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Saudi Arabia: Photographs and Documents of Saudi Royalty and the King Khalid Military City Photographs and documents of Saudi Royalty and the King Khalid Military City, Saudi Arabia, comprising: "Ground Breaking Ceremony", 1978, photograph album 117 colour photographs, c.8 x 13cm, each numbered, dated 31st January or 1st February, showing the ceremony itself and preparations, including various photographs of royalty, other dignitaries and one of Robert Azzi in the process of taking the photograph described below, several photographs feature in the work A New City is Born ; Azzi, Robert King Khalid and Prince Fahd at Ceremony, photograph, signed, 61 x 46cm, taken on 1st December at the Dedication at Hafar Al Batin during the Ground Breaking Ceremony through the glass partition in a car, one of five artist's proofs given to Azzi, signed by Azzi (unnumbered) and David Rose who prepared the proof and inscribed by Azzi: "For Nils - with best wishes, + thanks!!"; [Saudi Ministry of Defence and Aviation, and others?] A New City is Born 1977-1978. [N.p., n.d.] 8vo, original green cloth, dust-jacket, RARE: no copies found on Copac or OCLC, probably produced as a small run, containing numerous printed photographs; US Army Engineer Division - Middle East Briefing on Construction Program for King Khalid Military City. [Al Batin], 1976. Technical document pre-dating the Ground Breaking Ceremony, labelled "Copy No. 14", 25 x 29cm, including , 41 un-indexed colour models, artist's impressions, aerial views, highly detailed maps and plans relating to the construction of the city; US Army Corps of Engineers Middle East Division King Khalid Military City, Al Batin - Project Plan Update June 1978. [Al Batin], 1978. Technical document published shortly after the Ground Breaking Ceremony, 2 volumes, each 24 x 28cm (collection)