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Henri ALLEG
Prisonniers de Guerre
Les Editions de Minuit | Paris 1961 | 14 x 22.50 cm | broché
Bookseller reference : 78653
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Henri ALLEG
Prisonniers de Guerre
Les Editions de Minuit | Paris 1961 | 14 x 22.50 cm | broché
Bookseller reference : 79463
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HENRI BRESC.
Arabes de langue, juifs de religion: L'evolution du judaisme sicilien dans l'environnement latin, XIIe-XVe siecles.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. 349, [2] p., 1 folding map. Arabes de langue, juifs de religion: L'evolution du judaisme sicilien dans l'environnement latin, XIIe-XVe siecles.
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Henri de Monfreid; Ida Treat Editor and Translator
Pearls Arms and Hashish: Pages from the Life of a Red Sea Navigator Henri de Monfried. Collected and written down with a forward and a conclusion by Ida Treat
London: Victor Gollancz 1930. 1st edition. Pp. 349. Rebound in tan cloth original spine transferred. Condition: Very good-. Victor Gollancz hardcover
Bookseller reference : ID90301
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Henri DROUET
Alger et le Sahel
Hachette & Cie | Paris 1887 | 11.50 x 18.50 cm | relié
Bookseller reference : 34461
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Henri PENSA
L'Algérie. Organisation politique et administrative. - Justice. - Sécurité. - Instruction publique. - Travaux publics. - Colonisation française et européenne. - Agriculture et forêts. - Propriété et état-civil chez les indigènes. Voyage de la délégation de la Commission sénatoriale d'études des questions algériennes présidée par Jules Ferry. Préface par E. Combes. Avec carte indiquant l'itinéraire de la délégation et le programme de la colonisation de 1891 à 1895
J. Rothschild | Paris 1894 | 14.5 x 23 cm | Relié
Bookseller reference : 89789
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Henri-Joseph REDOUTE - LANDELLE (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Louqsor. Divers vases sculptés sur les murs du Palais. (ANTIQUITES, volume III, planche 15)
Imprimerie Impériale | Paris 1809 | 71 x 54 cm | une feuille
Bookseller reference : 23288
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Henri-Joseph SAUVAIRE
Sur une Mère d'astrolabe arabe du XIIIe siècle (609 de l'Hégire), portant un calendrier perpétuel avec correspondance musulmane et chrétienne
Imprimerie Nationale | Paris 1893 | 14 x 22.7 cm | Relié
Bookseller reference : 90856
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Henry CHOISNET
Impressions de France et d'Algérie
Imprimerie Rouillé-Ladevèze | Tours 1878 | 13.50 x 22.50 cm | relié
Bookseller reference : 42867
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Henry de MONTHERLANT
Histoire d'amour de la Rose de Sable
Plon | Paris 1954 | 13.50 x 20 cm | broché
Bookseller reference : 87236
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Henry Habib Ayrout; Foreword-John Alden Williams; Photographer-Margo Veillon
The Egyptian Peasant
Boston: Beacon Press. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Boston: Beacon Press 1963. 8vo. xxi167 pages illustrated b/w photos. Name on fly leaf spine bit turned. Good plus in chipped dust jacket. . Good Plus. Hard. 1963. Beacon Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 002422
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Henry Munson, Jr. -
Islam and Revolution in the Middle East -
1988. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1988/Gd. conditionex-lib/180 pages - Why did an Islamic revolution occur only in Iran C8v2993z hardcover
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Henry Munson, Jr. -
Islam and Revolution in the Middle East -
1988. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1988/Gd. conditionex-lib/180 pages - Why did an Islamic revolution occur only in Iran C82993z hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2993z
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Henry, Marguerite
Il re del vento
Un classico della letteratura per ragazzi.
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Herbelot, [Barthélemi].
Bibliotheque orientale, ou dictionnaire universel, contenant généralement tout ce qui regarde la connoissance des peuples de l'Orient. Paris, Compagnie des libraires, 1697.
Folio (262 x 400 mm). (32), 1059 [but: 1057], (1) pp. T. p. printed in red and black. Contemp. calf on six raised bands with giltstamped label to richly gilt spine (rubbed). First edition of this copious, variously reprinted dictionary of the culture and history of the Near East. "One of the landmarks in Arabic studies" (Hamilton 36). Continued by A. Galland after the death of Herbelot. - Somewhat brownstained; slight worming in lower margin near beginning. From the library of Ditton Park in Buckinghamshire (now Berkshire), owned by Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu (1638-1709), with engr. bookplate on front pastedown. Atabey 572. Fück 98. Graesse II, 376. Hoefer XXIV, 283. Zischka 15. OCLC 53777588.
