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THE GARDEN TOMB ASSOCIATION.
Jerusalem: The Garden Tomb Illustrated.
London: Committee of the Garden Tomb Jerusalem Association 1967. Pp.30 3 colour 2 b/w photo plates folding map to rear. Pbk. VG. . London: Committee of the Garden Tomb (Jerusalem) Association, 1967. unknown
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THE MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE.
Middle East journal. Winter 1965 Vol. 19 Issue. 4.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. (405 - 573 pp.). Roy. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm). The Iqta System in Lebanon: a Comparative Political View. The Changing World of the Kibbutz. Arab Islam in the Modern Age. Arabic: Its Significance and Place in Arab Muslim Society. The Transformation of Ideology in the arab World.
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The Ras Tanura players & Ras Tanura Fellowhip Choir.
2 programmes. Ras Tanura, 1957 and no date.
8vo. Together 7 pp. on two bifolia. Interesting samples of the Aramco expats' buoyant cultural life in Ras Tanura: programmes for performances by the Ras Tanura Fellowship Choir and the theatre group Ras Tanura Players. The former performed "The Seven Last Words of Christ", composed by Theodore Dubois in 1867, under the direction of Lyle R. Danielson. The programme lists all members of the chorus as well as the organist. - The Ras Tanura Players presented the 1944 play "Guest in the House" by Hagar Wilde and Dale Eunson, directed by Don Ertel. Also in 1944, the play was turned into a popular film noir starring Anne Baxter and Ralph Bellamy. The programme features an ink sketch showing Evelyn Heath approaching the Proctor house. - The theatre programme with small marginal flaws.
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The Republic of Iraq.
Haqiqat al-Kuwayt [The Truth about Kuwait] (2). [Baghdad], Wizarat al-Kharijiyah (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), 1961.
8vo. 46, (2) pp. Arabic text. Original printed wrappers, stapled. First edition. The second of two rare pamphlets published by the Iraqi government, opposing the independence of Kuwait. The first pamphlet, published in English and Arabic, outlined Kuwait's historical connection to Iraq and analysed its "imperialist relations" with Britain. This second one, in Arabic throughout, prints the minutes of the Political Affairs Committee of the Arab League, which met in Cairo on 20 July 1961 to consider Kuwait's request to join the League. - Kuwait emerged as an independent state in June 1961, after sixty-two years as a British protectorate. With a new constitution, it held its first parliamentary elections in 1963, thereby becoming the first Arab state in the Gulf to establish a parliament. Such political developments, married with growing wealth and modernisations in health, culture and finance, helped to make Kuwait the most prosperous state in the Arabian Peninsula. - The Iraqi government argued that the move toward independence was a continuation of Kuwait's relationship with Britain, albeit under a new guise. Furthermore, they felt that the historical links between Iraq and Kuwait entitled the former to control over the latter and, one suspects, a share of its growing wealth. This position, partly detailed in the pamphlet, led to a point of crisis, with Iraq threatening invasion. To the relief of Kuwait, the Iraqis were eventually deterred by the Arab League's promise of military opposition. - Wrappers a little dusty, two thick black lines to upper wrapper, seemingly erasing stamp, another stamp partially visible to lower wrapper (most likely a bookseller's name and address, "Baghdad" is legible). Interior clean and bright. - Rare: LibraryHub locates one copy in the UK at the British Library; OCLC locates copies in Harvard, the University of Toronto, and the NYU Abu Dhabi. OCLC 219629380.
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Theilhaber Felix A.
Im Kampf um Gott Volk und Land: Geschichte der Juden in Erez Israel von 1300 v. Chr. - 300 n. Chr. Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes.
Berlin Kedem 1936. Royal octavo. Pp. 197. Plus one letterpress map bound at rear. Hardcover original buckram printed in brown. In a very good condition indeed. ~ First edition. Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy with her bookplate pasted onto front paste-down. Berlin, Kedem, 1936. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1076
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Theodore Draper
Israel & World Politics -
Viking Publishing - 1968. PB/pub.1968/Fair condition/278 pages - Discusses roots of the third Arab-Israeli War. TA331600. Soft Cover. Good. Viking Publishing - Paperback
Bookseller reference : 31600
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Theodosius of Bithynia.
