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1887FIRST EDITION of a RARE TWO VOLUME record of Sir Austen Henry Layard's first adventurous journey to the East and residence among different tribes of Persia in the years 1840-1842. This book mentioned by the late 19th-century English novelist George Gissing in his diary as 'one of the most interesting books'. The author - Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB PC (1817-1894), was an eminent English traveler, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat, best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. Contains two beautiful b&w illustrations, two frontispieces and three fold-out maps. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 205x140mm. 490+511 pages [+20]. Olive green cloth Hardcover. Gilt lettering and red and green patterns on front cover and spine. Text block edges age-stained. Cover yellowing and dirty/stained. Cover corners and spine edges bumped and worn. Binding slightly visible on inner cover (but still intact). Small sticker on front whitepage. Illustrations and some pages slightly age-stained. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first edition of a two-volume illustrated memoir of travels and residence in Persia by an illustrious Late Victorian England personality is in good condition.
1810RARE single volume containing THREE important texts on the Middle East, written in English during the 17th and 18th centuries. The first two are travel journals of pilgrims: the first is Henry Maundrell's journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem through the Galilee, and the second is an account of Italian missionaries' visit to mount Sinai. The third title is a detailed account of Islam, with a special emphasis on the rites of pilgrimage, written by the journalist Joseph Pitts. With 4 b&w plates and 2 fold-out plates. 210x125mm. VIII+520 pages. Patterned brown leather Hardcover. Embossed lettering and gilt decoration on spine. Text block edges marbled. Cover and spine worn. Cover heavily rubbed and scratched. Front cover detached. Cover corners/edges and spine edges bumped and peeling. Spine and spine edges peeling. Sticker on spine bottom edge. Ex-libris sticker and binder's sticker on endpaper. Ink inscription on whitepage. Rear whitepage bottom torn and partly missing (NO damage to text - blank whitepage). Pates and some pages somewhat age-stained. Pages yellowing and wavy. [SUMMARY]: Despite the damage to cover, this rare collection of early modern European texts on the Middle East is internally in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This book's cover is very worn, loose or missing. If you'd like, we can send this book to be rebound for an extra charge.
1962VOLUME TWO ONLY. RARE LIMITED EDITION of the memorial book dedicated to the Jews of the Bukovina district in southeastern Europe. The book uses authoritative sources to create a clear historical account of the Jewish community in Bukovina from the earliest records of its existence to the destruction during the Holocaust. Contains numerous b&w photographs and illustrations. 330x250mm. VIII+228 pages. Red leather Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Jacket yellowing, dirty, wrinkled and slightly age-stained. Jacket edges and corners worn/tattered. Front cover bottom edge peeling. Spine edges bumped. [SUMMARY]: Save for some external wear (mostly to jacket), this extremely rare volume is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
ref. ORD-14268aux armées du Roy... Contenant l'Estat présent de la Ville de Paris et les Ouvrages qui ont été faits par les Ordres de Sa Majesté jusqu'en 1710. Divisée en ses vingt quartiers suivant l'arrest du Conseil. Le tout revu et augmenté par le Sieur Jaillot le Fils, Géographe. Paris. Taride. Vers 1910. Gd in-f°(330 x 498mm) en feuilles sous couverture imprimée, 4 pages de présentation et 12 planches sur double page destinées à être rassemblées pour former un plan d'environ 1,30 m de haut pour 1,70 m de large. Bel exemplaire.
ref. 8762Relié - 11x17 - 616 pp - 1761 - Chez DUCHESNE, Libraire, rue S. Jacques, au dessous de la fontaine S. Benoît, au temple du Goût, Paris. Avec un portrait hors texte. 1ère édition.
ref. 62Paris, imp. Henry, 1831 - 2 t. en 2 vol. - in-16 : 1038/1104 pp. - rel d’ép.