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Herbelot, Barthélemi
Bibliotheque orientale, 5 Volume (von / de 6) ou dictionaire universel contenant tout ce qui fait connoitre les peuples de l'Orient; Leurs Histories et Traditions tant fabuleuses que véritables; leurs Réligions et leur Sectes; leurs Gouvernements, Loix, Politiqeu, Moeurs, Coutumes, et les Révolutions de leurs Empires. Nouvelle édition, réduite et augmentée par M.D. +++ der Volume / Band 5 fehlt ++++ HERBELOT DE MOLAINVILLE, Barthélemy d'
a Paris: chez Moutard, 1781. 8 (200x13,50 mm), xvi-576 pages / (4)-591 pages / (4)-566 pages / (4)-555 pages / ++++ Volume 5 fehlt (4)-560 pages +++ / (4)-605-(3) pages. Gebundene Ausgabe, marmorierter Hardcover/Pappeinband Rücken aufgehellt, Besitzerstempel auf Titelblatt ( Bibliotheca Monasterii Einsidlensis), Seiten alters- und papierbedingt gebräunt, sonst guter Zustand
Bookseller reference : 57461
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Herbin, Auguste F[rançois] J[ulien].
Développemens des principes de la langue Arabe moderne, suivis d'un recueil de phrases, de traductions interlinéaires, de proverbes arabes, et d'un essai de calligraphie orientale. Paris, Françoise-Jean Baudoin, 1803.
Folio (228 x 322 mm). (2), VII, (1), 254, (2) pp. With engr. additional title in Arabic, 10 engr. plates (some folding), and 16 folding tables. Original brown boards. First and only edition of A. F. J. Herbin's (1783-1806) treatise on modern Arabic, with the celebrated "Essay on Oriental Calligraphy", an early account of Islamic calligraphy with details on scripts and writing materials: "Cet ouvrage ne conservé une place dans la bibliothèque des orientalistes qu'à cause d'un 'Essai sue la calligraphie orientale', et des planches fort bien gravées qu'il renferme. Ces planches manquent dans plusieurs exemplaires" (Brunet). - Occasional brownstaining, front hinge split, otherwise a good copy with all the plates. Schnurrer 147. Vater/Jülg 28. NYPL Arabia coll. 192. Arabic Books Printed in Europe (King Abdulaziz Public Library) 15. Brunet III, 110. Graesse III, 247. OCLC 7033701.
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Herder, Johann Gottfried (ed.).
Blumenlese aus morgenländischen Dichtern. Vienna, Chr. Kaulfuß & C. Armbruster , 1816.
8vo. LX (including engraved title), IV, (5-)148 pp. With engraved title vignette. Contemporary marbled boards with giltstamped label to spine. Re-issue of a separate publication of Herder's translations of oriental poetry from the journal "Zerstreute Blätter". "This charming reprint appears to have been published as a separate edition and as volume 21 of the series 'Meisterwerke deutscher Dichter und Prosaisten' by Kaulfuß and Armbruster" (cf. Günther/V./S.). The title vignette, after Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld, shows a Muslim in a garden during prayer. - Binding rubbed and bumped at extremeties. Paper somewhat browned throughout. Günther/Volgina/Seifert 780 a. Cf. WG² 534, 82. Hirschberg I, 212. Goedeke IV, 1, 737.
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Hergé [i.e., Georges Prosper Remi].
Les Aventures de Tintin au Pays de l'Or Noir. Paris, Casterman, 1950.
Small folio (ca. 227 x 304 mm). (2), 62 pp. Original printed boards. Blue pastedowns with white cartoon figures. First edition. - An early adventure of Tintin, set in the Middle East, where the young Belgian reporter attempts to uncover a militant group responsible for sabotaging oil supplies. The story was originally set in Palestine under the British Mandate, but Hergé's publisher requested several alterations, and the setting was transferred to the fictional state of Khemed. - Extremities rubbed and bumped; small flaw to head of spine. Interior somewhat brownstained near the gutter and margins; some marginal tears and creases rarely touching text or image. Rare. OCLC 714202939.
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Hergé [i.e., Georges Prosper Remi].
Tintin au Pays de l'Or Noir. Paris, Casterman, 1963.
Small folio (ca. 230 x 304 mm). (2), 62 pp. Original printed boards. Blue and white illustrated flyleaves. Signed, illustrated (with a portrait of Tintin and Milou/Snowy) and inscribed by the artist on the verso of the front flyleaf to Denis Jamin for his birthday, dated 3 September 1971. The recipient was the grandson of the Belgian caricaturist Paul Jamin (1911-95), an old friend of Hergé's. - An early Tintin adventure, set in the Middle East, where the young reporter attempts to uncover a militant group responsible for sabotaging oil supplies. First published in album form in 1950. The story was originally set in Palestine under the British Mandate, but Hergé's publisher requested several alterations, and the setting was transferred to the fictional state of Khemed. - Extremeties a little bumped and chipped, internally an excellent copy.
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Hermalin, D[avid] M[oyshe].
Muhamad. A shtudium fun dem ershaynen, leben und thetigkayt fun dem Musulmanishen gezets-geber un die rezultaten fun zayn religyon. New York, Hebrew Publishing Co., [early 1900s].
