"Better living through better roads"
Arab Roads.
4to. 4 issues: 12, 24 pp. 8, 12 pp. 4, 32 pp. 8, 44 pp. Each issue printed in English and Arabic back to back. Various black-and-white photographic illustrations and small road maps. Original printed wrappers. Stapled.
€ 650.00
A set of issues of the illustrated monthly journal of the Arab Roads Association. Discusses developments in road and bridge construction around the world, featuring American highways, bridges in Cape Town, road construction in Mali, and the Soviet road network, addressing the benefits of various techniques and materials such as limestone and concrete. Of particular interest are the editorials, giving an insight into then-current affairs such as the 1966 appointment of engineer Mohammed Sidky Soliman as Prime Minister of the UAR, hailed as "the right man for the right job", or the upcoming Fifth World Meeting of the International Road Federation in the same year.
The issues present are: September 1965, September 1966, November & December 1966, November & December 1967.
The Arab Roads Association was founded in Cairo in 1954 to promote the development of transport infrastructure. Up to 1958 their periodical appeared under the title "Egyptian Roads"; after 1970 "Arab Roads" was issued merely three times a year.
Wrappers somewhat worn, some tears. Interior in fine condition.
OCLC 5904764.
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