1988347 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "A definitive history of Chinatowns in Canada - the culmination of 20 years of research." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A splendid copy of this rare and important work. Book
195268 pages. Features: Editorial - Why are We Afraid to Grow (i.e. why are we afraid of immigration); Mr. Gromyko is welcomed to London, England; The Last Days of Dr. Harry Cassidy, Canada's outstanding authority in the field of social welfare - He knew he would die within three weeks - How he tied together the loose ends of his life - with portrait by Charles Comfort, RCA; She Leads the Housewives Crusade - Dorothy Walton, once the world's best badminton player, is fast becoming our best-known housewife as she spearheads half a million women on in a campaign to make shopping easier, cheaper and better; How To Live Through an Auto Crash - this article could save your life; Father Thomas Coughlin - The Holy Terror from Hamilton - a Maclean's flashback - article with photos of the 1930s radio priest who held millions spellbound; The Hottest Spot in Canada - Point Pelee National Park - article with colour photos; The Happily Married Cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario - article with photos; They'll Move Anything - George Hill and Hill the Mover, Canada's largest moving company - article with photos; Leo, the Moth-Eaten Lion - Jack May saved the life of Leo the Lion at Toronto's Riverdale Zoo; What Every Young Bridegroom Should Know - humour by Barry Mather, illustrated by James Hill; Large colour ad for Canada Savings Bonds (CSBs); Chevrolet ad; Massey-Harris colour-photo ad displays their new Electro-Forging process for making crankshafts; Full-page RCAF Recruiting ad; Full-page ad for Household Finance "I Rent Money"; Nice colour half-page ad for Aylmer canned peas; Great vintage ad for Pres-o-lite batteries features black and white photo of Toronto Maple Leaf Captain Ted (Teeder) Kennedy; Bold colour ad for Snyder's Fine Furniture of Waterloo, Ontario inside back cover; Colour ad for Gyproc on back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice vintage copy. Book
ref. 8852P., Maillet, (fin du XVIIIème).
ref. 8851P., Maillet, (fin du XVIIIème). (Gravure «Vaisseau du Premier Range portant pavillon de Vice Amiral» contrecollée au dos).
ref. 8868P., Daumont, (1759).
ref. 8880(Trace de pliure au centre).
ref. ORD-11698Paris. Andriveau-Goujon. 1869. Très grand plan couleurs (102 x 83 cm) entoilé et remplié in-8 (146 x 208mm). Toile muette, brunie, excellent état de ce magnifique plan de Paris.
192632 pages. Features: The Loneliest Man in New York - an intimate study of Frank A. Munsey by one of his former newspaper executives; Through the colored glasses of Freudism the doctor looks at Judy O'Grady and the Colonel's Lady - and decides that Freud should be repudiated; Building Good Roads by Gasoline - income from tolls, gas tax and licenses pays for U.S. roads; America's Scattered Children - the American flag flies in Alaska and more than halfway across the Pacific on thousands of islands; 'Bad English' is a Heritage from Olden Times - much of the grammar now classed as incorrect has come down to us by word of mouth from the time of Chaucer and before; Henry Ford's Page - understanding how the public mind moves from interest to disinterest; Editorials - the defeat of Mrs. Ferguson in Texas was actually a repudiation of her husband, Jim Ferguson, corn is a huge commodity, taxes hurt the British whisky-making industry; Voyage of the Victoria - The Passage of the Strait (part 9); The Women of Mexico Awake - they claim freedom which their American sisters enjoy; Pity the Poor Baseball Scout! - he deals in human ivory; Phoning in the Woods - photo-illustrated article on phone lines serving fire-fighting Forest Rangers in Montana; Chats with Office Callers - New Yorker article explains how for three times in a row the writer attended church, only to witness the uplifting of those of another religion; Rare Americana in a Unique Setting - the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Some Vanished Towns of Kansas - cities that died before they had lived/State Capital which could not be found; Interesting tree photos inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1889Outer dimensions: 21.75" x 14.5". Counties individually colored. Clean and unmarked with light wear. An attractive vintage copy. Bonus: includes separate extensive list of Texas counties and cities/towns, complete with their (1889) populations. Book
ref. 51669Bordeaux 2009.3 Vols in-4 couvertures à rabats illustrées en couleurs.Etui bleu-nuit.Etat de neuf.Tome 1: plans.Tome 2:334 p.Tome 3:450 p.Photos en couleurs
ref. ORD-11853Paris. Logerot. (1878). Très grand plan couleurs (109 x 75cm) entoilé et remplié in-8 (122 x 190 mm). Etiquette de titre sur la toile, excellent état de ce magnifique plan de Paris.
