‎Moyen orient‎

‎Buonaventura, Wendy‎

‎Serpent of the Nile : Women and Dance in the Arab World‎

‎A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 9 1/2"w x 11 1/4"h. 208 pages. Many illustrations and photos.‎

‎Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig (John Lewis).‎

‎Notes on the Bedouins and Wahabys, collected during his travels in the East. London, (A. J. Valpy for) Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1830.‎

‎Large 4to (220 x 277 mm). IX, (3), 439, (1) pp. With an engraved map. Near-contemporary brown half calf (giltstamped spine recently rebacked). First edition, posthumously edited by William Ousely. With this work, Burckhardt submitted what was at the time the fullest and most thorough account of the various nomadic tribes of Arabia, including a history of the Wahhabis from their first appearance until 1816 (cf. Henze). A two-volume octavo edition followed immediately, as did a German translation. - The Swiss explorer Burckhardt (1784-1817) travelled through Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Nubia, and the Arabian Peninsula. Under the name "Sheikh Ibrahim", he crossed the Red Sea to Jeddah, passed an examination on Muslim law, and participated in the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. He died in Cairo and is buried there in the Muslim cemetery. He left his 350-volume library to Cambridge University; his diaries were acquired by the Royal Geographical Society. - Light waterstain to the lower corner of the map, otherwise a very good, wide-margined copy of this rare work. Embacher 57. Howgego II, p. 83, B76. Gay 3606. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 106. Engelmann 104. Brunet I, 1401f. Graesse I, 575. Cf. Macro 626; Henze I, 406f.; Hiler 127 (two-volume edition).‎

‎Burckhardt, Johann Ludwig (John Lewis).‎

‎Travels in Syria and the Holy Land. London, (William Nicol for) John Murray, 1822.‎

‎Large 4to (282 x 230 mm). (4), XXIII, (3), 668 pp. With lithographed portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved maps (2 folding), and 3 engraved plans. Contemporary full calf with gilt spine, two labels, and cover borders. Gilt inner dentelle, marbled endpapers. First edition. Posthumously edited by William Leake, these journals describe Burckhardt's various journeys between 1810 and 1816. It was at Aleppo that he studied Arabic in preparation for his later travels (clandestinely, in Arab guise under the cognomen Sheikh Ibrahim) and he toured Syria, the Lebanon and Palestine. Burckhardt had been recruited by Sir Joseph Banks on behalf of the African Association to carry out these explorations, but unfortunately he died in 1819 before he was able to complete the entire project. - Binding somewhat rubbed along extremeties; hinges and upper spine-end repaired. A little browning and foxing near the beginning, otherwise internally fine. The portrait shows Burckhardt "in his Arab Bernous, sketched at Cairo Feb. 1817 by H. Salt, Esq.". Macro 628. Blackmer 237. Atabey 166. Aboussouan 174. Tobler 141. Röhricht 1627. Weber I, 107. Howgego II, p. 82, B76. Henze I, 406. Brunet I, 1401. Graesse I, 575. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 106.‎

‎Burdett Winston‎

‎Encounter with the Middle East‎

‎New York: Atheneum 1969. Map. Index. Dust jacket has a closed tear on the back. xi 384 pages. 24.3 cm. Hardcover. Condition Book/Dj: Very Good/Good. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. New York: Atheneum, 1969 hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 7315

‎Burgel Johann Christoph‎

‎The Feather of Simurgh: The "Licit Magic" of the Arts in Medieval Islam‎

‎New York: New York University Press 1988. Scholarly text presents a detailed study of the interrelation between magic and the arts in Medieval Islam including new theories reflecting various aspects of Islamic culture. Topics covering the rise and place of the arts in Islam; role of occult sciences in Islamic culture; the element of the "licit" or religiously sanctioned magic which played a major role in postclassical Islam; the interrelationship of poetry music and painting in Islamic society; psychotherapeutic effects of pictures; etc. Includes an index of Koranic verses included in the text. 207 pgs. Illustrated. Faint publisher's mark on lower outer edge. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. New York University Press Hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : AR-109 ISBN : 0814711022 9780814711026

‎Burgess, James.‎

‎On the Muhammadan Architecture of Bharoch, Cambay, Dholka, Champanir, and Mahmudabad in Gujarat. London, Wm. Griggs & Sons et al., 1896.‎

