‎Médio oriente‎

‎MIDDLE EAST. HART R.‎

‎Colloquial Syriac as Spoken in the Assyrian Levies.‎

‎Mosul: Assyrian Press 1926. Square octavo 204 x 153 mm. Recent moderate brown cloth gilt-lettered spine. Small patch of red cloth affixed to lower board general light signs of handling the odd blot and smudge some neat contemporary annotations pest damage to top fore corner of two leaves with loss of a few letters pp. 83-6 one or two Japanese paper repairs yet this remains a very good copy. First and sole contemporary edition extremely scarce "compiled as a guide for both British and Assyrian personnel of the Iraq Levies to acquire a colloquial knowledge of the respective languages" introduction. The Iraq Levies also known as the Assyrian Levies was the first Iraqi military force formed by the British in British-controlled Iraq established initially in 1915 as a small mounted contingent of some 40 Arab horsemen raised by a Major J. I. Eadie of the Indian Army "from the tribes round Nasiriyah on the Euphrates for duty under the Intelligence Department" Browne. By 1922 the force had expanded to a little over 6 000 men drawn from many ethnic backgrounds including Marsh Arabs Kurds Assyrians Turkomans and Yezidis. The author Lieutenant Richard Hart MBE of the West Yorkshire Regiment acknowledges in his introduction the assistance of the owner of the Assyrian Press in Mosul Yosip d-Bet Qelaita "regarded as one of the best authorities of the Syriac language"; and also that of Shain Giwergis MBE 4th Battalion "formerly a schoolmaster of Baz" Hart and Giwergis both received the MBE in the 1926 Birthday Honours. Hart's book includes guides to pronunciation and vocabulary about 1 000 words for conversation common across the dialects of several Assyrian tribes which had intermingled in the refugee camps and among service personnel notes on Syriac grammar in English useful phrases "The Musketry Course" a description in both languages - soldiers were required to pass this each year "Narrative" alphabets and military terminology. The "Useful Phrases" section give insight into life in the Levies: military discipline interaction with local people and respect for their customs enlistments and discharges e.g. asking about one's tribe the orderly room disciplinary matters including being improperly dressed in the bazaar "The Country" fording rivers with loaded mules etc. health transport much on mules and their maintenance entertainment and salutations which includes the rather delightful but no doubt practical phrase "Tell the Agha that I am not allowed by the British Government to accept any presents and that I appreciate his kind offer". An online search of institutional libraries cites 8 locations only London Library St Andrews Phoenix Seminary Aiso Library Stanislaus County Library California State at Stanislaus National Library of Israel and National Dong Hwa University. Brigadier J. Gilbert Browne "The Iraqi Levies 1915-1932" Royal United Service Institution 1932. Mosul: Assyrian Press, hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 141592

‎Warwick Ball‎

‎Syria: A Historical and Architectural Guide SIGNED‎

‎Buckhurst Hill Essex: Scorpion Publishing Ltd 1994. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.5 x 8.5 inches 13.5 x 21.5 cm. Signed by Author. Slight creasing to front cover. Slight foxing to page edges clean text throughout. Signed by the author to title page: 'Warwick Ball Syria Trip 1997'. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches 13.5 x 21.5 cm. Paperback. Printed pages: 216 Scorpion Publishing Ltd paperback‎

Referência livreiro : 1197E006 ISBN : 0905906969 9780905906966

‎Iain Browning‎

‎Jerash and the Decapolis‎

‎London: Chatto and Windus 1982. 1st Edition . Near Fine/Very Good. 7.75 x 10 inches 19 x 25 cm. Dust jacket: Light shelf wear. Slight creasing to top edge. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Brown cloth binding. Excellent condition throughout. Overall book condition is Near Fine. Size: 7.75 x 10 inches 19 x 25 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: 224 Chatto and Windus hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 1197E012 ISBN : 0701125918 9780701125912

‎Trevor Bryce‎

‎Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History‎

‎Oxford: Oxford University Press 2014. 1st Edition . Near Fine/Very Good. 6.5 x 9.5 inches 16 x 24 cm. Dust jacket: Very slight creasing to edges. Preserved in a jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Blue cloth binding. Excellent condition throughout. Overall book condition is Near Fine. Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches 16 x 24 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: xiv 379 Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 1197E003 ISBN : 0199646678 9780199646678

