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8vo. XIX, (1), 197, (3) pp. Modern orange cardboard binding with spine label clipped from original printed wrappers. First published edition. "A translation of Persian narratives from the posthumous papers of his half-brother, Friedrich Rosen, including a glossary and grammar of modern Farsi" (NDB). - The doctoral dissertation of the Prussian oriental scholar and diplomat G. Rosen (Ballhorn, 1820-91), who studied in Berlin and Leipzig. In 1844 he was a dragoman at the Prussian embassy in Constantinople before becoming Prussian consul in Jerusalem in 1853. From 1867 he served as German Consul General in Belgrade. - Some browning and brownstaining throughout due to paper stock. Noticeable wrinkling and edge defects as well as ink smudges to beginning and end. NDB XXII, 52.
1976Des traditions bédouines aux pratiques actuelles , description des pays en pleine évolution , le centre névralgique du monde : celui du pétrole . Très beau livre . Photographies en couleurs et noir et blanc , cartes , calligraphies . - 162 p. , 1 kg 200 gr.
1976réf. 004050Lausanne Mondo 1976 In Quarto carré Des traditions bédouines aux pratiques actuelles , description des pays en pleine évolution , le centre névralgique du monde : celui du pétrole . Très beau livre . Photographies en couleurs et noir et blanc , cartes , calligraphies . - 162 p. , 1 kg 200 gr.
8vo. 2 United States passports. Passports of the Aramco employee Joseph John de Roule, packed with entrance visa stamps from his trips to Aramco facilities in the Middle East, including Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Turkey, but also Hong Kong, Cyprus, and Denmark. - De Roule had been with Aramco since 1951, his first assignment being that of a craft specialist in Abqaiq. He was transferred to Dhahran in 1956, where he later retired with his wife. His 1964 passport includes a set of spare original black-and-white passport photographs in a rear pocket. - In very good condition.
8vo. 302 pp. With photo illustrations in the text throughout. Red half morocco over cloth boards with giltstamped spine title. Top edge red. Marbled endpapers. Rare first edition of this important work on Arabian horses. "Spanish commission sent to observe Arabian horses in Turkey, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Palestine [...] Used as a reference source by Gladys Brown Edwards in 'The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse'" (Boyd/P., p. 11). An English translation ("In Search of the Arabian Horse") appeared in 2001; an Arabic one ("al-Bahth `an al-husan al-`Arabi") was published in Riyadh in 2007. A fine copy with the bookplate of José Luis Marín-Sánchez to half-title. Boyd/Paul 10. OCLC 49468733.
Large 8vo. 297, (7) pp. With photographic illustrations in the text throughout and a lithographed map showing the sailing route in blue. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Rare first edition in Spanish, in the original publisher's paper wrappers, of this important work on Arabian horses, describing a voyage made in 1904 of a Spanish commission to Turkey, Syria, Mesopotamia and Palestine, to observe thoroughbred Arabian horses. The party returned to Spain with 33 Percherons, of which 27 were considered to be first-class horses. In the present work, the Spanish cavalry commander Luis Azpeitia de Moros describes their journey, their contact and negotiations with the people there, and the horses they bought. Azpeitia's account is lavishly illustrated with photographs, all with Spanish captions printed below, of not only the areas they visited and their inhabitants, but also of the several horse specimens they bought, with their name and place of purchase in the printed captions. - The present work was used as reference source by Gladys Brown Edwards in her work on the history of the Arabian horse (The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse) (Boyd/Paul, p. 11); an English translation of the work appeared in 2001 (In Search of the Arabian Horse), and an Arabic one was published in Riyadh in 2007 (Al-Bahth `an al-husan al-`Arabi). Altogether the very rare first edition of an important work on Arabian horses, even more rare when offered with its original wrappers, as the present copy, which are illustrated with drawings of scenes of the voyage. - Wrappers a little browned and somewhat foxed (including the edges), spine slightly damaged (especially at the head) and partly cracked. Some very minor foxing throughout, but otherwise still in good condition. A very rare work on Arabian horses.
