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‎XAVIER DE MAISTRE‎

‎Oeuvres choisies de Xavier de Maistre (Le lépreux de la cité d'Aoste, Les prisonniers du Caucase, La jeune sibérienne, Voyage autour de ma chambre, Le papillon).‎

‎Eugène Ardent & C.Thibaut, sans date, 192 pages, in 8 reliure percaline bleue, ouvrage orné du blason du collège de Soissons, bon état.‎

Bookseller reference : 12278

‎Yacoub, Mohamed / Ayeb, Mohamed & Mermet, Gilles [Photography]‎

‎Splendeurs des Mosaïques de Tunisie‎

‎30x23cm. 421 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly rubbed and wrinkled. Cover corners and edges slightly bumped. Spine slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.‎

‎Yadin, Yigael ; Aharoni, Yohanan ; Amiran, Ruth ; Dothan, Trude ; Dunayevsky, Immanuel ; Perrot, Jean ; Angress, S.‎

‎Hazor II: An Account of the Second Season of Excavations, 1956. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem / P.I.C.A / The Anglo-Israel Exploration Society / The Government of Israel / The James A. De Rothschild Expedition at Hazor‎

‎250X345 mm. XXIV+174 pages + CCX plates. Hardcover with dust jacket in a cardboard box. Cardboard box slightly worn. Jacket edges slightly torn. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.‎

‎YAKI Paul‎

‎Le Montmartre de nos vingt ans.‎

‎Préface de F. Carco. P. Tallandier 1955. In-8, 190 pages. Demi chagrin prune, dos à plusieurs nerfs, premier plat conservé.‎

‎Portrait de l'auteur (par Modigliani) et 32 illustrations hors texte, carte, index. Exemplaire numéroté sur alfa.‎

Bookseller reference : 34454

‎Yehoshua, B.‎

‎Safad's Charms [Safed's] [BILINGUAL EDITION HEBREW-ENGLISH]‎

‎BILINGUAL EDITION HEBREW-ENGLISH. 24x17 cm. Unpaginated. Softcover. In good condition.‎

‎Yehoshua, B. [Ed.]‎

‎Safad's Charms‎

‎240x175 mm. Unpaginated. Softcover. Cover yellowing and age stained. Cover rubbed. Cover corners wrinkled. Spine edges rubbed. Inner cover yellowing and age stained. Page outer edges age stained. Few page corners slightly wrinkled. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.‎

‎Yehoshua, Jacob‎

‎Sabios: En la vieja civdad de Yerushalayim - Sus ocupaciones y mantenimientos [IN HEBREW]‎

‎IN HEBREW. 220x140 mm. 125 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Cover slightly bend. Sticker on rear inner cover. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.‎

‎Yellin, David‎

‎The Writings of David Yellin in Seven Volumes: Volume One - The Jerusalem of Yesterday (Letters from Jerusalem to "Hamelitz", 1896-1904) [THIS VOLUME ONLY] [IN HEBREW]‎

‎THIS VOLUME ONLY. IN HEBREW. 17.5x24 cm. ìâ+444 pages. Gilt hardcover in dust jacket. Pen writing on first white page. Else in good condition.‎

‎Yellin, David \ Elhanani, A.H. [Intr.]‎

‎The Writings of David Yellin - Volume Two: From Dan to Beersheba Walks and Trips [THIS VOLUME ONLY][IN HEBREW].‎

‎THIS VOLUME ONLY. IN HEBREW. Contains b&w plates. 245X170 mm. 102+257 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners slightly bumped. Inner cover slightly stained. Else in good condition.‎

‎Yom-Tov, Simcha‎

‎Cultural Inhibitions in the Promotion of Phisical [Physical] Design in the Galilean Arabe [Arab] Village [IN HEBREW]. Thesis submitted for the degree Doctor of Philosophy.‎

‎IN HEBREW. Contains illustrations. 340x230mm. 652+47 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly yellowing. Pen inscription on cover. Cover corners and edges wrinkled. Rear cover taped. Spine slightly rubbed. Else in good condition.‎

‎YUSUF NÂBÎ (URFALI), (1642-1712).‎

‎[A BRILLIANT TRAVEL ACCOUNT OF MECCA AND MEDINA AND VOYAGE TO HEJAZ] Tuhfetü'l-haramayn. [i.e. A gift to Haramayn; Mecca and Medina].‎

