‎Middle east‎

‎Fromkin David; Hawass Zahi; Mackey Sandra; Viorst Milton‎

‎Cradle and Crucible : History and Faith in the Middle East‎

‎Washington DC U.S.A.: National Geographic Society 2002. Dj has some light indentations and very light edge creases and rubs. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" Tall 255 Pages. National Geographic Society Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 002178 ISBN : 0792269152 9780792269151

‎FROSSARD Andre.‎

‎A Modern Pilgrim in the Holy Land. Translated by Marjorie Villiers.‎

‎London: Harvill Press 1957. 1st ed. The book is illustrated with the author's own witty drawings and maps. Pp. 205 occasional illustrations throughout spotting to page edges not affecting text. Grey cloth gilt title to spine illustrated d/w. G/G. . London: Harvill Press, 1957. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 20929

‎Frye Richard N‎

‎The Heritage Of Persia‎

‎Cleveland: World 1963. Photos. Bibliography. Index. xvii 301 pp. 8vo. Hardcover . Catalogs: IRAN. Cleveland: World, (1963) hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 4503

‎Fuad Erden, Ali / Erdemgil Senai, Osman.‎

‎Musavver 1904-1905 Rus-Japon seferi. Ilan-i harbdan muahede-i sulhiyeye kadar güderan eden wukuat-i harbiyeyi kafe-i tefsilatile camidir. Istanbul, Kitabhane-i Islam ve Askeri (Islamic and Military Library / Ebrahim Halimi), [1905 CE =] 1321 Rumi.‎

‎Large 8vo. Vol. 1 (out of 5) only. 320 pp. With numerous charts and in-text illustrations, folding map at rear. Burgundy cloth ruled and stamped in blind, covers with bevelled edges, title in gilt, with a colour map of Russia and Northeast Asia decorating the front cover. First volume of this illustrated history on the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 in Ottoman Turkish, featuring numerous in-text illustrations and a large colour folding map depicting China and Manchuria, Korea, Japan, and Russia at the moment of conflict. - The Russo-Japanese war was one of the precipitating events of the 20th century, and played its part in leading Russia towards destabilization and revolution as well as affecting the trajectory of Japan's relations with the West. It is of particular interest to Turkish history and indeed was of great contemporary interest in Ottoman Turkey; the outbreak of war "generated waves of enthusiasm in Turkey as a traditional arch-rival of Russia", though the results of war "on the empire proved disastrous" (Esenbel). Many in Turkey identified with the Japanese, having recently fought and lost territory to Russia themselves. Though the official Ottoman stance was neutrality, in an attempt not to antagonize Russia, individuals felt differently: "When Muslim newspapers celebrated Japan’s defeat of Russia as the victory of the downtrodden Eastern peoples over the invincible West, a Turkish nationalist feminist, Halide Edip, like many other women, named her son Togo after the commander of the Japanese fleet, Admiral Heihachiro Togo" (Esenbel). The Ottoman fascination with the war and with Japan is clear from the text and its numerous illustrations of Japanese people and scenes. - There are at least four Persian translations of this history held in the Afghanistan Digital Library in Kabul, but no copy of the original version, which, interestingly, is always labelled as "unknown Turkish work" by the cataloguer. - Spine shaken and splitting, binding remains firm. Özege 14434. Selçuk Esenbel, "The Impact of the Russo-Japanese War on Ottoman Turkey", in Shingetsu Electronic Journal of Japanese-Islamic Relation 4 (Sept. 2008), pp. 16-24. OCLC 645667890.‎

‎Furet, Caroline.‎

‎Histoire abregee de l'Empire Ottoman. Résumé mnémotechnique complémentaire. Constantinople, Levant Herald, 1880.‎

‎4to (192 x 251 mm). 7, (1); 6 pp., blank leaf. Contemporary red morocco with gilt spine and cover borders; upper cover giltstamped "Bibliotheque Imperiale" and lower cover with gilt ornament. Marbled endpapers. Only edition. - A capsule condensement, for the use of students, of the author's 208-page history of the Ottoman Empire (1869), here written in rhyming verse, published in French and Ottoman Turkish (the latter part lithographed). - Binding a little rubbed, mainly at extremeties. Removed from the library of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, with traces of requisite marks and the author's handwritten inscription to front flyleaf: "Á Sa Majesté Abdul Hamid II / Hommage très respectueux de l'auteur C. Furet". - Abdul Hamid II (1842-1918) was the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to exert effective contol over the fracturing state and also remembered as a poet, translator and one of the dynasty's greatest bibliophiles. While his passion for books is memorialized by the many precious donations he gave to libraries all over the world and which mostly have remained intact to this day (including the 400-volume "Abdul-Hamid II Collection of Books and Serials" gifted to the Library of Congress), his own library was dispersed in the years following his deposition in 1909: books were removed to other palaces and even sold to Western collectors, the greatest part of his collection is today preserved in the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin. OCLC 613456710.‎

