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ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Great Britain and Palestine 1915-1936.
Royal Institute of International Affairs 1937. 8vo. First Edition; original green wrappers covers lightly age-soiled else a very good clean copy. Sold from an institution with its labels on wrappers and endpapers. Royal Institute of International Affairs, unknown
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AEP. WEIGALL A. E.
The Life and Times of Akhnaton Pharaoh of Egypt.
Blackwood 1910. 8vo. First Edition with coloured frontispiece coloured plate and 23 plates in monochrome moderate to heavy foxing throughout; original blue cloth backstrip lettered in white covers mildly age-soiled else a good firm copy. Blackwood, hardcover
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WM. THOMSON W. M.
The Land and the Book. Or Biblical Illustrations drawn from the Manners and Customs the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S CLOTH
Nelson 1878. 8vo. with an engraved frontispiece and 13 engraved plates all original tissue guards present and number engraved illustrations in the text preliminaries lightly spotted; original ochre cloth upper board blocked and lettered in gilt and black gilt back bevelled boards brown endpapers corners lightly bruised hinges starting but binding entirely sound else a very good bright clean copy. Nelson, hardcover
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EA. Wallis BUDGE E. A.
A History of Egypt from the End of the Neolithic Period to the Death of Cleopatra VII. Books on Egypt and Chaldea. BRIGHT CLEAN SET IN PUBLISHER'S CLOTH
Kegan Paul Trench Trubner 1902. 8 vols. 8vo. with large folding map; original tan cloth upper boards and backstrips lettered in black a very good bright clean set. The set comprises: Vol. I: Egypt in the Neolithic and Archaic Periods; Vol. II: Egypt under the Great Pyramid Builders; Vol. III: Egypt under the Amenemhats and Hyksos; Vol. IV: Egypt and the Asiatic Empire; Vol. V: Egypt under Rameses the Great; Vol. VI: Egypt under the Priest-Kings Tanites and Nubians; Vol. VII: Egypt under the Saites Persians and Ptolomies; Vol. VIII: Egypt under the Ptolomies and Cleopatra VII. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION Kegan Paul Trench Trubner, hardcover
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KDD. HENDERSON K. D.
Survey of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1898-1944. With an Introductory Historical Notes by E. . Corbyn. IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
Longmans Green & Co. 1946. 8vo. First Edition with 24 plates on 16 and a full-page map; green cloth upper board lettered in black a very good clean copy in dustwrapper. Longmans Green & Co., hardcover
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J. BAIKIE
Egyptian Antiquities in the Nile Valley.
Methuen 1932. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece plates plans in the text and a map; original red cloth gilt back lower board lightly mottled at fore-edge else a very good bright clean copy. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION Methuen, hardcover
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P. MANSEL
Constantinople. City of the World's Desire 1453-1924. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
John Murray 1995. 8vo. First Edition with 60 plates on 32; black cloth gilt back cream endpapers a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION John Murray, hardcover
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Charles Montagu DOUGHTY
Wanderings in Arabia. Being an Abridgement of 'Travels in Arabia Deserta'. Second Impression thus.
Duckworth 1927. 8vo. Second Impression thus with a frontispiece and folding map small neat signature on half-title; original green cloth gilt back a very good clean copy. Nice copy of the second impression of the first single-volume edition. Garnett's abridgement of Doughty's nineteenth century classic first published in two volumes in 1908 brought the work to a new and appreciative audience including T E Lawrence. Professor Bonney Doughty's geological tutor attributed to this publication the award by the RGS of the Founder's Gold Medal in 1912. The first single-volume edition appeared in 1926. Scarce. Duckworth, hardcover
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LW. KING and HR. HALL L. W. H. R.
Egypt and Western Asia in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Containing One Hundred Plates and Illustrations. ROBERT SINKER'S COPY
SPCK 1907. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece original tissue guard captioned in red present and numerous plates and illustrations in the text; original red buckram bevelled boards gilt back black endpapers uncut backstrip very lightly sunned else a remarkably bright fresh clean copy. ROBERT SINKER'S COPY WITH HIS SIGNED INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO. Robert Sinker 1838-1913 was famously Librarian of Trinity College Cambridge and Chaplain of Trinity College Chapel. He compiled several bibliographical works including a scholarly account of the College library and the standard Catalogue of its Fifteenth-Century Printed Books and was active also as a biblical scholar publishing a number of textual studies resulting from the progressive archaeology of the Holy Land. A SPLENDID AND IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY. SPCK, hardcover
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EW. LANE E. W.