Kitab al-ukar [Sphaerics]. Central Asia, [May/June 1592 CE =] Sha'ban 1000 H.
8vo (116 x 180 mm). Arabic manuscript on paper. 52 pp. on 28 ff. of very fine polished paper (8 ff. on pink paper), complete. Meticulous Naskh in black ink with occasional red; numerous diagrams in red in the margins and occasionally within the text itself. Bound with an astronomical treatise in Persian. 50 pp. Black ink with occasional red; several diagrams in red throughout the text. Altogether 59 ff. 18th century red morocco, ruled in gilt and stamped in blind, modern rebacking. A 16th century Arabic manuscript of the "Sphaerics" by the Greek astronomer and mathematician Theodosius of Bithynia (ca. 169-100 BCE). Unknown in the West during the Middle Ages, the "Sphaerics" proved instrumental in the restoration of Euclidean geometry to Western civilization when the book was brought back from the Islamic world during the crusades and translated from Arabic into Latin. - The text is decorated throughout with geometric diagrams drawn in red ink with a delicate and exacting hand. Each is labelled, and many are quite intricately detailed, showing the geometric qualities of the sphere and progress to astronomical diagrams exploring orbits and planetary movement. This present manuscript was copied by Muhammad Taqi bin Aqa Jalal al-Kilani, dated to Sha'ban 1000 H. - Bound with another astronomical treatise, in Persian, written on somewhat coarser paper stock. Covers worn and rebacked, some dampstaining, otherwise very well preserved. A fine piece in the history of mathematics.
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Theodosius of Bithynia.
Kitab al-ukar [Sphaerics]. Kabul, [1909 CE =] 1327 H.
4to (170 x 254 mm). Arabic manuscript on polished oriental paper. 111 pp. (paginated in a later ballpoint hand), 11 lines, per extensum, black and red ink, written space ruled throughout with several sets of coloured borders. With numerous diagrams in the margins. Contemporary blindstamped full calf. An early 20th century Arabic manuscript of the "Sphaerics" by the Greek astronomer and mathematician Theodosius of Bithynia (ca. 169-100 BCE). Unknown in the West during the Middle Ages, the "Sphaerics" proved instrumental in the restoration of Euclidean geometry to Western civilization when the book was brought back from the Islamic world during the crusades and translated from Arabic into Latin. - The present manuscript was written in Afghanistan under the rule of Habibullah Khan, a reform-minded Emir who attempted to introduce modern medicine and other technology to his country. The prettily blindstamped binding would also appear to be of Afghan origin. - Paper a little browned and brittle; traces of former block-stitching; some of the first few leaves transposed during re-binding, according to the later ballpoint pagination.
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THEOPHILUS G. PINCHES.
The religion of Babylonia and Assyria.
Very Good English In modern aesthetic bound. 12mo. (17 x 12 cm). In English. Ex-library stamp. 124, [2] p. The religion of Babylonia and Assyria.
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Theroux Peter
Sandstorms: Days and Nights in Arabia
<p>New York: W. W. Norton 1990 book club ed. 281pp. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a near Fine dj. A memoir about an American’s experience in the Middle East by a member of the Theroux family of writers.</p> New York: W. W. Norton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14604 ISBN : 0393028410 9780393028416
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Thesiger Wilfred
Arabian Sands with new preface
<p>Harmondsworth UK: Penguin 1984 reprint. 347pp. illus. paperback: Good text is age browned in the usual Penguin manner; several pp. near end of text are slightly torn in outer blank margins; else a nice clean complete & tight copy A modern classic of life among the nomadic Arabs living in the Empty Quarter of the Arabian peninsula. Sir Wilfred Thesiger 1910-2003 grandson of the Lord Chelmsford whose forces were defeated at Isandlwana in the Zulu War of 1879 was one of the great English explorers of the 20th century.</p> Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : 22702 ISBN : 0140095144 9780140095142
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Thesiger Wilfred:
Arabian Sands
<p>London.Penguin Books1991. ISBN 0-14-009514-4 Reprint with a new preface a second one for this edition by Thesiger. With 14 b&w photographic plates & 8 maps.pp 347.Soft cover in pictorial card covers.Very slight edge wear & a light crease down the spine.A very good clean copy. A classic travel book.</p> Penguin Book paperback
Bookseller reference : 7216 ISBN : 0140095144 9780140095142
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Thesiger Wilfred
Desert Marsh and Mountain: The World of a Nomad signed
<p>Dubai. UAE: Motivate Publishing. 1993 1st ed. thus. SIGNED on title p. by author. 304pp. illus. russet cloth 4to w/gilt titles: near Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover hint of a couple of corner bumps; cloth is rubbed @ tail edge of front & rear endpp @ the pastedown; else a nice clean & crisp copy A very nice signed copy of this lavish reissue of the author’s magnificent photographs and explanatory text originally published in 1979. Wilfred Thesiger 1910-2003 was of one of the great English explorers and travel writers of the 20th century. He was the grandson of Frederic Thesiger Lord Chelmsford 1827-1905 whose British forces were ignominiously defeated by Zulu warriors at Isandlwana in the Zulu War of 1879.</p> Dubai, UAE: Motivate Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19203 ISBN : 187354457X 9781873544570
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Thesiger, W.