2006réf. 14130La Découvrance Editions 2006 277 pages 14 6x3x20 4cm. 2006. Broché. 277 pages. Nathaniel Bishop raconte son audacieuse équipée en 1874 peu après la guerre de Sécession à travers une Amérique du Nord encore sauvage. Parti de Québec il rejoint le golfe du Mexique soit 2 500 milles à bord d'un canot en bois de cèdre puis en papier
Conseil général du Morbihan - 1976 - 4ème édition - In-8 - Broché - Couverture illustrée - Illustrations NB dans le texte + 1 HT dépliante de Jean Decker - 40 pages - Très bon exemplaire Cachet du Château de Suscinio
réf. 15403Conseil général du Morbihan - 1976 - 4ème édition - In-8 - Broché - Couverture illustrée - Illustrations NB dans le texte + 1 HT dépliante de Jean Decker - 40 pages - Très bon exemplaire
1960réf. 60381960 plaquette in-octavo avec une jaquette illustrée sur le recto/verso, illustrations à la plume de Jean-François Decker : bandeaux - culs-de-lampe et hors-texte, 48 pages, 1960 Presses de Saint-Michel en Priziac,
1970réf. 89221970 plaquette in-octavo, première de couverture ornée d'une illustration photographique en couleurs sur le recto (costume de l'Ile-Aux-Moines) et d'une carte du golfe sur le verso, illustrations photographiques hors-texte en noir sur papier glacé + fronts-de-chapitre et culs-de-lampe et 1 carte du golfe sur une double page dessinés par Jean-François Decker, 48 pages, sans date (les années 1950 environ) à Priziac Imprimé sur les Presses de Saint-Michel,
Folio (220 x 325 mm). (36), 566, (2) pp. With woodcut title border by J. Faber after Hans Holbein, 2 additional borders, printer's device, and numerous initials. Blindstamped limp leather on four raised bands. Early Latin translation of the geography of Strabo, who had visited Egypt and sailed up the Nile in 25 BC. - Even in the introductory chapters, Strabo provides important details on the Arabian Peninsula: "Adjoining the Ethiopians, a needy and nomad race, is Arabia: one part of which is distinguished above all other lands by the title of Felix [i.e., Hedjaz and Nejd-ed-Ared], and the other, though not dignified by that name, is both generally believed and also said to be pre-eminently blessed. Though Homer knew of Arabia Felix, at that time it was by no means wealthy, but a wild country, the inhabitants of which dwelt for the most part in tents. It is only a small district which produces the aromatics from which the whole territory afterwards received its name, owing to the rarity of the commodity amongst us, and the value set upon it. That the Arabians are now flourishing and wealthy is due to their vast and extended trade" (p. 30f.); "Arabia Felix is bounded by the entire Arabian and Persian Gulfs, together with all the country of the tent-dwellers and the Sheikh-governed tribes. [...] Beside the ocean the country is tolerably fitted for habitation of man, but not so the centre of the country: this for the most part is barren, rugged sand desert. The same applies to the country of the Troglodytic Arabians and the part occupied by the fish-eating tribes" (p. 90f.) Furthermore, chapters 15 and 16 are devoted entirely to the Orient (chapter 16 on Arabia in particular), while the final chapter 17 discusses Egypt and Libya. - The fine title border shows King Solomon among the philosophers and poets of Greco-Roman antiquity; at the bottom, the Nine Muses lay a wreath on the head of Homer. Occasional insignificant brownstaining. The uncommon binding is slightly rubbed; some edge defects professionally restored. Title page has contemporary ms. ownership of the classical scholar Johannes Lyresius from Kleve, professor of Greek at Ingolstadt from 1568 onwards. A few marginalia and underlinings by his and later hands. VD 16, S 9346. Hoffmann III, 457. Schweiger I, 304. Cf. Macro 2148 (only later English translations).