8vo. 64 pp. Contemporary half cloth. Very rare second edition of this Yiddish-language study of the Prophet Muhammad, essentially a reissue of the Meir Chinsky edition of 1898. It includes not only a biography of the Prophet and a discussion of the Qur'an and of Islam, but also chapters with a specifically Jewish perspective, such as on the Jewish population of Arabia (especially in Mecca and Medina), on Muhammad's "dreadful revenge on the Jews", etc. The author published similar accounts on Jesus of Nazareth ("Yeyshu Hanoytsri: zayn ersheynen, leben und toydt: algemeyner iberblik vegen der entshtehung fun kristenthum") and Sabbatai Zevi ("Der Terkisher Meshieh: a historish romantishe shilderung iber dem leben und virken fun Shabtay Tsvi"). The highly versatile journalist, novelist, and playwright D. M. Hermalin (1865-1921) was born and educated in Bucharest, where he worked for various newspapers before being compelled to leave Romania and emigrating to the United States at the age of twenty. Here, he taught French and Hebrew and achieved distinction as a much-admired family page editor for Yiddish newspapers such as the "Folks Advokat", the "Yiddisher Herold", and the "Wahrheit". He wrote thrillers, but also translated Tolstoy, Maupassant, Zola, Bocaccio, and Shakespeare into Yiddish; his 1901 translation of Goethe's "Faust" was the first complete Yiddish version. - Stamps of ownership of the Jewish Socialist Branch of Chelsea as well as the Chelsea Labor Lyceum Association Library to lower pastedown and several pages, including the title-page. Shelfmarks to front pastedown and title-page. Extremities slightly rubbed, paper browned and brittle. - No copy in trade records; online library catalogues list copies at the British Library, Brandeis University Library (Waltham, MA), Yivo Institute for Jewish Research (New York), and the Hebrew Union College (Cincinnati). OCLC 122983891.
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Hermalin, D[avid] M[oyshe].
Muhamad. A shtudium fun dem ershaynen, leben und thetigkayt fun dem Musulmanishen gezets-geber un die rezultaten fun zayn religyon. New York, M[eir] Chinsky, 19 Ludlow Street, (1898).
8vo. 64 pp. Contemporary marbled boards with title clipped from the original upper wrapper and pasted on the upper cover; lower wrapper cover bound within. Cloth spine. First edition of this Yiddish-language study of the Prophet Muhammad. Includes not only a biography of the Prophet and a discussion of the Qur'an and of Islam, but also chapters with a specifically Jewish perspective, such as on the Jewish population of Arabia (especially in Mecca and Medina), on Muhammad's "dreadful revenge on the Jews", etc. The author published similar accounts on Jesus of Nazareth ("Yeyshu Hanoytsri: zayn ersheynen, leben und toydt: algemeyner iberblik vegen der entshtehung fun kristenthum") and Sabbatai Zevi ("Der Terkisher Meshieh: a historish romantishe shilderung iber dem leben und virken fun Shabtay Tsvi"). The highly versatile journalist, novelist, and playwright D. M. Hermalin (1865-1921) was born and educated in Bucharest, where he worked for various newspapers before being compelled to leave Romania and emigrating to the United States at the age of twenty. Here, he taught French and Hebrew and achieved distinction as a much-admired family page editor for Yiddish newspapers such as the "Folks Advokat", the "Yiddisher Herold", and the "Wahrheit". He wrote thrillers, but also translated Tolstoy, Maupassant, Zola, Bocaccio, and Shakespeare into Yiddish; his 1901 translation of Goethe's "Faust" was the first complete Yiddish version. - Binding severely rubbed; extremeties bumped. Paper browned and brittle with noticeable fingerstaining. The lower wrapper cover, preserved inside the boards, has an English title: "Mohammed. A Study Of the Advent, Life and Activity of the Mussulman Law-Giver and the Results of his Religion", with the publisher's advert of books on sale ("oysferkoyf katalog fun mayn aygenem ferlag") on the reverse. Extremely rare: no copy in trade records; online library catalogues list copies at YIVO, Yale, Harvard, University of California, and Florida Atlantic University, as well as the British Library; several research libraries in the US hold microform copies. OCLC 122740986.
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Hermann, Paul.
Paradisus Batavus continens plus centum plantas affabrè aere incisas & descriptionibus illustratas. Amsterdam, Abraham Elzevier, 1698.
