In and Around Haifa - Welfare Handbook for the Forces (Issued Free) / Guide Map of Haifa

Carpenter, Brigadier J.O.; Sarafand Section, 512 Fd. Survey Company, Royal Engineers

Verlag: British Mandate for Palestine / Welfare Office HQ 15 Area, Haifa, Palestine, 1945

Beschreibung

Original blue printed staple bound wraps 13 x 17cm. 60 + (3)pp including numerous local adverts, index, and blank pages for Notes + folding map. Dated 1945 from the map. No publisher is indicated, but an advert on p58 says it is distributed through the Welfare Office, HQ 15 Area. The printing code reads 3328/PP&TJ/K4.45, with PP&TJ perhaps referring to Palestine and Trans Jordan. Covers very good, partially faded. Interiors very good, lightly tanned with some creasing. Map neatly folded without tears. Introduced by Brigadier J.O. Carpenter, this is for HM and Allied Forces coming to Haifa on leave, in transit, or on posting. In addition to places to visit, services, etc, it includes histories of Northern Palestine, and the Palestine Railways. The "Guide Map of Haifa", PDR MISC/3564, printed by Sarafand Section, 512 Fd Survey Company, Royal Engineers, August 1945, 45 x 49cm, on a scale of 1:10.000 includes local bus routes, clubs, hostels, baths, banks, etc, with an extensive stretch of land by the port shaded "Out of Bounds". Rare - just 5 copies on Worldcat and Jisc (Durham University, National Library of Israel, Canadian Center for Architecture, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4013

Bibliografische Details

Titel: In and Around Haifa - Welfare Handbook for ...

Verlag: British Mandate for Palestine / Welfare Office HQ 15 Area, Haifa, Palestine

Erscheinungsdatum: 1945

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good