Printed in Great Britain by George Philip & Son, Ltd. Very rare map showing the route of a proposed Haifa-Baghdad railway that was never completed.... Show morePrinted in Great Britain by George Philip & Son, Ltd. Very rare map showing the route of a proposed Haifa-Baghdad railway that was never completed. We are only able to trace two copies in institutions: National Archives, Kew, and Oxford. The British contemplated building a railway connecting the Mediterranean with the capital of Iraq in the 1920s, ostensibly to shore up their imperial rule, support the British-backed Arab government of Iraq, and secure the oil pipeline already running from the Mosul oilfields to Haifa. The British were also aware that, with the development of air warfare, the Suez Canal could be easily attacked in a time of war, and alternative military routes to cross the Middle East to access India were required. However, a series of economic difficulties trumped political and military expediency, and with the outbreak of the Second World War, the dream of a trans-Middle East rail service evaporated. Octavo (190 x 105mm). Folding lithographic map, with manuscript additions showing built and planned railway routes, colour-coded to show the differing gauges, on a scale of 55 miles = one inch (1:3,500,000), mounted on linen and folded within original green cloth binding, 2pp. of publisher’s ads pasted onto front free endpaper and verso of map (cloth lightly soiled) Main Heritage Display General Book Item-ID: i26516718 BIB-ID: 2733810 Show less
per Lionel Wiener "Ouvrage publie sous les auspices de Sa Majesté Fouad Ier a l'occasion de la XIIe session du Congres international des chemins de... Show moreper Lionel Wiener "Ouvrage publie sous les auspices de Sa Majesté Fouad Ier a l'occasion de la XIIe session du Congres international des chemins de fer (Le Caire. 1933)." Main Heritage Shelves General TF117 .W54 1932 Book Item-ID: i25639390 BIB-ID: 2712467 Show less
Physical geography, Physical geography--Arabian Peninsula, Wahhābīyah, Railroads, Railroads--Euphrates River Valley, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS207 .B58 1881, 915.3/04/4
by Lady Anne Blunt, with map, portraits, and illustrations from the author's drawings. Edited by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. Appendix: Notes on the... Show moreby Lady Anne Blunt, with map, portraits, and illustrations from the author's drawings. Edited by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. Appendix: Notes on the physical geography of northern Arabia, by W. S. Blunt. Historical sketch of the rise and decline of Wahhabism in Arabia, compiled principally from materials supplied by Lt.-Colonel E. C. Ross. Memorandum on the Euphrates valley railway, by W. S. Blunt. Main Heritage Shelves General DS207 .B58 1881 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i22480237 BIB-ID: 1006063 Show less
Physical geography, Physical geography--Arabian Peninsula, Wahhābīyah, Railroads, Railroads--Euphrates River Valley, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS207 .B58 1881, 915.3/04/4
by Lady Anne Blunt, with map, portraits, and illustrations from the author's drawings. Edited by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. Appendix: Notes on the... Show moreby Lady Anne Blunt, with map, portraits, and illustrations from the author's drawings. Edited by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. Appendix: Notes on the physical geography of northern Arabia, by W. S. Blunt. Historical sketch of the rise and decline of Wahhabism in Arabia, compiled principally from materials supplied by Lt.-Colonel E. C. Ross. Memorandum on the Euphrates valley railway, by W. S. Blunt. Main Heritage Shelves General DS207 .B58 1881 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i22480225 BIB-ID: 1006063 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0006-0003 2-D Graphic Ite... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0006-0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23713343 BIB-ID: 2526422 Show less
Title and date from item. Plate 55 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Main Heritage Compact... Show moreTitle and date from item. Plate 55 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0105-0055 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23713434 BIB-ID: 2526430 Show less
Title and date from item. Plate 56 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Main Heritage Compact... Show moreTitle and date from item. Plate 56 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0105-0056 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23713458 BIB-ID: 2526432 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0006-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23713227 BIB-ID: 2526412 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0006-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23713227 BIB-ID: 2526412 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered and signed in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0006-0002 2-D... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered and signed in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0006-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23713276 BIB-ID: 2526419 Show less
