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Gastaldi, Giacomo.
Descrittione dell'Africa. Venice, Paolo Forlani, [1562].
Engraved map on two sheets, joined. 440 x 600 mm. Framed (84:67,5 cm). Rare. Based on the large mural map of Giacomo Gastaldi in the Palazzo Ducale in Venice, in 1550, considered the culmination of his work on the cartography of Africa through the 1540s. (The mural was subsequently lost to overpainting.) Shows the continent with southern Europe and Arabia; large strapwork dedication cartouche to Thomaso Ravenna at lower left; compass rose centre right. Trimmed to the outer neat lines; some wear and repairs to old folds, with loss of a few letters of the dedication. Two small areas of sea supplied in pen facsimile. Faint spotting, a pale uneven wash. Tibbetts p. 47, 31. Not in Sultan bin M. Al-Qasimi, The Gulf in Historic Maps (1st or 2nd ed.).
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Gastaldi, Giacomo.
Il disegno della seconda parte dell'Asia. Venice, G. Gastaldi, 1561.
Two sheets joined (470 x 740 mm to the neat line, full margins showing the plate mark, overall size 550 x 790 mm). An extraordinary example of "the first modern map of the Arabian peninsula" (Al-Ankary), by far the best copy we have ever handled: the first issue of the first edition, a strong impression on thick white paper with excellent contrast and exceptionally broad margins. "L'opera è dedicata al mecenate Johann Jakob Fugger ... a firma Giacomo di Castaldi Piamonetse Cosmographo in Venetia" (Bifolco I, 380 for the first state of three). - Still the most sought-after map of the region, Gastaldi's two page wall-map served as a model for all further mapping of the peninsula until the 19th century. Gastaldi is regarded as "the most important 16th century Italian cartographer. His maps are very rare, as they were issued separately to order and were not part of an atlas" (Al-Qasimi, 1st ed., p. 23). Gastaldi used various sources including Portolan charts of the region drawn by the 16th-century Portuguese explorers. Many details, such as the coastline of the Arabian Gulf, certain coastal towns, or the peninsula of Qatar, are mapped and named for the first time. It is the most valuable of the early maps of the region. "Although the shape of the peninsula is distorted by modern standards, the Qatar peninsula and Bahrain are both shown - details that are missing on some maps produced up to almost 300 years later" (Stuart McMinn Catalogue). - The map covers the modern geographical areas of Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, part of Iraq and Iran, Pakistan and the west coast of India. The travels of Marco Polo, published in Ramusio's "Navigationi et viaggi", heavily influenced Gastaldi's geography of this map, which is considered far superior to all previous maps of Asia. Gastaldi was "cosmographer to the Venetian Republic, then a powerhouse of commerce and trade. He sought the most up to date geographical information available, and became one of the greatest cartographers of the 16th century" (Burden). - Old foliation in brown ink to the upper right margin. Spotless and with temoins on the right outer edge. An exceptionally fine example. Bifolco, I, 380f. Tibbetts 28. Karrow 30/91. Nordenskiold II, 130, 61. Couto/Bacqué-Grammont/Taleghani, Atlas Historique du Golfe Persique (2006), p. 132, no. 29 and p. 152. Tooley, Maps in Italian Atlases of the 16th Century, 54. Sultan Bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (2nd ed.), p. 26 with 2 figs. Tooley, Dictionary II, 143.
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Gastaldi, Giacomo.
Il Disegno della Terza Parte Dell' Asia. Rome, 1561.