4to. (16), 247, (1), 15, (1) pp. With 111 etched plates depicting plants, an elaborate woodcut tailpiece with an eagle feeding her young, caterpillars, dogs, and flowers, as well as a woodcut printer's vignette on the title-page. Early 18th century (?) richly gold-tooled mottled calf, in a panel design with a large centre-piece of curlicues, gold-tooled board edges, marbled end papers and gilt edges. First edition of an overview of exotic plants were recently discovered by the Dutch. The foreign plants were brought back to the Netherlands by ship from around the world and planted in various botanical gardens to be studied. With the help of new botanical technology such as greenhouses it became possible for the first time to cultivate exotic plants such as orchids in the colder European climates. Paul Hermann (1646-95) had excellent contacts and based his work on various Dutch botanical collections that held plants from the Americas, from Africa (Egypt), the South Indian Ocean regions, and Asia. Mentioned plants include passion fruit, cacti, and papaver. Hermann himself served as director of the Hortus Botanicus at the University of Leiden and contributed to this work specimens from India, Africa, and Sri Lanka. He died in 1695 while at work on a number of important publications, this one of them. His widow was able to complete the "Paradisus Batavus" and got influential English botanist William Sherard (1659-1728) to edit her husband's work. The publication raised the bar for floral publications and set the standard so high that it inspired Linnaeus to write his "Flora Zeylanica" (about the plants of Sri Lanka). - Some copies include a four-page laudatory poem to the author, not present here. Most copies of this first edition have 110 plates, while the present volume contains 111. Some of the depicted plants are the first ever to be documented in European cultivation. Although the plates are referred to as engravings it appears more likely that they are etchings. The anonymous illustrations seem to be aimed at showing the whole plant, including the roots, leaves and twigs, rather than just the blossom or fruit that the plant produces. The woodcut tailpiece is signed "C" (possibly Nagler Monogrammisten 2151). - Boards slightly warped, but still a very good copy. From the library of William Cavendish-Bentinck, the 6th Duke of Portland, with his engraved armorial bookplate on the upper pastedown. Kuijlen 115. Nissen BBI 860. The Anglo-Dutch Garden 143.
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Herring, John Frederick, Sr.
Portraits of the Winning Horses of the Great St. Leger Stakes. From the year 1815 to the present year inclusive. London, L. Harrison for S. and J. Fuller, 1829.
Large folio (60 x 42 cm). Letterpress title with engraved vignette, list of subscribers, winners of the St. Leger 1776-1814, 14 hand-coloured aquatint plates by T. Sutherland and R. G. Reeve after Herring, each with letterpress description of riders and winners of other races and the St Leger stakes for each year. Bound in recent half burgundy morocco with contemporary drab boards with large printed label on upper cover. "Extremely rare" (Tooley). Second edition of Herring's finest work, the outcome of his fascination with horse racing and the St. Leger in particular. "In the writer's estimation, the first series of the St. Leger winners contains the very best of Herring prints [...] they were engraved by Sutherland, a more competent aquatinter and colourist than his successors who handled these race-horses" (Siltzer). Herring spent the first 18 years of his life in London, where his father, an American, was a fringe-maker in Newgate Street. Having married against his father's wishes, he went to Doncaster, where he arrived during the races in September 1814, and saw the Duke of Hamilton's horse, William, win the St. Leger. The sight inspired him to attempt the art of animal-painting, in which he subsequently excelled. He painted Filho da Puta, the winner of the St. Leger in 1815, and for the following thirty-two years painted each winner in succession. "Herring's series of Portraits [...] were painted annually and quickly reproduced in large showy aquatints, the horses made literally glossy by the application of varnish to the paper" (Diana Donald, Picturing Animals in Britain 1750-1850, New Haven, CT [2007], p. 215). This is the second edition of this series of wonderful racehorse portraits. It was first published as a suite of 10 plates in 1824 by Sheardown and Son of Doncaster; S. and J. Fuller of London purchased these in 1827 and continued to publish, periodically, the St. Leger winner series up to 1845. The earlier plates were all re-captioned with Fuller's imprint. Plates watermarked 1825-28; the first plate in the present work, "Filho da Puta", is on paper watermarked 1827. - Very slight offsetting to text. Extremities rubbed; otherwise a superb example of this rare work. Siltzer 139-146. Mellon Horsemanship, 128.
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Hersh, Seymour
Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib
New York: Harper Perennial 2005. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked cover trace wear to extremities. Soundly bound square. Pages clean no markings of any kind pages lightly toned. Seymour Hersh won a Pulitzer Prize for his breaking news of the massacre at My Lai; his expose on Saudi corruption nuclear black marketeers and other scandals have established his credentials as an investigative reporter. In Chain of Command he looks behind the "war on terror" and into the causes that led the US into Iraq. 404 pages with index. 8 x 5.25 inches. Harper Perennial New York 2005. Harper Perennial paperback
Bookseller reference : 021342 ISBN : 0060955376 9780060955373
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Hervás, Lorenzo, SJ.
Aritmetica delle nazioni e divisione del tempo fra l'orientali. Cesena, Gregorio Biasini, 1786.
Large 4to. 201, (1) pp. (including errata). With a folding engraved plate and a folding letterpress table. Contemporary carta rustica binding. First edition thus. A highly interesting work comparing the different numerical systems used by various languages and cultures: Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, North and South American Indian cultures, Chinese, Japanese, Tamil, Coptic, Maori, etc. Separate chapters investigate the European adoption of the Arabic system of numerals. The engraved plate shows the shape of numerals throughout the world, while the folding table compares the pronunciation of the word for the number "6" in a wealth of languages. - The Spanish-born Jesuit Lorenzo Hervás y Panduro (1735-1809) counts as one of the most important authors of the Spanish Universalist School of the 18th century, an enlightened, global, comparative approach to historic and scientific theory. This work also appeared as volume 19 of the author's monumental 21-volume cosmographical treatise "Idea dell' Universo" (1778-87), being one of five volumes of the series to be issued separately. - Front inner hinge loosened. Untrimmed in the original carta rustica. An early and little-received work of comparative linguistics, pre-dating by many decades the works of Bopp and Schleicher. De Backer/S. IV, 319f., 2.XIX. Not in Riccardi.
