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1929rif. 303083London A. & C. Black 1929. 1929. 8vo. Author's preface. 48 full-page photographs 2 maps. Chronological list of Egyptian dynasties and kings bibliographical note index. Gilt stamped green cloth. Dust jacket unclipped; chip to back panel of Vol. I small chip to spine top of Vol. II short tears foxing to edges; light soiling. Very good. 2 volumes. No signatures or bookplates. Uncommon in dust jackets. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London, A. & C. Black, 1929. hardcover books
1938rif. 197606New York Viking Press 1938. 1938. First edition. 4to. 94 halftone illustrations. Bibliography. Original gilt stamped blue/green cloth; pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped; nicks. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. F. Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, 1938. hardcover books
1900rif. 229490Printed by Newcastle-upon-Thane Fenwick & Wade ca. 1900. 1900. First edition. 8vo. 8 b/w figures. Original 1/2 light brown cloth over tan boards spine and upper cover with printed labels lower right corner is worn. Very good. 138 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. [Printed by Newcastle-upon-Thane, Fenwick & Wade, ca. 1900]. hardcover books
1972rif. 302551London Barrie & Jenkins 1972. 1972. First edition thus. 4to. Illustrated with 17 color photographs 65 b/w photographs by Harry Burton. Dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 238 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. London, Barrie & Jenkins [1972]. hardcover books
1900rif. 8374NEWCASTLE FENWICK 1900 1900. LT BROWN OVER TAN BOARDS FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. NEWCASTLE, FENWICK, 1900 hardcover books
1928rif. 78445Lepzig 1928. Liten 8vo. Originalt rødt helshirtingbind. CCII 480 s. Gjennomillustrert med plansjer og karter. Small 8vo. Publishers red cloth. CCI 480 pp. Illustrated throughout with plates and maps. Karl Baedeker Tysk. Hinrichsen D 494. Siste tyske utgave.Pent eksemplar.Last German edition.Nice copy. hardcover
rif. D2-3DS5-7UQFFair. Acceptable reading copy. Complete and intact; may show wear or markings. unknown
rif. FRE24230 p.: ill. 272x18 cm. Original illustrated cardboards. Spine is slightly scuffed otherwise in very good condition. First edition. Together with 34 statistical graphs on the separate leaves depicting the state of Egypt post in 1934. Over 40 illustrations in text. With 2 maps showing the postal routes in Egypt and historic postal routes through the Middle East. Great source of the information on the post in the region from the time of Ancient Egyptians to the 1930s system. The book includes the images of the stamps as well as the printing press used by the post officials. The graphs include the statistics on the profits made by the Post of Egypt by decades the amount of mail sent and received the subscriptions used by the citizens by media type both domestic and international the amount of telegrams sent and received the amount of cash orders. The separate graphs give the numbers of post going in and out of Egypt to Sudan and Palestine. hardcover
rif. PF75Quarto ca. 265x19 cm or 10 ¼ x 7 ½ in. 12 card stock leaves. With 48 original gelatin silver photos all ca. 8x13 cm 3x5 in mounted in windows. No captions. Period brown bull cloth album; front cover with a black cloth label with a gilt-lettered title. Paper label with an ink note “Photographs by Verner-Furlong” mounted on the inner side of the rear cover. Binding mildly rubbed on extremities and slightly weakened on hinges a couple of mounts with minor worm holes but overall a very good album of interesting strong photos. Interesting collection of original gelatin silver photos of motor vehicles garages and mechanical workshops of the Egyptian Ministry of Communications in the 1920s the period of the country being under control or pronounced influence of Great Britain either in the form of “veiled protectorate” 1882-1914 formal protectorate until 1922 or continued military presence until 1952. The Ministry of Communications was established by the decree of Sultan Fuad later King Fuad I of Egypt and the Sudan in 1919 to manage government post office railways road communications and telegraph and telephone