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Bender, John; Potts, Jean; Lanham, Edwin; Blassingame, Wyatt; Ross, Leonard Q.; Martin, A.E.; Perkins, Frances; Eden, Anthony; McConnaughey, James; Irwin, Elizabeth; Paris, Leonard; Williams, Gurney; Worden, Helen; Bartlett, Arthur; De Zayas, George
Collier's Magazine, August 24, 1946 - The Roosevelt I Knew
82 pages. Fiction: Leader of the Band; The Other Woman; The Senator was Indiscreet; The Reformer; Sleep, My Love; Callaghan's Miracle. Articles: The Roosevelt I Knew (part 1); No War with Russia; Just Swing the Club Head - Golf Pro Ernest Jones; Why Teachers Quit School; Bermuda - Tourist Paradise; Dowager Queen - Mrs. Twombly; Everyone catches a fish at this lake near Azusa, CA; Color photo aboard a luxuriously appointed C-47 (DC-3) designed by Raymond Loewy; One Year After V-J Day. Ads include: Eveready Batteries; Philco record players; Santa Fe Railroad; *Fantastic* Wurlitzer Juke Box ad "Nickel's worth of fun - fishermen have lunch"; "Crack-Up" movie; Good Year tire centerfold; Frigidaire fridges; Waltham watches; Old Mr. Boston Liquor; Kodak film; Squirt Soda; "The Killers" movie starring Ava Gardner; Aeronca airplanes; Nice Jeep ad inside back cover; Lucky Strike ad on back cover. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Bengefield William H.
USGA GREEN SECTION RECORD: 1985-1986
Far Hills New Jersey: U.S. Golf Association. Very Good with no dust jacket; 1985-1986. 1986. Hardcover. U.S. Golf Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : 56715
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Bengefield William H.
USGA GREEN SECTION RECORD: 1987-1988
Far Hills New Jersey: U.S. Golf Association. Very Good with no dust jacket; 1987-1988. 1988. Hardcover. U.S. Golf Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : 56714
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Bengefield William H.
USGA GREEN SECTION RECORD: 1989-1990
Far Hills New Jersey: U.S. Golf Association. Very Good with no dust jacket; 1989-1990. 1990. Hardcover. U.S. Golf Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : 56716
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Benigni, Rudolf.
Österreichische Botschaftsberichte über arabische Länder. - Austrian Embassy Reports on Arab Countries. Wien (Vienna), Österreichisches Institut für Bibliotheksforschung, Dokumentations- und Informationswesen, 1974.
8vo. 130 pp., 1 bl. f. Publisher's original printed wrapper. The "Austrian Embassy Reports on Arab Countries": a catalogue of and guide to all relevant documents in the Vienna State Archives formerly kept at the Imperial Internuncio and later the Embassy in Constantinople from 1750 to 1918. The documents relative to Arabia include numerous pieces on the Sherif of Mecca, the Wahhabites, the Pacha of Jeddah, Sheikh Faisal's threat to Hajj pilgrims, and British interests in the region; others relate to the Wahhabite movement in Syria, the English blockade of Mocha and various insurgencies in Yemen, as well as events in Arabic countries from Iraq and Kuweit to Algier and Morocco. "Old Austria, beyond suspicion of imperialistic designs or ambitions of colonialism, was vitally interested in preserving the Ottoman Empire and protecting both its own chartered rights and the rights of man in this enormous territory, as well as in advancing the local economic development, a process, indeed, in which the Habsburg Empire itself played an important part. The diplomatic reports reflect this situation. Striving as they did to represent the facts without any political bias, strictly according to facts, they are of especial interest to the historian. They comprise a vast area stretching from the Arabian Gulf to Morocco on the Atlantic" (introduction). - Insignificant bumping to extremities; altogether very well preserved copy of this indispensable and rare volume of reference. Biblos-Schriften 77. OCLC 1700363.
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Benzelius, Erik & Celsius, Olof.
Catalogus centuriae librorum rarissimorum manuscript. & partim impressorum, Arabicorum, Persicorum, Turcicorum, Graecorum, Latinorum, &c. Uppsala, Sparvenfeld, 1706.
