‎Middle east‎

‎ORMISTON James.‎

‎Wine and Oil from Immanuel's Land: Being a Series of Palestine Narratives Illustrative of the Gospel of the Grace of God Suggested by the Author's Travels in The Holy Land.‎

‎London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent and Co Ltd 1890. 1st edition. "Throws light on the Geography of the Holy Land and brings out in vivid relief the towns and hills and valleys and streams of which the names are so familiar to Bible readers." All edges gilt. Pp.viii/252 engraved frontispiece 8 further engraved plates some scattered foxing mainly affecting the first thirty pages owner's names and ink monogram to front endpapers. Dark green bevelled cloth gilt title and image of a man in arab dress to front gilt title to spine wear to edges. Good. . London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co Ltd, 1890. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 40206

‎Ortelius, Abraham.‎

‎Turcici Imperii Descriptio. Antwerp, Ortelius, 1579.‎

‎Engraved map (49 x 37 cm). Contemporary hand-coloured. Matted. Map of the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey, North Africa, Syria, Israel, the Balkans, etc. From the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" by Abraham Ortelius. - Slightly age-toned and brownstained. Green faded to brown; repaired tear with tiny holes in the middle. Generally in a good condition. Van den Broecke, 169. Al Ankary 15. Tibetts 42.‎

‎OSTROGORSKY (George)‎

‎History of the Byzantine State. Translated from the german by J. Hussey.‎

‎New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1957. Fort volume grand in-8 reliure éditeur pleine toile sous jaquette, XXV-548 pp., 11 cartes en coul. et illustr. en noir h.-t., bibliogr, index.‎

‎Bonne condition. - Frais de port : -France 4,95 € -U.E. 11 € -Monde (z B : 18 €) (z C : 31 €)‎

Bookseller reference : 556385

‎Ottin Merry preface de Jacques Benoist Mechin‎

‎TERRE DES EMPEREURS ET DES SULTANS‎

‎Del Duca-Laffont Italy: Editions Du Pont Royal 1962. HC. good decorated cloth hardcover. B&W and color illustrations. Les Grands Siecles D'Asie Mineure." 300pp. Editions Du Pont Royal unknown‎

Bookseller reference : BOOKS031422I

‎Ottoman manuscript.‎

‎[Book on Astronomy and Signs]. No place, probably later 19th century.‎

‎8vo (120 x 170 mm). (52) pp., 2 blank ff., (5), 48, (2), (2 blank), (80) pp. Black and red ink on polished paper. With numerous full-page colour diagrams (both in coloured ink and coloured pencil), one including a sketch of the Kaaba in Mekkah, and an inserted volvelle on cardboard. Bound in boards (ca. 1900) covered with waste paper printed in Arabic and Armenian. A manuscript on astronomy and its symbolism in Ottoman Turkish. - Various signs of damp- and waterstaining; a few leaves stuck together, damaged or illegible. Binding noticeably stained; spine chipped and frayed.‎

‎Owen, Roderic.‎

‎The Golden Bubble. Arabian Gulf Documentary. London, Collins, 1957.‎

‎8vo. 255, (1) pp. With 13 photo illustrations and a map. Original red publisher's cloth with giltstamped spine title. Original dust jacket. First printing of the first edition. A documentary of a year spent by the author in the Arabian Gulf, discussing Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Buraimi Oasis, Qatar, Kuwait; hunting and falconry. Dedicated "to the honour and glory of His Excellency Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Albufalah, Ruler of Abu Dhabi". - Inscribed in ink from Elizabeth Monroe to "Peter": "To raise the blood-heat" (1957). Now rare. OCLC 1239299. Not in Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula.‎

‎Owen, Roderic.‎

‎The Golden Bubble. Arabian Gulf Documentary. London, Collins, 1957‎

‎8vo. 255, (1) pp. With 13 photo illustrations and a map. Original red publisher's cloth with giltstamped spine title. Original dust jacket. First printing of the first edition. A documentary of a year spent by the author in the Arabian Gulf, discussing Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Buraimi Oasis, Qatar, Kuwait; hunting and falconry. Dedicated "to the honour and glory of His Excellency Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Albufalah, Ruler of Abu Dhabi". - Removed from W. H. Smith & Son's Lending Library (London) with bookplate to front pastedown. Now rare. OCLC 1239299. Not in Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula.‎

