WATSON TomLivre Rare Book
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1985143414Couverture souple. Broché. 179 pages. Couverture légèrement défraîchie.
VI, (8), 369, (3) pp. With numerous folding plates. Contemporary green half calf with giltstamped spine and marbled boards. 8vo. First edition. - Indispensable French studbook of pure-bred Anglo-Arabian horses, indicating their percentage of Arabian blood. - Slight browning, but well preserved. Rare. Mennessier de la Lance 642. OCLC 843391487.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or creased with light rubbing a a few tiny nicks to upper and lower edges. 317pp. This is the honest, anecdotal behind-the-scenes look at America's richest road show - the PGA Tour.
8vo. 264 pp. With 3 folding engr. plates. Contemp. calf with giltstamped red label to gilt spine. Marbled endpapers. All edges red. Second, enlarged edition, published a year after the first and now including "diverses observations sur les grandes actions qui se sont passées dans la dernière guerre d’Hongrie, et dans la présente en Moldavie". This is the first work of the Swiss-born De Warnery (1720-86), published in a German translation as early as 1766 (purportedly against his own wishes): according to the author, never one to eschew self-aggrandizement, he was the first to "unmask the Turks" and show that they did not warrant the fear with which they were usually viewed (cf. ADB XLI, 176). The plates show suggestions for battle arrays. - Unobtrusive repairs to lower cover of the appealing binding. Variously browned and brownstained due to paper. Rare. Formerly in the Ottoman collection of the Swiss industrialist Herry W. Schaefer. Barbier IV, 257. Cf. Atabey 1321 (first ed. 1770). Not in Blackmer.
Folio. XIII, (3), 329, (1) pp. With engraved frontispiece (Fat'h-Ali Shah Qajar, King of Persia) and engr. portrait plate (Shaknubat, mistress of Kurim Khan), both after Persian originals. Later blue cloth with giltstamped spine title. First European-printed edition, following an error-ridden edition published at Bombay in 1804. Includes a chapter on Arabian horses, an early account of Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and Wahhabi Islam, and passages on hawk-hunting and pearl fishing in the Arabian Gulf "from the 56th to the 48th degree east longitude", i. e., essentially the Gulf coast from Ras al-Khaimah to Qatar and Bahrain and on to Kuwait. Early attempt at an encompassing description of Persia, by the Bengal civil servant Edward W. H. Scott-Waring (1783-1821). "Very rare" (Allibone). - Bound without the half-title; bookplate and blindstamps of the City of Leeds Public Library. Diba Collection p. 139. Wilson p. 240. Henze IV, 461. Cf. Weber I, 3. Brunet V, 1416. Graesse VI/2, 420 (1st ed. Bombay, 1804).
280pp. Hardcover Very good condition good
199811963Königswinter: HEEL Verlag. 1998. 271 S. 4to. Durchgehend farbig Illustriert. Illustrierter Original-Pappband mit Schutzumschlag.
Good pbk reprint. Covers worn. ISBN 0855331844. 16372. eng
1979V26515London (Mitchell Beazley Publishers) 1979 (= Reprinted). 4°, illustrierte Originalbroschur ( Paperback) 280 S., durchgehend farbig illustriert, ISBN 0 85533 184 4
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
In-4, tela editoriale, sovracoperta, pp. 280,con numerose illustrazioni a colori e in bianco e nero nel testo. In ottimo stato (fine copy).
Paperb. 8vo, VIII-289 p. No dw. Very fine copy. [NV-32]
199020849n.p.: Ailsa Inc. Near Fine. 1990. Hardcover. 0940889293 . Compiled and edited by Herbert Warren Wind and Robert Macdonald. First edition thus. Near fine in light blue cloth. No dust jacket. . Ailsa, Inc. hardcover books
199510277München: Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf., 1995. 460 Seiten , 18 cm, kart.,
199739123ABMünchen, Wien, Zürich, BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, 1997. 29 cm, 192 Seiten, mimt zahlreichen Farbfotos von Brian D. Morgan, grüner Pappband, geprägter Rückentitel, Karten auf den Vorsätzen, Original-Schutzumschlag, farbig illustrierter Pappschuber. kaum gebraucht, sehr gut erhalten.
