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STARK Freya
Rivers of Time. Photographs by Dame Freya Stark. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece and numerous full-page photographs by the author; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With two relevant cuttings loosely inserted.
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STARK Freya
Rome on the Euphrates. The Story of a Frontier. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, numerous plates, double-page map in the text and 2 coloured maps on one folder at end; green tweed cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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STARK Freya
Seen in the Hadhramaut. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE 'BLUE' ISSUE IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, Blue Issue, title in red and black, with numerous fine photographs (tinted in sepia) by the author throughout, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, near contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in darker blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Virtually 'near fine' copy of the author's fourth book. This copy is an unspecified later issue of the first edition, bound in blue rather than oatmeal cloth. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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STARK Freya
The Southern Gates of Arabia. A Journey in the Hadhramaut. [Thin Paper Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with frontispiece, 2 illustrations in the text and 2 maps (one double-page); original pale yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in green, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter a little rubbed at extremities. With armorial arms blocked in gilt on upper board. Stark's classic account was first published in 1936. The Thin Paper edition (to wartime standards and dedicated to the RAF) followed in 1940 and was severally reprinted. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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STARK Freya
Traveller's Prelude [with] Beyond Euphrates [with] The Coast of Incense [with] Dust in the Lion's Paw. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with titles in green and black, and plates and maps in the text; original green buckram, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped), the wrapper to first volume chipped with minor loss at tail. The set comprises 'Traveller's Prelude 1893-1927' (1950), 'Beyond Euphrates 1928-1933 (1951)', 'The Coast of Incense 1933-1939 (1953)' and 'Dust in the Lion's Paw 1939-1946 (1961)'. COMPLETE SETS IN DUSTWRAPPERS ARE SCARCE
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STARK Freya
Traveller's Prelude [with] Beyond Euphrates [with] The Coast of Incense [with] Dust in the Lion's Paw. [The complete autobiography of Freya Stark.] STARK'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY COMPLETE
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with titles in green and black, and plates and maps in the text; original green buckram, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, backstrips lightly dulled else a very good, bright, clean set. With personal bookplate on front paste-down of third volume. The set comprises 'Traveller's Prelude 1893-1927' (1950), 'Beyond Euphrates 1928-1933 (1951)', 'The Coast of Incense 1933-1939 (1953)' and 'Dust in the Lion's Paw 1939-1946 (1961)'. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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Stark, Freya
Alexander's Path from Caria to Cilicia
<p>New York: Harcourt Brace & World Harvest Books c1958 reissue. 283pp. paperback 8vo: Fine. A journey retracing the route of Alexander the Great in Turkey by the indefatigable British writer Dame Freya Stark 1893-1993 originally published in 1958.</p> New York: Harcourt, Brace & World Harvest Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 23071
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Stark, Freya w/photographs by Fulvio Roiter
Gateways and Caravans: A Portrait of Turkey
<p>New York: Macmillan 1971 1st Am. ed. 249pp. illus. green cloth 4to: near Very Good in a Fine dj in poly cover prev. owner has tipped in various photos postcards clippings etc. related to Turkey on endpp & sometimes in blank text margins; illustrations are in very good or better condition; text pages are on acid paper and are age browned; an unusual copy An enormous volume containing 168 photo plates 25 in full color by the Italian photographer Roiter 1926-2016. Text is by the famous traveler Dame Freya Stark 1893-1993.</p> New York: Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14967
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Stark, Freya [text] & Roiter, Fulvio (Photographs)
GATEWAYS AND CARAVANS: A PORTRAIT OF TURKEY. lst American edition. 168 plates 25 in color
NY:: Macmillan. VG unmarked 9 1/2" x 12" Hardback; paper yellowing; DJ G-VG. 1971. ISBN: taped tears to 1/2". Catalogs: TURKEY. Keywords: TURKEY TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHS. Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : BOOKS026262I
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Stark, Freya
THE ARAB ISLAND: the Middle East 1939-1943. First U.S. ed.
