[SOLD] Shirley Kay and Malin Basil – Saudi Arabia Past and Present – 1979

A first edition of this charming profile of Saudi Arabia from 1979, with wonderful B&W sketch illustrations by the Swedish artist Malin Basil.

It gives a snapshot of the Kingdom in the late 1970s, covering history, society, the desert, traditions, modernisation, architecture and more.

Text by Shirley Kay, who authored several other books on the Middle East during the same period.

Hardcover, published by Namara Publications in 1979. In very good condition with the original unclipped jacket. Clean inside.