1999045355München, Wien, Zürich., BLV Verlagsgesellschaft., 1999. Fotos von Brian D. Morgan. 159 Seiten mit zahlreichen Fotografien. Guiter Zustand. Gr.-8°. H OPappband im Schuber.
Oblong 8vo. 53 printed photographs on 27 ff. printed in sepia to rectos only, contained in original printed card covers with oval window. A remarkable series of photographs of the peoples and places of South Persia (modern Iran and Iraq). The first leaf - which contains the title with a small portrait of a street seller - is followed by four leaves showing views of the Abadan Refinery. The remaining leaves show scenes in Mohammerah (now Khorramshahr), Shatt-el-Arab, Dizful (Dezful), Ahwaz (Ahvaz), as well as artistic views of the coast ("Moonlight on the Shatt-el-Arab", "Sunset in the Gulf"). There are also further portraits of street sellers and other local people (dervish, snake charmer, barber). The booklet closes with a view of the "Pumping Station, Tembi" which served the Abadan refinery, "The road up to the oil fields", and a view of the Ctesiphon Arch. An uncommon and nicely produced view-book of the area. - Minor spotting to first leaf, creasing to upper wrapper but contents generally in good, clean condition.
388 pages including bibliography and index. A unique technical handbook, bringing together topics that are generally not available to the non-specialist, bridging the gulf between novice and advanced astrophotographer. Includes detailed discussion of topics usually ignored in a general survey, such as photographic optics, instrument design, techniques at the telescope, films and developers, advanced darkroom methods, sensitometry and film hypersensitization. Emphasis is placed upon the understanding of basic photographic principles and on professional laboratory methods, encouraging readers to conduct their own experiments and make contributions to the science of photography. Chapters include: A Brief History of Astronomical Photography; Instrumentation; Techniques at the Telescope; Theoretical Points of Interest; Sensitometry; Black-and-White Photography; Color Photography; Introductory Darkroom Techniques; Advanced Darkroom Techniques; Hypersensitizing Techniques; Deep-Sky Astrophotography; High-Resolution Photography (including a selection of fine astronomical photography); Selected Topics; plus appendices. Moderate quantity of library markings. Front free endpaper removed. Only moderate wear. A solid copy with dust jacket in protective clear mylar cover. Book
4to. (16), 110, (2) pp. Contemporary full calf. First edition of the Arabic text of the "History of Joseph the Carpenter", one of the oldest New Testament Apocrypha. A compilation of traditions concerning Mary, Joseph, and the "holy family", it probably was composed in Byzantine Egypt in Greek in the late 6th or early 7th century but is preserved only in Coptic and Arabic versions. The Arabic text was edited by Georg Wallin (1686-1760), the learned Lutheran archbishop of Göteborg. - Some browning, more pronounced in margins of title-page. Binding lightly rubbed at extremeties. Old Swedish deaccessioning note ("Duplett") on pastedown. Wants first free endpaper. Rare. Schnurrer 413. OCLC 165689104.