74 x 48 cm. A fine example of Giacomo Gastaldi's map of Southeast Asia, China, and India, perhaps the single most influential map of the region published in the 16th century. - Gastaldi's map has a remarkable history, one that presents a microcosm of Italian mapmaking in the middle of the 16th century. It begins with the publication of a single section in 1559, which was intended as a separate map. Additional sections were added in 1561, creating the portion of the existing map which extends south to the Equator. In 1565, two additional sections were added, in order to show all of Indonesia and the neighbouring islands as far south as Java Minor. - "In its original form the map extended only to the equator, so that most of the Indonesian islands were not included. To remedy this, in about 1565, two narrow sheets were made by the great Italian engraver Paolo Forlani to supplement the main body of Gastaldi's map [...] This lower addition bears an inscription in the lower left corner which reads 'si vende...' [...] indicating the location of the shop of the publisher Bertelli" (Suarez). - Of all of Gastaldi's Asian continental maps, this one more than any other "had a major influence on the work of Ortelius and de Jode [...] In their representation of the coastlines his maps are superior to all previously known maps of Asia, either drawn by hand or printed" (Schilder, in: The Map Collector 17, p. 7). - On the right-hand side of the map, Gastaldi provides a list of about 100 place names on the map, showing both their ancient and modern names. In his excellent study of Gastaldi's maps of Asia and their relationship to the accounts of Marco Polo's travels, Nordinskold notes that while Gastaldi has clearly incorporated information from Marco Polo's travels, Gastaldi relied also upon the accounts of other contemporary travelers to the East. Most notably, the dedication to Marcus Fugger (1529-97) is strong evidence that Gastaldi had access to the Fugger family library, one of the most important libraries compiled in the 15th and 16th centuries. During the 16th century, the Fugger Library was perhaps the best private library in the world, surpassing even the Vatican Library. - Nordinskold goes on to note: "Finally, it must be remembered that Gastaldi, under the guidance of Ramusio, is supposed to have aided in repairing or repainting the famous wall-maps in Sala dello scudo in Venice [...] If such was the case, it may be considered probable that the monumental maps of Africa and Asia by Gastaldi have had some connection to [Gastaldi's map of Asia], that these copper-plate engravings are a reproduction of the originals of the wall maps in that form which was given them in the middle of the 16th century". Quirino notes that Gastaldi's map is the first appearance of the name "Philippines" ("Philippina") on a printed document. - The map is rare on the market. We note no examples of this first edition of the map on at auction or in recorded dealer catalogs in at least 15 years. Tooley, Italian Atlases 63. Karrow 30/92 (note). Woodward, Forlani 36 (note). Suarez, South East Asia, pp. 130-157 Quirino, Philippine Cart., p. XV & 95. Nordinskold, The Influence of the "Travels of Marco Polo" on Jacobo Gastaldi's Maps of Asia, in: The Geographical Journal 13, No. 4.
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Gaudefroy-Demombynes, [Maurice].
Le pèlerinage a la Mekka. Étude d'histoire religieuse. Paris, Paul Geuthner, 1923.
Large 8vo. (4), VIII, 332 pp., 1 bl. f. With a frontispiece showing a mural from the Holy Mosque. Original printed wrappers. First edition. - Principal work of the French Arabist Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes (1862-1957), a religio-historical study of the pilgrimage to Mecca. The author taught at the École nationale des langues orientales vivantes (now the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales) and also translated into French the travelogue of the Arabic explorer Ibn Jobair (1145-1217). - Margins slightly browned and brittle, still a very good, untrimmed copy. Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 1008.
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Gauer, Bernhard (illustrator).
Guide-Map of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Boulos Afif / Syrian Orphanage Press, ca. 1935.
565 x 441 mm chromolithograph map, folding down to a 240 x 120 mm pamphlet. Original pink wrappers. A rare map of Jerusalem during the British Mandate Period, printed especially for British and allied forces stationed in the area. The map is a chromolithograph by the Düsseldorf-born artist Bernhard Gauer (1882-1955), with outer districts pleasantly hand-coloured in yellow and pale green and selected buildings depicted pictorially. On the reverse is a brief guide to everything a serviceman was expected to need in Jerusalem: churches of various denominations (Church of England, Methodist, Greek Orthodox, etc.), four Masonic lodges, officer's clubs for the well-to-do and YMCAs and hostels for the less affluent, and, naturally, bookshops. A map of Palestine and southern Syria is printed on the rear wrapper. An uncommon and thorough guide to the city, from the minutiae of taxi service rates to the locations of holy sites and Europeans' preferred neighborhoods. - Light wear, otherwise in excellent condition. OCLC 1100427555.
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Gay, Jean.
Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs a l'Afrique et a l'Arabie. Catalogue méthodique [...]. San Remo & Paris, J. Gay & fils / Maisonneuve & Cie., 1875.
8vo. XI, (1), 312 pp. Contemporary half calf with giltstamped title to spine. Edges sprinkled in red. First edition. - No. 94 of 500 numbered copies of this standard bibliography of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. - Spine and hinges somewhat rubbed, otherwise fair. Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 1010. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 255. Besterman 167 & 440. OCLC 5665824.
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GAYET Al.
l’Art Arabe
in 8 reliure éditeur pleine toile rouge(lycée de Chartres sur le premier plat)Faux-titre, titre,316 pages,tranches dorées. 165 figures dans le texte et pleine page.Paris ancienne maison Quantin Librairies imprimeries réunies sans date (1893 ?)Bon exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 7061
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Gebauer, Christian David.
Det Kongelige danske Stutteri. Kopenhagen, Königl. Kunstakademie, 1822(-1827).
Oblong large folio (570 x 419 mm). Lithographed illustrated title, 2 ff. of text, 16 mostly coloured lithogr. plates showing horses (c. 33 x 45 cm, paper dimensions c. 40 x 55 cm; some with borders), 5 (instead of 6) ff. of descriptive letterpress text (the missing page supplied in ink). Contemporary half calf with giltstamped spine label. Extremely rare and early series of lithographs. The large and appealingly coloured plates depict important stallions and mares from the famous Danish Royal Stud at Frederiksborg (Pegasus, Flink, Zephir, Palnatoke, and Velskat, among others). All horses are branded with a monogram and often also with the crown. The publication was originally planned to comprise 12 issues of 4 plates each but no more than the first four were produced. - Two plates are trimmed and mounted on different backing paper (one with a repaired tear). Text shows foxing, but plates are generally clean. Binding somewhat rubbed and bumped at extremeties, with damage to spine. Nissen 1499. Not in Schwerdt or Mennessier de la Lance.
