4to. 271 pp., Arabic text, profusely illustrated in b/w & colour post cards, hard back binding in d/w, copy in mint condition, new, biblio. Index, Kutub Ltd Publishers, Beirut, first edition, 2010.

Synopsis

A detailed study covering various aspects of the urbanism of the city of Tripoli as depicted in more than 400 post cards dated from the beginning of the 20th century up to 1960.
Badr el Hage is a Lebanese writer who has started his career as a journalist for the Arab world.
Since 1979, he has gathered a large collection of ancient photos of the region and has published numerous studies on the art of photography in the 19th century.