‎Middle east‎

‎Francklin, William.‎

‎Observations made on a tour from Bengal to Persia in the years 1786-7. With a short account of the remains of the celebrated palace of Persepolis; and other interesting events. London, T. Cadell, 1790.‎

‎8vo. VIII, 351, (1) pp. Handsome period style brown gilt tooled half calf with marbled boards and red gilt morocco label. Period ink inscription on the first page of the Preface: "G. Matcham". With an autograph letter signed from Colonel Francklin to Major Moor, dated 1835, attached to the front endpaper. 4to. 2 pp. Brown ink on laid paper. Second edition, with an autograph letter signed by the author. While the writing is not particularly clear, the letter is in very good condition. Most likely from the library of English explorer and Officer of East India Company George Matcham (1753-1833). Being William Francklin's older contemporary, Matcham served in the Company in 1771-85 and extensively travelled across the Near East and the Red Sea on the way from India to England and back (cf. ODNB). William Francklin (1763-1839) was an Officer of the East India Company and a prominent orientalist; member, and in later years, librarian of the council, of the Royal Asiatic Society. He was also a member of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. "A distinguished officer, Francklin also enjoyed considerable reputation as an oriental scholar. In 1786 he made a tour of Persia, in the course of which he lived at Shiraz for eight months as the close friend of a Persian family, and was thus able to write a fuller account of Persian customs than had before appeared. This was published as 'Observations Made on a Tour from Bengal to Persia' (Calcutta, 1788) and was translated into French in 1797" (ODNB). Francklin's account was also published in German the same year as our English edition. The first edition was published in Calcutta in 1788. "An important book in the growing interest of 'Orientalism.' There are numerous references to Hafez. (Francklin's book was read by Byron, among others). The book is also important because of the retelling of comments the author had heard about Karim Khan Zand. The author states eye-witnesses had told him Karim Rhan always rode at the head of his troops; his soldiers liked him; there was nothing great in him but he was considered a just man even though during the last year of his reign he committed some cruel acts. We are also informed that Karim Khan was a 'debaucher.' The author saw a full cycle of Ta'zie during his stay in Shiraz" (Ghani). "Describes Cochin, Tellicherry, Anjengo, Goa, Bombay etc." (Kaul Travels 858). - A very good, handsome copy. Howgego I, E8. Ghani 138. Cox I, 257. Henze II, 165.‎

‎Frank Gervasi‎

‎The Violent Decade -‎

‎W.W. Norton Publishing - 1989. Hardcover/pub.1989/Gd. condition/639 pages - Discusses a foreign correspondent in Europe and the Middle East 1935-1945. AI529240. Hardcover -. Good. W.W. Norton Publishing - Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 29240

‎Frank, Othmar.‎

‎Chrestomathia Sanskrita, quam ex codicibus manuscriptis, adhuc ineditis, Londini exscripsit, atque in usum Tironum versione, expositione, tabulis grammaticis etc. illustratam edidit [...]. Munich, typographice ac lithographice opera et sumtibus propriis, 1820-1821.‎

‎Large 4to (222 x 253 mm.). 2 parts in one volume. XII, 194, (2) pp. (4), 147, (3) pp., all lithographed save for 1 page. With 6 lithographed plates (4 folding). Original temporary grey boards as issued. Rare; one of the first Sanskrit works published in Germany. Lithographed throughout (with the exception of a single letterpress page at the beginning of part 2) and published at the author's expense: "Alles über Umdruck lithographisch gedruckt" (Winkler). Contains the earliest (partial) edition of the Bhagavadgita (in part 2), pre-dating August Wilhelm Schlegel's edition - admittedly better printed - by several years. The former Benedictine monk Frank (1770-1840), an admirer of Persian philosophy, studied oriental languages in Paris and London. In 1821 he took the chair of Indian and Persian at Würzburg University and went to Munich in 1826 as Professor of Sanskrit. In spite of his pioneering work, he exerted little influence on the development of linguistics and Sanskrit studies, probably due to his penchant for mysticism and his laboured, nebulous prose (cf. ADB). - Boards worn; some browning and staining as common. From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013). Graesse II, 629. Winkler 224. ADB VII, 260.‎

