IRAQ AND AFRICA — [Photograph albums. c.1934]. Rare images of British expatriate life in Iraq, including images of King Ghazi of Iraq (1912-1939) and his royal entourage. These albums seem to have been compiled by a British engineer working in radio and telecommunications in Iraq and Africa in the 1930s. There are 4 images of King Ghazi, the Hashemite ruler of Iraq from 1933 to 1939, including one large format photograph of a royal reception, as well as other photographs relating to Iraqi royalty including the royal stables. The date of the photographs can be determined by one image of the Dutch KLM aircraft Uiver on its official stop in Bagdad during the handicap portion of the London-to-Melbourne race — which it would famously win three days later, on 23 October 1934. This was three months before Uiver tragically crashed in the nearby Iraqi part of the Syrian desert. Another photograph depicts the Imperial Airways HP42 ‘Hannibal’, whose disappearance in 1940 has remained a great mystery. Several images show radio masts and the erection of telegraph poles and cables, with Europeans directing native labourers. Other photographs show pastime activities, such as banquets, polo events, and hunting trips. The images also show many landscapes and landmarks in Iraq and Africa, and even include a few Egyptian scenes. Three albums, oblong quarto, thus: 1. 212 original photographs, of which 12 are large format (various sizes ranging from 160 x 100mm to 250 x 140mm), 121 medium format (various sizes ranging from 100 x 65mm to 145 x 85mm), and 79 small format (ranging from 57 x 57mm to 90 x 80mm), mounted on 25 leaves (343 x 240mm). Original cloth, cord stitching, leather clasp (lacking clasp loop, one leaf loose); 2. 60 original photographs (all approx. 107 x 83mm) mounted on 8 leaves (240 x 335mm), accompanied by two loose photographs (one 107 x 83mm, one 151 x 114mm). Original faux-crocodile skin cloth (whole disbound and loose); 3. 168 original photographs, in various sizes ranging from 63 x 43mm to 142 x 90mm (the vast majority ranging between 105 x 65mm and 115 x 90mm), mounted on 44 leaves (172 x 290mm). Original black cloth (several leaves loose extremities rubbed).
IRAQ AND AFRICA — [Photograph albums. c.1934]. Rare images of British expatriate life in Iraq, including images of King Ghazi of Iraq (1912-1939) and his royal entourage. These albums seem to have been compiled by a British engineer working in radio and telecommunications in Iraq and Africa in the 1930s. There are 4 images of King Ghazi, the Hashemite ruler of Iraq from 1933 to 1939, including one large format photograph of a royal reception, as well as other photographs relating to Iraqi royalty including the royal stables. The date of the photographs can be determined by one image of the Dutch KLM aircraft Uiver on its official stop in Bagdad during the handicap portion of the London-to-Melbourne race — which it would famously win three days later, on 23 October 1934. This was three months before Uiver tragically crashed in the nearby Iraqi part of the Syrian desert. Another photograph depicts the Imperial Airways HP42 ‘Hannibal’, whose disappearance in 1940 has remained a great mystery. Several images show radio masts and the erection of telegraph poles and cables, with Europeans directing native labourers. Other photographs show pastime activities, such as banquets, polo events, and hunting trips. The images also show many landscapes and landmarks in Iraq and Africa, and even include a few Egyptian scenes. Three albums, oblong quarto, thus: 1. 212 original photographs, of which 12 are large format (various sizes ranging from 160 x 100mm to 250 x 140mm), 121 medium format (various sizes ranging from 100 x 65mm to 145 x 85mm), and 79 small format (ranging from 57 x 57mm to 90 x 80mm), mounted on 25 leaves (343 x 240mm). Original cloth, cord stitching, leather clasp (lacking clasp loop, one leaf loose); 2. 60 original photographs (all approx. 107 x 83mm) mounted on 8 leaves (240 x 335mm), accompanied by two loose photographs (one 107 x 83mm, one 151 x 114mm). Original faux-crocodile skin cloth (whole disbound and loose); 3. 168 original photographs, in various sizes ranging from 63 x 43mm to 142 x 90mm (the vast majority ranging between 105 x 65mm and 115 x 90mm), mounted on 44 leaves (172 x 290mm). Original black cloth (several leaves loose extremities rubbed).
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