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COUNSELL Michael.
Every Pilgrim's Guide to the Journeys of the Apostles.
Norwich: Canterbury Press 2002. 1853114448. Greece Turkey Cyprus Italy Lebanon Malta Syria and the Holy Land. "Walk in the steps of Peter Paul and John with this comprehensive and fascinating guide to the Mediterranean towns cities and villages where the earliest Christian churches sprang into life." Pp.vii/248 signed by author to title page 27 colour photo illustrations line drawings maps and plans. Paperback. VG. . Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2002. 1853114448 paperback
Bookseller reference : 37325 ISBN : 1853114448 9781853114441
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COURET (Alphonse)
La Palestine sous les empereurs grecs. 326-636.
Grenoble, Imp. de F. Allier Père et Fils, 1869. In-8 broché, 276-VXVI pp., importante appendice avec la liste des monastères fondés en Palestine depuis Constantin jusqu'à l'invasion des arabes .
Bookseller reference : 589136
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Coury Ralph M.
The Making of an Egyptian Arab Nationalist: The Early years of Azzam Pasha 1893-1936
Ithaca Press 1998. First edition. Black cloth gilt titles. Subtitled 'The Early Years of Azzam Pasha 1893-1936.' A well-documented study of the individual and the political history he inspired with respect to subsequent Arab nationalism. Extensive Chapter Notes included. Book clearly unread near fine with owner bookplate and name to frontmatter. DJ also near fine with light rubbing. 528 pp. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ithaca Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15023 ISBN : 0863722334 9780863722332
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Couto, Diego de.
Decadas da Asia. Lisbon, Domingos Gonsalves, 1736.
Small folio (222 x 302 mm). 3 volumes bound as two. (32), 605, (1) pp. (14), 607-931, (1), 75, (1) pp. (16), 625, (1) pp. All 3 title-pages printed in red and black. Contemporary full mottled brown calf with giltstamped red labels to finely gilt spines (not uniform). Edges sprinkled red. Continuation of João de Barros's famous work on Portuguese colonial history in the Orient. First published in 1602, this is the first edition to include decade IX. Do Couto (1542-1616), chronicler and custodian of Torre do Tombo, begins with Decada IV, in continuation of de Barros's Decada III. (When de Barros's own Decada IV was discovered and posthumously published in 1615, the work effectively acquired another treatment of the same period with a different text, both numbered IV). "The 'Decades' contain "the early history of the Portuguese in India and Asia and reveal careful study of Eastern historians and geographers, as well as of the records of [the author's] own country. They are distinguished by clearness of exposition and orderly arrangement. They are also lively accounts" (Enc. Britannica). - Vols. I and II bound in a single volume. Some worming to spine-ends, with traces of worming to inner margin of the final four leaves of vol. III. A clean copy. Innocencio II, 154. Monteverde 1900. Cordier, BJ, 34 and BS, 2309. Cf. Macro 763. Not in Samodães or Ameal.
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COX (Claude E.)
The armenian translation of Deuteronomy.
Chico, Scholars Press, 1981. In-8 broché, XXIV-415 pp., bibliogr., index. (Univ. of Pennsylvania - Armenian Texts and Studies, 2).
Bookseller reference : 517926 ISBN : 891304924
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Cozzonis Effendi.
Rapport sur la manifestation pestilentielle a Djeddah en 1898 suivi d'une esquisse sur les conditions générales de la dite ville [...]. Constantinople, Imprimerie Osmanié, 1898.
4to. 29, (1) pp., final blank leaf. With a folding plan of Jeddah. Contemporary printed wrappers. Stapled. Rare contemporary account of the plague outbreak in Jeddah, written by the chief sanitary inspector, documenting disease control in the Ottoman Empire. The treatise puts forward nine suggestions on how to prevent future outbreaks, including an urgent recommendation to establish a strictly isolated hospital for plague patients only, a reminder to look out for a sufficient supply of dumpcarts to get rid of dirty laundry and rags, and an appeal to disinfect all clothes, either chemically or by means of boiling, and to burn immediately all textiles coming in from Bombay or other infected places. The plan shows the Yemen, Chami and Mazloum quarters as well as the city's sewage system. With 7 pages of general information on Jeddah, discussing its climate and population, as well as the Sambuk, a traditional wooden sailing vessel. - Spine somewhat worn; small tear to the plan. A good copy of an uncommon work, never seen at auction. OCLC 44403162.
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CQ Inc. Staff
Middle East: Revised to Include a Persian Gulf Crisis Supplement
Washington DC U.S.A.: Congressional Quarterly Incorporated 1991. Publisher: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1991 Good Soft Cover ISBN: 0-87187-630-2 cover wear. Soft Cover. Good. Congressional Quarterly, Incorporated Paperback
Bookseller reference : 008304 ISBN : 0871876302 9780871876300
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Craig S. Davis
The Middle East for Dummies
USA: Wiley Publishing 2003 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Wiley Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 000488 ISBN : 0764554832 9780764554834
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Craig, Steve
Sports and Games of the Ancients (Sports and Games Through History)
Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. 271 pages with b&w photos and illustrations throughout. Includes sports and games of the ancients in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin america, Middle east, North America, Oceania.
