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TARRANT Margaret W.
A Journey to the Holy Land. An artist's diary.
London: The Medici Society Ltd. 1988. 0855031484. "The children and animals in these settings were based on sketches from." Pp. 24. Many b/w and col. illustrations 1 sketch map. P/b. 18cms.x 21.5cms. Illustrated cover. VG. . London: The Medici Society Ltd., 1988. 0855031484 unknown
Bookseller reference : 13388 ISBN : 0855031484 9780855031480
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TAVERNIER Ren?
Tentation de l'Orient.
Broch?. 189 pages. Couverture tach?e.
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Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste.
(Nouvelle relation de l'interieur du Serail du Grand Seigneur). Recueil de plusieurs relations et traitez singuliers & curieux. [Amsterdam], suivant la copie imprimée à Paris, 1679.
Small 8vo. (8), 564, (4) pp. With 2 folding engraved maps and 8 folding engr. plates; several woodcuts in the text. Wants the portrait found in some copies. Contemporary dark brown full calf with traces of oxydized giltstamping to spine and gilt leading edges. First Amsterdam reprint: Taviernier's description of the Ottoman Imperial Seraglio - his first published work, which had appeared separately as early as 1675 - here forms the final part of his "Recueil de plusieurs relations et traitez singuliers & curieux", an independent publication which was, from 1679 onwards, appended to the author's "Six voyages en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes" (thus ultimately forming that collection's third and final volume). It was this volume, containing Tavernier's studies in commercial politics, that made the author's travels widely known. The fine maps show Japan and Tonquin, the plates depict costumes, a theatre performance, temples, and various processions. A woodcut in the Seraglio section gives the Islamic profession of faith, the Shahada, in Arabic script. "Tavernier spent eleven months in Constantinople before setting out on his first journey. He joined a caravan for Persia in 1638 and, between 1643 and 1668, made six voyages to Persia, India, the East Indies and Japan. During his travels he amassed a large collection of diamonds and jewels. His successful commercial enterprise was recognised by Louis XIV and he was granted a patent of nobility for his contribution to the establishment of French trade in Asia. It was Tavernier who indicated the trade routes to the East and made it possible for others to follow him. According to Brunet, the 'Recueil' appears with all editions of the 'Six Voyages' printed after 1679" (Atabey). "It appears that much of his information on the Seraglio was obtained from two former employees of the Sultan, one a Frenchman, the other an Italian" (Blackmer). - Binding rubbed but tight; a tear to one map repaired. Slight browning throughout due to paper. A good copy. Graesse VI/2, 43. Goldsmiths' 2283. Willems 1937. Atabey 1201. Cf. Cordier, BJ 393. Laures 525.
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Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste.
Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries. London, Moses Pitt, 1684.
Folio (204 x 309 mm). 6 parts in one vol. (24), 264 pp. (2), 214 pp. (6), 113, (1) pp. 154, (2) pp. 87, (1) pp. 66 pp. With 37 engr. plates (many folding). Period-style full panelled calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spine on raised bands with red morocco spine label. Marbled endpapers. The first collected edition in English, translated by John Phillips and Henry Oldenburg: an account of Tavernier's travels to Turkey, Persia, India, and Japan (with large map of Japan), containing reports about the Japanese persecution of the Christians and the Dutch settlements in the Far East. Book Two, chapter Nine of the Persian Travels is of particular interest, as it contains an account of Tavernier's voyage through the Arabian Gulf, mentioning Bahrain, Bandar Abbas, Qeshm, and Hormuz and making observations on the pearl-fishing, people and navigation of the Gulf. There is also a bird's-eye map of the Strait of Hormuz showing the Musandam Peninsula (peppered with palm trees and captioned "A promontorie of Arabia the happey"), Hormuz, Larak, and Qeshm island, as well as Bandar Abbas and Bandar Kong on the Persian side. Intruguingly, this engraved map also includes depth soundings throughout the Gulf, making it useful as an early "Persian Gulf Pilot". A separate, illustrated chapter discusses extensively the invaluable pearl in the collection of the Imam of Muscat. Another illustrated chapter discusses "The Money of Arabia". In general, the plates depict festivals, processions, costumes, views, and images of the Eastern flora and fauna as well as coins and gems. - Title-page rehinged, with ownership of Thomas Hardy, dated 1698. Repaired tear to first leaf of contents. Faint marginal dampstain along lower edge of first several leaves; occasional browning, final leaves of text cleaned with some minor marginal restoration, but well-preserved on the whole. Handsome period-style calf-gilt binding fine. Blackmer 1632. Wing T251A, T252, T253. Campbell (Japan) 28. Cox I, 275f. OCLC 6071990. Cf. Wilson 223. Howgego T14. Severin 104-113. Not in Atabey or Weber.
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Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste.
Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries. London, Moses Pitt, 1684.