‎Fürer von Haimendorf, Christoph.‎

‎Itinerarium Aegypti, Arabiae, Palaestinae, Syriae, aliarumque Regionum Orientalium. Nuremberg, Abraham Wagenmann, (1620-)1621.‎

‎Small 4to. (16), 118, (10), (104) pp. With fine engraved portrait of the author after Peter Issel to verso of title, engraved armorial device to verso of dedication f., 6 folding engraved plates, and woodcut printer's device to imprimatur f. at end. Contemporary limp vellum. First edition, second issue (with title dated 1621). The first complete copy since the Camille Aboussouan sale in 1993. This second issue has two more plates than the first. "Fürer [...] travelled extensively from 1563-66, first in Italy and then to the Ionian Islands, Egypt and Palestine. The work is concerned with the latter, though Fürer does provide some information on Corfu, Zakynthos, Crete and Cyprus. He is the first to give a description of Vesalius's tomb on Zakynthos" (Blackmer). - "Mons Calvarius" plate trimmed just within border at foot; some (mostly light) waterstaining to lower margins, mostly light marginal foxing. Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 995. VD 17, 23:247329C. Blackmer 640. Aboussouan 363. Weber II, 191. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 249. Gay 53. Tobler 70. Graesse II, 643. Brunet II, 1417 ("volume rare et assez recherché").‎

‎Gabriele vom Bruck‎

‎Mirrored Loss: A Yemeni Woman's Life Story‎

‎Oxford University Press 2019. clean unmarked copy. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Oxford University Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 364568 ISBN : 0190917288 9780190917289

‎Gabrieli Francesco translated by E. J. Costello‎

‎Arab Historians of the Crusades: Selected and Translated from the Arabic Sources‎

‎<p>New York: Dorset Press 1989 reissue. 362pp. hardback 8vo: Very Good in a Fine dj top & fore edges are age foxed; else a nice clean complete & tight copy An important work originally published in 1957 that turns the telescope the other way round.</p> New York: Dorset Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 6103 ISBN : 0880294523 9780880294522

‎Gabrieli Francesco‎

‎The Arab Revival‎

‎Great Britain: Thames & Hudson 1961. Translated from the Italian by Lovett F. Edwards. Maps. Index. Chipped dj. 178 pages. 8vo. Hardcover. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. Great Britain: Thames & Hudson, (1961) hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 4487

‎Gabrieli Francesco‎

‎The Arabs: A Compact History‎

‎New York: Hawthorn 1963. Translated by Salvator Attanasio. Photos. Minor cover soil. viii 215 pages. 8vo. Hardcover. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. New York: Hawthorn, (1963) hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3460

‎Gabrieli Francesco‎

‎Gli arabi‎

‎in 16° br. fig. pp.235, lievi tracce del tempo‎

‎GABRIELI FRANCESCO.‎

‎Gli arabi.‎

‎In 16°, t.t. edit. con sovrac. ill., pp. 235,(3), con 16 fot. b.n. in tavv. f.t.; coll. "Le piccole storie illustrate. 1"; copia molto buona. (L061)‎

‎GABRIELI, Giuseppe:‎

‎La fondazione Caetani per gli studi musulmani. Notizia della sua istituzione e catalogo dei suoi mss. orientali.‎

‎Roma, R. Accademia Nazionale Lincei, 1926, in-8vo, 96 p. + 8 p., ill., brochure originale.‎

‎L'istituzione della Fondazione Caetani, presso la Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, risale al 1921 (o 1924?), e si deve alla volontà del principe Leone Caetani duca di Sermoneta (1869-1935). Alla base del progetto della Fondazione vi era anche la preoccupazione di Leone Caetani di salvare dalla dispersione i risultati dei suoi studi, la sua biblioteca e il suo archivio, in anni in cui si andava progressivamente affermando il regime fascista in Italia. http://www.lincei-celebrazioni.it/ifondazione_caetani.html‎

