VIEWS AROUND SOUTH PERSIA
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTOR
Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) publications, printed by Vandyck Printers Ltd., Bristol and London, printed in England, ca. 1915 - 1920

The oblong booklet a noteworthy illustrated historical document of Anglo-Persian relations in the early 20th century, printed in sepia to rectos only, featuring copyright pictures by C. W. Walsh and G. F. Holton, subtitled ‘A Selection of Camera Studies of native types and views around Southern Persia, including the Abadan Refinery of the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.’, containing black and white images of the refinery, portraits of inhabitants and craftsmen, views and landscapes, as well as new buildings and the restaurant built for the British staff of the APOC, the original card covers with oval window opening to the image of a street vendor holding tobacco scales on the frontispiece, 20cm x 28cm.

Provenance: purchased at the Russell Book Fair in the 1980s.

Dimensions: 20cm x 28cm