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1973Features: Are the Peralta Stone Maps a Hoax?; Old Betsy - queen of the Kansas Southern and Gulf Railroad; The West Wind Blows - stagecoach loot cached on the Conejos; The Man who put Nebraska in the shade - more than one million trees planted on 10 April, 1872 - the beginning of Arbor Day; Too much gold talk will get you killed - 40 wagons rolled through West Texas from the goldfields of California; The grave on the hill west of Laramie - Clement S. Bengough; Blue - a family's horse; Northern Minnesota's Gold Rush - a state geologist who falsely claimed that in 1865 he had found high-grade ore near Lake Vermillion unknowingly influenced the outcome of World War I!; Bare fist fighter James 'Yankee' Sullivan; Frontier foods and cookery; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
8vo. 8 vols. (6 volumes & 2 supplements): v. 1. Tribes north of the Kabul River. 1907. (4), IV, XIX, (1), 591, (1) pp. With 8 plans and 2 separate maps in both cover pockets. - v. 1, suppl. A. Operations against the Mohmands (including operations in the Khaiber, 1st-7th May) 1908. 1910. (4), II, (2), 60, LVIII pp. With 2 maps in lower cover pocket. - v. 2. North-west frontier tribes between the Kabul and Gumal Rivers. 1908. (4), III, (1), 461, (1) pp. With 6 folding plans and 1 separate map in lower cover pocket. - v. 2, suppl. A. Operations against the Zakka Khel Afridis 1908. 1908. (8), 49, (1) pp. With 3 maps in lower cover pocket. - v. 3. Baluchistan and the First Afghan War. (6), VII, (3), 466 pp. With 2 folding tables, 2 plans (1 folding), and 4 separate folding maps in lower cover pocket. - v. 4. North and north-eastern frontier tribes. 1907. (4), IV, 249, (1) pp. With 7 maps and plans and 1 separate folding map in lower cover pocket. - v. 5. Burma. 1907. X, (6), 468 pp. With a folding map in lower cover pocket. - v. 6. Expeditions overseas. 1911. (4), X, (2), 515, (1) pp. With 14 maps (many folding) and 5 separate folding maps in lower cover pocket. Uniformly bound in contemporary quarter calf over green cloth covers with giltstamped spine labels. An excessively rare counterpart to Lorimer's simultaneously published Gazetteer of the Gulf: like it, classified at the time of its issuing as a confidential British government document and still well-nigh unobtainable in the original printing, this third and last issue of Paget's and Mason's "Frontier and Overseas Expeditions" remains the most important single source on Raj-based military frontier operations carried out up to the First World War. The work was first compiled in 1873 by Colonel W. H. Paget as "A Record of Expeditions against the North-West Frontier Tribes", with the intention of providing a "valuable guide" to such British commanders and policymakers as "might have future dealings with these turbulent neighbours". It was revised in 1884 by A. H. Mason of the Royal Engineers. Three decades later, the frontiers of British influence had vastly expanded: they now reached to the borders of Afghanistan and Persia, and a newly compiled record of expeditions was urgently required. Under the editorship of Lieutenant C. F. Aspinall and Major R. G. Burton, the work known as "Paget & Mason" was thoroughly overhauled and expanded to six volumes, replete with maps and each dealing with a distinct geographical division, with two supplements. Only a few hundred copies would have been printed for circulation to British government departments, regimental libraries, and agencies. The present set, issued to the 7th Division Military Society in 1908 (later the Bareilly Brigade Military Library), bears the giltstamped copy numbers 217, 220, 221, 222, 258, 262, and 1134 (supplement). - The sixth volume deals in depth with "The Arabian Peninsula and the Islands of Perim and Socotra". It includes a sketch of the geographical situation before discussing in more detail the First Expedition to Ras-al-Khaimah in 1809 ("political causes - composition of the force - arrival at Masqat - arrival at Ras-al-Khaimah - description of Ras-al-Khaimah - landing of main body - capture of Ras-al-Khaimah - bravery of enemy - burning of pirate vessels - losses - Lingeh - repulse of the troops - re-embarkation - daring action by Lt. Hall, IN - attack on Shanas - desperate resistance"). It is noteworthy that the British officers here felt compelled to record the military gallantry of the al-Qasimi in their resistance to the British forces. Similarly, the Second Expedition to Ras-al-Khaimah in 1819 is treated, as is the Bani-Bu-Ali Expedition of 1810 (mentioning the results of "bad diplomacy" and "bad tactics", and citing the bravery of an Imam who displayed "great personal courage" while endeavouring to save an artilleryman). Further sections are given over to the islands of Perim (occupied in 1799 and again in 1856) and Sokotra, of which British infantry took possession in 1834 after "the Sultan would not come to terms". Additional chapters treat the Persian side of the Gulf and military expeditions to the same. - Corners somewhat bumped, but altogether a tightly bound, handsome and well-preserved set. 1910 and 1911 stamps of the Bareilly Brigade Military Library to most volumes (but stamp of W. B. Salmon to the supplement to vol. 2). Warning "For Official Use Only" stamped in gilt to spine labels throughout, with most title-pages being correspondingly imprinted (in red ink up to vol. 2). As the publisher's original inserted slip advises, the General Map of Afghanistan called for in the list of maps to volume 3 was not, in fact, completed and therefore was never issued with the set. Of the utmost rarity: not reproduced within the Cambridge Archive Editions series, although incomplete reprints appeared in Quetta in 1979 and in Delhi in 1983. - Provenance: 1) 7th Division Military Society, 1908; 2) Bareilly Brigade Military Library, 1910/11; 3) U.S. private collection. OCLC 821799.
1992No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing. 168pp. Amusing and entertaining book every golfer will identify with and enjoy.
1994144 pages. Index. Includes highlights of local architectural features. Page 123 rumpled, otherwise moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy of this friendly work. Book
1992281 pages. Index. Discusses the Camp David negotiations, the unjust destruction of Palestinian society, and the illegality of the continued Israelli occupation of Arab territories. "The most interesting part is based on Arabic sources that are not otherwise accessible." - Noam Chomsky. Usual library markings. Average wear. Worthy working copy. Book
Best.-Nr. 1169017517.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 13977430Paris: H. Dunod & E. Pinat, editeurs, 1918 in-4, 214 pages, portrait en front., illustrations. Broché. Contributions sur l'organisation scientifique du travail selon les principes de Taylor, parmi lesquelles: Bibliographie de l'organisation scientifique par C. B. Thompson; L'organisation scientifique de la maison par Mistress Christine Freederick; La culture du gazon de golf par F. W. Taylor.
1961Best.-Nr. 12884Leipzig: VEB F.A. Brockhaus Verlag, 1961. o.A. 158 Seiten , 30 cm, geb. Pappeinband
Ca. 72 x 83 mm. Engraved bronze. Rare and exceptionally well-preserved document of the Roman presence on the Arabian Peninsula. This diploma was issued for a member of the ala praetoria singularium, an auxiliary cavalry unit stationed in Syria, under the command of Aulus Furius Saturninus during the reign of Emperor Domitian (81-96). It can be dated with a high degree of certainty, as Aulus Furius Saturninus is only traceable to military diplomas issued as part of an imperial military constitution for 5 alae and 2 cohorts in Syria from 8 November 88. - The ala praetoria singularium was one of 14 alae and 33 cohorts stationed in the province of Syria between 88 and 157. These troops built and defended the almost 1500 kilometre Limes Arabicus, a system of streets, watchtowers, and forts that had its origin in the Roman conquest of Syria in 64 BCE and reached its greatest extent in the second century. Palmyra and Damascus were among the fortified cities along the Limes Arabicus. - From the German collection of Peter Weiß, acquired before 1980. Published: P. Holder, Roman Military Diplomas V (London: University of London, Institute of Classical Studies, 2006). P. Weiß, Neue Militärdiplome, in: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 117 (1997), pp. 227-268.