‎Owen, Roderic.‎

‎The Golden Bubble. Arabian Gulf Documentary. London, Collins, 1957.‎

‎8vo. 255, (1) pp. With 13 photo illustrations and a map. Original red publisher's cloth with giltstamped spine title. Original dust jacket. First printing of the first edition. A documentary of a year spent by the author in the Arabian Gulf, discussing Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Buraimi Oasis, Qatar, Kuwait; hunting and falconry. Dedicated "to the honour and glory of His Excellency Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Albufalah, Ruler of Abu Dhabi". - Dust jacket slightly frayed and chipped in places, otherwise a good copy of this now-rare title. OCLC 1239299. Not in Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula.‎

‎Oxenstierna, Bengt / Laurelius, Olof.‎

‎Lijkpredican, öfwer then ädle och högwälborne herre, Herr Bengt Oxenstierna, frijherre til Ekebyholm och Söderboo, Sweriges rijkes råd, rijksstalmästare, och general gubernator öfwer Lifland. Hwars saliga lekamen, medh tilbörlig ähreproces och christeliga ceremonier, bleff ledsagat til sin hwijlocammar, vthi Riddarholms Kyrckian, den 6. augusti åår 1643. Så och en kort relation, om then salige herrens stora förfarenheet, och widt kring om werlden giorda reesor. Stockholm, Henrich Keyser, 1644.‎

‎4to. (56) pp, retaining blank leaf D4. With woodcut coat-of-arms on leaf E1 verso. Modern marbled boards. First edition; the first travelogue printed in Swedish. The report of the travels of the Swedish diplomat Bengt Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1591-1643) is couched as his funeral sermon (by the Stockholm theologian Olof Laurelius), followed by a detailed biographical account with separate title-page (pp. 33-55). Since many of Oxenstierna's manuscripts are lost, this rare imprint is the only source for some of his journeys. Oxenstierna visited the Levant twice, first in 1613 and most importantly in 1616-20. After being employed in the service of the Grand Duke of Tuscany in the war against the Barbary corsairs, with ports of call on the Mediterranean islands and in North Africa, he travelled to Constantinople, where he resided during the winter of 1616/17. From Constantinople he continued to Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Iran, restlessly travelling back and forth throughout the following years. His returning journey to Europe took him on foot through Arabia to Egypt and Cairo. Oxenstierna so strongly inspired the explorer Sven Hedin that he wrote a biography of him (Resare-Bengt, 1921). - Some browning and dampstaining, with a small repaired hole to title-page. Extremely rare: not in the usual bibliographies of travel; OCLC records a single copy in library catalogues (Swedish Royal Library), to which KVK adds copies in Lund, Norrköping, Örebro, and Skokloster Castle. Hacklin, Olavus Laurelius (1896), p. 161f., no. 6. OCLC 937092162. Not in Weber, Henze, or Howgego.‎

‎Oz, Amos‎

‎Contro il fanatismo‎

‎Il difficile rapporto tra israeliani e palestinesi.‎

‎P. M. Holt; Ann K. S. Lambton; Bernard Lewis‎

‎The Cambridge History of Islam v1b: Central Islamic Lands Since 1918 Vol 1B The Cambridge History of Islam‎

‎Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1977. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Small label to inside front cover. Price to rear cover marked out. Light rubbing to corners. Cambridge University Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 050914 ISBN : 0521291364 9780521291361

‎P. MANSEL‎

‎Constantinople. City of the World's Desire 1453-1924. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎John Murray 1995. 8vo. First Edition with 60 plates on 32; black cloth gilt back cream endpapers a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION John Murray, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 22979

‎PACHA (Omar Moussa)‎

‎IBN AN-NAQIB. Poète romancier arabe au XIe siècle de l'Hégire.‎

‎Librairie Abbassié, 1970. In-8 br., 111 pp. en arabe.‎

‎Couv. fanée mais bonne condition intérieure, bon ex. - Frais de port : -France 4,95 € -U.E. 9 € -Monde (z B : 15 €) (z C : 25 €)‎

Bookseller reference : 595561

‎PACKER JI. TENNEY Merrill C. and WHITE William. J. I.‎

‎The World of the Old Testament.‎

‎Alton Hants England: Window Books 1982. 1st ed. "The book draws upon the latest knowledge of archaeologists historians language specialists and theologians to unlock some of the mysteries of the ancient world." Pp.8/216 with b/w photographs throughout. Paperback. VG. . Alton, Hants, England: Window Books, 1982. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 13853