Postcard showing the Kursaal Casino and Music Hall, which was on Alfi Bey Street in the Ezbekiyya district of Cairo. Title from item, date devised... Show morePostcard showing the Kursaal Casino and Music Hall, which was on Alfi Bey Street in the Ezbekiyya district of Cairo. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Serie 645. Edit.The Cairo Post-Card Trust - Ph. N. 831".Postally unused. Manuscript notes on the verso. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0072 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26826021 BIB-ID: 2854721 Show less
Euphrates Valley Railway Company., Railroads, Railroads--Iraq
by W.P. Andrew. Main Heritage Compact General Book Item-ID: i10199214 BIB-ID: 1021557 Show moreby W.P. Andrew. Main Heritage Compact General Book Item-ID: i10199214 BIB-ID: 1021557 Show less
by W. P. Andrew. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.2 .A53 1857 Book Item-ID: i15723070 BIB-ID: 1015925 Show moreby W. P. Andrew. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.2 .A53 1857 Book Item-ID: i15723070 BIB-ID: 1015925 Show less
Sir William Patrick Andrew. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.2 .A53 1882 Book Item-ID: i10089780 BIB-ID: 1010614 Show moreSir William Patrick Andrew. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.2 .A53 1882 Book Item-ID: i10089780 BIB-ID: 1010614 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Plate 53 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Ma... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Plate 53 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0105-0053 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23713409 BIB-ID: 2526427 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Plate 54 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Ma... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Plate 54 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0105-0054 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23713410 BIB-ID: 2526428 Show less
Andrew, William Patrick , d. 1887, Railroads, Railroads--Euphrates River Valley, DS48.2 .E87 1857
by two travellers, authors of "Nothing in particular". Includes bibliographical references. Microfilm. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library... Show moreby two travellers, authors of "Nothing in particular". Includes bibliographical references. Microfilm. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Imaging Services, 1999. 1 microfilm reel : positive ; 35 mm. Show less
Railways of the Near East. II, After Lawrence in Arabia / by D.G. Heslop -- The Æsthetics of a train / by Roger B. Lloyd -- British locomotive... Show moreRailways of the Near East. II, After Lawrence in Arabia / by D.G. Heslop -- The Æsthetics of a train / by Roger B. Lloyd -- British locomotive practice & performance / by Cecil J. Allen -- Railway developments in Norway -- A poppet-valve Atlantic on the L.N.E.R. -- The Whittingham Railway / by T.R. Perkins -- Locomotives built by Stephen Lewin / by C. Hamilton Ellis -- A novel signalling installation on the L.N.E.R. -- Continental train lettering -- Handling railway scrap -- Overseas railways. Show less
The album is a photographic account of the early years of British Petroleum, that is, of the Persian Oil Company (APOC). Photographs illustrate the... Show moreThe album is a photographic account of the early years of British Petroleum, that is, of the Persian Oil Company (APOC). Photographs illustrate the development of the oil industry and the benefits the oil exploitation has brought to Persia in terms of education, infrastructure, employment and healthcare.The album appears either as a preparatory work or as a personal draft copy of the book "The Persian Oil Industry. An account of its origin and development" printed by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, in 1927. The publication is a kind of early marketing operation of the Company, in fact, it was actually printed by Walter Pearce and Co, an advertising agency working for the Royal Commission of the Press, connected to the Empire Marketing Board. Abadan refinery. Tankers. Bawarda. Ganawah-Mishun and Mishun-Godar-i-Cham roads. Gach-qaraguli (Gachsaran). Main offices, bungalows and the Director residence in Mohammerah. Nasiri [sic.]. The Company school and hospital. School at Ahvaz. M. J. A. Nichols. Darkhazineh. Railway tracks in the valley of Tembi. Pipelines. Oil fields of Masjid-i-Sulaiman. M. S. Clegg smoking the hookah. Small trades (firemen, baker, barber, tailor, cabinetmaker, weaver, apprentices). Bazaar. Camel caravans. Deposits. Kalleh. Dams. Derricks. Pumps. British engineers and geologists. Tanks. Persian types. The album has a binding in full grey Marroquin and it is titled in cover in gilded letters. All pictures (average size 10,5 x 15.5 cm.) are captioned with typewritten labels. The album includes 3 panoramas. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0079 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23323383 BIB-ID: 2496882 Show less
The photograph shows a railroad construction workers' camp. Title and date from manuscript inscription on the back of the print. Main Heritage... Show moreThe photograph shows a railroad construction workers' camp. Title and date from manuscript inscription on the back of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0054 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24467509 BIB-ID: 2537237 Show less