NY:: Alfred A. Knopf. VG unmarked Hardback; DJ-poor; chips; tears. 1945. ISBN: xxiv 236 pp. Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. Keywords: EGYPT IRAQ SYRIA JORDAN ARABS. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : BOOKS032678I
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Stark, Freya
Winter in Arabia
E. P. Dutton 1940. Hard Cover. Fine/Fair. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square covers have sharp corners exterior shows no blemishes text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Beige buckram cloth covers with deep red lettering on cover and spine. Book contains over 90 black and white photo illustrations usually full page by the female author who also authored a volume of photos Seen in the Hadhramaut and wrote Baghdad sketches The Vallys of the assassins The southern gates of Arabia and travelled extensively in the region. Three maps. 329 pages with index. Publisher's page reads ""First Edition."" Contents include: Mukalla Kathiri Wadi Amd High Jol Azzan Naqb al Hajr Jebel Kadur Sultan's Caravan Cana etc. wtih an appendix of Arabic plants. Dust jacket is now wrapped in clear protective cover. Keywords: History Arabia Middle East Woman Author Mukalla Kathiri Wadi Amd High Jol Azzan Naqb al Hajr Jebel Kadur Sultan's Caravan Cana Arabic plants E. P. Dutton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 153817
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Stark, Freya.
Beyond Euphrates. Autobiography 1928-1933. London, John Murray, 1951.
8vo. XIII, (3), 341, (1 blank) pp. With a double-page map on green paper, 40 double-sided plates, a green ornament on the title-page and some decorations in the text. Green cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. With dust jacket designed by F. Quilter. First edition of the second part of Freya Stark's autobiography, detailing her first extensive travels through the Middle East. Stark (1893-1993) was one of the first European travellers in certain parts of the Middle East, for example Southern Arabia. Apart from a four-volume autobiography, she has 21 other works to her name. Her autobiography and other works are illustrated with images of her own photographs she took of family and of the landscape and peoples during her travels. Her writing style was unusual for her time, since she wrote multifaceted works in a highly personal style, not only about her own life and travels but also about the geography, history, politics, and anthropology of the places she visited. In the present work Stark describes her experiences during the years 1928-1933. - Dust jacket is very slightly damaged with a small tear at the foot of the spine, restored with tape, edges are untrimmed, very slight browning throughout. Overall in very good condition. Bergé, Vente Collection Lazard L'Orient et la Terre Sainte (2008), 404. Blackmer 1470. Howgego IV, S 61. Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 457. Cf. Canton, From Cairo to Baghdad British travellers in Arabia, pp. 118-121; cf. article "Freya Stark" in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Stark, Freya.
Dust in the Lion's Paw. Autobiography 1939-1946. London, John Murray, 1961.
8vo. XII, 296, [2] pp. With a map of the Middle East, titled "Dust in the Lion's Paw" on p. 6, 8 double-sided plates, and an illustration of a lion (in red) on the title-page. Green cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. With dust jacket, designed by Frank Quilter, and protected by a clear plastic jacket. First edition of Freya Stark's (1893-1993) fourth and final volume of autobiography, detailing her work, travels and life during the years 1939-1946. During the Second World War she travelled through the Middle East in the service of the British Ministry of Information, spreading propaganda for the Allied cause. According to the short blurb on the inside of the dustjacket, "Freya Stark's new book is an autobiography with a theme - the art of Persuasion ...". She strictly promoted connections between the Allies and the peoples and governments of the Middle East, expressly speaking out against the Germans and also against Zionism. In Egypt she founded the "Brotherhood of Freedom", which she used to further her fight for freedom and secular democracy. - Untrimmed. With an ownership inscription on front pastedown in blue ink: "Marjorie Wood. December 1961". Overall in very good condition. Blackmer 1470. Howgego IV, S 61. Shapero, The Islamic World (2004), 459 (first ed. misdated "1962"). Cf. article "Freya Stark" in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Stark, Freya.
East is West. London, John Murray, 1945.