‎Henry Maundrell‎

‎A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem in 1697‎

‎Beirut: Khayats 1963. 1st Edition Thus . Very Good Plus. 5.75 x 8.75 inches 14 x 22 cm. Lacking jacket. Reprint of the edition of 1810. Grey cloth binding with a couple of small marks. Good solid binding. Very clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches 14 x 22 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: xxv vii xi 214 xlviii Khayats hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 1176E554

‎CM. Watson / Genevieve Watson Illust. C. M.‎

‎The Story of Jerusalem: Mediaeval Towns Series‎

‎London: J.M. Dent and Co. 1918. 2nd Impression . Very Good. 4.25 x 6.75 inches 11 x 17 cm. Blue-grey buckram binding with gilt decoration. Endpaper joints have some cracking and are a little loose. Light foxing to endpapers clean text throughout. Fold out map present a few spots of foxing otherwise excellent. One of the scarcer titles in the Mediaeval Towns series. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe �11.55; USA �16.68; Oceania �15.13; Rest of World �14.56. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 6.75 inches 11 x 17 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: xx 339 J.M. Dent and Co. hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 9000E203

‎Lewis Bernard‎

‎The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror‎

‎New York: Random House 2003. Paper bound first trade paperback edition illustrated with maps Pp190. Includes references and index. As new. 175 grams - ships lettermail at reduced postage when you contact us directly! We welcome all reasonable offers on our books. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. New York: Random House, 2003 paperback‎

Referência livreiro : 28148 ISBN : 0812967852 9780812967852

‎Richard N. Frye‎

‎Iran‎

‎London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd 1954. 1st Edition . Fine/Good. 5 x 7.5 inches 12.5 x 19 cm. Dust jacket: Heavy foxing slight wear to top edge unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: A few tiny spots to top page edge otherwise in perfect condition. Overall book condition is Fine. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe �11.55; USA �16.68; Oceania �15.13; Rest of World �14.56. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 7.5 inches 12.5 x 19 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: 126 George Allen and Unwin Ltd hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 1172F004

‎C. Leonard Woolley / TE. Lawrence / PLO. Guy T. E. P. L.‎

‎Carchemish. Report on the Excavations at Jerablus on Behalf of the British Museum conducted by C. Leonard Woolley M.A. with T.E. Lawrence B.A. and P.L.O. Guy: Part II: The Town Defences‎

‎London: British Museum 1921. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 10.5 x 12.5 inches 26 x 32 cm. Publisher's paper covered boards. Split along rear edge of spine with old repair wear to ends of spine and corners of boards. Ex-Library book with call number to foot of spine vintage library bookplate to front pastedown endpaper embossed library stamps to text and plates. Good solid binding some light foxing. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 10.5 x 12.5 inches 26 x 32 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: xii pp33 - pp156 28 plates plates 12 -plates 32 British Museum hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 1165A019

‎George Mikes‎

‎The Prophet Motive. Israel Today and Tomorrow‎

‎London: Penguin Books 1971. First Penguin Edition . Very Good Plus. 4.25 x 7 inches 11 x 18 cm. Light browning to page margins otherwise in excellent condition. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe �9.90; USA �12.34; Oceania �11.68; Rest of World �11.28. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 7 inches 11 x 18 cm. Paperback. Printed pages: 176 Penguin Books paperback‎

Referência livreiro : 1163P174 ISBN : 0140033556 9780140033557

‎Vincent Cronin‎

‎The Last Migration‎

‎London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1957. 1st Edition . Very Good/Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches 14 x 22 cm. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: Inscribed and signed by the author to front free endpaper. From the library of British diplomat Sir Leslie Fielding who was based at the British Embassy in Tehran at the time of publication. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches 14 x 22 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: 343 Rupert Hart-Davis hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 1157E032