‎Folio (265 x 340 mm). (6), II, 47, (1) pp.; 6 pp. (ads). With 77 plates and plans (some collotype, 4 double-page). Original cloth (rebacked preserving original spine). First and only edition of this superbly illustrated description on the Muslim architecture of the more provincial towns of the state of Gujarat on the western coast of India. "Among the many varieties in the style of the Muhammadan architecture prevailing in different provinces of India, that which arose in Gujarât in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries is one of the most instructive and deserving of study, as it is also the most beautiful" (preface). - The Scottish archaeologist James Burgess (1832-1916), founder of "The Indian Antiquary", did educational work in Calcutta, 1856 and Bombay, 1861, and was Secretary of the Bombay Geographical Society 1868-73. He was Head of the Archaeological Survey, Western India, 1873, and of South India, 1881. From 1886 to 1889 he was Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India. - Binding rubbed; original spine rebacked. Modern endpapers. Still a fine copy.‎

‎Burke Edmund III editor; Lapidus Ira M. editor‎

‎Islam Politics and Social Movements Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies No. 5‎

‎Berkeley CA U.S.A.: University of California Press 1988. Publisher: University of California Press 1988 Good Soft Cover ISBN: 0-520-06868-8. Soft Cover. Good. University of California Press Paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : v005603 ISBN : 0520068688 9780520068681

‎Burke Jason‎

‎Al-Qaeda: Casting a Shadow of Terror‎

‎New York: I.B.Tauris 2003. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Head and tail of spine a little rubbed. I.B.Tauris Hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 040294 ISBN : 1850433968 9781850433965

‎BURMAN Edward.‎

‎The Assassins. Holy Killers of Islam.‎

‎London: Crucible 1987. 1852740272. 1st edition."Islam has fostered many revolutionary movements but none so fascinating to the West perhaps as the Assassins - the sect whose members dedicated themselves with unquestioning obedience to acts of political murder. .An engrossing history of the Assassins from their rise in the twelfth century under the dynamic leadership of Hasan-i Sabbah and Rashid al-Din Sinan the Old Man of the Mountains to their defeat decline and eventual re-emergence in India in the nineteenth century." Pp.208 13 blck & white photo plates 3 figure illustrations. Cream cloth with slight toning to edges dustwrapper has minor edge wear. G/VG. . London: Crucible, 1987. 1852740272 hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 43109 ISBN : 1852740272 9781852740276

‎Burmann, Johannes.‎

‎Rariorum Africanarum plantarum, ad vivum delineatum, iconibus ac descriptionibus illustraturum, decas prima (-decima). Amsterdam, Boussiere, 1738-1739.‎

‎10 parts in 1 volume. Large 4to. viii, 106, (2 blank), (4), 109-142, (4), 145-167, (5), 169-193, (5), 195-268, (2) pp. With 100 finely engraved plates probably after Hendrik Claudius (1655-1697), depicting South African plants. With identical engraved vignettes on each of the ten part-titles, by Jan Caspar Philips (1700-1775), showing Cape Town and Table Mountain seen from the water. First title in red & black. Without the frontispiece portrait of Burmann, as usual. Full contemporary mottled calf with gold tooled spine. Rare first and only edition of a primary source on South African flora, especially the Cape of Good Hope area, by Johannes Burmann (1707-79), Dutch physician and botanist at Amsterdam. "The nomenclature is here often in agreement with that of the Hortus Cliffortianus [of Linneaus]; Burmann accepts the Linnaean generic reform as brought about by the Genera plantarum and attempts, though not yet consistently, to coin his phrase names in a purely diagnostic way in the Linnaean manner" (Stafleu, Linnaeus and the Linnaeans, p. 166). The illustrations are drawn from the Codex Simon van der Stel, the Herbarium Witsenianum, and the Codex Witsenii. The artist was most likely the physician Hendrik Claudius of Breslau, who had arrived in Cape Town in 1682 to make watercolours of the local plants, with a medical interest. Simon van der Stel ventured on an expedition to Namaqualand in 1685-86 and had drawings of plants made for him, it is possible that Claudius accompanied him and made the drawings. In Cape town copies of these drawings were made for the burgomaster of Amsterdam, Nikolaas Witsen and via that route they served as the source for the engravings in the Rariorum Africanarum Plantarum. An important work with the first illustrations of many Cape of Good Hope plants. - Bookplate on first end paper of Guy Tinant and ink ownership on the second endpaper by the same, dated 1975. Great Flower Books 53. Hunt 508. Nissen 302. Plesch 165. Stafleu, 929. Stafleu, Linnaeus and the Linnaeans, p. 166. For the watercolours see: Codex Witsenii.‎

‎Burnes, Alexander.‎

‎Travels into Bokhara: containing the narrative of a voyage on the Indus from the sea to Lahore [...]. London, John Murray, 1839.‎