Southern Arabia. A Journey Through Southern Rub el Khali. October 1945 to February 1946. London, 1946.
Colour-printed map (66 x 46 cm). Not in Al Ankary; Al-Qasimi.
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Thesiger, Wilfred.
The Marsh Arabs. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1964.
8vo. (14), 242 pp. With a frontispiece, 3 maps in text (including 1 double-page) and 32 plates with reproductions of 109 photographs. Green cloth with illustrated dust jacket. First edition, second impression, of an account of the Arabs living in the marshes of southern Iraq, written by Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2003), who stayed with them from 1951 to 1958. "From my recollections, helped by my diaries, I have tried to give a picture of the marshes and of the people who live there. Recent political upheavals in Iraq have closed this area to visitors. Soon the marshes will probably be drained; when this happens, a way of life that has lasted for thousands of years will disappear" (Introduction). In 25 chapters Thesiger describes his experience in the marshes. The book is illustrated with over 100 photographs showing the people, their homes, boats, horses and kettle, and some common activities like fishing, preparing food and making homes and buildings out of water reed. Thesiger also wrote "Arabian Sands", published in 1959. - In very good condition. Dust-jacket only slightly worn at head and foot of the spine. For the author see: A. Maitland, Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer (2011).
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THIEDE Carsten Peter & D'ANCONA Matthew.
The Jesus Papyrus.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1996. 1st ed. "The most sensational evidence on the origins of the Gospels since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls." Pp. 14/193 11 b/w illustrations illustrated endpapers inscrip. to fep. Dark brown cloth gilt title to spine illustrated d/w. VG/G. . London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1996. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 16884
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Thimm, C. A.
Egyptian self-taught (Arabic) with the English phonetic transliteration of every word. London, E. Marlborough & Co., 1897.
Small 8vo. 71, (1) pp. plus (12) pp. of publisher's ads. Publisher's original printed red cloth. Rare manual of vernacular Egyptian Arabic, intended "for the Navy and Army, Travellers, Missionaries, and Traders on the Nile, in Alexandria, or in the Sudan [...] By the use of this book, students will find they are quite competent to make themselves clearly understood by all classes of Arabs met with in Egypt, the Sudan, and a considerable part of North Africa". Includes "colloquial phrases, travel talk, naval, military and commercial terms, money, weights, and measures", omitting grammar and Arabic characters, instead employing Latin-alphabet transliteration throughout. - Binding loosened; traces of use and moisture. Handwritten ownership of "Alexander Morrison", dated 1897, to front flyleaf.
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THOBIE (Jacques).
Ali et les 40 voleurs. Impérialismes et Moyen-Orient de 1914 à nos jours.
Messidor, 1985 in-8°, 371 pp, 13 cartes, biblio, broché, couv. illustrée à rabats, qqs surlignures, bon état
Bookseller reference : 93417
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Tholuck, Friedrich August Gottreu.
Ssufismus sive theosophia Persarum pantheistica quam e mss. Bibliothecae Regiae Berolinensis Persicis, Arabicis, Turcicis [...]. Berlin, Ferdinand Dümmler (typis Haynianis), 1821.