An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians written in Egypt during the Years 1833-1835. IN FULL MOROCCO
Alexander Gardner 1895. 8vo. with engraved frontispiece original tissue guard present illustrated title printed title in red and black and 92 engravings 26 full-page in the text; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco back gilt with five raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt chocolate endpapers uncut original gilt from backstrip preserved and mounted on new leaf at front a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With small blind stamp on printed title and small stamp on half-title and last leaf of index. A lovely copy. Alexander Gardner, hardcover
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JA. de C. HAMILTON ed. J. A.
The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from Within. With a Foreword by Sir Stewart Symes. HUMPHREY BELL'S COPY IN FULL MOROCCO
Faber 1935. 8vo. First Edition with a large folding coloured map; handsomely bound in red full morocco back with raised bands lettered and ruled in gilt a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With the trade ticket of Hugh Rees of Regent Street on front paste-down. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF SIR HUMPHREY BELL AND WAS PRESENTED BY HIM TO HIS ALMA MATER WITH ITS PRESENTATION BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. One of the greatest English public servants of the Sudan Sir Bernard Humphrey Bell 1884-1959 was the second son of the Rev. J.T. Bell headmaster of Christ's Hospital School then at Hertford. He was educated at Christ's Hospital 1894-1903 followed by a scholarship to Trinity College Cambridge where he graduated BA in 1906. In the following year he joined the Sudan Political Service and in 1912 married Lilian Constance Bagot daughter of the Rev. G.P. Dew. In 1917 he was called to the bar at Gray's Inn and from 1918-1923 served in Baghdad first as President of the Court of First Instance and then as President of the Court of Appeal. In 1923 he returned to Sudan as Judge of the High Court having first been appointed CBE in that year. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Sudan in 1926 and received the insignia of the second class of the Order of the Nile from the King of Egypt in 1929. From 1930-1936 he served as Legal Secretary to the Government of the Sudan after which he retired and was created KBE in the following year. During WWII he served as Assistant Legal Advisor to the Home Office. Sir Humphrey Bell died in Hampshire in 1959. AN OUTSTANDING ASSOCIATION COPY. Faber, hardcover
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A. ZE'V
Israel Reborn.
Lewin-Epstein Tel-Aviv 1965. 4to. First Edition with very numerous photographs many full-page in the text and pictorial endpapers; original ivory cloth backstrip lettered in brown a very good bright clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front free endpaper verso and presentation bookplate on half-title. THIS COPY WAS PRESENTED BY PROFESSOR JACK MORPURGO. Collects over 140 photographs many not previously published recording the events between 1947 and 1949. Captions include extended text and poetry. Very scarce. Lewin-Epstein, Tel-Aviv, hardcover
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John GADSBY
Mount Sinai and the Holy Land in 1864. IN WHOLLY UNRESTORED PUBLISHER'S BINDING
Alfred Gadsby 1864. 8vo. First Edition with 4 engraved illustrations 2 full-page and a full-page engraved map in the text; neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original brown cloth boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind upper board lettered in gilt yellow endpapers upper joint very lightly rubbed else a remarkably well-preserved bright clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Vividly-written personal account of the author's journey from Marseilles through Palestine and Egypt in 1864. A MOST DESIRABLE COPY IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL AND FRAGILE BINDING OF A WORK FAR SCARCER THAN ITS PREDECESSOR 'MY WANDERINGS'. RARE. Alfred Gadsby, hardcover
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DP. BARROWS D. P.
Berbers and Blacks. Impressions of Morocco Timbuktu and the Western Sudan. IN FULL MOROCCO
Appleton-Century Company 1927. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece 43 plates on 30 2 plans in the text a full-page map in the text and 2 maps on 1 folder; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco back gilt with five raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt uncut a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Handsome copy of a very scarce account Appleton-Century Company, hardcover
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DS. MARGOLIOUTH D. S.
