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8vo. (2), 34, II pp. Contemporary blue printed wrappers. First edition of this exceedingly rare Russian account of a 1719/20 pilgrimage to Jerusalem, the only known work by the Russian merchant Matviei Gavrilov Nechaev (d. 1752). His descriptions of the settlements of Greek merchants in Russia suggest that he was involved in trading with them, an unusual practice at the time. In addition, his travelogue discusses the Turkish tax system, the plague epidemic in Constantinople of 1721, and the Arab revolts in Jerusalem, as well as the Maltese fleet and Russian slaves in Turkey. - A tiny tear to the upper margin of the title-page. Rare; only three copies library catalogues internationally (New York Public Library; Stanford Univ. Library; Dumbarton Oaks); no copy in auction records. OCLC 38678524. Not in Röhricht.
1987réf. 07648Hamburg, Jahr, 1987. PP, OU, 160S, gutes Exemplar
1992Quarto, 160 pages, illustrated, index. eng
1850réf. 50528Hildburghausen, Bibliographisches Institut, um 1850. Darstellung ca. 10 x 14,5 cm, Blatt ca. 14,5 x 23 cm. 1 Blatt, verso weiß.
8vo (127 x 192 mm). 107, (5) pp. Original printed green wrappers. Only edition of this rare account of the "North African War Pilgrimage", the Hajj of the year 1940 - the last before the Second World War brought an effective hiatus on the Meccan pilgrimage for two years. Together with the French journalist and ethnographer Robert Boutet, the Moroccan and Tunisian radio journalist and theatre critic Noureddine ben Mahmoud (1914-1990) published the account of his pilgrimage to Mecca, performed between 19 February and 2 March 1940. The book describes the special travel conditions imposed by the war and the struggle for influence by the European powers, who feared that the pilgrimage would serve as a platform for North African separatists under the leadership of King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud. - Ben Mahmoud also published on the Saudi press, in particular about the periodical "Um El Qurra", whose editorial staff he visited while in Arabia. Later based in Paris, he became one of the heads of the Mosquée de Paris and the Institut de Paris in 1961. - Covers a little foxed, otherwise fine. Uncut and untrimmed as issued. OCLC 5544875.
1894Large 8vo. 109 (instead of 129), (2) pp. With 16 (instead of 19) plates. Marbled half calf with giltstamped title to spine. Includes 4 photographic views of Mecca, 3 of Medina and 3 of Jeddah (after Sadiq Bey and others), wants only the ten-leaf appendix, 2 portraits and the plate showing the departure of the Mahmal in Cairo. - Salih Subhi, an Egyptian public health official, was commissioned by his government to undertake the Hajj in 1888 and 1894. Here he describes the eight-month journey in great detail. Muhammed Sadiq Bey was a major pioneer in the history of Arabian photography and the first person ever to photograph the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina. - Browned throughout due to paper. Our copy without the ten-leaf appendix before the author's epilogue and portrait. - Rare, the last copy on the market fetched £27,500 (Christie's, April 13 2010, lot 276, with author's dedication), the Burrell copy fetched £8,000 in 1999 (complete, but in modern cloth). Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 2096. Auboyneau/Fevret 20. OCLC 7055812.
1931réf. 31607Paris Albin Michel 1931 In-12 envoi signé de l'auteur à René Gast - 253 pp + 1 ff Tables des matières - Carte indiquant le voyage de l'auteur aux pêcheries de perles de la Mer Rouge, du Golfe d'Aden et du Golfe Persique (comprise dans la pagination) - Planches non comprises dans la pagination - plat séparé et dos partiellement manquant
1946réf. 100149278La Fenêtre Ouverte 1946 in12. 1946. Cartonné.
