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EDDY S.K.
The King is Dead. Studies in the Near Eastern Resistance to Hellenism, 334-31 BC. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
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.
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SIM Katharine
David Roberts RA 1796-1864. A Biography. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, neat inscription on front free endpaper verso; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the trade ticket of Henry Sotheran on front paste-down and compliments slip loosely inserted. Scarce.
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[Sale Catalogue of] The Holy Land & Middle East. The Library of a Gentleman. Maps & Books from the Laor Collection. 23 March 1999. Sale: Code LO9203.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with several facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. The sale comprises 417 lots.
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COON Carleton S.
Seven Caves. Archaeological Explorations in the Middle East.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, and maps and diagrams in the text; grey cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in blue, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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PERO TAFUR
Pero Tafur. Travels and Adventures 1435-1439. Translated and edited with an Introduction by Malcolm Letts.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece map, title in red and black, and 8 plates, some light marginal spotting; original series binding of red buckram, gilt back, red top, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright copy. With 4pp series catalogue bound in at end.
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PAXTON George
Illustrations of Scripture. from the Geography, Natural History, and Manners and Customs of the East. Third Edition, revised and greatly enlarged by Rev. Robert Jamieson. Vol. I: Manners and Customs; Vol. II: Geography [wanting Vol. III]. MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND GEOGRAPHY COMPLETE
2 vols., [of 3], sm. 8vo., Third Edition, with engraved frontispieces, engraved and printed titles, and engraved maps (one double-page and coloured in outline); handsomely bound in contemporary green half morocco, marbled boards ruled in gilt, backs with five raised bands ruled in blind, second and third compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments framed in gilt, gilt tops, uncut, marbled endpapers, both remarkably bright, crisp copies. Tragically, this copy wants Vol. III: Natural History, but the first two volumes are complete in themselves.
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MAITLAND Louise
Forest Venture. Conquering the Deserts of the Middle East. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HARPER Stephen
Last Sunset. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Largely first-hand account of the british Army in Aden.
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GENIESSE Jane Fletcher
Freya Stark. Passionate Nomad. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, maroon endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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STARK Freya
The Southern Gates of Arabia. A Journey in the Hadhramaut. [Thin Paper Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with frontispiece, 2 illustrations in the text and 2 maps (one double-page); original pale yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in green, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter a little rubbed at extremities. With armorial arms blocked in gilt on upper board. Stark's classic account was first published in 1936. The Thin Paper edition (to wartime standards and dedicated to the RAF) followed in 1940 and was severally reprinted. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MORTON H. V.
In the Steps of St. Paul. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with sepia-toned frontispiece and 23 sepia-toned plates (including 8 double-page panoramas) and endpaper maps, fore-edges lightly spotted; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip. This early work is remarkably hard to find in the dustwrapper, designed by E.A. Cox. Fields & Devenish 23.
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CARRE Abbe
The Travels of Abbe Carre in India and the Far East, 1672-1674. Translated from the manuscript Journals of his Travels in the India Office by Lady Fawcett, and edited by Sir Charles Fawcett with the assistance of Sir Richard Burn. [Complete set.] NEAR FINE SET IN SERIES BINDING
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper boards with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt backs, uncut, a near fine set. With personal bookplate on front paste-downs. The set comprises: Vol. I: From France through Syria, Iraq and the Persian Gulf to Surat, Goa and Bijapur; Vol. II: From Bijapur to Madras and St. Thome; Vol. III: Return Journey to France with an Account of the Sicilian Revolt against Spanish rule at Messina. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Nos. 95, 96, 97. Bridges & Hair, p.282.
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LOVELL Mary S.
A Rage to Live. A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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NINIO, Marcelle
Operation Susannah. As told to Aviezer Golan. Foreword by Golda Meir. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; sand boards, brown cloth back lettered in gilt, sand endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with closed tears and small losses at backstrip.