Cairo Jerusalem & Damascus. Three Chief Cities of the Egyptian Sultans. Illustrated by W.S.S. Tyrwhitt and R. Barratt. NEAR FINE COPY NEATLY REBACKED
Chatto & Windus 1907. 8vo. First Edition with a mounted coloured frontispiece original captioned tissue guard present title in blue and black 57 fine coloured plates and 4 line illustrations in the text; original green cloth upper board lettered in gilt with coloured illustration mounted in centre frame gilt back gilt top uncut very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a near fine copy. With the separately printed addendum slip facing text. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
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John Bagot GLUBB
Britain and the Arabs. A Study of Fifty Years 1908-1958.
Hodder & Stoughton 1959. 8vo. First Edition with 31 maps several double-page and full-page and front and rear endpaper maps; blue cloth gilt gilt back a very good bright copy. Sold from an institution with its stamp on front paste-down bookplate on front free endpaper verso and small blind stamp on title. First edition of Glubb Pasha's third book and a well-known standard reference. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
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CJ. EDMONDS C. J.
Kurds Turks and Arabs. Politics Travel and Research in North-Eastern Iraq 1919-1925. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oxford University Press 1957. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece 31 plates on 16 2 large folding maps a full-page map and 2 full-page plans in the text and endpaper maps in orange; original buff cloth gilt back a remarkably bright fresh clean copy in unclipped moderately age-soiled dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its inscription on front board small label scar on front paste-down bookplate on half-title verso and neat blind stamp on title. THESE ATTRIBUTES NOTWITHSTANDING THIS IS A REMARKABLY BRIGHT CLEAN COPY OF A PRACTICALLY UNOBTAINABLE WORK. With dustwrapper artwork by Anthony Gross. This important account covers the diplomatic and military history of the Mosul dispute between Great Britain and Turkey from 1918 to 1925 with a detailed appreciation from the author's own experiences as political officer and member of the Anglo-Iraqi delegation of the Committee of the League of Nations. In addition it contains much new information of the geography and antiquities of north-eastern Iraq the secular frontier dispute between the Ottoman and Persian Empires the organization and influence of the mystical dervish fraternities modern cultural activity and other facets of Kurdish society. THIS REGION ALSO SAW THE FIRST ASSIGNMENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AS THE ARM PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTERNAL DEFENCE AND INTERNAL ORDER. Rare. Oxford University Press, hardcover
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H. St. John PHILBY
Arabia. IN FULL MOROCCO
Ernest Benn 1930. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with a large folding map on japon title very lightly spotted; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco back gilt with five raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With a double-page genealogy of the House of Sa'ud. Lovely copy of a key work by the great Arabist. Ernest Benn, hardcover
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RS. STAFFORD R. S.
The Tragedy of the Assyrians. ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
Allen & Unwin 1935. 8vo. First Edition with a large folding map on japon as frontispiece nd a folding map on japon; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco back gilt with five raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With small blind stamp on title. With 4pp contemporary catalogue from publisher John Murray loosely inserted. Lovely copy of a scarce and important work. Allen & Unwin, hardcover
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HJL. BEADNELL H. J.
An Egyptian Oasis. An Account of the Oasis of Kharga in the Libyan Desert with special Reference to its History Physical Geography and Water-Supply.
John Murray 1909. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece original tissue guard present 34 plates on 27 a full-page map full-page diagram full-page map in the text and a large folding map; original blue cloth upper board blocked and lettered in gilt gilt back gilt top uncut backstrip lightly faded else a very good bright clean copy. This copy was formerly in the library of Christ's Hospital School and bears its bookplate and press-mark on front paste-down and small neat blind stamp on title. The author served with the Geological Survey of Egypt. Extremely scarce especially in this condition. John Murray, hardcover
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HJL. BEADNELL H. J.
An Egyptian Oasis. An Account of the Oasis of Kharga in the Libyan Desert with special Reference to its History Physical Geography and Water-Supply. IN FULL MOROCCO
John Murray 1909. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece original tissue guard present 34 plates on 27 a full-page map full-page diagram full-page map in the text and a large folding map; handsomely bound in dark blue full morocco back gilt with raised bands gilt top uncut gilt from original board and backstrip preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Sold from an institution with its small neat blind stamp on title. The author served with the Geological Survey of Egypt. Extremely scarce especially in this condition. John Murray, hardcover
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SK. EDDY S. K.