8vo. XII, 331, (1), 40 pp. (appendix printed in Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish). Contemporary papered boards with ms. spine label. First edition. - Dissertation of the German theologian August Tholuck (1799-1877), a study of Sufism and oriental Pantheism composed because an illness prevented him at the time from accepting the chair of oriental languages and Old Testament exegesis at Dorpat. "Still worth reading" (Nicholson). While Schleiermacher criticised the work as untheological, the University of Jena accorded Tholuck an honorary doctorate in 1822 on the strength of his Persian studies. As professor of Old Testament studies in Berlin and Halle, Tholuck would go on to influence many American theologians, including the Methodist John Fletcher Hurst and Philip Schaff. - A contemporary inkstain to the first few pages. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf: "Seinem innigst verehrten 'Nomodidaskalos en Kyrio' [Greek], der ihn zu Jesu wieß / der Vf." ("To his dearly beloved Instructor of Law in the Lord, who showed him the path to Jesus, from the author"). The recipient of this gift was likely the church historian Johann August Wilhelm Neander (1789-1850), in whose collection the volume was before the entire library was acquired by the American banker Roswell S. Burrows (1798-1884) for the Rochester Theological Seminary in New York (their printed shelfmark label of "Neander Library" on the front pastedown). A good copy. ADB 38, 55. Herzog/H. XIX, 697. Nicholson, the Mystics of Islam, p. 76. OCLC 7436665.
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THOMAS GLEN:
IN THE STEPS OF LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.
<p>UK8vo HBminus dw/dj1st edn.VG.Owner's inked inscrptn name to front free endpaper and minus an issued dw/dj.Bright cleangenerally sharp-corneredpublisher's original sand/tan cloth bds with slightly oxidised gilt lettering - but still discernible - to spine/backstrip of which the headfoot of same are lightly bumped with minimalreciprocal creasing; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nickstears or fraying present. Topfore-edges lightly aged/toned with minimal sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents and text body brighttightcleansolid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornersappears unread - apart from my own collationand clean plain white pastedowns but some off-set shadowing to both free endpapers.UK8vo HB minus dw/dj1st ednv-xpp11-320pp paginated includes separate contentsillustrations lists/tables XXX 30 chapters32 sepia/monochrome photographs includes frntisa gatefold b/w regional map with some minimal silverfish nibbling to it's bottom corner and part of same edge at rear plus unpaginated half-titlemonochrome photographic frntisand title page.<br /> 'It was the romantic side of Lawrence's exploits during the Arab Revolt of 1917-18 rather than my admiration for his undoubted military genius which made me decide upon a journey of many thousands of miles in order to follow in his tracks'. A detailed travelogue followingtracing Lawrence's WW11917 -18 Arab Revolt's footsteps of his guerilla warfare against the Turks and the Ottoman Empire in defence of the freedom and independence of his friendsthe Arabs.<br /> Since April 2013 and again in March 2015and in this year toothe UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template altering it's pricesweight allowancesdimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!<br />Soplease contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!</p> LONDON.RICH & COWAN,LTD.,undated,(but circa 1939) hardcover
Bookseller reference : rja853419
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THOMAS HUGH
SUEZ
U.S.A: Harper & Row 1966. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE and Vintage Jacket in Very Good Condition. Mylar jacket cover. An essay in contemporary history that explores and explains the extraordinary sequence of events that culminated in the Anglo-French Suez expedition in 1956 and the Israeli invasion of the Sinai Peninsula; the enmity between Dulles and Eden; the Israeli desire for a preventive war; the shades of Munich and appeasement that haunted British statesmen; the question of oil supplies; --so many aspects perhaps unknown or forgotten about this international crises in the 1950s. Black cloth red and yellow titled on spine; very clean and unmarked; no edgewear; top edge of text block dust-dulled; tight and solid binding. internals in fine condition. Clean black jacket with orange lettering rubbed light edgewear light chipping to spine ends. 264 pages. 5.75x8.5". 1966 Harper & Row USA Harper & Row hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015102
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Thomas Lowell
With Lawrence in Arabia
London: Hutchinson Book. Good. Cloth. Reprint. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. In the Hutchinson's Booklovers Library series No. 16.Some chipping tearing and rubbing to d/j. Hutchinson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 038095
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Thomas E. Burman.