Large 8vo. XXVIII, 436, CXXVIII pp. With lithogr. frontispiece and 18 lithogr. plates. Half calf with red morocco label to spine. Marbled endpapers. First edition of this very rare study of Indian Muslim customs, manners, social habits and religious rites. At the request of the British-Indian surgeon Gerhard Andreas Herklots (1790-1834), the work was composed in his native Dakhini by the "liberal-minded" Ja'far Sharif and then translated by the editor. Subsequently published under title "Islam in India, or, The Qanun-i-Islam; the customs of the Musalmans of India". - Extremities very slightly rubbed and bumped. Occasional brownstaining, otherwise in good condition. Provenance: engr. bookplate of George R. Elliot on front pastedown; later in the library of the Indian-born surgeon Charles Marsh Beadnell (1872-1947; his ownership on flyleaf). OCLC 5152176.
8vo. 54, 52, 58 pp. With numerous photographic illustrations, 2 folding maps (both of Qatar: one in English, the other in Arabic). Original brightly coloured pictorial wrappers. First edition. A publication created by the Government of Qatar, to represent the progress the country had made in a number of fields: from Legislative Development to Education. An interesting insight into the various facets of Qatar's modernization. The book contains the same text, printed in three languages: English, French and Arabic. Very rare; OCLC located a mere three copies (French National Library; University of Haifa; School of Oriental and African Studies, London). OCLC 460812475.
870 x 630 mm. Scale 1:1,000,000. First edition, showing Dharan, Abha, Chamis Mushait, a part of the desert Rub al-Chali, a part of Yemen, etc. - In excellent condition.
Landscape folio (25 x 34.4 cm). Engr. title page, 7 hand-coloured engraved plates by Alken, plate 5 with J. Whatman 1819 mark. Later red hard-grained half morocco, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, rebacked preserving spine. First edition, early issue. The first of Alken's works to have a title page, "lacking from a great many copies" (Dixon). Signed Ben Tally Ho, the title good-humouredly explains that the plates are a reply to Robert Frankland's "Indispensable Accomplishments", a set of six Leicestershire hunting prints published in June 1811. Where Frankland blames the horse for any failures, Alken aims to show how a perfectly good horse can be handicapped by an "unqualified" or untrained rider. - Light browning to sky areas and plate margins. Provenance: Alfred N. Beadleston (bookplate). Dixon 4 (two plates watermarked 1819). Mellon/Snelgrove 3. Schwerdt I, 20 (1813 watermark). Siltzer 69 & 74. Tooley, Coloured Plates 44.
1996réf. 288850PN. New. 1996. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1991réf. 47731ABKöln, vgs, 1991. 26 cm. 185 S. : zahlr. Ill. Pp., OU. Sauber u. gut erhalten. Exlibr. a. Tit.-Bl.
réf. 113506London War Office Geographical section 1951. . First edition GSGS 4622 Sheet 2547; Coloured printed map of Bahrain and Qatar on single sheet with extensive legend printed on reverse size: 62.5 x 77 cm; scale 1:1000000 text in English a little faded along folds a very good copy. First edition of the 1951 issue of the R.A.F. Aeronautical map of Bahrain and Qatar. The War office issued the R.A.F. series alongside a separate US Airforce Series: the R.A.F. series only covers Europe Africa Arabia and up to the end of 1951 had only covered Britain the east coast of Africa and this sheet of Arabia. The odd selection of this region aside from east Africa is made clearer by looking at the content of the map. The map does not show the 'delineation of international boundaries' or 'danger zones' but the topography largely the elevation and depression of the terrain with indications of marshy areas. The only indicated features other than towns and roads are of oil fields and pipelines. In 1941 Britain had gained control of much of Iraq's oil after the Anglo-Iraqi War and sought to expand its influence. The allies had seen the strategical benefits of Bahrain and after the discovery of oil in the region in 1932 it became even more pertinent to grow relations with the entire Middle Eastern command moving from Bushehr in Iran to Bahrain in 1935. But after the war relations had soured with the 1947 anti-Jewish riots in Manama