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CREIGHTON JOHN
Oil On Troubled Waters: Gulf Wars 1980-91
<p>Hardback 156 pages very good condition dustjacket with slight wear.</p> Echoes Press, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1539 ISBN : 1873395450 9781873395455
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Creighton, R.
A New Historical Map of Palestine, With Part of Egypt & Arabia. Ancient & Modern Geography of those Countries with the Routes of Several Celebrated Travellers. London, William Colling Hobson, 1833.
Large hand-coloured folding engraved map (ca. 103 x 82 cm). Scale ca. 1:1,000,000. In contemporary red morocco slipcase. Rare 1833 edition of a historical map of Palestine, with a part of Egypt and Arabia. This map is of particular interest for showing the principal roads and travel routes through the desert, with the old Roman road and the route of the Hajj, as well as the route taken by Eyles Irwin in 1777. Occasional browning; slipcase rubbed and bumped, but well preserved on the whole. Cf. Röhricht (Palästina) 633 (London, 1831). Laor, Maps of the Holy Land (1839 edition). Not in Al Ankary or Al-Qasimi.
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Cremeans Charles D.
The Arabs and the World: Nasser's Arab Nationalist Party
NY: Frederick Praeger 1967. Trade paper bound later third printing of first edition 338pp includes bibliography and index. Previous owner name inside front cover at top and few scattered pencil marks to text else very good. 390 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. NY: Frederick Praeger, 1967 paperback
Bookseller reference : 21375
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Cremeans Charles D
The Arabs and the World: Nasser's Arab Nationalist Policy
New York: Frederick A. Praeger / Council on Foreign Relations 1967. Third printing. Owner's name on first page. Map. Bibliography. Index. xiv 338 pages. 20.2 cm. Wrappers Softcover. Condition: Good/none. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. New York: Frederick A. Praeger / Council on Foreign Relations, (1967) paperback
Bookseller reference : 7816
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Cremeans Charles D.
THE ARABS AND THE WORLD: NASSER'S ARAB NATIONALIST POLICY
New York: Frederick A. Praeger Pub 1963. HC. good w/good dustjacket hardcover. Mr. Cremeans looks at Arab foreign policy from the inside out viewing Arab objectives and behavior in the international arena as they appear to Arab eyes. 338pp. Frederick A. Praeger, Pub unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS025382I
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Creswell, Sir Keppel Archibald Cameron.
Masagid Misr (The Mosques of Egypt from 21 H. [A.D. 641) to 1365 H. [A.D. 1946]). Giza, Ordnance Survey, 1948.
Royal folio. 2 vols. V, 76 pp. III, 148 pp. Arabic text printed in red and black. With 2 chromolithogr. frontispieces, 2 chromolithogr. title pages, 243 phototype plates (27 in colour), 2 folding maps, folding table, and numerous text illustrations. Original blind- and giltstamped green cloth. First, original Arabic edition; much rarer than the English edition, which appeared a year later. "The finest piece of book production achieved in Egypt" (Creswell). A history of Islamic architecture in Egypt, containing several beautiful views of the principal mosques, with plans and notes. Both volumes include the double page with the preface by the Minister for Religious Foundations as well as Creswell's introduction (dated 1954), which supplanted the original pages 1-2 (probably a dedication to King Farouk). An unusually good, clean copy from the library of Tarek Wahby (his bookplate on the flyleaf).
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Creswell, Sir Keppel Archibald Cameron.
The Muslim Architecture of Egypt. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1952-1959.
Royal folio. 2 vols. XXVI, 290 pp. XXIV, 300 pp. With 251 plates and numerous text illustrations. Publisher's original green cloth. First edition, printed in 550 copies only. Principal work of the great architectural historian of Muslim Egypt. Beginning where his "Early Muslim Architecture" left off, this monumental two-volume set traces the history of Egyptian Islamic architecture from the dynasty of the Ikhshids and Fatimids (A.D. 939-1171) to that of the Ayyubids and early Bahrite Mamluks (A.D. 1171-1326). Creswell had begun his work in 1920 with a generous grant of King Fuad I; the present publication is dedicated to Fuad's son, Farouk I. - The publisher's voucher copies: numbers 4 and 2 of 550 copies printed, removed from Printer's Library of Oxford's famous Clarendon Press. In perfect condition. - Rare, the last complete copy sold in 1999 (Sotheby's, Oct 14, lot 185). OCLC 1105072.
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Crichton, Andrew.
History of Arabia and its People. London & Edinburgh, T. Nelson and Sons, 1852.
