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Clapp Nicholas.
Sheba. through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen.
Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston. As New in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0395952832 . First Edition. Hardcover. The author seeks the truth behind the mythical Queen of Sheba. 372 pages appendix 1-4 notes bibliography index. No names marks or writing in boo. Dust jacket and book are in Fine condition. ; Standard Book Size. . Houghton Mifflin Co. , Boston. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 122051 ISBN : 0395952832 9780395952832
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Clapp Nicholas
Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen
Houghton Mifflin 2001 Hardback. Fine/Fine. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
Bookseller reference : 331470 ISBN : 0395952832 9780395952832
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Clapp Nicholas
Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen
Wilmington Massachusetts U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin 2001. 372pp. Index Biblio. Light wear DJ: wear extremities rubbing. 1st. Hb. VG/VG-. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 063016 ISBN : 0395952832 9780395952832
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Clark Victoria
The Far-Farers: A Journey from Viking Iceland to Crusader Jerusalem
New York: Walker and Company 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth binding 400 pp. Just before the year 1000 a young Viking named Thorvald turned his back on the pagan gods of his fathers to preach the Christian gospel. But his Icelandic countrymen mocked and outlawed him. Abandoning his homeland Thorvald embarked on an epic journey to the heart of all medieval world maps -- Jerusalem. A thousand years later Victoria Clark embarked on the same journey to discover to what extent the dramatic changes and conflicts sweeping Western Europe a millennium ago still resonate today. The Far-Farers is both the story of this twenty-first-century journey and a history of eleventh-century western Christendom. In this remarkable book Clark illuminates a group of influential eleventh-century characters -- Thorvald emperors of eastern and western Christendom abbots saints princesses Crusaders -- who form links in a historical chain extending down the century and all the way from Iceland to the Holy Land. Western Europe was struggling to unite then expanding rapidly and changing utterly. Warfare peacekeeping multinational monasticism institutional power struggles mass pilgrim travel and rising religious fundamentalism were a few salient characteristics of this world -- a world more like our own than we might imagine. The twenty-first-century people Clark encountered as she traveled through Iceland central and Western Europe the Balkans Turkey and the Middle East cast fresh light on both worlds. In the ancient capital of Poland a young Catholic priest scorns the idea of Europe uniting in the name of human rights instead of Christ. At the Crusader stronghold of Krak les Chevaliers a Syrian playboy highlights the deep and widening gulf between the West and Islam. A richly evocative and beautifully written work The Far-Farers is neither conventional history nor travel but a powerful and authoritative demonstration of our enduring connection with the distant past. New in new dustjacket. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Walker and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011389 ISBN : 0802714226 9780802714220
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Clark Victoria
The Far-Farers: A Journey from Viking Iceland to Crusader Jerusalem
New York: Walker and Company 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth binding 400 pp. Just before the year 1000 a young Viking named Thorvald turned his back on the pagan gods of his fathers to preach the Christian gospel. But his Icelandic countrymen mocked and outlawed him. Abandoning his homeland Thorvald embarked on an epic journey to the heart of all medieval world maps -- Jerusalem. A thousand years later Victoria Clark embarked on the same journey to discover to what extent the dramatic changes and conflicts sweeping Western Europe a millennium ago still resonate today. The Far-Farers is both the story of this twenty-first-century journey and a history of eleventh-century western Christendom. In this remarkable book Clark illuminates a group of influential eleventh-century characters -- Thorvald emperors of eastern and western Christendom abbots saints princesses Crusaders -- who form links in a historical chain extending down the century and all the way from Iceland to the Holy Land. Western Europe was struggling to unite then expanding rapidly and changing utterly. Warfare peacekeeping multinational monasticism institutional power struggles mass pilgrim travel and rising religious fundamentalism were a few salient characteristics of this world -- a world more like our own than we might imagine. The twenty-first-century people Clark encountered as she traveled through Iceland central and Western Europe the Balkans Turkey and the Middle East cast fresh light on both worlds. In the ancient capital of Poland a young Catholic priest scorns the idea of Europe uniting in the name of human rights instead of Christ. At the Crusader stronghold of Krak les Chevaliers a Syrian playboy highlights the deep and widening gulf between the West and Islam. A richly evocative and beautifully written work The Far-Farers is neither conventional history nor travel but a powerful and authoritative demonstration of our enduring connection with the distant past. New in new dustjacket. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Walker and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011390 ISBN : 0802714226 9780802714220