1992in 4°, pp. 336, leg. edit. con sovracop. ill. Tutto sul golf, le regole del gioco, le attrezzature, le architetture, le mappe dettagliate dei maggiori campi del mondo, carriere dei più grandi campioni mondiali, con centinaia di foto a colori. Come nuovo. 255/37
1967réf. 83900San Diego CA: Gulf General Atomic Incorporated c1967. Presumed First Edition First printing thus. Wraps. Good. 4 pages plus covers. Illustrated front cover. Illustration inside front cover. Other illustrations. Rear cover has designation SP8017 0206906. Rare surviving item of corporate ephemera from the brief period when the potential for the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Explosives were actively considered and investigated. This document is undated but has content indicating that it was produced no earlier than 1962. Because it is a product of Gulf General Atomic it was produced between 1967 and 1973 based on when this name was officially used. Based on context this document is probably from the earlier part of this period. This is a marketing brochure for Gulf General Atomic's field services and highlights some of its expertise developed in support of nuclear-effects computer code development high-explosive experimental verification and analytical and experimental participation in underground nuclear explosive testing. Also highlighted is their experience with chemical explosives. General Atomics is an American energy and defense corporation headquartered in San Diego California specializing in research and technology development. This includes physics research in support of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion energy. The company also provides research and manufacturing services for remotely operated surveillance aircraft including the Predator drones airborne sensors and advanced electric electronic wireless and laser technologies. General Atomic GA was founded on July 18 1955 in San Diego California by Frederic de Hoffmann with assistance from notable physicists Edward Teller and Freeman Dyson. Originally the company was part of the General Atomic division of General Dynamics "for harnessing the power of nuclear technologies for the benefit of mankind". In 1956 San Diego voters approved the transfer of land to GA for permanent facilities in Torrey Pines and the John Jay Hopkins Laboratory for Pure and Applied Science was formally dedicated there on June 25 1959. The Torrey Pines facility continues to serve as the company's headquarters. General Atomic's initial projects were the TRIGA nuclear research reactor which was designed so that it was guaranteed to be safe by the laws of nature and Project Orion. GA helped develop and run the San Diego Supercomputer Center. A brief history of the company: 1967: Sold to Gulf Oil and renamed Gulf General Atomic. 1973: Renamed "General Atomic Company" when Royal Dutch Shell Group's Scallop Nuclear Inc. became a 50-50 partner. 1979: Harold Agnew appointed president and CEO 1982: Renamed "GA Technologies Inc" when Gulf bought out its partner. Gulf General Atomic Incorporated paperback
1986192 pages, illustrated, statistics, glossary, index. eng
Royal folio (540 x 410 mm). 5 volumes in 1. With engraved title-page, engr. dedication, 5 engr. half-titles and 86 engr. plates (3 folded, 1 map). Contemporary full calf with giltstamped red morocco label to richly gilt spine. All edges red. First edition of this splendid work, which was reprinted five times until 1742 (including an English edition). The first three volumes deal with historical and legendary monuments (among them the seven wonders of the ancient world as well as monuments of the "Arabs and the Turks"). The fourth volume is dedicated to buildings of Fischer von Erlach himself; the fifth volume shows vases and sarcophagi. - Binding slightly rubbed, some dampstaining near end, otherwise a fine, wide-margined and complete copy. Nebehay/Wagner 176. Ornamentstichslg. Berlin 2105. Fowler 121. Schlosser 438. Thieme/B. XII, 48. Millard III, 31. Kruft 205/687. Museum of Islamic Art, Hajj - The journey through art, p. 48f. (illustration).
8vo. 3 vols. 35, (1), 293, (9) folded maps, (7), 212, (1) pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. - Three-volume set of this military geographic work on Iran, published by the General Staff of the German Army, collecting valuable information concerning physical aspects, resources, and artificial features of the terrain necessary for planning and operations. This set is complete with its 9 large folded maps and its 212 b/w photographic reproductions. - Moderate age-toning or foxing on wrappers. Text in German. Wrappers in overall good, interior in very good condition.
4to. XI, (1), 418 pp. With folding lithographed frontispiece and a lithographed plate, both in original hand colour. Ca. 1940s giltstamped full blue morocco with spine-title. Leading edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. First edition of this classic of Middle Eastern travel literature, published anonymously. The first literary venture by the English travel writer and historian Kingslake, in which he described a journey he made about ten years earlier in Syria, Palestine and Egypt, together with his Eton contemporary Lord Pollington. According to the Irish traveller and novelist Elliot Warburton, the book evoked "the East itself in vital actual reality", and it was instantly successful. - Packed with intimate details of a traveller's life and emotions, the narrative includes vivid accounts of Kinglake's encounter with Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839), one of the most famous travellers of her age, at her home near Sidon in Lebanon, as well as of a severe outbreak of the plague during his 15-day sojourn in Cairo: "When I first arrived, it was said that the daily number of 'accidents' by the plague, out of a population of about 200,000, did not exceed four or five hundred, but before I went away, the deaths were reckoned at twelve hundred a day [...] When first I arrived at Cairo, the funerals that daily passed under my windows were many, but still there were frequent, and long intervals without a single howl. Every day, however [...] these intervals became less frequent, and shorter, and at last, the passing of the howlers from morn to noon was almost incessant. I believe that about one half of the whole people was carried off by this visitation [...]" (p. 283ff.). - The frontispiece shows a group of travellers on horseback passing the skeletons of impaled robbers in the Balkans, captioned "Eastern Travel". The plate shows a baggage raft and some swimmers crossing the River Jordan. - Upper hinges slightly rubbed. Frontispiece worn in the folds; occasional very slight foxing. Provenance: pastedown has bookplate of Frank Goldsmith, possibly the Kentish-born photographer of that name (1902-82) who survived the sinking of the Titanic as a nine-year-old and relocated to the USA after WWII. A fine copy in an sumptuous blue morocco binding produced by the Bayntun-Riviere bindery in Bath, England. Blackmer 911. OCLC 1191005987. Cf. Weber 369 (1845 2nd edition). Atabey 635 (1847 French edition). Not in Aboussouan.