Latince Kur'an çevirileri. Translation: Nisan Alici.
As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Roy. 8vo. 288 p. In Turkish edition. Most of what we know about attitudes toward Islam in the medieval and early modern West has been based on polemical treatises against Islam written by Christian scholars preoccupied with defending their own faith and attacking the doctrines of others. Christian readings of the Qur'an have in consequence typically been depicted as tedious and one-dimensional exercises in anti-Islamic hostility. In Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560, Thomas E. Burman looks instead to a different set of sources: the Latin translations of the Qur'an made by European scholars and the manuscripts and early printed books in which these translations circulated. Using these largely unexplored materials, Burman argues that the reading of the Qur'an in Western Europe was much more complex. While their reading efforts were certainly often focused on attacking Islam, scholars of the period turned out to be equally interested in a whole range of grammatical, lexical, and interpretive problems presented by the text. Indeed, these two approaches were interconnected: attacking the Qur'an often required sophisticated explorations of difficult Arabic grammatical problems. Furthermore, while most readers explicitly denounced the Qur'an as a fraud, translations of the book are sometimes inserted into the standard manuscript format of Christian Bibles and other prestigious Latin texts (small, centered blocks of text surrounded by commentary) or in manuscripts embellished with beautiful decorated initials and elegant calligraphy for the pleasure of wealthy collectors. Addressing Christian-Muslim relations generally, as well as the histories of reading and the book, Burman offers a much fuller picture of how Europeans read the sacred text of Islam than we have previously had.
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Thomas Fenton Editor
Middle East : A Directory of Resources -
Oribus Press - 1988. PB/pub.1988/Gd. condition/148 pages - Organizations Books Periodicals Pamphlets & Articles Audiovisuals. TK22908z. Soft Cover. Good. Oribus Press - Paperback
Bookseller reference : 2908z
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THOMAS John -
La storia del colonnello Lawrence.
Milano, Fabbri, 1959, 8vo cart. cop. colori, pp. 220 con tav. colori f.t.
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Thomas Kiernan
The Arabs -
Abacus Publishing - 1978. PB/Fair condition/557 pages - Discusses arab history their aims and challenge to the industrialized world. K912HR1. Soft Cover. Good. Abacus Publishing - Paperback
Bookseller reference : K912 ISBN : 0349120935 9780349120935
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Thomas L. Friedman
Longitudes And Attitudes Exploring the World After September 11
Middle East Wars: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2002. 383 pgs. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011209 ISBN : 0374190666 9780374190668
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Thomas L. Friedman
Longitudes And Attitudes Exploring the World After September 11
Middle East Wars: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2002. 383 pgs. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009132 ISBN : 0374190666 9780374190668
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Thomas Philipp & Haarmann Ulrich
The Mamluks in Egyptian Politics and Society
Cambridge U.K.: Cambridge University Press 1998. Scholarly text presents a collection of essays which provides a detailed introduction to the structure of political power under the Mamluks and its economic foundations and also offers a unique insight into the Mamluk households and their relationship with the indigenous Egyptian population. Topics cover Mamluk culturescience and education; Mamluk property geography and urban society; Mamluk rule and succession. 306 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : MS-24 ISBN : 0521591155 9780521591157
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Thomas T. Hammond
Red Flag Over Afghanistan -
Westview Press - 1984. PB/pub.1984/Gd.condition/261 pages - The communist coup the soviet invasion and the consequences are all discussed in this text. HT438594. Soft Cover. Good. Westview Press - Paperback
Bookseller reference : 38594
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Thomas, Bertram.
Arabia Felix. Across the "Empty Quarter" of Arabia. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932.
