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Pfarrer I. R.
Eine Pilgerreise nach dem heiligen Lande im Frühjahr 1897.
Trier Paulinus 1898. Crown octavo. Pp. 100. Original printed wrappers decorated in black shelf label to spine. In a very good condition small institutional stamp. ~ First edition. Trier, Paulinus, 1898. unknown
Bookseller reference : 0692
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Pfeiffer, August.
Jahr-Opfer, welches dem durchleuchtigsten, hochgebohrnen Fürsten und Herrn, Hn. Johann Georgen dem Andern, Hertzogen zu Sachsen, Jülich, Cleve und Berg [...] bey Eintretung des sechszehn hundert und siebentzigsten Jahrs nach der Heilbringenden Geburt Christi, durch einen unterthänigsten Glückwunsch, in funfzehen Haupt- und auswertigen Sprachen [...] abstattet M. Augustus Pfeiffer [...]. Wittenberg, Elias Fiebig for the heirs of Hiob Wilhelm Fincelius, 1670.
4to. (32) pp. With many woodcut type specimens. Disbound. Only edition; one of several variant issues. - A congratulatory publication by the prolific Saxon oriental scholar August Pfeiffer (1640-98) who was said to know seventy languages. The present rare work is dedicated to the Duke of Saxony Johann Georg II on the occasion of his 15th anniversary as Elector. It contains 15 celebratory poems in the world's principal languages German, Latin, Greek, Hebrew (with Latin literal translation), Chaldaic (with Latin transliteration and literal translation), in the Jerusalem dialect, in Syriac (with Latin literal translation), Samaritan, Arabic, Ethiopian, Farsi, Ottoman Turkish, Coptic, Armenian, and Chinese (all with Latin transliteration and literal translation). The end is brought up by a "fusa vacui" (or stopgap), namely verse 3 of Psalm 113 in no fewer than 35 different languages (Hebrew, Chaldaic, Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopian, Samaritan, Farsi, Ottoman Turkish, Armenian, Coptic, Iberian, Greej, Latin, Italian, Sardinian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Saxon, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, English, Scots, Irish Gaelic, Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Chinese, Nahuatl, Inuit, and Quechua. - Browned throughout due to paper; binding loosened; old ownership to title-page and page numbers throughout, but trimmed rather closely. This copy was bound from a defective set of sheets: several leaves (3 and 4 in each gathering) show a hole through the middle of the page, resulting in loss of text to several poems (mainly affecting Chaldaic, Arabic, Turkish, and Coptic). VD 17, 12:161548X. Not in Jöcher or J./Adelung.
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Phares Walid
The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East
New York: Threshold Editions 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Remainder Threshold Editions 2010. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Remainder. Upper rear corner is lightly scuffed else Fine. Clean tight & solid volume. Internals as new. Jacket unclipped clean slight wear to edges. 383 pages with Notes and index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 2010 Threshold Edition New York. Threshold Editions hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026903 ISBN : 1439178372 9781439178379
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Phebe Marr
The Modern History of Iraq
<p>Hardback 382 pages very good condition PLEASE NOTE: a couple of pages with highlight marks most pages are clean. Dustjacket with slight wear.</p> Longman ELT hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1278 ISBN : 0582783445 9780582783447
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Phelps, Frank T.
Notable North American Thoroughbreds. Blue Earth, MN, Piper Publishers, 1994.
Oblong folio. 440 pp. Illustrated with tipped-in reproductions in colour of paintings by various artists, including paintings by Anthony M. Alonso and from the collection of the National Museum of Racing, Inc. Original calf-backed pictorial cloth, giltstamped spine. In original cloth drop-back box with colour illustration mounted on lid. Limited edition. The original publisher was unable to complete the full 100 copies; only four are reported in OCLC. Illustrated with paintings from the National Museum of Racing. A large tome on race horses in North America, including the history and evolution of the sport and stories of the famous racers and racetracks. "Extremely detailed, especially the pedigrees, racing records and index. I've come to rely on it daily as a valued reference" (John Prather, review in Bloodstock Advisory). "Everyone in the thoroughbred industry should have a copy. The colour plates alone are enough to justify buying it" (Dr. William Reed, review in Mare's Haven). - In excellent condition. OCLC 41093209.