Bookseller reference : 91152aaf

‎Gaffney, Patrick D.‎

‎The Prophet's Pulpit: Islamic Preaching in Contemporary Egypt (Volume 20) (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies)‎

‎A study of religious authority in the contemporary Islamic world.‎

‎Gagnon Madeleine‎

‎Women in a World at War: Seven Dispatches from the Front‎

‎Vancouver BC: Talonbooks 2003. Miniscule rubbing or shelfwear tiny bump at one corner. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked. First English. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Talonbooks paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 001365 ISBN : 0889224838 9780889224834

‎Galbraith John Albert‎

‎Pilgrims in Palestine‎

‎Ridgway Pa 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good . 128 p.: frontispiece portrait of the author; 19 cm. Light blue cloth with gilt spine title. Yellow dust jacket printed in green. The author's recounting of his second trip to the Middle East made in 1930 with advice to others planning a similar trip. Includes a list of the 19 members of the cruise to Haifa of whom 11 continued on to Syria Palestine and Egypt. The 19 members of the cruise were: Rev. and Mrs. William M. Harmon and Louise Harmon all from Tylersburg Pa. Rev. R.F. and Mrs. Clara B. Howe of Edinboro Pa. Rev. William T. Smith of Cornelius NC. Rev. Benton R. Rudisill of Friedans Pa. Rev. and Mrs. Robert O. McClure of Middletown Ohio Mr. Paul E. Francis of Titusville Pa. Mr. Edwin H. and Mrs. Louise P. Burkart of New Britain Pa. Miss Anna Walton of Moylan Pa. Miss R.E. Brantingham of Moylan Pa. Mr. Sylvan G. Burley of Zillah Washington Mr. John Shaffer of Gentry Ark. Rev. and Mrs. J.A. Galbraith and Ruth Galbraith all of Ridgway Pa. Book is in Very Good Condition: slight discoloration of cloth from dust jacket; page edges slightly soiled; otherwise pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: slightly soiled; edges lightly creased and chipped; 1.5-cm. tear from upper edge of front section. <br/><br/> hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 001106

‎Galib, Mehmed Esad Sheikh.‎

‎Divan-i Seyh Galib kuddesu sirreh. Ibtida-i gazeliyyât - Hüsn-ü âsk. Bulaq (Cairo), Bulaq Matbaasi, [1836 CE =] 1252 H.‎

‎4to. 120 (instead of 124), 164, 92 pp. Ottoman Turkish in Arabic type. Contemporary blindstamped full calf with fore-edge flap. First edition. - A miscellancy of the two principal works of the classical Turkish Mevlevi poet known as Sheikh Galib. As merely 506 copies were published, it can be considered the rarest divan book produced by the Bulaq printing house, the first official and governmental printing press in Egypt, founded in 1820. The "Divan" reflects Galib's preoccupation with mystical religious themes, his poems being characterized by highly symbolic language, complex conceits and wordplay, while his magnum opus, the allegorical mathnawi "Hüsn ü Ask" ("Beauty and Love"), consists of 2101 verses with a strong Sufi theme. It tells the tale of two lovers, Hüsn and Ask, and the tribulations imposed on Ask by the elders of their clan, in order to be granted Hüsn's hand in marriage. All names used in the story, including those of characters and places, are Sufi terms. The story is ripe with symbolism and is meant to be taken not literally but for its symbolic meaning: man's journey towards God. - Wants bifolium 10 (pp. 37-40) of the Divan. Vertical crack to spine, heavily rubbed at lower edge, binding loosened in places. Internally well preserved. - A pioneering work of symbolism in Turkish literature. Özege 4233. Bulaq, The Checklist 47. BM 14472, e.29. Cairo FKT 143. DornCO 196. Bulaq MK 9,9. Bianchi CG 49. Ridwan 467.‎

‎Galland, [Julien Claude].‎

‎Recueil des rits et cérémonies du pelerinage de la Mecque, auquel on a joint divers ecrits relatifs à la religion, aux sciences & aux moeurs des Turcs. Amsterdam & Paris, Desaint & Saillant, 1754.‎