Small 4to. (6), 74 pp. With a woodcut garland of fruits, leaves and nuts on the title-page, 1 woodcut headpiece and 1 woodcut decorated initial. Set in roman, italic, Arabic and Greek type. Later paper wrapper. Catalogue of the collection of 126 Persian, Arabian, Turkish, Greek, Latin and other books and manuscripts donated to the Library of the University of Uppsala by the diplomat Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld (1655-1727). It was compiled by the Swedish scholars Eric Benzelius the younger (1670-1756) and Olaus Celsius the elder (1675-1743). The main series of manuscripts, described in great detail, includes 41 in Arabic, Persian and Turkish, 8 in Greek (one dating back to the eighth century) and 12 in Latin and modern European languages. These are followed by 42 printed books including 2 in Chinese, several in Arabic, the 1581 Ostrog Bible and several other exotic languages, including Irish (set in Anglo-Saxon type). A few more manuscripts (mostly Arabic) are added at the end, plus an unnumbered geographic manuscript in Chinese (3 volumes). This is the earliest catalogue of the Uppsala University Library's collections. The Arabic, Persian and Turkish titles are set in a large Arabic type cut for the physician and orientalist Peter Kirsten by the Swedish punchcutter Peter von Selow (who served his apprenticeship under Tycho Brahe) and first used at Breslau in 1608. Werner, printer to the university at Uppsala since 1701, seems to have been the first Swedish printer to use types by Nicolaus Kis, two of his italics and one roman appearing in the present book, though not the roman used for the main text. After finishing his studies at Uppsala, Sparwenfeld travelled throughout Europe and accompanied the Swedish ambassador to Moscow, where he took an interest in Slavonic languages. On his travels he collected many precious books and manuscripts. In 1687 he returned to Stockholm, where he carried out a study of manuscripts from the ancient Goths. He travelled to Holland, France and Spain, dealing with the Blaeu printing office and mediating in the production of Georgian type cut by Nicolaus Kis for the exiled King of Georgia. In 1691 he travelled to Egypt, Syria and Tunis. Though a Protestant, he presented the manuscript of his Slavonic lexicon to Pope Innocent XII, who granted him access to the Vatican library, a rare honour for a Protestant. He returned to Sweden in 1694. He continued to correspond with scholars throughout Europe even after he retired to his estate 1712. He wrote and spoke 14 languages. - In very good condition, with only occasional very slight foxing, wholly untrimmed, preserving the deckles and point holes and with the bolts unopened. A remarkable catalogue of an extraordinary library, especially rich in Arabic manuscripts. Almqvist, Sveriges bibliogr. litteratur 2838. Smitskamp 113 (note).
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BERGOT, Erwan - En collaboration avec Alain Gandy
"Opération Daguet". Les français dans la guerre du Golfe.
1991 Editions Presses de la Cité, Collection "Troupes de choc" - 1991 - In-8, broché, couverture illustrée - 273 pages - Petit cahier de reproductions photographiques en N&B en milieu d'ouvrage
Bookseller reference : 76564
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Bernard VADON
ANTIBES C'ETAIT HIER
Un ouvrage de 94 pages, format 220 x 305 mm, illustré, relié toile sous jaquette couleurs, publié en 1978, Editions Alp'Azur, collection "Vieilles Villes et Cartes Postales", bon état
Bookseller reference : LFA-126717292
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BERNARD Alain
LE GOLF
1970 broché in-octavo tellière, dos blanc, couverture vert, illustrations in-texte, 128 pages, 1970 Paris Presse Universitaires de France,
Bookseller reference : 1116
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Berthet (François)
Pratique du golf
Editions Vigot , Collection Pratique Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1991 Book condition, Etat : Bon relié, cartonnage éditeur noir, illustrée d'une photographie en couleurs sur fond orange petit In-4 carré 1 vol. - 143 pages
Bookseller reference : 86830
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Berg Patty and Mark Cox
Golf Illustrated The Barnes Sports Library
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company 1950. Mild shelf wear browned endpapers. The dust jacket has edge wear rubbing and fading and is chipped at the spine ends with a small piece missing at the tail of the spine. List of publisher's books printed on the inside of the jacket. 72 pages with numerous instructional photos featuring Patty Berg 1918-2006 who was a founding member of the LPGA. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. A.S. Barnes and Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 09405
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BERGAMO DADI
GIOCHIAMO A GOLF.
8°, CARTONATO VERDE CON TITOLO IN ORO AL DORSO, SOVR. CON FOTO A COLORI (P. MONTI), PG. 229 (3), RICCAMENTE ILL. DA FOTO E DISEGNI B.N. N.T., EDIZIONE PRODOTTA DA PEPPI BATTAGLINI, LIEVI SEGNI, BUONO STATO. PRIMA EDIZIONE. (D-1C)
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BERGAMO DADI
GOLF CLUB MILANO 1928-1988.
4°, PELLE BLU EDITORIALE CON TITOLO ORO AL DORSO E AL PIATTO ANTERIORE, SOVR. FIG. A COLORI, PG.94 (2), NOTEVOLE APPARATO ICONOGRAFICO CON FOTO B.N. E A COLORI N.T. (ANCHE A PIENA PG.), PUBBLICAZIONE PER I SESSANT'ANNI DI VITA DEL CIRCOLO.
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Berggren, Guillaume (and others).
Constantinople et Athènes. Istanbul and Athens, [1880s].
Oblong album (370 x 284 mm) with 47 large albumen photographic prints, generally ca. 20 x 26 to ca. 22 x 28 cm, mostly signed and captioned in the negative (in French), mounted on both sides of the album's leaves. Original half calf binding with burgundy cloth covers, title gilt to upper cover. All edges gilt. A rare souvenir album containing 40 photographs of Istanbul and 7 of Athens. The Turkish images are almost exclusively signed by the renowned studio of Guillaume Berggren (1835-1920), the Swedish-born photographer who had come to Constantinople in 1866 and remained there for the rest of his life. Berggren's photographs were particularly popular with Scandinavian, German and Austrian tourists seeking souvenirs of their Middle-Eastern journey. The present album includes landscapes and city views, famous sights such as the Galata Tower and Bridge, the Yeni Cami Mosque, the Hagia Sophia with its interiors, a "shadirvan" fountain for ritual ablutions in front of the Hagia Sophia, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Rüstem Pasha Mosque, Skutari Cemetery, views of the Golden Horn, street scenes, dervishes, the Bosporus, the French embassy in Tarabya, the city port, the steps leading up the Grand Street of Pera (where Berggren's studio was located), etc. The Greek views include Mount Lycabettus, a two-image panorama of the Acropolis, the Olympieion and the so-called Theseion (Temple of Hephaestus). - A few photographs show insignificant loss of contrast, but they are altogether in good condition, mostly preserving their original crispness. A few images captioned in pencil on the backboard. Corners of binding bumped; leather chafed and spine-ends more markedly flawed. A fine collection.
