Emirates). While travelling through coastal Eastern Arabia, Tweedy noticed the demand for "some kind of handbook" on the Arab States of the Gulf and the lack of such publications being offered. This book was written in response to that need and gives short descriptions of each State and brief accounts of their histories. Each chapter is illustrated with her own photographs, many of which are dignified and sensitive images of the local people. [OCLC 3121283; not in Macro].
