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Haussig, Hans Wilhelm. (Dietz Otto Edzard, Wolfgang Helck, e.a.).
Götter und Mythen im Vorderen Orient. (Wörterbuch der Mythologie, I. Die Alten Kulturvölker).
Royal octavo. Pp. xii, 601. Plates, maps. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's black full cloth, spine faded. In a very good condition, excellent interior. ~ First edition.
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Burtea, Bogdan.
Das mandäische Fest der Schalttage. Edition, Übersetzung und Kommentierung der Handschrift DC 24 Sarh d-paruanaiia. Mit einer CD-ROM der Handschrift. (Mandäistische Forschungen, 2).
Royal octavo. Pp. viii, 246. Plus CD in rear pocket. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's decorated boards. In mint condition, as new. ~ First edition.
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Drower, E. S.
The Coronation of the Great Sislam (The "Perfected Perfection"): Being a Description of the Rite of the Coronation of a Mandaean Priest According to the Ancient Canon. Translation from Two Manuscripts Entitled "The Coronation of Sislam-Rba". DC 54 Bodlean Library, Oxford (1008 A.H.) and OR. 6592, British Museum (1298 A.H.). With Discussion of the 'Words Written in the Dust'.
Two parts in one volume. Royal octavo. Pp. xviii, (i), 37; 38-48. Addenda. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine; miniature private stamp to first few leaves including title-page else in fine condition. ~ First edition.
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Bar-Hebraeus, Mor Grigorius John.
The Laughable Stories: Collected by Mor Grigorius John Bar-Hebraeus, Maphrian of the East.
Octavo. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition.
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Kunitzsch, Paul, Manfred Ullmann.
Die Plejaden in den Vergleichen der arabischen Dichtung. (Beiträge zur Lexikographie des Klassischen Arabisch, 9).
Octavo. Pp. 185. Figures. Original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Beiträge zur Lexikographie des Klassischen Arabisch, 9.
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Kunitzsch, Paul.
Über eine anwâ'-Tradition mit bisher unbekannten Sternnamen. (Beiträge zur Lexikographie des Klassischen Arabisch, 4).
Octavo. Pp. 118. Original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Beiträge zur Lexikographie des Klassischen Arabisch, 4.
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Agius, Dionisius A.
Arabic Literary Works as a Source of Documentation for Technical Terms of the Material Culture. (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen, 98).
Octavo. Pp. 375. Original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition. Islamkundliche Untersuchungen, 98.
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Nippa, Annegret.
Soziale Beziehungen und ihr wirtschaftlicher Ausdruck. Untersuchungen zur städtischen Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens am Beispeil Dair az-Zôr (Ostsyrien). (Islamkundliche Untersuchungen, 69).
Octavo. Pp. ix, 198. Plus folding maps bound at end. Text figures. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Islamkundliche Untersuchungen, 69.
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Versteeg, C. H. M.
Greek Elements in Arabic Linguistic Thinking. (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, VII).
Royal octavo. Pp. xi, 243. Includes original texts. Publisher's stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, VII.
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Arkoun, M. (Editor). A. Roman, K. Petracek, A. Beeston, G. Bohas, e.a.
Études de linguistique arabe.
Royal octavo. Pp. xi, 401. Original publisher's stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition thus. Extrait d'Arabica, XXViii, 1981. Contributions in French and English.
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Drewes, A. J.
Classical Arabic in Central Ethiopia.
Octavo. Pp. 169-198. Original publisher's stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition thus.
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Reckendorf, H.
Die syntaktischen Verhältnisse des Arabischen.
Thick royal octavo. Pp. xii, 834. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth. In a very good condition, fine interior. ~ Facsimile reprint of the first edition.
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Paillarès, Michel.
Le Kémalisme devant les alliés.
Octavo. Pp. xi, 494. Hardcover, bound in contemporary blue full cloth, spine with red morocco label lettered in gilt, gilt initials at foot, floral endpapers, cloth inner hinges. In a very good condition. ~ First edition.
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Mikusch, Dagobert von.
Mustapha Kemal: Between Europe and Asia. A Biography.