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Geber (Jabir Ibn Hayyan).
(De alchemia). In hoc volumine de alchemia continentur haec. Gebri Arabis, philosophi solertissimi, rerumq[ue] naturalium, praecipue metallicarum peritissimi [...]. Nuremberg, Johann Petreius, 1541.
4to (165 x 213 mm). (20), 373 (but: 371), (5) pp. With 16 woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary full vellum with handwritten spine title. The rare first edition of this extremely important and early collection of alchemical writings, which unites several first printings of works previously circulated only as manuscripts. This is first edition to call Geber an "Arab", the first to use "Summa perfectionis magisterii" on the title-page, and also the first printing of the famous "Smaragdine Table" of Hermes Trismegistus. - "De Alchemia and the other works of the Geber corpus were of the greatest influence on Western chemistry, and whether they be translations or elaborations, they represent the amount of Arabic chemical knowledge made available to Latin reading people toward the end of the thirteenth century [...] they represent the best Latin knowledge on chemistry in that period" (Sarton). - The present collection, arranged by Chrysogonus Polydorus, contains four treatises by Geber: 1. Summa perfectionis; 2. Liber de investigatione perfectionis (the earliest description of the preparation of nitric acid and aqua regia); 3. Liber de inventione veritatis sive perfectionis; 4. Liber fornacum (a practical text on chemical operations). It also contains the following texts, of which at least four are printed for the first time: 5. Roger Bacon's Speculum Alchemiae (the original text from which the 1597 English "Mirror of Alchemy" edition was made); 6. Richard of Wendover's Correctorium Alchemiae; 7. Rosarius minor, de Alchemia, by an unknown author; 8. Khalid ibn Yazid's Liber Secretorum Alchemiae; 9. Hermes Trismegistus' Tabula Smaragdina; 10. Hortolanus' commentary on the Tabula. Illustrated with 16 fine woodcuts of alchemical apparatus and alchemists at work. - A complete copy in good condition showing light browning to paper, with wide margins containing extremely extensive early marginal annotations throughout. Stains to outer margin of last several leaves. A tear to the gutter of leaf c2 professionally repaired; old vellum repair to upper cover. A good copy. While the second edition of 1545, also very rare, has made a few appearances on the market, this first edition is extremely scarce. VD 16, J 15. Ferguson I, 18 & 301. Sarton II, 1044. Lamoen, Hermes Trismegistus (Amsterdam 1990), no. 70. Brüning I, 220. Darmstaedter, Geber 7. Duveen 11. Mellon Collection (Alchemy and the Occult, Yale 1968) I, 10 (note). Cf. Hoover 445 (1545 edition only). Not in Caillet or Rosenthal.
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Gebhardt, Hans, Dorothée Sack, Ralph Bodenstein a. o
History, Space and Social Conflict in Beirut. The Quarter of Zokak el-Blat. Beiruter Texte und Studien. Herausgegeben vom Orient-Institut Beirut.
Beirut ( in Kommission Würzburg, Ergon Verlag), 2016. Band 97. XVIII, 1 Bl., 406 SS., 3 n.n. Bll. Gr.-8°, illustr. Orig.-Paperback.
Bookseller reference : 23183
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Gelvin James L
The Modern Middle East: A History
New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press 2004. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. Trade Paperback As New. Second Printing of the First Oxford University Press Edition. Bright glossy clean illustrated wraps tight & solid square text block edges and pages are clean and unmarked. Vignettes and maps. A survey of the modern Middle East detailing the forces of progress reformation revolution and imperialism that all define this history. The author explores how the forces of global modernity have shaped the social economic cultural and political life in the region over the past 500 years. 357 pages with Timeline Biographical Sketches Glossary Credits Index. 6 x 9.25 inches. Oxford University Press New York and Oxford Oxford University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 026636 ISBN : 0195167899 9780195167894
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Gendzier Irene L.
Notes from the Minefield: United States Intervention in Lebanon and the Middle East 1945-1958
Boulder: Westview 1999. Trade paperback later printing extensively referenced 470ppp includes bibliography and index. Small remainder mark bottom edge else as new/fine/unread. 685 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. Boulder: Westview, 1999 paperback
Bookseller reference : 22202 ISBN : 0813366895 9780813366890
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Geneive Abdo
No God But God. : Egypt and the Triumph of Islam
Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000. 1st Edition . Near Fine. 6 x 9.25 inches 15.5 x 23 cm. Unread copy light shelf wear to covers otherwise perfect. Overall condition is Near Fine. 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: 6 x 9.25 inches 15.5 x 23 cm. Paperback. Printed pages: x 223 Oxford University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 1132E125 ISBN : 0195157931 9780195157932
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General Staff, India, 1917.