The King is Dead. Studies in the Near Eastern Resistance to Hellenism 334-31 BC. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
University of Nebraska Press Lincoln NE 1961. 8vo. First Edition with a large folding map as frontispiece and 8 plates on 4; original terracotta cloth gilt back a very good clean in the dustwrapper the latter with one short closed tear. Very scarce especially in this condition. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln NE, hardcover
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John Bagot GLUBB
Britain and the Arabs. A Study of Fifty Years 1908-1958.
Hodder & Stoughton 1959. 8vo. First Edition with 31 maps several double-page and full-page and front and rear endpaper maps; blue cloth gilt gilt back a very good clean copy in the pictorial dustwrapper the latter very lightly frayed at extremities. First edition of Glubb Pasha's third book and a well-known standard reference. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover
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DS. MARGOLIOUTH D. S.
Cairo Jerusalem and Damascus. Three Chief Cities of the Egyptian Sultans. With Illustrations in Colour by W S S Tyrwhitt and Additional Plates by Reginald Barratt.
Chatto & Windus 1907. 8vo. First Edition with a coloured frontispiece 57 fine coloured plates and 4 illustrations in the text; original decorative green cloth upper board blocked and lettered in gilt and colours gilt back gilt top covers mildly age-marked else a very good clean copy. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
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T. NICOL
The Croall Lecture for 1898. Recent Archaeology and the Bible.
Blackwood Edinburgh 1899. 8vo. First Edition neat signature on front free endpaper verso; original navy cloth gilt back uncut blue endpapers lower hinge starting but binding entirely sound else a very good bright clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Blackwood, Edinburgh, hardcover
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JG. DUNCAN J. G.
Digging Up Biblical History. Recent Archaeology in Palestine and its Bearing on the Old Testament Historical Narratives. The Croall Lectures for 1928-1929 amplified.
SPCK 1931. 2 vols 8vo. First Edition with frontispieces and very numerous plates and illustrations in the text some light occasional and inoffensive spotting; original blue cloth gilt backs a remarkably bright clean copy. A comprehensive and detailed survey with a wealth of valuable period photographs. A prominent Egyptologist of his day Duncan worked with Flinders Petrie on Hyksos and the Israelite cities and excavated at Nippur in Babylonia. A lovely copy and uncommon in this condition. SPCK, hardcover
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JL. PORTER J. L.
The Giant Cities of Bashan; and Syria's Holy Places.
Nelson 1877. 8vo. with a tinted lithographed frontispiece original tissue guard present engraved and printed titles 6 tinted lithographed plates and several woodcut plans in the text; wanting front free endpaper half-title and frontispiece recto lightly spotted; original brown cloth upper board blocked and lettered in gilt and black gilt back bevelled edges brown top fore-edges browning small pull at headband but binding wholly sound else a good firm copy. Porter's classic travelogue was first published in 1865. With 8pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. With general index and index of scriptural texts explained. Nelson, hardcover
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MA. MURRAY M. A.
Petra. The Rock City of Edom.
Blackie 1939. 8vo. First Edition with 32 plates and 2 full-page maps in the text; original red cloth gilt back covers and edges lightly dust-soiled else a very good clean copy. With personal bookplate and inscriptions on front free endpaper. Blackie, hardcover
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WB. WORSFOLD W. B.
The Redemption of Egypt.
George Allen 1899. 8vo. First Edition with a coloured frontispiece original tissue guard present 3 coloured plates original tissue guards present and numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text neat inscription on front free endpaper; original pictorial cloth upper board lettered in gilt enclosing illustration mounted in gilt frame backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt gilt top uncut a very good bright clean copy. Very scarce in anything like this condition. George Allen, hardcover
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Lady Hester STANHOPE and M. BRUCE
The Nun of Lebanon. The Love Affair of Lady Hester Stanhope and Michael Bruce. Their Newly Discovered Letters.
Collins 1951. 8vo. First Edition; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in the dustwrapper the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges Collins, hardcover
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Flinders PETRIE
Egyptian Architecture. BRIGHT CLEAN COPY
British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Bernard Quaritch 1938. 8vo. First Edition with 34 plates containing 155 photographs illustrations plans and diagrams; original terracotta cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in black upper board very lightly age-marked backstrip lightly frayed without material loss at head and tail two corners mildly bruised else a very good clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate removed from front paste-down small stamp on front free endpaper and single neat annotation on title. VERY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Bernard Quaritch, hardcover
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BRITISH MUSUEM
A General Introductory Guide to the Egyptian Galleries in the British Museum. New Edition Revised and Enlarged. Preface by H.R. Hall.