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Clark Victoria
The Far-Farers : A Journey from Viking Iceland to Crusader Jerusalem
New York NY U.S.A.: Walker & Company 2003 Minor dj edge wear. 1st American. Hard Cover. Like New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Walker & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007874 ISBN : 0802714226 9780802714220
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Clark Wesley K
Winning Modern Wars: Iraq Terrorism and the American Empire
New York New York U.S.A.: Public Affairs 2003. 1st 1st Larger book smooth black spine army green boards bright gilt lettering on spine 218 pages Signed by General Clark on title page. DJ glossy dark green beneath mylar with color-illustration of map with unit patches silver and gold lettering color photo of Clark on back. DJ has two tiny light dents at front spine indentation. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Very Fine. Public Affairs Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 38854 ISBN : 1586482181 9781586482183
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Clark Wesley K
Winning Modern Wars: Iraq Terrorism and the American Empire
New York New York U.S.A.: BBS Public Affairs 2003. 2d Large book black spine black boards very bright gilt lettering on spine 218 lightly browned pages. DJ glossy black beneath mylar map of Iraq with unit insignias at center front color photo of General Clark on back. Signed by General Clark. DJ and book both As New. Signed by Author. 2d. Hard Cover. As New/As New. BBS Public Affairs Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 35807 ISBN : 1586482181 9781586482183
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Claude Cahen
The Formation of Turkey: The Seljukid Sultanate of Rum - Eleventh to Fourteenth Century A History of the Near East
Essex: Longman 2001. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Small label to inside front cover. Light rubbing to corners of covers. Longman Paperback
Bookseller reference : 051584 ISBN : 0582414911 9780582414914
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Claude Deffarge
Yemen 62-69 -
Robert Laffont Publishers - 1969. PB/pub.1969/Gd. condition/302 pages - This Text is in French only. AH24225z. Soft Cover. Good. Robert Laffont Publishers - Paperback
Bookseller reference : 4225z
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Claudia Roden
Everything Taste Better Outdoors -
Alfred A. Knopf - 1984. Hardcover/pub.1984/Fair condition/413 pages - Contains many Middle East recipes. TN436836. Hard Cover. Good. Alfred A. Knopf - Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 36836
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Clawson Patrick and Zoe Danon Gedal
Dollars and Diplomacy: The Impact of U.S. Economic Initiatives on Arab-Israeli negotiations
Washington: Washington Institute for Near East Policy 1999. Policy Paper No. 49. xxii 131 pages. 25.3 cm. Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. ISBN: 0-044029-29-9 . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. Washington: Washington Institute for Near East Policy, (1999) unknown
Bookseller reference : 9144 ISBN : 0044029299 9780044029298
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Clayton Sir Gilbert; Robert O. Collins
An Arabian Diary
University of California 1969. Tan tweed cloth binding gilt titles. First edition NAP. Being the personal diary of six months of diplomacy and travel in Arabia by one of Britain's leading officials in the Middle East in the 1920s. Generously footnoted by the editor and with biographices of the relevant persons mentioned in the narrative. Book very good wiith top edge soil light pulling to front matter darkening to pastedowns. DJ very good minus with evidence of waterstain to front panel mild sunning to spine price clipped. Reasonably rare. 379 pp. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. University of California Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 12682 ISBN : 0520013867 9780520013865
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CLEMENT-GRANDCOURT Général
Au Levant - Histoires de brigands - Histoires vraies - avec 15 illustrations
hors-texte - Préface du général Ed. Brémond,Paris, Victor Attinger 1936, 192 pp., 1 vol. in 8 br. couverture fatiguée, dos cassé, intérieur bon état (qq. rouss.)
Bookseller reference : 10984
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CLERMONT-GANNEAU, Ch.:
Les antiquités sémitiques. Leçon d’ouverture faite au collège de France pour l’inauguration de la chaire d’épigraphie et antiquités sémitiques le 21 mai 1890.
Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1890, pt. in-8vo, 62 p., brochure originale.
Bookseller reference : 119991aaf
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Cleveland Ray L.
The Middle East and South Asia 1984: The World Today Series
Washington DC: Stryker-Post Publications 1984. Publisher: Stryker-Post Publications 1984 Good HB ISBN: 0-943448-14-X Volume 3 XLIB with usual markings. Hard Cover. Good. Ex-Library. Stryker-Post Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006596 ISBN : 094344814X 9780943448145
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Clive, Robert.