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STARK Freya
Traveller's Prelude [with] Beyond Euphrates [with] The Coast of Incense [with] Dust in the Lion's Paw. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with titles in green and black, and plates and maps in the text; original green buckram, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped), the wrapper to first volume chipped with minor loss at tail. The set comprises 'Traveller's Prelude 1893-1927' (1950), 'Beyond Euphrates 1928-1933 (1951)', 'The Coast of Incense 1933-1939 (1953)' and 'Dust in the Lion's Paw 1939-1946 (1961)'. COMPLETE SETS IN DUSTWRAPPERS ARE SCARCE
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GARDINER Ian
In the Service of the Sultan. A First Hand Account of the Dhofar Insurgency. [Fourth Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Fourth Impression, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 2006.
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STARK Freya
Seen in the Hadhramaut. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE 'BLUE' ISSUE IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, Blue Issue, title in red and black, with numerous fine photographs (tinted in sepia) by the author throughout, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, near contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in darker blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Virtually 'near fine' copy of the author's fourth book. This copy is an unspecified later issue of the first edition, bound in blue rather than oatmeal cloth. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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LELAND Brevet Lt.-Col. F.W.
With the MT in Mesopotamia [Mechanised Transport]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous plates and large folding map; blue cloth, upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Includes H&A, and detailed listing of MT units. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Enser, p.222.
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O'BALANCE Edgar
Arab Guerilla Power 1967-1972. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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STARK Freya
Alexander's Path from Caria to Cilicia. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title in green and black, title-vignette by Reynolds Stone, numerous photographs and illustrations by the author, and large folding map (coloured in outline) at end; turquoise tweed cloth, upper and backstrip lettered in gilt, green top, a very good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed and creased at edges.
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MORTON H. V.
Middle East. A Record of Travel in the Countries of Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Turkey and Greece. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with sepia-toned frontispiece, 15 sepia-toned plates, 5 full-page maps in the text and endpaper maps; red cloth; backstrip letted in yellow, covers mildly age faded, else a bright, clean copy. An uncommon Morton title, combining selections from 'In the Steps of the Master' (1934), 'In the Steps of St. Paul' (1936) and 'Through Lands of the Bible (1938) with original accounts of his time in Greece and Turkey. Fields & Devenish 30.
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STARK Freya
Traveller's Prelude [with] Beyond Euphrates [with] The Coast of Incense [with] Dust in the Lion's Paw. [The complete autobiography of Freya Stark.] STARK'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY COMPLETE
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with titles in green and black, and plates and maps in the text; original green buckram, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, backstrips lightly dulled else a very good, bright, clean set. With personal bookplate on front paste-down of third volume. The set comprises 'Traveller's Prelude 1893-1927' (1950), 'Beyond Euphrates 1928-1933 (1951)', 'The Coast of Incense 1933-1939 (1953)' and 'Dust in the Lion's Paw 1939-1946 (1961)'. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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RUNCIMAN Steven
A History of the Crusades. NEAR FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
3 vols., 8vo., with coloured frontispieces, numerous coloured plates, and many maps in the text; oatmeal boards, upper boards and backstrips elaborately blocked in gilt and blue, patterned endpapers, a near fine set in publisher's printed board slip-case, the case with two short splits at edges. The set comprises: Vol. I: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (1951); Vol. II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East 1100-1187 (1952); Vol. III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades (1954).
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STARK Freya
A Peak in Darien. [Illustrated by Reynolds Stone]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and several engraved decorations in the text, title and for-edges lightly spotted; green cloth, gilt back, green top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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STARK Freya
Rivers of Time. Photographs by Dame Freya Stark. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. folio, First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece and numerous full-page photographs by the author; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With two relevant cuttings loosely inserted.
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PLAYFAIR et al Major-General I. S. O.