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Herz, Max / Lajnat Hifz al-Athar al-`Arabiyah.
La mosquée du Sultan Hassan au Caire. Cairo, Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1899.
Folio (422 x 522 mm). (8), 34 pp., 20 tables (3 double-sided, 1 coloured) and 9 illustrations within the text. Leaves and plates stored loosely in original decorated dark green cloth portfolio. First edition of this fundamental work on the Sultan Hassan mosque in Cairo, built in 1356/59 during the Mamluk era. One of the largest mosques in the world, it is famous not only for its sheer size, but also for its monumental portal, itself a work of art. - Herz (1856-1919), born a Hungarian in Arad County and trained as an architect in Budapest and Vienna, joined the Technical Office of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture in 1882. In 188 he was made head architect of the Cairo "Comité de conservation des monuments de l'art arabe" and head conservator of Arabic monuments at the Egyptian ministry for religious foundations (waqf). His hopes that the publication of the monograph would lead to a commission for restoring the mosque were not to be fulfilled. - Occasional minor edge flaws, but well preserved. Rare: a single copy on the market since 1975. OCLC 7065880.
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HERZOG, Chaim and GICHON, Mordechai.:
Battles of the Bible.
London:Weidenfeld and Nicolson1978. 1st ed. "In Battles of the Bible detailed maps and specially commissioned ground and aerial photography together with illustrations of all relevant aspects of biblical life combine with a lively account by two of Israel's most outstanding experts in military affairs to provide a fascinating reconstruction of the chain of military clashes that formed biblical history." 25cms x 19cms. Pp.24736 maps 70 b/w photos 8 colour. Blue cloth illustrated d/w chipped and torn. VG/G. London:Weidenfeld and Nicolson,1978. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7349
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Herzog, Chaim and Herzog, Michael
The War of Atonement: The Inside Story of the Yom Kippur War
London: Greenhill Books. First edition thus with a new introduction. Trade softcover. Published London: Greenhill Books 2003. 8vo. wrappers 6 1/8" x 9 1/4" xx300pp. illus. b/w photos. Very good plus clean unmarked. . Very Good Plus. Soft cover. 1st. 2003. Greenhill Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 010674 ISBN : 1853675695 9781853675690
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Herzog, Chaim; Gichon, Mordechai
The War of Atonement
Tel Aviv: Steimatzky's Agerncy Ltd 1975. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book Some slight tearing to d/j edges. Steimatzky's Agerncy Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035981 ISBN : 0297769251 9780297769255
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Heude William.
Viaggio dalla costa del Malabar a Costantinopoli per il Golfo Persico, l'Arabia, la Mesopotamia, il Kourdistan e la Turchia eseguito nell'anno 1817 da Guglielmo Heude tenente al servizio d'Inghilterra.
Opera completa in 3 piccoli volumi, brossure a stampa e con barbe, buonissime condizioni. Prima edizione torinese (l'edizione originale italiana è di Milano, 1820). I paesi visitati sono l'Arabia, Persia, Mesopotamia, the Garden of Eden, Babylon, Bagdad, Koordistan, Armenia, Asia Minor, &c., resoconto dei viaggi asiatici del tenente britannico Heude, al seguito del Madras Military Establishment. Sc. B.
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Heude, William.
Voyage de la côte de Malabar à Constantinople, par le Golfe Persique, l'Arabie, la Mésopotamie, le Kordistan et la Turquie d'Asie fait en 1817. Paris, Gide fils, 1820.
8vo. 358 pp. With 6 hand-coloured engraved plates and a folding engraved map. Contemporary marbled full calf with giltstamped label to gilt spine. Leading edges gilt; marbled edges. First French edition of this uncommon travelogue, containing a valuable account of the Arabian Gulf including the present-day Emirates, Oman etc. The book discusses at some length the "pirates Joasmis de Rass-al-Kymer" (the Al-Qasimi family of Ras al-Khaimah) and the British raid of 1809, but also the Wahhabis, pearl fishing in Bahrein, and "Fata Morgana"-type mirages in the desert. "An interesting work, rich in topographical observations. Heude's journey took him to Muscat, Ormuz, Baghdad, Bahrein and Nineveh" (Atabey). "The author of this rare and interesting work was attached to the Madras Military Establishment and was apparently related to Earl Fitzwilliam, to whom the work is dedicated. Heude left Bombay in 1816 and arrived in Constantinople the following year. There are descriptions of Arabia, Baghdad and Armenia and of a hazardous journey through the mountains of Kurdistan" (Blackmer). As is typical for British Romantic travel writing, Heude appreciatively describes Bedu life and the various religious sects he encounters. - The plates show local costumes, including those of the Bedouin Arabs and of a Dervish of Basra. The large map shows the Middle East from the Dardanelles and Asia Minor to Kuwait and Bushehr. Light brownstaining near beginning and end with more noticeable gluestaining to endpapers. A prettily preserved volume. Atabey 576. Blackmer 812. Chadenat 1622. Weber I, 85. Gay 3576 ("2 vol." in error). Not in Cox, Henze, or Howgego.