lines. The photographs include several views of government garages and mechanical yards likely in Cairo exterior and interior automobile and trucks with signs “No. 4 Cairo Fire Brigade” “G.P.O.” and “Govt. fever hospital” motorcycles a pile of rubber tires portraits of mechanics inside their workshop a group of firefighters posing with their truck &c. Several vehicle registration numbers are clearly visible 73 EG 90 EG 102 EG 123 EG and many others; there are also parallel registration numbers in Arabic. Other images show a street in Cairo with the building of the “Motor Union Garage” on the left; trucks on a platform ready for transportation at a railway station; four scenes of the cars’ transportation on barges along the Nile &c. The album closes with two views of automobiles parked in front of the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut in the Valley of the Kings and at the main entrance to the temple of Edfu. Overall an interesting collection of early photos of automobiles garages and mechanical workshops in Egypt in the 1920s. The photographer was probably 2nd Lieutenant William Albert Verner-Furlong 1883- of the Royal Flying Corps. hardcover
rif. PF76Album 1: Oblong Folio ca. 22x315 cm or 8 ¾ x 12 ¼ in. 24 card stock leaves with tissue guards. With 50 mounted original gelatin silver photos including 46 large images from ca. 165x23 cm 6 ½ x 9 in to ca. 14x21 cm 5 ½ x 8 ¼ in and four smaller photos ca. 7x135 cm 2 ¾ x 5 ¼ in. All but six photo with period ink captions on the mounts; three images are also dated “Nov. 26” “1926” or “May 1927.” Period full patterned cloth album fastened with a string with two decorative beads. Front cover slightly waved several tissued guards with minor creases one with a small loss on the bottom but overall a very good album with strong interesting photos. Album 2: Oblong Folio ca. 21x305 cm or 8 ¼ x 12 in. 14 card stock leaves. With 27 mounted original large gelatin silver photos from ca. 18x24 cm 7 x 9 ½ in to ca. 16x215 cm 6 ¼ x 8 ½ in. Four images are captioned in negative three – on the lower margin; twenty-three with period ink captions on the mounts. With a mounted ink drawing paper size ca. 17x265 cm 6 ¾ x 10 ½ in. Period grey card album fastened with a string; blind-stamped decorative vignette on the front cover. Covers with creases and minor tears on extremities two photos with minor creases or folds on the corners but overall a very good album with interesting strong photos. Historically significant extensive collection of large original gelatin silver photos of British military planes and RAF bases at Abu Sueir modern-day Abu Suweir Air Base of the Egyptian Air Force and Aboukir near Alexandria now defunct dating back to the 1920s. Apparently taken or collected by a British pilot during his service in Egypt the albums contain interesting images of aircraft and airfields as well as a series of aerial views of Egyptian cities and sites. The slightly larger album contains about a dozen photos of military and civil aircraft: “the Air Mail landing at Abu-Sueir” “a patrol returning” “208 A.C. squadron Ismailia” “’C’ flight in formation” “one of the Fairey III Ds 1926 Cape Flight at Abu Sueir” “a French “Breguet XIX” at Abu-Sueir” “the first Imperial Airways “Hercules” to fly from London to Baghdad passing over near Abu Sueir” “the renowned “Ninak” a D.H.9 A. with full desert equipment.” Three images depict crashed planes: “an ‘F’ flight performance” “Abou-Sueir/ Nov. ’26” “a pupil’s effort Abu Sueir.” There are also two scenes of “funeral of P/o Hawker” in “Abu Sueir 1926” and a photo of “the Air Vice-Marshal’s inspection Aboukir May 1927.” About sixteen images show the environs of the air base – the town of Abou Sueir/Abu Suweir and nearby Sweet Water Canal “the Canal – Abou-Sueir” “Sweetwater Canal” “Nefiche near A. Sueir” “the ferry – Abu Sueir” Ismailia “native quarter” “Avenue Mohamed Ali” “Suez Canal – Ismailia” Lake Timsah with native boats &c. Four smaller photos also show Ismailia general view “Avenue Mohamed Ali” “Rue Negrelli” “the armoured train Moascar/Ismailia”. The rest of the photos show Port Said port and customs house Cairo interiors of Muhammad Ali mosque and of the Egyptian Museum rooftop panorama of “old Cairo” Alexandria an aerial view of “Alexandria sporting