8vo. XXII, 218 pp. Red and black title-page with a small illustration of two people. With a frontispiece, a map of the Middle East on green paper, titled: "East is West by Freya Stark", and 32 double-sided plates. Blue/green cloth. With dust jacket. First edition, detailing the author's experiences in the Middle East during the Second World War. Stark (1893-1993) spent the duration of WWII travelling from Egypt to Iraq and from Syria to Southern Arabia. She had offered her services to the British Ministry of Information and was sent to the Middle East to persuade government officials, among others, to join, or keep on supporting, the Allied cause. - The book was written "with the freedom of the independent and adventurous traveller but also with the authority of an official of the Diplomatic Corps" (dust jacket blurb). Stark's writings are accompanied by many images of her own photographs, taken during her travels, showing the landscapes and peoples she encountered. - Dust jacket slightly soiled, binding shows some minor signs of wear, slight browning throughout. Overall in good condition. Howgego IV, S 61. Macro 2111. Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 460. Smith, The Yemens, 95. Cf. article "Freya Stark" in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Stark, Freya.
Seen in the Hadhramaut. London, John Murray, 1938.
4to. XXIII, (1 blank), 199, (1 blank) pp. With the title-page in red and black, 1 map of the Hadhramaut titled: "Seen in the Hadhramaut", and 50 double sided plates. The plates are included in the pagination. Blue cloth with black lettering on front cover and spine. With dust jacket. First edition. A perspective on the Hadhramaut region in Southern Arabia and its people through the eyes and camera lens of traveller, writer, and photographer Freya Stark (1893-1993). Of Italian and British descent, Stark was born in Paris and grew up in several places throughout Europe. Her present account tells the story of Southern Arabia in 130 photographs with corresponding descriptions. - Dust jacket is slightly soiled and very slightly damaged (mostly around head and foot of spine), binding and edges with some slight discoloration and foxing, endleaves partially browned. Blackmer 1470. Howgego IV, S 61. Smith, The Yemens, 98. Sotheby's, Burrell sale, lot 889. Cf. article "Freya Stark" in Encyclopaedia Britannica; Macro 2118 (1939 ed.); Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 468.
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Stark, Freya.
The Coast of Incense. Autobiography 1933-1939. London, John Murray, 1953.
8vo. XIII, (3), 286, (2) pp. With 1 map of the Hadhramaut printed on green paper, 20 double-sided plates, 3 illustrations in the text on pp. 76, 77 and 85, a few small tail pieces throughout, and a green ornament on the title-page. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Third part of Freya Stark's (1893-1993) autobiography, in which she describes her life and especially the travels she undertook between 1933 and 1939. During this time, her first four works were published, starting with "The Valley of the Assassins" in 1934. The present account focuses mostly on Stark's travels in South Arabia and is illustrated with images of photographs she took herself. It is a very personal account of her life and travel experiences, alongside significant historical, political, geographical and anthropological information about the places she visited. This writing style was quite unique and unusual for her time, but since she was one of the first European travellers in parts of Southern Arabia, "unique and unusual" were, in a positive way, accurate descriptors. - Edge at the head of the book is green and the edge at the foot is untrimmed. Small marking in blue ink on p. 79, lacking dust jacket, otherwise in very good condition. Blackmer 1470. Howgego IV, S 61. Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 458. Cf. article "Freya Stark" in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Stark, Freya.
Traveller's Prelude. An Autobiography. London, John Murray, 1951.
