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4to. XXIII, (1 blank), 199, (1 blank) pp. With the title-page in red and black, 1 map of the Hadhramaut titled: "Seen in the Hadhramaut", and 50 double sided plates. The plates are included in the pagination. Blue cloth with black lettering on front cover and spine. With dust jacket. First edition. A perspective on the Hadhramaut region in Southern Arabia and its people through the eyes and camera lens of traveller, writer, and photographer Freya Stark (1893-1993). Of Italian and British descent, Stark was born in Paris and grew up in several places throughout Europe. Her present account tells the story of Southern Arabia in 130 photographs with corresponding descriptions. - Dust jacket is slightly soiled and very slightly damaged (mostly around head and foot of spine), binding and edges with some slight discoloration and foxing, endleaves partially browned. Blackmer 1470. Howgego IV, S 61. Smith, The Yemens, 98. Sotheby's, Burrell sale, lot 889. Cf. article "Freya Stark" in Encyclopaedia Britannica; Macro 2118 (1939 ed.); Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 468.
8vo. XIII, (3), 286, (2) pp. With 1 map of the Hadhramaut printed on green paper, 20 double-sided plates, 3 illustrations in the text on pp. 76, 77 and 85, a few small tail pieces throughout, and a green ornament on the title-page. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Third part of Freya Stark's (1893-1993) autobiography, in which she describes her life and especially the travels she undertook between 1933 and 1939. During this time, her first four works were published, starting with "The Valley of the Assassins" in 1934. The present account focuses mostly on Stark's travels in South Arabia and is illustrated with images of photographs she took herself. It is a very personal account of her life and travel experiences, alongside significant historical, political, geographical and anthropological information about the places she visited. This writing style was quite unique and unusual for her time, but since she was one of the first European travellers in parts of Southern Arabia, "unique and unusual" were, in a positive way, accurate descriptors. - Edge at the head of the book is green and the edge at the foot is untrimmed. Small marking in blue ink on p. 79, lacking dust jacket, otherwise in very good condition. Blackmer 1470. Howgego IV, S 61. Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 458. Cf. article "Freya Stark" in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
8vo. XII, (2), 346 pp. With a double-page map on blue/green paper, 22 double-sided plates, a green ornament on the title-page, a small woodcut of Asolo on p. 336, and some small decorations in the text. Green cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. With a dust jacket designed by F. Quilter. First part of Freya Stark's autobiography, spanning the years until her early thirties (1893-1927), immediately before embarking on her travels. The author was one of the first non-Arabs to journey through the southern Arabian Desert, in the 1930s. - The present copy is a reprint of the first edition; it was published in 1951, merely months after its first appearance in September 1950. Even though Stark's uniquely personal writing style was considered unusual at the time, her books proved very popular. Stark was of Italian and British descent; she was born in Paris and grew up in several places throughout Europe. - Freya Stark's autobiography includes three additional works: Beyond Euphrates (1951), The Coast of incense (1953), and Dust in the Lion's Paw (1961). - Dust jacket is somewhat damaged and partially repaired with tape, edges are untrimmed, small repair to the inner front hinge with tape. Overall in very good condition. Howgego IV, S 61. Cf. article "Freya Stark" in Encyclopaedia Britannica. Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 470 (other ed.).
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Best.-Nr. 1341920208.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1975Best.-Nr. V38631New York (The Viking Press) 1975 (= Erste Ausgabe). 4°, Orignalkunstleder (Hardcover) 479 S, zahlreiche Abbildungen, ISBN 670294012 1
1987Best.-Nr. 47147ABLondon Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1987. 4° 240 S., Ill. OL, OU. Guter Zust.
19801st edition. Hardback in dust jacket. VG/VG. ISBN 0851122159. 17158. eng
2017Best.-Nr. 029687OnePutt Press 2017. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the dedication page. NEW and unread in PERFECT condition. Flat spine. NO chips tears creases rubbing or fading. Bright and shiny. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked - obviously never read. Laid in are two full color photos of The Westin Mission Hills Gary Player Signature Course in Ranch Mirage California where the author is a golf writer and Head Teaching Professional. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. From the rear cover: " A young man determined to launch a career as a gold professional must first overcome self-doubt heartbreak and limited resources. His propects improve when he meets Jitterbug Bell a local golf legend with a unique gist for teaching. Jitterbug's Gift is a treasure trove of golf knowledge.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Softcover. New. xi 148pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. OnePutt Press Paperback
2005This book examines the role oil has played in conflicts around the globe over the last century. It looks at the actions governments and multinational companies have taken to secure their oil supplies since the 1920s, examining accusations that they promote conflict and support corrupt or violent regimes.
Small 4to. (2), 112 pp., final blank leaf. Slightly later full cloth with giltstamped title to cover and spine. Re-issue of this important guide to falconry by the "grand old man of British falconry" (Gallagher), Ronald Stevens (d. 1994), first published in 1956. The book questions several age-old concepts of the sport, such as the attempt of teaching falcons to wait on through flying to the lure, and introduces methods of teaching the birds to home to the falconer's house, which "caused a great deal of rethinking among falconers" (Gallagher). - Stevens settled in the remote Fermoyle Lodge in Connemara in Ireland in the early 1960s, the place quickly turning into something of a Mecca for falconers from all across the world, his treatises inspiring generations of aspired falconers. - Handwritten ownership of Charles Garton, dated Wadeford House, December 1987, to front pastedown. A typescript letter signed by John Cox from The Clock House bookshop to Garton is loosely enclosed, regarding his order of "A Falcon in the Field" by Jack Mavrogordato (London, Knightly Vernon Ltd., 1966), which could not be fulfilled as the work was not to be reprinted due to the author's recent death, offering to send him Stevens's work instead. With Garton's autograph reply on the same sheet, accepting the offer, and asking Cox to refund him the difference. The Clock House's advertisement for "A Falcon in the Field", with handwritten notes by Garton, is stapled to the letter. - Occasional light foxing. A very good copy of this influential work. Gallagher, Falcon Fever 74. OCLC 974238561.