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Philby H. St. John B
Arabian Jubilee
New York: John Day 1953. Photos. Chipped dj. xiv 280 pages. 8vo. Hardcover. . Catalogs: SAUDI ARABIA. New York: John Day, (1953) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3857
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Philby, Harry St John Bridger.
Arabian Days. An Autobiography. London, Robert Hale Ltd., 1948.
8vo. XVI, 336 pp. With a portrait of the author as a frontispiece and 24 double-sided plates. Blue cloth. First edition, second impression. The autobiography of the noted British Arabist, explorer, writer, officer and adviser to Ibn Saud, Harry St John Bridger Philby (1885-1960). In the preface Philby states that he mainly describes the essential and most notable features and events of his public life. He began writing this work in 1934, but the next decade was filled with activity and adventure, both in Britain and abroad, which kept him from writing and publishing the work until after the Second World War. During this time, he was asked by King Ibn Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia to map the border between his newly formed kingdom and the Yemen. This gave Philby the opportunity to explore Southern Arabia, where he also made archaeological discoveries. - Philby undertook his first journey to Arabia in 1917 in order to complete a mission to Ibn Sa'ud; once there he formed a lifelong acquaintanceship with the future king of Saudi Arabia. In 1930 Philby officially converted to Islam. - The present copy is the second impression of the first edition which were published mere months apart in the same year. Philby's descriptions of his many experiences in Britain, India and the Middle East are accompanied by numerous images of him, his family, King Ibn Sa'ud, government officials, and buildings and landscapes he encountered. - Binding shows very slight signs of wear, small inscription in blue ink to the verso of the first flyleaf, very slight browning throughout. Howgego IV, P 31. Macro 1776. Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 394. Sotheby's, Burrell sale, lot 623.
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Philby, Harry St John Bridger.
Arabian Jubilee. London, Robert Hale Ltd., 1952.
8vo. XIV, 280 pp. With a portrait of King 'Abdul-'Aziz Ibn Sa'ud as the frontispiece, 1 map of Arabia in 1950, and 16 double-sided plates. Black cloth. First edition of this biography of Saudi Arabian King HRH Abdul-Aziz bin Abdul Rahman al Sa'ud by his adviser Harry St John Bridger Philby. Ibn Sa'ud was the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, when after a conquest spanning 30 years he united most of the Arabian Peninsula under his rule. He reigned from 1932 until his death in 1953, but had previously (since 1902) ruled parts of what was to become Saudi Arabia as Emir, Sultan, King of Nejd, and King of Hejaz. The present work is not a complete and final biography: at the time of writing and publication the king was still alive, and Philby states in the preface that "it is rather a pageant of his [Ibn Sa'ud's] achievement, set forth in a series of tableaux illustrating characteristic phases of his career". The descriptions of these phases contain not only information relating to the king, but also inform the reader about the country as a whole and are enlivened by accounts and other small details of court life and Islamic customs, including a pilgrimage to Mecca. The work is illustrated with numerous images of the king and his family, and important landmarks in Saudi Arabia. - Binding shows slight signs of wear, spine is slightly discoloured, slight foxing to edges, very slight browning throughout, several newspaper clippings in a small paper pocket on the lower pastedown. Overall in good condition. Howgego IV, P 31. Cf. (other ed.) Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 395; Sotheby's, Burrell sale, lot 623.
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Philby, Harry St John Bridger.
Halévy in the Yaman (The Geographical Journal Vol. 102, no. 3). [London, The Royal Geographical Society], September 1943.