8vo. XII, (2), 346 pp. With a double-page map on blue/green paper, 22 double-sided plates, a green ornament on the title-page, a small woodcut of Asolo on p. 336, and some small decorations in the text. Green cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. With a dust jacket designed by F. Quilter. First part of Freya Stark's autobiography, spanning the years until her early thirties (1893-1927), immediately before embarking on her travels. The author was one of the first non-Arabs to journey through the southern Arabian Desert, in the 1930s. - The present copy is a reprint of the first edition; it was published in 1951, merely months after its first appearance in September 1950. Even though Stark's uniquely personal writing style was considered unusual at the time, her books proved very popular. Stark was of Italian and British descent; she was born in Paris and grew up in several places throughout Europe. - Freya Stark's autobiography includes three additional works: Beyond Euphrates (1951), The Coast of incense (1953), and Dust in the Lion's Paw (1961). - Dust jacket is somewhat damaged and partially repaired with tape, edges are untrimmed, small repair to the inner front hinge with tape. Overall in very good condition. Howgego IV, S 61. Cf. article "Freya Stark" in Encyclopaedia Britannica. Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 470 (other ed.).
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STEFANESCU (I. D.)
Contribution à l'étude des peintures murales valaques (Transylvanie, district de Valcea, Targoviste et région de Bucarest).
P., Geuthner, 1928. Grd. in-4 br., 90 pp., X pl. d'ill. phot. en noir h.-t. (Orient et Byzance, III). 1928
Bookseller reference : 568721
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STEFANESCU (I. D.)
L'art byzantin et l'art lombard en Transylvanie. Peintures murales de Valachie et de Moldavie.
P., Geuthner, 1938. Grd. in-4 br., IX-166 pp., 1 carte en noir h.t. ss. serpente, 15 fig. in-t., LVI pl. d'ill. phot. en noir h.-t., index, biblio., non coupé. 1938
Bookseller reference : 452402
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STEVENS (Roger)
The Land of the Great Sophy.
London, Eyre Methuen, 1979. In-8, rel. d’éditeur toile violette sous jaquette ill. en couleurs, XVIII-332 pp., texte en anglais, ill. en noir h-t. Index. 3e édition. 1979
Bookseller reference : 555413 ISBN : 41345780
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Steckoll, Solomon H.
The Gates of Jerusalem
<p>NY: Frederick A. Praeger. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket chipped edges foxed. 1968. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding Map endpapers photos including some folding and some color photos. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 53 pages .</p> Frederick A. Praeger hardcover
Bookseller reference : 61050
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Steele, Jonathan
Ghosts of Afghanistan: Hard Truths and Foreign Myths
London: Portobello Books Ltd 2011-10-06. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x10x2. Light rubbing to extremities. Portobello Books Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 726999 ISBN : 1846274303 9781846274305
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Steet, Linda
Veils and Daggers: A Century of National Geographic's Representation of the Arab World
<p>Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Good; Covers sunned bookplate on inside front cover soiling to lower . corners of text block. 2000. Softcover. 1566397529 . Many black and white photos. Notes bibliography index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 194 pages .</p> Temple University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 61147 ISBN : 1566397529 9781566397520
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Steinhaus Federico
La terra contesa Storia dei nazionalismi arabo ed ebraico.
Cm. 15x21, pp. XV 592 con circa 20 illustrazioni in b/n f.t. legato in cartoncino morbido edit.le. Ottimo.
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Stephen Starr
Revolt in Syria: Eye-witness to the Uprising Columbia/Hurst
Columbia University Press 2012. Paperback. Fine. clean unmarked copy. <br/> <br/> Columbia University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 362943 ISBN : 0231704208 9780231704205
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Stephens, John Lloyd
Incidents of Travel in Egypt Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land
<p>Clean & tight & unmarked. Mild shelf wear. Remainder mark on inferior text block. Two small irregular brownish stains on superior text block excess glue from binding.</p> Chronicle Books paperback
Bookseller reference : biblio2253 ISBN : 0811800482 9780811800488
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STEPPAT Fritz.
Zionism - Judaism. Some historical aspects of the clash berween zionism and arab nationalism.
In-8° pp. 13, bross. edit.