Some Notes on the Country above Baghdad. Provisional Edition. Simla, Government Central Press, 1917.
(6), 29, (1) pp. Original printed cloth with fore-edge flap. 8vo. Only edition. "The area dealt with in this handbook is bounded on the north by the caravan route between Dair-az-Zaur and Mosul, on the east by that between Mosul and Baghdad; on the south by that between Baghdad and Fallujah; and on the west by the river Euphrates. The tract thus defined includes portions of the Baghdad and Mosul Wilayats, and of the Sanjaq of Zaur" (note on p. [iii]). - Some brownstaining to endpapers and edges, otherwise in fine condition. Rare: only two copies in libraries via OCLC (British Library; Texas A&M Univ. Library). From the library of Peter Hopkirk with his bookplate on front pastedown. Catalogue No. O.B. 44. Case No. 17217. OCLC 48133490.
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General Staff, Israel Defense Forces.
Ha-mizrah ha-karov (The Near East). [Tel Aviv], Israel Defense Forces, General Staff, 1958.
960 x 820 mm. Colour-printed map (folded). Scale 1:4,700,000. A large map of the Middle East, produced by Israel's General Staff soon after the Suez Crisis, showing the Arabian Peninsula and adjoining countries with major roads, railroads, and petroleum pipelines. - A few tears to folds, but well preserved.
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Geniesse Jane
Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark
Random House 1999. Nice copy with dust jacket. Just minor shelfwear. Pages of text are clean bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. Superior service: accurate descriptions prompt shipping and virtually all items carefully packed in boxes not envelopes . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Random House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 227497 ISBN : 0394583965 9780394583969
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GENIESSE Jane Fletcher
Freya Stark. Passionate Nomad. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, maroon endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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GENTILE Sebastiano ..//.. Sebastiano Gentile.
Oriente Cristiano e Santita. Figure e storie di santi tra Bisanzio e l'Occidente.
Milano, Centro Tibaldi, 1998, 1 volume, in-folio, relié, XXII-376 p.. Très nombreuses illustrations couleur, bibliographie en fin de chaque article, bibliographie et index des manuscrits en fin de volume. Reliure éditeur, pleine toile grise sous jaquette illustrée en couleur, petite pliure à la marge supérieure de la jaquette au premier plat.
Bookseller reference : 4910
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Geoffroy Schneiter Berenice
Gandhara : The Memory of Afghanistan
Paris France: Assouline 2002. Paris: Assouline 2002. Hardcover binding 79 pp. Gandhara is a historic region in what was the northwest of ancient India currently Pakistan and Afghanistan that flourished in the first centuries A.D. with a hybrid of Greek and Buddhist Indian culture. The Gandhara school incorporated motifs and techniques from classical Western art while remaining Indian at its core. It includes the earliest examples of Buddha in human form often with features resembling the Greek god Apollo. Magnificently sculpted statuary and friezes many only fragments are shown here as well as the colossal Buddhas of Bamiya�enormous figures sculpted into a cliff face�that were recently dynamited by Afghanistan's Taliban regime. Each volume in this series of slim and handsome monographs uses full- and double-page photographs undiluted with captions to reveal a particular genius of design art or fashion. The quality of the photos is quite high a foreword or preface by an author close to the subject establishes the importance of the work seen and the illustrations are captioned in a thumbnail appendix. New in new dust jacket. First Edition. Cloth. New/New. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Assouline Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014683 ISBN : 2843232945 9782843232947
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Geoffroy Schneiter Berenice
Gandhara : The Memory of Afghanistan
Paris France: Assouline 2002. Paris: Assouline 2002. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding 79 pp. Gandhara is a historic region in what was the northwest of ancient India currently Pakistan and Afghanistan that flourished in the first centuries A.D. with a hybrid of Greek and Buddhist Indian culture. The Gandhara school incorporated motifs and techniques from classical Western art while remaining Indian at its core. It includes the earliest examples of Buddha in human form often with features resembling the Greek god Apollo. Magnificently sculpted statuary and friezes many only fragments are shown here as well as the colossal Buddhas of Bamiya�enormous figures sculpted into a cliff face�that were recently dynamited by Afghanistan's Taliban regime. Each volume in this series of slim and handsome monographs uses full- and double-page photographs undiluted with captions to reveal a particular genius of design art or fashion. The quality of the photos is quite high a foreword or preface by an author close to the subject establishes the importance of the work seen and the illustrations are captioned in a thumbnail appendix. . First Edition. Cloth. New/New. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Assouline Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014681 ISBN : 2843232945 9782843232947