‎Frankel Glenn‎

‎Beyond the Promised Land: Jews and Arabs on the Hard Road to a New Israel‎

‎New York: Simon & Schuster 1994 Nice copy. Binding and pages secure text clean and free of markings. We ship daily. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes not envelopes. A gift card and personalized message can be included upon request. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9.5 x 6.25. Simon & Schuster hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 207005 ISBN : 0671796496 9780671796495

‎Frankfort Henri & HA Wilson John A. & Jacobsen Thorkild‎

‎Before Philosophy: The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man‎

‎Harmondsworth Middlesex: Penguin 1959 Classic vintage Penguin edition first published 1946. Tight reading copy with some neat underlinings 275p. Reprint. Pbk. Good. Penguin paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 26139

‎FRANZ KAFKA, (1883-1924).‎

‎[PERSIAN 'METAMORPHOSIS' TRANSLATED BY SADIQ HEDAYAT] Maskh wa Girâkûs-i sikârcî. Tarquma-i Sadiq Hedayat, (1903-1951). Ba indimâm-i: Mihmân-i murdagân, Samsâr, Dar kanîsa-yi mâ. Targuma-i Hasan Qâ'imyân.‎

‎Fine Persian Paperback. Foolscap 8vo. (17 x 11,5 cm). In Persian. 200 p. Sadegh Hedayat [Sadiq - Sadigh Hidayet], (1903-1951), was an Iranian writer, translator, and intellectual. Best known for his novel The Blind Owl, he was one of the earliest Iranian writers to adopt literary modernism in their career. Hedayat subsequently devoted his whole life to studying Western literature and to learning and investigating Iranian history and folklore. The works of Rainer Maria Rilke, Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka, Anton Chekhov, and Guy de Maupassant intrigued him the most. During his short literary life span, Hedayat published a substantial number of short stories and novelettes, two historical dramas, a play, a travelogue, and a collection of satirical parodies and sketches. His writings also include numerous literary criticisms, studies in Persian folklore, and many translations from Middle Persian and French. He is credited with having brought the Persian language and literature into the mainstream of international contemporary writing. There is no doubt that Hedayat was the most modern of all modern writers in Iran. Yet, for Hedayat, modernity was not just a question of scientific rationality or a pure imitation of European values. In his later years, feeling the socio-political problems of the time, Hedayat started attacking the two major causes of Iran's decimation, the monarchy, and the clergy, and through his stories, he tried to impute the deafness and blindness of the nation to the abuses of these two major powers. He felt alienated by everyone around him, especially by his peers, and his last published work, The Message of Kafka, bespeaks melancholy, desperation, and the sense of doom experienced by those subjected to discrimination and repression. OCLC: 777571775 (Leiden Bibliotheek). First Edition in 1950 [1329].‎

‎Franzius Enno‎

‎History Of The Order Of Assassins‎

‎New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1969. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The text pages are generally clean and bright. The edges of the text block have spots of discoloration. The front pastedown page has a previous owner's inked name and date. The price clipped dust jacket has several edge tears nicks and spots of chipping along with spots of discoloration and wear. "Historian author. Franzius was a lecturer in history at Columbia University 1945-1958. His major published works are HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE N. Y. Funk & Wagnalls 1968 and HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF ASSASSINS N. Y. Funk & Wagnalls 1969." "Assassins is the term used to refer to a group of individuals who were active during the medieval period known as Nizari Ismailis. Often described as a secret order led by a mysterious "Old Man of the Mountain" the Nizari Ismailis were a sect that formed in the late 11th century from a split within Ismailism � a branch of Shia Islam. The Nizaris posed a strategic threat to Sunni Seljuq authority by capturing and inhabiting several mountain fortresses throughout Persia and later Syria under the leadership of Hassan-i Sabbah. Asymmetric warfare psychological warfare and surgical strikes were often an employed tactic of the assassins drawing their opponents into submission rather than risk killing them." . Funk & Wagnalls hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A35344

‎Fraser James B. Baillee‎

‎An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: With a Detailed View of Its Resources Government Population Natural History and the Character of Its Inhabitants . Including .Afghanistan and Beloochistan‎