‎8vo. IV, 215, (1) pp. (Bound with:) Fénelon, [Gabriel Jacques] de Salignac de la Mothe. Directions pour la conscience d'un Roi, composées pour l'instruction de Louis de France. La Haye, Jean Neaulme, 1748. XII, 107, (1) pp. T. p. in red and black. Contemp. French full calf, spine gilt with floral designs in 5 compartments and giltstamped label. Marbled endpapers. All edges red. Only edition. "Galland's account of the rituals surrounding the pilgrimage to Mekkah includes enlightening description of many of the important shrines and sites within the city. Extensive footnotes describe the history and physical appearance of such features as the Kaaba, the Black Stone, and Mount Ararat, as well as explaining relevant Arabic terms and the importance of certain religious figures in the Islamic tradition" (Atabey cat.). "Galland, 'dragoman' or interpreter in the Levant, nephew of the celebrated orientalist Antoine Galland, translated many works into French, the present work being a collected edition of five Arabic and Turkish pieces" (Blackmer). Also contains a discussion of Ottoman science (the "Traduction d'une dissertation sur les sciences des Turcs, et sur l'ordre qu'ils gardent dans le cours de leurs études" by Zaini Efendi, pp. 85-98) and an extensive essay on the Greek island of Chios, ruled by Genoa from 1436 to 1566, when the Ottomans conquered the island (pp. 99-172), as well as an account of the Sultana Esma with Yakub Pasha, governor of Silistria. - Bound at the end is a later edition of Fénelon's well-known Mirror for Magistrates, written for the Dauphin, whose instructor Fénelon was (with contemporary note indexing this second work written on reverse of front flyleaf). - Slight browning throughout; lower half of title page remargined with a lithographed facsimile, extremeties repaired. Altogether an attractive copy; the Atabey copy (in a contemporary morocco binding for the provost of Paris) fetched £10,158 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium). Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 996. Atabey 470. Aboussouan 369. Blackmer 643. Gay 3639. Van Hulthem I, 2509. Grenoble 5218. Nyon 21020. OCLC 13232933.‎

‎Galland, Julien Claude.‎

‎Sammlung von den Gebräuchen und Ceremonien der Wallfarth nach Mecca nebst verschiedenen Schriften welche die Religion die Wissenschaften und die Sitten der Türken betreffen. Nuremberg, George Peter Monath, 1757.‎

‎8vo. (16), 191, (1) pp. Contemporary black marbled wrappers. Rare first German edition of Galland's "Recueil des rits et cérémonies du pelerinage de la Mecque" (1754). Galland's account of the rituals surrounding the pilgrimage to Mekkah includes enlightening description of many of the important shrines and sites within the city. Extensive footnotes describe the history and physical appearance of such features as the Kaaba, the Black Stone, and Mount Ararat, as well as explaining relevant Arabic terms and the importance of certain religious figures in the Islamic tradition. The work also contains an extensive essay on the island of Chios, as well as a discussion of Ottoman science. "This very interesting work contains five separate essays. The first three are translations from Arabic and Turkish authorities; the last two are eye-witness accounts - one a long description of Chios and the other a description of the marriage of Sultana Esma with Yakub Pasha, governor of Silistria" (Navari). - Some occasional browning and foxing. Extremeties rubbed and bumped; untrimmed and uncut as issued. Not in Chauvin. Cf. Atabey 470. Blackmer 643.‎

‎Galloway David Introduction‎

‎Art Today: U.S.A‎

‎Exhibition Catalog. No place no publisher c. 1970's. Oblong 8vo. 4114 pp. illus. b/w plates. Bilingual half in English half in Arabic. Artists include Gary Bower Stanley Boxer Barbara Chase-Riboud Jaime Davidovich Joel Fisher John Ford Jerry Jones Dolores Pacileo Andrea Rosenberg Gary Spinosa Neal Spitzer Glenn Thomas Michael Vessa Terry Weldon. Light soiling to covers small chipping to the corner of half title and first page on introduction else very good. 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket As Issued. 4to. Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 003056

‎Galvão, Antonio.‎

‎Tratado dos descobrimentos antigos, e modernos. Feitos até a Era de 1550, com os nomes particulares das pessoas que os fizerao. Lisbon, Officina Ferreiriana, 1731.‎