1939Best.-Nr. 369655Pittsburgh 1939. Two illustrations from photographs. 69 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Red cloth spine green cloth boards upper cover titled in gilt. Minor soiling about fine. Two illustrations from photographs. 69 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Includes a short history of the Fox Chapel Golf Club formed by George M. Laughlin and W.L. Mellon and other members of the Pittsburgh Golf Club the Schenley Park course established by that Club having been taken over by the city and made public. The grounds were assembled in 1923 from farms in the "Farmingham" tract. The photographs show the club house and the swimming pool. The membership lists include men and women members among them many Laughlins and Mellons and other prominent families. OCLC reports only a single location for a 1953 Club book. RARE. hardcover
192812 pages approximately 8" x 8" folded in half to make effectively 24 pages measuring approx. 8" x 4". Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photos. Proposes fourteen days of activities/destinations for tourists to the Vancouver area. These include: Stanley Park and Marine Drive, English Bay Beach, Indian River Park, Grouse Mountain Resort, Grand Canyon Park and Capilano Canyon, B.C. Electric Observation Car and Crystal Pool, Bowen Island, Union Steamship Northern Trip, New Westminster and Cheakamus Canyon, Horseshoe Bay and the C.N.R. Triangle Tour, Vancouver Golf Courses, Hollyburn Ridge, West Vancouver, Squamish and Howe Sound, Lynn Canyon, Harrison Hot Springs, The Cariboo Road, and Vancouver Island Includes a great 3-panel aerial illustration of the lower mainland by H.E. White, looking inland from the southwest (there was no YVR in those days). Moderate wear. Unmarked. A high-quality example of this magnificent early Vancouver tourism booklet, undoubtedly highlighted by the colour illustration of a young lady in period swimwear on the beach at English Bay. Absolute magic! Book
Folio. 4 tinted lithographs drawn and lithographed from photographs taken by A. A. Isaacs. Original printed wrappers. First edition. A very scarce depiction of the great mosques of Jerusalem. The views are: "General View of the Great Mosque of the Sakara", "The Mosque of the Sakara and Judgement-Seat of David", "Facade of the Mosque El Aksa", and "The Marble Pulpit and Colonnades". The wrapper states that these are the first published views of the Mosques. - Lithographs lightly foxed, spine repaired. An excellent copy. Not in Abbey or Tobler.
8vo. 85, (11), 254 pp. Contemporary boards; spine rebacked with calf; giltstamped spine label. All edges red. Four important 17th and 18th century Western treatises on Islam, uniting works by Adrian Reland, Albert Bobovius, and Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz. Reland's two works in especial, first published in 1705, were considered a groundbreaking achievement: the first contains a brief dogmatic treatise (translated from an Arabic ms.), providing a Muslim self-portrait, while the second rectifies prevalent misconceptions about Islam (cf. Fück). The material, including translations of many passages, was drawn from original sources, chiefly from the 11th-century philosopher Ahmad ibn al-Husayn Abu Shuja` al-Isfahani (cf. Quérard, La France litt. VII, 512). Adriaan Reelant (1676-1718) held the chair of oriental languages at the University of Utrecht. The third part, originally published in Latin (Oxford 1690) as "Tractus de Turcorum liturgia", also discusses the pilgrimage to Mecca and includes notes by Thomas Hyde. The fourth part, by Mathurin Veyssière de Lacroze, was first published in his "Dissertations historiques sur divers sujets" (Rotterdam, 1707; cf. Quérard IV, 381). The present translation includes "a letter from Mr. Leibnitz to the author" (pp. 245-254). - From the library of the British philosopher of religion, David Arthur Pailin (b. 1936), with his bookplate and notes laid in. Chauvin XII, 1384. OCLC 15270828. Cf. Fück 102 (Reland). Not in Brunet.