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Bergman, Franz Xaver, sculptor (1861-1936).
Bronze statue of an Arabic Qur'an scribe. [Vienna, ca 1930].
Coloured two-part bronze, cold painted. Ca. 205 x 117 x 105 mm. A scribe in oriental costume, seated on a carpet with a large removable Qur'an on a bookrest. - Recognised for his great attention to detail and use of wonderfully vibrant colours, works from Bergman’s foundry are highly prized today by collectors worldwide. F. X. Bergman was the son of a Bohemian metalwork chaser and finisher who had moved to Vienna in 1860, there founding a small bronze factory. At the turn of the century, his son Franz Xaver inherited the company and opened a new foundry, basing many of his early bronzes on designs from his father’s workshop and producing an eclectic mix of oriental, erotic and animal figure bronzes. Bergman used a cold painted technique, whereby cast bronzes were decorated in several layers of polychrome ‘dust paint.’ These layers were not fired to fix them to the bronzes, hence they are ‘cold painted’. - Very slightly rubbed. An appealing work, likely from the artist's late phase.
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Berlioux, Etienne Félix.
The Slave-Trade in Africa in 1872. Principally carried on for the supply of Turkey, Egypt, Persia, and Zanzibar. London, (R. Barrett & Sons for) Edward Marsh, 1872.
Small 8vo. VIII, 64 pp. Later blue cloth with giltstamped spine title. Abridged English version of the author's more extensive treatise "La Traite Orientale: histoire des chasses à la homme, organisées en Afrique depuis 15 ans pour les marchés de l'Orient", aimed at exposing the African slave trade to the Anglo-Saxon world. "The author distinguishes three principal areas of man-hunting: the first is the from the Sudan and the Valley of the Nile to Morocco; the second, the Valley of the Nile itself; the third, the eastern coasts of Africa. Sales concentrate on three markets: the Mediterranean borders of Egypt; the island of Zanzibar; and finally, Arabia" (cf. Gay). E. F. Berlioux (1828-1910) was Professor of History at the Lyceum of Lyon. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 65. OCLC 5664313. Cf. Gay 153. Not in Wilson.
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Bernard Cooke
Golf : Newnes All Colour Guide
London: Newnes 1984. Price clipped jacket and has closed tear.NO EXTRA POSTAGE ABOVE OUR STANDARD RATES!.Please email for further details. Not Inscribed or Signed. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Boards. Near Fine NEAR NEW/Near Fine NEAR NEW. Illus. by Fully Illustrated in Colour. 4to - over 9�" - 12". HARDBACK. Newnes Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006369 ISBN : 0600357481 9780600357483
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Bernard DARWIN
Every Idle Dream. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Collins 1948. 8vo. First Edition front endpapers lightly spotted neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; sand cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly spotted on predominantly white rear panel. Collins, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23816
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Bernard DARWIN
Tee Shots and Others.
Kegan Paul Trench Trubner 1911. 8vo. First Edition endpapers lightly browned neat inscription on front free endpaper; original decorative cloth covers very lightly age-worn at extremities else a very good firm copy. First appearance in book form of a series of newspaper articles written under the pseudonym 'Tee Shots'. Scarce Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10513
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Bernard Darwin
Golf
Orange octavo hardback in shrink wrap ; 225 pgs, 21 cm Reprint edition /// Golf -- Fiction -- Sports
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Bernard Darwin
The World that Fred Made
Blue octavo in a shrink wrap; 21 cm Reprint edition /// Golf -- Autobiography -- Sports
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Bernard Gallacher
The 19th Hole : Stories and Yarns from the Fairways
London: Andre Deutsch 1998. 112pp. Not Inscribed or Signed. First. Stiff Card Covered. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Black and White and Colour Photographs. Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback. Andre Deutsch paperback
Bookseller reference : 004764 ISBN : 0233990526 9780233990521
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Berners, Juliana.
The Boke of Saint Albans [...] Containing Treatises on Hawking, Hunting, and Cote Armour [...]. London, Elliot Stock, 1881.
