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(2), 177-352 pp. With numerous photographs. Original publisher's card covers. Containing (on pp. 177-206) a lengthy article on Musil's work by John Kirtland Wright. The article appeared before many of Musil's own lengthier pieces were published in 1928.
1992rif. 8165Solar 1992 223 pages in8. 1992. Reliure editeur cartonnée. 223 pages. Ce manuel pratique de Vivien Saunders est un guide complet pour apprendre et progresser au golf. Il couvre tous les aspects du jeu : le choix et l'utilisation du matériel (des drivers aux putters) la maîtrise des techniques de base (stance grip swing) l'entraînement la stratégie en compétition et l'interprétation des règles. L'approche est adaptée au niveau du joueur plutôt qu'à la performance des champions
1938rif. 405071Hastings-on-Hudson NY: Self-published 1938. Wrappers with a few small spots and some light soiling and edgewear internally clean and unblemished save the library markings to the preliminaries. 8vo 9 x 6.25 inches. 146 4 pages. Color frontispiece black-and-white plates. Original salmon printed wrappers. Provenance: Hastings Historical Society label on front pastedown donor's name in ink on-half-title. Sold on behalf of the Society to Benefit their annual fund. SCARCE FIRST EDITION one of only 400 privately-printed copies most of which were distributed to members of the club. The Saint Andrews Golf Club in Hastings-on-Hudson New York is the oldest golf club in the United States. John Reid of Dunfermline Scotland founded the club in 1888. It has existed in its current site since 1897 and features an 18-hole golf course designed by golf course architects William H. Tucker and Harry Tallmadge. In 1983 the track was refurbished by legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus. Self-published unknown
1938rif. 405071Hastings-on-Hudson NY: Self-published 1938. Wrappers with a few small spots and some light soiling and edgewear internally clean and unblemished save the library markings to the preliminaries. 8vo 9 x 6.25 inches. 146 4 pages. Color frontispiece black-and-white plates. Original salmon printed wrappers. Provenance: Hastings Historical Society label on front pastedown donor's name in ink on-half-title. Sold on behalf of the Society to Benefit their annual fund. SCARCE FIRST EDITION one of only 400 privately-printed copies most of which were distributed to members of the club. The Saint Andrews Golf Club in Hastings-on-Hudson New York is the oldest golf club in the United States. John Reid of Dunfermline Scotland founded the club in 1888. It has existed in its current site since 1897 and features an 18-hole golf course designed by golf course architects William H. Tucker and Harry Tallmadge. In 1983 the track was refurbished by legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus. Self-published unknown books
rif. 132599Skybox Press 2014-01-01. First Edition. hardcover. Like New. 9x6x1. First edition first printing. Brand new gift quality hardcover in jacket oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Skybox Press hardcover
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.
8vo. 196 pp. Arabic text. With a photographic plate (portrait of Hasani) and 14 illustrations in the text (12 of which are black and white half-tone photographs). Original printed wrappers. Fifth edition. An important study of the Yezidis, which went through over ten editions. Hasani makes use of Western studies, including those of Giuseppe Furlani and Isya Joseph, and Arab sources. - Spine darkened, extremities slightly worn, otherwise good. Rare. JISC locates just one copy, at SOAS.
Map (117 x 102 cm). Not in Al Ankary; Al-Qasimi.
Hand-coloured engraved map (260 x 243 mm). Scale ca. 1:13,000,000. The Dutch edition of Jacques-Nicolas Bellin’s map, from Prévost's "Histoire générale des voyages (Paris, 1746). "This map is perhaps the original of the maps appearing in Prévost" (Tibbetts). Map of Arabia and the Red Sea emphasizes the coastlines and the interior is primarily left blank. The shoals and navigational hazards in the Red Sea and the pearl banks off the coast of Bahrain are also noted. Decorated with a title cartouche. - Well preserved. Tibbetts 267. Al Ankary 173. Not in Al-Qasimi. Cf. OCLC 164354184.
1954Folio (256 x 318 mm). VIII, (2), 96 pp. With 15 leaves of plates and several illustrations in the text. Original cloth with giltstamped spine title. Only edition. - Systematic account of fossilized foraminifera discovered in the desert of the Qatar Peninsula. OCLC 8202535. Not in Macro.
8vo. XIII, (3), 341, (1 blank) pp. With a double-page map on green paper, 40 double-sided plates, a green ornament on the title-page and some decorations in the text. Green cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. With dust jacket designed by F. Quilter. First edition of the second part of Freya Stark's autobiography, detailing her first extensive travels through the Middle East. Stark (1893-1993) was one of the first European travellers in certain parts of the Middle East, for example Southern Arabia. Apart from a four-volume autobiography, she has 21 other works to her name. Her autobiography and other works are illustrated with images of her own photographs she took of family and of the landscape and peoples during her travels. Her writing style was unusual for her time, since she wrote multifaceted works in a highly personal style, not only about her own life and travels but also about the geography, history, politics, and anthropology of the places she visited. In the present work Stark describes her experiences during the years 1928-1933. - Dust jacket is very slightly damaged with a small tear at the foot of the spine, restored with tape, edges are untrimmed, very slight browning throughout. Overall in very good condition. Bergé, Vente Collection Lazard L'Orient et la Terre Sainte (2008), 404. Blackmer 1470. Howgego IV, S 61. Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 457. Cf. Canton, From Cairo to Baghdad British travellers in Arabia, pp. 118-121; cf. article "Freya Stark" in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
rif. DADAX0419122508New unknown
rif. 136955aafParis, Yves Meyer & Cie Imprimeurs, s.d., vers 1966). 27 x 36 cm, série complèt comme publiée (malgré le fait que qqs “Rules” ne son pas inclus (par ex. Rule 5 &19, pour Rule 12 ily a 2 diff. planches), chaque planche avec le cachet à froid de Perrier, portfolio / enveloppe avec titre & impression à froid: “offert par la source PERRIER”.