‎8vo. 3 vols. XXIV, (2), 328 pp. XII, 304 pp. XII, 384 pp. With 8 plates, 4 of which are folding, and one folding map. 19th century cloth-backed brown boards, paper spine labels. Second edition. "Acclaimed by critics as one of the most valuable books on travel that had ever appeared, it was the first comprehensive account of the whole of Central Asia" (Howgego, p. 83). - The best-known work of Alexander Burnes (1805-41), a Scottish diplomat, military officer, spy, and explorer who was once nicknamed "Bukhara Burnes" for his role in establishing contact with and exploring Bukhara, a historical stop along the Silk Road and today the seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan. Burnes began his career serving in the army of the East India Company and swiftly became enmeshed in what the British called The Great Game: a series of disputes between the British and Russian empires as each sought to acquire Afghanistan and surrounding areas under imperial rule. This had large ramifications in West Asia and the subcontinent, and Burnes was familiar with many of the local political actors who rose to become major players in the Game, such as Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) and especially Mohan Lal Zutshi (1812-77), an Indian fellow explorer and diplomat who guided Burnes on his trip to Bukhara. Zutshi and Burnes remain at the heart of Burnes's narrative. The folding map at the rear of vol. 1 illustrates the path Mohan Lal Zutshi and Burnes took through West Asia. - Light exterior wear, front cover of vol. 3 detached, otherwise in good condition. OCLC 3813162. Cf. Wilson 35 (1835 ed.). Howgego, 1800-1850, B77.‎

‎Burns, John James Douglas, Scottish naval surgeon (1815-1894).‎

‎[Naval logbook and diary]. Memorandum book. Mainly Eastern Mediterranean, but including South America, the Caribbean, London and other places, chiefly 1835/1836 to 1838, with a few later entries to 1844.‎

‎Small 8vo (100 x 155 mm). English manuscript on paper. 80 pp. (five days to a page, hand-ruled on blank sheets), with 8 pp. of printed matter ("a list of stamps, London bankers, interest tables, and other useful commercial information") bound first. Signed on the flyleaf (dated 1835) and on the title page. Original 1830s green roan. A remarkable naval logbook and diary kept by the young naval surgeon John Burns, documenting the voyages of four Royal Navy vessels, the H.M.S. "Harrier", the "North Star", the "Carysfort" and the "Sappho", to Ottoman ports throughout the Eastern Mediterranean during the final years of the reign of William IV and the early reign of Queen Victoria. Burns's ships frequently called at Constantinople, Pera and Tarabya, but also anchored at Tunis and Algier, as well as Alexandria (on Christmas Day 1840). Several of his brief entries tell of encounters and relations with local governors and dignitaries: "[3 Aug. 1837] Received the Persian Ambassador on board"; [8 Aug. 1837] Received French Ambassador on board"; "[14 April 1838] On board. Turkish frigate and brig arrived with the Pasha of Tunis". When passing the castles on the Dardanelles on 18 Nov. 1837, the ship "fired 19 guns", and upon entering Constantinople on 7 June 1837, the vessel pays its respects to Sultan Mahmud II: "Sailed from Therapia to Constantinople, manned yards and fired a Royal salute on passing the Sultans' Palace [...]". Upon their return to Tarabya a few months later, Burns remarks on the celebration of the Sultan's birthday: "[11 Dec. 1837] Sultans Birthday, lett [?] off rockets in the evening". When news of the Sultan's death reaches the ship less than two years later, Burns notes: "[29 June 1839] Uncertain reports of the death of the Sultan", and "[2 July 1839] Reports confirmed of Sultan Mahmouds death aged 69 reighned [!] 31 years." Burns also provides accounts of several military events, mentioning an "Insurrection at Pera, lying off it" on 10 August 1837, or the Battle of Nezib on 24 June 1839. Burns's training as a surgeon is called upon: "[11 Dec. 1836] Captain came on board, mastered, in the evening corporal of Marines broke both bones of leg immediately above ankle". Not always is Burns able to apply his medical skills with success: "[19 Dec. 1836] man killed by falling from the Mainmast head through lubber hole into the Basin"; "[18 Mar. 1837] Cook died of disease of chest". Yet the diary also gives evidence of many less sensational episodes of everyday life aboard ship, containing remarks about dinner, lesser illnesses, and weather conditions. Other entries cover leisure activities such as walks ashore ("[21 July 1837] On shore of Sultan's Valley, had a Turkish bath"; [5 Dec. 1837] Went to Stamboul Bazaars, Galata, Pera") and visiting such sights as coastal castles or the ruins of Pompeii. Burns's allegiance to the British crown is always evident: "[14 July 1837] Fired 72 minute guns in the afternoon on the news of the death of the King which happ. on the 19th June", "[28 June 1838] Entered Toulon and celebrated the Queen's coronation", and "[15 July 1837] fired a royal salute in honour of the accession of Queen Victoria". - Burns joined the H.M.S. "North Star" on 1 Sep. 1836, sailing from Rio de Janeiro to England. Other voyages took the keeper of this diary further into the western Mediterranean, including the ports of Naples, Malta, and Barcelona. - Later notes and calculations on the final leaves and the insides of the covers; newspaper clippings on the lower paste-down announce the death of Burns's infant son in 1859 as well as the birth of his daughter in 1857 and of another son in 1860. A newspaper clipping announcing Burns's passing on March 10 [1894] is pasted on the flyleaf. Upper cover creased, occasional very minor paper flaws to edges, but in all a charming survival.‎