Folio (200 x 305 mm). 6 parts in one vol. (18), 264 pp. (2), 214 pp. (8), 154, (2) pp. (6), 113, (1) pp. (14), 87, (1), 66, (2) pp. Modern half calf over marbled boards using remains of 18th-c. calf spine with modern gilt red morocco label. The first collected edition in English, translated by John Phillips and Henry Oldenburg: an account of Tavernier's travels to Turkey, Persia, India, and Japan (with large map of Japan), containing reports about the Japanese persecution of the Christians and the Dutch settlements in the Far East. Book Two, chapter Nine of the Persian Travels is of particular interest, as it contains an account of Tavernier's voyage through the Arabian Gulf, mentioning Bahrain, Bandar Abbas, Qeshm, and Hormuz and making observations on the people and navigation of the Gulf. There is also a bird's-eye map of the Strait of Hormuz showing the Musandam Peninsula (peppered with palm trees and captioned "A promontorie of Arabia the happey"), Hormuz, Larak, and Qeshm island, as well as Bandar Abbas and Bandar Kong on the Persian side. Intriguingly, this engraved map also includes depth soundings throughout the Gulf, making it useful as an early "Persian Gulf Pilot". A separate, illustrated chapter discusses extensively the invaluable pearl in the collection of the Imam of Muscat. Another illustrated chapter discusses "The Money of Arabia". In general, the plates depict festivals, processions, costumes, views, and images of the Eastern flora and fauna as well as coins and gems. - Occasional browning, but well-preserved on the whole. Blackmer 1632. Wing T251A, T252, T253. Campbell (Japan) 28. OCLC 6071990. Not in Atabey or Weber.
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Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste.
Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries. London, Moses Pitt, 1684.
Folio (214 x 310 mm). 6 parts in one vol. (18), 264 pp. (2), 214 pp. (2), 66 pp, (2). (12), 14, (4), 15-46, (4), 47-87, (1) pp. (6), 113, (1) pp. 154, (2) pp. With 17 full-page engr. plates, 13 folding plates, and numerous text illustrations (including plates of Arabian coins, the great name of Allah, and other Arabian inscriptions). Contemporary calf, spine rebacked. Rare first collected edition of Tavernier's works, profusely illustrated with a fold-out map of the Arabian Gulf, an unusual, large map of Japan, and a fold-out map of the Great Moghul. Comprising: 1) The First Book of Monsieur Taverner's [!] Persian Travels; 2) The Six Trabels of John Baptista Tavernier [...] Through Turky and Persia to the Indies: 3) A Relation of Japon; 4) A New and Particular Relation of the Kingdom of Tunquin; 5) A New Relation of the Inner-Part of the Grand Seignor's Seraglio; 6) The History of the Late Revolution of the Dominions of the Great Mogol. A rare and interesting account of Turkey, Persia, India, Japan, Tonkin, and Formosa. "The Persian Gulf is the most dangerous Gulf I know, by reason of the shallowness and sharp promontories that point out into Sea [...] The Merchant would be glad to find a way through the Coast of Arabia to get to Mascate [...] Elcatif a Sea Town in Arabia, where there is a fishery for Pearls that belong to the Emir of Elcatif" (pt. I, p. 95; "Qatif" being an oasis in Saudi Arabia). Chapter XI (p. 49) of the first part deals with the breeding and nature of camels; chapter III (p. 64) mentions a voyage to Mecca; chapter XXIII (p. 255) deals with the island of Ormus (with the map of the Arabian Gulf). - The second part begins with a discussion of Arabian currency and is illustrated with plates of Arabian coinage. The most important story is perhaps that of “The Imam of Muscat Pearl - That Surpassed in Beauty All Other Pearls in the World”. In chapter XVIII of book II, "Of Pearles and the places where to find them" (p. 145), Tavernier states: "In the first place, there is a Fishery for Pearls in the Persian Gulf, round about the Island of Bakren. It belongs to the King of Persia, and there is a strong Fort in it, Garrison'd with three hundred men." Tavernier then narrates: "There is a wondrous Pearl in the possession of an Arabian Prince, that took Mascate from the Portugals. He then call'd himself Imenhect Prince of Masscaté; being known before only by the name of Aceph Ben-Ali Prince of Norennaé. It is but a small Province, but it is the best of all in the Happy Arabia. Therein grow all things necessary for the life of man; particularly, delicate fruits, but more especially most excellent Grapes, which would make most incomparable Wine. This Prince has the most wonderful Pearl in the world, not so much for its bigness, for it weighs not above twelve Carats and one sixteenth, nor for its perfect roundness, but because it is so clear and so transparent that you may almost see through it. The Great Mogul offer'd him by a Banian forty thousand Crowns for his Pearl, but he would not accept it." The use of the phrase "clear and lustrous as to appear translucent" seem to indicate a white or colorless pearl, the most sought-after color in pearls, with an optimum of lustre and orient caused by the reflection and refraction of light, respectively. The surface quality of the pearl must be exceptional and almost blemish-free in order to characterize it as a specimen surpassing in beauty all other pearls in the world, at that time. The fact that the pearl was in the possession of the Imam of Muscat in the mid-17th century indicates without any doubt that the pearl originated in the most ancient pearl fishing grounds in the world, the Arabian Gulf, most probably in the kingdom of Oman itself, at its very doorstep - on the pearl banks situated closer to the country's shoreline in the Gulf or the Strait of Hormuz. Oyster bearing reefs were well distributed throughout the Gulf, but were greater in abundance on the Arabian side of the Gulf than the Persian one. The pearls are depicted on a plate opposite page 150: "Figure one is of a Pearl which the King of Persia bought at the Fishery of Catifa in Arabia. It cost him 32,000 Tomans, or 1,400,000 Livres of our Money, at forty-six Livres and six Deneers to a Toman. It is the fairest and most perfect Pearl that ever was yet found to this hour, having no defect". Blackmer 1632. Wing T251A, T252, T253. Campbell (Japan) 28. Cox I, 275f. OCLC 6071990. Cf. Wilson 223. Howgego T14. Severin 104-113. Not in Atabey or Weber.
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Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste.