‎Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1834. Second Edition . Quarter Morocco. Fine Book. 6 5/8" Tall. Folding Map and 13 Engravings By Jackson. 472 Pp. A Fine Copy Spine Gilt Very Strong Original Purple Morocco Spine And Tips Original Purple Cloth Original Watered Endpapers And Watered Edges Of Page Block Contents Fine Leather Just Recently Professionally Refreshed. Contents Immaculate Pages Crisp Map Undamaged No Foxing. Heraldic Bookplate "Sperate Et Vivitefortes" Of The Welsh Cavalry Senior Cavalry Of The British Army On Front Pastedown Ownership Signature "John Clements Queens Dragoon Guards" On Verso Of First Front Endpaper. <br/> <br/> Oliver & Boyd unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 023418

‎Fredrik Barth‎

‎Nomado Of South Persia -‎

‎Waveland Press - 1961. PB/pub.1961/Gd. condition/161 pages - Discusses the Basseri tribe of the Khamseh confederacy. AR128063. Soft Cover. Good. Waveland Press - Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 28063

‎Freedman Robert O. editor‎

‎The Middle East after Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait‎

‎Univ. Press of Florida 1993. Hardback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Univ. Press of Florida hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 010757 ISBN : 0813012147 9780813012148

‎Freely John‎

‎The Companion Guide to Istanbul and Around the Marmara‎

‎Woodridge UK: Companion Guides 2000. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. Trade paperback. As New condition. No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. Bright shiny clean square tight unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Fresh and crisp obviously never read. Illustrated with 6 maps 11 plans and a few photos. Glossary. Food dictionary. List of Emperors Kings and Sultans. Select Bibliography. Index. From the rear cover: "Istanbul is the only city in the world that stands astride two continents spreading across from Europe into Asia at the southern end of the Bosphorus the incomparably beautiful strait linking the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Turkey. This COMPANION GUIDE TO ISTANBUL goes as far as the region around Marmara from the Bosphorus to the Dardanelles which flows into the Aegean past the historic ruins of Troy on its Asian shore. Revised and updated for this new edition the book is a guide to the Byzantine and Ottoman monuments and to the many other places of great historic interest around the Marmara including Edirne Bursa and Iznik ancient Nicaea as well as the renowned archaeological site of Homeric Troy. The book is also an introduction to Turkey itself and to its people and their way of life which they are more than willing to share with the traveller sic who takes the time to become acquainted with them. John Freely has lived and worked on America's east coast in Britain and around the Mediterranean but is long-time Professor of Physics at the University of the Bosphorus Istanbul and has lived for many years in Turkey. His understanding of the land and its people has made him a respected interpreter of Turkey ancient and modern." . First Edition. Soft Cover. Publisher's pictorial wraps. 428pp. Companion Guides Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 002761 ISBN : 1900639319 9781900639316

‎FRESCOBALDI LIONARDO.‎

‎Viaggio in Terrasanta.‎

‎In 8°, cart. edit. ill. (lievi tracce d'usura), pp. 156,(4) e num. tavv. d'ill. f.t.; coll. "Il Timone. N. 1"; nota a penna non pertinente all'occhietto, lievi fioriture sparse, nel complesso buon es.. (m121) (spedizione standard SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata-piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine)‎

‎Freytag, Carl.‎

‎Die Pferde-Racen des Orients und der südeuropäischen Staaten. Halle (Saale), Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1880.‎

‎Folio (260 x 330 mm). 156 pp. With 40 lithographed plates by H. Schenck. Original giltstamped green cloth. Marbled endpapers. Extensive, fully illustrated study of the horse breeds of the Orient and southern Europe. Separate chapters are dedicated to the Barb and the Arabian horse, praising the latter as "the noblest and most beautiful, possibly also the cleverest of all animals of its species". - Some foxing throughout; hinges repaired. OCLC 245766508. Cf. Huth 280 (series "Die Haustierracen"). Not in Boyd/P.‎