8vo. XVI, 652 pp., publisher's catalogue. With engraved title-page and frontispiece, one folding engraved map of Arabia, and 5 engraved plates with tissue guards (including a view of Mecca). Publisher’s gilt-illustrated red cloth. Outstandingly preserved specimen of this account of Arabia and its inhabitants by the Scottish-born biographer and historian Crichton (1790-1855). Discusses the life and religion of Muhammad, the conquest, arts, and literature of the Saracens, the Caliphs of Damascus, Bagdad, Africa, and Spain, the modern Arabs, the Wahhabis, the Bedouins etc. Rare. An exceptional copy of the Edinburgh Cabinet Library new edition, the first single-volume edition (previously published 20 years earlier as two duodecimos). Entirely unread, the pages remaining mostly unopened, internally and externally crisp and bright. A stunning example of Victorian pictorial cloth with presentation inscription on the verso of the frontispiece: "Presented to William Hitchins on his leaving for Australia by Edward McNaughtan, 20th January 1853". - A trace of foxing to the fore-edge, occasional loosening to quires, otherwise flawless. Macro 781. OCLC 175544. Cf. Gay 3462 (1833 ed.). Brunet 27998 ("pourrait se placer plus haut"). DNB XIII, 86.
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Crile George
Charlie Wilson's War : The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
New York NY U.S.A.: New York NY U.S.A.: Grove/Atlantic Incorporated 2004 2004 Hard Cover. Private Press. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. In as new never read condition. This is a later printing NOT A First. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Private Press. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 2004 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6974 ISBN : 0871138549 9780871138545
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Crinesius, Christoph.
[Babel] sive Discursus de confusione linguarum, tum orientalium: Hebraicae, Chaldaicae, Syriacae, Scripturae Samariticae, Arabicae, Persicae, Aethiopicae [...]. Nuremberg, Simon Halbmayer, 1629.
(16), 144, (4) pp. With woodcut printer's device on title-page, 3 full-page engravings in the text (including specimens of Arabic) and numerous ornamental woodcut initials and vignettes. - (Bound with) II: Hackspan, Theodor. Disputationum theologicarum & philologicarum sylloge [...]. Nuremberg, Johann Andreas Endter & Wolfgang Endter, 1663. (8), 616, (43) pp. Title-page printed in red and black. With several ornamental woodcut vignettes and head- and tailpieces. - (Bound with) III: Lipmann-Mühlhausen, Jom-Tob. Liber Nizachon Rabbi Lipmanni. Nuremberg, Wolfgang Endter, 1644. 4to. (14), 512, (24) pp. With additional engraved, illustrated title-page. Contemporary vellum with ms. title to spine. Nuremberg sammelband concerning problems of oriental philology and text exegesis, written or edited by notable Protestant scholars. - I: Early scientific work of comparative linguistics, comparing Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopian, Latin, Greek, French, etc. in great detail regarding grammar, lexicon, and phonetic inventory. Christoph Crinesius (1584-1629), an orientalist from Bohemia and "well versed in the Hebrew, Chaldaic, and Syrian languages" (cf. Jöcher), had studied and taught at Wittenberg before becoming a preacher in Gschwendt. After the Protestants' eviction from Austria he became professor of theology in Altdorf; the present work was first published in two parts in Wittenberg in 1610. - II: Collection of theological and philological disputations by Hackspan, who is considered "next to Salomon Glass the most important Hebraist of his age. He also studied the Rabbis closely and made use of the knowledge thus gained for theology. Furthermore, he was familiar with the Arabic and Syrian language" (cf. ADB X, 299). After delivering an excellent disputation, Hackspan was made professor of oriental languages at Altdorf although he held no degree. Numerous passages in Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and Syrian type. - III: The first printed edition of the Sefer nizzachon, the major work of the great apologist and cabbalist Jom-Tov ben Salomo Lipmann of Mühlhausen (fl. after 1400). In this "Book of Victory", written before 1410, Lipmann attacks "central Christian teachings, especially Christian interpretations of individual Biblical passages [...] The work, which presupposes a thorough acquaintance with the New Testament, created a sensation among Christians and provoked the Brandenburg Bishop Stephan Bodecker to respond with a treatise of his own" (cf. Jüd. Lex. III, 1119). Edited by the distinguished orientalist Theodor Hackspan (1607-59), who had by a dramatic feat acquired the work theretofore existing only as a secret manuscript circulating among the Jewish community: "Hackspan visited with several students a Jew in Schnattach, with whom he had frequently spoken of the Nizzachon, but from whom he had never succeeded in obtaining it. During the visit he made the Jew so trustful that he showed him the Nizzachon, and while the students, as had been planned, ensnared the Jew in arguments and discourse, Hackspan seized his chance, got in a ready coach with the Nizzachon and left the Jew standing. As soon as he arrived at home with his booty he cut up the book, and Schnell, Blendinger, Frischmuth and other men well versed in the Rabbinic language had quickly to copy it so that one could return it to the Jew, who came for it the very next day. And through this fine deceit this evil book came into the Christians' hands and later into print" (cf. Will). The Hebrew text (constituting the major part of the work) was printed in Altdorf, the Latin text (likewise paginated from right to left) in Nuremberg. The appendix contains numerous passages in Arabic. - With autograph owner's mark "Ex libris Maresii" [probably Samuel Maresius (1599-1673, Gröningen theologian)] on flyleaf. Front pastedown with autogr. owner's mark of M. D. Winter [i. e. Magister David Winter (1643-99, Wittenberg philologist)] and ownership "Ha-Sefer jehert [A]dolf Mobring [?]"; a few underlinings in the text. Slightly browned throughout. Title-page of II (Crinesius) expertly re-margined. Occasionally slightly waterstained, otherwise a good copy of the rare major work of the cabbalist Lipmann in a contemporary sammelband. I: Jöcher I, 2198. VD 17, 14:053983L. - II: VD 17, 12:123782K. Will, Nürnb. Gelehrten-Lex. II (DBA I 452, 385). - III: Steinschneider I, 1411: 5854, 1. VD 17, 23:270299X. Will, Nürnb. Gelehrten-Lex. II (as above).