8vo. VII, (1), 126 pp., final blank f. With lithogr. map at the end of the volume; printed notes of a Bedouin melody within the text. Contemporary green half calf with giltstamped spine title and marbled sides, original printed yellow wrappers bound within with wood-engraved desert illustration on back cover. First edition, published posthumously. - Extremely rare account of Wallin's principal journey through Arabia, unknown to most bibliographers: "It was not until two years after his death", writes Henze, "that the report of his first (and most important) journey (performed in 1845, a year before the appearance of the first volume of Carl Ritter's 'Arabia') was published". This refers to the English "Narrative of a Journey from Cairo to Medina and Mecca", which was printed in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1854. In fact, an extensive account of the first leg of this highly significant journey was first given to the world in December 1853, but little more than a year after the author's passing. Of this Swedish-language book, edited by Berndt Otto Schauman, less than two dozen copies are known worldwide, 12 of which are in Finnish libraries (the remainder distributed throughout Sweden [4 copies], Germany [2 copies], Denmark, France, and the U.S.A. [a single copy each]). In contrast with the later JRGS publication, the present work includes an appendix rendering Arabic terms and phrases that occur throughout the text in the original language and script. - Like his more famous contemporary J. L. Burckhardt, Wallin was fluent in Arabic and, in local costume, was capable of passing for a scholarly sheikh. Indeed, the two explorers are often compared: "I see many points of resemblance between them, the same iron constitution, the same versatility, the same indomitable energy, the same imperturbable temper" (H. C. Rawlinson, quoted in Henze). Financially backed by his alma mater, the University of Helsinki, Wallin departed for the Middle East in 1843 and set out on his expeditions from Cairo under the name of Abd al-Wali. "In 1845, proceeding southeast across the wastelands of the Nafud Desert, he reached Ha'il then continued by force of circumstances southward to Medina and Mecca. From there he returned to Egypt" (Howgego). More precisely, he "moved eastwards from Wadi al-Araba, first touching upon the upper regions of Wadi Sirhan, then on to the oasis of Djuf ('Algawf') and crossed the central regions of Shammar, via Djobbah ('Gubbi'), the Great Nefud ('Nufood'), and Hail [...] Of Shammar and its inhabitants he provided the fullest account, unsurpassed by later travellers in its scholarly precision" (Henze). After his return to Europe in 1850, Wallin was made Professor of oriental languages at Helsingfors. His notes provide a detailed overview of the political and religious movements and the role of the different tribes in Palestine and especially in Saudi Arabia. - Occasional brownstaining; binding somewhat rubbed, but a fine copy on the whole. Provenance: contemp. ownership "Bergelin" to front wrapper cover; bookplate of the journalist Kurt Bergengren (1920-85) on pastedown. K.-E. Henriksson (A Wallin Bibliography), in: Studia orientalia 17 (1952), p. 13-16, at p. 13. OCLC 551923531. Cf. Macro 2262. Howgego II (1800-50), W12, p. 627. Henze V, 452 (all citing only the 1854 JRGS publication). Cf. Fück 198 (mentioning the journey). Not in Gay or Ibrahim-Hilmy.
8vo. VII, (1), 126 pp., final blank f. With lithographed map at the end of the volume; printed notes of a Bedouin melody within the text. Green half calf with contemporary marbled boards and giltstamped title to rebacked spine. First edition, published posthumously. - Extremely rare account of Wallin's principal journey through Arabia, unknown to most bibliographers: "It was not until two years after his death", writes Henze, "that the report of his first (and most important) journey (performed in 1845, a year before the appearance of the first volume of Carl Ritter's 'Arabia') was published". This refers to the English "Narrative of a Journey from Cairo to Medina and Mecca", which was printed in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1854. In fact, an extensive account of the first leg of this highly significant journey was first given to the world in December 1853, but little more than a year after the author's passing. Of this Swedish-language book, edited by Berndt Otto Schauman, fewer than two dozen copies are known worldwide, 12 of which are in Finnish libraries (the remainder distributed throughout Sweden [4 copies], Germany [2 copies], Denmark, France, and the U.S.A. [a single copy each]). In contrast with the later JRGS publication, the present work includes an appendix rendering Arabic terms and phrases that occur throughout the text in the original language and script. - Like his more famous contemporary J. L. Burckhardt, Wallin was fluent in Arabic and, in local costume, was capable of passing for a scholarly sheikh. Indeed, the two explorers are often compared: "I see many points of resemblance between them, the same iron constitution, the same versatility, the same indomitable energy, the same imperturbable temper" (H. C. Rawlinson, quoted in Henze). Financially backed by his alma mater, the University of Helsinki, Wallin departed for the Middle East in 1843 and set out on his expeditions from Cairo under the name of Abd al-Wali. "In 1845, proceeding southeast across the wastelands of the Nafud Desert, he reached Ha'il then continued by force of circumstances southward to Medina and Mecca. From there he returned to Egypt" (Howgego). More precisely, he "moved eastwards from Wadi al-Araba, first touching upon the upper regions of Wadi Sirhan, then on to the oasis of Djuf ('Algawf') and crossed the central regions of Shammar, via Djobbah ('Gubbi'), the Great Nefud ('Nufood'), and Hail [...] Of Shammar and its inhabitants he provided the fullest account, unsurpassed by later travellers in its scholarly precision" (Henze). After his return to Europe in 1850, Wallin was made Professor of oriental languages at Helsingfors. His notes provide a detailed overview of the political and religious movements and the role of the different tribes in Palestine and especially in Saudi Arabia. - Stamped ownership "L. L. Cygnaeus, Helsingfors" to flyleaf. A fine, largely unbrowned copy. K.-E. Henriksson (A Wallin Bibliography), in: Studia orientalia 17 (1952), p. 13-16, at p. 13. OCLC 551923531. Cf. Macro 2262. Howgego II (1800-50), W12, p. 627. Henze V, 452 (all citing only the 1854 JRGS publication). Cf. Fück 198 (mentioning the journey). Not in Gay or Ibrahim-Hilmy.