Trustees of the British Museum 1930. 8vo. First Edition thus with 233 photographs facsimiles illustrations and maps in the text; original printed boards upper board and backstrip lettered in black a remarkably bright clean copy. Budge then Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities compiled his original guide in 1909 since which time it has been several times revised and updated. A lovely copy of an extensive edition. Trustees of the British Museum, hardcover
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Tim SEVERIN
Crusader. By Horse to Jerusalem. Photographs by Peter Essick.
Hutchinson 1989. 8vo. First Edition with numerous coloured plates and monochrome illustrations in the text; purple cloth gilt back a very good clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper Hutchinson, hardcover
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CL. WOOLLEY C. L.
Antiquities of Ur. An Introduction to the Seventh Temporary Exhibition of the Joint Expedition of the British Museum and of the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania to Mesopotamia.
For the British Museum by University Press Oxford 1929. 8vo. First Edition with a plan as frontispiece and 4 plates some very light spotting; original printed wrappers wire-stitched as issued a very good clean copy. Woolley was director of the joint expedition. [For the] British Museum [by] University Press, Oxford, unknown
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ER. BEVAN and C. SINGER eds. E. R.
The Legacy of Israel. Essays by George Adam Smith E. Bevan F. C. Burkitt R. T. Herford A G Charles D. Singer C Box W B. Selbie N. Isaacs L Roth A Meillet Laurie Magnus C. G. Montifiore.
Clarendon Press Oxford 1927. 8vo. First Edition with numerous plates; cloth gilt back a very good clean copy. Very nice copy. Clarendon Press, Oxford, hardcover
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J. TALLIS. J. RAPKIN
Map of Arabia. Facsimile re-issue.
Felix Rosensteil's Widow & Son for Trident International n.d. c. 1985. Steel-engraved map on ivory stock measuring 12. 25 x 15.5 ins approx. 31.25 x 39.0 cms with engraved surface 8.75 x 11.75 ins approx. 22.0 x 30.0 cms coloured in outline; four coloured vignettes of Arab Women Arab Men with horse Camel and Palm and Mount Sinai illustrations by H. Warren; engraving by J. Rogers; decorative scroll frame incorporating title cartouche a fine copy. Mounted ready for framing in double card mount ivory over blue with gilt frame border. Rapkin's map for Tallis was first issued c. 1856 and contains significantly more detail that that produced for the 'Illustrated Atlas' of 1851. Areas covered include Babylon Basra Cairo Jerusalem Oman Persian Gulf Red Sea and Suez. This high-quality facsimile accurately reflects thetones of the contemporary hand colouring and makes a most attractive map at a fraction of the cost of the original. Felix Rosensteil's Widow & Son for Trident International, unknown
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Sadiq H. E. Dr. Issa
Ferdousi: His Life His Personality and His Work
Tehran Iran: British Council. Very Good; Covers sunned and worn at edges. 1945. Softcover. A public lecture given by Sadiq at the Anglo-Persian Institute Tehran 2 December 1945. Blue printed wraps. Text in English and Persian/Farsi. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . British Council paperback
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LAWRENCE T. E
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom: A Triumph
Anchor Books New York: 1991. Softcover. Good condition. Some slight staining. Lawrence's account of the campaign in Arabia as the Arabs rose against the Turks with British assistance during World War I. Includes an Index. "This is an amazing book - amazing in the story that it tells but amazing too that it could ever have been written at all." - The New York Times Anchor Books, New York: 1991 paperback
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SCHAYEGH CYRUS
The Middle East And The Making Of The Modern World
Harvard University Press Cambridge Massachusetts and London England: 2017. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. In The Middle East and the Making of the Modern World Cyrus Schayegh takes up a fundamental problem historians face: how to make sense of the spatial layeredness of the past. He argues that the modern world's ultimate socio-spatial feature was not the oft-studied processes of globalization or state formation or urbanization. Rather it was fast-paced mutually transformative intertwinements of cities regions states and global circuits a bundle of processes he calls transpatialization. To make this case Schayegh's study pivots around Greater Syria Bilad al-Sham in Arabic which is roughly coextensive with present-day Syria Jordan Lebanon and Israel/Palestine. From this region Schayegh looks beyond to imperial and global connections diaspora communities and neighboring Egypt Iraq and Turkey. And he peers deeply into Bilad al-Sham: at cities and their ties and at global economic forces the Ottoman and European empire-states and the post-Ottoman nation-states at work within the region. He shows how diverse socio-spatial intertwinements unfolded in tandem during a transformative stretch of time the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries and concludes with a postscript covering the 1940s to 2010s. Cyrus Schayegh is Associate Professor of International History at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Geneva. "The Middle East and the Making of the Modern World is an innovative interpretation of the Middle East especially the region known as Greater Syria as both a history and a geography. Written from a non-western perspective Cyrus Schayegh's book offers a much-needed challenge to how we talk about the formation of the modern world. A must-read for Middle East specialists as well as for all who are interested in international history."