8vo. 115-124 pp. Contemporary blue cloth with giltstamped title to upper cover: "Philby - Yaman". First edition. A brief investigation of Joseph Halévy's journey through the Jawf region of Yemen, comparing the account given by Hayyim Habshush, recently published, with Halévy's own. - St John Philby (1885-1960), also known by his Arabian name "Sheikh Abdullah", was an Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he studied oriental languages and was a friend and classmate of Jawaharlal Nehru, later prime Minister of India. Philby settled in Jeddah and became famous as an international writer and explorer. He personally mapped on camelback what is now the Saudi-Yemeni border on the Rub' al Khali; in 1932, while searching for the lost city of Ubar, he was the first Westerner to visit and describe the Wabar craters. At this time, Philby also became Ibn Saud's chief adviser in dealing with the British Empire and Western powers. He converted to Islam in 1930. The personal contacts between the United States and Saudi Arabia were largely channeled through the person of Philby. - Very slight browning, a few minor stains to the first page. Macro 1782. Smith, The Yemens, 84.
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Philby, Harry St John Bridger.
Routes Between Riyadh and Wadi Dawasir. London, The Royal Geographical Society, 1920.
Colour-printed map (30 x 44 cm). Map showing Philby’s route. Inset of Central Arabia. Not in Ankary; Al-Qasimi.
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Philby, Harry St John Bridger.
Routes in South West Arabia. From surveys made by J. B. Philby. London, 1938.
Colour-printed map (56 x 36 cm). Not in Al Ankary; Al-Qasimi.
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Philby, Harry St John Bridger.
The Empty Quarter, being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub' al Khali. London, Constable, 1933.
8vo. XXIV, 433, (1) pp. With 3 folding maps an 47 illustrations on 32 plates. Publisher's original giltstamped green cloth. First edition. St. John Philby (1885-1960), also known by his Arabian name "Sheikh Abdullah", was an Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he studied oriental languages and was a friend and classmate of Jawaharlal Nehru, later prime Minister of India. Philby settled in Jeddah and became famous as an international writer and explorer. He personally mapped on camelback what is now the Saudi-Yemeni border on the Rub' al Khali; in 1932, while searching for the lost city of Ubar, he was the first Westerner to visit and describe the Wabar craters. At this time, Philby also became Ibn Saud's chief adviser in dealing with the British Empire and Western powers. He converted to Islam in 1930. The personal contacts between the United States and Saudi Arabia were largely channeled through the person of Philby. - An excellent copy, with very insignificant foxing to first and last few pages. Macro 1781. Ghani 302.
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Philby, Harry St John Bridger.
The Land of Sheba (The Geographical Journal Vol. 92, no. 1). [London, The Royal Geographical Society], July 1938.
8vo. 21, (1), 107-132 pp. With 1 large folding, coloured map, 1 smaller, uncoloured folding map, and numerous photographs on 7 plates. Later half cloth over marbled paper boards with giltstamped title to spine. First edition. Important account of travels in southern Arabia performed in 1936, particularly in the Hadhramaut, by the Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer St. John Philby (1885-1960), also known by his Arabian name "Sheikh Abdullah". It describes the longest of Philby's journeys, ostensibly to map the new frontier with Yemen, containing excellent photographs taken for the first time in that area by a European. Until the 1930s the highlands of the south-western corner of Arabia were among the world's few remaining lands not fully explored or charted. - Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, Philby studied oriental languages and was a friend and classmate of Jawaharlal Nehru, later prime Minister of India. Philby settled in Jeddah and became famous as an international writer and explorer. He personally mapped on camelback what is now the Saudi-Yemeni border on the Rub' al Khali; in 1932, while searching for the lost city of Ubar, he was the first Westerner to visit and describe the Wabar craters. At this time, Philby also became Ibn Saud's chief adviser in dealing with the British Empire and Western powers. He converted to Islam in 1930. The personal contacts between the United States and Saudi Arabia were largely channeled through the person of Philby. - Clear tape on the first page, covering part of the title of the journal without affecting the page or legibility of the text; very slight foxing on the large coloured map (mainly on the back). In very good condition. Macro 1788.
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Philby, Harry St John Bridger.
The Queen of Sheba. London, Melbourne and New York, Quartet Books, 1981.