Der Neu-eröffnete Türckische Pallast, Das ist Außführliche Beschreibung des Ottomannischen Serrail oder Residentz, und dessen so darin vorgehet [...]. Ins Teutsche übersetzet und dem Druck übergeben durch J. Menudier. Jena, Johann Gollner for Johann Bielke, 1680.
12mo. (20) pp., 1 blank leaf, 445, (5) pp., 3 blank leaves. Title printed in red and black. With engraved frontispiece. - (Bound with) II: Andrés, Juan. Des für 200 Jahren bekehrten Doctoris, Professoris und Praedicatoris der Muhammedischen Lehre, Johannis Andreae Mauri, nachdenckliches Buch, gegen den Mahomet und die Mahomedische falsche Lehre; von newen in Teutscher Sprache außgefertiget durch [Rudolf] Capell. Hamburg, Georg Wulff, 1685. (54), 218 pp., final blank. With engraved frontispiece. Contemporary vellum with handwritten spine title. Rare, early German edition of Tavernier's (1605-89) account of the Ottoman court drawn from his own observations. "The author's journey began in 1630. He went on a mission to Constantinople in 1636, or earlier. He states in the preface that much of his information regarding the seraglio was obtained from two former exployees of the Sultan, one a Frenchman, the other an italian, each of whom had served for many years" (Weber). The author also describes Ottoman ranks and court offices, as well as Ottoman coinage. - Bound after this is a very rare German edition of the widely received account of Islam provided by Juan Andrés, a converted Moor. First published in Spanish in 1515, it achieved immediate fame and was translated into many languages. "A crude anti-Islamic pamphlet by the Moor Abdallah, who took the Christian name of Johannes Andreas (Juan Andrés). The quotations from the Qur'an are often wildly distorted, and their interpretation biased - a fact which was even praised in the Paris edition of 1574" (cf. Göllner). - Some red underlining to Tavernier; some browning, but very well preserved. From the library of the Viennese collector Werner Habel, with his ownership stamp to front pastedown. His note of acquisition from 1976 is loosely inserted. I: VD 17, 39:126588G. Cf. Weber 270 ff. (other eds.), Graesse IV, 43 (1675 French ed.). Not in Cox. - II: VD 17, 23:286870C. Chauvin XII, p. 23, sub no. 86. Cf. Göllner I, 73 (1515 first ed.).
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Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste.
Vierzig-Jährige Reise-Beschreibung. Worinnen dessen durch Türkey, Persien, Indien, und noch mehr andere Oerter, höchst-löblichst-vollbrachte sechsmalige Länder-Reise verzeichnet und in dreyen Theilen vorgestellet. Aus dem Französischen in das Teutsche übergetragen durch J. Menudier. Nuremberg, Knorz für Johann Hofmann, 1681.
Folio (225 x 340 mm). 5 pts. in 1 vol. (24), 296, (4) pp. (8), 232, (4) pp. (8), 200, (4) pp. (8), 122 pp. (2), 120, (4) pp. With 2 engr. title pages, 2 engr. maps (1 double-page), 63 engravings on 30 plates (1 folding) and numerous engravings in the text. Contemp. calf with giltstamped (oxydized) cover monogram "B.P.B.F.", dated "1681". Independently published in Geneva and Nuremberg, this is one of the four slightly different Nuremberg issues of the same year. The first three parts treat Tavernier's travels to Turkey, Persia, India, and Japan (with large map of Japan), containing reports about the Japanese persecution of the Christians and the Dutch settlements in the Far East. Book Two, chapter Nine of the Persian Travels is of particular interest, as it contains an account of Tavernier's voyage through the Arabian Gulf, mentioning Bahrain, Bandar Abbas, Qeshm, and Hormuz and making observations on the people and navigation of the Gulf. Parts 4 and 5 of the present Nuremberg edition contain as a supplement the first German edition of Spon's and Wheeler's archaeological description of their journey to the Levant. The plates depict festivals, processions, costumes, views, and images of the Eastern flora and fauna as well as coins and gems. - Binding slightly chafed in places; lower corners bumped. Interior somewhat browned and brownstained; bookplate of Thomas Christian Wöhler to front pastedown. Seldom found complete; the copies last auctioned all lacked plates or the last 2 parts. The copy described by Laures is likewise incomplete, containing a mere 23 plates. Not in the Atabey collection. VD 17, 12:635124A. Lipperheide 1456 = La 6. Alt-Japan-Kat. 1472. Mendelssohn IV, 462. Laures 530. Graesse VI/2, 43. Cf. Blackmer 1631 (note); Weber II, 279 (the Geneva edition only).
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Tayler, William.
Sketches Illustrating the Manners and Customs of the Indians and Anglo Indians. London, Thomas McLean, 1842.
Large folio (545 x 375 mm). (16) pp. With 6 hand-coloured lithographed plates and a lithographed title. Contemporary half calf with cloth sides, gold tooled title on front cover. First and only edition of an ethnographic study of native Indian people by William Tayler (1808-92), who was at the time Acting Salt Agent of the Central Division of Cuttack for the East India Company. He dedicated his work to "Lady William Bentinck" (born Lady Mary Acheson, 1809-50), who was the wife of the Governor-General of India. The illustrations were drawn by Tayler himself, who was an amateur artist and drew much of the Indian daily life that he encountered. He selected the present 6 drawings to be published and had them lithographed by J. Bouvier. The first 3 plates not only show the ways of Indian people, but even more so the luxurious life of the English in India. The first plate, "The Young Civilian's Toilet" shows a young man relaxing while being treated by several servants, who are named "Anglo-Indians". The room is strewn with objects of leisure. The next 2 plates, "The Young Ladies Toilet" & "The Breakfast" show equal scenes. The other 3 plates are more ethnographic in nature, showing native Indians in their everyday life: "Women grinding at the mill"; "the Sunyasees" (Sannyasis) & "The village barber". Tayler later became a controversial figure for his excessively harsh oppression of Indian people when he was the commissioner of Patna. - Spine and covers slightly worn, pages a little frayed, some foxing on the text pages. Dedication page browned. Plate 2 detached and inserted loosely. Plates in good condition. Abbey, Travel 465. Bobins I 272. H. K. Kaul, Early Writings on India 454. Prasannajit De Silva, Colonial Self-Fashioning in British India, c. 1785-1845 (2018), pp. 116-119.
