(030708) Henderson, Edward. This Strange Eventful History: Memoirs Of Earlier Days In The UAE And The Sultanate Of Oman. Dubai, UAE: Motivate Publishing, 1993. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. 242 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ. B&W Photographs. Brief ink gift inscription on front endpaper, with the gifter's name crossed out. DJ has some light edgewear and the rear foldover is stretched . First published in 1988 by Quartet Books. Until the 1950s there were no roads, bridges, docks, electricity, piped water or medical services in the area which is now the United Arab Emirates and the neighbouring Sultanate of Oman. The author first went to the Trucial Coast and Oman in 1948 as an oil company representative ISBN: 1873544553 (United Arab Emirate, Oman, Colonial Administrators)