4to. 141 pp., final blank page. With 8 coloured plates and numerous photographs (some in colour) in the text. Contemporary full cloth with giltstamped spine-title and illustrated dust jacket. First edition. Lavishly illustrated posthumous edition of an unpublished manuscript "by the great Arabian traveller, scholar and writer, H. St John Philby [...] charting his explorations into the bewildering thickets of the story [of the Queen of Sheba]" (publisher's blurb). With an introduction by the British military officer, Arabist, explorer, historian and diplomat Gerald de Gaury (1897-1984). - Dutch newspaper clipping about the analysis of an Ethiopian DNA sample supposedly going back to the legendary Queen of Sheba is loosely inserted. - In mint condition. OCLC 640352386.
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Philby, Harry St. John Bridger.
Sheba's Daughters, Being a Record of Travel in Southern Arabia [...] With an appendix on the rock inscriptions by A. F. L. Beeston. London, Methuen & Co., [1939].
4to. XIX pp., one blank page, 485, (1) pp. With photographic frontispiece, 46 photographic plates (1 of which double-page), 1 folding map of southern Arabia, and several photographic illustrations in the text. Publisher's full cloth with giltstamped title and ornament to spine. First edition. Travel account by the first European to cross the Rub' al-Khali (Empty Quarter) of Arabia from east to west, the Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer St. John Philby (1885-1960), also known by his Arabian name "Sheikh Abdullah". Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he studied oriental languages and was a friend and classmate of Jawaharlal Nehru, later prime Minister of India. Philby settled in Jeddah and became famous as an international writer and explorer. He personally mapped on camelback what is now the Saudi-Yemeni border on the Rub' al Khali; in 1932, while searching for the lost city of Ubar, he was the first Westerner to visit and describe the Wabar craters. At this time, Philby also became Ibn Saud's chief adviser in dealing with the British Empire and Western powers. He converted to Islam in 1930. The personal contacts between the United States and Saudi Arabia were largely channeled through the person of Philby. - From the collection of the Dutch traveller and collector Ruud Verkerk. With 2 inserted colour photographs mounted on the plates facing p. 314 and 318, showing Verkerk standing beside rock inscriptions on the old fort at 'Uqla - south face, as well as standing before the Rock fort of 'Uqla, both dated in pencil 18 December 1997. Light damage to head of spine. Paper occasionally foxed and a slightly creased. Overall a good copy. Macro 1801. OCLC 4836861.
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Philip Mansel
Sultans in Splendour: Last Years of the Ottoman World
London: Andre Deutsch Ltd 1988. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. N.B. Rubbing to top corners of D/J. Andre Deutsch Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 057455 ISBN : 0233983392 9780233983394
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Philip Mason
The Men Who Ruled India -
W.W. Norton Publishing - 1985. Hardcover/pub.1985/Gd.condition/368 pages - The men who ruled India. HA838234. Hard Cover. Good. W.W. Norton Publishing - Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 38234
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Philip R. Davies; George J. Brooke; Phillip R. Callaway
The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, faint marking to page fore-edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to lower rear edge. 216pp. A comprehensive and accessible account of the Dead Sea Scrolls, with numerous factfiles, reconstructions, scroll photographs and a wealth of other illustrations.
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Philip Ward
Ha'il: Oasis City of Saudi Arabia
<p>Fine in all respects</p> Oleander Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio18 ISBN : 0902675591 9780902675599
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PHILIP, André:
L'Inde moderne. Le problème social et politique.
Paris, Félix Alcan, 1930, in-8°, IV + 264 p., non coupé, brochure muette.
Bookseller reference : 4438aaf
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PHILIPPSON (A.)
Handbuch der regionalen Geologie. Kleinasien, 22. Heft, V. Band, 2 Abt.
New York – London, Johnson Reprints, 1968. In-8, broché, 183 pp., 3 pl. dépliantes in fine. Bibliogr.
Bookseller reference : 557016
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Philips C. H. editor Bernard Lewis et al
Handbook of Oriental History
London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society 1951. Chapters on The near and Middle East by Bernard Lewis; India and Pakistan by C. H. Philips; South-East Asia and the Archipelago by D. G. E. Hall; China by O. P. N. B. van der Sprenkel; and Japan by W. G. Beasley. Fraying at head and tail of spine. Private owner's bookplate inside front cover. viii 265 pages. 23.6 cm. Hardcover. Condition: Good/none. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1951 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8482
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Philo Greg; Berry Mike
Bad News From Israel
London: Pluto Press 2004. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Pluto Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 040234 ISBN : 0745320619 9780745320618
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Philoxenus of Mabbug / Vaschalde, Arthur Adolphe (ed.).