‎Paget, William Henry / Mason, A. H. / et al. (eds.).‎

‎Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India. Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Divisions of the Chief of the Staff Army Head Quarters India. In six volumes. For official use only. Simla, Government Monotype Press, 1907-1911.‎

‎8vo. 8 vols. (6 volumes & 2 supplements): v. 1. Tribes north of the Kabul River. 1907. (4), IV, XIX, (1), 591, (1) pp. With 8 plans and 2 separate maps in both cover pockets. - v. 1, suppl. A. Operations against the Mohmands (including operations in the Khaiber, 1st-7th May) 1908. 1910. (4), II, (2), 60, LVIII pp. With 2 maps in lower cover pocket. - v. 2. North-west frontier tribes between the Kabul and Gumal Rivers. 1908. (4), III, (1), 461, (1) pp. With 6 folding plans and 1 separate map in lower cover pocket. - v. 2, suppl. A. Operations against the Zakka Khel Afridis 1908. 1908. (8), 49, (1) pp. With 3 maps in lower cover pocket. - v. 3. Baluchistan and the First Afghan War. (6), VII, (3), 466 pp. With 2 folding tables, 2 plans (1 folding), and 4 separate folding maps in lower cover pocket. - v. 4. North and north-eastern frontier tribes. 1907. (4), IV, 249, (1) pp. With 7 maps and plans and 1 separate folding map in lower cover pocket. - v. 5. Burma. 1907. X, (6), 468 pp. With a folding map in lower cover pocket. - v. 6. Expeditions overseas. 1911. (4), X, (2), 515, (1) pp. With 14 maps (many folding) and 5 separate folding maps in lower cover pocket. Uniformly bound in contemporary quarter calf over green cloth covers with giltstamped spine labels. An excessively rare counterpart to Lorimer's simultaneously published Gazetteer of the Gulf: like it, classified at the time of its issuing as a confidential British government document and still well-nigh unobtainable in the original printing, this third and last issue of Paget's and Mason's "Frontier and Overseas Expeditions" remains the most important single source on Raj-based military frontier operations carried out up to the First World War. The work was first compiled in 1873 by Colonel W. H. Paget as "A Record of Expeditions against the North-West Frontier Tribes", with the intention of providing a "valuable guide" to such British commanders and policymakers as "might have future dealings with these turbulent neighbours". It was revised in 1884 by A. H. Mason of the Royal Engineers. Three decades later, the frontiers of British influence had vastly expanded: they now reached to the borders of Afghanistan and Persia, and a newly compiled record of expeditions was urgently required. Under the editorship of Lieutenant C. F. Aspinall and Major R. G. Burton, the work known as "Paget & Mason" was thoroughly overhauled and expanded to six volumes, replete with maps and each dealing with a distinct geographical division, with two supplements. Only a few hundred copies would have been printed for circulation to British government departments, regimental libraries, and agencies. The present set, issued to the 7th Division Military Society in 1908 (later the Bareilly Brigade Military Library), bears the giltstamped copy numbers 217, 220, 221, 222, 258, 262, and 1134 (supplement). - The sixth volume deals in depth with "The Arabian Peninsula and the Islands of Perim and Socotra". It includes a sketch of the geographical situation before discussing in more detail the First Expedition to Ras-al-Khaimah in 1809 ("political causes - composition of the force - arrival at Masqat - arrival at Ras-al-Khaimah - description of Ras-al-Khaimah - landing of main body - capture of Ras-al-Khaimah - bravery of enemy - burning of pirate vessels - losses - Lingeh - repulse of the troops - re-embarkation - daring action by Lt. Hall, IN - attack on Shanas - desperate resistance"). It is noteworthy that the British officers here felt compelled to record the military gallantry of the al-Qasimi in their resistance to the British forces. Similarly, the Second Expedition to Ras-al-Khaimah in 1819 is treated, as is the Bani-Bu-Ali Expedition of 1810 (mentioning the results of "bad diplomacy" and "bad tactics", and citing the bravery of an Imam who displayed "great personal courage" while endeavouring to save an artilleryman). Further sections are given over to the islands of Perim (occupied in 1799 and again in 1856) and Sokotra, of which British infantry took possession in 1834 after "the Sultan would not come to terms". Additional chapters treat the Persian side of the Gulf and military expeditions to the same. - Corners somewhat bumped, but altogether a tightly bound, handsome and well-preserved set. 1910 and 1911 stamps of the Bareilly Brigade Military Library to most volumes (but stamp of W. B. Salmon to the supplement to vol. 2). Warning "For Official Use Only" stamped in gilt to spine labels throughout, with most title-pages being correspondingly imprinted (in red ink up to vol. 2). As the publisher's original inserted slip advises, the General Map of Afghanistan called for in the list of maps to volume 3 was not, in fact, completed and therefore was never issued with the set. Of the utmost rarity: not reproduced within the Cambridge Archive Editions series, although incomplete reprints appeared in Quetta in 1979 and in Delhi in 1983. - Provenance: 1) 7th Division Military Society, 1908; 2) Bareilly Brigade Military Library, 1910/11; 3) U.S. private collection. OCLC 821799.‎