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George Ball
Error and Betrayal in Lebanon -
Foundation for Middle East Press - 1984. PB/pub.1984/gd. condition/158 pages - An analysis of Israel's invasion of Lebanon and the implications for U.S. - Israeli relations. A73871z. Soft Cover. Good. Foundation for Middle East Press - Paperback
Bookseller reference : 3871z
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George Crile
Charlie Wilson's War
Atlantic Monthly Press 2003. Illustrations. 4th Printing. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8126 ISBN : 0871138549 9780871138545
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George E. Kirk
A Short History Of The Middle East -
Frederick Praeger Publishing - 1964. PB/pub.1964/Fair conditionunderlining/340 pages - The rise of Islam to modern times. HT138409. Soft Cover. Good. Frederick Praeger Publishing - Paperback
Bookseller reference : 38409
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George E. Kirk
Contemporary Arab Politics: A Concise History
<p>Hardback 231 pages ex-library book with rubber-stamp mark on first page. Tight binding clean pages spine slightly worn.</p> Methuen & Co/Praeger hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1248
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George ed Joffe
Jordan In Transition 1990-2000
<p>Paperback 378 pages very good condition. </p> C. Hurst & Co paperback
Bookseller reference : 2364 ISBN : 1850654883 9781850654889
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George Lenczowski
Oil And State In The Middle East -
Cornell University Press - 1960. Hardcover/pub.1960/Gd. condition/379 pages - Oil development in the Middle East is more than a vivid example of social interaction. KR319876. Hard Cover. Good. Cornell University Press - Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19876
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George Mikes
The Prophet Motive. Israel Today and Tomorrow
London: Penguin Books 1971. First Penguin Edition . Very Good Plus. 4.25 x 7 inches 11 x 18 cm. Light browning to page margins otherwise in excellent condition. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe �9.90; USA �12.34; Oceania �11.68; Rest of World �11.28. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 7 inches 11 x 18 cm. Paperback. Printed pages: 176 Penguin Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 1163P174 ISBN : 0140033556 9780140033557
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George Philips and Son
Philips Special Map of the Nile The Advance on Khartum and the Environs of Omdurman. Cc1900
Philips Special map of the Nile illustrating the Advance on Khartum Khartoum with an enlargement of the environs of Omdurman Omdur. George Philips and Son London and Liverpool Ca 1900. 580mm x 900mm folded map. Front title wrapper has come loose not affecting map area. Three maps are displayed within the sheet. Map1. Map of the Nile Valley 520mm x 300mm showing the approaches of Khartum. Scale 1inch to 100 Geographical miles. Coloured indicating Possessions and Protectorates of European Powers. Map 2. Special map of the Nile from Dongola to Khartum. Scale 16 miles to the inch. Coloured. In set in this map is Map3. Environs of Omdurman Scale 5 statute miles to the inch. Some small breaks at some folds not affecting imagery or use of map. Title label is damaged the map is clean and bright probably unused. A very interesting record. unknown
Bookseller reference : 90836
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GERAMB (Marie-Joseph de)
Pèlerinage à Jérusalem et au Mont Sinaï en 1831,1832 et 1833.
Paris, Adrien Leclere et Cie 1836. 3 vol in-12, rel. fin XIXe demi-chagrin poli brun, dos à 5 nerfs, filets dorés, encadrement doré des titres et tomaisons, tranches mouchetées, 456, 459 et 396 pp. De la bibliothèque de Monsieur le Duc et Madame de Duchesse de Doudeauville (ex-libris armorié)
Bookseller reference : 588145
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GERARD DE NERVAL.
VOYAGE EN ORIENT - 4 TOMES - COLLECTION ENTIERE.
RICHELIEU, 1950. Nombreuses littrines et illustrations en couleurs dans le texte et hors texte. Frontispice en noir et blanc dans le TOME 1. Tome 1 (387 pages):Vers l'Orient, les femmes du Caire. Tome 2 (362 pages): Le harem, les pyramides, la cange... Tome 3 (364 pages): les akkals - l'anti-liban, stamboul et pera... Tome 4 (388 pages): moeurs des egyptiens modernes... In-8- Broché.
Bookseller reference : VOY43M
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Gerard Russell
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East
London: Simon & Schuster 2015. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Simon & Schuster Paperback
Bookseller reference : 059061 ISBN : 1471114716 9781471114717
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Gerdes Eduard.
Naar Jeruzalem en het Heilige Land. Een reisverhaal naar de geachtste en nieuwste bronnen bewerkt.