4to. 32 pp., 1 blank leaf, (54) ff., 1 blank leaf, (34) ff. Contemporary full vellum with blindstamped covers, giltstamped spine and spine-title. First and only edition. An "excellent facsimile publication" (cf. Souhart) of the famous Book of St Albans, the last of eight books printed in England by the St Albans Press in 1486, containing three essays on hawking, hunting, and heraldry. Prefaced to this is an introduction by the English printer and bibliographer William Blades (1824-90) discussing the authorship and printing of the work, which saw numerous editions between 1486 and 1810. The arms illustrating the treatise on heraldry are reproduced in black and white. - Only three perfect copies of the 1486 first edition of the Book of St Albans are known to exist. The original edition credits the book, or at least the part on hunting, to Juliana Berners, who is believed to have been the prioress of Sopwell Priory near Saint Albans, an attribution at the end of the work reading: "Explicit Dam Julyans Barnes in her boke of huntyng". The Book of St Albans is, however, not an original composition, but a compilation from earlier manuscripts. The hawking treatise is considered to be adapted from the "Booke of Hawkyng after Prince Edwarde Kyng of Englande", a manuscript of the reign of Edward IV of England (BL Harley Collection 2340). It is not intended as a full practical treatise on falconry, but introduces technical terms and describes feeding and illnesses. The essay on hunting, in particular, is attributed to Dame Juliana Berners. It is in fact a metrical form of much older matter, going back to a manuscript from the reign of King Edward II, and written in French: "Le Art de Venerie" by the huntsman Guillaume Twici. - Small portion of spine chipped. Occasional foxing to interior. Provenance: handwritten ownerships of the English cleric and author Morgan George Watkins (1835-1911, dated Barnoldby le Beck, 1881), of Humphrey B. Watkins (gift from Watkins, dated April 1906), and of Charles Henry Stanley Garton (b. 1920, dated Kingswood, Medmenham, Bucks., 12 Sept. 1942) to flyleaf. Loosely inserted: a clipping from the "Athenaeum" (11 Sept. 1880); a publisher's advertisement for a facsimile edition of the fishing treatise added to the Book in 1496; and a five-page typescript catalogue of a private collection of falconry literature. Two newspaper clippings on the Book of St Albans are mounted to pastedown. - A good copy of this celebrated facsimile edition of what is considered "the earliest English printed book" (Harting). Huth 379. Souhart 48ff. Schwerdt I, 63. Harting 1. OCLC 841882817.
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Bernstein, Georg Heinrich (ed.).
De initiis et originibus religionum in oriente dispersarum quae differunt a religione christiana liber. E codice manu scripto arabico bibliothecae universitatis litterarum regiae Gottingensis. Berlin, Maurer, 1817.
4to. VIII, 71, 57 pp. Giltstamped red boards. First edition of this treatise on the origins of the non-Christian religions of the Orient, written by Notaras Chrysantis (c. 1670-1735) and here edited in the original Arabic text with Latin translation and critical apparatus after a ms. in the Göttingen University Library. G. H. Bernstein (1787-1860) taught oriental languages at the universities of Berlin and Breslau. He is chiefly famous for his preliminary studies for the "Thesaurus Syriacus", a dictionary of Syriac produced after his death by Robert Payne Smith. - Contemporary autograph ownership and review note of the Marburg oriental scholar Johann Melchior Hartmann (1764-1827), among whose work is a "Commentatio de geographia Africae Edrisiana", published in 1792. Later stamp of the Basel chemist Dr. Remy Cantieni (1940s). Last in the Ottoman collection of the Swiss industrialist Herry W. Schaefer. - Rare. ADB II, 485.
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Berquen, Robert de.
Les merveilles des Indes orientales ou nouveau traitté des pierres precieuses & perles, contenant leur vraye nature, dureté, couleurs & vertus: chacune placée selon son ordre & degré, suivant la cognoissance des marchands orfévres, le tiltre de l'or & de l'argent, avec augmentation à plusieurs chapitres, les raisons contre les chercheurs de la pierre philosophale & souffleurs d'alquemie, et de deux autres chapitres du prix des diamans, & des perles. Paris, C. Lambin, (1668-)1669.
4to. (8), 152 pp. With engr. portrait frontispiece of Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans and numerous pretty woodcut initials and tailpieces. Contemporary richly gilt calf, gilt dentelle central cover decoration showing the Sacred Heart of Jesus, gilt spine on five raised bands (upper spine-end and corners repaired). Marbled pastedowns. Second, enlarged edition of this rare work on precious stones and pearls found in the East and West Indies, written by a Parisian "marchand orphèvre" in Paris and first published in 1661. Both editions are dedicated to "La Grande Mademoiselle" Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier and niece of Louis XIII, with her finely engraved portrait, which is here more delicately executed (by Nicolas de Larmessin, in 1664). The large chapter devoted to pearls and pearl fishing cites the Gulf and several specific places there as among the main locations of pearl fishing: "on pesche les perles en divers endroits du monde. Dans le Golfe Persique, principalement aux environs de l'Isle d'Ormus & Bassora: aupres de Baroyn [i.e., Bahrain], Catiffa, Iuffa, Camaron, & autres lieux de ce Golfe [...]" (p. 68). This chapter is here "augmented with an appendix which recounts the history of the Spanish conquest in the New World and additionally gives remarks on pearl fisheries, natural history, and production [...] New chapters comprise Ch. 17, on the pricing of diamonds according to size and quality, and Ch. 18 on pricing of pearls. In tems of substance, this edition [the second one, here offered] is considerably superior to the first; both are rare" (Sinkankas p. 97f.). It is these new, additional chapters in particular for which this second edition is sought after: "Du prix des Diamans" and "Du prix des Perles", as well as one entitled "Raisons contre les chercheurs de la Pierre Philosophale & souffleurs d'Alquemie. Et ne sera pas mal à propos de parler de Nicolas Flamel sur ce sujet". - Lower spine-end and corners somewhat bumped, otherwise fine. A good copy in an appealingly decorated contemporary French binding. Sinkankas 593. Duveen 71. Sabin 4957. Brunet VI, 4780. Graesse I, 348.
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Berquen, Robert de.
Les merveilles des Indes orientales ou nouveau traitté des pierres precieuses & perles, contenant leur vraye nature, dureté, couleurs & vertus: chacune placée selon son ordre & degré, suivant la cognoissance des marchands orfévres. Auquel est adjouté une petite table fort exacte, pour connoitre en un instant à quel tiltre les marchands orphevres de Paris, & les autres dans toutes les principalles villes presque de toute l'Europe, travaillent l'or & l'argent. Paris, C. Lambin, 1661.