Royal octavo. Pp. x, 380. Frontispiece portrait. Plus several photographic plates. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, gilt illustrations and lettering embossed on cover and spine; some foxing to prelims and book edge. In a very good condition. Handsome copy. ~ First English edition. Translated from the German by John Linton.
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Cowell, Mark W.
A Reference Grammar of Syrian Arabic Based on the Dialect of Damascus. (Arabic Series, 7).
Crown quarto. Pp. xiv, 587. Original red stiff wrappers lettered in black, spine bit faded. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Arabic Series, 7.
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Ruysch, W. A. (Editor).
Antiquity and Survival: An International Review of Traditional Art and Culture. Volume I: 1-6 (1955-1956).
Six volumes in one. Paginated consecutively. Square royal octavo. Pp. 522. Profusely illustrated. Numerous tipped-in plates. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's decorative full cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. In a very good condition. ~ First edition.
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Demarée, R. J., K. R. Veenhof; P. W. Pestman.
Zij schreven geschiedenis. Historische documenten uit het Oude Nabije Oosten (2500-100 v. Chr.). ("Ex Oriente Lux" XXXIII). [AND:] Familiearchieven uit het land van Pharao. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS].
Lot of 2 books. Royal octavo. Pp. x, 480. Original stiff wrappers. New book. ~ First edition. [ADDED:] P. W. Pestman e.a.: Familiearchieven uit het land van Pharao. (Zutphen, Terra, 1989). Pp. 176. Illustrations. Original stiff wrappers; several newspaper articles loosely inserted. In a very good condition.
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Gordon, Gérard.
Recherches sur les textes coptes relatifs a Saint Claude d'Antioche. (Études d'Égyptologie et de Coptologie, I).
Royal octavo. Pp. viii, 94. Plus 8 plates. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition.
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Jonker, D. R., J. Brugman, M. Heerma van Voss, A. J. Drewes, S. Wild, e.a.
Voordrachten 1-7. (1968/1969 - 1975/1976). Oosters Genootschap in Nederland. [INCLUDES:] Classical Arabic in Central Ethiopia. [AND:] Sprachpolitik und Nationalismus. Arabisch und Ivrit. [AND:] De literaire revolutie in China. [AND:] De spreuk om de kisten te kennen. Dodenboek 193. [AND:] (.).
Seven parts in one volume. Paginated consecutively. Octavo. Pp. 198. Plus folding plate. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's half cloth. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Seven lectures bound together. Multilingual. Contributions in English, French, Dutch and German.
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Sanders, J. (Traduite de l'allemand). (Georg Graf).
La Littérature Nestorienne.
Octavo. Pp. 192. Original stiff wrappers printed in red and black including title in Arabic. In fine condition. ~ French edition. Translated from the German.
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Drioton, Étienne, Jacques Vandier.
Les peuples de l'Orient Méditerranéen, II. L'Égypte. (Clio, I). [AND:] La religion Égyptienne. (Les anciennes religions orientales, I). [LOT OF 2 BOOKS].
Lot of 2 books. Octavo. Pp. xxxix, 726. Original illustrated stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ Fourth edition. [ADDED:] Jacques Vandier: La religion Égyptienne. (Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1949). Original wrappers. In a very good condition.
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Hoftijzer, J.
Religio Aramaica. Godsdienstige verschijnselen in Aramese teksten.
Crown quarto. Pp. 63. stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition.
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Modrzejewski, Joseph Mélèze. Jacob M. Landau.
The Jews of Egypt: From Rameses II to Emperor Hadrian. [AND:] Jews in Nineteenth-Century Egypt. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS].
Lot of 2 books. Crown quarto. Pp. xxii, 279. Illustrations. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. In fine condition, as-new. ~ First edition. [TO THIS WE ADD:] Jacob M. Landau: "Jews in Nineteenth-Century Egypt." (New York & London University Presses, 1969). Royal octavo. Pp. xvi, 354. Plates. Hardcover with dust-jacket. In a very good condition.
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Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane, F. L. Kenett, Anwar Shoukry.
Tutankhamen: Life and Death of a Pharaoh. With 75 Colour Photographs.
Crown quarto. Pp. 312. Colour frontispiece. With 75 colour photographs. With 188 other illustrations. List of principle characters, notes on the colour plates by Dr. Anwar Shoukry, bibliography. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, with very good pictorial dust-jacket. In about fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Sixth impression.