�Nezar AlSayyad author of Cairo: Histories of a City "Cyrus Schayegh has brought to life the interlocking imperial national local urban and regional layers of nineteenth and twentieth century Greater Syria. Using stories from interviews memoirs diaries and photographs he focuses on the many pathways that sustained connections across this territory and through one hundred years of history."�Betty S. Anderson author of A History of the Modern Middle East: Rulers Rebels and Rogues Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2017 hardcover
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Forbes Rosita
Forbidden Road Kabul to Samarkand
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. Very Good. 1937. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. The spine ends and corners have some beginning bumping and rubbing. There are a couple of small spots of discoloration to the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "Rosita Forbes n�e Joan Rosita Torr 16 January 1890 � 30 June 1967 was an English travel writer and explorer. In 1920-21 she was the first European woman to visit the Kufra Oasis in Libya together with the Egyptian explorer Ahmed Hassanein in a period when this was closed to westerners." "The Silk Road or Silk Route was an ancient network of trade routes that were for centuries central to cultural interaction originally through regions of Eurasia connecting the East and West and stretching from the Korean peninsula and Japan to the Mediterranean Sea. The Silk Road concept refers to both the terrestrial and the maritime routes connecting Asia with Africa the Middle East and southern Europe. The overland Steppe route stretching through the Eurasian steppe is considered the ancestor to the Silk Roads." . E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc. hardcover
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Cooke David C.
Kuwait Miracle on the Desert
New York: W. W. Norton / Grosset & Dunlap Inc. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge nicks and spots of rubbing along with ground-in dirt. "Kuwait officially the State of Kuwait is a country in Western Asia. Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf it shares borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia. As of 2016 Kuwait has a population of 4.2 million people; 1.3 million are Kuwaitis and 2.9 million are expatriates. Expatriates account for 70% of the population. Oil reserves were discovered in commercial quantities in 1938. From 1946 to 1982 the country underwent large-scale modernization. In the 1980s Kuwait experienced a period of geopolitical instability and an economic crisis following the stock market crash. In 1990 Kuwait was invaded and later annexed by Saddam�s Iraq. The Iraqi occupation came to an end in 1991 after military intervention by coalition forces. At the end of the war there were extensive efforts to revive the economy and rebuild national infrastructure." . W. W. Norton / Grosset & Dunlap, Inc. hardcover
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VOGLER GARY
Iraq And The Politics Of Oil: An Insider's Perspective
University Press of Kansas Lawrence: 2017. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Was the Iraq war really about oil As a senior oil advisor for the Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance ORHA and briefly as minister of oil Gary Vogler thought he knew. But while doing research for a book about his experience in Iraq Vogler discovered that what he knew was not the whole story�or even the true story. The Iraq war did have an oil agenda underlying it one that Vogler had previously denied. This book is his attempt to set the record straight. Iraq and the Politics of Oil is a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the role of the US government in the Iraqi oil sector since 2003. Vogler describes the prewar oil planning and the important decisions made during hostilities to get Iraqi oil flowing several months ahead of schedule. He reveals how amid the instability of 2006 largely fueled by the arrogance of early US decisions the fixing of the Bayji Refinery contributed significantly to the success of the oil sector in the Sunni part of northern Iraq during and after the surge. Vogler gives us an expert insider's view of the largest oilfield auctions in the history of the international oil industry and his account shows how US Forces' focus on a single Iraqi point of failure in 2007 was a primary factor in the record productions and exports of 2012 through 2017. But under the successes so deftly chronicled here a darker political narrative finally emerges one that reaches back to the decision to go to war with Iraq. Uncovering it Vogler revises our understanding of what we were doing in Iraq even as he gives