‎Moustafa Mtre Mohamed‎

‎Egypt Between Two Revolutions‎

‎Cairo: Selected Studies Committee n.d. 1955. Paper bound first edition. Uncommon. No. 1 of a series of selected studies originally published in Arabic and the first of its kind to appear in Egypt. Unopened. 159pp. Wraps light-moderately creased else very good. 185 grams - ships lettermail at reduced postage! Scan available on request. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. Cairo: Selected Studies Committee, n.d. (1955) paperback‎

Referência livreiro : 26655

‎W. H. Bartlett‎

‎The Nile Boat or Glimpses of the Land of Egypt‎

‎London: Henry G. Bohn 1862. 5th Edition . Good Plus. 5.5 x 8 inches 13.5 x 20 cm. Red blind stamped cloth binding gilt decoration to spine. Very light wear to head/foot of spine a few marks to covers. Binding is loose with some gatherings protruding from the page block however all pages are securely attached. Engraved bookplate to front paste down endpaper - glue from bookplate has marked and slightly torn facing free endpaper. Some marks and foxing to text and plates. Well illustrated several fold out plates. . Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.5 x 8 inches 13.5 x 20 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: 229 Henry G. Bohn hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 1121E060

‎John Laffin‎

‎The Israeli Mind SIGNED‎

‎London: Cassell 1979. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches 14.5 x 22 cm. Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Slight fading to spine unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Beige cloth binding small mark to front board slight bumping to board corners otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Inscribed and signed by the author to the front free endpaper: 'For Ian McIntyre with the author's best wishes John Laffin January 1980.'. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches 14.5 x 22 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: 243 Cassell hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 1132E515 ISBN : 0304303992 9780304303991

‎John Simpson and Tira Shubart‎

‎Lifting the Veil: Life in Revolutionary Iran. SIGNED‎

‎London: Hodder and Stoughton 1995. 1st Edition . Near Fine/Near Fine. 6.25 x 9.5 inches 16 x 24 cm. Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Near Fine. Book: First edition first impression. Black cloth binding very slight marking and browning to page edges otherwise in excellent condition throughout. Signed by both authors to title page. Overall book condition is Near Fine. Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches 16 x 24 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: 373 Hodder and Stoughton hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 1131E488 ISBN : 0340628146 9780340628140

‎Higgins Godfrey‎

‎An Apology For The Life And Character Of The Celebrated Prophet Of Arabia Called Mohamed Or The Illustrious‎

‎London: Rowland Hunter 1829. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Plates. Viii 108 Appendix 1 P. With Half Title And With Erratum On P Vi. Hand Correction Of Text On P. 99. Black Morocco Spine And Tips Gilt Over Ribbed Cloth. Light Yellow Endpapers No Names Or Marks. Near Fine Contents Immaculate And Crisp.This Volume With Small Engraved Plates Tipped In Apparently 18Th Century All With Similar Format And Apparently Extracted From Another Book Including Portraits Of 13 Turkish Rulers Also One Of Scanderbeg Referencing Vol. 1 P. 163 Of An Unidentified Work And Another Of Tamerlane Referencing Vol. 1 P. 138 Otherwise Plates Have Just Portrait Busts And Their Names Titles And Dates Of Accession. Godfrey Higgins 1772-1833 Was An English Magistrate And Landowner Who Was A Prominent Advocate For Social Reform. He Was Also A Keen Antiquarian. He Is Now Best Known For His Writings On Ancient Myths In Which He Asserts A Commonality Among Various Religious Myths Which He Traces Back To The Supposed Lost Religion Of Atlantis. He Has Been Called A "Political Radical Reforming County Magistrate And Idiosyncratic Historian Of Religions". Higgins' Work As A Magistrate Was Highlighted By Reformist Campaigns Within Which He "Courageously Exposed The Scandalous Treatment Of Pauper Lunatics And Campaigned For Parliamentary Reform Criticizing Excessive Taxation The Corn Laws And The Exploitation Of Children In Factories. In 1814 He Played A Leading Role In Uncovering The Abuse Of Patients At The York Lunatic Asylum After Rumors Of Serious Misconduct Had Come To His Attention. Higgins Was Appointed As A Governor Of The Asylum. In Anacalypsis Higgins Asserts A Commonality Among Various Religious Myths. "One Thing Is Clear-The Mythos Of The Hindus The Mythos Of The Jews And The Mythos Of The Greeks Are All At Bottom The Same; And What Are Called Their Early Histories Are Not Histories Of Humankind But Are Contrivances Under The Appearance Of Histories To Perpetuate Doctrines." Higgins Bluntly Declares That Every Ancient Author Without Exception Has Come To Us Through The Medium Of Christian Editors Who Have "Either From Roguery Or Folly Corrupted Them All.". "Osiris And His Bull Were Black; All The Gods And Goddesses Of Greece Were Black: At Least This Was The Case With Jupiter Bacchus Hercules Apollo Ammon.The Goddesses Venus Isis Hecati Diana Juno Metis Ceres Cybile Are Black. " . "There Seems To Be Nothing Improbable In These Ethiopians Being The Tribe Of The Jews-The Tribe Of Jacob Or Israel. I Think These Ethiopians Did Come Under Jacob And Did Settle In Goshen And Gave The Names Of Maturea And Avaris To The City In Which They Dwelt." ."Solomon Was A Personification Or Incarnation Of Wisdom And The Jews Of Asia Minor Were A Tribe Or Colony From India Of Black Buddhists At Or About The Same Time With The Ioudi To SyriaUnder The Brahmin."."Theseus Bacchus �sculapius &C. Were Saviours And Black Saviours Too. These Black Icons Were Made When Man Himself Was Black. He Made His God After Himself And Then Said That Man Was Made After The Image Of God. <br/> <br/> Rowland Hunter hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 028761