A Series of Lithographic Drawings from Sketches by Robert Clive, comprising the undermentioned subjects, lying principally between the Persian Gulf & the Black Sea [...]. London, Dickinson & Co., [1852].
Large folio (456 x 592 mm). Modern half morocco over marbled covers, spine gilt around raised bands with gilt spine title. 9 tinted lithographs on 8 plates (2 on 1 leaf) after Robert Clive. 3 leaves (1 repeat) of letterpress printed on rectos only. First edition of this rare lithographic plate book of Mesopotamian antiquities and views. The first instalment of a total of three, containing nine lithographs: 1. Sculptures at Nimroud-Lions; 2. Moosul; 3. Hît; 4. Distant view of Mount Ararat; 5. Arab encampment near the Birs Nimroud (on one sheet); 6. Sheikh Adi; 7. Baghdad; 8. Roman ruin on the way to Palmyra; 9. Sculptures in the Mount at Nimroud. The Victoria and Albert Museum ascribes this work to the artist Robert Charles Clive (1827-1902). - Original torn and somewhat defective front wrapper laid down on heavy paper and bound into a modern half calf binding; plates and binding fine. The two-page list of plates with descriptions is also laid on heavy paper. OCLC 785146909. Not recorded in Atabey, Blackmer, Tooley, Röhricht or Tobler.
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CLOAREC (Vincent) et Henry LAURENS.
Le Moyen-Orient au 20e siècle.
Armand Colin, 2003, gr. in-8°, 255 pp, 4 cartes, biblio, index, broché, surlignures stabilo, bon état (Coll. U)
Bookseller reference : 95788
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Clénard, Nicolaus.
Peregrinationum, ac de rebus Machometicis epistolae elegantissimae. Accessere autem supra priorem editionem aliquot epistolae ut amoenae ita salsae, sed citra gentis alicuius offensionem. Leuven, (Reyner Velpius for) Martin Rotarius, 1551.
8vo. (166) pp., final blank f. With several Arabic interspersions in the text. Modern half calf with marbled covers, spine gilt with red label. All edges sprinkled in red. Second, significantly expanded edition of 24 travel letters by the Dutch educator and enthusiast of Arabic Nicolaes Cleynaerts (Clénard, 1493-1542), who visited Spain, Portugal and Morocco during the last years of his life, sending Latin letters "dated variously from 1535 to 1541" (Weber) to friends in his native Belgium: "He moved from Louvain to Salamanca and then to Fez (in 1540), so as to expand his knowledge of the Arabic language. In Granada he undertook a translation of the Qur'an. His letters to Latomus (1510-96) date from this time, when he was preoccupied with Qur'anic studies" (cf. Göllner I, p. 416); "his missives give a narrative of his journey to Morocco and provide critical commentaries on Islam" (cf. Göllner II, p. 18). Latomus's first collection, published in 1550, had comprised no more than 14 letters (while a "fragmentary publication" of Clénard's letters "concerned with the teaching of Latin" had appeared as early as 1546). "Notably the letters to Latomus of July 1539 and of April 1541 contain quotations in Arabic in a barely readable version of the original script" (Smitskamp, PO 248). Clénard had become acquainted with Islamic theology in Granada, learning Arabic from a local Moor, and endeavoured to familiarize Christianity and Islam with each other more closely. In Morocco he was welcomed by the Sultan, but his opposition to the slave trade, in which the Portuguese consul in Fez was involved, resulted in a cabal that forced him to flee back to Spain, and he died in the Alhambra soon after. His letters bear witness to the Spanish, Portuguese, and Moroccan history of his age and preserve his thoughts about the common ground between the Muslim and Christian faiths. - Some insignificant browning; an appealing copy. Rare: in 1999 the Burrell copy, the only copy in auction records, commanded £1,400 in spite of poor condition. Adams C 2160. BM-STC Dutch 54. Göllner 903. Weber II, 142. Pettegree/Walsby, Netherlandish Books 8448. Riant 3531. Chauvin (Clénard), p. 170f. Cf. Brunet II, 99 (other eds.).
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CM. Watson / Genevieve Watson Illust. C. M.
