Nubian Twilight msx
by Keating, Rex
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- In quite good condition./In quite good condition.
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963. First American Edition. Hardcover. In quite good condition./In quite good condition.. Royal octavo, [25cm/10inches], full ebony-embossed adobe-coloued cloth, sans dust jacket, pp. 110, indexed. Illustrated with 75 b-w halftones by the author, &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Rex Keating, (1910-2005), was attached to the Palestine Broadcasting Service during the war. Built and operated a small broadcasting station in Egypt before joining Egyptian State Broadcasting as Director of Talks and Drama in 1935.
He became Director of European Programme Division in 1942 and was the official commentator for the Ministry of Informations weekly cinema newsreel War Pictorial News 1940-1945 for which he wrote over 200 commentaries. He also wrote and recorded about 25 documentary films for the Ministry of Information including several training films for British Services and shorts for Palestinian, Sudanese, Egyptian, Polish and Greek Governments. He was accredited War Correspondent 1941-1943. He was appointed as Assistant Director, Palestine Broadcasting Service in July 1945 and served in this post until the end of the mandate in 1948. his papers are archived at St Anthony's College. one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.
He became Director of European Programme Division in 1942 and was the official commentator for the Ministry of Informations weekly cinema newsreel War Pictorial News 1940-1945 for which he wrote over 200 commentaries. He also wrote and recorded about 25 documentary films for the Ministry of Information including several training films for British Services and shorts for Palestinian, Sudanese, Egyptian, Polish and Greek Governments. He was accredited War Correspondent 1941-1943. He was appointed as Assistant Director, Palestine Broadcasting Service in July 1945 and served in this post until the end of the mandate in 1948. his papers are archived at St Anthony's College. one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.
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- Charles Lewis Best Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Nubian Twilight msx
- Author
- Keating, Rex
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - In quite good condition.
- Jacket Condition
- In quite good condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Africa Ancient Modern Egypt Nubia
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