‎Campbell Colin‎

‎Two Theban Princes: Kha-em-Uast & Amen-Khepeshf Sons of Rameses III. Menna A Land-Steward and Their Tombs‎

‎London: Oliver and Boyd 1910. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Book/Very Good. 7 5/8" Tall. Photographs and Drawings By the Author. X 106 Plates At End. Red Cloth Spine Lettered In Gilt Cover Printed In White. Well Preserved Book With Just A Touch Of Wear At Corners Spine Gilt Brilliant White Stamped Lettering On Cover Strong No Fraying Light Foxing Spots. Dj With Light Wear Spine Sunned And With 5/8" Tear Down Upper Spine Edge 1./2" Tear At Bottom Front Spine Edge Minute Losses 1/4" Tear Along Top Of Rear Flap Fold With A Nearby 1" Closed Tear Along To Edge Of Rear Panel Entire Jacket Almost 1/8" Shorter Than Book But Apparently As Issued As It Does Not Appear To Have Been Cut Down <br/> <br/> Oliver and Boyd hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 025537

‎Fraser James B. Baillee‎

‎An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: With a Detailed View of Its Resources Government Population Natural History and the Character of Its Inhabitants . Including .Afghanistan and Beloochistan‎

‎Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1834. Second Edition . Quarter Morocco. Fine Book. 6 5/8" Tall. Folding Map and 13 Engravings By Jackson. 472 Pp. A Fine Copy Spine Gilt Very Strong Original Purple Morocco Spine And Tips Original Purple Cloth Original Watered Endpapers And Watered Edges Of Page Block Contents Fine Leather Just Recently Professionally Refreshed. Contents Immaculate Pages Crisp Map Undamaged No Foxing. Heraldic Bookplate "Sperate Et Vivitefortes" Of The Welsh Cavalry Senior Cavalry Of The British Army On Front Pastedown Ownership Signature "John Clements Queens Dragoon Guards" On Verso Of First Front Endpaper. <br/> <br/> Oliver & Boyd unknown‎

Referência livreiro : 023418

‎Brecher Michael With Benjamin Geist‎

‎Decisions in Crisis. Israel 1967 and 1973‎

‎Berkeley: University of California Press. 1980 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 479 pp. Figures tables appendixes bibliography indexes. Very minor spine twist otherwise fine. Jacket has light shelfwear. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. BW4-9. University of California Press. hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 260476 ISBN : 0520037669 9780520037663