The Story of Jerusalem: Mediaeval Towns Series
London: J.M. Dent and Co. 1918. 2nd Impression . Very Good. 4.25 x 6.75 inches 11 x 17 cm. Blue-grey buckram binding with gilt decoration. Endpaper joints have some cracking and are a little loose. Light foxing to endpapers clean text throughout. Fold out map present a few spots of foxing otherwise excellent. One of the scarcer titles in the Mediaeval Towns series. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe �11.55; USA �16.68; Oceania �15.13; Rest of World �14.56. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 6.75 inches 11 x 17 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: xx 339 J.M. Dent and Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9000E203
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Cockburn Andrew & Patrick
Out of the Ashes: the Resurrection of Saddam Hussein
NY USA: Perennial 1999 First Edition. Trade Paperback/Paper Wraps. VG Reading Wear. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Perennial paperback
Bookseller reference : 016965 ISBN : 0060929839 9780060929831
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Cockburn Patrick
The Rise of Islamic State
London: Verso 2011. Book. Like New. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Verso Paperback
Bookseller reference : 042736 ISBN : 1784780405 9781784780401
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Cocuk Klasikleri
Nasrettin Hocs' Dan Secmeler -
Remzi Kitaberi Publishing - 1994. PB/pub.1994/Gd.condition/76 pages - Nasrettin Hocs' Dan Secmeler. HA537844. Soft Cover. Good. Remzi Kitaberi Publishing - Paperback
Bookseller reference : 37844
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Cogley John; Fey Harold E.; Lazaron Morris S
Mission to the Middle East A Report By Three Editors of a Six Weeks Tour of the Middle East November-December 1953
New York: American Friends of the Middle East 1954. Three reprinted articles from "The Commonweal" "The Christian Century" and "Jewish Newsletter". Stapled Wraps. Very Good-. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. American Friends of the Middle East Paperback
Bookseller reference : 047730
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Cohen Mitchell
Zion and State: Nation: Class and the Shaping of Modern Israel
Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1987. 1st printing. VG/VG remainder mark. vi 322 p. notes glossary index 8vo; Basil Blackwell hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24049 ISBN : 0631152431 9780631152439
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Cohen Yoel
The Whistleblower of Dimona: Israel Vanunu and the Bomb
Teaneck New Jersey U.S.A.: Holmes & Meier Publishing 2003. Book. Very Good. Cloth/Laminated Boards. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. This work is a charged revealing examination of the historical events surrounding the London "Sunday Times" headline of October 5 1986: "Revealed: the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal". Mordechai Vanunu was a former technician at Israel's secret nuclear research centre at Dimona and had made public highly classified information about Israel's nuclear research program; for this he was kidnapped by the Mossad subjected to a closed doors trial convicted of espionage and treason and subjected to an eighteen-year sentence. A careful and meticulous study of the Vanunu affair this startling expose involves Israel's intelligence community and draws from thousands of pages of court transcripts and testimony connected to the case. "The Whistleblower of Dimona" is compelling and strongly recommended reading - especially in light of contemporary international events in the Middle East. Some rubbing to rear board.368pp. Holmes & Meier Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016027 ISBN : 084191432X 9780841914322
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Cole Juan
Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East
New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean and bright pages. Paper over boards is slightly rubbed. DJ has light overall shelf wear. ; History of Napoleon's 1898 invasion of Egypt told from diverse perspectives soldiers and observers on both sides with full voice to Muslim views. ; 9.25" tall; 304 pages. Palgrave Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5130009 ISBN : 1403964319 9781403964311
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Coleman Vernon
Oil Apocalypse
Blue Books 2007. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Letter and information provided by the Author included. Please ask for further details if required. Raffles Bookstore Norfolk All orders normally dispatched within one working day. We will gladly supply further images or more information if required. Discounts available for multiple orders <br/> <br/> Blue Books paperback
Bookseller reference : Flf26 ISBN : 1899726071 9781899726073
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Colin Chapman
Whose Holy City: Jersusalem And The Israeli-Paletinian Conflict
Oxford: Lion Books 2004. Book. Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Label to front cover. Light rubbing to edges and corners of covers and spine. Lion Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 042139 ISBN : 0745951341 9780745951348
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COLITTO Tarco -
Assetto politico ed economico della Palestina nel dopo guerra.
Subiaco, 1927, 8vo br. pp. 194. Intonso.
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COLLECTIF
Byzanz. Pracht und alltag. Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, 26. Februar bis 13. Juni 2010
Bonn, Hirmer, 2010. Fort in-4 carré rel. cartonnage d'ad. ill., 408 pp., nb fig. en coul. in et hors-texte, bibliographie. Texte en allemand.