Philoxeni Mabbugensis tractatus tres de trinitate et incarnatione (Corpus scriptorum christianorum orientalum. Scriptores syri. Textus. Series secunda. Tomus XXVII). Paris / Leipzig, Poussielgue / Harrassowitz, 1907.
4to. (4), 271 pp., final blank page. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards with giltstamped spine, giltstamped spine-label, and and handwritten shelfmark to spine. First edition, rare. Historic edition of the notable Syrian treatise on incarnation and the Trinity. In Syriac type. - Pencil annotations to pp. 33-69. Stamps of ownership of Joseph A. Nelson and the library of St. Joseph's Seminary in Dunwoodie, New York, to title-page (the latter also to lower flyleaf). OCLC 652404559.
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PIAZZA, Lino
L'arabo alla moda
207, [1] pp., ill. n.t.; 17 cm. Leg. edit. in tela con fregi in oro al piatto e al dorso. Carta legg. ingiallita. Dedica dell'a. al risguardo
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Picart, Bernard.
Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Paris, Rollin fils, 1741.
Folio (305 x 455 mm). 7 vols. All title pages printed in red and black. With engr. frontispiece, 7 engr. title vignettes, numerous engr. head- and tailpieces and initials, and 243 plates. Contemporary half calf; spine elaborated gilt with double giltstamped red labels. A perfectly preserved tall paper copy of this beautifully illustrated ethnographic work on the world's religions. Despite condemnation by the Catholic church, the publication was a resounding success. "'Ceremonies and customs' prepared the ground for religious toleration amid seemingly unending religious conflict, and demonstrated the impact of the global on Western consciousness [...] as it shaped the development of a modern, secular understanding of religion" (Hunt). - Based on the author's "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Amsterdam, 1723-1743), the text is corrected (and sometimes entirely revised) from the original edition. The plates are mostly repeated from the Dutch publication, but the vignettes are engraved in Paris (by Duflos and others). Also contains descriptions of irreligious customs, such as the Adamites, Flagellants, etc. - Bindings a little rubbed, a bit browned in places, otherwise an excellent and unusually wide-margined complete copy in uniform bindings with elaborately gilt spines. Brunet I, 1743. Graesse II, 104. Cf. L. Hunt, The Book That Changed Europe: Picart & Bernard's Religious Ceremonies Of The World (Harvard UP, 2010). Lipperheide Oc 24. Hiler 708. Cohen/R. 134. Sander 1548. Lewine 414.
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Piccioli Angelo Translated By Davidson Angus
THE MAGIC GATE OF THE SAHARA
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1935. pp 306 publisher's adverts with twenty-four plates b/w and endpaper maps. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering slight wear only bright and fresh no browning to spine. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good copy of this book that describes travels through Libya. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Methuen & Co. Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005493
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Pickthall Marmaduke
Oriental Encounters: Palestine & Syria 1894-1896
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada 1927. Chipped and slightly stained dust jacket. xiv 277 pages. 21.2 cm. Hardcover. . Catalogs: SYRIA. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1927 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6528
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Pientini, Angelo.
Alcorano riprovato nel quale si mostra le falsita' della setta macomettana, et l'ingannevoli astuzie del suo avatore. Diviso in cinque libri. Florence, Giunti, 1603.
4to. (8), 371, (11) pp. Near-contemporary half leather with giltstamped spine. Scarce second edition of this critical discussion of the Qur'an, a treatise by the the Dominican theologian Pientini (d. 1589) directed against Islam and the Prophet. - Slight edge defects and worming to first leaves; some browning and waterstaining, otherwise a good copy. Much rarer than the 1588 original edition (with identical collation), published by Marescotti under the title "Delle demostrationi degli errori setta Macomettana libri quinque". ICCU BVEE\046275. Cf. Edit 16, CNCE 29089 ("Delle demostrationi degli errori della setta macomettana libri cinque", 1588).