‎FRICK Frank S‎

‎Tell Taannek1963-1968: IV/2: The Iron Age of Cultic Structure‎

‎Birzeit: Birzeit University. Fine. 2000. Paperback. 0897570502 . Illustrated. First edition paperback. Fine in oversized pictorial wraps. . Birzeit University paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 23448 ISBN : 0897570502 9780897570503

‎Friedland Roger; Hecht Richard‎

‎To Rule Jerusalem Cambridge Cultural Social Studies‎

‎Cambridge University Press 1996. Excellent copy with dust jacket and no significant flaws. Gift quality. Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes not envelopes. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Cambridge University Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 630305 ISBN : 0521440467 9780521440462

‎FRIEDMAN THOMAS L‎

‎From Beirut To Jerusalem‎

‎Doubleday New York: 1990. Softcover. Good condition. Analyses the cause of the Palestinian uprising in Israel the intifada. A comprehensive account written with a novelist's eye for detail; a sparkling intellectual guidebook. Includes an Index. "From Beirut to Jerusalem is the most intelligent and comprehensive account one is likely to read." - Roger Rosenblatt New York Times Book Review ISBN: 0385413726. Doubleday, New York: 1990 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2018X8 ISBN : 0385413726 9780385413725

‎FRIEDMAN THOMAS L‎

‎From Beirut To Jerusalem‎

‎Doubleday New York: 1990. Softcover. Good condition. Analyses the cause of the Palestinian uprising in Israel the intifada. A comprehensive account written with a novelist's eye for detail; a sparkling intellectual guidebook. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0385413726. Doubleday, New York: 1990 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2018X7 ISBN : 0385413726 9780385413725

‎FRIEDMAN THOMAS L‎

‎From Beirut To Jerusalem‎

‎Doubleday New York: 1995. Softcover. Good condition. Analyses the cause of the Palestinian uprising in Israel the intifada. A comprehensive account written with a novelist's eye for detail; a sparkling intellectual guidebook. Includes an Index. "From Beirut to Jerusalem is the most intelligent and comprehensive account one is likely to read." - Roger Rosenblatt New York Times Book Review ISBN: 0385413726. Doubleday, New York: 1995 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2018X5 ISBN : 0385413726 9780385413725

‎Friedman Thomas L‎

‎From Beirut to Jerusalem - Updated with a New Chapter‎

‎<p>New York: Anchor Books 1995. ISBN 0385413726. trade size paperback about 5x8 inches. xv 588pp includes index. Clean pages. Spine has NO creases. Flaws: top page margins a bit wavy as though once wet but NO stains. One cover corner shows some wear. Else Very Good</p> Anchor Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 10222 ISBN : 0385413726 9780385413725

‎FRIEDMAN THOMAS L‎

‎From Beirut To Jerusalem‎

‎Doubleday New York: 1990. Softcover. Good condition. Analyses the cause of the Palestinian uprising in Israel the intifada. A comprehensive account written with a novelist's eye for detail; a sparkling intellectual guidebook. Includes an Index. "From Beirut to Jerusalem is the most intelligent and comprehensive account one is likely to read." - Roger Rosenblatt New York Times Book Review ISBN: 0385413726. Doubleday, New York: 1990 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2018X3 ISBN : 0385413726 9780385413725

‎Friedman Thomas L‎

‎Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11‎

‎Gordonsville Virginia U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2002. First printing. Black cloth spine teal boards black titles. Author who has won a Pulitzer Prize for his work at the NY Times has collected his columns on 9/11 with additional reflections on world changes since that time as well as his experiences traveling in the Middle and Far East. Book near fine with owner bookplate to ffep. DJ also near fine with price clipped. 383 pp. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Farrar Straus & Giroux Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 10768 ISBN : 0374190666 9780374190668