8vo. XXIX, (3), 397, (1) pp. With 2 maps, 74 photo illustrations on plates, and 7 text illustrations. Publisher's gilt red cloth with dustjacket. First American edition, published simultaneously with the London one. The preface was contributed by T. E. Lawrence. Among the many photograph illustrations is one of the earliest portraits of the Qatar royal family (facing p. 298). "In this book, Bertram Thomas relates some aspects of his journey in which he crossed the Rub' Al Khali (Empty Quarter) from Oman to Qatar, and provides geographical information about the peninsula of Qatar, especially the southern part. He also recorded his observations of the region stretching from the Gulf of Salwa to Al-Rayyan, where he met Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Emir of Qatar at the time (1930). The book includes photographs he took of Sheikh Abdullah, Mohamed bin Abdul-Latif bin Mani', and his brother Saleh bin Abdul-Latif bin Mani'. He gives some concise information about Al-Nuaija, Doha towers, and the castle" (Fikri). - Inscribed "to Crosby" by "the Shorts" (12 March 1933) on the flyleaf. A fine copy. Macro 2185. M. H. Fikri, Qatar in the Heart and in History (2011), p. 46f. (illustrated).
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Thomas, Bertram.
Arabia Felix. Across the "Empty Quarter" of Arabia. London, Jonathan Cape, 1932.
8vo. XXIX, (3), 397, (1) pp. With 3 maps (one a large folding map of the Empty Quarter at the end of the volume), 74 photo illustrations on plates, and 7 text illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth with title in gilt to spine. First edition, published simultaneously with the New York one. The preface was contributed by T. E. Lawrence. Among the many photograph illustrations is one of the earliest portraits of the Qatar royal family (facing p. 298). "In this book, Bertram Thomas relates some aspects of his journey in which he crossed the Rub' Al Khali (Empty Quarter) from Oman to Qatar, and provides geographical information about the peninsula of Qatar, especially the southern part. He also recorded his observations of the region stretching from the Gulf of Salwa to Al-Rayyan, where he met Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Emir of Qatar at the time (1930). The book includes photographs he took of Sheikh Abdullah, Mohamed bin Abdul-Latif bin Mani', and his brother Saleh bin Abdul-Latif bin Mani'. He gives some concise information about Al-Nuaija, Doha towers, and the castle" (Fikri). - Provenance: armorial bookplate of Arthur Garrard to front pastedown. Later in the collection of the Dutch traveller Ruud Verkerk. Macro 2185. M. H. Fikri, Qatar in the Heart and in History (2011), p. 46f. (illustrated).
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Thomas, Bertram.
The Arabs. London, Thornton Butterworth, 1937.
8vo. 372 pp. With frontispiece portrait, 4 maps (1 folding) & 17 plates. Publisher's gilt cloth with chipped and spotted dustjacket. First edition of this overview of Arab history and culture work that draws upon the author's own experience in the region and includes some of T. E. Lawrence's exploits. - Inscribed on the front free endpaper in the year of publication: "To the Rt Hon and Mrs L.S. Amery, With respects, Bertram Thomas, May 1937". - Bertram Thomas's (1892-1950) "first crossing of the Empty Quarter, albeit by the shortest and easiest route, assured him a permanent place in the history of European exploration of Arabia. He was admired by T. E. Lawrence (who wrote a preface to one of his books) and by his successor Wilfred Thesiger, who found twenty years later that Thomas was remembered by the Bedouin as an honourable, brave, and tolerant man" (ODNB). Leopold Amery (1873-1955) served a Colonial Secretary as well as Secretary of State for India and Burma in Churchill's war ministry. - A few minor spots, but still a very good copy. Macro 2186.
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THOMPSON David W.
Dictionary of Bible Places. Illustrated by William Duncan.
Nashville: Abingdon Press. 1990. "Lists most of the villages cities rivers mountains provinces and nations mentioned in the Bible along with a brief summary of their location and contributions to the unfolding drama of Bible life and history". Pp 47 many b/w illustrations. P/b. VG. . Nashville: Abingdon Press. 1990. unknown
Bookseller reference : 21714
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Thompson Jack H. and Robert D. Reischauer editors
Modernization of the Arab World
Princeton: D. Van Nostrand 1966. New Perspectives in Political Science 11. Two small check marks in the margin of table of contents. Owner's name on first page. xiii 249 pages. 20.2 cm. Wrappers Softcover. Condition: Good/none. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. Princeton: D. Van Nostrand, (1966) paperback
Bookseller reference : 7771
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Thomson WM
Jaffa and the Plain of Sharon. a Visit Made to the Ancient City in 1860
Laurel Maryland.: Preservation Reprints/Wordmax Books. Reprint from The Land of the Book published in 1860. "Jaffa Joppa One of the Oldest Cities in the World Natural Landing Place of Pilgrims to Jerusalem Fruit Trade in Pomegrantes Lemons and Apricot Persian Water Wheels Pottery Manufactories etc. " Tall stapled paper covers. Unpaginated 10 pp. Includes two plates. Fine. Book. Preservation Reprints/Wordmax Books. unknown
Bookseller reference : 32730
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Thomson, Charles.