Bookseller reference : 563189
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COLLECTIF
Etudes d'Orientalisme dédiées à la mémoire de Lévi-Provençal.
Paris, Maisonneuve et Larose, 1962. 2 vol. in-8, rel. pleine toile marine d'éd., titre en blanc au dos et sur le plat sup., XXX-813 pp. en continu, portrait d'E. Lévi-Provençal en noir au frontisp. Contributions en français et espagnol.
Bookseller reference : 592991
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COLLECTIF
Le monde arabe Tradition et renouveau
Vilo ; Les Trois Continents ; Edita Lazarus ; Sud Editions Tunis 1977 In-4 reliure éditeur sous jaquette, 250 pp. illustrations en noir & couleurs
Bookseller reference : 2658
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COLLECTIF
Le Moyen Orient. Liban, Syrie, Jordanie, Irak, Iran.
Paris Hachette, "Les Guides Bleus" 1956 1 vol. relié in-12, cartonnage bleu de l'éditeur, LXXV + 935 pp., 4 cartes et plans dépliants en noir et en couleurs. Bon état.
Bookseller reference : 103793
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COLLECTIF
Le Moyen Orient. Liban, Syrie, Jordanie, Irak, Iran.
Paris Hachette, "Les Guides Bleus" 1956 1 vol. relié in-12, cartonnage bleu de l'éditeur, LXXV + 935 pp., 4 cartes et plans dépliants en noir et en couleurs. Bon état.
Bookseller reference : 103793
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COLLECTIF
Les Maisons dans la Syrie Antique du IIIe millénaire aux débuts de l'Islam. Pratiques et représentations de l’espace domestique. Actes du Colloque International, Damas 27-30 Juin 1992.
Beyrouth, IFAPO, 1997. In-4 broché, couv. rempliée ill., XVII-332 pp., ill. en noir dans le texte, index (IFAPO – Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique, t. CL).
Bookseller reference : 581359 ISBN : 270530567
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COLLECTIF
MELANGES JEAN-PIERRE SODINI.
P., Association des amis du CHCB, 2005. Fort in-8 pleine toile rouge éditeur, titre doré au dos et plat sup., XXVI-725 pp., portrait-frontispice, très nbr. fig., cartes et ill. photogr. en noir dans le texte, qqs. unes en coul., bibliographie. (Collège de France-Centre de Recherche d'Histoire et Civilisation de Byzance, Travaux et mémoires, 15).
Bookseller reference : 563527
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Collectif
Orient (n° 1 à 4)
Orient Revue 1957 Quatre volumes in-8 (15,6 x 24,3 cm), brochés, n° 1 à 4 de la revue trimestrielle Orient ; pliures sur les dos, traces d'humidité et marques d'usure sur les plats, dos et plats brunis, état moyen. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
Bookseller reference : dl1144
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Collectif
Orient, n°12, 4e trimestre 1959
Orient Broché 1959 In-8, (15.5x24.5 cm), broché, 247 pages, revue trimestrielle ; plats légèrement jaunis, bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
Bookseller reference : jj5429
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COLLECTIF
Société des Missions-Etrangères. Comptes rendus des travaux des années 1948-1950.
P., Séminaire des Missions Etrangères, 1949-1951. 3 volumes en un in-8, demi-chagrin rouge, VIII-257, VIII-251 et IX-193 pp.
Bookseller reference : 534648
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COLLECTIF - Collection dirigée par Albert Champdor
Description de l'Egypte publiée par ordre de Napoléon Bonaparte - Tome deuxième / deuxième album de la Description de l'Egypte
1968 Albert Guillot Editeur - 1968 - 1 vol grand in-4 - Broché - Feuillets volants - Sans pagination - Doubles gravures en noir et blanc et en couleurs
Bookseller reference : 107620
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Collectif - Traduit de l'anglais par Bruno Krebs et Sophie Paris
Oman et les Emirats Arabes Unis
2008 Editions Gallimard, Collection Bibliothèque des voyageurs - 2008 - In-8, broché avec couverture à rabats - 320 p. - Très nombreuse iconographie couleurs in-texte
Bookseller reference : 105470
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Collectif.
Le Livre des Mille nuits et Une nuit (8vol), illustré de 156 miniatures persanes.
à Paris, éditions Fasquelle, sd.
Bookseller reference : 1230
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COLLECTIVE.
