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The international Who's Who of the Arab World 1978-79
197824 cm, ril. in tela, titolo in oro al piatto e al dorso, sovracop. editoriale; p. xiv, 608
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18808vo. Two reports together in one issue, 23 pages combined, plus sketch illustrations, one which is a fold-out and a fold-out colour map, measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches (33 x 36cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Dealing specifically with the construction of a railway from Sukkur in today's Pakistan to Kandahar in Afghanistan, in the late 1870s during "The Great Game", Sir Temple gives an explicit account of the progress of construction, and of the geography, illustrating the region with sketches which were prepared on the spot by Lieutenant Goerge Temple of the British Navy. The immense undertaking is further illustrated with a striking colour fold-out map showing railways constructed and in operation, and other tracts proposed. Consisting of the important Bolan Pass railway, and the Sindh-Peshin railway where the Harnai line and the Quetta loop line meet, the tracks were forged through low range hills, an arid desert, the Pishinaleey of Pishin, and the Bolan Pass of the Toba Kakar Range in Balochistan - a pass which has always occupied an important place in the history of British campaigns in Afghanistan. Captain R. Beavan was Assistant-Superintendent of the Survey of India, and presents in his account a scientific assessment of the rivers, desert regions and valleys in Afghanistan, between Kandahar and Girishk, the latter being 75 miles northwest and originally built around a fort which was twice taken and abandoned by British forces.
1844Due volumi (15x23 cm) di LXXXIII-(2)-357 pp; VI-509-(2) pagine. Due grandi carte geografiche ripiegate (56x41 cm) ognuna nella tasca alla fine dei volumi; tre tavole di iscrizioni ripiegate, l' Hassan Ghorab e sua traduzione a p.350 e 351 del vol II, l'Hasan Ghorab nella versione Wellsted a p. 382 del vol II. Una “vignette plate of Nakab el Hajar" all'inizio del Vol II (invece che prima dell'Appendix). Completo quindi delle due grandi carte geografiche dell'Arabia e delle figure indicate nel “directions for the bonder” a fine opera. Legatura editoriale in piena tela con titoli dorati ai dorsi e fregi a secco ai piatti. Ex libris al retro del piatto. Ottime condizioni. Only edition of this detailed study of place names, tribal geneaologies, and pre-Islamic inscriptions. "An attempt at the proof of the descent of the Arabs from Ishmael" (Ghani).
2014New English Paperback. Oblong 4to. (26 x 26 cm). In English and Turkish. 210 p., ills. "For both Muslims and those unfamiliar with the Islamic faith, Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant provides access to the heart of Islam an exploration of the holiest sites of one of the great spiritual traditions. A fascinating entry into a world whose core is religion,where there is no division between the secular and the sacred, Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant rendersthrough photographs and text the essence of Muslim traditions and beliefs.". The holiest cities of Islam. Mecca the Radiant, Medina the Blessed.= Mukaddes beldeler. Mekke-i Mükerreme, Medine-i Münevvere.
1928In-8, 2 volumi, tela editoriale con scritte in arabo al piatto, taglio super. dorato, pp. XV,302,(2); VII,287; con 2 tavole fotografiche in b.n. ai due frontespizi, protette da velina con didascalia e 8 piante e mappe f.t., alc. a doppia pagina, relative a: “Mekka - The road between Mekka and ‘Arafa - The Haram of Mekka - Roads connecting Mekka with Et-Taif - Et-Taif - El Medina - The Haram of El Medina - Arabia, showing author’s route”. "Prima edizione" di quest’opera di Rutter, definita dal "Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies" come la migliore introduzione sull'Arabia mai scritta. Esemplare ben conservato.
2015New English Papperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 501 p. The Idrisi Emirate of South East Arabia. Giado (Libya), Jizan (Saudi Arabia) & San'a (Yemen), 1767-1973. Introduction 1. The rise of Sabya and Abu Arish, 1730-1923, (1142/3-1341/2 2. Syed Mohammed el Idrisi: the first revolt, 1900-1914, (1317/18-1333) 3. The Anglo-Idrisi treaties, 1914-1925, (1333/1344/5) 4. The Red Sea blockade and struggle for influence on the Yemeni littoral, 1902-1919, (1320/1338) 5. The Armistice: the struggle for Asir and the Tihamah, 1919-1923, (1337-1342). 6. The British and Idrisi occupations of Hodeidah, 1918-1925 (1337-1344) 7. Family intrigues and Civil War, 1923-1927, (1341-1346) 8. Britain's bid to accommodate Imam Yahya and decline in Anglo-Idrisi goodwill, 1923-1927, (1341-1346) 9. Imam versus Idrisi and Ibn Saud's intervention, 1923-1927, (1341-1346) 10. Foreign pene-tration in South-West Arabia and the failure of British policy 1919-1934, (1337-1353) 11. Mineral concessions in Asir, 1910-1930, (1328-1349) 12. Preparations for the dismemberment of Asir, 1926-1933, (1344-1352) 13. Comeback and elimination of the Idrisi, 1933-1936, (1352-1355) 14. Conclusion, 1936-1973, (1355-1393).