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Taylor Alice editor
Focus on the Middle East
New York: Praeger 1971. Published in cooperation with the American Geographical Society. Photos. Maps. Index. Annotation on last page. viii 224 pages. 23.4 cm. Wrappers Softcover. Condition: Good/none. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. New York: Praeger, (1971) paperback
Bookseller reference : 7854
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Taylor Philip M
War and the Media: Propaganda and Persuasion in the Gulf War
Manchester Univ Pr 1998 Trade Paperback. Fine. Manchester Univ Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 326119 ISBN : 0719055504 9780719055508
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TAYLOR THOMAS
Lightning In The Storm: The 101st Air Assault Division In The Gulf War
Hippocrene Books New York:. Softcover. Fair condition. This account delivers a gripping portrayal of the 1991 conflict with Iraq. As the only air assault division in the world the 101st Airborne Division--The Screaming Eagles--flew off to Saudi Arabia in 1990 to join Operation Desert Shield. Its 18000 soldiers including 700 women and 400 helicopters played a crucial role in the resulting Desert Storm. This is their story based on dozens of interviews and hundreds of army videos. This compelling account of modern warfare delivers suspenseful battle scenes clear explanations of strategy and fully developed portraits of many of the combatants. ISBN: 0781810175. Hippocrene Books, New York: paperback
Bookseller reference : 71142X2 ISBN : 0781810175 9780781810173
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TAYLOR THOMAS
Lightning In The Storm: The 101st Air Assault Division In The Gulf War
Hippocrene Books New York:. Softcover. Brand new book. This account delivers a gripping portrayal of the 1991 conflict with Iraq. As the only air assault division in the world the 101st Airborne Division--The Screaming Eagles--flew off to Saudi Arabia in 1990 to join Operation Desert Shield. Its 18000 soldiers including 700 women and 400 helicopters played a crucial role in the resulting Desert Storm. This is their story based on dozens of interviews and hundreds of army videos. This compelling account of modern warfare delivers suspenseful battle scenes clear explanations of strategy and fully developed portraits of many of the combatants. ISBN: 0781810175. Hippocrene Books, New York: paperback
Bookseller reference : 71141X1 ISBN : 0781810175 9780781810173
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Taylor, Robert, British military officer (1788-1852).
Autograph letter signed. Baghdad, 9. VII. 1838.
8vo. 8 pp. on 2 bifolia. To W. Cabell, regarding the potential independence of Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the British occupation of Kharg Island. - A fascinating letter, composed at a time of great tumult in the Near and Middle East. It relays news of important events and evidences the willingness of the British to use force to implement their policy in the region. Lieut. Col. Robert Taylor went to India as a cadet in 1803 and did not return to England for over forty years, serving as Political Resident at Basra (1819-21) and Baghdad (1821-43). His library was purchased by the British Library in 1860 and forms the bedrock of its Arabic-language collection. - Writing from Baghdad, Taylor addresses W. Cabell of the India Board Office in London. He first informs Cabell of two loads of missing post; one outgoing tranche "lost by dromedaries running away with the bags and throwing their riders", and the mail from India "robbed by a party of Wahabis". He then notes Ottoman alarm at "the threatened independence of Mohamed Ali", and comments at length on relations with Persia, which were extremely tense due to the ongoing siege of Herat by Qajar and Russian forces: "Our envoy [John McNeill] ... was not listened to; while the Russian [Count Simonich] & his staff conducted their approaches to the fortress which was expected to fall." In response, the British occupied Kharg Island with a "small force ... not exceeding 500 men", thereby threatening military intervention. Reporting that it had "instilled a wholesome fear into the Persians", Taylor advocates the use of gunboat diplomacy elsewhere "to produce similar effects". - Official correspondence relating to Persia and the Gulf region is rarely found outside of institutional archives such as the India Office Records. This example is interesting on a number of levels, not least for showing how Britain's aggression in the first decades of "The Great Game" manifested in the Gulf. - A few later pencil annotations in a different hand; pages a little dusty.
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Taymur Mirza (Husam ud-Dawlah) / Phillott, Douglas Craven (transl.).
The Baz-Nama-yi Nasiri. A Persian treatise on falconry [...]. London, Bernard Quaritch, 1908.
8vo. XXIV, 195 pp., final blank page. With 25 numbered illustrations mainly depicting falcons and hunting and hawking scenes, including frontispiece and of which several full-page. Contemporary full cloth with giltstamped spine-title and illustration of a hunt to front cover. First edition. One of 500 copies of this rare Persian treatise on falconry, giving a detailed account of falcons as well as hunting-birds in general, translated by Douglas Craven Phillott. The translator's introduction gives an account of the author, a prince of Persia (d. 1874), and his book. "An excellent translation [...] A valuable addition to a falconer's library, whether or not he be interested in hawking in the East" (Barber). - Corners and spine ends lightly bumped; small tears to cloth in the upper part of the spine. Bookplate of G. J. B. Barry, depicting a falcon, to pastedown. A rare and very important work by a falconer who flourished in the middle of the 19th century. Schwerdt IV, 92. Barber 14.
