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Philby served part of his career as a British colonial office intelligence officer. He was an Arabist, linguist, explorer, writer, and socialist. He played an important, quiet role in the development of the Arab Revolt (1916-1918) against the Ottoman Turks. This book was intended as a modern history of Arabia for a general audience. Philby notes in the preface that his background knowledge was immense; he claimed to have read every published traveler's account of the nation, as well as acquiring a first-hand knowledge of it by living there. He also credits a few scholarly works for assisting his interpretation.
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Items related to G.T. Marsh and Company, including four oversize hand-drawn and hand-colored sketch albums of jewelry designed by employees, index cards documenting jewelry customers and designs, an oversize ledger book, patterns possibly stenciled by Keisuke Serizawa, a small amount of correspondence and some design reference books. Also includes 10 panoramic photos of the 1906 San Francisco fire by R.J. Waters, some of the fire in progress, and some of the ruins in the aftermath.
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George T. Marsh and Company (Monterey and/or Santa Barbara), undated
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Items related to G.T. Marsh and Company, including four oversize hand-drawn and hand-colored sketch albums of jewelry designed by employees, index cards documenting jewelry customers and designs, an oversize ledger book, patterns possibly stenciled by Keisuke Serizawa, a small amount of correspondence and some design reference books. Also includes 10 panoramic photos of the 1906 San Francisco fire by R.J. Waters, some of the fire in progress, and some of the ruins in the aftermath.
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George T. Marsh and Company (Santa Barbara), 1930-1955, undated
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