197824 cm, ril. in tela, titolo in oro al piatto e al dorso, sovracop. editoriale; p. xiv, 608
1997Fine English Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 502 p. The Islamic law based on Hanafi, Shafee, Maliki, Hanbeli. Four schools of thought.
1992réf. 126843New Delhi, Asian Educational Services 1992 In-8 22 x 12,5 cm. Reliure éditeur simili-cuir rouge, auteur & titre dorés sur le dos et le premier plat de couverture, LXXXII-394 pp., 4 cartes, annexes, bibbliographie, index. Exemplaire en très bon état.
1894In-8 gr. (mm. 260x208), tela editoriale con titolo oro al piatto (in lingua orientale) e al dorso, pp. (4),6,(4), 42 cc.num., 1 c.nn., stampate solo al recto. Seconda edizione (la prima è del 1880, stampata privatamente da Quaritch). Dalla prefazione, scritta da Isabel Burton (moglie dell’A.): “On the return journey from Meccah, when Richard Burton could secure any privacy, he composed the following exquisite gem of Oriental poetry, and called it “The Kasidah”. by Haji Abdu al-Yazdi, which was one of his Eastern noms-de-plume.. “The Kasidah” was written in 1853. It is a poem of extraordinary power, on the Nature and Destiny of Man, anti-Christian and Pantheistic. So much wealth of Oriental learning has rarely been compressed into so small a compass..”. “Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), viaggiatore e scrittore inglese. Per alcuni anni in India, compì (1853) un viaggio alla Mecca travestito da pellegrino; e quindi in Somalia riuscendo a raggiungere Harrar, non ancora visitata da Europei (1854). Parti’ quindi con Speke alla ricerca delle sorgenti del Nilo e scoprì il lago Tanganica (1858). Fu poi in California e nuovamente in Africa, dove salì per primo il M. Camerun. Lasciò importanti relazioni delle sue esplorazioni”, così Diz. Treccani,II, p. 561-62. Bella edizione in tiratura limitata di sole 100 copie numerate. La ns., 46, è in ottimo stato, con barbe.
1977631p. Hardcover Very good condition, dj price clipped fair Arabia and the House of Saud
19498vo., First Edition, with plates, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; beige cloth, gilt back, uncut, covers lightly age-marked, a good, clean copy.
1985157 pages. Large lavishly illustrated glossy colour photographic pictorial presentation of the Kingdom. Text in English, French and German. Undated. Circa early 1980s? Unmarked. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Undated. Book
1983Light wear to DJ. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper; Profusely illustrated look at a still-mysterious country ; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 256 pages
1986Inscription on ffep. No other marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright boards and gilt lettering and with no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. The delightful slip-case with gilt English and Arabic writing and design on a dark green vellum-type background is in excellent condition. 256pp.
1927119pp., 25cm., text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (University of Lund), original softcover (with trace of a small label), pages still uncut, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, X112254
1927réf. X112254Lund, Haran Ohlsson 1927 119pp., 25cm., text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (University of Lund), original softcover (with trace of a small label), pages still uncut, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, X112254
1938Notes & Condition: Philby, a famed Arabian explorer and father of master spy Kim Philby, renounced British policy, became a Moslem, and joined the Wahabis. This expedition report Predates Philby's Book, entitled, Sheba's Daughters, Being a Record of Travel in Southern Arabia, With an Appendix on the Rock Inscriptions by A.F.L.Beeston, First Published in 1939. The account of a journey made by the author, Ibn Saud’s official adviser, from the King’s camp on the Mecca to Riyadh road to the Indian Ocean. Philby was the first European to enter Abha, the capital of Najran, the frontier district between the Wahhabis and the Yemenites, and the second to visit Shabwa, although he was the first to explore the ruins where he discovered the great temple of Astarte. An excellent account of Philby's travels in southern Arabia, particularly the Hadhramaut in 1936. The longest of Philby's journeys, ostensibly to map the new frontier with Yemen. Until the 1930's the highlands of south-west corner of Arabia were among the world's few remaining lands not fully explored or charted. Into that region Philby, author and explorer, made two journeys, the first in 1932, and the second in 1936 and 1937. This important Arabian Expedition is an account of exploration, containing valuable material on the Yemeni-Saudi borders, and excellent quality photographs taken for the first time in that area by a European. This narrative was published within two complete monthly issues, July and August, of the Geographical Journal.This is August issue only, 26 pages, plus black and white photographic plates and a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 14 x 24 inches (35 x 61cm). This issue is in original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ad, seldom found in such good and original condition.