The History of Mahomet, That Grand Impostor. Glasgow, J. & M. Robertson, 1783.
8vo. 40 pp. Modern marbled wrappers. Third edition, following two editions published in Edinburgh in 1781 and 1782. The pamphlet purports to give "a minute account of his parentage, rise and progress, his miraculous journey to Jerusalem, and from thence, through the seven Heavens. Their distance one from another. His access to the Divine Presence; and what marvellous things he saw and heard. His robberies and wars. His wives and concubines; with a particular account of his death and burial. Also, an account of the principal tenets of religions taught by that impostor and his followers, etc." - Browned throughout; final leaf remargined. Rare in all editions. OCLC 316386491. ESTC T167642. Not in Chauvin or Gay.
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Thomson, John.
Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia, Red Sea &c. London, [ca. 1814].
Engraved map (61 x 51 cm), hand-coloured in outline. Shows east to west Caravan routes. Marked with various well locations. Al-Qasimi 221.
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Thorn, W. & F.
W. & F. Thorn Carriage Pattern Book. London, [ca. 1867].
Oblong 8vo (250 x 150 mm). Ornate lithograph title page and 38 plates in original hand colour, some parts varnished with albumin. Original full brown morocco stamped in gilt and blind. All edges gilt. 38 stunningly hand-coloured plates of coaches in various styles, ranging from the plainest to the most elaborate and luxurious. The first two plates depict horses, a pair and a single horse, harnessed respectively to pull the coaches. The imagery is rich and vibrant; the binding is tight. - William Thomas Thorn (1819-81) and his brother Frederick (1822-82?) continued the prestigious family coachbuilding concern founded by their father Willliam in 1824. Upper board with gilt royal coat of arms and title "W. & F. Thorn Coach Builders & Harness Makers, by Special Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen" within a gilt geometric and floral border with embossed corner pieces. Lower board with same border design but all embossed. Expertly rebacked retaining the original spine; endpapers renewed. Rubbing and slight chipping along edges; occasional foxing, mostly affecting tissue guards. A scarce item, with no copies located on OCLC or COPAC.
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Thornburg Max Weston
People and Policy in the Middle East
NY: Norton. Good with no dust jacket; Ex-Library with Markins. 1964. Hardbound. 249 pages . Norton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 34265
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Thornbury Walter.
TURKISH LIFE AND CHARACTER
London: Smith Elder 1860. 2 vols. xii 283 32 Pubs. advts.; 293; extra tinted pictorial title-pages 8 tinted plates original gilt cloth. Ex- W.H. Smith & Son's Subscription Library with their bookplate and four-page brochure tipped-in vol. 1. Title-page. of vol. 1 and frontispiece of vol. 2 clipped. Hinges and spines skilfully repaired minor chips and stains else very good. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Octavo. Smith, Elder Paperback
Bookseller reference : S2549
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Thornton, John.
A Large Draught of the Coast of Arabia from Maculla to Dofar. By Sam.l Thornton at the signe of England Scotl.d and Ireland in the Mnories London. London, Samuel Thornton, [1711].
Engraved map (43 x 53 cm), hand-coloured in outline. Rare chart of the southern coasts of Yemen and Oman, published in “The English Pilot... the Third Book”, engraved by Sutton Nichols. Tibbetts 177. Not in Al Ankary; Al-Qasimi.
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Thou, Jacques-Auguste de.
Hieracosophiou, sive de re accipitraria libri III. Paris, Robert Estienne for Mamert Patisson, 1587.
