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
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
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
Physical geography, Physical geography--Arabian Peninsula, Wahhābīyah, Railroads, Railroads--Euphrates River Valley, CHR 1881, Description and travel, Description and travel
the cradle of the Arab race. A visit to the court of the Arab emir, and "our Persian campaign." With map, ports., and illus. from the author's... Show morethe cradle of the Arab race. A visit to the court of the Arab emir, and "our Persian campaign." With map, ports., and illus. from the author's drawings. Volume 2. 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 Eu. Publisher's catalog dated Oct. 1880 (24 p.) at end of v.2. 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: i1004260x BIB-ID: 1006063 Show less
London and North-Western Railway., Railway Clearing House., Telegraph, Telegraph--Great Britain, Railroads, Railroads--Great Britain, HB151 .M35 1849
by the author of "Bubbles from the brunnen of Nassau.". Attributed to Sir Francis Bond Head. Cf. NUC pre-1956. Reproduction of original from Kress... Show moreby the author of "Bubbles from the brunnen of Nassau.". Attributed to Sir Francis Bond Head. Cf. NUC pre-1956. Reproduction of original from Kress Library of Business and Economics, Harvard University. Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 36431.7. Main Heritage Shelves General HB151 .M35 1849 Book Item-ID: i10180394 BIB-ID: 1019675 Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. Show less
Some great Central reflections / by B.K. Cooper -- A veteran Midland locomotive / by H.C. Casserley -- British locomotive practice & performance /... Show moreSome great Central reflections / by B.K. Cooper -- A veteran Midland locomotive / by H.C. Casserley -- British locomotive practice & performance / by Cecil J. Allen -- Railway developments in New Zealand -- Rebuilt Highland passenger locomotives, L.M.S.R. / by C. Hamilton Ellis -- Railways of the Near East. I., The Hedjaz Railway / by Cynric Mytton-Davies -- Stroudley Survivals -- Present-day American locomotive performance / by "Mercury" -- The L.N.E.R. "Claud Hamiltons" / by F.W. Brewer -- Overseas railways -- The why and the wherefore -- Pertinent paragraphs -- What the railways are doing. Show less
Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps, Armies--Officers, Armies--Officers--Photographs, Railroads, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Arab countries--Palestine
Photograph albums belonging to the British medical officer Edward Guest, who served in the 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, part of the 54th... Show morePhotograph albums belonging to the British medical officer Edward Guest, who served in the 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, part of the 54th Division’s Royal Army Medical Corps in the Territorial Force. The first album is titled “photographs of the Suez Canal Zone. April 1916 to Xmas 1916”; the second “contains views of the advance made by the British across the Sin[ai] desert into Palestine 1917–18”. Among the diverse subjects are: the Canal and its environs, the officers and men of the Field Ambulance, railways, trenches, fortifications, and tent camps (with scenes of camp life), an Indian camel corps and transport camels used as ambulances, fishing from pontoon bridges, as well as views of the desert, an expedition into Sinai, shell-shocked men in Gaza, the ruins of shelled buildings, soldiers laying telegraph wires (by camel) and making a railway cutting, a railway accident, a cannon captured from the Turkish army, irrigation pumps and vegetation in Palestine. Portraits of local men and women, market scenes and merchants, grilling camel flesh. Ultimately, street scenes in Jerusalem, views of the Old City, of the Mosque of Omar, and Jericho. Title and date from item. Photographs, mostly 6 x 8 cm, are set in window pages (square and round ones) and generally manuscript captioned in white and yellow paint. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0228.02 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25174496 BIB-ID: 2624725 Show less
Great Britain. War Cabinet., Sikak Ḥadīd al-Ḥukūmah al-ʻIrāqīyah., Railroads--History, Railroads--History--Iran, Railroads--History, Railroads--History--Iraq
Report surveying the state of the railroads and the gauges used by the Iraqi State Railways and the Trans-Iranian Railway between 1942 and 1944.... Show moreReport surveying the state of the railroads and the gauges used by the Iraqi State Railways and the Trans-Iranian Railway between 1942 and 1944. The report is incomplete; 11 pages are related to Iraq (p. 54-85), while 16 pages cover Iran (p. 73-160). The typewritten text is accompanied by photomechanical prints and technical drawings of locomotives. The report might have been produced both by the British or the American intelligence. A map of Turkey produced by the British War Office in 1939 is included; railroads and possessions of the same are outlined in pencil. Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Office General HC.ARC.2016.0094-0004 Manuscripts Item-ID: i25425626 BIB-ID: 2711204 Show less
Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps, Armies--Officers, Armies--Officers--Photographs, Railroads, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Arab countries--Palestine
Photograph albums belonging to the British medical officer Edward Guest, who served in the 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, part of the 54th... Show morePhotograph albums belonging to the British medical officer Edward Guest, who served in the 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, part of the 54th Division’s Royal Army Medical Corps in the Territorial Force. The first album is titled “photographs of the Suez Canal Zone. April 1916 to Xmas 1916”; the second “contains views of the advance made by the British across the Sin[ai] desert into Palestine 1917–18”. Among the diverse subjects are: the Canal and its environs, the officers and men of the Field Ambulance, railways, trenches, fortifications, and tent camps (with scenes of camp life), an Indian camel corps and transport camels used as ambulances, fishing from pontoon bridges, as well as views of the desert, an expedition into Sinai, shell-shocked men in Gaza, the ruins of shelled buildings, soldiers laying telegraph wires (by camel) and making a railway cutting, a railway accident, a cannon captured from the Turkish army, irrigation pumps and vegetation in Palestine. Portraits of local men and women, market scenes and merchants, grilling camel flesh. Ultimately, street scenes in Jerusalem, views of the Old City, of the Mosque of Omar, and Jericho. Title and date from item. Photographs, mostly 6 x 8 cm, are set in window pages (square and round ones) and generally manuscript captioned in white and yellow paint. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0228.01 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25174435 BIB-ID: 2624725 Show less