us a critical close-up view of that fraught enterprise. Gary Vogler is president of Howitzer Consulting LLC. From December 2006 to September 2011 he was a senior oil consultant for US Forces in Iraq and before that he served as deputy senior oil advisor CPA for Baghdad and as senior oil advisor ORHA for the Pentagon Kuwait and Baghdad. Vogler a former US Army officer has also worked in management positions at ExxonMobil and Mobil Oil Corporations for over two decades. "After five months of Pentagon planning and six years of implementation in Iraq Gary Vogler discovered the secret oil agenda that sent the United States to war in the Middle East. His revealing and compelling narrative will both surprise and anger many Americans about neoconservative greed dishonesty and treachery. Iraq and the Politics of Oil tells the truth�and the truth about this grave historical blunder is long overdue."�Donald T. Phillipsauthor of Lincoln on Leadership for Today "Mr. Vogler's first hand account of his years working to rebuild the Iraqi oil sector is a must-read for students of post-conflict reconstruction. It demonstrates how even with advanced planning by top industry experts this crucial sector still faced unanticipated bureaucratic infighting political interference Congressional budget constraints and deteriorating security. Mr. Vogler describes in intimate detail how a remarkable group of dedicated Iraqis and Americans came together to try to overcome these challenges providing valuable lessons for the future." �Ambassador Robin Raphel former Deputy Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence: 2017 hardcover
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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
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 71142X2 ISBN : 0781810175 9780781810173
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Cassels Lavender
The Struggle For The Ottoman Empire 1717-1740
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. The spine ends have some beginning bumping. The price clipped dust jacket has several small edge tears nicks and some rubbing to the spine ends. "With Constantinople as its capital and control of lands around the Mediterranean basin the Ottoman Empire was at the centre of interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds for six centuries. While the empire was once thought to have entered a period of decline following the death of Suleiman the Magnificent this view is no longer supported by the majority of academic historians. The empire continued to maintain a flexible and strong economy society and military throughout the seventeenth and much of the eighteenth century." . Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover
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Franzius Enno
History Of The Order Of Assassins
New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1969. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The text pages are generally clean and bright. The edges of the text block have spots of discoloration. The front pastedown page has a previous owner's inked name and date. The price clipped dust jacket has several edge tears nicks and spots of chipping along with spots of discoloration and wear. "Historian author. Franzius was a lecturer in history at Columbia University 1945-1958. His major published works are HISTORY OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE N. Y. Funk & Wagnalls 1968 and HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF ASSASSINS N. Y. Funk & Wagnalls 1969." "Assassins is the term used to refer to a group of individuals who were active during the medieval period known as Nizari Ismailis. Often described as a secret order led by a mysterious "Old Man of the Mountain" the Nizari Ismailis were a sect that formed in the late 11th century from a split within Ismailism � a branch of Shia Islam. The Nizaris posed a strategic threat to Sunni Seljuq authority by capturing and inhabiting several mountain fortresses throughout Persia and later Syria under the leadership of Hassan-i Sabbah. Asymmetric warfare psychological warfare and surgical strikes were often an employed tactic of the assassins drawing their opponents into submission rather than risk killing them." . Funk & Wagnalls hardcover
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CHANDRASEKARAN RAJIV
Imperial Life In The Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Alfred A. Knopf New York: 2006. Hardcover with dustjacket. Like New. An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone a walled-off enclave of towering plants posh villas and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and internal documents Chandrasekaran tells the story of the people and ideas that inhabited the Green Zone during the occupation from the impreial viceroy L. Paul Brenner III to the fleet of twentysomethings hired to implement the idea that Americans could build a Jeffersonian democracy in an embattled Middle Eastern country. Includes an Index. "An extraordinary vivid and compelling anatomy of a fiasco." -- Rick Atkinson author of An Army at Dawn ISBN: 1400044871. Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 2006 hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 89948X1 ISBN : 1400044871 9781400044870
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Graber G. S.