4to. (14), 264 pp. With engraved illustrated title-page and 12 engraved plates; one line of musical notes showing the melody of the muezzin's call "la 'ilaha 'illa -llahu" (There is no deity but Allah). 19th century marbled half leather with giltstamped red spine label. Marbled endpapers. All edges sprinkled red. Second edition of Wallich's account of Islam, written in 1659 following his mission to the Porte. "The first part is a description of Turkish religion and customs [...] together with seven of the plates. The second part is a life of Mohammed, and the third part is a comparison of Pope Alexander VII with Mehmed IV (the two antichrists, oriental and occidental)" (Blackmer). The biography of the Prophet includes a genealogy and an engraving showing Ali with the Zulfiqar presenting the written Qur'an to the faithful. - Johann Ulrich von Wallich (1624-73), a Thuringian jurist in Swedish services, participated in several diplomatic missions, including the Swedish embassy to Constantinople in 1657/58, where he got to know the Muslim religion. - Binding very insignificantly rubbed along the hinges, corners a little bumped. A fine copy bound for the Ottoman-Greek diplomat Stephanos Carathéodory (1834-1908), who served as secretary to the Ottoman delegation at the 1878 Congress of Berlin and as Ottoman ambassador to Brussels, with his printed bookplate and motto ("Meden agan" - "nothing in excess") to front pastedown and spine. VD 17, 39:134505B. Chauvin XI, p. 197, no. 720. Cf. Atabey 1761; Blackmer 1309.
36 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: The Ship That Turned Over In Her Grave - the 'Gulf Stream', owned by Gulf Lines, Ltd., served the Vancouver to Powell River run; Jack Fannin - this pioneer extraordinaire was the first curator and virtually creator of the British Columbia Provincial Museum; Forgotten Towns of the West Kootenay - many have been lost to flood and fire; 1689 - Year of the Massacre - Missionaries killed by the Iroquois; Klondike Journey - Part 2 of 3 on Klondike of the 1890s and the travels of Robert beresford Allison; The Gold-Plated Nickels - counterfeiting method used by a deaf-mute in the U.S. in 1880; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
20171053052017 Ed. Nouveau Monde - 2017 - In-8 broché, couv. illustrée en couleurs - 326 p.
8vo. 2 parts in 1 vol. XVI, 124 (but: 224) pp. 328 pp. Contemporary marbled half-calf binding with giltstamped labels to spine. Only edition. Contains much previously unpublished manuscript material (cf. ADB). The German oriental scholar Samuel F. G. Wahl (1760-1834) was an extremely prolific author. His subjects include all aspects of oriental linguistics and literature, including Persia, China, and India, and he was one of the few scholars of his time to have a knowledge of Armenian. - Edges and corners slightly bumped; spine insignificantly rubbed. Interior clean and well-preserved. From the collection of the Swedish orientalist and bibliophile Henrik Gerhard Lindgren (1801-79) with his autogr. note of ownership on front pastedown; later in the collection of C. O. Nordgren (dated on flyleaf: Uppsala, 9 March 1880). ADB 40, 594. Neuer Nekrolog der Dt. (12/2), p. 1230. ALZ 332 (1791), vol. 4, p. 540-544. Schnurrer 92. OCLC 6867437.