4to. (12), 112 pp. With engraved portrait frontispiece of Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans and numerous pretty woodcut initials and tailpieces. Contemporary richly gilt calf, leading edges and spine gilt (tiny defect to upper spine-end and hinge). Marbled pastedowns. First edition of this rare work on precious stones and pearls found in the East and West Indies, written by a Parisian "marchand orphèvre". Dedicated to "La Grande Mademoiselle" Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier and niece of Louis XIII, with her finely engraved portrait by L. Boissevin (which, according to Graesse, is frequently lacking). This "very early, and important treatise on gemstones, gold & silver" (Sinkankas) includes a chapter dedicated exclusively to pearls, a subject with which the author was especially familiar (cf. ibid.), and the Gulf is stated as one of the main locations of pearl fishing: "on pesche les perles en divers endroits du monde. Dans le Golfe Persique, principalement aux environs de l'Isle d'Ormus & Bassora: aupres de Baroyn [i.e., Bahrain], Catiffa, Iuffa, Camaron, & autres lieux de ce Golfe [...]" (p. 74). "The first chapter attempts to reconcile differing views of various writers, as cited by Berquen, on the origin of gemstones and precious metals, with following chapters taking up the principal gemstones, and some minor ones, as diamond, sapphire, topaz, ruby, spinel, emerald, amethyst, aquamarine, hyacinth, opal, chrysolite, iris, vermeille, garnets, carnelian, turquoise, quartz varieties, pearl, coral and amber, and lastly, a chapter on gold and silver [...] Both [the first and the second edition] are rare" (Sinkankas, p. 97f.). - Insignificant waterstain and occasional slight worming, mainly confined to upper margin. A good copy in an elaborately decorated contemporary French binding. Sinkankas 592. Sabin 4957. Brunet VI, 4780. Graesse I, 348. Ferguson II, 295 (note). Cf. Duveen 71 (1669 second ed.).
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Berreby, Jean-Jacques.
Le Golfe Persique. Mer de Légende - Réservoir de Pétrole. Paris, Payot, 1959.
8vo. 228 pp. With 4 maps and 11 photo illustrations on plates. Original printed wrappers. Deals with numerous aspects of the Gulf States such as history, economy and social studies, especially in the context of the area's rapid economic development through oil exploration. Provides a good overview of the Gulf states' geopolitical role up to the late 1950s. - Untrimmed copy.
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Berrill, N.J.; Richler, Mordecai; Katz, Sidney; Stollery, Peter; Moon, B.; Porter, M.; Newman, Peter C.
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 6 May, 1961: Mordecai Richler in Paris
64 pages. Features: Cover illustration of old Montreal stairways by Ghitta Caiserman; (Scared) Scientist N.J. Berrill makes fearless forecast of the 21st century; A Fond Last Look at Montreal - text with photos of historic architectural features; It Was Fun To Be Poor in Paris - Mordecai Richler remembers; Canada - a nation of dental cripples due to major shortage of dentists; Peter Stollery Hitch-Hikes to the Gulf of Guinea - article with photos; Two Million Illiterates - Canada's Obsolete Tenth; How Robert Morse III Wages Corporate War; Maverick Politician Douglas Fisher; Colour-photo Ford of Canada centrefold; Why One English Family is Coming Back to Canada - Dennis, Billie and Craig Davill; Seagram's ad inside back cover illustrated with nice colour painting by Franklin Arbuckle of bush aircraft the "Norseman" about to land on a lake; Marjorie Pigott teaches Japanese art to the Japanese! (short article); Coke ad on back cover features colour photo of university grads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Bertherand, E[mile]-L[ouis].
Médecine et hygiène des Arabes. Études sur l'exercice de la médecine et de la chirurgie chez les musulmans de l'Algérie, leurs connaissances en anatomie, histoire naturelle, pharmacie, médicine légale etc. leurs conditions climatériques générales, leurs pratiques hygiéniques publiques et privées, leurs maladies, leurs traitements les plus usités, précédées de Considérations sur l'état général de la Médicine chez les principales nations Mahométans. Paris, London, Madrid, New York, Germer Baillière, 1855.
8vo. 574, (2) pp. Contemporary full red leather binding, finely stamped and gilt with rules and the supralibros of the Husainids of Tunis to both covers. All edges gilt. First edition of this widely received study of medical and sanitary standards in the Arabic countries. The principal work of Bertherand (1821-90), a French physician and medical-legal expert active in Algeria, written in the context of a discussion over assimilation within the French colonial empire. In contrast to Montesquieu's traditional theory, which explained cultural differences with the climatic zones of their origin, Bertherand attributed them to moral conditions which, in the case of contemporary medicine in the Muslim countries, he associated directly with Islam. His suggestions for colonial politics are informed by the racist and eugenic theories of his age (cf. Ellen Amster [2014], Medicine and the Saints: Science, Islam, and the Colonial Encounter in Morocco, p. 59ff.). - Light browning and occasional foxing as common. A splendidly bound copy from the library of Muhammad II ibn al-Husayn (1811-1859), the Bey of Tunis. The Husainid dynasty ruled the Beylik of Tunis from 1705 until 1957. OCLC 7369595. Gay 739; Playfair 1806 (both erroneously citing an edition Lille, 1854). Not in Tailliart.
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Bertrand, Henri-Gatien.