‎Frisch, F[riedrich].‎

‎Sovereign. Darmstadt, Ernst Kern, [c. 1850].‎

‎560 x 456 mm. Toned lithograph (the stallion "Sovereign" in its stable at the Royal Württemberg Stud). Captioned in German and English. Fine lithographed portrait of the thoroughbred Sovereign, foaled by Mervinia and the stallion Champion, and thus a descendant of the Godolphin Arabian on the paternal side and of the Darley Arabian by his mother's line (both lines including Marske and Eclipse). The horse, formerly in the stables of King George IV, had in 1841 entered the famous stud of the King of Württemberg, the first Arabian stud in Europe. Drawn from life by the Darmstadt artist Frederick Frisch (1813-86), sometime court painter to the Margrave of Baden, and lithographed by G. Küstner. Frisch had visited the orient on the commission of the King of Württemberg, painting "The Camp of Ibrahim Pasha" and "Ibrahim Pasha's Retreat Through the Desert". He also published lithographed "Sketches from the Orient" (1843). Mainly a painter of animals, Frisch produced great horse paintings, some of which were exhibited at the 1906 Berlin Centennial. Cf. Thieme/B. XII, 491.‎

‎Frith, Francis.‎

‎Egypt and Palestine. Photographed and described. London, James S. Virtue, [1858-1859].‎

‎2 vols. Folio (328 x 447 mm). (8) pp.; (4) pp. of text; a total of 76 photographs on plates by Francis Frith (sizes ca. 145-165 x 215-230 mm), each with a separate leaf of text. Contemporary red morocco, spines and covers gilt. Marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. First edition of this important and early photobook on the Near East. During the years 1856-59, Frith (1822-98) made three visits to Egypt and the Holy Land; this selection of his photographs, from wet-collodion 9 x 7 negatives taken with an 8-by-10 inch camera, was published in 25 fascicles of 3 prints each, a work hailed as "one of the most renowned nineteenth-century photobooks" (The Photobook). Most of these images are dated 1857 either in the plate or the printed caption. They include a portrait of the artist in oriental costume and views of Abu Simbel, Aswan, Baalbek, Bethlehem, Damascus, Giza, Hebron, Jerusalem, Karnak, Luxor, Nazareth, Philae, Tiberias, Wadi Kardassy etc. The preliminaries of vol. 1 include title, introduction, table of contents, and subscribers, those of vol. 2 encompass title and contents. Each plate is accompanied by a full-page letterpress description. "Francis Frith is undoubtedly one of the best-known photographers to work in the Near East. His trips to the Levant were a brilliant commercial success as well as an artistic one" (Perez 163). - Some foxing to blank margins, as well as to a few photographs. Modern bookplate of the German anthropologist Jasper Köcke. Bindings very slightly rubbed, but hinges somewhat brittle; unobtrusive chafe-mark to upper cover of vol. 2. Overall a fine, appealingly bound copy. The Photobook I, 28. Blackmer 1942. Hannavy 561. Gernsheim, History 286. Perez, Focus East 165. Van Haaften-White XII & XV.‎

‎FROMKIN DAVID‎

‎A Peace To End All Peace: Creating The Modern Middle East 1914-1922‎

‎Henry Holt and Company New York: 1989. Hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar cover. Very good condition. Library discard. Takes a fresh look at the Middle East viewing Allied policy from 1914 onwards as the culmination of the nineteenth-century Great Game in whch Russia played a leading role. Fromkin reveals how and why the Allies came to remake the geography and politics of the Middle East drawing lines on an empty map that eventually became the new countries of Iraq Israel Jordan and Lebanon. Focusing on the formative years of 1914 to 1922 when all seemed possible - even an Alliance between Arab nationalismand Zionism - he raises questions about what might have been done differently and answers questions about why things were done as they were. Through its pages move some of the more fascinating figures of the twentieth century: Lloyd George Woodrow Wilson Lawrence of Arabia Kitchener of Khartoum Lenin Stalin Mussolini Chaim Weizmann David Ben Guior Ibn Saud Kemal Ataturk and Winston Churchill. Includes an Index. "Wonderful . . . No book published in recent years has more lasting relevance to our understanding of the Middle East." - Jack Miles Los Angeles Times Book Review ISBN: 0805008578. Henry Holt and Company, New York: 1989 hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 38112X1 ISBN : 0805008578 9780805008579

‎Fromkin David‎

‎Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East‎

‎Dresden Tennessee U.S.A.: Avon Books 1990. PB/Gd. condition/631 pages - The fall of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of the modern Middle East. K874HT9. Soft Cover. Good. Avon Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : K874 ISBN : 0380713004 9780380713004