8vo. 126 pp., final blank f. With printer's device on t. p. Half vellum (c. 1900) with marbled boards and giltstamped spine title. Edges sprinkled in red. Third edition of the famous "Hieracosophion", the second to contain the third book. - "Celebrated poem on falconry" (Schwerdt), written in Latin hexameters by Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617), a distinguished and highly erudite French nobleman. "His poem was reprinted by N. Rigault in 'Rei Accipitrariae Scriptores' in 1612 and also translated into Italian [...] De Thou succeeded his father, Christophe, as president of parliament; he was privy councillor to Henry III, and also to Henry IV of France, and keeper of his library. He was not thirty when he composed the elegant verses on hawking, which were probably inspired by the experience he gained of this noble sport during his sojourns at foreign courts" (ibid.). On p. 7, we find "an important note on the various kinds of hawks used for Falconry, with the Latin and French names for them" (Harting). - Very minor brownstaining; traces of an old bookseller's label on endpapers. A good copy. Adams T 658. BM-STC French 225. Barbier IV, 1270. Harting 306. Souhart 461. Schwerdt II, 261. Thiébaud 897. Graesse VI/2, 147. OCLC 69042873. Cf. Brunet V, 840 (first ed. 1584). Not in Renouard or Schreiber.
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Thou, Jacques-Auguste de.
Il Falconiere. Venice, Giambatista Albrizzi, 1735.
4to. 2 parts in one volume. (34), 50, (18), 223 pp. With engraved frontispiece, title vignette, portrait, and 9 vignettes. Contemporary vellum. Author's presentation copy, later in the Harting library. First Italian edition, including the Latin original and another instructional poem by P. A. Bargeo. "First and best Italian edition of de Thou's famous Latin poem on hawking with an Italian translation" (Schwerdt). - The famous statesman and bibliophile J. A. de Thou (1553-1617) was a great enthusiast of falconry. His poem, in hexameters, is based on his own observations; it was written during the author's travels through France, Italy, and Germany. Among the nine engraved vignettes are four large falconry-themed headpieces. The portrait shows Cardinal de Beauveau (engraved by R. Pozzi after A. David). Finely printed in two columns on untrimmed laid papier. - Provenance: James Edmund Harting (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown), "ex dono Auctoris" (contemporary ink inscription to first title). - Some waterstaining and foxing. Harting 284. Schwerdt p. 261. Thiébaud 898 ("Belle édition").
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Thubron Colin
Mirror to Damascus
<p>London: Arrow Books. 1990 1st ed. thus. 226pp. paperback: near Fine text is lightly age browned; else a nice crisp copy An evocation of Damascus by the lyrical English travel writer originally published in 1967.</p> London: Arrow Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 17561 ISBN : 009972720X 9780099727200
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Thubron Colin
The Hills of Adonis : A Quest in Lebanon.
Boston: Little Brown & Co 1968 Fascinating account of travels in the mountains of Lebanon in the days before the devastation of the Civil War. 179p. Illus. Bibliography.Index. News clipped review from newspaper pased to ffep else near fine. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Slight Chips. Little Brown & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 29085
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Thubron Colin
The Hills of Adonis : A Journey in Lebanon.
London: Penguin 1987 Fascinating account of travels in the mountains of Lebanon in the days before the devastation of the Civil War. Pbk.201p. Bibliography.Index. First Pbk.Ed. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : 25134 ISBN : 0140124063 9780140124064
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Thubron Colin
The Hills of Adonis : A Journey in Lebanon.
London: Penguin 1987 Fascinating account of travels in the mountains of Lebanon in the days before the devastation of the Civil War. Pbk.201p. Bibliography.Index. First Pbk.Ed. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : 11671 ISBN : 0140124071 9780140124071
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Tibi Bassam with Marion Farouk Sluglett and Peter Sluglett eds. and transl.
Arab Nationalism: A Critical Enquiry
London: Macmillan 1981. Hard bound in brown cloth first edition extensively referenced 286pp includes bibliography and index. Previous owner name neatly top of front free endpaper. Very good/-- no dust jacket. 545 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. London: Macmillan, 1981 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 21370 ISBN : 0333237145 9780333237144
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TIBI Bassam
Islam Between Culture and Politics
Palgrave Macmillan 2001. hbk 296pp. ISBN:0333751205 excellent in dj as new. Palgrave Macmillan 2001, hardcover
Bookseller reference : IC248 ISBN : 0333751205 9780333751206
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