‎Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In contemporary fine black 1/3 leather bdg. Decorated gilt to spine. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 112 p. Extremely rare first edition of this Nabi's first-hand account of Mecca, Medina and the Hejaz during his pilgrimage in the late 17th century. This is the most celebrated literary pilgrimage narrative written in Ottoman Turkish. Nabi (1642-1712) was one of the prominent Ottoman poets and is considered a foremost exponent of the didactic trend (hikem-i tarz) in Ottoman Turkish literature. Nabi, whose given name was Yusuf, was born in Urfa (then known as Ruha) in 1052/1642. In 1082/1671 he took part in the Ottoman military campaign in Poland, in the retinue of Müsahib Pasha, (1640-1686). Having spent thirteen years in Istanbul, Nabi desired to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He was personally ready to undertake a journey to the Hijaz and to set down an eloquent account of his journey, the experience of his lifetime. Accordingly, having achieved a position of good standing with his patrons, Müsahib Mustafa Pasha and Mehmed IV, Nabi revived his longstanding desire to perform the hajj. In 1089/1678, at around 37 years of age, he set out in a small private caravan from Istanbul, passing through Konya, Urfa, Damascus, Jerusalem and Cairo, where he joined the main Egyptian pilgrimage caravan. The work, which is one of the most successful examples of Ottoman insa (artistic prose), includes historical, sociological, geographical and autobiographical information. In his preliminary remarks, Nabi indicates that he had received governmental help for his journey. He relates that he first obtained leave for the hajj from his patron Musahib Mustafa Pasha, and then submitted a qasida to Mehmed IV, describing the sacred places. The sultan provided Nabi a letter of recommendation addressed to Abdurrahman Pasha (d. 1691), governor of Egypt, ordering him to enable Nabi to make a comfortable journey. Nabi traveled in a small private caravan, since the caravan extended its route to Nabi's homeland, Urfa, and spent about fifty days there. It appears that he generally followed the usual route of the pilgrimage caravan from Istanbul to Damascus, passing through Scutari, Kartal, Gebze, Hersek, Iznik, Eskisehir, Seyitgazi, Aksehir, Ilgin, Ladik, Konia, Eregli, Adana, Misis bridge, Payas, Antioche, Aleppo (with a long detour to Urfa (Edessa) and back to Aleppo via Aintab), Hama, Hims and the Kuteyfe strait. He was fascinated with the splendid architecture of the buildings, the bazaars and the mosques built side by side by Kurdish and Circassian rulers and the Nile when he arrived in Cairo. Nabi gives a general description of the city of Cairo, the Nile, the two reservoirs of the city, parklands, the Ahram hills and the immediate neighborhood of the city. In Mecca, Nabi visited the sacred sites enthusiastically and performed the hajj on 77 January 1679. He gives a moving account of his experience as a pious emotional pilgrim. It appears that Nabi stayed in Mecca for more than twenty days. Immediately after 1 Muharrem 1090/12 February 1679, he set out for Medina, presumably in the Damascus caravan. While in Medina, Nabi served at the tomb of the Prophet by lighting the candles since his name was on the honorary list of attendants who were determined by the central government to serve the sanctuaries in Mecca and Medina. Nabi regards these services as a testimony to the legitimacy of Ottoman rule. He summarizes his journey of return from Medina to Damascus and to Istanbul in a few general words. Özege 21267.; Not in OCLC.‎

‎Zeevy, Rechavam [Ed.]‎

‎ISRAEL - People and Land: Eretz Israel Museum Yearbook - Volume 7-8 (25-26) (1990-1993), New Series - Bar-Adon Book: Dedicated to the memory of Pesach Bar-Adon [WITH GREETING CARD SIGNED BY RECHAVAM ZEEVY] [IN HEBREW].‎

‎IN HEBREW. WITH GREETING CARD SIGNED BY RECHAVAM ZEEVY. 28x22.5cm. 28+328 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. Cover edges and corners slightly bumped. Spine edges bumped. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.‎

‎Zemach, Agron S.‎

‎Das Judische Dorf‎

‎23x16.5 cm. 32 pages. No cover. Few pages partly detached. Pages slightly yellowing and age stained. In good reading condition.‎

‎Zemer, Chana (ed.)‎

‎Tel-Aviv People and their City‎

‎hard cover with damaged DJ, many photographs, else in good+/fair condition.‎

‎ZOLA Emile‎

‎ROME‎

‎in 12 broché, faux-titre, titre, 751 pages, Paris Bibliothèque Charpentier 1896. Petit manque en tête, dos fragile, marges jaunies. Edition originale‎

Bookseller reference : 9444

‎Zurich, Moshe Zur [Ed.] / Vargha, Ruhi [Photographs]‎

‎Baha'i Shrine and Gardens on Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel - A Visual Journey‎

‎Contains color plates. 340x245 mm. 137 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. Cover slightly stained. Spine edges bumped. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.‎