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Cristiano Riccardo
LA SPERANZA SVANITA Medio Oriente, Islam, nazionalismo. Il dramma dei diritti negati (2002)
In 8, br. edit. ill. a col., pp. 283.Prima edizione.Buonissime condizioni.Luogo di pubblicazione RomaEditore Editori RiunitiAnno pubblicazione 2002Collana Primo pianoMateria/Argomento Storia, Politica, Medio OrientePrima Edizione Sbr>
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Cristiano Riccardo
La speranza svanita. Medio Oriente, Islam, nazionalismo: il dramma dei diritti negati
Cristiano Riccardo La speranza svanita. Medio Oriente, Islam, nazionalismo: il dramma dei diritti negati. , Editori Riuniti 2002-01-01, Copertina cartonata con alette informative. Pagine e tagli lievemente ingialliti. Collana:"Primo piano". Buono (Good) . <br> <br> Copertina flessibile <br> 288<br> 8835951305
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Croce, Giulio Cesare / Nikola Palikuca (transl.).
Himbenost pritankogh Veleznanstva Nasradinova. Ancona, Pietro Paolo Ferri, 1771.
12mo. With a woodcut of the main character on the title-page. Contemporary plain wrappers. Very rare first edition of a Croatian translation of the popular comic novel "Le sottilissime astuzie di Bertoldo" by Giulio Cesare Croce, first published in 1606. Based on oral traditions, this highly popular novel told the story of the farmer Bertoldo, who is sometimes cunning and at other times stupid. In this Croatian version the translator "localized" the name of the main character to Nasreddin, thereby establishing a link with the famous 13th-century Turkish satirist Nasreddin Hodja, whose stories were well known in the Balkan region. The translator, Nikola Palikuca from Prokljan (near Šibenik) was probably the pseudonym of a friar or nun. A second edition of the book was published in 1799 in Venice. - With owner's inscriptions on the final blank and interior of the wrapper and some pencil crossing on the back of the title-page. Browned and with waterstains throughout, nevertheless a structurally good edition of a very rare book. Deželjin, "Bertoldi di Giulio Cesare Croce e il riflesso di quest'opera nell'altra sponda dell'Adriatico" in: Capasso, L'Italia altrove, atti del III convegno internazionale di studi dell'AIBA, pp. 135-144. Not in WorldCat; ICCU.
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Crociani Paola photographer
Bedouin of the Sinai
Reading U.K.: Garnet Publishing 1994. Introduction by John King. Map. Dj. 52 photos. xiii 105 pages. 28.5 cm. Hardcover. Condition Book/Dj: VG/VG. ISBN: 1-873938-48-9 . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. Reading U.K.: Garnet Publishing, (1994) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6809 ISBN : 1873938489 9781873938485
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Croix, Francois Petis de la.
Les mille et un jour, contes persans [...] Tome cinquième & dernier. Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1729.
8vo. (6), 350 pp. With woodcut device to title-page. Contemporary full calf with gilt spine and spine-label. Marbled endpapers. All edges red. Charming edition of the "Hezaryek-Rouz" or "Thousand and One Days", so called to "give the work an air of originality" (Chauvin IV, 124). The last tome of an original five-volume set of these oriental tales unfolding around the Kashmiri princess Farrukhnaz. - These tales are the translation of a manuscript that the oriental scholar François Pétis de la Croix is said to have received in Isfahan in 1675 from the dervish Moclès, the latter having translated and adapted into Persian the Indian tales known in Turkish as "al-Farage Bada Al-schidda". - Although the work enjoyed far fewer editions and translations than the "Alf layla wa-layla" and is commonly said to be an imitation of the same, it cannot, as Chauvin notes, be determined whether the "Thousand and One Days" or the "Thousand and One Nights" was composed first. Chauvin quotes one commentator who prefers the "Days" to the "Nights", declaring the former "much more ingenious and more realistic, as it sometimes includes marvels, following the taste of the Oriental" (Chauvin IV, 125). Nevertheless, to this day the "Hezaryek-Rouz" is much less known in the West. - Corners slightly rubbed; small portion at head of spine chipped away; binding minimally wormed; faint traces of glue to covers. Lower edges of a few pages torn without loss to text; pp. 126f. with a grayish mark, presumably left by a bookmark. Occasional light spotting; a few pages slightly creased. Chauvin IV, 312 B. Cf. Graesse IV, 525 (later eds.).
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CROMER (the Earl of)
Modern Egypt.
London, Macmillan and Co, 1908. 2 vol. in-8, rel. à la bradel d'éd. pleine toile verte, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, titre doré, filets à froid en tête et en queue des plats, XVIII-594 et XIV-600 pp., portrait de l'auteur au front., une carte dépliante, chronologie et index, texte en anglais. Ex-libris armorié contrecollé (Laurentii Aurrin).