‎Folio (202 x 294 mm). (16), 100 pp. Title printed in red and black. With woodcut title vignette and full-page woodcut of the author at the end of the preliminaries. 19th century half cloth. Second edition of Galvao's great history of exploration and voyages, including the Portuguese conquests on the Arabian coast, in the Gulf, and in the Kingdom of Ormus. The first edition, published in 1563, is considered virtually unobtainable, as only some five or six copies are known to exist. "This second edition, says Innocencio, 'has been equally rare for many years, since almost all copies were lost, in the house of a bookdealer, during the Lisbon earthquake'" (Borba de Moraes). Galvao's text was translated in 1601 by Hakluyt, who complained about the rarity of the first edition even then, and had to rely on a copy sent from Lisbon. - Born in 1503, Galvao was sent to India in 1527, and after distinguishing himself there, he was appointed governor of the Moluccas. He maintained a keen interest in military and religious affairs throughout his career, and spent the latter part of his life assembling accounts of the voyages that comprise this collection. He provides a relatively succinct chronological list of ancient and modern discoveries to the year 1550, including those by Columbus, Cabral, Cortés, and Pizarro. "Ce livre est divisé en deux parties: la première traite des premières navigations, y compris celles faites par les Espagnols et les Portugais dans l'océan Atlantique et aux côtes d'Afrique. La seconde partie contient toutes les découvertes faites par les Espagnols et les Portugais en Amérique et aux Indes jusqu'en l'année 1550" (Leclerc). "The author has been styled 'the founder of historical geography'. The book gives a good summary of the geographical explorations of the Portuguese and other important voyagers, including the English" (Hill). - Spine worn. Slight spotting and thumbing throughout, slight worming to lower blank margin of first 6 leaves, minor hole to blank margin of fol. M3. Sabin 26468. Borba de Moraes 289. Bosch 180. Rodrigues 1059. Palau 182.290. Leclerc 225. Innocencio I, 147, 720. Hill 670. Bibliotheca Americana 642. European Americana 731/89.‎

‎Gannon Kathy‎

‎I Is for Infidel: From Holy War to Holy Terror: 18 Years Inside Afghanistan‎

‎U.S.A: PublicAffairs 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Former owner name on endpaper otherwise book is as new in binding of brown and deep orange paper-wrapped boards solid square with sharp corners. Pages also as new. Jacket is clean and unmarked not price-clipped upper edge slightly ruffled. Kathy Gannon reports on the roots of terrorism in the Middle East. As a Western journalist in Afghanistan she knew that country under the Taliban knows its beleaguered people its ruthless leaders and speaks with authority about Afghanistan's heartbreaking history. 186 pages with index. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Public Affairs USA 2005. PublicAffairs hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 021406 ISBN : 1586483129 9781586483128

‎GARDINER Ian‎

‎In the Service of the Sultan. A First Hand Account of the Dhofar Insurgency. [Fourth Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎8vo., Fourth Impression, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 2006.‎

‎GARNIER (Ernest Henri).‎

‎Voyages en Perse : Arménie, Mésopotamie, Chaldée, Kurdistan, Arabie, etc.‎

‎Tours Mame & Cie 1859 1 vol. relié in-12, pleine basane noire, dos à nerfs orné de motifs dorés, plats décorés à froid avec guirlande dorée centrale, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque), (4) + 282 + (2) pp., frontispice, titre gravé et 2 planches hors-texte. 5e édition. Bon exemplaire en reliure d'époque.‎

Bookseller reference : 101328

‎Garzoni, Pietro.‎

‎Istoria della repubblica di Venezia in tempo della Sacra Lega contra Maometto IV., e tre suoi successori, Gran Sultani de' Turchi. Venice, Giovanni Manfrè, 1705.‎

‎Large 4to. (8), 838, (40) pp., final blank f. With several woodcut headpieces. 19th century green half mororcco gilt with marbled covers. First edition. - "Garzoni [1652-1719] was appointed official Venetian historiographer in 1692. His work deals mainly with the Sacra Lega and the Venetian victories against the Turks in the Morea during the war of 1684-90" (Atabey, 2nd ed. only). A second volume, a sequel in name only, deals with the War of Spanish Succession and was not appended until 1716. - Binding rubbed, corners somewhat bumped. Interior shows occasional browning, but largely quite clean. A good, wide-margined copy, this has been annotated throughout in pencil by an Arabic hand, probably in the early 20th century. Rare; no copy of the first edition on the market for 25 years. Brunet VI, 25458. Libr. Vinciana 1032. Graesse III, 82. OCLC 832293066. Cf. Atabey 479 (1707-19 second ed. only). Not in Blackmer.‎