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Hodges, Richmond.
Egypt Before the Pharaohs: The Prehistoric Foundations of Egyptian Civilization. The Story of the Great Archaeological Discoveries of the Last Century.
Crown quarto. Pp. xxi, 391. With 84 illustrations. Bibliography, index. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's cloth, with pictorial dust-jacket. In about fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First published in 1979 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Frankfort, Henri, Samuel Noah Kramer.
Kingship and the Gods: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion as the Integration of Society and Nature. With a New Preface.
Royal octavo. Pp. xxiii, (iv), 444. With 52 illustrations. Extended Extended notes section, index. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First published 1948.
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Murray, Margaret A.
The Splendour That Was Egypt. New and Revised Edition.
Royal octavo Pp. xxii, 256. Plus 97 photographic plates. Numerous illustrations to the text. Bibliography, index. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ New, revised edition.
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Dinkler, Erich. Georg Gerster.
Kunst und Geschichte Nubiens in christlicher Zeit. Ergebnisse und Probleme auf Grund der jüngsten Ausgrabungen. [AND:] Nubien - Goldland am Nil. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS].
Lot of 2 books. Quarto. Pp. 379, (10). Profusely illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with very good dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. [ADDED:] Georg Gerster: "Nubien - Goldland am Nil." Zürich & Stuttgart, Artemis, 1964. Quarto.Pp. 227. Profusely illustrated throughout. Original pictorial boards. In fine condition.
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Wessel, Klaus.
Koptische Kunst. Die Spätantike in Ägypten. [AND:] Christentum am Nil. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS].
Lot of 2 books. Quarto. Pp. 265, (14). Profusely illustrated throughout. Numerous colour plates tipped-in. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with very good dust-jacket. In fine condition. ~ First edition. [ADDED:] Klaus Wessel: "Christentum am Nil." Recklinghausen, Aurel Bongers, 1964. Quarto. Pp. 288, (4). Profusely illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's cloth. In a very good condition.
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Famars Testa, Willem de. Maarten J. Raven.
De schilderskaravaan, 1868. (Mededelingen en verhandelingen van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap / Mémoires de la Société d'Études Orientales "Ex Oriente Lux", XXIX). [AND:] Reisschetsen uit Egypte, 1858-1860. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS].
Lot of 2 books. Royal octavo. Pp. 204. Illustrated throughout. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Mededelingen en verhandelingen van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap / Mémoires de la Société d'Études Orientales "Ex Oriente Lux", XXIX. [ADDED:] "Reisschetsen uit Egypte, 1858-1860." Maarsen, 's-Gravenhage, Schwartz, 1988. Pp. 232, Illustrated. In fine condition.
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Mingazzini, Paolino; Maria Grazia Ciardi Duprè; J. Julier; Bernd Scheidt. Oscar Luzzatto-Bilitz. Massimo Carrá. Isa Belli Barsali.
Griechische Keramik. [AND:] Bronzen der Renaissance. [AND:] Schmiedeeisen. [AND:] Englisches Silber. [AND:] Antike Jaden. [AND:] Elfenbein. [AND:] Europäisches Email. (Elite-Bibliothek. Schätze der Jahrhunderte). [LOT OF 7 BOOKS].
Lot of 7 books. Small octavo. Pp. 160 each volume. Illustrated with numerous plates. Hardcover, all volumes bound in the original cloth with pictorial dust-jackets, small tear to one jacket. In fine condition. ~ First German edition. Seven volumes in this fine series.
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Liagre Böhl, Franz Marius Theodor de.
Opera minora. Studies en bijdragen op Assyriologisch en oudtestamentisch terrein. [AND:] Het Gilgamesj-epos. Nationaal heldendicht van Babylonië. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS].
Lot of 2 books. Crown quarto. Pp. 570. Frontispiece portrait. Title-page printed in red and black. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's brown full cloth. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Multilingual. [TO THIS WE ADD:] "Het Gilgamesj-epos. Nationaal heldendicht van Babylonië." Translated and explained by Franz Liagre Böhl. Amsterdam, 1952. Second, revised edition. Pp. 160. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's brown full cloth. In fine condition. Excellent copy.
