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rif. 025945107X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2006rif. 133390Paris: Editions Gallimard 2006. Hardcover. VG. May have a bookplate from an art museum. Purple boards with color pictorial front. 375 pp. Many color plates. In French. 2007 exhibition at l'Institut du monde arabe Paris and Metropolitan Museum of Art New York exploring the connections between Venice and its Mediterranean neighbors. Editions Gallimard hardcover
1833rif. 33054Paris: Felix Locquin / Henri Dupuy. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1833-1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Arabian Nights; Short Stories; Plates; Woodcuts; Woodcuts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 484 496 504 pages; MUHAMMAD AL-MAHDI AL-HAFNAWI attributed to. Contes du Cheykh El-Mohdy traduits de l'Arabe d'apres le Manuscrit Original par J. -J. Marcel. 25 woodcut plates and numerous decorations in text. Half-titles. 3 volumes ct. Contemporary cloth scattered minor foxing stains in outer margin of plate 21. Bookplates of S. P. Scott and Norman J. Sondheim. Collection of tales in the manner of the Arabian Nights. Color armorial bookplate. About 20 wood engraved plates. . Felix Locquin / Henri Dupuy, hardcover
1920rif. 40911Portland: Privately printed1920. 1920. OREGON. 10-1/2" x 7-1/2" printed wrappers. 60pp. to include wrappers. Frontispiece. Colorful pictures along with black and white photographs all have yellow borders. Three black and white full-page portraits include W. Freeland Kendrick 33 degree Imperial Potentate along with his Masonic Record; W.J. Hofmann General Chairman - Portland Committee; welcoming everyone to the beautiful city of Portland and all it offers; lastly A.H. Lea - Potentate - Al Kader Temple. "A "potentate" is a person who possesses great power as a sovereign monarch or ruler." A 2-page spread showing black and white pictures of the "Officers of the Imperial Council A A O N M S." Much information about the history of the shrine and a Shriner how officials are elected and who elects them information for the guests to include who to call should they need a physician the headquarters hotel and housing headquarters activities such as visiting the Portland sawmill golfing baseball mountain climbing trips swimming etc. There is an aerial view of Portland a picture of Multnomah which is the second highest waterfall in the United States municipal buildings a picture of a car covered in roses as a part of Portland's Rose Festival educational institutions et. al. The Program continues with activities for the rest of the week through Saturday the 26th. Another 2-page spread with black and white pictures of the Portland General Committee - Forty-Sixth Annual Session. Rubbing to wrappers and light wear to spine else a solid tight informative booklet. Privately printed,1920. unknown
1916rif. 357049San Francisco.: Noble A.F. Broad. Ciurca 1916. Full ivory padded leather maroon and gilt Shriners fez Islam device on cover. Good plus covers lightly soiled spine ends and corners worn two pages have short tears with no loss. 31x27x2 cm. Scarce. Many prominent citizens of San Francisco were members of this local chapter of the Shriners. The temple still stands and is is a designated City Landmark. weight: 3.1 lb. Color frontis of the Islam Temple numerous black and white illustrations portraits of officers and members throughout. Noble A.F. Broad. hardcover
1993rif. 001765Paris: Flammarion-Institut Du Monde Arabe 1993. Hardcover. Near New/Near New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12. 487 profusely illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of 387 objects highlighting the archaeological and cultural wealth of Syria from the Palaeolithic to the Ottomans. Under the patronage of Presidents Mitterand and Hafez el-Assad. Pale grey cloth ith grey titles to spine a little chafing of bottom edge of dj. 4to - over 9¾" - 12 Flammarion-Institut Du Monde Arabe hardcover
2002rif. 1iiiCf0072London New York Bahrain: Kegan Paul Limited 2002. Book. Very Good. Decorative Hardcover. 1st Published in 2002. 8vo or 8° Medium Octavo: 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 307 ix pp. A great almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages clean text and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Slight wear and rubbing on cover board corners. Relevant newspaper article included from previous owner. No dust jacket. . Kegan Paul Limited Hardcover
