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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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La deviazione del Giordano minaccia la pace nel Medio Oriente, attenta ai diritti legittimi degli arabi, viola il diritto internazionale. Roma, Centro Arabo di Informazioni, 1964.
8°, br. edit., pp. 48.
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BIANCO Mirella.
Gheddafi messaggero del deserto. Milano, Mursia, 1977.
8°, br. edit., pp. 256 con 22 tavv. illustrazioni su tavv. f.t. Perfetto esemplare.
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SALIERNO Vito.
Iraq. Dai Sumeri a Saddam Husein. Casalvelino, Capone, 2007.
8°gr., ril. edit., soprac. ill., pp. 240 con illustrazioni n.t.
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Cristiano Riccardo
LA SPERANZA SVANITA Medio Oriente, Islam, nazionalismo. Il dramma dei diritti negati (2002)
In 8, br. edit. ill. a col., pp. 283.Prima edizione.Buonissime condizioni.Luogo di pubblicazione RomaEditore Editori RiunitiAnno pubblicazione 2002Collana Primo pianoMateria/Argomento Storia, Politica, Medio OrientePrima Edizione Sbr>
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Musciarelli Letterio
TRAGEDIA E SPERANZA NEL MEDIO ORIENTE (1978)
In 8, leg. cart. ed. ill. col. pp. 434, tav. in n. f.t.fioriture ai tagli, altrimenti in buono statoLuogo di pubblicazione BresciaEditore PavonianaAnno pubblicazione 1978Materia/Argomento Storia,Medio oriente, Conflitti
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AVNERY URI
ISRAELE SENZA SIONISTI 1970
In 16o, pp. (XIV) 342, br., 6 tavv. f.t. Vol. num. 35 della collana Tempi nuovi (Tn). Traduzione di Giovanni Ferrara. Prefazione di Antonio Gambino. Perfetto (2776/ ISRAELE - SIONISMO - MEDIO ORIENTE)
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DURANT WILL
STORIA DELLA CIVILTA' - L'ORIENTE - 1958
In 4o, pp. 1141, t.tela con sovracc. (strappo riparato in cop.)., 550 illustrazioni n.t. e 64 tavv. a col. e b/n f.t. Seconda edizione di questo importante testo sulle civiltà del vicino e dell'estremo oriente (501/ MEDIO ORIENTE - INDIA - CINA - GIAPPONE)
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MASI CORRADO
ITALIA E ITALIANI NELL'ORIENTE VICINO E LONTANO (1800-1935) - 1936
In 8o, br., pp. 219, br. ill. da Piquillo. Importante studio storico facente parte della collana Italiani nel mondo. Intonso. Cop. leggermente impolverata. Timbri, segnature ed etichette di estinta biblioteca (3533/ MEDIO ORIENTE - CINA - GIAPPONE - FASCISMO)
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CATALUCCIO FRANCESCO
STORIA DEL NAZIONALISMO ARABO 1939
In 16o, pp. 333, cartonato, 2 carte piu' vv. ripiegata f. t. e 4 carte f. t. Vol. num. 17 della collana Manuali di Politica Internazionale. Timbri ed etichette di estinta biblioteca. Ottimo (3473/POLITICA - NAZIONALISMO - MONDO ARABO - MEDIO ORIENTE)
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CORM GEORGES
IL VICINO ORIENTE - Un montaggio irrisolvibile
1^edizione - in8° - brossura editoriale - pp. 237 - collana Di Fronte e Atraverso n. 651 - traduzione di Cesare Bermani - condizioni: nuovo
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CORM GEORGES
IL MONDO ARABO IN CONFLITTO - Dal dramma libanese all'invasione del Kuwait
1^edizione - in8° - brossura editoriale - pp. 171 - collana Di fronte e attraverso n. 700 - traduzione di Cesare Bermani - condizioni eccellenti
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SALE GIOVANNI
STATI ISLAMICI E MINORANZE CRISTIANE
1^edizione - in8° - brossura editoriale - pp. 223 - collana Di fronte e atrraverso n. 858 - bibliografia - condizioni:eccellenti
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