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Pierce Joe E
Understanding the Middle East
Rutland VT: Tuttle 1971. Dj. Photos. Map on endpapers. Index. 232 pages. 12mo. Hardcover. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. Rutland VT: Tuttle, (1971) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5722
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Pierre Rondot Translated by Mary Dilke
The Changing Patterns of the Middle East
<p>Hardback 221 pages tight binding clean pages cover with slight wear no dustjacket.</p> Chatto & Windus, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1191
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Pietromarchi Luca
Turchia vecchia e nuova
Ottima copia gr 500
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Pietschmann Richard. G. Maspero.
Maspero's Geschichte der Morgenländischen Völker im Altertum.
Leipzig Wilhelm Engelmann 1877. . Royal 8vo. Pp. 644. Plus folding lithographed map bound at rear. Footnotes index. Printed wrappers. Textually complete and clean in poor binding. Reading copy. ~ Based on Maspero's second edition. With a foreword by Prof. Georg Ebers. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1877. unknown
Bookseller reference : 1413
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PIGULEVSKAJA (N.)
Les villes de l'état Iranien aux époques Parthe et Sassanide. Contribution à l'histoire sociale de la Basse Antiquité. Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes - Sorbonne, VIe section.
P., La Haye, Mouton, 1963. In-4 broché, couv. rempliée, VIII-266 pp., carte dépl., bibliographie, index.
Bookseller reference : 593107
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Pilevsky Philip
I Accuse: Jimmy Carter and the Rise of Militant Islam
Durban House Pub Co Inc 2007. Gd. condition - The origins of militant islam toward the United States . TN87275z. Hard Cover. Good. Durban House Pub Co Inc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7275z ISBN : 1930754388 9781930754386
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PIMLOTT JOHN CONSULTING EDITOR
The Middle East Conflict From 1945 To The Present
Crescent Books New York: 1983. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. ISBN: 0517408740. Crescent Books, New York: 1983 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50026X1 ISBN : 0517408740 9780517408742
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Pinkerton, John.
Arabia. London, 1813.
Hand-coloured engraved map (775 x 554 mm). Stunning large format map of Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and vicinity. The map is dominated by the Great Desert and Province of Neged. Marvelous detail of the mountains, rivers etc. Highly detailed regional map, one of the best regional maps of the area to appear in an English Atlas during the period. Pinkerton's now rare elephant folio atlas is one of the best engraved works of the period. While lesser known than the more common atlases by Cary & Thomson, it is a superior work, especially in the detail of the maps. Not in Tibbets, Al-Qasimi and Al Ankary.
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Pinkerton, John.
Arabia. London, Cadell & Davies, 1813.
Engraved map (56 x 77 cm), hand-coloured in outline. Scale 1: 4,300,000. A rather large English map of the Arabian peninsula, with detail starting to appear in the interior, especially around Oman. Al-Qasimi 222. Cf. Alai, General maps E.260 (1811 ed.).
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Pipes Daniel
GREATER SYRIA: THE HISTORY OF AN AMBITION
NY/Oxford:: Oxford Univ. Pr. G-VG unmrked illus. 6" x 9" Paperback; corners bumped. 1990. ISBN: 240 pp. Catalogs: HISTORY - SYRIA. Keywords: HISTORY SYRIA MIDDLE EAST. Oxford Univ. Pr. paperback
Bookseller reference : BOOKS023821I
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Pipes Daniel
The Long Shadow: Culture and Politics in the Middle East
Somerset New Jersey U.S.A.: Transaction Pub 1989. PB/Gd. condition/303 pages - Culture and politics in the Middle East are discussed in this text. K139HT6. Soft Cover. Good. Transaction Pub Paperback
Bookseller reference : K139 ISBN : 0887382207 9780887382208
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Piraino Francesco
Global Sufism: Boundaries Narratives and Practices
Hurst 2019. clean unmarked copy. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hurst Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 364457 ISBN : 178738134X 9781787381346
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Piri Reis / Kahle, Paul (ed.).