Hz. Mevlana'dan Yunus Emre'ye Evrensel Sevgi ve Kültürlerin Kardesligi Projesi: Karaman Ulusal Kültür ve Inanç Turizmi Sempozyumu. 23-24-25 Mart 2012.
As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. 4to. (29 x 21 cm). In Turkish. B/w ills. 300, [1] p. Symposium papers of tourism of beliefs and culture. Hz. Mevlana'dan Yunus Emre'ye Evrensel Sevgi ve Kültürlerin Kardesligi Projesi: Karaman Ulusal Kültür ve Inanç Turizmi Sempozyumu. 23-24-25 Mart 2012.
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Collective.
The First International Congress on Islamic Archaeology. Programme & participants list. Istanbul 8-10 April 2005 Yildiz Sarayi Çit Kasri.
Very Good English The first international congress on Islamic Archaeology. Programme & Participants List = Istanbul 8 - 10 April 2005 Yildiz Sarayi Cit Kasri, Private edition, Ist., 2005. Paperback. Pbo. Fine. In English and Turkish. 26 p. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm).
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COLLIN Bernardin
Les lieux saints.
Couverture souple. Broché. 128 pages.
Bookseller reference : 132559
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COLLIN Bernardin
Les lieux saints.
Couverture souple. Broché. 128 pages.
Bookseller reference : 132560
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Collingwood, William, R.I.N. surveyor (fl. 1840s-1860s).
Collection of watercolours showing Indian Navy ships in the Arabian Gulf. Includes Collingwood's original surveying telescope. [Mostly Arabian Gulf], 1856-1858.
Three hand-drawn watercolours showing the "Coromandel" (148 x 225 mm), the "Tigris" (178 x 240 mm), and the "Georgiana" (142 x 240 mm), mounted on backing paper, separately matted. With a presentation leather-cased 1½-inch three-draw leather-covered surveying telescope and compass compendium by Andrew Ross, London, contained in 29 cm leather carry case with lid enclosing a lacquered-brass compass, collapsed length 25 cm, expands to 71 cm. A striking collection of original watercolours drawn by Lieutenant William Collingwood, civil engineer in the Royal Indian Navy, during his surveying mission to the Middle East in the mid-1850s. The three ships, all built for the "Honourable [East India] Company", are the H.C. Screw Troop Ship "Coromandel" ("1112 Tons. Commander C. D. Campbell I.N. London to Madras Aug. to Nov. 1856"), the H.C. Brigantine "Tigris" ("Persian Gulf. Entering "Cheroo" Bay. August 1857"), and the H.C. Schooner "Georgiana" ("Lieut. Collingwood Comd. off 'Karack', Feb. 1858"). While the exact location of the "Coromandel" at the time of sketching is not identified (though Collingwood was undoubtedly in the Arabian area at the time), the other two ships are clearly sailing the Arabian Gulf. The "Tigris" is shown entering Cheroo Bay (Chiruyeh, Bandar-e Chiru), on the south coast of Persia, opposite Inderabi Island; the bay was popular with navigators in the region for offering safe shelter from western and northwestern winds, with regular soundings of up to ten fathoms quite near the shore. The "Georgiana" is pictured farther north off Kharg Island, 16 miles from the coast of Bushehr province. Kharg is mentioned in the 10th-century "Hudud al-'alam" as a good source for pearls and was visited by Jean de Thévenot in 1665, who recorded trade with Isfahan and Basra. After the Dutch Empire established both a trading post and a fort on the island in 1753, the Dutch fort was captured in 1766 by Mir Mahanna, the governor of Bandar Rig. The island was briefly occupied in 1838 by the British to block the 1838 Siege of Herat but was soon returned. - Slight loss to upper left corner of all three sheets; some brownstaining and traces of folds, but well-preserved on the whole. The ensemble is neatly complemented by Collingwood's presentation surveying telescope and compass compendium, the telescope being signed and inscribed: "From Comr. Selby, Surveyor in Mesopotamia, to Lieut. W. Collingwood, Asst. Surveyor, in kind remembrance of Services together in Babylonia & Irak Arabia". Commander W. B. Selby, who dedicated this fine telescope-cum-compass set, began his distinguished surveying career in 1837 when, as a midshipman, he embarked on the expedition first to lay navigation buoys in the mouths of the Indus River and then to chart some coastal areas in the "Horn of Africa". By 1846 he was back working off the mouths of the Indus, having made his reputation in Mesopotamia (in 1840-41), and thereafter achieved considerable acclaim for his numerous other surveys, including those during the military expedition to Persia in 1856, before returning to England at the end of 1862. He was succeeded as Surveyor of Mesopotamia by his protégé, Lt. William Collingwood (a distant cousin of the Admiral), who had already done much valuable work in the region, including the large-scale, though surreptitious, mapping of Baghdad in 1855, described by him as follows: "The survey of the city of Baghdad was completed entirely by myself and under very unpleasant restrictions [...] The Turkish Government were not to know anything about it [...] and I was left to survey the town as best I could, and under such difficulties that at times I had to note bearings and paces all over my white shirt, where best I could get the pencil at the time [...]". During this same expedition, Collingwood also surveyed the Shatt-ul-Arab, the city of Bussorah (also by stealth) and much of the country between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and was undoubtedly one of the most gifted and productive R.I.N. surveyors of his day.