Guerre d'Orient. Campagnes d'Egypte et de Syrie 1798-1799. Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de Napoléon [...]. Paris, au Comptoir des Imprimeurs-unis, 1847.
Large 8vo and folio (290 x 442 mm). 3 volumes. (4), LV, 406, (2) pp. (4), 355, (1) pp. Vol. 3 (atlas): title-page, index, and 18 double-sided engraved maps (ca. 45 x 31,5 cm neatline). Contemporary half calf with gilt title to spine and giltstamped morocco label to upper cover of the atlas, identifying the volumes as a gift from Bertrand's son. Original wrappers bound within. Marbled endpapers. First and only edition of Napoleon's memoirs of his French campaign in Egypt and Syria as dictated to his general and grand maréchal du palais, Henri-Gatien Bertrand (1773-1844), during his exile in St. Helena (1815-21). Bertrand was the only one of Napoleon's loyal companions in exile to have participated in the Egyptian campaign, which explains his choice of subject. - The two volumes of text present an ample, if subjective account of the famous military campaigns, enriched with transcripts of numerous official documents and letters relating to the events described. The beautiful atlas, engraved by Alexandre Moisy (1763-1827), presents 18 partly hand-coloured maps that are mostly in direct connection with the campaign. Including a general map of the south-eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea, a map of the Mediterranean with the movements of the French and British fleets, a map of Egypt, a map of Syria and the Middle East, maps of the invasion of Malta, the Battle of the Nile, the Battle of the Pyramids, the Siege of Acre (with an engraved veduta of the city), the Battle of Mount Tabor, and the Battle of Aboukir. Four maps of parts of Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands represent additional theatres of the War of the Second Coalition in 1799. - Bertrand's "Guerre d'Orient" was published 26 years after Napoleon's death in exile and three years after Bertrand's own passing, on the initiative of his son, general Henri-Alexandre-Arthur Bertrand, who gifted the copy at hand to its first owner, as indicated by the morocco cover label on the atlas. - Lower right corner of the atlas slightly bumped, occasional minor foxing and browning in all volumes. Atlas with several minor tears (not affecting the maps) and occasional marks and scribbles in ink, ballpoint, and crayon.
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Bertrand, Robert J.
Canada's Oil Monopoly: The Story of the $12 Billion Rip-off of Canadian Consumers
626 pages. Glossary. "Highlights from the State of Competition in the Canadian Petroleum Industry - the government report that alleges monopoly practices by Canada's big oil companies." - from front cover. "Compiled from the more than 135,000 secret oil company documents that were seized by government investigators in raids between 1973 and 1978.... Shows that the oil companies purposely restricted competition, worked together to keep prices and profits up, and sacrificed Canadian interests when they were told to do so by their foreign parents." - from back cover. Considering that Esso sounds eerily like an acronym for the Rockefeller's Standard Oil (S.O.) readers of this work will also surely be interested in the early writings of Ida Tarbell and her revelations about the methods of that company and its founder, J.D. Rockefeller. Has anything changed? Book
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Bessey (Jean-François)
Golf. Les plus beaux parcours de France.
français Sans date (1999?). In-4 de 193-(7) pp.; album de l'éditeur, sous jaquette illustrée. Photographies de Jean-François Lefevre et de Daniel Philippe.
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Best Hugh
Thunderbird Country Club
Rancho Mirage California: Thunderbird Country Club Fine condition in a Very Good slipcase. 10" wide by 12" tall. No year of publication is indicated. Bound in the original white linen. Matching white linen slipcase is lightly finger-soiled. Square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Photographs throughout. A history of this private golf club near Palm Springs California. It was the first 18-hole golf course in the desert. Includes many photos of celebrities and political figures such as Presidents Eisenhower Ford and Nixon Bob Hope Bing Crosby Ginger Rogers Phil Harris Alice Faye Randolph Scott Ben Hogan Johnny Dawson Bobby Jones Fred Waring Lucille Ball Desi Arnez Hoagy Carmichael Perry Como Ray Bolger Mary Pickford Hopalong Cassidy George Goebel Esther Williams Dean Martin Ralph Kiner Mary Martin Jimmy Hines Katherine Hepburn Spencer Tracey etc. . 1st ed No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good slipcase. Illus. by Kubly Don book design. 128pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Thunderbird Country Club Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010987
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Betty Stephens
Devonshire and the First Hundred Years of County Ladies Golf
The Devon County Ladies Golf Association 2000. Signed by Betty Stephens the compiler and editor of the book. 182 pages with b/w illustrations. . SIGNED. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Devon County Ladies Golf Association Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005012
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Beverly Lewis
Curing Hooks and Slices: Straighten the Curving Shots Play Better Golf Series
Smithmark Publishers 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition 1st printing. Book is in Fine condition with no rips tears or marks of any kind clean tight and straight. Pictorial boards no dust jacket. Email for photo Smithmark Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002945 ISBN : 0831740396 9780831740399
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Bevilacqua, Melchiorre.
Oratione [...] nelle nozze della Signora Cattarina Sattorovichia figliuola del Sangiaco di Clissa, di natione Turca, & hora Christiana. Recitata da lui il primo giorno di Agosto 1622 nella chiesa delle Citelle di Venetia alla Giudeca. Venice, Varischi, 1623.