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HEWITT (George) [Ed.]
The Abkhazians. A Handbook.
Richmond, Curzon, 1999. In-8 cart. éditeur sous jaquette, 288 pp., ill. en noir et tableaux dans le texte, bibliogr., index. (Caucasus world).
Bookseller reference : 556308 ISBN : 700706437
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HEWITT, Garth.:
Pilgrims and Peacemakers. A Journey through Lent towards Jerusalem.
Oxford: The Bible Reading Fellowship. 1995. 1st ed. "With a Bible reading comment and prayer or meditation arranged in weekly themes for every day of Lent the author links Bible passages to their geographical locations and introduces us at the same time to some of the 'Living Stones' - local Christians who are working towards peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land". Pp 160. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG. Oxford: The Bible Reading Fellowship. 1995. unknown
Bookseller reference : 26196 ISBN : 0745932525 9780745932521
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Heyerdahl Thor
The Tigris Expedition
<p>Garden City NY: Doubleday and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner name on front endpapers jacket . lightly worn. 1981. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0385173571 . Index many color photos. Map endpapers. Exploits of the reed boat voyage through the Persian Gulf and Arabian sea tracing ancient trade routes. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 349 pages .</p> Doubleday and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 55907 ISBN : 0385173571 9780385173575
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Heykal, Mohamed
L'automne de la colère: L'assassinat de Sadate
Paris: Editions Ramsay 1983. Paper bound/broché 308pp includes index. Remainder marks bottom edge. Very good/bon état. 575 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. Paris: Editions Ramsay, 1983 unknown
Bookseller reference : 21367 ISBN : 2859563334 9782859563332
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Heynes, Edward.
Scheeps-togt van Mr. Edward Heynes, van Surate na Mocha, gedaan in het jaar 1618. Verhalende, op wat wijse de Engelsse de Koopmanschap, met de inwoonders, aldaar hebben opgerigt, en door schriftelijke verseekeringen (van den Bassa gegeeven) vast-gestelt. Als mede een beschrijving van de stad Mocha, des selfs huysingen, bolwerken en haven-plaats. Nu alder-eerst uyt het Engels vertaald. Met noodig Register verrijkt. Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, [ca. 1707].
Folio (254 x 400 mm). (1) f., 14 cols., (1) p. (= 5 ff. in all). Modern blue-grey paper covers. First Dutch edition. Edward Heynes' account of the first successful attempt of the British (the third altogether) at establishing trading privileges with Mocha and a commercial presence there, previously published in English within the first volume of Samuel Purchas' collection "Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes" (1625). - The ship "Anne Royall", captained by Andrew Shilling, sailed in April 1618 up the Red Sea and visited Mocha from April 11 till August 20. Heynes, secretary to Sir Thomas Roe, gives an extensive account of the reception by the governor of Mocha, customs of the population, and prospects of commerce. "[The] British delegation lands, and presents the governor with six yards of broadcloth stammell, six yards of green material, a shotgun and mirror. It is striking that the British respond to their hosts' food gifts with gifts of technology. This form of reciprocity sends a message of power, for not only does it reflect the greater sophistication of their economy, it also implies that the Yemenites are no match militarily" (Malkiel, p. 10). Includes a short account of a trip made by Heynes' fellow-merchant Joseph Salbank to Sinan. - Published as part 18 of the series "Wijd-beroemde Voyagien na Oost- en West-Indiën, gedaan door de Engelschen", with a detailed index. Slight foxing throughout, but on the whole well preserved. Tiele 8. Cf. David Malkiel, Strangers in Yemen (Berlin/Boston 2021), p. 9-11. Not in Henze, Howgego, Cox etc.
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Hichens, Robert.
THE GARDEN OF ALLAH.
482p. 12mo. Original full red cloth binding. Spine and front board lettered in gold and decorated with two camels, women riders and men walking. Extremities very slightly worn. Hardbound. Second edition. Very good. ISLAM BOX 1
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Hietzinger, Carl Bernhard Edler von.
Statistik der Militärgränze des österreichischen Kaiserthums. Ein Versuch [...]. Vienna, Carl Gerold, 1817-1823.