194978 pages. Articles: Kingfish of the Dixiecrats (part 1 of 2) - Leander H. Perez; Danger - Office Party; Nobody's Safe in Philadelphia (another "Terror in our Cities" report); They Whistle While They Work - article on NBA referees with great photos of Jimmy Enright, Bud Lowell, Phil Fox, Pat Kennedy and Joe Serafin; Benjamine (Ben) Franklin Michtom Loves Little Dolls - his Ideal Novelty & Toy Company makes two million dolls per year - article with great color photos; "Please Rush the Gal in the Pink Corset" (continuing the life and times of Sears, Roebuck); Mama has Glamour; Sailor in the Rain; An Icicle Built for Two; The Rise of Carthage; Wolf!; Cinderella Rides Again (part 3 of 5); Write Finis. Includes nice ads for: General Electric; Herbert Tareyton cigarettes - featuring color image of Miss Mary Damon; Ford cars; Pontiac color centerfold; Botany clothing; Mercury cars; Kaywoodie Briar Pipes (full-color page with boxing theme); GM Electro-Motive division. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194982 pages. Articles: Terror/Crime in Our Cities - No. 1 - Detroit; University of North Carolina Football Coach Carl Grey Snavely - article with nice color photos; The Schary Script - M-G-M's Dore Schary is one of the busiest men in Hollywood; Clowns after Hours - The Minneapolis Aquatennial festival and its Aqua Jesters; My 4-Year War with the Reds; (part 3 of 5); So You Had a Virus?; Down with the Little Things; I Hate a Dumpy Woman; A Good Clean-Cut American Boy; Owl, He Crow For Midnight; Champion of Sonora; Valley of the Tyrant (part 2 fo 4); A Game of Skill. Includes these nice vintage ads: General Electric tvs; Herbert Tareyton cigarettes - featuring colour image of Mrs. Herbert Bayard Swope, Jr.; B.V.D. shirts; Admiral tvs; Lord Calvert Whiskey ad features full-page color photo portrait of author James Michener; Dodge Trucks; Pabst beer ad features photo of Sid Luckman; Plymouth cars; Puerto Rican Rum; General Motors; Bicycle playing cards; Nice full-page color Schenley Whiskey ad features Ed Sullivan; Camel cigarette ad on back cover includes Vic Scott, Albany to New York out-board racing champ. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
1888FOUR BOOKS BOUND TOGETHER. The author of all titles is an important figure in the early archaeological explorations of Palestine - Gottlieb Schumacher (1857-1925), an American of German descent who lived and worked in Palestine as civil engineer, architect and archaeologist, renowned for carrying out the survey of the Golan, Hauran, and Ajlun districts (in preparation for the construction of the Damascus-Haifa railway) producing the first accurate maps of these regions, and detailed descriptions of the archaeological remains and the contemporary villages, as well as excavations of the ruins of the ancient city of Megiddo. Each title contains a fold-out map, b&w figures/illustrations and plans, except the second - "Jaulan", which contains four fold-out maps and 144 b&w figures (with all the original maps and illustrations). The first, second and fourth titles contain index to the names in Arabic, transliteration in Latin characters and translation from Arabic. 200x135mm. [78] + [XII+304] + [51] + [207] pages. Dark green/blue cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover upper and bottom edge slightly bumped. Cover and spine slightly stained. Spine yellowing/tanned. Spine edges bumped/wrinkled. Spine upper edge tattered. Previous owner's small stamp on front whitepage upper corner. Inner cover and whitepages age-stained. Few pages slightly age-stained. Pages yellowing. [TITLE 1 - PELLA]: Frontispiece map and title page slightly age-stained. Pages 11-50 have wrinkled edges/corners. Binding slightly loose and visible between fold-out map/frontispiece and title page. [SUMMARY]: This unique volume which comprises four extremely rare titles, of importance to any serious scholar of the history, geography and archaeology of Ottoman Palestine, is in good condition.
ref. Miss, Stig, Kasper MonradIn Pristine Condition. unknown
1943Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript unpublished four autograph letters signed (ALS) by Hikmet Turhan Daglioglu to Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, (1901-1984), who was a Turkish poetess, and his husband Aziz Vecihi Zorlutuna who was a Turkish soldier. Three letters in Ottoman script, one is in modern Turkish with Latin letters. Dated 1943 with different periods of this year. Full. Approx. 20 lines on each paper. Daglioglu was a Turkish author, intellectual, museologist, specialist on Aleppo history, and deputy of Antalya city. A greetings content about his promotion to brigadier general in one letter which was written to Halide Nusret's husband, and interesting literary discussions on other three letters to Halide Nusret.