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Stern, Boris; Lubin, Isador (Foreword)
The Kibbutz That Was
Washington D. C.: Public Affairs Press 1965. Hardcover. Good in Fair dust jacket. Square sound binding and hinges. Pages clean but tanned. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has edge wear some tearing tanning and overall soiling. ; Scholarly consideration of the place and utility of the kibbutz in the life of Israel in the mid-20th century. 9.25" tall; 158 pages. Public Affairs Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3310051
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Steve Albert -
The Case Against The General -
1993. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1993/Fair condition/456 pages - Discusses Manuel Noriega and the politics of American justice. AR228186 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28186
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Steve Posner -
Israel Undercover -
1987. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub. 1987/Gd. conditionex-lib/ 351 pages - Secret warfare & hidden diplomacy in the Middle East. E43312z hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3312z
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Steve Posner -
Israel Undercover -
1987. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1987/Gd.condition/350 pages - Secret warfare & hidden diplomacy in the Middle East. HA337694 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 37694
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Steven Emerson -
American Jihad -
2002. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.2002/Gd. condition/260 pages - The terrorists living among us. A62589z hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2589z
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Stevens, Ronald.
Observations on Modern Falconry. No place, Pilot Publishing, 1987.
Small 4to. (2), 112 pp., final blank leaf. Slightly later full cloth with giltstamped title to cover and spine. Re-issue of this important guide to falconry by the "grand old man of British falconry" (Gallagher), Ronald Stevens (d. 1994), first published in 1956. The book questions several age-old concepts of the sport, such as the attempt of teaching falcons to wait on through flying to the lure, and introduces methods of teaching the birds to home to the falconer's house, which "caused a great deal of rethinking among falconers" (Gallagher). - Stevens settled in the remote Fermoyle Lodge in Connemara in Ireland in the early 1960s, the place quickly turning into something of a Mecca for falconers from all across the world, his treatises inspiring generations of aspired falconers. - Handwritten ownership of Charles Garton, dated Wadeford House, December 1987, to front pastedown. A typescript letter signed by John Cox from The Clock House bookshop to Garton is loosely enclosed, regarding his order of "A Falcon in the Field" by Jack Mavrogordato (London, Knightly Vernon Ltd., 1966), which could not be fulfilled as the work was not to be reprinted due to the author's recent death, offering to send him Stevens's work instead. With Garton's autograph reply on the same sheet, accepting the offer, and asking Cox to refund him the difference. The Clock House's advertisement for "A Falcon in the Field", with handwritten notes by Garton, is stapled to the letter. - Occasional light foxing. A very good copy of this influential work. Gallagher, Falcon Fever 74. OCLC 974238561.
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STEWART, RORY
The Places in Between
U.S.A: Harcourt 2006. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan in 2002. By day he passed through mountains with 9 feet of snow hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban and communities thriving in the remains of medieval civilizations. This is a story of his journey the people he met and their stories--heroes and rogues tribal elders and teen-agers soldiers Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers. He makes tangible the forces of tradition ideology and allegiance and shapes their lives. 297 pages. 5.4 x 8 inches. 2006 Harcourt Orlando Florida USA Harcourt paperback
Bookseller reference : 022718 ISBN : 0156031566 9780156031561
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STEWART, RORY
The Places in Between
Orlando Florida USA: Harcourt 2006. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9" tall. Trade Paperback As New. Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan in 2002. By day he passed through mountains with 9 feet of snow hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban and communities thriving in the remains of medieval civilizations. This is a story of his journey the people he met and their stories--heroes and rogues tribal elders and teen-agers soldiers Taliban commanders and foreign-aid workers. He makes tangible the forces of tradition ideology and allegiance and shapes their lives. 297 pages. 5.4 x 8 inches. 2006 Harcourt Orlando Florida USA Harcourt paperback
Bookseller reference : 013799 ISBN : 0156031566 9780156031561
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Stierlin, Henri
Islam: From Baghdad to Cordoba
2009. Hardcover. Good. Gd. condition - Early architecture from the 7th to the 13th Century . TE39328z hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9328z ISBN : 3836510596 9783836510592
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Stiffe, Arthur W.
[Trading Centres of the Persian Gulf]. [London, The Royal Geographical Society], 1899-1900.