Bahrain largely in reaction to Britain's disastrous orchestration of the Partition of Palestine. At the same time Iran had sought to break free of British control of their oil and in March 1951 voted to nationalise their oil production: in response Britain boycotted Iranian exports. It was in that same month that this map was finalised and published in July in the midst of the tense negotiations Iran was conducting with both Britain and the USA. In 1951 Britain was clearly searching for new regions to extract oil from and this map is captivating evidence of the fractious relationship Britain had fostered with the state of the Arabian Gulf. [London], War Office, Geographical section, 1951. unknown
4to (175 x 235 mm). (8), 38 pp., final blank leaf. Title-page printed in red and black with engraved vignette. Contemporary Italian full auburn calf, spine gilt, both covers ruled and gilt with the arms of the Prince of Morocco. Marbled pastedowns. All edges gilt. Rare single edition of this compilation of documents relating to the conversion of the Muslim Prince Muley Ahmed, who took the Christian name Lorenzo Bartolomeo Luigi Troiano; printed for Pope Clement XII. Prince Muley Ahmed was a member of the Alaouite dynasty, the ruling house of Morocco - a major propaganda coup for the Christian cause at a time when Morocco variously clashed with the French, Spanish, and Venetian merchant navies. This is the Prince's personal copy, bearing on both covers the Moroccan lion's crest with a sceptre and crown. - Light brownstaining throughout. The pretty armorial binding is very slightly rubbed, but altogether attractively preserved. Extremely rare; only five copies known worldwide, all in Italy; none recorded in OCLC. ICCU UBOE\006375.
8vo. 5 volumes (instead of 6, lacking the final volume). With numerous photo plates. Original printed wrappers. The collected works of the Italian oriental scholar C. A. Nallino (1872-1938), who published his first treatise on Arab geography and astronomy at the age of 21. In 1938 he travelled in the Arabian Peninsula for two months, but died in Rome shortly after his return. The volume on Saudi Arabia, with which the series was inaugurated, was his last work. The second volume covers Islam ("dogmatica, súfisme, confraternite"), vol. 3 "Storia dell'Arabia preislamica. Storia e istituzioni musulmane"; vol. 4 "Diritto musulmano. Diritti orientali cristiani"; vol. 5 "Astrologia. Astronomia. Geografia". A final volume on literature, linguistics and philosophy was to be published in 1948. - Wrappers slightly chipped in places. Contemporary shelfmark numbers stamped to title-pages. Untrimmed and uncut as issued. Macro 1682. OCLC 5324614.
2010réf. BN576850Köllen Druck 2010. 2010. Rahmentrainingsplan: vom Kind zum Leistungsgolfer Rahmentrainingsplan: vom Kind zum Leistungsgolfer Deutscher Golf Verband e. V. Köllen Druck unknown
8vo. (10), 70, (6), (43 plates), (2), 106, (1) pp. With folding map frontispiece. Red leather-backed blue cloth. A guide to the treasury of Qur'ans in the Museum of Ancient Iran in Tehran, printed in Persian and illustrated with over forty black and white plates from photographs. The plates illustrate the range of time periods, decoration practices, and calligraphic styles represented in the museum's mid-century Qur'an collection. A folding map frontispiece shows a floor plan of the relevant gallery, with arrows helpfully indicating to an interested visitor which way to best take in the exhibits. - The Iran Bastan Museum, also called the Museum of Ancient Iran, falls under the umbrella of the Iran National Museum. However, it is housed in its own specially designed building in Tehran, and was in fact the first structure in Iran purpose-built to act as a museum: its large arched entryway and brickwork are representative of the famous arch of Taq-e Kasra of Ctesiphon and the ancient traditions of Persian brick construction. Today, the Iran Bastan Museum largely houses much earlier relics of Iran's past, such as Neolithic spear points and Sassanian artifacts, with other sites of the Iran National Museum taking up the focus on Muslim-era manuscripts. A scarce piece of literature on Qur'ans in 1940s Iranian museum collections. - Exterior lightly worn, but in good condition. Uncommon. OCLC 61120487.
