Guide to Damascus and first Middle Eastern commercial exhibition
Welcome to Syria.
4to. 11, (1) pp., in Arabic. With folding plans of Damascus and of the Damascus fair grounds, the latter with French title and legend conjoined, with information about the fair in English and Arabic on the reverse. Original printed wrappers. Stapled.
€ 450.00
Multilingual guide to Damascus and the International Fair, an annual commercial exhibition first held in 1954 - the oldest such event in the Middle East. The coloured plan of the fair grounds exhibits the pavillons of the various participating countries, including Hungary, Austria, Italy, Germany, Great Britain, the United States, the USSR, China, Japan, Pakistan, Morocco, Egypt, Iraq and Sudan.
The 11-page guide in Arabic provides information on notable landmarks in Damascus, hotels, airlines, travel agencies, embassies, cinemas, railway and taxi service. In addition, the plan of Damascus indicates tram and bus lines, hospitals, restaurants, mosques, churches, factories, schools and archaeological sites.
Central horizontal tear to the plan of Damascus repaired with Japanese paper by a former collector. Stapling detached at lower wrappers. Some rust spots.
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