Three: Palestine-Lebanon -Thirty Years in Lebanon and the Middle East (1958)

Description: The hardcover book Lebanon, sixth in the series Hachette World Albums, was printed in Paris at the works of Georges Lang, is sized 6 and 1/2 by 8 and 1/2 inches, with 128 pages including 61 magnificent black and white photographs by Albert Raccah and Manoug. The half-title page gives the title and Hastings House Publishers, NY. The title page includes credits for Presentation by Farjallah Haik, Geographical, Historical, and archeological Notes by Robert Boulanger. The text is in English, translated from the French by Margaret Case. A map is included and the photographs are extensively annotated in the back 10 pages. Only one page is less than fine, the first inside front cover with American Heritage Library stamp crossed out with note handwritten: Withdrawn 7/77 and a glue mark. Dewey decimal 915.69B on spine and a couple of notches and rubbing at very tips of the spine. Thirty Years in Lebanon and the Middle East, by Nedko S. Etinoff, is printed in Beirut, 1968, and includes no illustrations. 5 and 1/2 by 8 and 1/4 inches, 130 pages, with the last four having small mfolded and torn bottom corner that does not take away the text. lettering on spine and front is clean with just a tiny bit of rubbing on front cover edges. Contents include Early Impressions; What Mountains! What History!; Facing East - Thinking West; The Weatherman!; First Summer - Afqua and Chouf; War comes to the Middle East; To camp at Mieh-Mieh; Discovering Metn and Baalbeck; The North of Lebanon; Lebanon's Independence; The War's End-New Start for Me; A Rare Institution; Lebanese Leaders; Initiatives and challenges; My visits to Syria; The Holy Land; The Visit to Egypt; Conclusion. The Archeology of Palestine, Third revised reprinted, 1956, by W.F. Albright, a volume in the Pelican Archeology Series, with small round 85cent sticker on front, in fine condition, 4 and 1/2 by 7 inches, 271 pages, "A survey of the ancient people and cultures of the Holy Land, illustrated with photographs, diagrams, and line drawings", an indezx and bibliography for further study.

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