1979Slight wear to price clipped DJ. Slight browning to endpapers; Originally published in 1961 and revised twice to reflect changes in Iranian society; 8vo; 332 pages
1878réf. PHO-622Londres (Trubner),éditées par sa veuve, 1878,fort in-8(240x180) reliure percaline éditeur . faux-titre, portrait frontispice,XVIII , 606p ,autographe fac simile,carte dépliante à la fin,13 gravures et 2 tableaux, feuillet d'errata présent.
1928réf. 33452Oxford: Oxford University Press. London: Humphrey Milford 1928. First edition. With a frontispiece portrait from the Simson bronze medallion nine plates of portraits sketches letters etc. and a fold-out map. 4to in the publisher's original green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine in the rare printed dustjacket. viii 4 216 pp. A very pleasing copy of this elusive work the text quite fine the cloth also in excellent condition with virtually none of the usual fading the rare dustjacket complete and with only minor rubbing to the extremities. An unusually fine survival. A SCARCE WORK OF INTEREST TO BOTH DOUGHTY AND T. E. LAWRENCE COLLECTORS. The author David G. Hogarth who died before the book came to publication was the noted archaeologist and scholar associated with both Lawrence and Doughty. He led the Carchemish archeological work in Syria where he employed Lawrence and was also professionally associated with Sir Mark Sykes. Professor Hogarth was appointed the acting director of the Arab Bureau for a time during 1916 when Sir Sykes went back to London. Close with T. E. Lawrence he worked with Lawrence to plan the great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks and Germans. Hogarth introduced Lawrence to Doughty and Lawrence wrote the famous introduction to the 1921 edition of Doughty's TRAVELS IN ARABIA DESERTA. T.E. Lawrence in his introduction to the 1921 edition describes this 'not like other books.a bible of its kind'. In referring to Doughty's own impressions of his effort Lawrence states: 'He calls his book the seeing of a hungry man the telling of a most weary man." ARABIA DESERTA is one of the best-known classics of exploration and travel. Few writers of any genre have worked such magic or mischief on the English language as Doughty. He disapproved of Victorian prose style and mingled his own with Chaucerian and Elizabethan English and Arabic. But whatever the style the result is perhaps the finest book on Arabia ever written. Another Arabist T.E. Lawrence speaks on Doughty: "I have talked the book over with many travellers and we are agreed that here you have all the desert its hills and plains the lava fields the villages the tents the men and animals. They are told of the life with words and phrases fitted to them so perfectly that one cannot dissociate them in memory. It is the true Arabia the land with its smells and dirt as well as its nobility and freedom. There is no sentiment nothing merely picturesque that most common failing of oriental travel-books. Doughty's completeness is devastating. There is nothing we would take away little we could add. He took all Arabia for his province and has left to his successors only the poor part of specialists. We may write books on parts of the desert or some of the history of it; but there can never be another picture of the whole in our time because here it is all said." - from the Introduction. Hogarth's son William made the final revisions needed to his father's long-compiled manuscripts after the elder Hogarth passed in 1927. With the help of Mrs. Doughty Edward Garnett and Sydney Cockerell he was finally able to finish his father's labor of love and bring the work to publication. Oxford University Press. London: Humphrey Milford hardcover
1971In-8 p., tela edit., titolo impresso in argento al dorso, pp. XVI,211. Sati’ al-Husri (1880-1968) è stato un politico e scrittore siriano di formazione ottomana, influente nazionalista e pedagogo. “The ‘Making of an Arab nationalist’ - al-Husri’s conversion from Ottomanism to Arabism - is the theme of Cleveland’s study. As such, it provides a key to the complex origins and development of Arab nationalism in the XX century”. Esemplare ben conservato.
19648vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 103 plates on 60 and 3 maps (one double-page) in the text; green cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Thesiger's second book. The Marsh Arabs occupy the region around the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates in southern Iraq. This classic account, recording eight years spent living among them, is a worthy sequel to his masterpiece 'Arabian Sands'.
19648vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 103 plates on 60 and 3 maps (one double-page) in the text, top lightly dust-soiled, free endpapers mildly browned; green cloth, gilt back, boards lightly faded else a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper browned at fold-ins. Bright working copy of the author's second book. The Marsh Arabs occupy the region around the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates in southern Iraq. This classic account, recording eight years spent living among them, is a worthy sequel to his masterpiece 'Arabian Sands'.
19648vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 103 plates on 60 and 3 maps (one double-page) in the text; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The Marsh Arabs occupy the region around the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates in southern Iraq. This classic account, recording eight years spent living among them, is a worthy sequel to his masterpiece 'Arabian Sands'.
19648vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 103 plates on 60 and 3 maps (one double-page) in the text, top very lightly spotted; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Thesiger's second book. The Marsh Arabs occupy the region around the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates in southern Iraq. This classic account, recording eight years spent living among them, is a worthy sequel to his masterpiece 'Arabian Sands'.