Bahrije. Das türkische Segelhandbuch für das Mittelländische Meer vom Jahre 1521. Berlin & Leipzig, Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1926-1927.
Large 8vo (18 × 26 cm). 3 vols. Volume 1 with 137 reproductions of manuscript pages of Ottoman Turkish text and maps and volume 2 with 4 plates. Publisher’s original printed wrappers. Only published edition of the original version of the "Kitâb-I Bahriyye" (Book of the Sea) by the great Ottoman navigator and cartographer Piri Reis (1465/79-1553). After assembling two important maps using numerous sources (in 1513 and in 1528), including a map drawn by Columbus, Piri Reis decided to collect "all his own observations and all previous information that he could not fit onto the maps" in a book. "It is basically a naval guidebook with essential data on the most important coastal routes and large maps and detailed charts [...] The main portion of the book is devoted to the Mediterranean coasts and islands [...] Piri first gives historical and geographical information and then discusses the necessary practical navigational data. The accuracy of many of his statements is indisputable" (DSB). The final chapter of the book describes the newly discovered continent Antilia "the mountains of which contain rich gold ores and in the seas, pearls [...] The chapter on the Western Sea contains all that was known about the discovery of America at the time" (DSB). First written in 1521, the manuscript was reworked in 1526 for presentation to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. This later manuscript was published twice, in 1935 and 1998, but Piri's original version is still only available in the current edition by the German scholar Paul Kahle (1875-1961). The first volume (in two bindings) is a facsimile of a manuscript in Bologna containing Piri Reis's 1521 text, with a few pages from a manuscript in Dresden in between. The second volume is an annotated German translation of the text, based on these manuscripts as well as on a manuscript in Vienna. This is still considered the best translation of the Bahriyye. - Bindings slightly soiled with the spines discoloured and slightly damaged; covers of the second part of vol. 1 almost completely loose but the book itself still structurally sound. In good condition, with vol. 2 still unopened. DSB X, pp. 616-619. Howgego, to 1800, P104. Lepore, Piccardi, Rombai, “Looking at the Kitab-i Bahriye of Piri Reis”, in: e-Perimetron VIII, no. 2 (2013), pp. 85-94. Lowry, “Pîrî Reis Revisited”, in: Journal of Ottoman Studies XXXV (2010), pp. 7-31.
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Pirscher, [Karl Dietrich].
Abbildungen Herzoglich-Braunschweigischer Gestüt-Pferde [...]. Braunschweig, 1827-1828.
Oblong 1º (475 × 630 mm). 6 lithographed plates of horses, plus 1 additional lithographed view of the stud, all coloured by Pirscher himself with highlights in gum arabic. The first plate of the series with Pirscher's autograph signature and dated "1828". Unique set of Pirscher's famous series picturing the Duke's horses, coloured by Pirscher himself and obviously prepared for the owner of stud. The first horse depicted is Mirza, a "Silver grey national Arabian with red spots on his left shoulder, presented to the King of England by the Shah of Persia in 1819. As the Persian envoy assured the King, this was the noblest and most excellent Arabian ever to have stood in his master's stables". The other illustrations show mainly descendants of Mirza, who was transferred to the Ducal stables in 1821. The series was later expanded by another instalment to a total of 16 plates, with three of the seven plates redrawn and showing different backgrounds. Thieme/Becker lists the series as complete with 6 plates as present, as does Steinacker (cf. below). Apart from the present copy, neither the first series (as thus) nor the second, expanded edition is known in a coloured version. The use of body colours in this set underlines the fact that Pirscher's lithographs, issued in black and white only, were never intended for colouring, and that this set was eleborately redone and modified (with numerous details - such as the trees and bushes in Mirza's portrait - added by hand) by the artist himself to form a unique dedication copy for his sponsor. Karl Dietrich Pirscher (1791-1857) is one of the pioneers of lithography in Braunschweig. His horse plates are considered his best work and were praised as "probably the most splendid specimens of their kind created in the entire 19th century" (Steinacker). Provenance: 1. The Duke of Braunschweig's collection. 2. I. H. Anderhub library, dispersed by auction in 1963 (in which it constituted the second most expensive item, with an estimate of DM 2600). Slightly browned; some minor fraying to the extremities of the leaves and a few specks, otherwise in very good condition. Bibliotheca Hippologica I. H. Anderhub 238 (this set). Steinacker, Die graphischen Künste in Braunschweig, 114. Thieme/Becker XXVII, 90. Not in Bibl. hippologica Johan Dejager; Huth; Mennessier de la Lance; Podeschi.