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Collingwood, William, R.I.N. surveyor (fl. 1840s-1860s).
Journal of a voyage from London to Bombay. On board the "Oriental", 1846.
8vo. English ms. in blue ink on paper. 69 pp., interleaved with pink blotting paper. With several coloured ink sketches. Bound in red morocco with inscribed cover "Journal of the proceedings on board the ship Oriental from London to Bombay". Marbled endpapers, inscribed "W. Collingwood. Journal Book". A passage journal kept aboard the ship "Oriental" from London around Africa to Bombay between 6 January and 30 May 1846, written in a neat and clear hand with occasional coloured ink sketches. The varied content includes weather observations, poetry, and day-to-day commentary: "March 31st 1846 Tuesday: A large shoal of porpoises playing about the bows the mate went out on the dolphin striker to harpoon one but was unsuccessful [...]", "May 11th 1846 Monday: This morning we sighted Coëtivy, it is a low rocky shore sprinkled with Cocoa nut trees etc., before 12 it was out of sight [...]" (includes a panoramic sketch of the coastline). - Lieutenant William Collingwood, a distant cousin of the Admiral, was an R.I.N. surveyor who did much valuable work in Iraq, including the large-scale, though surreptitious, mapping of Baghdad in 1855. During this same expedition, Collingwood also surveyed the Shatt-ul-Arab, the city of Bussorah (also by stealth) and much of the country between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and he was undoubtedly one of the most gifted and productive R.I.N. surveyors of his day. - Binding slightly rubbed at extremeties; in good condition altogether.
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Collingwood, William.
Trigonometrical Survey of a part of Mesopotamia. From Hillah to the Ruins of Niffer with the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. London, J. & C. Walker, 1862.
101 x 71 cm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale, ca. 1:150,000. Signed by Collingwood. Impressive, early, large-scale map of central Iraq, showing the area between Al Hillah (100 km south of Baghdad) to the ruins of the ancient Sumerian city of Nippur. Indicates sand hills, canals, old river beds, tracks, cultivated areas. Includes inset plans and views of Tel Ibrahim, Zibbleyeh, Nejmi, Niffer, and the Niffer Mounds. - Some paper defects and edge damage restored. Rare; copies are known in no more than two public collections (Bodleian; British Library). Personal copy of the cartographer William Collingwood, signed by himself as well as by Cdr. W. B. Selby, R.I.N. - Selby began his distinguished surveying career in 1837 when, as a midshipman, he embarked on the expedition first to lay navigation buoys in the mouths of the Indus River and then to chart some coastal areas in the Horn of Africa. By 1846 he was back working off the mouth of the Indus, having made his reputation in Mesopotamia (in 1840-41), and thereafter achieved considerable acclaim for his numerous other surveys, including those during the military expedition to Persia in 1856, before returning to England at the end of 1862. He was succeeded as Surveyor of Mesopotamia by his protégé, Lt. William Collingwood (a distant cousin of the Admiral), who had already done much valuable work in the region, including the large-scale, though surreptitious, mapping of Baghdad in 1855, described by him as follows: "The survey of the city of Baghdad was completed entirely by myself and under very unpleasant restrictions [...] The Turkish Government were not to know anything about it [...] and I was left to survey the town as best I could, and under such difficulties that at times I had to note bearings and paces all over my white shirt, where best I could get the pencil at the time [...]". During this same expedition, Collingwood also surveyed the Shatt-ul-Arab, the city of Bussorah (also by stealth) and much of the country between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and he was undoubtedly one of the most gifted and productive R.I.N. surveyors of his day. OCLC 863254646.
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