The Golden Bubble: Arabian Gulf Documentary
- Collection : Greathead, David J. (2023-11)
- Publisher : Collins
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : frontis, 6 b/w plates
Description:
Second impression, September 1957 (first published May 1957). Describes a year spent by the Roderic (Roddy) Fenwick Owen (1921-2011) in the Persian (Arabian) Gulf ‘where the fabulous oil boom has superimposed fantastic wealth on some of the oldest and most primitive communities of the world’, includes chapters on Kuwait, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Hunting, the Buraimi Oasis, Falcons etc.
Condition
Vg in d/w (spine slightly faded; minor wear; in removable protective sleeve). Small bump to corner.
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