Bookseller reference : 590228
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Cronin Vincent
The Last Migration
London: Rupert Hart-Davis and the Book Society 1957. Book. Good. Cloth. Signed by Authors. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Book plate on front pastedown.SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON ffep. Rupert Hart-Davis and the Book Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037670
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CROUTIER (Alev Lytle)
Harems Le monde derrière le voile
Belfond 1989, grand in-4 relié toile bordeaux de l'éditeur sous jaquette illustrée, 208 p. (bel état ; épuisé) Un très beau livre, bien illustré, sur la vie dans les harems à travers l'histoire et ses représentations artistiques.
Bookseller reference : 38428
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Cubero Sebastian, Pedro.
Breve relacion de la peregrinacion que ha hecho de la mayor parte del mundo. Madrid, Juan Garcia Infaçon, 1680.
4to. (20), 360 pp. Title-page within a border of cast fleurons, woodcut arms of the dedicatee Charles II of Spain, and several woodcut initials and tailpieces. Modern gilt blue morocco by the leading Barcelona binder Emilio Brugalla (1901-87), also active in Madrid, signed at the foot of the front turn-in: "Brugalla 1946", with the arms of the Spanish bibliophile Isidoro Fernandez (1878-1963) stamped in gold on front and back in a blind-stamped panel, double fillets on binding edges and richly gold-tooled turn-ins, gilt edges. First edition of an interesting and detailed account of the first overland journey from Spain to the East Indies (1671-80) made by the Spanish missionary Sebastian Pedro Cubero. Interestingly, Cubero covered most of his route by land, as would later Careri, thus constantly being able to observe the customs, religions, ceremonies and costumes of the peoples he visited, describing them in considerable detail. After spending time in Italy, where he was appointed as a missionary to Asia and the East Indies, Cubero travelled by way of Istanbul and Moscow to Iran, visiting Isfahan ("Hispaham") and Bandar Abbas, after which he finally arrived in India. After crossing to Malacca he was imprisoned by the Dutch and later banished from the city. He then proceeded to the Philippines and ultimately, by way of Mexico, back to Europe. "After a stint as confessor in the imperial army in Hungary, Cubero became one of the notable travellers of the seventeenth century. What set him apart was the variety of his traveller's hats. Most obviously a missionary [...], he also became [...] a representative figure of the whole exploratory enterprise. By circumnavigating the globe in his travels, he was recognized in his own time to be another Magellan, Drake, or Cavendish" (Noonan). - With bookplates on pastedown; t. p. has contemporary ownership of Pere de Ribes-Vallgomera de Boixadors, Marques de Alferras, ennobled by Philip V in 1702. Some occasional foxing and a small restoration, replacing the outer lower corner of the title-page in a subtle facsimile. Very narrow margins, occasionally just shaving the headlines and quire signatures, otherwise in very good condition. Rare in the market: two copies appeared at auction in the last 50 years. Palau 65756. Sabin 17819. OCLC 14110894. Howgego C225. Lach & Van Kley III, 360. Maggs cat. 495, 303. This ed. not in Salvá. For the author cf. F.T. Noonan, The road to Jerusalem: pilgrimage and travel in the age of discovery (2007), p. 104.
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Cubero Sebastian, Pedro.
Peregrinacion que ha hecho de la mayor parte del mundo [...]. Zaragoza, Pasqual Bueno, 1688.
4to. (16), 288 pp. With woodcut illustration. Later full vellum with handwritten spine-title. Third edition of an interesting and detailed account of the first overland journey from Spain to the East Indies (1671-80) made by the Spanish missionary Sebastian Pedro Cubero. Interestingly, Cubero covered most of his route by land, as would later Careri, thus constantly being able to observe the customs, religions, ceremonies and costumes of the peoples he visited, describing them in considerable detail. After spending time in Italy, where he was appointed as a missionary to Asia and the East Indies, Cubero travelled by way of Istanbul and Moscow to Persia, visiting Isfahan ("Hispaham") and Bandar Abbas, after which he finally arrived in India. After crossing to Malacca he was imprisoned by the Dutch and later banished from the city. He then proceeded to the Philippines and ultimately, by way of Mexico, back to Europe. "After a stint as confessor in the Imperial army in Hungary, Cubero became one of the notable travellers of the 17th century. What set him apart was the variety of his traveller's hats. Most obviously a missionary [...], he also became [...] a representative figure of the whole exploratory enterprise. By circumnavigating the globe in his travels, he was recognized in his own time to be another Magellan, Drake, or Cavendish" (Noonan). - Limp paper evenly browned throughout; first 30 pp. somewhat wormed; worm holes and some marginal flaws repaired with Japanese paper, entire title-page rebacked thus. Contemporary ownership of the San Juan convent library in Barcelona to title-page. Faded stamp of ownership to title-page and lower flyleaf. The lower flyleaf bears the handwritten ownership of Emanuel Pelegrí Pages and Joan Peregrí, students at San Andrés de la Barca. Palau 65758. Howgego C225. Sabin 17819. Streit-Dindinger V, 598. Alden 688/64. For the author cf. F.T. Noonan, The road to Jerusalem: pilgrimage and travel in the age of discovery (2007), p. 104.