History of the Second World War. The Mediterranean and Middle East. Volumes I - V. By I.S.O. Playfair, C.J.C. Molony, General Sir William Jackson and others. BRIGHT, CLEAN RUN IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
5 vols., roy. 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with frontispieces, and numerous plates and maps (a number folding) throughout; original series binding of green cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. Published in the official UK government series 'History of the Second World War'. The set comprises Vol. I: The Early Successes against Italy, to May 1941 (1954; second impression with amendments 1956); Vol. II: The Germans come to the Help of their Ally, 1941 (1956; second impression 1961); Vol. III: British Fortunes reach their lowest Ebb, September 1941 to September 1942 (1960; second impression 1966); Vol. IV: The Destruction of the Axis Forces in Africa (first impression 1966); Vol. V: The Campaign in Sicily 1943 and the Campaign in Italy, 3rd September 1943 to 31st March 1944 (first edition 1973). The scarce three parts of Vol. VI are not present with thus run. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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STARK Freya
Rome on the Euphrates. The Story of a Frontier. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, numerous plates, double-page map in the text and 2 coloured maps on one folder at end; green tweed cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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MALLOWAN Max
Mallowan's Memoirs. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with plates, maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; brown cloth, gilt back, fore-edge faintly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published three months after the first impression. Mallowan was an eminent archaeologist and Egyptologist, and husband to Agatha Christie
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CONNELL John
Wavell. [Complete set. Comprising 'Wavell. Soldier and Scholar' and 'Wavell. Supreme Commander']. COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, maps in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt backs, blue tops (faded), a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper, the latter chafed at extremities. The acclaimed and definitive life of the great commander-in-chief in the Middle East and India ('the only British general who showed a touch of genius' said Rommel). The first volume covers his career to June 1941; the second (completed and edited by Brigadier Michael Roberts following Connell's untimely death) deals with 1941-1943. Enser, p.471.
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RUNCIMAN Steven
A History of the Crusades. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
3 vols., 8vo., with frontispieces, plates and maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's slip-case. Splendid set of the standard reference. The set comprises: Vol. I: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem; Vol. II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East 1100-1187; Vol. III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades.
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CAMPBELL Donald
A journey over land to India partly by a route never gone before by any european... who formerly commanded a regiment of cavalry in the service of his highness the nabob of the carnatic. In a series of letters to his son. Comprehending his shipwreck and imprisonment with hyder alli and his subsequent negociations and transactions in the east.
In 4, pp. XIX + 176 + 138 + 181 + 9. M. pl. coeva. Spelature ai piatti e al d. Edizione originale di questa descrizione di viaggio dall'Europa a Zante, Cipro, Aleppo, Baghdad, Bassora fino a Goa e Bombay. Cox, I, 306.
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RUNDT Arturo, BERMANN Riccardo A.
Palestina. Impressioni di viaggio
In 8, cm. 18 x 25, pp. 163 + (7), con molte illustrazioni in bianco e nero, a piena pagina, nel testo. Brossura editoriale illustrata con alcuni danni marginali e danni riparati al dorso.
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AA.VV.
Le conflit israelo arabe. Dossier
In 8, cm. 13,5 x 21,5, pp. 991, in appendice carta geografica di Israele e Stati Arabi. Brossura editoriale lievemente brunita. Collana Les Temps Modernes, direttore Jean Paul Sartre, 22o annee 1967, n. 253 bis. Pagine uniformemente brunite.
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RODINSON Maxime
Israele e il rifiuto arabo. Settantacinque anni di storia.
In 16,, cm. 10,5 x 18, pp. 241, con 4 cartine geografiche nel testo. Brossura editoriale con normali segni d'uso. Serie politica 7. Ampiamente sottolineato a matita.
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AA.VV.
La crisi del Medio Oriente. Israele '67
In 8, cm. 13,5 x 21, pp. 105 + (3), brossura editoriale. Quaderno del Centro studi Azione Comune. Libri e documenti per il movimento di emancipazione democratica 2. Cronistoria dei fatti legati al conflitto israelo-palestinese nel 1967 e ripercussioni sul mondo politico italiano.