‎Burstein Dan‎

‎Secrets of the Code: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries Behind The Da Vinci Code‎

‎<p>Revised edition. Interior clean no markings or writings. Corners of cover bent.</p> CDS Books paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : biblio31

‎Burton Richard Sir.‎

‎"Itineraries of the Second Khedivial Expedition" & "A Visit to Lissa and Pelagosa" in Journal Of The Royal Geographical Society.‎

‎London: John Murray 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo; cxxvii 444 12 pages blue cloth <br/><br/>Burton's contributions occupy the first 190 pages. Also Prof. George Rolleston's lecture to the RGS an early ecology talk "The Modifications of the External Aspects of Organic Nature produced by Man's Interference". " I propose . to notice a few of the many alterations produced by disforesting in our own and other countries". John Murray hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009094

‎Burton Richard Sir.‎

‎Wanderings In Three Continents‎

‎New York: Dodd Mead 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 313 pages untrimmed blue cloth <br/><br/>This is the American issue of the British sheets. "Though Burton wrote and published many bulky volumes of travel . none of them assumed a popular form . The essays that follow were all prepared by Burton himself . Burton here gives an epitome of his principal travels in three continents - Preface." The "three" continents are Africa South America. North America Asia. Dodd, Mead hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009096

‎Burton Richard Francis‎

‎Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah Volume ONE‎

‎New York: Dover 1964 Reprint of VOLUME ONE ONLY of the "Memorial Edition" issued in 1893 by Tylston and Edwards. Edited with introduction by Isabel Burton her portrait on the frontispiece 436p. illus. Facsimile Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. Dover paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 20675 ISBN : 0486212173 9780486212173

‎Burton, Isabel.‎

‎AEI. Arabia Egypt India. A Narrative of Travel. London, William Mullan & Son, 1879.‎

‎8vo. VIII, 488 pp. With coloured frontispiece map and 12 plates. Original dark grey decorated cloth with bevelled edges, ruled and lettered in silver and gold. First edition. - Lady Burton's second book, detailing a journey made with her husband Sir Richard Francis Burton to India via Arabia and Egypt between 1875 and 1876. Although the work is predominantly focused on India, there is a chapter devoted to Jeddah and some notes on Trieste, where this particular voyage began. - Provenance: Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, with the author's presentation inscription on the half-title: "The Duchess of Somerset with affecti[onate] love from Isabel Burton / 21 Feb 1879". The beautiful Jane Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (1809-84), was the granddaughter of the Irish playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. - Neat restoration to extremities and inner hinges. A fine association copy. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 108. OCLC 64763306.‎

‎Burton, Richard (Translator); Cerf, Bennett A. (Arrangement).‎

‎ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS, Or the Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night. Introductory Essay by Ben Ray Redman.‎

‎pp. xiv, 823. 16mo. Original full cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold. Hardbound. First Modern Library Edition. ISLAM BOX 2‎

‎Burton, Sir Richard Francis.‎

‎Falconry in the Valley of the Indus. London, Van Voorst, 1852.‎

‎8vo. (16), 107, (1) pp. Tinted lithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, 8 pp. publisher's catalogue at end. Original cloth. First edition, "well written" (Harting). - Half-title inscribed by the author in Arabic: "To the accursed captain from his friend Mirza Abdullah" (as Burton styled himself during his travels). Below the inscription is a pencil drawing (not by Burton) of the author's head imposed onto the body of a cat walking across a roof, captioned beneath in English, in a different hand in ink: "a faithful sketch of the Author". - Spine-ends professionally repaired. Light foxing to plate margins, occasional spotting elsewhere. Harting 66. Schwerdt I, 90. Penzer p. 41.‎