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Cubero Sebastiano, Pedro.
Peregrinazione del mondo. Naples, Giuseppe Criscolo, 1683.
4to (157 x 202 mm). (8), 339, (5) pp. With additional engraved title and 2 portraits. Original papered boards with handwritten lettering to spine. First Italian edition of a fascinating and detailed account of the first overland journey from Spain to the East Indies (1671-80) made by the Spanish missionary Sebastian Pedro Cubero. Interestingly, Cubero covered most of his route by land, as would later Careri, thus constantly being able to observe the customs, religions, ceremonies and costumes of the peoples he visited, describing them in considerable detail. After spending time in Italy, where he was appointed as a missionary to Asia and the East Indies, Cubero travelled by way of Istanbul and Moscow to Iran, visiting Isfahan ("Hispaham") and Bandar Abbas, after which he finally arrived in India. After crossing to Malacca he was imprisoned by the Dutch and later banished from the city. He then proceeded to the Philippines and ultimately, by way of Mexico, back to Europe. "After a stint as confessor in the imperial army in Hungary, Cubero became one of the notable travellers of the seventeenth century. What set him apart was the variety of his traveller's hats. Most obviously a missionary [...], he also became [...] a representative figure of the whole exploratory enterprise. By circumnavigating the globe in his travels, he was recognized in his own time to be another Magellan, Drake, or Cavendish" (Noonan). Included are three very three very detailed chapters of devoted to China, Tartary and the Chinese-Tartarian wars. Additionally, there are important discussion of Persia, India, Malacca, the Philippines, and Mexico; chapter XX (pp. 136-156) contains an extensive discussion on Islam, the birth and death of Mohamed and Mecca and Medina. Chapter XXXIII (p. 225-229) contains a discussion of the the Kingdom of Ormuz and Bandar Abbas, the city on the Straits of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf. - Bookplate of the New York "Explorers Club" (James B. Ford Library) to pastedown. Old inscriptions to front flyleaf; occasional stains. Lacks lower flyleaf; small tear to corner with loss of some text to fol. O4. This is the only copy of this edition that appears in the auction records over 30 years, no copy in the trade. Howgego C225. Cf. Sabin 17820. Palau 65757. For the author cf. F.T. Noonan, The road to Jerusalem: pilgrimage and travel in the age of discovery (2007), p. 104.
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CUCCA Francesco -
Galoppate nell'Islam. (Da Costantina ad Hammam Maskutin).
Milano, 1912, stralcio delle pag. 489/495 con illustrazioni - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
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Cuddihy Kathy
Saudi Customs and Etiquette
Hong Kong: Peregrine 1990. Stated 1st. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. Peregrine Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14352
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Culican William
The Medes and Persians
New York: Praeger 1965. Photos. Line drawings. Plans. Maps. Worn dj. Ancient Peoples and Places series. 260 pages. 8vo. Hardcover. . Catalogs: IRAN. New York: Praeger, (1965) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4626
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Cunningham A. B. ed
The Early Correspondence of Richard Wood 1831-1841
London: Royal Historical Society 1966. Glossary. Index. Royal Historical Society Camden fourth series volume 3. The author was a British translator and functionary in Turkey and Syria. Stain on cover. v 281 pages. 8vo. Hardcover. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. London: Royal Historical Society, 1966 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5570
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Curated by MONTSE AGUER TEIXIDOR.
Salvador Dali. A surrealist in Istanbul. 20.09.08. - 20.01.09. [Exhibition booklet].
New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 64 p., color ills. Salvador Dali. A surrealist in Istanbul. 20.09.08. - 20.01.09. [Exhibition booklet]. The exhibition consists of a comprehensive retrospective of the works of Salvador Dalí; in addition to 270 works consisting of oil paintings, drawings and works of graphic art, a variety of manuscripts, photographs and other documents are included. The exhibition is also distinguished by the fact that it is the largest single exhibition ever organised outside Figueres exclusively with material from the Foundation's collection. The exhibition can be viewed between 20 September 2008 and 01 February 2009. Curator of the exhibition Montse Aguer Teixidor, stated that "For the first time we present Salvador Dalí in Istanbul as a unique, innovative, peculiar, brilliant and different artist. We wish to be able to bring the spirit of such museum, so everyone can understand and get a closer look at Dalí's thinking, his obsessions, his iconography, and the dreamy and surrealist world of a universal, provocative and unique artist."
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Cureton, William.
Ancient Syriac documents relative to the earliest establishment of Christianity in Edessa and the neighbouring countries from the year after our Lord's ascension to the beginning of the fourth century. London, Williams and Norgate, 1864.