8vo. pp. 293-298 and 211-216 of the Geographical Journal of 1899 and 1900, respectively. With an illustration of the Mausolia near Bandar Abbas. Offprints in modern wrappers. Parts 5 and 6 of Stiffe's account of former and ancient trading centres of the Arabian Gulf, treating Kung (pp. 294-297, 1899) and Bandar 'Abbas (211-215, 1900), both on the Persian coast. Well-preserved. Cf. Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 2135 (vols IV and VII).
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Stiglitz Joseph; Bilmes Linda
The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict
London: Allen Lane 2008-02-28. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x10. Allen Lane hardcover
Bookseller reference : 722510 ISBN : 1846141281 9781846141287
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STIRLING, Rev. John F.:
An Atlas of the Life of Christ.
London: George Phillip & Sonnd. A series of maps tracing the journeys of Christ marking the places where different incidents of his Ministry occured. Pp.5/27. Green paper wraps. G. London: George Phillip & Son,nd. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1547
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Stirling, Walter Francis.
"Arab Types". Album of Arabian portrait photographs. Syria, ca. 1918.
8vo. 15 black and white photographs captioned in white, plus one repeat in a smaller print. Original board album, acquired from "M. Arthur, Beyrouth". Paper label to upper cover: "Arab Types. Syria". Small but fascinating collection of portrait photographs showing Arabian nobles as well as commoners, all captioned and the subject often identified by name and tribe. The photos, many of which are executed as highly expressive profile studies, were taken and assembled by Lt. Col. Walter Francis Stirling (1880-1958), Chief of Staff to T. E. Lawrence. While the present photographs were taken during his time with Lawrence, whom Stirling revered, it is not his British comrades but rather the striking features of the sheikhs and bedouins on which this collection is focused. Among the images are "Sheik Gawaileh of Nejd, one of Lawrence's Bodyguard", and "Sheikh Hamondi, Friend of Lawrence"; others are more ominously identified as "Yezidi Shepherd, Devil worshipper" or "Bad type of Hadadiyim Tribesman". Of many noble tribesmen here depicted, such as Fauraz ibn Sha'laan, Emir of the Ruwalla, or Sheikh Daham al-Hadi, Paramount Sheikh of the Shammar tribe, these probably constitute the only photographic record. - Stirling was trained at Sandhurst and served in the Transvaal operation during the Boer War before being seconded to the Egyptian Army in 1906. He spent five years patrolling with an Arab battalion on the Eritrean and Abyssinian borders. Throughout WWI he served at Gallipoli and the Palestinian campaign until he was appointed chief staff officer to Lawrence of Arabia, who called him "Stirling the imperturbable". In 1937, Stirling would reflect on his famous wartime comrade: "From then [early 1918] throughout the final phase of the Arab revolt on till the capture of Damascus, I worked, travelled, and fought alongside Lawrence [...] We sensed that we were serving with a man immeasurably our superior [...] In my considered opinion, Lawrence was the greatest genius whom England has produced in the last two centuries [...] If ever a genius, a scholar, an artist, and an imp of Shaitan were rolled into one personality, it was Lawrence." In 1919 Stirling became advisor to Emir Feisal and Deputy Political Officer in Cairo, then acting governor of Sinai and Governor of the Jaffa district in Palestine before moving to Albania in 1923 to take up a position advising and assisting in the reorganisation of the Albanian Ministry of the Interior.
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Storm Morten Cruickshank Paul Lister Tim Vilar Eva
Agent au coeur d'Al-Qaïda
Cherche midi 2015 499 pages 15 4x4x23 8cm. 2015. Broché. 499 pages.
Bookseller reference : 100112749 ISBN : 274914079
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STOUCHKINE (Ivan)
Les peintures des manuscrits de la "KHAMSEH" de NIZAMI au Topkapi Sarayi Müzesi d'Istanbul.
P. Geuthner, 1977. In-4 br., 172pp, LXXX pl. d'ill. photogr. en noir de manuscrits, index, biblio. 1977
Bookseller reference : 471499
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STOUCHKINE (Ivan)
Les peintures des manuscrits SAFAVIS de 1502 à 1587.