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Brink, A., E. J. Jonkers, H. Korringa, e.a.
Hermenevs. Maandblad voor de antieke cultuur. 24e t/m 26e jaargang. [THREE VOLUMES].
Three volumes bound in one. Royal octavo. Pp. 200 per volume. Illustrated. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's decorative full cloth. In fine condition, crisp interior. ~ First edition.
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Brink, A., E. J. Jonkers, H. Korringa, e.a.
Hermenevs. Maandblad voor de antieke cultuur. 27e t/m 29e jaargang. [THREE VOLUMES].
Three volumes bound in one. Royal octavo. Pp. 200 per volume. Illustrated. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's decorative full cloth. In fine condition, crisp interior. ~ First edition.
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Brink, A., E. J. Jonkers, H. Korringa, e.a.
Hermenevs. Maandblad voor de antieke cultuur. 30e t/m 32e jaargang. [THREE VOLUMES].
Three volumes bound in one. Royal octavo. Pp. 242; 244; 264. Illustrated. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's decorative full cloth. In fine condition. ~ First edition.
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Brink, A., E. J. Jonkers, H. Korringa, e.a.
Hermenevs. Maandblad voor de antieke cultuur. 33e t/m 35e jaargang. [THREE VOLUMES].
Three volumes bound in one. Royal octavo. Pp. 280; 292; 288. Illustrated. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's decorative full cloth. In fine condition, crisp interior. ~ First edition.
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Brink, A., E. J. Jonkers, H. Korringa, e.a.
Hermenevs. Maandblad voor de antieke cultuur. 36e t/m 38e jaargang. [THREE VOLUMES].
Three volumes bound in one. Royal octavo. Pp. 288; 288; 300. Illustrated. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's decorative full cloth. In fine condition, crisp interior. ~ First edition.
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Aristophanis. F. W. Hall, W. M. Geldart.
Aristophanis Comoediae, I-II. [TWO VOLUMES]. (Scriptorvm classicorvm bibliotheca oxoniensis).
Two volumes. Duodecimo. Unpaginated. Hardcover, uniformly bound in the original publisher's full cloth, spine gilt. In a very good condition. ~ First published 1900.
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Sethe, Kurt. (Georg Steindorff).
Urkunden der 18. Dynastie. Historisch-Biographische Urkunden, I-IV. Heft 1-16 (1-1226). (Urkunden des Ägyptischen Altertums, IV. Abteilung, Band I-IV). [SIXTEEN VOLUMES].
16 volumes bound in four. Crown quarto. Pp. vi, 313; vi, 315-624; vi, 625-936; vi, 937-1226. Hardcover, uniformly bound in neat full cloth. In fine condition. Excellent set in exceptionally fine state of preservation. ~ First edition. Beinlich-Seeber 18528.
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Sethe, Kurt. (Georg Steindorff).
Hieroglyphische Urkunden der griechisch-römischen Zeit. Teil I. Historisch-biographische Urkunden aus den Zeiten der makedonischen Könige und der beiden ersten Ptolemäer; Teil II. Historisch-biographische Urkunden aus den Zeiten der Könige Ptolemäus Philadelphus und Ptolemäus Euergetes I; Teil III. Historisch-biographische Urkunden aus den Zeiten der Könige Ptolemäus Soter und Ptolemäus v. Epiphanes. (Urkunden des Aegyptischen Altertums, Zweiter Band / Abteilung, Heft I-III). [THREE VOLUMES].
Three volumes. Quarto. Pp. 80; 81-158; 159-230. Includes the original errata slip which is meant to be cut and pasted over several erratic paragraphs. All volumes in the original printed wrappers, bit discoloured but very well kept. In fine condition, practically unused, all 3 volumes still entirely unopened. ~ First edition. Urkunden des Aegyptischen Altertums, Zweiter Band / Abteilung, Heft I-III. Complete. I. Historisch-biographische Urkunden aus den Zeiten der Makedonischen Könige und der beiden ersten Ptolemäer; II. Historisch-biographische Urkunden aus den Zeiten der Könige Ptolemäus Philadelphus und Ptolemäus Euergetes I; III. Historisch-biographische Urkunden aus den Zeiten der Könige Ptolemäus Soter und Ptolemäus v. Epiphanes. Beinlich-Seeber 18453.