2008Photographs showing the homes of people who live in poverty in Nairobi, Kenya; Mumbai, India; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Crarcas, Venzuela by Norwegian photojournalist Jonas Bediksen. Pictorial cover. 8 1/8"w x 6 1/8"h. The pages fold-out to be 32 1/2" long, when open. Photographs alternate with autobiographical text by the people depicted. One gate folded page shows a slight crease where it folds into the center of the book.
2013New Turkish Original bdg. HC. In publisher's special box. 4to. (33 x 33 cm). In Turkish. 456 p., b/w and color ills., with 14 CDs. Arkeoloji sirlari. Dünya tarihinin arkeolojik izleri. [= I segreti dell archeologia]. [With 14 CDs]. Translated by Melek Atak, Derya Kusçu, Nezaket Saraçoglu, Revna Özcan, Irem Önderol.
1926Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript autograph letter signed (ALS) addressed to Turkish female poet Halide Nusret Zorlutuna, (1901-1984). 22,5x17,5 cm. In Ottoman script written on a fine and special Italian hand-made paper with 'Aurelius' watermark. 1 p. on bifolium. Dated March 13, 1926. It starts as "Muhterem hemsire...". 4 lines. Signed as 'Maarif müdürü' [i.e. Director of Ministery of Education] by Mustafa Necati. Mustafa Necati Ugural was a Turkish statesman in the early years of the Turkish Republic, who served as the Minister of National Education during the reform period. He died before the Turkish Surname Law was adopted and the surname Ugural is actually the surname his family members adopted after his death. Mustafa Necati was born in 1894 in Izmir. His father was Halit and his mother was Naciye. After his primary and secondary education in Izmir, he went to Istanbul for higher education and studied law. He returned to Izmir in 1914 to serve as a lawyer and teacher. In 1915 he established a private school with his friend Vasif Çinar. He also served as a legal adviser for the local railway company. After the First World War in which the Ottoman Empire was defeated, the Allies fired the railway workers. He tried to defend the workers' rights by establishing a committee. Later he expanded his activities to defend the rights of the reserve officers who returned from the front. After Izmir was occupied by the Greek army, he fled to Istanbul and then to Balikesir, where he began to participate in the Turkish War of Independence. Among other things, he published a short-lived newspaper to defend Turkish rights against the Greek invasion. After the Ottoman parliament in Istanbul was abolished by the Allies on 16 March 1920, Turkish parliament was established in Ankara on 23 April 1920 and Mustafa Necati was elected as the Saruhan (present Manisa) MP. However, during the 1920-1922 term, he spent most of his time out of Ankara. He was appointed as a member of Independence Tribunals in Sivas and then Kastamonu. Finally, he was appointed as the chairman of Amasya Independence Tribunal. As soon as the Republic was proclaimed on 29 September 1923, Mustafa Necati became a government minister of Ismet Inönü's cabinets. His first seat was Minister of Exchange Construction and Settlement in the 1st government of Turkey. This was a very important seat for its main responsibility was the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey. In the 2nd government of Turkey, he was the Minister of Justice. However, his most important seat was that of the Minister of National Education following a revision in the 4th government of Turkey. He kept this post in the 5th government of Turkey till his death. Up to 1928, the Arabic script was used in Turkey. However, the Turkish language has 8 vowels and the Arabic script remained incapable of reproducing the Turkish words. Nevertheless, being the script of the Quran it was considered to be inalterable. But president Atatürk decided to adopt the Latin alphabet (with small changes). Moreover, he insisted that the reform should be carried out immediately. In addition to adding the Latin alphabet to school curricula, short term courses for the adults called Nation's schools (Turkish: Millet Mektebi) were established. As the minister of National Education, Mustafa Necati was responsible for establishing these courses. The courses were successful and Necati was later considered to be one of the pioneers of the new Turkish alphabet. (Wikipedia).