Amsterdam de Hoogh 1863-64. Three books in one volume. Octavo. Pp. vii 343; 2 310 1 verso blank; 1 verso blank 302 1 verso blank. Three title-pages and three chromolithograph frontispieces with tissue guards a pair to each book. Plus 10 other chromolithograph plates with facing tissue guards and two hand-coloured folding lithograph maps bound-in. Index. Hardcover contemporary tan half calf corners forest-green and marbled boards. Spine gilt-stamped richly decorated. In about fine condition paper on boards rubbed and dull endpapers dusty small stain or two. Overall an excellent copy. ~ First edition. Tobler p. 226 wrongfully dating the edition as 1862. Very rare. KVK locates just a single copy worldwide that in the British Library. Another copy in Union Catalog Southwest Germany is of a later 20th century edition. OCLC 64502767 locates only 4 copies worldwide all in the Netherlands Koninklijke Bibliotheek Radboud Univsesiteit Nijmegen Tresoar Leeuwarden Amsterdam University. OCLC 64601619 locates another copy but that of the 1873 edition in Theologische University Kampen. Eduard Gerdes 1821-1898. With delicately executed views of Hebron Bethlehem Jaffa Jericho Mount of Olives Sinai Suez Damascus and other locations. Amsterdam, de Hoogh, 1863-64. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1355
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Gerges Fawaz
Journey of the Jihadist : Inside Muslim Militancy
2006. Hardcover/Gd. condition/312 pages - Inside Muslim militancy is discussed in this text. K116HT5. Hardcover -. Good. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : K116 ISBN : 015101213X 9780151012138
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Gerges Fawaz A
The Superpowers and the Middle East: Regional and International Politics 1955-1967
Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1994. Comprehensive highly acclaimed scholarly text presents a detailed analysis of the interrelations of global and regional politics and the complex relationship between the superpowers and the Arab world. Topics covered include inter-Arab dynamics; the Arab subsystem regional and outside powers; superpower engagement in the Middle East 1955; the Suez crisis;the Eisenhower doctrine; the Egyptian-Syrian union; end of an era in Arab -superpower relations 1958-1961; the breakup of the UAR; the Egyptian-Saudi conflict in Yemen and the superpowers' response 1961-1964; the Israeli factor in Inter-Arab and Arab-Superpower relations 1964-1966; the Yemeni war; march toward war 1966-1967; U.S.-Arab relations; the emergence of a new Middle Eastern order; etc. 274 pgs. . First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Westview Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : MS-12 ISBN : 0813386977 9780813386973
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GERLAND (Ernst)
Corpus notitiarum episcopatuum Ecclesiae Orientalis Graecae, Band I : Die Genesis der Notitia episcopatuum. 1. Heft : Einleitung.
[Istanbul], Socii Assumptionistae Chalcedonenses, 1931. In-4 broché, XII-48 pp. (Le patriarcat byzantin, série II).
Bookseller reference : 556863
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Germigny, Jacques de, French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1534-1592)
Autograph letter signed. Pera les Constantinople, 15. VI. 1584.
Folio. 3 pp. With integral address leaf. Appointed by King Henri III, Jacques de Germigny served as French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1579 to 1585. - Writing to Lieutenant General M. de Montholon, recounting the torment of two Jewish women and their Jewish and Christian lovers: "[…] nous attendons encor de ce coste là le boyteaux avecq les gallères du cappitaine Bassa lequel est Osman Bassa [Assan Bassa, roi d’Alger] sont ycy attenduz en bonne dévotion. Nottamment led. Osman que ce seigneur veult faire triompher à son entrée audid Constantinople pour sa valeur et ses conquestes qu’il a faites […]. Et le mesme mofti a envoyé un fetfa ou advis à cedit seigneur portant que si son Altesse lui alloit en personne au devant qu’elle ne feroit chose qui fust contre leurs lois. Et ia esté deffendu par cry publicq à touttes femmes de ne se trouver le jour de lad. entrée par les rues, sous grand peine, ainsi demeurer aux maisons et à venir par les fenestres pour plusieurs respects. Et sur ce propos je vous diray qu’il se faict teftis ou informations aud. Constantinople en tous les quartiers ou parroisses des mosquées de la prud’hommie et chasteté de toutes lesdictes femmes turques à l’instance des spahis et aïas bassi, pour avoir esté trouvées et prinses en adultère ces jours derniers. Deux femmes de semblables hommes leurs compaignons qui se retrouvent à la guerre, l’une avec un Juif qui en fut samedy dernier empallé vif, devant la porte de la grande sinagogue, qui soit audit, et icelle ayant esté noyée. Et aultres pour avoir esté aussi prinse avec un chrétien arménien, que l’on tient, seront ensemblement et aujourd’huy traynez à la queue d’un cheval les visaiges contre terre par tout ladit. ville. Et après s’ils auront encore vie mis aux Ganches sur le port […]". - Early diplomatic correspondence relating to the Ottoman Empire, especially on such a delicate matter, is of the utmost rarity.
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GEROSA GUIDO.
I cannoni del Sinai.
In 8°, t.t. edit. con sovrac. ill., pp. 253,(5); invio a penna alla 3a pag. bianca, copia molto buona. (x303/d) (spedizione standard SEMPRE tracciata con raccomandata-piego di libri, eventuale FATTURA da richiedere all'ordine)
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GERTRUDE L. BELL.
Mezopotamya'da 1915-1920 sivil dönemi. Translated by Vedii Ilmen.