1974rif. 168084Bahrain: Gulf Public Relations 1974. First edition first printing of this pop-up book published by Gulf Air Public Relations in around 1970 with dual Arabic-English text by Ib Penick and illustrations by Gloria Nixon. The narrative revolves around Ahmed a boy who is flying from Manama to London with his parents. Quarto. 8 double-page full-colour illustrations by Gloria Nixon each one with a pop up all except the last with moving parts. Original coloured pictorial boards spine lettered in gold covers illustrated in colour and lettered in black and gold. Boards lightly toned spine lettering faded covers slightly soiled contents bright all moving parts in working order. A very good copy. hardcover
1995rif. 182920Kuwait: Markaz al-buhuth wa-al-dirasat al-Kuwaytiyah 1995. First edition of this well-illustrated study on the environmental impact of the destruction of oil wells in Kuwait based on government documents issued by the Iraqi government during the Gulf War. The work presents this damage substantiated by copious data as a main goal of the Iraqi war strategy of delayed sabotage. An appendix lists names of Iraqi officers accused of being "environmental criminals" as they took part in the identification of targets and methods and the execution of the plan - phases which are carefully described in the first part. The second part discusses subsequent damages to the economy public health and the environment including air and water pollution and their impact on living organisms. The third part describes the strategies employed to limit the damage such as the efforts of firefighters in extinguishing burning oil wells. Quarto. With facsimiles of documents colour illustrations and maps. Text in Arabic. Original pictorial wrappers wire-stitched as issued. Pencilled Arabic word at head of last verso. Extremities a trifle rubbed or creased contents clean: a very good copy. unknown
1896rif. 24979Berlin, Pitcairn-Knowles, Simon & Co. Januar-Juni 1896. Halbledereinband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Deckeltitel (Rücken an den Gelenken angebrochen und mit Brandspur. 3 Bl., 418 S. Mit zahlreichen photographischen Abbildungen. 2°. Papierbedingt gebräunt. Bis auf die Einbandbeschädigung gut erhaltenes Exemplar.
1929rif. 136431929 P., Etablissements Loubok, 1929, 1 vol. in-folio (395 x 290 mm), cartonné sous jaquette illustrée en bleu, jaune et palladium, de (28) pp.Petite rayure sans gravité sur le plat supérieur de la jaquette, transfert des encadrements de photos sur les pages en regard, très bel exemplaire, très rare dans cet état (l'ouvrage est généralement couvert de rousseurs).
1852Folio. 2 vols. 503, (1) pp. 460 pp. Dark brown calf bindings with fore-edge flap; oxydized giltstamped cover decorations); wants upper cover of vol. 1.
Small 4to. Together 15 pp. In stapled wrappers with handdrawn cover designs showing two angels, a shepherd with a lamb, and Bethlehem's star. Programmes of the Ras Tanura Protestant Fellowship, an organisation frequented by Aramco employees. The set includes schedules of the Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, and Christmas service. - Occasional small marginal flaws to wrappers.
Folio. (2), 6 pp. Loosely sewn as issued. On legal and social problems of the progress of the abolition of slavery and the new "free" status of former Zanzibar and Pemba slaves after their emancipation. - Hull University Library stamp on title-page. A very good copy. Bennett 2244.
Folio. IV, 69, (1) pp. Sewn, with remains of former spine. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade, especially in Madagascar and off the south coast of Arabia. One item discusses the reported landing in Arabia of slaves from a French dhow, noting that "few French dhows go to Arabia without a few slaves who are sold" (p. 69). Comprises the sections "Zanzibar" (pp. 1-43); "Reports from Naval Officers - East Coast of Africa Station" (pp. 45-59); and "Appendix [Zanzibar]" (pp. 61-69). - A good copy. Bennett 495.
Folio. (2), 24 pp. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence on the early months of the rule of Sultan Barghash bin Said Al-Busaid of Zanzibar, anxious to re-establish the slave trade. With a reference to "probably the first [photographic views] taken of Muscat and its harbour". - Binding loosened; disbound from a volume of parliamentary papers.
Folio. (2), 19, (1) pp. Top edge gilt. Disbound. Rare British parliamentary papers and correspondence with local agents and officers on the slave trade, including an account of the murder, by slave traders, of the young schoolmaster and missionary student Benjamin Hartley on 28 January 1874. - Disbound from a volume of parliamentary papers but otherwise as issued, a very good clean copy. Bennett 497. Wilson p. 210.
890 x 620 mm. Scale: 1:1,000,000. First edition. Map of the western part of Yemen, including parts of Oman. - Stamped "Sales copy".
580 x 420 mm. Colour lithograph, signed "Ibrahim K." Mounted on styrofoam board. Bilingual safety poster in Arabic and English. - Traces of folds, some brownstaining to lower right corner.