4to. 13 (paginated "9" in error), (3) pp. Woodcut printer's device to title page, large woodcut initials. Contemporary orange paper wrappers with floral designs stamped in black and white. Very scarce work about Cattarina Santorovichia, a Turkish girl from the Ottoman sandjak of Clissa (Klis) north of Spalato (Split) in Dalmatia, who crossed into Venetian territory and converted to Christianity. Mihale Satorovic, as she was born, was from a respected and well-connected Turkish family, the daughter of Ahmed Aga, an officer in the local garrison of Clissa, and the affair provoked a major international incident. "Although Venice had been at peace with the Ottoman Empire for almost half a century, the Spalato border was a sensitive area where tensions occasionally flared" (Dursteler, 63). When the girl disappeared in late December 1621, her parents immediately feared that she had been kidnapped and taken to the Venetian side - a relatively frequent phenomenon on the border that occurred for a variety of reasons. Although it was soon established that the girl had not been forcibly abducted, but rather had fled her home of her own free will so as to become a Christian, Muslim sensitivities were ignited. On 23 January 1622 Mihale was baptized "Cattarina" in Spalato, and the attendant ceremonies only intensified the anger on the Ottoman side: indeed, "immediately following Mihale's flight, eight Venetian subjects from the neighboring town of Trau were taken hostage in retaliation" (67), and the threat of military violence caused the Venetians to deploy six armed ships to Spalato. "The flight of Mihale Satorovic was an extremely serious affair that dragged out over five years, and eventually engaged the Ottoman and Venetian military forces, as well as the highest officials in the region and in the respective imperial capitals" (68). - The present oration that recounts part of the girl's history is an important source about the affair. While the occasion is here termed "nozze", it is clearly not a wedding (not even one "con la chiesa"), but apparently closer to a confirmation rite celebrated for the recently converted girl. The author was the parish priest at S. Eufemia in Giudecca, Venice, and dedicates his work to Giovanni Cornaro, Procurator of S. Marco. - Remains of an old label on the title-page. An excellent copy. Extremely rare; ICCU lists a single copy in Italy (Biblioteca nazionale Marciana, Venezia). ICCU VEAE\128667. Cf. Eric Dursteler, Renegade Women (Baltimore, 2011), pp. 62ff.
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BIARRITZ-GOLF.
Biarritz-Chiberta. Le Golf-Les Villas.
Paris Presses des Anciens Etablissements Loubok 1929 1 in-folio Illustrations de M. DOBOUZINSKI. Paris, Presses des Anciens Établissements Loubok, 1929, cartonnage in-folio, sous jaquette éditeur rempliée et illustrée d'un décor en couleurs et argenté représentant un paysage Basque dans un médaillon et un sac de golf , gardes argentées illustrées,
Bookseller reference : 23889
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bibby ( geoffrey )
dilmoun la découverte de la plus ancienne civilisation
calmann levy 1972 in 8 broché 388 pages - illustrations - index
Bookseller reference : 2742
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Bibby, Geoffrey
Dilmun : d. Entdeckung d. ältesten Hochkultur / Dt. [aus d. Amerikan. übers.] von Gustav Kilpper.
Reinbek (bei Hamburg) : Rowohlt, 1973. 414 S. 94 Ill., graph. Darst. u. Kt. 8°. [Nachaufl.]. OPpbd. ohne SU.
Bookseller reference : 31304
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Bibby, Geoffrey
Looking for Dilmun
383,viii p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Bibliography Golf Donovan Richard E. and Joseph S. F. Murdoch
The Game of Golf and The Printed Word 1566-1985; A Bibliography of Golf Literature in the English Language
Endicott: Castalio Press 1987. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/very good . Thick clothbound 8vo. 658 pp. Includes an introductory essay by Herbert Warren Wind. Some light handling wear else a near fine copy in green cloth binding in a very good unclipped dustwrapper. Superb golf reference book. Illustrated with some pictures. <br/><br/> Castalio Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22658
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Bibliography Golf Donovan Richard E. and Joseph S. F. Murdoch Herbert Warren Wind
The Game of Golf and The Printed Word 1566-1985 Special Limited Leatherbound Edition Signed by the Authors and Herbert Warren Wind; A Bibliography of Golf Literature in the English Language
Endicott: Castalio Press 1988. First edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine/none. Full green leatherbound book illustrated and printed in gilt. 8vo. 658 pp. Includes an introductory essay by Herbert Warren Wind. Some light handling wear else a near fine copy. Superb golf reference book. Illustrated with some pictures. This is one of only twenty special copies produced in full leather and SIGNED by Donavan Murdocch and Wind. This is Copy #7 Herbert Warren Wind's own copy presented to him at the time of publication. The book comes with a certificate from his widow Rose Wind Stone authenticating the provenance of this copy. Castalio Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 27109
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Bibliography Golf Donovan Richard E. and Joseph S. F. Murdoch
The Game of Golf and The Printed Word 1566-1985; A Bibliography of Golf Literature in the English Language
Endicott: Castalio Press 1987. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/very good . Thick clothbound 8vo. 658 pp. Includes an introductory essay by Herbert Warren Wind. Some light handling wear else a near fine copy in green cloth binding in a very good unclipped dustwrapper. Superb golf reference book. Illustrated with some pictures. <br/><br/> Castalio Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 22658
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Bicknell, Ernest, British pilot (b. 1904).
Pilot's log books. Africa and the Arabian Gulf, 1943-1947.