‎Bury, George Wyman.‎

‎Arabia Infelix, or the Turks in Yamen. London, Macmillan and Co., 1915.‎

‎Large 8vo. X, 213, (3) pp. With 3 maps and 18 plates, some containing multiple images. Red cloth, blind-tooling on covers, title information in gold on spine. First edition of G. W. Bury's account of Yemen on the eve of WWI. Bury (1874-1920) was a British naturalist, explorer, Arabist and political officer in the British army, who spent most of his life in the Aden-Yemen borderlands. As a young man, he spent a year with the Abdali tribe in the Aden protectorate; he learned their language and even received the name Abdulla Mansur. Later in life, he was able to pass himself off as a local, because of his looks and command of colloquial Arabic. The British government made use of this by employing Bury as a political officer in the region and even escorting the British part of the Boundary Commission in the Dhala region of Yemen. - "At the outbreak of World War I, Bury's unique knowledge of the Arab tribesmen and the Turkish administration commended him to the British intelligence service, and in 1915 he was made 'political officer' to the Red Sea Northern Patrol with the rank of lieutenant in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve" (Howgego). - Very slight browning, small tear in the contents-page (outer margin). Overall in good condition. Howgego IV, B99. Macro 642. Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 163. Smith, The Yemens, 59. Sotheby's, Burrell sale, lot 136. Cf. Canton, From Cairo to Baghdad British travellers in Arabia, pp. 170-176.‎

‎Busch, Andreas‎

‎Die Kreuzzüge in den Bildern von Gustav Doré.‎

‎München, Josef Müller, 1925. 4°. 43, (8) S. Mit 100 ganzs. Abb. nach Gustav Doré. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden + = "Tiefdruckbücher".‎

‎Mit einer Einleitung von Andreas Busch über Sinn, Ursache u. Verlauf, Wirkung u. Wert der sieben Kreuzzüge sowie mit Bilderläuterungen. Buchblock zwischen Text- u. Tafelteil angebrochen. - Leicht gebräunt.‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 5222BB

‎BUSSAGLI, Mario:‎

‎La peinture de l'Asie Centrale. ‘Les Trésors de l'Asie’, 1.‎

‎Genève, Albert Skira, 1963, in-4°, 137 p., richement illustré, reliure en toile originale, jaquette originale. Bel état.‎

‎Contient: Les débuts de la peinture en Asie Centrale (Miran). / L'esthétique de la lumière. / Pjandzikent et le rayonnement de la Sogdiane. / La peinture Khotanaise. / Les grands centres de la piste septentrionale. / Le groupe de Turfan.‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 92743aaf

‎Bustani Emile‎

‎March Arabesque‎

‎London: Robert Hale 1961. Photos. Maps. Dj. Signed by the author. 216 pages. 8vo. Hardcover. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. London: Robert Hale, (1961) hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 3440

‎Butenschön, Andrea.‎

‎The Life of a Mogul Princess. Jahanara Begam, Daughter of Sahjahan. London, George Routledge & Sons, 1931.‎

‎8vo. XIII, (1), 221, (1) pp., final blank. Publisher's giltstamped black cloth. First edition of this historical novel by the Swedish oriental scholar Andrea Butenschön (1866-1947), who had studied Sanskrit in London and at the Sorbonne (where she was the first woman to be educated in this language): purportedly the translation of an autobiographical Persian manuscript written by Jahanara Begam, daughter of Shah Jahan. Inscribed by Sayajirao Gaekwad III (1863-1939), the reformist Maharaja of Baroda (a princely state in today's Gujarat), to Sultan Muhammed Shah, Aga Khan III (1877-1957), the 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismailis and a founder and the first president of the All-India Muslim League: "To H. H. The Aga Khan with kind regards of Sayaji Rao Gaekwar / Cannes 24-4-32". - Extremeties insignificantly bumped; occasional light foxing, otherwise fine. Encyclopaedia Iranica XIV.4, p. 375.‎

‎Butt Gerald‎

‎The Arab World‎

‎Chicago: The Dorsey Press 1988. Foreword by Peter Mansfield. Photos. Maps. Index. 152 pages. 22.6 cm. Wrappers Softcover. Condition: Very Good/none. ISBN: 0-256-06100-9 . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. Chicago: The Dorsey Press, (1988) paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 7611 ISBN : 0256061009 9780256061000