Folio (232 x 295 mm). (2), XIV, 196, 112 pp. Contemporary blindstamped cloth with giltstamped title to spine. First edition. - In 1837, Cureton (1808-64), assistant keeper of manuscripts in the British Museum and the only oriental scholar in the department, was commissioned to prepare a catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts, the first part of which appeared in 1846. "But a new study had already engaged Cureton's attention. During his official occupation at the British Museum immense additions had been made to the collection of Syriac manuscripts. When he entered the department these numbered about eighty; but the accession of numerous manuscripts of the highest importance from the Nitrian monasteries, which were purchased and brought over partly by the mediation of Dr. Tattam in 1841 and 1843, raised the total to nearly six hundred. Cureton, who knew nothing of Syriac when he came to the department, set himself zealously to work to conquer the not very serious difficulties of the language, and to set in order and classify the new acquisitions from the Nitrian valley. His labours while drawing up an outline catalogue were amply rewarded by the discovery of many manuscripts of the highest interest" (DNB). The present work was published, after his death following a railway accident, by William Wright (1830-89). - Occasional slight foxing; on the whole an excellent, unusually wide-margined copy. From the library of the Ducs de Luynes at the Château de Dampierre: their bookplate reproducing the arms of Charles Marie d'Albert de Luynes (1783-1839), 7th Duc de Luynes, on pastedown. DNB XII, 326. OCLC 4774167. Cf. Fück 190.
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CURIEL (Raoul)
Terrasses sacrées de BARD-é NECHANDEH et MASJID-i SOLAIMAN. Les trouvailles monétaires. Troisième partie : Monnaies Sasanides. Mémoires de la délégation archéologique en Iran. Tome XLIV. Mission de Susiane.
P. Brill, 1979. In-folio,broché, 166-184 pp., pl. 17-20.
Bookseller reference : 590468
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Curione, Celio Augustino.
Sarracenicae historiae libri III. In quibus Sarracenorum, Turcaru[m], Aegypti Sultanorum, [...] origines & incrementa, septingentorumq[ue] annorum res ab illis gestae, brevissimè explicantur. Basel, Johannes Oporinus, (August 1567).
Folio. 163, (19) pp., final blank f. With woodcut printer's device to title-page. - (Bound with) II: Hoffmeister, Johann. In XII priora capita actuum apostolicorum commentaria [...]. Cologne, Arnold Birckmanns heirs, 1567. (6) pp., 1 blank f., 225, (1) pp. With woodcut printer's device to title-page. Contemporary limp vellum with ms. spine title. Traces of ties. First edition of the history of the Saracens and Turks, dedicated to Emperor Maximilian II. The humanist C. A. Curio (1538-1567) thinks it likely that the Turks are descended from the Huns and shows skepticism toward theories that they might be descended from the Twelve Tribes of Israel, or, as Pliny had surmised, from the Tartars. Curio describes the Saracens as a people wrought by internal strife, often defeated and fragmented by the Arabs. - Bound within the same volume is a rare commentary on the first 12 chapters of the Acts of the Apostles by the Augustinian and theologian J. Hoffmeister (c. 1509-47). - Binding slightly loosened; some reinforcements to gutters; second word rather browned in places with occasional waterstains. A good copy of an important, early work on the Turkish people. I: VD 16 C, 6410 (D 2655). Göllner 1211. Adams C 3078. BM-STC German 232. Schottenloher 51906. Kutter A14, 1. - II: VD 16. H 4266. Not in Adams or BM-STC German.
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Curtis Michael editor
People and Politics in the Middle East
New Brunswick NJ: Transaction Books 1971. Proceedings of the annual conference of the American Academic Association for peace in the Middle East. 325 pages. 20.3 cm. Wrappers Softcover. Condition: Very Good/none. ISBN: 0-87855-500-5 . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. New Brunswick NJ: Transaction Books, (1971) paperback
Bookseller reference : 7487 ISBN : 0878555005 9780878555000
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Curtis Michael editor
People and Politics in the Middle East
New Brunswick NJ: Transaction Books 1971. Proceedings of the annual conference of the American Academic Association for peace in the Middle East. Index. 325 pages. 20.3 cm. Wrappers Softcover. Condition: Good/none. ISBN: 0-87855-500-5 . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. New Brunswick NJ: Transaction Books, (1971) paperback
Bookseller reference : 7772 ISBN : 0878555005 9780878555000
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Curtis Michael ed.
Religion and Politics in the Middle East
Boulder: Westview 1981. Hard bound green cloth edition not stated illustrated with tables 406pp includes bibliography and index. Tight and clean - very good/-- no dust jacket. 740 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. Boulder: Westview, 1981 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23271 ISBN : 0865310653 9780865310650
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Curtis Michael editor
Religion and Politics in the Middle East
Boulder CO: Westview Press 1982. Second printing. Bibliography. Index. Owner's name and date and review reference on first page. x 406 pages. 22.8 cm. Wrappers Softcover. Condition: Good/none. ISBN: 0-86531-388-1 . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. Boulder CO: Westview Press, (1982) paperback
Bookseller reference : 7494 ISBN : 0865313881 9780865313880
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Curtis F. Jones
Divide and Perish: The Geopolitics of the Middle East
AuthorHouse 2006. Paperback. Very good. No dustjacket as issued. Cover has some wear along the edges. Inscribed by the author to former owners on front endpaper. AuthorHouse paperback
Bookseller reference : 816 ISBN : 1420880233 9781420880236
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Cury, Alec R.