1916rif. 82679Honolulu HI: Aloha Temple AAONMS 1916. Presumed First Edition First printing. Single sheet printed on one side. Good. Format is approximately 6.25 inches by 7 inches printed on one side folded in half. Rare surviving copy. There is the Shriners symbol/logo at the top. The text reads: Aloha Temple A. A. On N.M.S. Oasis of Honolulu requests the pleasure of your company at a Reception and Dance in honour of Imperial Potentate J. Putnam Stevens and Party on Monday April the third nineteen hundred and sixteen Moana Hotel eighth thirty P.M. On July 15 1915 Dr. Frederick R. Smith of Rochester N. Y. imperial potentate of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine who has ruled for the preceding year laid down the scepter of authority to J. Putnam Stevens of Portland Me. who had served as deputy imperial potentate. The J. Putnam Stevens Award is presented by the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisers Maine. This award given annually goes to that person who in the opinion of the selection committee has rendered outstanding service to the industry and community in the state of Maine. It is not intended to restrict the award only to agents but rather to recognize those people even outside the industry who have advanced the cause of the life insurance business. J. Putnam Stevens was born in Winthrop Maine on Nov. 24 1852. He was one of the pioneers in the life insurance industry. Not only did he exemplify all that is good in life insurance he also demonstrated how worthwhile a good life insurance agent can be to the community. The state can be proud of this great humanitarian and anyone receiving the J. Putnam Stevens' Award gains with it a rich heritage. Shriners International also commonly known as The Shriners or formerly known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine AAONMS is a Masonic society established in 1870 and is headquartered in Tampa Florida. Shriners International describes itself as a fraternity based on fun fellowship and the Masonic principles of brotherly love relief and truth. There are approximately 350000 members from 196 temples chapters in the US Canada Brazil Bolivia Mexico Panama the Philippines Europe and Australia. The organization is best known for the Shriners Hospitals for Children that it administers and the red fezzes that members wear. The organization was previously known as "Shriners North America". The idea of a new fraternity for Masons stressing fun and fellowship was discussed. Walter M. Fleming and William J. Florence took the idea seriously enough to act upon it. Florence a world-renowned actor while on tour in Marseille was invited to a party given by an Arab diplomat. The entertainment was something in the nature of an elaborately staged musical comedy. At its conclusion the guests became members of a secret society. Florence took copious notes and drawings at his initial viewing and on two other occasions once in Algiers and once in Cairo. When he returned to New York in 1870 he showed his material to Fleming. Fleming created the ritual emblem and costumes. Florence and Fleming were initiated August 13 1870 and they initiated 11 other men on June 16 1871 In an effort to encourage membership at the June 6 1876 meeting of Mecca Temple the Imperial Grand Council of the Ancient Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America was created. Fleming was elected the first Imperial Potentate. After some other reworking by 1878 there were 425 members in 13 temples in eight states and by 1888 there were 7210 members in 48 temples in the United States and Canada. By the Imperial Session held in Washington D.C. in 1900 there were 55000 members and 82 Temples. Aloha Temple, AAONMS unknown
1906rif. 82672Los Angeles CA: The Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America Al Malaikah Temple 1906. Original Certificate Number 122761. Single sheet printed on one side. Good. Size is approximately 14 inches by 10 inches. Certificate has been folded into thirds and third again. Illustrations Gold color embossed seal. Bears the signatures of Edward Stanley Pauly H. A. Collins Imperial Potentate. R. M. Cowell Imperial Recorder and D. e. Barclay Recorder Al Malaikah Temple. Edward Stanley Pauly 1870- 1948 was a Vice President of Security-First National Bank. He began his career as a messenger boy served there in every department of the organization during his nearly 60 years with this renown financial institution. He was a member of the California Club Los Angeles Country Club Masons and Al Malaikah Temple of the Shriners. Architect Arthur R. Kelly designed the English Tudor Revival style house for Edward S. and Pauline L. Pauly in 1923. Arthur Rolland Kelly 1878-1957 was an American architect. The house is located at 114 South Rossmore Avenue in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles California. His specialization was in homes of Spanish Colonial Revival style and Tudor Revival style. Most of his clients chose to have his designs built on lots they had purchased in Holmby Hills Beverly Hills and San Marino California. A few of Kelly's many designs included the William S. Hart Ranch in Newhall the Arthur Letts Jr. estate now known as The Playboy Mansion Beverly Hills estates for J. Crampton Anderson John Blystone Richard Dix Johnny Mack Brown and many others. Kelly also designed all the buildings for the Westlake School