4 picture postcards. A collection of vintage postcards showing the Ordnance Depot, Basra; the Mouth of the Ashar Creek, Basra; Qashla (Ashar Barracks) Basra; and View, Right Bank, Shatt-El-Arab. - All evenly browned a little; some foxing to view of the Ordnance Depot. The view of Ashar Creek is pre-printed with "Christmas Greetings and all Good Wishes for a Happy New Year".
1930anni '30 circa (riproduzioni posteriori) gruppo di quattordici in marron e nove in nero, tutte circa cm. 25/28 x 21.
With original dustjacket in excellent condition. First edition, first printing. Violet was the wife of H. R. P. Dickson, author of 'The Arab of the Desert' and 'Kuwait and her Neighbours'.
Best.-Nr. 122004Minneapolis East View 2026. . 4 vols 8vo 25.5 x 16.5; publisher's black cloth lettered in white to boards and spines a fine copy. A comprehensive collection of annual reports produced by the British Foreign Office concerning the major regions of Arabia often intended as internal circulars and never for direct publication. Minneapolis, East View, 2026. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 122002Minneapolis East View 2026. . 4 vols 8vo 25.5 x 16.5; publisher's black cloth lettered white to boards and spines a fine copy. A comprehensive collection of annual reports produced by the British Foreign Office concerning the major regions of Arabia often intended as internal circulars and never for direct publication. Minneapolis, East View, 2026. hardcover
Small 8vo (175 x 135 mm). [4], 326 (pp. 272f. printed on a single page, pp. 274-279 printed as three folding tables), [1] pp. With large folding map and additional separately printed index in pocket at front. Original green cloth, printed title to spine and upper flap. Ownership inscription of H. W. Leatham, Lieut., RAMC, dated April, 1918. First edition of a field guide to Mesopotamia (Iraq), published on behalf of the General Staff in India for the use of officers serving in the Mesopotamian campaign during the First World War, stating on the binding and title-page "for official use only". The guide is divided into eight chapters, dealing with Iraq's history, geography, population, resources, military strength, maritime power, administration and communication respectively. The fifth and sixth chapter also contain valuable information on the Turkish military and maritime strength. Added to the present guide is many newly acquired information not present in the 1915 guide. For example, the "list of routes" in the present guide contains 36 routes from one city to another, compared to 14 routes in the 1915 guide. The routes are shown on the folding map. With the owner's inscription of H. W. Leatham, Lieutenant in the British Royal Army Medical Corps, on the first flyleaf. A few small spots or stains. Binding only very slightly rubbed. Overall in very good condition.
1991Best.-Nr. 50561Kensington West Productions, 1991. Fifth Edition.
2008xvii + 280 pages, illustrated. eng
Oblong 4to. Pop-up book containing 8 pop-ups with moveable parts. (8) pp. Text in English and Arabic. Printed boards. Colourful pop-up book for travelling children, published in the 1970s by Gulf Air's Public Relations department in Bahrain and illustrated by Gloria Nixon. - One moveable part missing, some creasing, otherwise in good condition.
1974Best.-Nr. 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
Vintage lithographed poster backed on linen. 1060 x 762 mm. Rare travel poster showing the Nefertiti Bust, designed by Assem Ismail for the United Arab Airlines (formerly Misr Airlines and MisrAir, now Egypt Air). Affiches Air-France-2006, p. 149.
Vintage lithographed poster backed on linen. 1060 x 680 mm. Tiger-themed poster by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in association with Qantas Empire Airways, South African Airways, and Tasman Empire Airways. An early document of modern aviation in Pakistan, which had gained independence only in 1947, after the Partition of the British Indian Empire, which awarded separate statehood to its Muslim-majority regions. Affiches Air-France-2006, p. 149.