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Sethe, Kurt. (Georg Steindorff).
Hieroglyphische Urkunden der griechisch-römischen Zeit. Teil II. Historisch-biographische Urkunden aus den Zeiten der Könige Ptolemäus Philadelphus und Ptolemäus Euergetes I. (Urkunden des Aegyptischen Altertums, Zweiter Band, Heft II).
Quarto. Pp. 81-158. Bound in the original publisher's cloth and printed boards, spine bit worn; old signature to title-page and some marginal pencil annotations in neat scholar's hand. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Second part of three, complete in itself. Urkunden des Aegyptischen Altertums, Zweiter Band, Heft II: Historisch-biographische Urkunden aus den Zeiten der Könige Ptolemäus Philadelphus und Ptolemäus Euergetes I. Beinlich-Seeber 18453.
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Hrozny, Bedrich.
Ancient History of Western Asia, India and Crete.
Octavo. Pp. xiv, 260. Frontispiece. Plus 9 plates, some of which are in colour; and 2 folding maps, one of which is in colour. With 144 text figures. Title-page printed in red and black. Large title-vignette. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full cloth, discoloured, gilt lettering and decoration to cover, no dj. In a very good external condition and with mint, crisp interior. ~ First English edition.
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Schrott, Raoul.
Homers Heimat. Der Kampf um Troia und seine realen Hintergründe.
Octavo. Pp. 427. With 92 illustrations. Plus 3 double-page maps. Hardcover with dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition.
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Kooij, G. van der.
Een verhaal voor het oprapen. Opgravingen te Deir Alla in de Jordaanvallei.
Quarto. Pp. 112. Profusely illustrated. Pictorial stiff wrappers. In excellent condition. ~ First edition.
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Drijvers, Jan Willem, Jan de Hond, Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg.
"Ik hadde de nieusgierigheid" De reizen door het Nabije Oosten van Cornelis de Bruijn (ca. 1652-1727). ((Mededelingen en verhandelingen van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch genootschap "Ex Oriente Lux" XXXI).
Crown quarto. Pp. 201. Richly illustrated. Extended bibliography. Stiff wrappers. In about fine condition. ~ First edition.
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Bergsträsser, Gotthelf.
Einführung in die semitischen Sprachen. Sprachproben und grammatische Skizzen. Im Anhang: Zur Syntax der Sprache von Ugarit von Carl Brockelmann.
Octavo. Pp. xv, 240. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ Facsimile reprint.
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Deuel, Leo.
Testaments of Time: The Story of the Scholar-Adventurer and the Search for Lost Manuscripts and Records.
Crown quarto. Pp. 590, xxi. Plus a suite of plates. With text figures. Hardcover with good dust-jacket. Book is in a very good condition. ~ First edition.
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Brunner-Traut, Emma.
Gelebte Mythen. Beiträge zum altägyptischen Mythos. [AND:] Altägyptische Märchen. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS].
Lot of 2 books. Octavo. Pp. 113. Illustrated. Hardcover, original cloth, gilt lettering to spine. In mint condition. Excellent copy. ~ Second edition. TO THIS WE ADD: Emma Brunner-Traut: "Altägyptische Märchen." (Eugen Diederichs, 1963). Octavo. hardcover, decorative boards, cloth spine gilt decorated. In a very good condition. Lovely copy.
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Helck, Wolfgang.
Die Beziehungen Ägyptens und Vorderasiens zur Ägäis bis ins 7. Jahrhundert v. Chr. (Erträge der Forschung, 120).
Octavo. Pp. xiii, 355. Original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First edition.
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Lettinga, Jan P.
Overzichten van de geschiedenis en de opgravingen in het nabije oosten I. ras es-samra en minet el-beida. Met 1 figuur in de text en 3 kaarten. (Mededelingen en verhandelingen van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap "Ex Oriente Lux", 6).
Quarto. Pp. 40. Plus 4 folding maps. Text figure. Original corrigenda slip tipped-in. Original printed wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition.
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