1887Best.-Nr. k5207Glasgow: Hamilton Adams & Co. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Ex lib with modern rebind new endpapers and usual stamps and markings.Scattered light foxing. 1887. First Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 180mm 9" x 7". xi 300pp. . Hamilton, Adams & Co hardcover
2005Best.-Nr. 34844Ann Arbor: Sports Media Group. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 1587262614 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Sports Media Group hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 29910Paris Gallimard in-4° 160 pp
1987Best.-Nr. GITc718Paris Gallimard 1987. Grand in-8 carré 154pp. Reliure éditeur papier toilé chamois bradel, titre en bleu sur le dos, sous belle jaquette illustrée. Abondante illustration dans le texte, à pleine page, en noir et en couleurs. Bel exemplaire en parfait état.
8vo. pp. 293-298 and 211-216 of the Geographical Journal of 1899 and 1900, respectively. With an illustration of the Mausolia near Bandar Abbas. Offprints in modern wrappers. Parts 5 and 6 of Stiffe's account of former and ancient trading centres of the Arabian Gulf, treating Kung (pp. 294-297, 1899) and Bandar 'Abbas (211-215, 1900), both on the Persian coast. Well-preserved. Cf. Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 2135 (vols IV and VII).
1987Milano, Mursia, 1987, 4to t. tela con sovr. ill. col. compl. ill. nero e col. pp. 158.
1991London, 1991, 8vo tutta tela con sovraccopertina illustrata a colori, pp. 128 con numerosissime illustrazioni in nero e col. n.t.
1989Best.-Nr. 34165London: H. F. & G. Witherby. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0854931724 . Illustrated. First edition thus. Fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. . H. F. & G. Witherby hardcover books
1987Best.-Nr. 055970Königswinter., Heel-Verlag., 1987. 160 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Guter Zustand. 4°. H OLeder mit OUmschlag.
1989Quarto in black cotton and silk cloth backed boards ; 162 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm. Numnerous tipped in color plates. Box. Limited edition of 5,000 copies and this exemplar 313. In English. Contents: A history of Golf / by David Stirk -- Golf museums, libraries and documents / by Bobby Burnet -- Profiles -- Golf 2000 or What we are coming to / by J.A.C.K. (J. McCullough) -- Introduction / by Guido Almansi. // Golf -- History. Golfers -- Biography.
1987Best.-Nr. 45008ABKönigswinter, Heel, 1987. 29 cm. 160 S. : überwiegend Ill. Pp., OU. Guter Zust.
8vo. 15 black and white photographs captioned in white, plus one repeat in a smaller print. Original board album, acquired from "M. Arthur, Beyrouth". Paper label to upper cover: "Arab Types. Syria". Small but fascinating collection of portrait photographs showing Arabian nobles as well as commoners, all captioned and the subject often identified by name and tribe. The photos, many of which are executed as highly expressive profile studies, were taken and assembled by Lt. Col. Walter Francis Stirling (1880-1958), Chief of Staff to T. E. Lawrence. While the present photographs were taken during his time with Lawrence, whom Stirling revered, it is not his British comrades but rather the striking features of the sheikhs and bedouins on which this collection is focused. Among the images are "Sheik Gawaileh of Nejd, one of Lawrence's Bodyguard", and "Sheikh Hamondi, Friend of Lawrence"; others are more ominously identified as "Yezidi Shepherd, Devil worshipper" or "Bad type of Hadadiyim Tribesman". Of many noble tribesmen here depicted, such as Fauraz ibn Sha'laan, Emir of the Ruwalla, or Sheikh Daham al-Hadi, Paramount Sheikh of the Shammar tribe, these probably constitute the only photographic record. - Stirling was trained at Sandhurst and served in the Transvaal operation during the Boer War before being seconded to the Egyptian Army in 1906. He spent five years patrolling with an Arab battalion on the Eritrean and Abyssinian borders. Throughout WWI he served at Gallipoli and the Palestinian campaign until he was appointed chief staff officer to Lawrence of Arabia, who called him "Stirling the imperturbable". In 1937, Stirling would reflect on his famous wartime comrade: "From then [early 1918] throughout the final phase of the Arab revolt on till the capture of Damascus, I worked, travelled, and fought alongside Lawrence [...] We sensed that we were serving with a man immeasurably our superior [...] In my considered opinion, Lawrence was the greatest genius whom England has produced in the last two centuries [...] If ever a genius, a scholar, an artist, and an imp of Shaitan were rolled into one personality, it was Lawrence." In 1919 Stirling became advisor to Emir Feisal and Deputy Political Officer in Cairo, then acting governor of Sinai and Governor of the Jaffa district in Palestine before moving to Albania in 1923 to take up a position advising and assisting in the reorganisation of the Albanian Ministry of the Interior.
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