very good copy. ¶ Podeschi, Books on the Horse and Horsemanship in The Paul Mellon Collection , 258. £8,750 [152437] 80 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. Union Defence Force Word List. Deira, Dubai: National Printing Press, 1972 First and only issue of this iteration of this scarce vocabulary “primarily produced for the use of the British Officers and NCOs . . . to help them in their day to day work with the Arabs” in their units. The word list represents a revision of the former Trucial Oman Scouts list undertaken on the formation of the UAE Union Defence Force in 1971. The over 200-page trilingual vocabulary – English, “Gulf Colloquial”, and written Arabic – is followed by brief Colloquial Grammar Notes. Just a single copy is traced on WorldCat, in the library of Humboldt-Universität, Berlin. The Trucial Oman Scouts, originally the Trucial Oman Levies, established in 1951 (renamed 1956), “were a small, British-officered force drawn largely from the Trucial States to keep order in the seven shaikdoms. It marked a significant increase in the level of British involvement in Trucial States affairs . . . In the mid-1950s, the Trucial Oman Levies were expanded to a force of about 1,000, with most of the recruits coming from Oman, especially Dhofar” (Peck, p. 284). The first edition was produced for the TOS, and was in fact an improved version of the English-Arabic Dictionary (1966) published by the Arabic Language School of Middle East Command. However, this was found to lack words common in the Trucial States, so this second edition was issued with further revisions on the occasion of the formation of the Union Defence Force. Landscape octavo. Original dark red cloth-backed bright red cloth boards, lettered in black to the front. Externally clean, small patch of discolouration to the front board, neat ownership inscription to the front free endpaper dated Sharjah 1972, else very good. ¶ Malcolm C. Peck, The A to Z of the Gulf Arab States , 2010. £1,850 [159521] 81 US ARMY; MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA. Uniforms and Insignia Middle East and North African Ground Forces. ACC–1100–501–76. September 1976 Fort Bragg, NC: United States Army Forces Command Intelligence Group, 1976
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79 TWEEDIE, William. The Arabian Horse. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1894 First edition, deluxe format, number 26 of 100 copies only on large handmade paper; a lavishly produced and comprehensive study. The author, Major-General Tweedie, was appointed as Resident of Turkish Arabia in Baghdad in 1881, a role which involved inspecting all aspects of local life, including the trade in Arabian horses. He was a Companion of the Order of the Star of India. Folio (339 × 260 mm). Original green half morocco, flat spine lettered and decorated in gilt, front cover with a large gilt block of a horse’s head, dark purple endpapers, green cloth inner hinges, top edge gilt, others uncut. Colour frontispiece and 12 plates, of which 6 are in full colour, one is a photographic reproduction printed in one colour and 5 are monochrome (4 with multiple images); 25 text illustrations; large folding map printed in colour in rear pocket; title page printed in red and black. Contemporary armorial bookplate of one C. J. Anstruther; pencilled gift inscription to preliminary blank. A few scrapes to leather and colour carefully retouched, a few old splash stains and light abrasions to sides, occasional foxing. A
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