Fine English Paperback., Fine., 20 x 14 cm., 299, [4] p., "Mezopotamya'da 1915-1920 sivil dönemi.", Gertrude L.Bell, Yaba Yayinlari, Ist., 2004.
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Gervais-Courtellemont, [Jules].
Mon voyage a la Mecque. Deuxième édition. Paris, Hachette, 1896.
8vo. (2), 236 pp. With frontispiece, large folding panorama, and 30 wood-engraved text illustrations (some full-page). Contemp. green half calf with giltstamped title to spine. Marbled endpapers. Second edition. - Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863-1931), a convert to Islam, was one of the few Western visitors to Mecca during his time. His classic account of his pilgrimage is of special interest for the numerous illustrations engraved after photographs by the author. Many of the buildings and sites thus documented have since changed significantly or disappeared altogether. - Foxed throughout; old library stamp on t. p. Binding rubbed and bumped; spine faded. From the library of the "Cercle Militaire d'Amiens" with their name giltstamped to lower spine-end. Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 1016. OCLC 490071086.
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Gervais-Courtellemont, [Jules].
Mon voyage a la Mecque. Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1896.
8vo. (2), 236 pp. With frontispiece, large folding panorama, and 30 text illustrations. Original illustrated wrappers. Rare first edition. Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863-1931), a convert to Islam, was one of the very few Western visitors to Mecca during his time. The classic account of his pilgrimage is of special interest due to the numerous illustrations drawn after photographs by the author and documenting buildings that have survived only greatly changed or which have disappeared altogether. - An untrimmed, well-preserved copy with very slight browning. Uncommon; auction records list the 2nd edition only (published in the same year), fetching as much as £950 (Sotheby's, Oct 14, 1998, lot 740); last sold for £750 (Sotheby's, Oct 15, 2003, lot 638). Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 1016. Howgego III, G10. OCLC 23429140.
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GH. Jansen G. H.
Militant Islam -
Harper Publishing - 1979. Hardcover/pub.1979/Fair condition/224 pages - The author examines the militancy of Islam from 1800 to the present. AN830283. Hard Cover. Good. Harper Publishing - Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30283
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GHALI (Ibrahim Amin)
Vivant Denon ou la conquête du bonheur. Présentation de Jean-Claude Vatin.
Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire, 1986. In-8, br., XXV-304pp.
Bookseller reference : 589848
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Ghani Cyrus
Shakespeare Persia and the East
Washington DC: Mage Publishers 2008. Book. New. Cloth. First Hardback Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. No writer's work has been studied more closely or more often than the plays of William Shakespeare that master of language and peerless explorer of the human heart. Books about him number in the thousands yet "Shakespeare Persia and the East" brings a truly fresh perspective to this genius. In the three dozen plays he composed between 1590 and 1612 Shakespeare ranged far and wide in his imagination setting some of his tales in places as varied as Denmark Venice and Athens - while drawing on a rich array of imagery and lore from lands further east. This remarkable book by a lifelong student of Shakespeare Cyrus Ghani reveals how rich a source of inspiration those exotic Eastern realms were for the playwright. Elizabethan England was especially fascinated by Persia whose deep-rooted culture was then flourishing under the Safavid dynasty. An Englishman first visited there in 1562 two years before Shakespeare's birth.More contacts between England and Persia followed prompted by hopes of a lucrative trading relationship and a possible military alliance against the Ottoman Turks. A pair of English adventurers Anthony and Robert Sherley spent years attempting to establish these ties not always scrupulously and their story was well known to England's greatest dramatist. To illuminate the creative uses Shakespeare made of the East this book first looks at the life of the playwright himself then at the dynasties that did so much to shape England and Persia in that tumultuous age. Other sections in this book profile key figures in the efforts to forge a connection between the two lands with particular focus on the colourful Sherleys and their fatally ambitious sponsor the Earl of Essex - a great admirer of Shakespeare. The final section of this book briefly describes the plays and cites - their many allusions to the East - testimony that this literary giant was very much a man of his time. 187pp. Mage Publishers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031607 ISBN : 1933823240 9781933823249
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Ghanoonparvar M. R
In a Persian Mirror: Images of the West and Westerners in Iranian Fiction
Austin: University of Texas Press 1993. Bibliography. Index. xiii 177 pages. 23 cm. Wrappers Softcover. Condition: Very Good/none. ISBN: 0-292-72761-5 . Catalogs: IRAN. Austin: University of Texas Press, (1993) paperback
Bookseller reference : 7861 ISBN : 0292727615 9780292727618
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Ghareeb Edmund edited by
SPLIT VISION: THE PORTRAYAL OF ARABS IN THE AMERICAN MEDIA
Washington D.C.: Amer.-Arab Affairs Council 1983. PB. very good wraps softcover. B&W illustrations. ISBN 0943182018 402pp. Amer.-Arab Affairs Council unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS039707I
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Gharjistani, Muhammad 'Isa
Az Hazarahíjat ta Landan = From Hazarajat upto [sic] London
Small octavo in pale yellow printed stapled wraps; 91 p. ; 20 cm In Persian. Scarce. || Shura-yi Farhangi-i Islami-i Afghanistan (Pakistan) || Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.