Large 8vo. 2 parts in 3 vols. XX, 299, (135) pp. XII, 467, (1) pp. XII, 668, (8) pp. With 4 folding tables and 1 folding lithographed map of the Military Frontier. Contemporary giltstamped full calf with charmingly giltstamped spine; leading edges gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled pastedowns. First edition. - Elaborate study of the "Militärgrenze" (Military Frontier), a borderland of Imperial Austria set up for national defence against the Ottoman Empire, by Hietzinger (1786-1864), a civil servant in the Court Council of War. "Of lasting historical value" (cf. Wurzbach). The map shows the area of the Military Frontier as well as the positions of the infantry and cavalry regiments stationed there. The folding tables provide details on the size and population density of the area, various 18th century organisational reforms, as well as temperature and minerals of the Baths of Mehadia (Baths of Hercules) in modern Romania. The first part was published with a dedication to Archduke Ludwig Joseph of Austria, a younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I. The index of subscribers in volume I, sometimes bound after the XX pp. of preliminaries, is bound at the end of the present copy. Author's initials and shelfmarks to the flyleaves of all three volumes. - A few paper flaws to the index of volume I, not touching text. A very well preserved, appealingly bound copy. From the library of the Viennese collector Werner Habel, with his stamped and signed ownership to flyleaves, dated 1977. Kayser III, 142. Wurzbach IX, 8f. (misquoting the title).
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Hilary Synnott -
Bad Days In Basra -
2008. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/Gd. condition/287 pages - My turbulent time as Britains's man in Southern Iraq. K1591HR7 hardcover
Bookseller reference : K1591
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Hilberg, Raul
La Politique De La Mémoire
Mm 125x190 Collection: Arcades. Brossura editoriale, 212 pagine, esemplare pari al nuovo. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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HILD (Friedrich)
Das byzantinische Strassensystem in Kappadokien.
Wien, Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1977. In-4, broché, jaquette ill. en noir, 158 pp., texte allemand, fig. et cartes in-t., et 114 ill. photogr. en noir en planches in fine. Bibliogr., index (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für die Tabula Imperii Byzantini, 2).
Bookseller reference : 556108
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Hillier Bill; Cameron James
Israel & Palestine
London: Housmans 1968. Paperback. Good/No d/j as Published. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Type: Book N.B. Small plain label to inside front cover. Fading and darkening to covers. Housmans paperback
Bookseller reference : 056348
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HILMI ZIYA ÜLKEN.
La pensee de l'Islam. Translation into French by Gauthier Dubois, Max Bilen.
Very Good English In contemporary hardcover made as saved original covers inside the book. Very good. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. 656, [3] p. Uncommon.
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Hilmi, Ibrahim.
Memâlik-i Osmânîye cep atlasi. Devlet-i `Aliye-i Osmânîyenin ahvâl-i cografya ve istatistikiyesi. Istanbul, Ibrahim Hilmi, [1907 CE =] 1323 Rumi.
Small 8vo. 8, 328 pp. With 64 colour lithographed plates of maps and diagrams. Original light brown cloth bearing elaborate Ottoman Art Nouveau designs. This edition of Hilmi's "Pocket Atlas" captures the Ottoman Empire during the twilight of the Hamidian Era, when it still controlled territories on three continents, extending from Albania to Yemen. With 64 highly attractive colour lithographic plates, the atlas features an especially extensive collation of thematic maps and diagrams, more that we have encountered in other issues, including detailed maps of the empire's various vilayets. Notably, the book's coverage of the Arabian Peninsula is excellent, with a double-page map of the entire peninsula; a custom map of the route of the Hejaz Railway (due to be extended as far south as Medina in 1908); a map of the Basra Vilayet (with southern Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, as well as parts of today's Saudi Arabia); as well as separate maps of Yemen and Asir. - Ibrahim Hilmi Cigiracan (1876-1963) was one of the most important publishers and cartographers of the late Ottoman Empire. Born in Tulcea (now in Romania), he founded his first printing shop in Istanbul in 1896, under the name "Kitaphane-i Islami" (Islamic Library), largely producing religious books. Subsequently, Hilmi became interested in military affairs, geography and history, and changed the name of his press to "Kitaphane-i Islam ve Askeri" (Islamic and Military Library). He published about 200 military books, and his atlases (especially his "Pocket Atlas") were among the most popular cartographic items throughout the empire. During WWI, Hilmi gained the affection of the public for his charitable programme of sending free books to poor children in Anatolia. - Hilmi's enterprise thrived until Atatürk's Republican regime nationalized the publishing of law and school books in the 1920s, undercutting the most lucrative part of his business. However, Hilmi left an enduring legacy, having published over a thousand books on a wide variety of topics over three decades. - Binding worn with a few chips of minor loss, especially along hinges, but holding firm; old repairs to lower margin of upper cover. Internally light, even toning to text pages and some marginal chips to few leaves and plates, not affecting printed area. Maps generally clean and bright, just some offsetting to 4 maps. A fine edition. OCLC 1014526531.
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Hilmi, Ibrahim.
Postcard. Asir (Saudi Arabia). [Istanbul, Tüccarzade Ibrahim Hilmi Kitaphane-yi Askeri / Military Press Tüccarzade Ibrahim Hilmi, circa 1910].