for Girls now known as Harvard-Westlake School in Bel-Air and the Wilshire Country Club in Hancock Park. Shriners International also commonly known as The Shriners or formerly known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine AAONMS is a Masonic society established in 1870 and is headquartered in Tampa Florida. Shriners International describes itself as a fraternity based on fun fellowship and the Masonic principles of brotherly love relief and truth. There are approximately 350000 members from 196 temples chapters in the US Canada Brazil Bolivia Mexico Panama the Philippines Europe and Australia. The organization is best known for the Shriners Hospitals for Children that it administers and the red fezzes that members wear. The organization was previously known as "Shriners North America". The idea of a new fraternity for Masons stressing fun and fellowship was discussed. Walter M. Fleming and William J. Florence took the idea seriously enough to act upon it. Florence a world-renowned actor while on tour in Marseille was invited to a party given by an Arab diplomat. The entertainment was something in the nature of an elaborately staged musical comedy. At its conclusion the guests became members of a secret society. Florence took copious notes and drawings at his initial viewing and on two other occasions once in Algiers and once in Cairo. When he returned to New York in 1870 he showed his material to Fleming. Fleming created the ritual emblem and costumes. Florence and Fleming were initiated August 13 1870 and they initiated 11 other men on June 16 1871 In an effort to encourage membership at the June 6 1876 meeting of Mecca Temple the Imperial Grand Council of the Ancient Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America was created. Fleming was elected the first Imperial Potentate. After some other reworking by 1878 there were 425 members in 13 temples in eight states and by 1888 there were 7210 members in 48 temples in the United States and Canada. By the Imperial Session held in Washington D.C. in 1900 there were 55000 members and 82 Temples. The Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America, Al Malaikah Temple unknown
2013rif. mon0003830712Babylone ÔøΩd 2013. Hardcover. Very Good. . Babylone ÔøΩd hardcover
rif. 889216 June 1896; 3 Newnham Road Bedford. 12mo 2 pp. 20 lines. Text clear and complete. Good on lightly-aged paper with slight creasing to corners. He is glad to have the autographs she has sent him. He is sending '28 of my duplicates'. His wife is 'very fairly well but the heat tries her a good deal'. He himself enjoys the heat. 'The temperature here in the sun to-day was only 110 degrees - just the same as it was in the shade in Cairo when I was there last June!' 16 June 1896; 3 Newnham Road, Bedford. unknown
1931rif. 32764London: M. L. Cailingold 1931. New Revised edition. Hardcover. g. Octavo. 6 293 1pp. Original black cloth with lettering on spine and front cover. Vignette on title page. A classic of Medieval Jewish philosophy set in a legendary but historical central Asian kingdom. Framed as a dialog between the king of the Khazars a Central Asian kingdom and a Rabbi the Khazari is an exposition of late medieval Jewish philosophy. Moderate shelf wear. Lettering faded on spine. Very first and very last pages foxed. Binding in overall good interior in good condition. M. L. Cailingold hardcover
rif. 23541My translator says the year 1797 appears in the script. I am obliged to a multi-lingual friend for the information I give. Eight pages pages 7/8 blank not paginated12mo unbound stains on title and its verso not affecting text. See images. Titled "This is the creed of sheikh al-Dardiri". Al-Dardiri was born in 1715 AD in Asyoot in Egypt. He's one of the imams of the Sunni Islam of Maliki school of thought. This document was written by Mohamed Ahmed Ibin Alhaj Mohamed Ahmed Abu Qaseesah in 1797. It discusses the twenty attributes in Sunni Islam that are obligatory for God Almighty according to Al-Dardiri. [My translator says the year 1797 appears in the script.] unknown
rif. 23128Probably Persia Circa 18th century. Finely written in Arabic calligraphy in black outlined and highlighted in red and gold. Small Folio 6.5” x 3.75” handsomely presented within a cream mount. A very finely preserved example. Probably Persia unknown
rif. 33270548like new. unknown
1883rif. 31399New York: John B. Alden 1883. Hardcover. Gift Edition. 5 x 7.5in. xii. 332pp. Publisher's cloth boards with stamped decoration and titling. VERY GOOD. Shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities boards lightly handled former owner name of the period at the front endpaper otherwise the binding is strong and tight the text is clean and unmarked and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured. John B. Alden hardcover