‎MIDDLE EAST.‎

‎Life Line. Abadan Merchant Navy Magazine.‎

‎Abadan: Abadan War Charities Central Fund 1943. Square octavo 205 x 170 mm 54 pp. wire-stitched in original printed paper wrappers. With laid-in "Supplement to the Abadan Merchant Navy Magazine" 8 pp. unbound as issued. Ship motifs in bronze to panel versos line-drawings to the text. Photographic illustrations to the Supplement. Wrappers detached from text-block the staple oxidised corners bumped rear panel variably discoloured. First edition of this magazine published by employees of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to raise money for the Merchant Navy in the midst of the Second World War. The phrasing of the "Editorial Epilogue" and the foreword of A. V. Alexander First Lord of the Admiralty suggest that this was a one-off venture to coincide with a "Merchant Navy Week" to be held in October 1943; we trace no copies of this or any further iterations in libraries or in commerce and no references in secondary literature. Abadan was the site of first APOC refinery completed in 1912 and as a key oil field and the pre-eminent Gulf entrepôt it was one of the first targets to be secured during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941. A notice explains that "the Abadan War Charities Central Fund was inaugurated early in 1940 under the Chairmanship of His Britannic Majesty's Consul to co-ordinate and encourage voluntary efforts to raise money for war charities by the British and Indian staffs of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Ltd. at Abadan Refinery Khorramshahr Ahwaz and Pipe Line Stations in Southern Persia and other British and Indian Communities in that area. Much generous support has also been given by the British and Allied Forces stationed in the vicinity and local Persian residents" p. 52. The fund projected to reach £50000 by the end of 1943 at the time of going to print was distributed between various causes with those in addition to Merchant Navy seamen and their dependants including "Welfare of Forces in Middle East" and "Welfare of Forces in Persia Iraq and Persian Gulf" though the largest sum £8000 was in fact earmarked for "Relief of Air Raid Distress" on the Home Front. Contributions include cartoons satirical verse a piece on "Wildfowl of the Shat-al-Arab River" "Concerning Oilwells" a brisk description of mishaps at sites including Masjid-i-Sulaiman Naft Khaneh and Haft Kel and "The Persian Gulf An Historical Sketch" which is based on the well-known book by Arnold Wilson. All pieces are signed anonymously pseudonymously or with initials with the exception of two short stories by Alec Waugh brother of Evelyn: "An Officer Learns a Lesson" and "A Happy Inspiration". An unusual and highly appealing survival. Abadan: Abadan War Charities Central Fund, unknown‎

Referência livreiro : 121716

‎Severin Tim‎

‎Crusader : By Horse to Jerusalem‎

‎London: Hutchinson 2001 Tim Severin home from the sea takes off on an Ardennes Heavy Horse to follow the overland route that Geoffrey de Bouillon took through Europe and the Byzantine Empire on the First Crusade to Jerusalem. Full of fascinating detail that demonstrates the difficulties of taking an army with war horses through difficult terrain. 338p. plates.index. 1st UK Ed. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Hutchinson hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 21291 ISBN : 0091735157 9780091735159

‎Malise RUTHVEN‎

‎Freya Stark in Iraq and Kuwait. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎Garnet Publishing Reading 1994. 4to. First Edition with portrait frontispiece and numerous photographs the majority full-page and map in the text; black cloth gilt back backstrip very lightly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. St. Anthony's College Middle East Archives. Garnet Publishing, [Reading, hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 27253

‎PERO TAFUR‎

‎Pero Tafur. Travels and Adventures 1435-1439. Translated and edited with an Introduction by Malcolm Letts.‎

‎Routledge 1926. 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. Routledge, hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 26345

‎Hans WEHR‎

‎A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Edited by J. Milton Cowan. First English Edition. NEAR FINE COPY‎

‎Harrassowitz Wiesbaden 1961. 8vo. First Edition thus inscription and signatures on front endpapers blue cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt a near fine copy. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 25939

‎Wilson MACARTHUR‎

‎Auto Nomad in Barbary. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎Cassell 1950. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece 70 plates on 34 and a large folding map; original terracotta cloth gilt back backstrip mildly faded but all gilt wholly legible edges lightly spotted a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter chipped with minor loss not affecting lettering at head of backstrip. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. The 'auto' in question is a 18HP Wolseley; the route travelled is from France to South Africa via Spain Morocco Algeria Tunisia Libya Egypt the Sudan and so down through East Africa to Durban. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION Cassell, hardcover‎

Referência livreiro : 25457