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TE. Lawrence T. E.
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom A Triumph
<p>This is a very nice copy of the reissue of a war story not to be missed. Lawrence was for many the hero of his age. A unique character perhaps made more larger-than-life by this autobiographal work Lawrence spins out a yarn that is a truly thrilling account of the the WW1 origins of the modern Middle East.</p><p>For the moviegoers this work is the source for the Academy Award winner Lawrence Of Arabia starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharrif.</p><p>Photo on request.</p> Dorset Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio340
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Teague Don; Barrak Rafraf
Saved by Her Enemy: An Iraqi woman's journey from the heart of war to the heartland of America
New York: Howard Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2010. Hardcover. Tiny ding at bottom of back board . . 321 pages. For her entire life Rafraf a devout Muslim had been told that Americans were the enemy. Her understanding of the world of her place in it and of the United States had been steeped in the culture of Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussein. Yet in the midst of insurgents attempting to kidnap and kill her she found herself on the receiving end of lifesaving help from those she considered her enemies.Rafraf suddenly finds herself living with a Christian family in the Bible Belt of America. Nothing had prepared her for this new reality�the life of a college student in a vastly foreign culture in a community as far from her expectations as she could have imagined and in a family that opens their hearts to enfold her.<I>Saved by Her Enemy </I>is a riveting journey of two very different people from opposite sides of the world of faith of experience and of expectations. The dramatic intersection of their lives and their journey together is an inspiration to those who have ever felt there was more to life than the world they knew. A young Iraqi woman an American war correspondent and a true tale of friendship faith and family against the backdrop of war and the collision of cultures. This is a story of a very unlikely friendship�between American war correspondent Don Teague and Rafraf Barrak an Iraqi college girl who won a job as a translator for NBC during the early months of violence in the wake of the American invasion of Iraq.While covering a story together the two were nearly killed by a bomb an experience that created a bond between them that led them down a path neither could have imagined.What follows is a story of transformation as Rafraf�from a devout Muslim family�becomes the target of terrorist threats to kidnap and murder her. Don and his fellow correspondents mobilize to help save her life and suddenly Rafraf finds herself on the receiving end of an offer for safety and a new life in the United States. Dramatically transplanted from the streets of Iraq to the Bible Belt of middle America Rafraf finds everything that she knew�or thought she knew�about herself her values her world even faith and family turned upside down. Meanwhile Don; his wife Kiki; and their children discover they�ve embarked on an adventure with Rafraf that reshapes their lives. This captivating story inspires us all to join Don and Rafraf in discovering that there is far more to life than the world we know. . Howard Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 604435 ISBN : 1439159106 9781439159101
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Teesdale, Henry.
Persia and Arabia. London, 1847.
Engraved map (41 x 33 cm), hand-coloured in outline. Al-Qasimi 243.
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Tehranchian Hassan trans
Kalilah and Dimnah
New York: Harmony 1985. Translated from the Persian and adapted by Hassan Tehranchian. Illustrations by Anatole Ur. Dj. 80 pp. 8vo. Hardcover . Catalogs: IRAN. New York: Harmony, (1985) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5263
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Teitelbaum Joshua
The Rise and Fall of the Hashemite Kingdom of Arabia
New York New York U.S.A.: New York Univ Pr 2001. Brand New Hardcover in dust jacket NO marks FREE TRACKING and DELIVERY CONFIRMATION. Hard Cover. New. 8vo. New York Univ Pr Hardcover
Bookseller reference : MiddleEast3015 ISBN : 0814782701 9780814782705
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Teixeira, José / Munday, Anthony (transl.).
The Strangest Adventure That Ever Happened. Containing a discourse concerning the successe of the king of Portugal Dom Sebastian, from the time of his voyage into Africke when he was lost in the battle against the infidels, in the yeare 1578, unto the sixt of January this present of 1601. London, Frances Henson, 1601.
8vo. 90 pp. (without the final blank leaf). Small woodcut device on title, woodcut decorations and initials. Fine 19th century mottled calf by Lloyd, with gilt arms of Sebastião Pinto Leite, Conde de Penha Longa (motto "Superabo") to both covers, gilt fillets and faux raised bands to spine, compartments tooled in gilt, two red lettering pieces. Leading edges gilt; inner dentelle gilt. Marbled endpapers. First English edition of this rare work, containing an account of the failed invasion led by the young king of Portugal, Dom Sebastian, to the north of Africa, his defeat and death, and the political unrest that ensued. - Sebastian, the 24 year-old King of Portugal, invaded Morocco in 1578 with an army of 18,000 men. The army was crushed by the forces of Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi at the battle of Alcacer Quibir and King Sebastian was killed. The fact that he had left no successor paved the way for a series of impostors claiming the throne, only to be captured and executed (ultimately, the Spanish king would accede to the throne of Portugal). Teixeira's work narrates the machinations of the fourth such impostor, a Calabrian by the name of Marco Tullio. - Bound for the Portuguese politician and entrepreneur Sebastião Pinto Leite (1815-92), Conde de Penha Longa. Bookplate of the Fox Pointe Collection Library of Dr. & Mrs. Howard R. Knohl to pastedown. Joints of the fine binding slightly rubbed. Lightly browned throughout; title-page and verso of final leaf lightly dustsoiled. Overall in excellent condition. Rare at auction, the last copy being sold in 1991. BM-STC 23864. OCLC 32330439.
