BYFORD, Cecil. Le Port de Bassora Iraq. Ouvrage publié avc l'autorisation de la Direction du Port de Bassora. [London, Waterlow & Sons], 1937.
Small 4to. Original illustrated card wrappers; pp. 153, 56 illustrations mostly from photographs, 2 coloured folding maps; a little spotting to wrappers, otherwise fine.
First edition in French, after the first English one in 1935. A very rare and beautifully designed and produced account of the history and development of the port of Basrah, covering its topography and equipment, the service industries supplying it, including essential statistics such as import/export figures. The book also contains a chapter on the air port.
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