club ground & race course” two views of the “Municipal gardens” “native quarter” a scene with Muslims praying at a “native temple” portraits of Bedouins Nubian women a native cook near an outdoor fire &c. There are also four interesting photos showing the Great Sphinx of Giza during the excavation and restoration under the supervision of Emile Baraize lasted from 1925 to 1936. The images show the Sphinx before the excavations and under repair – with scaffolding around the head and on the side. The smaller album contains twelve excellent aerial views: “the Nile barrage” “Bulkeley – the English colony of Alexandria” “King Fuad’s Palace at Montaza nr. Aboukir” “Church of St. Sophia – Cairo” “the Mauretania in Alexandria harbour” “Aboukir from the north” “Aboukir village from the south” “a Vickers Vernon over Damanhour” “Alexandria sporting club ground” “Ras-el-Tin hospital barracks Alexandria” “Mena and the Sphinx from the air” “a general view of Alexandria.” There are also interesting photos of British military aircraft Vickers Victoria freighter and troop transport plane “a Fairey III D” in flight over Malta “a Fairey “Flycatcher” over Malta harbour” two scenes of “A.O.C.’s inspection” in 1927 likely Air Officer Commanding and a photo of “H.M.S. “Malaya” at Alexandria.” Other images show illumination on Alexandria streets “on the return of King Fuad from England” likely after the state visit in July 1927 “Cairo from the Sultan Hussein’s mosque” “one of the exhibits at Cairo museum models found while excavating” “The Collussii sic! of Memnon at Thebes the Luxor” and “a photograph taken from the top of the largest Pyramid.” The album also contains three views of Jerusalem “the Garden of Gethsemane” the interior of “the Church of the Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane” and the Garden Tomb. Overall a nice collection of large original photos of RAF aircraft and bases as well as aerial photographs of Egypt in the 1920s. hardcover
rif. PF80Twenty-two loose original gelatin silver photos from ca. 18x23 cm 7x9 in to ca. 14x195 cm 5 ½ x 7 ¾ in. At least sixteen photos with period pencil numbers on verso; eighteen with pencil captions on verso. One photo is attached to a period album leaf. All but one photo with remnants of an old mount on verso several with minor creases on corners one photo with a loss of one corner a few photos mildly faded but overall a very good collection of interesting photos. Interesting collection of original gelatin silver amateur photos of Egypt taken by European travellers likely French in the late 19th century. The collection includes a series of views of the Philae Temple and its environs dating to before the island of Philae was flooded by the construction of the Aswan Low Dam in 1902. The photos show the island and the temple from the distance across the Nile River as well as closer views of the Trajan’s Kiosk the Second Pylon the Mammisi building and the colonnade; two excellent photos of the Nile’s First Cataract submerged after the construction of the Aswan Low Dam and three views of the “Chellal” Shellal village south of Philae Island where the trips to the temple departed from tourist boats docked at the Nile bank travellers on donkeys in the village. Other images show the Karnak Temple Great Hypostyle Hall Egyptian guides posing next to the partly-excavated ram sculptures of the Ram’s Road interior of the Third or Fourth Pylon statue of Ramses II in the partly-excavated courtyard of the Luxor Temple the entrances to the tombs of the Theban Necropolis flooded “Colosses de Memnon pendant l’inondation” and two ancient Egyptian bas-reliefs: the first from the Ramses III’s mortuary temple in Medinet Habu shows the pharaoh hunting wild bulls the second depicts a pharaoh bringing sacrifice to god Amun-Ra. There are also portraits of a Bichari boy from Aswan “Zénobia at sa grand-mére Thébes” and two scenes with the travellers posing in an Egyptian garden possibly of the “Shepheard’s Hotel” in Cairo. Overall an interesting collection of early amateur photographs depicting the Philae and other Egyptian temples before the major excavations and relocations that occurred in the 20th century. unknown
1913rif. 75814Leipzig 1913. Liten 8vo. Rødt originalbind. CXC 438 s. Illustrert med farvetrykte plansjer og karter. Verlag von Karl Bædeker. Tysk. Pent eksemplar. unknown