Colour lithographed postcard, 130 x 90 mm. A very rare Ottoman postcard featuring one of the earliest printed maps to focus on the Asir region, then nominally part of Ottoman Yemen, but today a part of Saudi Arabia. The card was part of a series made by Ibrahim Hilmi, one of the premier Istanbul cartographers of the era. - Ibrahim Hilmi Cigiracan (1876-1963) was one of the most important publishers and cartographers of the late Ottoman Empire. Born in Tulcea (now in Romania), he founded his first printing shop in Istanbul in 1896, under the name "Kitaphane-i Islami" (Islamic Library), largely producing religious books. Subsequently, Hilmi became interested in military affairs, geography and history, and changed the name of his press to "Kitaphane-i Islam ve Askeri" (Islamic and Military Library). He published about 200 military books, and his atlases (especially his "Pocket Atlas") were among the most popular cartographic items throughout the empire. During WWI, Hilmi gained the affection of the public for his charitable programme of sending free books to poor children in Anatolia. - Hilmi's enterprise thrived until Atatürk's Republican regime nationalized the publishing of law and school books in the 1920s, undercutting the most lucrative part of his business. However, Hilmi left an enduring legacy, having published over a thousand books on a wide variety of topics over three decades. - Very good, overall clean and crisp, just some very light even toning and slight stains to verso.
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Hilmi, Ibrahim.
Postcard. Northern Arabian Gulf. [Istanbul, Tüccarzade Ibrahim Hilmi Kitaphane-yi Askeri / Military Press Tüccarzade Ibrahim Hilmi, ca. 1910].
Colour lithographed postcard, 130 x 90 mm. This very rare Ottoman postcard features a map of the Northern Arabian Gulf, including what is today Qatar, Bahrain, the Saudi Arabian Gulf Coast (including Dhahran), Kuwait, Southern Iraq (including Basra), as well as south-western Iran. Interestingly, it shows the Arab Gulf States as being part of the Ottoman Empire, when in reality they were already British Protectorates. The card was part of a series made by Ibrahim Hilmi, one of the premier Istanbul cartographers of the era. - Ibrahim Hilmi Cigiracan (1876-1963) was one of the most important publishers and cartographers of the late Ottoman Empire. Born in Tulcea (now in Romania), he founded his first printing shop in Istanbul in 1896, under the name "Kitaphane-i Islami" (Islamic Library), largely producing religious books. Subsequently, Hilmi became interested in military affairs, geography and history, and changed the name of his press to "Kitaphane-i Islam ve Askeri" (Islamic and Military Library). He published about 200 military books, and his atlases (especially his "Pocket Atlas") were among the most popular cartographic items throughout the empire. During WWI, Hilmi gained the affection of the public for his charitable programme of sending free books to poor children in Anatolia. - Hilmi's enterprise thrived until Atatürk's Republican regime nationalized the publishing of law and school books in the 1920s, undercutting the most lucrative part of his business. However, Hilmi left an enduring legacy, having published over a thousand books on a wide variety of topics over three decades. - Very good, overall clean and crisp, just some very light even toning to verso.
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Hilmi, Ibrahim.
Postcard. Yemen. [Istanbul, Tüccarzade Ibrahim Hilmi Kitaphane-yi Askeri / Military Press Tüccarzade Ibrahim Hilmi, circa 1910].
Colour lithographed postcard, 130 x 90 mm. A very rare Ottoman postcard depicting a map of Yemen, including the Ottoman-dominated northern and western parts of the country (Sana'a, Taiz, and Al Hodeidah), as well as the British-dominated southern regions (Aden). The card was part of a series made by Ibrahim Hilmi, one of the premier Istanbul cartographers of the era. - Ibrahim Hilmi Cigiracan (1876-1963) was one of the most important publishers and cartographers of the late Ottoman Empire. Born in Tulcea (now in Romania), he founded his first printing shop in Istanbul in 1896, under the name "Kitaphane-i Islami" (Islamic Library), largely producing religious books. Subsequently, Hilmi became interested in military affairs, geography and history, and changed the name of his press to "Kitaphane-i Islam ve Askeri" (Islamic and Military Library). He published about 200 military books, and his atlases (especially his "Pocket Atlas") were among the most popular cartographic items throughout the empire. During WWI, Hilmi gained the affection of the public for his charitable programme of sending free books to poor children in Anatolia. - Hilmi's enterprise thrived until Atatürk's Republican regime nationalized the publishing of law and school books in the 1920s, undercutting the most lucrative part of his business. However, Hilmi left an enduring legacy, having published over a thousand books on a wide variety of topics over three decades. - Very good, overall clean and crisp, just some very light even toning and slight stains to verso.
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Hirayama, Ikuo
Regards sur la route de la soie
Hologramme 1996 In-4, sous emboitage avec illustration contrecollee en couleurs, reliure toile bleue, 168pp. Illustré de 96 planches en couleurs.
Bookseller reference : 22486 ISBN : 1899132058
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Hiro Dilip
Dictionary of the Middle East
St. Martin's Press 1998. Paperback. Very Good. clean unmarked copy. <br/> <br/> St. Martin's Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 353059 ISBN : 0312174357 9780312174354
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