rif. 9888405020.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 9888405047.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 2843060028.Gunknown_binding. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1848rif. ST14540Leipsic Leipzig: Guillaume Vogel fils 1848. FIRST EDITION. 225 x 142 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2". XXV pp. 4 p.l. 231 pp. VERY ATTRACTIVE AND UNUSUAL CONTEMPORARY BLUE CLOTH BY F. J. CRUSIUS OF LEIPZIG his ticket on verso of front free endpaper WITH ORNATE STAMPED DECORATION IN THE ROMANTIC STYLE in gilt colors and blind covers with rocaille frame and large central arabesque in red and gilt smooth black roan spine with stylized gilt vine brown and tan lattice-work printed endpapers and edges. Text in French and Arabic on facing pages. Front flyleaf with AUTHOR'S INK PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION to Monsieur P. Desmaison see below. ◆One corner slightly bumped leaves lightly and uniformly browned due to paper quality a few other trivial imperfections but A NEARLY FINE AND VERY PLEASING COPY with few signs of wear inside or out. This is a beautifully preserved copy of a rare guide to spoken Arabic that features special provenance in an embossed and painted cloth binding that can almost pass as onlaid morocco. Our author Sheikh Mouhammad Ayaad El-Tantavy or al-Tantawi 1810-61 was an instructor of languages and literature at Al Azahr University in Egypt when he came to the attention of Russian diplomats in Cairo whose interpreter had attended his classes. The Russian consul to the Ottoman Empire which then occupied Egypt requested that El-Tantavy be lent to the Institute of Oriental Languages in the Russian foreign ministry and once he arrived in St. Petersburg in 1840 he never left. In addition to teaching languages at the school for Russian diplomats he was a professor of Arabic at St. Petersburg University eventually becoming the Chair of Arabic Studies. The present work is a guide to spoken Arabic for diplomats with the parallel texts in Arabic and French then the international language for diplomacy. France Russia and the Ottoman Empire had been engaged in a series of conflicts for some years so this tool would have had very practical application. It is recommended in the 1855 book "The Languages of the Seat of War in the East" by Friedrich Max Muller. The present copy is inscribed by the author to Jean-Jacques-Pierre Desmaisons 1807-73 the Franco-Russian director of training in Oriental languages in the Asiatic department of the Russian foreign ministry and El-Tantavy's supervisor there. The fact that Desmaisons would not have needed to make practical use of our volume goes some way to account for its fine condition. Binder F. J. Crusius developed machinery to facilitate the lavish decoration of bindings in innovative ways--like using paint to imitate leather as in the present example--achieving aesthetically pleasing results with far less labor and expense than would have been necessitated by hand work. The "Report of the Assessment Commission at the General German Industrial Exhibition in Munich in 1854" notes that Crusius displayed plan drawings of his invention at the fair. Copies of the first edition of this work are rare with OCLC finding just 12 in libraries worldwide and none in North America. We could find no copies recorded at auction. Guillaume Vogel fils unknown
rif. B88356-6Paris 1992. 127pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 4to. Wraps. The exhibition subsequently traveled to two additional venues. Paris, 1992. paperback
1970rif. U730Recent Dictionary Publishing House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1970. No Edition Stated. Pictorial Hardcover. Edgewear foxing to top page ends several small light soil marks pages lightly toning; illustrated; 684 pages . Recent Dictionary Publishing House hardcover
1925rif. 28386Casanova Society London 1925. HBDJ UNDATED 1925. First edition. 1st Impression NF- VG- AS-IS A close to near fine- copy with some minor foxing and an attractive small bookplate to the front pastedown in a close to VG-dust jacket with a few small edge tears and slight edge wear FOXING. A nicely printed book. DJ SPINE FOX WITH 5/- at Base Beautiful color marblelized Boards with Title in White Small Thin bk 5 3/4 X 8 IN. DJ Spine Foxed. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Casanova Society, London, hardcover
1925rif. 000514Damascus: al- Matba'a al- Haditha 1925 Book. As New. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A comprehensive work by a well-known scholar and politician from Damasscus about the city including the political social and the other aspects during the Ottoman synasty in the last period. Six volumes 4to. in Arabic printed between 1343 and 1347 AH. 1925 and 1927 AD. in Damascus. 309 317 271 310 308 425 p. in later fine bindings. al- Matba'a al- Haditha hardcover
rif. a76262Londini 1824 R. Watts Impensis Societatis Biblicae. Book of Psalms in Arabic. 12mo. 249pp.full leather with later paper spine. Owner bookplate.Good inner hinges cracked. . hardcover