‎PALGRAVE (W.-G.);‎

‎Une année dans l'ARABIE Centrale (1862-63).‎

‎Hachette et Cie Paris 1866 2 vol. 2 vol. in-8 de 3 ff.n.ch. XVI 346 pp. 1 f.n.ch. et 2 ff.n.ch. 429 pp. 1 f.n.ch.; demi-chagrin de l'époque, dos à nerfs richement orné, tranches dorées.‎

‎Edition originale française (Gay 3696). Important récit d’une expédition qui, bien qu’anglaise, fut financée par la munificence privée de l’Empereur Napoléon III, que l'auteur avait rencontré à Paris. Traversée de la péninsule arabique depuis la pointe de la mer Morte jusqu’à la côte d’Oman, voyageant sous les traits d’un médecin Arabe de Syrie. Relation détaillée des lieux jusqu’alors peu connus des occidentaux. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglais par Émile Jouveaux, orné du portrait de l'auteur en frontispice, d'une carte double et de 4 plans hors texte. Très bon exemplaire malgré des rousseurs éparses.‎

Bookseller reference : 14945

‎Palgrave, William Gifford.‎

‎Personal narrative of a year's journey through Central and Eastern Arabia. London, Macmillan and Co., 1873.‎

‎8vo. (2), VI, (4), 427, (6) pp. With engr. title portrait and 4 engr. plans (wants the map). Original illustrated green cloth with giltstamped spine. Seventh edition, abridged from the two-volume original edition. - This travelogue, recounting a journey across the Arabian Peninsula from Riadh to the Arabian Gulf, was highly esteemed at the time of its publication, though is now known to contain fictional passages. Palgrave disguised himself as a Syrian Christian doctor named Selim Abu Mahmoud al'Eis and spent 13 months travelling. - Some foxing. Cf. Macro 1731 (1865 first ed.). Henze III, 693. Howgego III, P5 (other eds.).‎

‎Palmer Louis‎

‎Adventures in Afghanistan‎

‎London: Octagon Press Ltd 1991. Paperback. Good/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Creasing to front cover with reading crease to spine. MIDDLE EAST <br/> <br/> Octagon Press Ltd paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 301177 ISBN : 0863040578 9780863040573

‎Palmer, E[dward] H[enry].‎

‎The Desert of the Exodus. Journeys on Foot in the Wilderness of the Forty Years' Wanderings [...]. Cambridge, Deighton, Bell & Co., 1871.‎