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Teixeira, Pedro, [Mir Khwand and Turan Shah].
Relaciones de Pedro Teixeira d'el origen descendencia y succession de los reyes de Persia, y de Harmuz, y de un viage hecho por el mismo autor dende la India Oriental hasta Italia por tierra. Antwerp, Hieronymus Verdussen, 1610.
8vo. (8), 384, (8), 115 [but: 215], (17) pp. With a woodcut on title-page, a woodcut initial and some woodcut tailpieces. 17th century marbled calf with gilt label to richly gilt spine, red edges. First edition of a "history of the kings of Persia compiled from the Persian histories of Mir Khwand and Turan Shah" (Howgego), in the original Spanish, by the Portuguese merchant and adventurer Pedro Teixeira (1563-1645?). It is one of the earliest European sources to mention Qatar, relating to the pearl fishery in the region: "The pearl fishery at Bahren begins some years in June, but generally in July, an lasts all that month and August … They generally go a fishing to Katar, a port on the coast of Arabia, 10 leagues to the southward of the Island Bahren. As soon an oyster is brought up, they open it, and take out the pearl. The pearls of this sea surpass all others in goodness and weight…" (English translation). The work is divided into three parts. The first, which is the largest, deals with the kings of Persia. It is a summarized translation of the voluminous Rawzat al-Safa by the Persian historian Mir Khwand (ca. 1434-1498), and is probably the first translation of the text into an European language. The second part is a translation of the Ayyibud emir Turan Shah's (d. 1180) chronicle of the kings of Hormuz, a text which is today only extant in translations. Though Teixeira's adventures started in 1586, he reached Hormuz in 1593, where he resided for several years to study its history. Both parts contain a chronological account of the kings, but also provide a more general history of the area. The last and third part contains an account of Teixeira's later travels from India to Italy in 1600-01 and 1604-05, visiting China, Mexico and the Middle East. In his preface Teixeira states that he originally wrote the work in Portuguese, but that it was translated into Spanish to appeal to a wider audience. The work appeared in a French translation in 1681, and extracts appeared in an English translation appeared in 1711, followed by a translation of the full text in 1715. - Binding slightly rubbed and with a small defect to upper spine. Slightly browned, otherwise immaculate copy in its first binding. Howgego, to 1800, T19. Maggs Bros., Spanish books 1014a. Not in Blackmer.
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Teixeira, Pedro.
(The Travels of Peter Teixeira from India to Italy by Land.) A View of the Universe: or, a New Collection of Voyages and Travels Into All Parts of the World. With the Geography and History of Every Country [ed. by John Stevens]. London, J. Knapton et al., 1710.
4to. (2), 81, (7) pp. 19th century later half calf over cloth boards with giltstamped title to spine. All edges gilt. The account of the 1604/05 return voyage of the Portuguese merchant and adventurer Pedro Teixeira (1563-1645?), mentioning "Katifa (Al-Qatif) near Barhem (Bahrain)" in the Gulf (p. 15), Basra's trade with "Barhen, Catifa, Lasan, Persia, Bagdat, and all Arabia" (p. 16), as well as Badawin culture in Arabia (p. 21). Separately issued second part of the second volume of a collection of seven separate travel accounts compiled by John Stevens printed between 1708 and 1710 under the series title of "A View of the Universe", this one "for March 1710". - Contemporary handwritten ownership to title-page. Covers rubbed, with flaw to leather of upper cover. Slight, even browning; a good, wide-margined copy. Wiles, Serial Publication in England Before 1750 (1957), p. 272. Howgego, to 1800, T19, p. 1018.
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Teller Judd L
The Kremlin the Jews and the Middle East
New York: Thomas Yoseloff 1957. Index. Dust jacket has some edgewear. 202 pages. 21.5 cm. Hardcover. Condition Book/Dj: Very Good/Good. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, (1957) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7321
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Tellez (Telles), Balthasar.
The travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia: containing [...] travels in Arabia Felix, wherein many things of that country [...] are treated of, as a particular description of Aden, Moca, and several other places [...]. London, J. Knapton, 1710.
4to. (4), 264, (16) pp. With engraved map of Ethiopia, including part of the Red Sea and the source of the Blue Nile. Modern calf, gold-tooled spine, with red morocco title-label, and the sides blind-tooled in a panel design. Rare first English edition of Tellez's influential historical account of Ethiopia and Arabia. It is a digest of the accounts of all the Jesuit travellers to Ethiopia and Arabia, including Paez, De Montserrat, Almeida, Lobo and Mendes. It includes an account of the travels of the Jesuit missionaries Pédro Paez and Antonio de Montserrate, who were captured off the Kuria Muria islands on a mission from Goa to Ethiopia in 1590 and subsequently taken to Yemen, where they were held captive until 1596. After being sent to San'a by way of Melkis and the Wadi Hadramaut, then after three years taken to Al Mukha (Mocha), where they were forced to serve as galley slaves, they were finally ransomed in 1596 and returned to India. Paez discovered the source of the Blue Nile and is said to have been the first European to have tasted coffee in Al Mukha. - The work further includes a detailed description of Aden (Yemen) as well as of the Ethiopia-Adal War (1529-43), during which Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi led several expeditions against the Ethiopian emperor until most of Ethiopia came under the power of the Muslim Sultanate of Adal. The present English edition is based Almeida's "Historia geral de Ethiopia a alta" (1660), edited by Tellez. - With early owner's inscription ("W. G. Patchell") on title-page. Quires 2D and 2E transposed; a couple of millimetres shaved off the outer border of the map; a faint waterstain throughout; some leaves foxed and some occasional spots. A good copy. ESTC T133244. Paulitschke 1137. Cf. de Backer/Sommervogel VII, 1908-1910. Howgego, to 1800, A65 (Almeida).