rif. 2g11146-um 1800. Kartenmaß: ca. 14 x 112 cm Planmaß: ca. 14 x 82 cm im Passepartout hinter Glas im schwarzen Holzrahmen ca. 237 x 308 cm Blattrand schief beschnitten/Plan gering fleckig und mit kleinen Löchern am Rand. unknown
rif. 5d4261The Cairo Postcard Trust Cairo um 1910. 36 Bildtafeln mit Seidenhemdchen kartonierter farbig illustrierter Einband mit Deckelillustration und Kordelbindung quart-quer Rücken etwas eingerissen/vorderer Einbanddeckel lose und mit kleinen Randläsuren/leicht fleckig. - Bildunterschriften zweisprachig: englisch und französisch - unknown
rif. 2H13211-1684. Motivmaß: ca. mit Bugfalz im Passepartout mit goldfarbener Leiste hinter Glas im Holzrahmen ca. 498 x 434 cm unten rechts im Bildrand fälschlicher Weise mit "Merian" bezeichnet. - Aus: Wagners Delineatio Provinciarum Pannoniae - unknown
rif. 2H13210-1685. Motivmaß: ca. 327 x 248 cm mit Bugfalz unten mittig typografisch bezeichnet im Passepartout mit goldfarbener Leiste hinter Glas im Holzrahmen ca. 48 x 41 cm Blatt gering fleckig. - Aus: Wagners Delineatio Provinciarum Pannoniae / zeigt die Pyramiden die Sphinx sowie die Stadt "Alkair" Cairo - unknown
1913rif. 48898Leipzig 1913. 8vo. Origbd. CXC 438 s. Med karter og oversiktsplaner. Verlag von Karl Baedeker Norsk. Hinrichsen D 493.Et meget pent eks.A very nice copy. unknown
1820rif. 60512Kiøbenhavn. 1820. 8vo. Grønne 1800-talls skinnryggbind med enkel ryggforgylling. Marmorerte dekler. VI 637 ; 726 s. . Forlagt af Boghandler A. Goldin Dansk. Ex libris. Navn på forsatsen. unknown
1914rif. 48899Leipzig 1914. 8vo. Origbd. clxxxvi 442 s. Med karter og planer.8vo. Publishers red. cloth. clxxxvi 442 pp. With maps and plans. Karl Baedeker Éditeur Norsk. Hinrichsen F 224. hardcover
rif. 2k10160verschiedene Verlage und Orte circa 1932-2011 jeweils circa 70-450 Seiten mit einigen Abbildungen verschiedene Einbände und Formate. - gute Exemplare/ Enthalten: Brunton Geheimnisvolles Ägypten/ Clayton Die Pharaonen/ Das Reich der Pharaonen/ Hornung Tal der Könige. Die Ruhestätte der Pharaonen/ Goyon Die Cheops Pyramide/ Siliotti Ägypten/ Graichen Schliemanns Erben/ Götter Gräber und Gelehrte/ Tompkins Die Geheimnisse der großen Pyramiden/ Pharaonen der Sonne/ Schönheit im alten Ägypten/ Schulze Herrin beider Länder Hatschepsut/ Aldred Die Juwelen der Pharaonen/ Sennefer. Die Grabkammer des Bürgermeisters von Theben/ Giza. Am Fuß der großen Pyramiden/ Ägyptische Kunst/ Schoske Gott und Götter im alten Ägypten/ Eine Ägyptische Königstochter/ Gräber Mumien und Gelehrte/ Reeves Das Tal der Könige/ Grof Totenbücher/ Nofret. Die schöne/ Ägypten. Die Pharaonenreiche/ Götter und Symbole der alten Ägypter/ Otto Ägypten. der Weg des Pharaonenreiches/ Majonica Das Geheimnis der Hieroglyphen/ Ercivan Das Sternentor der Pyramiden/ Sasse Im Schatten der Pyramiden/ Führer durch die Sammlungen des Römer-Pelizaes-Museums 1 - unknown
rif. RGW21395Engraving from 'An universal history from the earliest account of time' dated 1735 vertical folds unknown
2026rif. x-1032636076Taylor & Francis Ltd 2026. Paperback. New. 472 pages. 8.25x1.02x11.00 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
2026rif. x-1032635967Taylor & Francis Ltd 2026. Paperback. New. 444 pages. 8.25x0.94x11.00 inches. Taylor & Francis Ltd paperback
1944rif. 194020Cairo: E. R. Schindler 1944. A monthly bulletin of securities traded in Egyptian stock exchanges produced for the customers of J. H. Perez & Co. one of the major stockbrokers in Egypt with intermediaries in London. We have only traced one other such bulletin at Illinois. The tables provide a detailed snapshot of investment opportunities in Egypt in the mid-1940s and a comprehensive list of the major societies and bonds in Egyptian infrastructure transport real estate banking agriculture and industry such as the Anglo-Egyptian Oilfields Ltd and a summary of the performance of their bonds in 1944. Many of these entities were connected with Palestine such as the Palestine Land Development Company the Palestine Electric Corporation and Palestine Potash Ltd. Oblong octavo. Original yellow printed wrappers wire-stitched as issued. Wrappers slightly foxed traces of label on rear wrapper contents clean: a very good copy. unknown