Arabic Without a Teacher. Cairo, World-Wide Publications, (1959).
8vo. 144 pp. Original printed wrappers. Pocket dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, providing "all sentences, phrases and a vocabulary of words that are in common use throughout Egypt, the Sudan and part of Palestine; and which are needed mostly by military men and tourists". - When the Lebanese-born Alec Cury sought the assistance of a British authority for the 1915 first edition of his work, "General Sir John Maxwell, GOC of British troops in Egypt, allowed his name to be put on the cover to give his solemn imprimatur to a work which was to go into no less than 34 editions by 1965" (McLoughlin). The present 32nd edition still proudly bears the phrase "officially approved by the late General Sir John Maxwell" on the front cover and title-page. - Aiming to enable English native speakers to learn Arabic without the help of a teacher, the manual includes useful terms and phrases for interactions at a restaurant, at the post office, with a taxi driver, or a "donkey boy", as well as terms of the oil industry, aviation and military. It provides brief observations on grammar and pronunciation as well as a table with the Arabic alphabet. - Wrappers and title-page somewhat brownstained. Otherwise well preserved. McLoughlin, In a Sea of Knowledge, 65. Cf. OCLC 487444386 (1950 ed.).
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Cyril Glasse
The Concise Encyclopaedia of Islam
London: Stacey International 1989. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Light shelf wear. Stacey International Paperback
Bookseller reference : 042114 ISBN : 0905743652 9780905743653
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CÜNEYT KAFKAS.
Filistin günlügü.
Fine English Paperback., Very good., 20 x 14 cm, 227, [6] p., "Filistin günlügü.", Cüneyt Kafkas, A Yayinlari, Ist., 1990.
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D'Anville, [Jean Baptiste Bourguignon] / Schrämbl, Franz Anton.
Karte von Asien. [Map of Asia]. Vienna, F. A. Schraembl (& J. G Trassler in Brno), 1786.
3 engraved maps of 2 sheets each (ca. 740 x 790 mm, 980 x 700 mm, 510 x 1070 mm) in contemporary light border colour, cut into segments and mounted on cloth. Engraved by Jacob Adam and A. Amon. Scale ca. 1:7.4 million. Folded in contemporary marbled slipcase with leather cover label. Complete set of Schraembl's Asia maps, based on D'Anville's maps with improvements by the Austrian cartographer F. A. Schraembl and also issued as part of his "Great General Atlas" (Vienna, P. J. Schalbacher, 1786-1803). The first map shows the Near and Middle East from Turkey and Egypt to Arabia, Persia, India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Although the southwestern part of the Gulf is poorly explored, various Gulf cities are identified, including "Dsjulfar" (Ras al-Khaimah), "Mekehoan" (Umm Al Quwain), "Kalba", and "Ras ol Lima". The city of "Al Katif" is clearly identified. The Qatar Peninsula is entirely absent, but the island of Bahrain is noted (though misaligned), and the coastline between "Gattar" (south of Bahrain) and Kalba is marked as a "little-known coast". - A well-preserved set. Phillipps I, 694. Kretschmer/Dörflinger, Lex. Kartogr. 566. Dörflinger/Hühnel I, 133, 11-16. Not in Al-Qasimi, Al-Ankary, Couto/Bacqué-Grammont/Taleghani, etc.
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D'Anville, [Jean Baptiste Bourguignon].
Persian Gulf. From the original by D'Anville. [London], John Harrison, 1788.
Engraved map, hand coloured in outline. 535 x 371 mm. An English version of D'Anville's famous nautical chart of the Gulf from 1776. Although Bahrain is depicted, the large peninsula of Qatar is notably absent, and the coast between Bahrain and Abu Dhabi is marked "This Coast is not known". Al-Qasimi (2nd ed.), p. 236.
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D'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon.
Premier Partie de la Carte d' Asie, contenant La Turquie, L'Arabie, La Perse, L'Inde en deça du Gange et de la Tartarie ce qui est limitrophe de la Pers et du Gange. Paris, 1751.
Engraved map on two sheets (75 x 79 cm), with hand-coloured cartouche and coloured in outline. “The first really modern map of Arabia” (Tibbetts). An extremely detailed two-sheet map showing the Middle East, Arabia and India. The map extends from Turkey and Arabia to India, Tibet and the Gobi Desert in the east. Alai, General maps E.126; Al-Qasimi 169; Tibbetts 281.
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D'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon.
Prémière partie de la carte d'Asie contenant la Turquie, l'Arabie, la Perse, l'Inde en deca du gange et de la Tartarie ce qui est limitrophe de la Perse et de l'Inde. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1751.
800 x 755 mm. 20 parts mounted on linen. A monumental and highly detailed 1751 map of India, Persia, and Arabia by the French cartographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. Centered on Persia, this map covers from Istanbul to eastern India and Tibet, and from the Black Sea to the Maldives. It offers excellent coverage of the central Asian portions of the Silk Road naming the centers of Samarkand, Bukhara, Lop Nor, and others. At the bottom center there is a large decorative title cartouche including stylized Christian, Muslim Zoroastrian, and Buddhist elements. - Some worming, slightly browned.
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