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Temple, Richard.
The Storming of Schinaass. London, W. Haines, 1813.
Hand-coloured aquatint plate by Clark after Temple. 330 x 485 mm. From the exceedingly rare series "Sixteen views of places in the Persian Gulph", engraved after drawings taken by Richard Temple, a private in his Majesty's 65th regiment during the British attacks against the tribes of the Gulf in 1809. The port of Shinas is located near the border between Oman and the United Arab Emirates. Abbey 389, no. 17. Al-Qasimi, The Myth of Arab Piracy in the Gulf (Milton Park, 1988), pl. 15.
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Teonge, Henry.
The Diary of Henry Teonge, chaplain on board His Majesty's ships Assistance, Bristol, and Royal Oak, anno 1675 to 1679. London, Charles Knight, 1825.
8vo. XVIII, (2), 327, (1) pp. With engr. title page and lithogr. folding facsimile. Modern half calf (by Bayntun's, Bath) with giltstamped red spine label and marbled boards. Edges sprinkled in red. First edition. - The fame of the English clergyman Teonge (1621-90) rests on his present work. Due to financial difficulties, he enlisted in the Navy and became a chaplain on the ships Assistance, Bristol and Royal Oak, completing three voyages to the Mediterranean, where he searched for pirates, landed in Syria and visited Malta, Zante, Cephalonia, and Aleppo. - "The interest of Teonge's life is concentrated in the diary of the few years he spent at sea, which gives an amusing and precious picture of life in the navy at that time. This journal, from 20 May 1675 to 28 June 1679, having lain in manuscript for over a century, was purchased from a Warwickshire family by Charles Knight, who edited it in 1825 as ‘The Diary of Henry Teonge,’ with a facsimile of the first folio of the manuscript (London, 8vo). The narrative reveals the diarist as a pleasant, lively, easy-going man, not so strict as to prevent his falling in with the humours of his surroundings" (DNB). The diary contains accounts of cruises in the Channel, Atlantic, and Mediterranean, leavened with occasional songs, sonnets, acrostics, etc. "The nature of Teonge's diary, and the disappearance of the manuscript for almost a century after its first publication in 1825, led to persistent suggestions that it might have been a forgery. Confirmation both of Teonge's existence and of the sequence of events which he recorded came from the Admiralty records in the Public Record Office, and the re-emergence of the manuscript itself at a Sotheby’s sale in 1918 put the matter conclusively to rest" (ODNB). - Occasional insignificant brownstaining; altogether a well-preserved copy. Allibone 2375. DNB 56, 76. Lowndes 2605. Weber II, 412. OCLC 2438435.
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Terhune Albert P.
SYRIA FROM THE SADDLE
Boston: Silver Burdett. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor dust Author's first book; 45 plates . Silver, Burdett hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14114
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Tessler Mark A.;Tessler Mark
A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Bloomington Indiana U.S.A.: Indiana Univ Pr 1994. staining top edge. review slip. Paperback. Very Good. Indiana Univ Pr Paperback
Bookseller reference : 353023 ISBN : 0253208734 9780253208736
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TESTA CORRADO
LEVANTE E BARBERIA
Edizione: Teza edizione . Formato: 16° . Stato: Discreto . Caratteristiche: Dalla Libia a Malta a Istambul. Viaggio nel mediterraneo. Bruniture. Dorso guasto. Copertina stanca e con scritto a penna in vecchia grafia "Libia, Malta, Turchia, Tripoli" . Note epoca: XVII e.f.
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TEVETH SHABTAI
The Cursed Blessing: The Story Of Israel's Occupation Of The West Bank
Random House New York: 1970. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Random House, New York: 1970 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 16600X1
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Tharaud Jerome et Jean.
La Palestine.
Paris Alpina 1930. Royal quarto. Pp. 159. Plus 8 full-page heliogravure plates each with a caption printed on facing tissue guard. With numerous heliogravures of fine quality many full-page printed in lightly-tinted ink to the text. Printed on thick paper throughout. Original card wrappers with integral pictorial dust-jacket bit chipped and soiled. Book itself is in a very good condition. ~ A numbered copy of the first limited edition. A magnificent visual tour and a celebration of fine early photography in Palestine. The fine technique of gravure printing Kupfertiefdruck Rakeltiefdruck developed by Karl Klic 1841-1927 is often referred to erratically as photogravure or heliogravure terms which describe another process. Experiments in gravure printing began in the 1850s and reproductions of rare prints by this method became common from the 1870s. It was not however until around 1880 that the development of this most brilliant and faithful monochrome reproductive technique yet known in the history of printing began. Klic adapted the cross-line screen to the old hand photogravure process but kept it secret rather than patenting it and the technique was reinvented by others in the years afterwards. Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy with her bookplate. Descriptive text Copyright © Librarium The Hague Paris, Alpina, 1930. unknown
Bookseller reference : 1523
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THARAUD (Jérome et Jean).-
La fête arabe.
P., Plon, 1922, in 12 relié demi-chagrin cerise à coins, dos à faux narfs orné, tête dorée, couverture et dos conservés, 291 pages ; à toutes marges ; quelques petites rousseurs, principalement marginales.