197382 pages. Features: Scotty's Fantastic Trip - record run from Los Angeles to Chicago on the Santa Fe, chartered by Death Valley Scotty in 1905; Memories of Frisco Steam - some of the most beautiful locomotives in the country; Farewell, GM&O (Gulf, Mobile & Ohio) - merger spells the end; Rio Grande on the Run - Utah's Wasatch Range offers quite a barrier to the D&RGW's run to the west; Steam at Christchurch; Commuting in British Columbia - great article with map and colour photos; Guide to Night Photography; Through Illinois on the Locals; Little Dumpy Steams Again - restoration of a locomotive for the Monticello and Sangamon Valley Railway. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1974Features: Steam at Rheine Engine Terminal; Meals at all Hours; Author of Ghost Railroad Books; Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Locomotive Roster; Passenger Train Survey; Hoggers are Stubborn; Why Train was Late; In the Glory Days of Interurbans; and more. Two date stamps upon front cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Still a sound working copy. Magazine
1996réf. __0710304722Kegan Paul Intl 1996. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 307 pages. 10.00x7.25x1.00 inches. Kegan Paul Intl hardcover
1909réf. ROD0042766à la société. 1909. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. partiel. décollorée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 37 p.. . . . Classification Dewey : 908.447-Régionalisme : Aquitaine
4to. 29, (1) pp., final blank leaf. With a folding plan of Jeddah. Contemporary printed wrappers. Stapled. Rare contemporary account of the plague outbreak in Jeddah, written by the chief sanitary inspector, documenting disease control in the Ottoman Empire. The treatise puts forward nine suggestions on how to prevent future outbreaks, including an urgent recommendation to establish a strictly isolated hospital for plague patients only, a reminder to look out for a sufficient supply of dumpcarts to get rid of dirty laundry and rags, and an appeal to disinfect all clothes, either chemically or by means of boiling, and to burn immediately all textiles coming in from Bombay or other infected places. The plan shows the Yemen, Chami and Mazloum quarters as well as the city's sewage system. With 7 pages of general information on Jeddah, discussing its climate and population, as well as the Sambuk, a traditional wooden sailing vessel. - Spine somewhat worn; small tear to the plan. A good copy of an uncommon work, never seen at auction. OCLC 44403162.
10 parts in 1 volume. Large 4to. viii, 106, (2 blank), (4), 109-142, (4), 145-167, (5), 169-193, (5), 195-268, (2) pp. With 100 finely engraved plates probably after Hendrik Claudius (1655-1697), depicting South African plants. With identical engraved vignettes on each of the ten part-titles, by Jan Caspar Philips (1700-1775), showing Cape Town and Table Mountain seen from the water. First title in red & black. Without the frontispiece portrait of Burmann, as usual. Full contemporary mottled calf with gold tooled spine. Rare first and only edition of a primary source on South African flora, especially the Cape of Good Hope area, by Johannes Burmann (1707-79), Dutch physician and botanist at Amsterdam. "The nomenclature is here often in agreement with that of the Hortus Cliffortianus [of Linneaus]; Burmann accepts the Linnaean generic reform as brought about by the Genera plantarum and attempts, though not yet consistently, to coin his phrase names in a purely diagnostic way in the Linnaean manner" (Stafleu, Linnaeus and the Linnaeans, p. 166). The illustrations are drawn from the Codex Simon van der Stel, the Herbarium Witsenianum, and the Codex Witsenii. The artist was most likely the physician Hendrik Claudius of Breslau, who had arrived in Cape Town in 1682 to make watercolours of the local plants, with a medical interest. Simon van der Stel ventured on an expedition to Namaqualand in 1685-86 and had drawings of plants made for him, it is possible that Claudius accompanied him and made the drawings. In Cape town copies of these drawings were made for the burgomaster of Amsterdam, Nikolaas Witsen and via that route they served as the source for the engravings in the Rariorum Africanarum Plantarum. An important work with the first illustrations of many Cape of Good Hope plants. - Bookplate on first end paper of Guy Tinant and ink ownership on the second endpaper by the same, dated 1975. Great Flower Books 53. Hunt 508. Nissen 302. Plesch 165. Stafleu, 929. Stafleu, Linnaeus and the Linnaeans, p. 166. For the watercolours see: Codex Witsenii.