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PISANI (Paul);
Les Russes en SYRIE.
De Soye et fils Paris 1898 1 vol. Plaquette brochée in-8 de 28 pp., couverture imprimée.
Bookseller reference : 14843
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PISANI Vittorio -
Gli Egiziani affermano: “Due plotoni dell'esercito israeliano si sono addentrati di sorpresa in territorio egiziano...Il governo israeliano ribatte: “Sono stati invece i reparti egiziani che si sono infiltrati in territorio israeliano... .
Roma, 1955 marzo 13, copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo originale completo di pp. 24 de "La Tribuna illustrata" .
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PISANI Vittorio -
Un quadrimotore aveva lasciato, a tarda sera, l'aeroporto di Bagdad (Irak) diretto verso Istanbul quando, a 5.700 metri di altezza, un oblò in plexiglass si squarciava di colpo...un disgraziato passeggero immerso nel sonno accanto all'oblò veniva aspirato e lanciato nel vuoto con forza irresistibile.
Roma, 1957 maggio 5, copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo originale completo di pp. 32 de "La Tribuna illustrata" .
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Piscatori James & Harris George S
Law Personalities And Politics Of The Middle East: Essays In Honor Of Majid Khadduri
Washington D.C.: Westview Press / Middle East Institute 1987. Scholarly text presents a collection of essays in honor of Professor Majid Khadduri and covers the fields to which he has made notable contributions: law ideas and personalities and the politics and diplomacy of the Middle East. The text also examines the complexity of communism in the Arab world the little-known events following World War I that surrounded the short-lived Republic of Gilan and the rationale for and effect of British intervention in the Gulf in the nineteenth century. 270 pgs. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Westview Press / Middle East Institute Hardcover
Bookseller reference : MS-40 ISBN : 0916808327 9780916808327
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PITT Trevor.
Journey to Jerusalem. Re-visiting Biblical Faith in the country of its origin. Illustrated by Linda Birch.
Alresford: John Hunt Publishing Ltd. 2001. 1st ed. A journal that condenses a number of study visits to the Bible Lands by Trevor Pitt a theological educator and Christian priest in the Anglican tradition. 27cms. x 19.8cms. Pp. 128 illustrated throughout. Illustrated laminated boards matching illustrated d/w. VG/VG. . Alresford: John Hunt Publishing Ltd., 2001. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15318
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Piétrement, C[harles] A[lexandre].
Les chevaux dans les temps préhistoriques et historiques. Paris, Librairie Germer Baillière & Cie., 1883.
Large 8vo. XX, 776 pp. Marbled endpapers. Contemp. half calf with giltstamped title to gilt spine. First edition. Contains an extensive bibliography after the preface, as well as "a chapter on the presence of the dog in America before the discovery" (OCLC). "Vétérinaire et anthropologiste, l'auteur (1826-1906) avait participé aux campagnes d'Algérie et de Syrie avant de prendre sa retraite en 1875" (Larousse XXe siècle V, 582). - Slight waterstains towards end; small defect to front flyleaf. Appealingly bound for the Belgian collector André Guillery from Waterloo. Monogram stamp "FA" on t.p.; later in the "Bibliotheca Tiliana" of the hunting collector Kurt Lindner (1906-87) with his stamp and bookplate. Mennessier de la Lance II, 319. OCLC 2104689.
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PJ. Vatikiotis P. J.
The Middle East: From the End of the Empire to the End of the Cold War
<p>Hardback 284 pages very good condition dustjacket with some wear.</p> Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 563 ISBN : 0415158494 9780415158497
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