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Ghassem Ghani edited by Esmail Saremi
Dr. Ghassem Ghani's Annotations on Diwan-e-Hafiz
Tehran about 1988. Entirely in Persian. viii 310 pages. 22.3 cm. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/none. . Catalogs: IRAN. Tehran, about 1988 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8690
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Ghirshman Roman
History of Iran: From Beginning to Islam / Iran Az Aghaz Ta Islam
Dunyai Kitab 2002. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Pictorial Boards. Book is in excellent condition with a few very light indications of shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square covers have sharp corners exterior shows no blemishes text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. About 325 pages text is in Persian. Maps b&w photos line drawings throughout. Dunyai Kitab hardcover
Bookseller reference : 146707 ISBN : 9645870615 9789645870612
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Ghirshman Roman
La civiltà persiana antica
<p>21,5 cm, rilegatura editoriale con sovracop. illustrata; p. xi, 300, alcune carte geografiche nel testo e 41 ill. fuori testo</p>
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Gianni, Vittorio.
Notizie, ed aventure veridiche di un viaggio intrapreso da una persona di condizione privata [...] di Urbino [...], sino a Costantinopoli; e del ritorno suo [...]. Middle East, 1769-1770.
Folio (235 x 170 mm). Italian manuscript in two parts with 29 original pen and ink drawings (15 and 14), written in black ink in a neat, legible hand, 28 lines to a page. (1), 95, (1) pp. (including illustrations numbered in pencil, upper right, but recto only). Collation, including illustrations: [1 f., 1 p.], [21 ff., 35 pp.], [6 pp.], [17 ff., 26 pp.], [5 pp.] (several sheets cut so that a tab only remains of the second page, and all illustrations tipped in). Contemporary half vellum over marbled paper boards. Generally written on both recto and verso, except for the two title-pages and the illustrations (recto only); all but first and last page enclosed with a single line border, in pencil for text pages and in ink for illustrations. Unpublished manuscript giving a vivid and event-filled first person account of a journey from Urbino to Constantinople, well legible and beautifully presented with 29 equally unique pen-and-ink illustrations. - A unique account of a journey from Urbino to Constantinople and back, in 1769-70, hand-written and accompanied by 29 original drawings, which offer views of islands rarely if ever depicted in contemporary travel accounts or series. No counterpart has been found for the illustrations, which appear to have been prepared from eye-witness records. That the artist may have been the author himself is suggested by the fact that he makes no mention of a separate artist, and by the manner in which he introduces the first illustration: 'Il Paise è piccolo come vedrassi della figura, che di curiosita, ed intelligenza di lettori porro a piedi di questo capitolo' (p. 5v). The story of his adventure is equally idiosyncratic, incorporating both a record of foreign places, people and customs common to other such literature, and also an account of a personal tragedy and a dangerous sea-voyage. The manuscript falls within a tradition of cultural exchange and travel writing between Europeans and the Orient; but unlike Luigi Mayer, for example, employed to make drawings of the historical buildings of Constantinople by the English ambassador Sir Robert Ainslie shortly afterwards, or J. B. Hilair, whose paintings made on a trip throughout the Empire with the French ambassador Count Choiseul-Gouffier in 1776, and engraved and published in Gouffier's "Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce" (1778-82), Gianni appears to be an entirely independent figure. Though the manuscript is set out like a printed book and was presumably destined for wider distribution in that form as a money-making enterprise, Gianni does not seem to have been commissioned, nor to have hoped for patronage. His stated aim is simply to give a true account to his readers, in case they might wish to undertake a similar journey. His route takes him through great cities such as Venice, Athens, Smyrna and Gallipoli, ancient sites such as Troy and Heraklia, through the Peloponnesus and islands such as Mykonos, Corfu, Maitos and Skios, all of which he describes and depicts in detail. Meanwhile, although he says that he is not writing in order to leave "una viva ricordanza di me, come di soggetto qualificato", that is precisely what he does: the second part of the book recounts his search for his son from whom he had heard nothing but that he had married a Greek girl. Reunited with him through a doctor who has been helping the boy through an illness, he tries to persuade the young couple to return with him to Urbino, but this plan is thwarted by the machinations of the doctor. His journey home, alone, is enlivened by an encounter with corsairs, a near shipwreck, a boy falling overboard and a violent storm. The value of this book lies not only in the unique, unpublished text and illustrations, and legible and attractive presentation, but also in the combination of commonly-found themes such as dress and customs, with an entirely personal and richly-told narrative of one man's search for his son. - One illustration (Smirne) has been trimmed along the right edge after having been bound in. Etched armorial bookplate of an unidentified noble bishop on front pastedown.
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