Caravans To Oblivion The Armenian Genocide 1915
New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Acclaimed author and historian G. S. Graber has crafted a searing narrative of "the forgotten genocide." Using newly available sources Graber offers definitive proof�denied even today by the Turkish government�that there was nothing less than a centrally organized government attempt to systematically eliminate the Armenian population in 1915. Placing the events of this effort within a broader historical context the author brings insight and perspective to the political economic and cultural upheaval that led to the murder of over one million Armenian men women and children. Firsthand accounts recall the climate that ignited the flames of anti-Armenian sentiment as the Ottoman Empire collapsed and a new leadership emerged. The political party of the Young Turks Ittihad ve Teraki the Turkish Committee of Union and Progress espoused the notion of Turanism a mythic glorification of Turkish ethnic identity and was devoted to restoring Turkey's shattered national pride." . John Wiley & Sons, Inc. hardcover
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TUCHMAN BARBARA. W
Bible And Sword: England And Palestine From The Bronze Age To Balfour
Ballantine Books New York: 1984. Softcover. Good condition. From early times the British people have been drawn to the Holy Land through two major influences: the translation of the Bible into English and later the imperial need to control the road to India and access to the oil of the Middle East. Demonstrates that the seeds of the present troubles in the Holy Land commenced many years before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Includes an Index. "Barbara Tuchman is a wise and witty writer a shrewd with a lively command of high drama." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer ISBN: 0345314271. Ballantine Books, New York: 1984 paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 54323X2 ISBN : 0345314271 9780345314277
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CARTER JIMMY
Palestine Peace Not Apartheid
Simon and Schuster Inc. New York: 2006. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Offers an assessment of what must be done to bring permanent peace to Israel with dignity and justice to Palestine. Pulling no punches Carter prescribes steps that must be taken for the two states to share the Holy Land without a system of apartheid or the constant fear of terrorism. Includes an Index. Simon and Schuster, Inc., New York: 2006 hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 88525X1
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Masterman E. W. G. M. D. F. R. C. S. Dr. Ernest William Gurney Masterman
The Deliverance Of Jerusalem
New York: George H. Doran Company. Very Good. 1918. Trade Edition. Pamphlet. Possible First American Edition. This is a trade sized pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The pamphlet formerly belonged to the Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry in Berkeley CA and has been bound inside a heavy-duty "photomount Pamphlet Binder" cardboard and cloth cover. The pamphlet is in Very Good only condition and was issued thus without a dust jacket. The cardboard cover has a library stock number on a sticker on the front panel. The pamphlet is in clean bright condition inside the binder. There is a bookplate with the school information adhered to the inside front cover of the binder. The front inner hinge of the pamphlet has some light pulling to the staples. The only library markings are on the table of contents page. "In the summer of 1914 the position of things in Palestine was entirely peaceful and certainly among the English American and French any idea that things could ever come to hostility between themselves and the Germans and Austrians or even more with the Turks would have seemed preposterous." The pamphlet covers some of the history of World War I as it related to the sweeping changes in the Levant and mentions some aspects of the issues in Turkey with a tidbit here and there on the Armenian Genocide. It also uses some biblical history as a foil to put the new war in perspective. " Dr. Ernest William Gurney Masterman 1867-1943 . In 1917 was described by the president of the Royal Geographical Society as having "lived on and off -- but mostly on -- for the last twenty years in Damascus or Jerusalem where he has been surgeon to the English Hospital. He is also the Honourary Secretary in Palestine for the Palestine Exploration Fund." Some online sources say that he was secretary of the British Palestine Society but this is probably the result of confusion with his position as secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Masterman at that stage the director of the Jewish Mission Hospital which had been founded by the London Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews in 1840 chaired the last meeting of the Jerusalem Literary and Scientific Society which took place at his house on 10 November 1913. The Jerusalem Literary and Scientific Society had been founded in 1849 by James Finn the British Consul in Jerusalem and his wife Elizabeth Anne Finn nee McCaul -- the Palestine Exploration Fund was an offshoot. Masterman was an associate of the archaeologist R. A. S. Macalister prior to the latter's return to Ireland in 1909. " . George H. Doran Company unknown
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