2 volumes. Oblong 8vo. Together 370 pp. Printed forms filled in by hand. Contemporary full cloth with blindstamped cover title. Uncommon set of flight records kept by the Imperial Airways pilot Ernest Bicknell, who was active in Africa and the Arabian Gulf region in the 1940s, with destinations including Bahrain, Dubai, Cairo, Mozambique, Durban, Khartoum, and Luxor. The present log books state the type of aircraft and duration of each flight, as well as occasional information on unusual events such as night landings, radio or instrument trouble, damage, weather conditions, or the unfortunate incident of the plane hitting a flock of ducks. In addition, Bicknell registered his visits to the Durban medical board and the hours he had flown since his last checkup. A resident of Durban since 1945 at the latest, Bicknell flew a total of 11,428 hours throughout his career. - Very well preserved.
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BIDOU Henry
HOSSEGOR, LA CÔTE D'ARGENT LANDAISE.
Bayonne, Imprimerie Madim, sans date ( ca 1930), plaquette touristique format 220x135mm, 14 pages, illustrations photographiques par E. VIGNES in et hors-texte, exemplaire en bon état.
Bookseller reference : 7675
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Bidwell, Robin [Leonard] (ed.).
The Affairs of Arabia 1905-1906. London, Frank Cass and Co. Ltd., 1971.
Small folio (216 x 335 mm). 2 vols. LII, (2); IX, (1), 154; XI, (1), 116; VI, 82 pp. With 1 map. (6), VII, (1), 50, (2), 51-78; VI, 81, (1); V, (1), 93, (1); VI, 77, (1); IV, 40 pp. Original red cloth with gilt title to spine. Facsimile edition of eight collections of confidential documents from Britain's Foreign Office on affairs in the Arabian Gulf and beyond in 1905-1906. A goldmine of information, these secret intelligence communiques include direct communication with or discussion of key historical figures, including Sheikh of Abu Dhabi Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (1835-1909), Sheikh of Bahrain Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa (1848-1942), his son and heir Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872-1942), and his nephew Ali ibn Ahmad-Khalifa; Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (1875-1953) and his father Abdul-Rahman ibn Faisal al-Saud (1850-1928), Sheikh of Qatar Ahmad bin Muhammad Al-Thani (1853-1905), "effective ruler of Qatar" Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (1825-1913), and Abdul-Rahman ibn Idan (an "agent of the Shaikh of Qatar in Bahrain"); Sultan of Muscat and Oman Faisal ibn Turki (1865-1913); and names British "agents" active in Bahrain and Muscat. - The Foreign Office Confidential Print - the basis of this collection - was started as the quickest and most convenient method of circulating important mail within the Foreign Office. It is thus not an edited compilation of documents but a collection of reports shown almost exactly as they arrived in Whitehall, providing a rare glimpse into British Intelligence and Arabian affairs. - Binding a little tender, otherwise in good condition. Removed from the Library of the University of Texas at San Antonio with requisite stamps and shelfmark labels to spines. OCLC 584226. Nos. 8472, 8482, 8548, 8561, 8668, 8709, 8767, 8883.
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Bill Geist
Fore! Play: The Last American Male Takes Up Golf
Warner Books 2001-04-25. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition 1st printing. Both book and DJ are As New with no rips tears or marks of any kind clean tight and straight. Gift Quality. Email for photo Warner Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005243 ISBN : 0446527637 9780446527637
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Bill Geist
FORE! PLAY: The Last American Male Takes Up Golf
N. Y.: Warner Books 2001. Hard Cover is in fine condition as is the dust jacket. is a first printing. copy is unmarked and tightly bound. 230 pages. 1st printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Warner Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003515 ISBN : 0446527637 9780446527637
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Bill Stott
The Crazy World of Golf Paperback Cartoon Giftbook Ser.
London: Exley Publications Limited 1992. Lovely!. Not Inscribed or Signed. This is a Reprint. Stiff Card Covered. FINE AS BRAND NEW/No Jacket. Illus. by Black and White Cartoons . TRADE PAPERBACK. Trade Paperback. Exley Publications, Limited paperback
Bookseller reference : 004770 ISBN : 1850153566 9781850153566
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Binyamin ben Yonah, mi-Tudelah / L'Empereur, Constantijn (ed. & transl.).
[Masa'ot shel rabi Binyamin]. Itinerarium D. Beniaminis cum versione & notis. Leiden, Elzevir, 1633.
8vo. (48), 234, (22) pp. With woodcut printer's device to title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten spine title. First Hebrew edition: printed in Latin and Hebrew parallel text, with some passages in the notes in Arabic. "A pretty edition, and the only one to unite the text with a Latin translation" (cf. Brunet). Two duodecimo editions, in Hebrew only and in Latin only, were also published by Elzevier that same year. - Benjamin of Tudela, the "Wandering Jew" or "Wandering Rabbi", made a particular ethnographic study of the Jewish population of the various lands he visited on his travels. Setting out from Spain around 1160, he included Greece and the Aegean Archipelago, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Damascus, Baghdad, and Alexandria in his thirteen-year peregrination. Returned from his travels, he wrote his book in 1178. "One feature of his narrative is its division into what he actually saw and what he heard" (Blackmer). In Cyprus, for instance, he is stinging in his criticism of those who are "nempe Epicurei [...] Sabbathi vesperam profanant". - A clean and well-preserved copy. Willems 377. Pieters 122. Blackmer 120. Weber II, 67. Brunet I, 774 ("Belle édition"). Cf. Cobham-Jeffery p. 4. OCLC 122871307. Not in Atabey.
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