‎4to. 2 vols. XX, 280 pp. (4), 281-576 pp. With 5 lithographed folding maps (2 in colour), 2 lithographed frontispieces (one in original hand colour, one tinted), and 14 lithographed plates, 12 of which tinted. Contemporary giltstamped full calf with the arms of the University of Glasgow to front covers and spine and giltstamped spine-labels. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. First edition. Lively account of the first extensive exploration of the Sinai desert performed entirely on foot. The English orientalist Palmer was engaged in 1869 to join the survey of Sinai, undertaken by the Palestine Exploration Fund, and followed up this work in the next year by exploring the desert of El-Tih, Idumaea, and Moab in company with Charles Drake. They completed this journey on foot and without escort, making friends among the Bedouins and Arab sheikhs, to whom Palmer was known as Abdallah Effendi. After a visit to the Lebanon and to Damascus, where he made the acquaintance of Sir Richard Burton, then consul there, he returned to England in 1870 by way of Constantinople and Vienna. - Palmer's report discusses the Sinai survey, the geography of the area, camp life, marches through the wilderness, and encounters with Arab tribes. It includes descriptions of Saint Catherine's Monastery as well as of Petra, with maps of the Sinai Peninsula, the Negeb, and the Moab, as well as two maps from the Sinai survey showing topographic views of Mount Sinai and Jebel Serbál. The charming tinted plates display desert and mountain views, ruins, hieroglyphs, towns, caves and churches. - Bindings very slightly rubbed. Small tears to 2 maps; otherwise in excellent condition. Prize copy awarded to Joannes M. Littlejohn, a student of Hebrew at the University of Glasgow, by Jacob Robertson; a commemorative bookplate to front pastedown of volume I, dated 1 May 1885; a handwritten note by Robertson to flyleaf of volume II. Blackmer 1238. Röhricht 3126, no. 5. OCLC 1013449009.‎

‎PANELLA, Emilio‎

‎Ricerche su Riccoldo da Monte di Croce‎

‎85 p.; 24 cm. Brossura editoriale. Buono. Estratto da: Archivum Fratrun Praedicatorum volumen LVIII‎

‎Paolucci Henry foreword by Edmund A. Bator; preface by John H. Ryan‎

‎IRAN ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES: AN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY BACKGROUND STUDY‎

‎Whitestone NY: Griffon House Publications 1991. PB. fine wraps softcover review press release author inscribed. ISBN 0918680441 In this book the author focuses on the problem of how the United States can maintain effective daily relations with avowedly theocratic countries like Iran and Israel whose leaders are ultimately committed to the hegemony of "God's chosen people" rather than a traditional balance of power--an equilibrium of mutually respecting nations that would curb the possibility of unilateral action. 404pp. Griffon House Publications unknown‎

Bookseller reference : BOOKS029228I ISBN : 0918680441 9780918680440

‎PAPNIKOLA-BAKIRTZIS (Demetra), DAUTERMAN MAGUIRE (Eunice), MAGUIRE (Henri)‎

‎Ceramic art from byzantine serres. Contributions by Charalambos Bakirtzis and Sarah Wisseman.‎

‎Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1992. In-8 carré broché, 73 pp., 25 pièces archéologiques décrites et commentées, reprod. en noir en regard, 26 fig. en noir dans le texte, glossaire, bibliographie. (Illinois byzantine studies III).‎

‎Très bonne condition. - Frais de port : -France 4,95 € -U.E. 9 € -Monde (z B : 15 €) (z C : 25 €)‎

Bookseller reference : 527963 ISBN : 252063031

‎Pareja Casanas, Félix M. (ed.).‎

‎Libro del Ajedrez, de sus problemas y sutilezas. De autor Árabe desconocido. Según el MS. Arab. Add. 7515 (Rich) del Museo Británico. Madrid, Estanislao Maestre, 1935.‎

‎8vo. 2 vols. (8), 257, (5), 247, (3) pp. (III)-CXXIX, (3), 245, (7) pp. Original printed wrappers (professional repairs; 2nd vol. has facsimile front cover). First edition of this mediaeval Arabic treatise on chess, the manuscript of which (dated AH 655/AD 1257) is kept at the British Museum, offering the text together with a Spanish translation and commentary. Modern chess gradually developed from the Arabic game of "Shatranj", which had come to the Arabs from India via the Persian Empire; the first Arabic chess treatises appeared as early as the 10th century, a notable author being the poet as-Suli. - Bindings somewhat rough at the edges; interior well-preserved. GAL S I, p. 905, no. 1 b. OCLC 865325410.‎

‎Parenti Christian‎

‎The Freedom: Shadows And Hallucinations In Occupied Iraq‎

‎U.S.A.: The New Press 2004. clean unmarked copy. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The New Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 360813 ISBN : 1565849485 9781565849488

‎PARIS MATCH‎

‎Paris Match N° 1158 : Mort de Louis Armstrong. Le destin de Jérusalem (I).‎

‎Couverture souple. Numéro complet.‎

‎Périodique. En couverture : Le défilé des P.F.A.T. Paris Match, 17 juillet 1971.‎

Bookseller reference : 141971