635 x 910 mm (image); 680 x 990 mm (sheet). Colour-printed poster mounted on cloth with wooden rods for hanging. German teaching material on Saudi Arabia, stereotyping the symbiotic simultaneity of modern oil exploration and the traditional bedouin lifestyle. Prepared for introducing students to the economic value of desert landscapes for oil exploration, this large poster depicts an utterly idyllic scence with a resting caravan watering their camels near a pipeline and three oil rigs. Another caravan on the move, as well as two bedouin tents and an oasis are displayed in the background. - Chart number 7 from the series "Dr. te Neues Geographische Bilder" after a work by the German painter Michael Mathias Kiefer (1902-80), bearing his reproduced signature. - Vertical tear near upper margin (measuring ca. 9 cm); margins occasionally slightly waterstained, not affecting image.
Chromolithograph map, 852 x 520 mm. Scale 1:500,000. A map depicting the Jewish settlements related to Keren Hayesod agricultural work from 1921-1946. Keren Hayesod was, during the pre-state period, a single-issue Zionist funding body and played a large role in the settlement of Palestine by Jewish colonists prior to 1948; many of these settlements were agricultural in nature. The map lists over one hundred settlements and distinguishes those established by from those aided by Keren Hayesod. Also identified are settlement types: communal, smallholders, village, urban, town, training farms, and ex-servicemen villages. A colourful and thorough overview of Keren Hayesod's work in the region. - A hint of wear along creases, otherwise well preserved. OCLC 827860593.
Large 4to. 36 pp. With a folding lithographed plate. Original wrappers with handwritten label on upper cover. Treatise on a papyrus document concerning the sale of land, found in an Egyptian grave and dated 104 BC. - August Boeckh (1785-1867), who did important work on ancient poetry, particularly Pindar, is regarded as the founder of modern Epigraphy. - Slightly brownstained. Covers worn. From the library of Joseph Baron Lassberg (1770-1855), his autogr. ownership "Villae Eppos ad Bibliothecam Laßbergii" on inside of front cover; stamp of the Fürstenberg Court Library at Donaueschingen on title page. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 78. Not in Kainbacher.
1995In 4°, pag. 192 con moltissime illustrazioni a colori. Tela editoriale con sovr. illustrata. Presentazione di Nick Price. Ottimo e fresco esemplare.
Colour-printed map. Ca. 65 x 52 cm. Scale 1:800,000. German military map of eastern Anatolia in the Ottoman Empire, produced by the Prussian Ordnance Survey near the end of the First World War and marked as "for operational use only". - Folded. Formerly in the collections of the Geographical Institute of the University of Berlin with 1940s stamp and shelfmark. OCLC 246429024.
(2), 11, (1) SS., l. w. Bl. Marmorbroschur der Zeit. 8vo. Aufsätze: "Das Auslaut- und Betonungsgesetz des Neupersischen"; "Über das Lautgesetz: altbaktr. sh = alteran. rt."; "dahân". "Aus dem Decemberhefte des Jahrganges 1870 der Sitzungsberichte der phil.-histor. Cl. der kais. Akademie der Wissenschaften [LXVI. Bd., S. 361] besonders abgedruckt." Im Rand etwas angestaubt. Mit Bibliotheksstempel des Indogermanischen Instituts der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig am Titelblatt sowie Ausscheidestempel.