P. Geuthner, 1959. In-4 br., 233 pp, LXXXVIII pl. d'ill. phot. en noir de manuscrits, index, biblio. Non coupé. 1959
Bookseller reference : 471500
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Stock, Ernest
Israel on the Road to Sinai 1949-1956
Ithaca NY: Cornell University 1967. Hardback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1 map. <br/> <br/> Cornell University hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003694
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Stoddard Lothrop
The New World of Islam
1922. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons 1922 Good HB 362 pp. W/MAP text off white ends of spine wear. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012391
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Stoddard, Lothrop.
Le nouveau monde de l'Islam, traduit de l'anglais par Abel Doysié. Paris, Payot & Cie, 1923.
8vo. 323, (1) pp. With one folding map. In the publisher's grey printed wrappers. First French edition of Stoddard's "New World of Islam" of 1921. An important text by the American racial theorist Lothrop Stoddard (1883-1950), "Le nouveau monde de l'Islam" explores the state of Islam in the early 20th century, shortly after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, but remains staunchly critical of the Islamic world and the declining power of colonial empires. - From the library of Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy, with his bookplate and shelfmark to flyleaf, ink underlining, marginal marks, and a correction in his hand on 18 pages. The present copy has marks of Vittorio Emanuele's engagement with the text, revealing an interest principally in the subject of nationalism. - A little toned, otherwise a very good copy.
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Stone, I. F.
Underground to Palestine
NY: Boni & Gaer. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Pages and jacket toned jacket chipped and . worn. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Reddish brown illustrated cloth. The Jewish-American journalist traveled on a ship that evaded British blockades of Palestine in bringing Jewish refugees in. He writes a sympathetic account of the movement to establish a Jewish state in Palestine in the several years before Israel was founded. Illustrations. Author bio and photo on rear jacket flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages . Boni & Gaer hardcover
Bookseller reference : 53020
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STOPPANI, Antonio
Da Milano a Damasco. Ricordo di una carovana milanese nel 1874
XIII, 645, [3] pp.; 18,5 cm. Leg. d'epoca in mezza pelle, tit. in oro al dorso. Carta legg. ingiallita, prime pagine con l'indice parzialmente slegate, per il resto buono
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Stosch, Philipp von.
Pierres antiques gravées, sur lesquelles les graveurs ont mis leurs noms [...]. Gemmae antiquae caelatae, scalptorum nominibus insignitae [...]. Amsterdam, Bernard Picart, 1724.
Folio (ca. 240 x 368 mm). (6), XXI, (1), 97, (1) pp. Latin and French parallel title-pages printed in red and black (with half-title on recto of Latin title). With 2 engraved title vignettes, 3 engraved headpieces and 70 numbered engraved plates. Contemporary full calf with giltstamped spine and spine label. All edges red. Pastedowns marbled. First edition. - A prominent work on engraved gems by the German numismatist and collector of antiques, Stosch (1691-1757), giving detailed descriptions of 70 pieces in European collections, followed by splendid reproductions by the French engraver Bernard Picart (1673-1733). In Latin and French parallel text with wide margins. - Late 18th century engraved armorial bookplate of the naturalist and Swedish civil servant Mathias Benzelstierna (1713-91), who studied with Carl Linné and became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1786. - Binding slightly rubbed. A clean, well preserved copy. Lewine 516. Cicognara 3016. Brunet V, 552 ("rather sought-after"). Graesse VI, 504. Ebert 21801. Blackmer 1613. Cohen/de Ricci 959. Hoefer XLIV, 510. Vinet 1616. Sander 1553. Querard, La France litteraire IX, 273.
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STRAUCH (Johann)
Berytus, seu De metropoli Beryto, 1662.
Beyrouth, Dar An-Nahar, 2009. Grand in-8 broché, étui en coul., 153 pp., index. 2009
Bookseller reference : 544906
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