Bookseller reference : 33305
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THARAUD (Jérôme et Jean) -
La rose de Sâron -
Paris : Plon, 1927 - in-12 broché de 288 pages - exemplaire non coupé - Edition originale sur papier alfa -
Bookseller reference : 34005
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THARAUD (Jérôme et Jean) -
Une Relève -
Paris : Plon, 1924 - in-8 broché de 245 pages - exemplaire en très bon état, non coupé - Tirage à 1100 exemplaires - 1/890 ex. sur papier pur fil Lafuma -
Bookseller reference : 34004
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THARAUD (Jérôme et Jean).
L'An prochain à Jérusalem.
Paris PLON 1924 1 Paris, Plon, 1924. In-12, maroquin vert, dos à 4 nerfs, titre et auteur estampés dorés, tête dorée, 303 pp., (reliure de Hinstin).
Bookseller reference : 8523
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THARAUD (Jérôme et Jean).
Le chemin de Damas.
Paris Plon 1923 1 vol. Broché in-12, broché, non coupé ni rogné, 289 pp. Edition originale. Un des 140 exemplaires numérotés sur Japon, en belle condition.
Bookseller reference : 8036
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THARAUD (Jérôme et Jean).
Le chemin de Damas.
Paris Plon 1923 1 vol. Broché in-12, broché, non coupé ni rogné, 289 pp. Edition originale. Un des 140 exemplaires numérotés sur Japon, en belle condition.
Bookseller reference : 8036
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THARAUD (Jérôme et Jean).
Rabat ou les heures marocaines.
Paris PAUL ÉMILE FRERES 1918 1 Paris, Emile-Paul frères éditeurs, 1918, in-12, broché, couverture rempliée, titre rouge lettrage rouge et noir, 270 pp.
Bookseller reference : 8557
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THARAUD (Jérôme et Jean).
Rabat ou les heures marocaines.
Paris Emile-Paul Frères Editeurs 1918 1 Paris, Emile-Paul Frères Editeurs, 1918, in-12, maroquin chocolat à coins, dos titré estampé doré à quatre nerfs, tête dorée reliure postérieure, couverture et dos conservés, 272 pp.
Bookseller reference : 14794
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THARAUD J?r?me et Jean
Le chemin de Damas. Edition originale sur Lafuma pur fil.
Broch?. 291 pages.
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THARAUD J?r?me et Jean
Les grains de la grenade. (Les mille et un jours de l'Islam - 2). Exemplaire num?rot? sur alfa.
Broch?. 257 pages.
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THARAUD, Jérôme et Jean.
La Palestine.
Edition Numérotée 2175/3924, édité(e) à Paris par les Editions Alpina en 1930, imprimé(e) en Français. En 1 Vol. au format Petit In-folio (30/33 cm) de 159 pp. Demi-Reliure Cuir à Coins, Plats parés de papier aspect Marbré. Dos Lisse orné de Titre(s) Doré(s) , Couverture Conservée. Reliure d'Editeur.
Bookseller reference : LDRC2005
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The American Magazine / Gaskill, Gordon.
Our Partner in Oil. [New York], October 1947.
4to. 4 pp. on bifolium. With 3 black-and-white photographic illustrations, including a portrait of King Ibn Saud. Interesting account of the close Saudi-American ties forged after the 1933 Concession Agreement. It describes the friendly relationship between King 'Abd al-'Aziz and Aramco, which involved the frequent exchange of valuable gifts. The King presented "his Aramco friends [with] noble Arabian horses, gold-mounted swords, daggers, watches, and Oriental rugs", a courtesy that the Americans recipocrated with exquisite boxes of gold and a golden coffee service, as well as "a complete American cowboy's outfit, with chaps, sombrero, and a gorgeous saddle mounted in gold and silver" - the latter perhaps constituting one of the more peculiar presents. - Further, the article describes friendly interactions between Arabs and Americans and discusses the company's plans to advance Arabian infrastructure and to foster education and housing. - Small marginal flaws. Somewhat toned.
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The Arab Women's Information Committee
The Arabs Under Israeli Occupation 1970 Part III
Beirut: The Institute for Palestine Studies 1971. Chapters and appendices each in separate stapled wraps in worn card folder. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. The Institute for Palestine Studies Paperback
Bookseller reference : 047722
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The Award Winning Staff UD News And World Report
Triumph Without Victory the Unreported History of the Persian Gulf War
Middle East Wars: Times Books 1992. 477 pgs. maps. Slightest jacket wear. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Times Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 007454 ISBN : 0812919483 9780812919486
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The Center for Research and Studies on Kuwait
The Iraqi Agression on Kuwait: The Truth.and the Tragedy
<p>Hardback 149 pages very good condition rubber-stamp marks on first two pages. </p> The Center for Research and Studies on Kuwait hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1336
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The Colonial Office.
Report by His Britannic Majesty's Government to the Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of Palestine and Trans-Jordan for the Year 1927.
London His Majesty's Stationary Office 1928. Royal octavo. Pp. 130. Original printed green wrappers rusted staples. In a very good condition internally fresh. ~ First edition. The first two reports were published for the years 1925 and 1926. London, His Majesty's Stationary Office, 1928. unknown
Bookseller reference : 0731
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the Editors of Time
Desert Storm the War in the Persian Gulf
Middle East Wars: Time Warner Publishing 1991. 232 pgs. Photos & maps. Stated First Edition. Light edge wear and small edge tears to jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Time Warner Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010714 ISBN : 0316851000 9780316851008
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The Editors
Our Industry
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Bump/crease to lower corner of front covers and minor bump to top of spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright very faintly marked boards. 472pp. The history and main functions of the oil industry with special reference to The British Petroleum Company Ltd.
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