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WEINSTOCK Nathan
Le sionisme contre Israel
In 8, cm. 13,5 x 22, pp. 619 + (4), brossura editoriale illustrata. Collana "cahiers libres" 146-147-148. Testo in francese. Ampiamente sottolineato a matita.
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DEREKH Shalomo
Le socialisme israelien
In 16, cm. 10,5 x 17,5, pp. 39, brossura editoriale illustrata. Collana "Points de vue". Opuscolo in perfette condizioni. Testo in francese.
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DANDOLO Emilio
Viaggio in Egitto, nel Sudan in Siria ed in Palestina (1850-51)
In 8, cm 15 x 22, pp. 502 con 2 carte geografiche fuori testo piu' volte ripiegate (cm 32,5 x 35). Brossura editoriale con mancanze restaurata. Edizione originale, rara, della relazione del viaggio di Emilio Dandolo che, dopo le 5 cinque giornate di Milano e la difesa della repubblica romana, dall'esilio francese, intraprese questo viaggio in compagnia del Conte L. Trotti. Il racconto e' suddiviso in tre parti: Egitto (Alessandria, Il Cairo, il Nilo, Tebe); Sudan (Nubia, Kartum, il fiume Bianco, Ouadi - Halfa); Palestina, Siria (Beyrout, Damasco, Abougoseh, Gerusalemme).
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RUNCIMAN Steven
Il rajah bianco
In 16, cm. 16 x 23, pp. 217 + (4). Legatura in tela editoriale con titolo dorato su fondo rosso al dorso. Sovraccoperta illustrata con una riproduzione del "Ritratto di Sir James Brooke" di Sir Francis Grant, titolo al piatto e al dorso. Volume in ottime condizioni. Collana Storica Rizzoli, traduzione di Marco Amante. La vera storia di James Brooke e della sua dinastia coloniale nel Borneo, che fra Otto e Novecento, occuparono e mantennero il possesso del piccolo stato del Sarawak fino al 1946.
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Al-Damkhi, Ali Mohamed
Invasion: Saddam Hussein's Reign of Terror in Kuwait
x + 134 pages, illustrated, index, previous owner dedication on front endpaper. eng
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Miralai, Ahmad
Isfahan: The Living Museum
Photos by RezaNoor Bakhtiar, plan, text in Arabic and English. eng
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Awad, John
Baalbek in History
88 pages, illustrated, folded map. eng
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Israel for the English: a Comprehensive Guide
Published in late 1960s, 88 pages, illustrated, maps. eng
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Sid-Ahmed, Mohamed
After the guns fall silent : peace or Armageddon in the Middle-East
1st edition. Hardback in dustjacket. VG/VG. Foreword by Lord Caradon. 12060. eng
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Lannutti Giancarlo
Enciclopedia del Medio Oriente.
pp. 244, in 8°, bross.
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RUTTEN Marguerite
Les arts du Moyen Orient ancien
PUF 1962, In-8 cartonnage de l'éditeur illustré. 184 pages + photos. Trés bon état.
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MONFREID Henry de
Le secret de la mer rouge
Paris, Grasset, 1982. In-8 broché, de 256 pages. Bon état
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BENOIST-MECHIN
A destins rompus
Albin Michel, 1974. In-8 broché, couverture illustrée à rabats de 350 pages. Bon état
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LOUIS Patrick
Minorités au Moyen-Orient
Id, vers 2000. In-8 carré broché de 485 pages, cartes. Très bon état
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BITTEL Kurt
Les Hittites
Paris, Gallimard, 1976. In-4 carré relié toile éditeur rouge sous jaquette illustrée rempliée. 332 pages. Nombreuses reproductions en noir et en couleurs, dans et hors texte, cartes dépliantes. Dictionnaire index, bibliographie. Collection l'Univers des Formes. Très bon état
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