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Large 4to. VI, 147, (1) pp. With 10 folding maps and plates stored loosely in envelope. Original printed wrappers. Front cover with owner's stamp "W. R. Farrand". - Binding slightly rubbed, larger tears to spine.
686 pp. Publisher's original wrappers. 4to. Third edition of this history of the Arabian Gulf, first published 1965. Includes a few maps as well as extensive bibliographical references (pp. 675-681). - Well preserved. OCLC 71425250.
8vo. 4 parts in one volume. (4), 32, 347, (1), 128, 228, II, (2) pp. With 2 (instead of 1!) folding engraved maps and 16 (instead of 20) engraved plates; several wood-engravings in the text. Contemporary green half calf with giltstamped spine. Marbled endpapers. Published as vol. 58 of the series "L'univers". Discusses Algiers (by Rozet), Algeria (by Carette), Libya (by Hoefer), and Tunisia (by Frank). - Some foxing. With a folding map of Algeria not listed in the table of plates, but does not contain four plates on Tunisia there listed. The fine engravings show costumes, views (Constantine, Algiers, Belida, Oran), etc. OCLC 6985583.
8vo. VI, (2), 164 pp. Original printed wrappers. Scholarly work on Abu 'Ubaid's collection of proverbs (matal) known as "Kitab al-Amtal", assembled in the 8th/9th century A.D., and other, similar anthologies of Arabic adages. - A very good copy.
London, Nelson and Sons, 1868, 19 x 13,5 cm., plena piel con hilos dorados en ambos planos, contracantos y cortes dorados, Frontis + 2 hojas + 371 págs. y 7 láminas. (Lomo algo rozado).
Erstausgabe dieses Reiseberichts des Geistlichen und Autors religiöser Schriften Johann Alois Kaltner, Pfarrer an der Salzburger Krankenhauskirche St. Johannes (heute LKH), der als Teil einer Gruppe von 18 namentlich erwähnten, aus unterschiedlichen Gegenden Deutschlands und Österreichs zusammengekommenen Männern und unter Vorsitz des Wiener Pfarrers Urban Loritz stehenden Pilgergruppe zwischen 26. Februar und 4. Juni 1855 eine Wallfahrt nach Jerusalem und Palästina unternahm. Gemeinsam u.a. mit anderen Geistlichen, Adeligen (u.a. Graf Hubert Harnoncour-Unverzagt), Handwerkern, einem Kunstmaler, einem Buchhändler und einem Fabriksbesitzer ging es zunächst mit Schiffen der Lloyd über Triest und Izmir nach Jaffa (Tel Aviv), danach auf dem Landweg nach Jerusalem, Nazareth und auf den Berg Karmel, und schließlich über Haifa und Alexandria und Triest wieder per Schiff zurück. Kaltner stellte den hier abgedruckten Bericht in Form von Briefen an seine Schwester zusammen, in denen er beschreibt, was ihm und seinen Mitreisenden „Freundliches und Unfreundliches begegnet ist, oder aber auch, was dieselben an den heiligen Orten gesehen, erlebt und empfunden haben.“ (Vorwort, S. VII). 1860 erschien eine 2., erweiterte und mit einem Stahlstich sowie 2 Karten versehene Auflage. - Buchblock etwas verzogen, Rücken am Vordergelenk etwas eingerissen, Umschlaghinterseite mit einigen kleinen Tintenflecken, einige Lagen lose, sonst sauberes, nicht stockfleckiges Exemplar dieses seltenen Wallfahrerberichts. Gemäß OCLC und KVK ist der Titel nur in 6 institutionellen Beständen weltweit nachweisbar (Diözesanbibliothek Salzburg, UB Salzburg (2x), Stiftsbibliothek Kremsmünster, ÖNB und Zentralbibliothek Zürich). - Hans-Jürgen und Jutta Kornrupf: Fremde im Osmanischen Reich 1826-1912/13, 2. Aufl., 1998 zit. TBA 1.0188.429.
Legatura mezza pelle coeva, dorso con nervi e titolo in oro, buone condizioni. Racconti di viaggio attraverso l’Albania, Grecia, Turchia, Egitto, Armenia, Arabia, Siria, Palestina sino al deserto libico e tunisino. Prima edizione con numerosissime incisioni nel testo e a piena pagina.
Legatura mezza pelle coeva, dorso con nervi e titolo in oro, buone condizioni. Racconti di viaggio attraverso l’Albania, Grecia, Turchia, Egitto, Armenia, Arabia, Siria, Palestina sino al deserto libico e tunisino. Prima edizione con numerosissime incisioni nel testo e a piena pagina. SC. A.
3 vols., 8vo., with frontispieces, plates and maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's slip-case. Splendid set of the standard reference. The set comprises: Vol. I: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem; Vol. II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East 1100-1187; Vol. III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades.
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with titles in green and black, and plates and maps in the text; original green buckram, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, backstrips lightly dulled else a very good, bright, clean set. With personal bookplate on front paste-down of third volume. The set comprises 'Traveller's Prelude 1893-1927' (1950), 'Beyond Euphrates 1928-1933 (1951)', 'The Coast of Incense 1933-1939 (1953)' and 'Dust in the Lion's Paw 1939-1946 (1961)'. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Hand-coloured steel engraving. 250 x 147 mm. Plate from "A History of the Birds of Europe, Not Observed in the British Isles" by Charles Robert Bree, published by George Bell and Sons in 1875.
(Viaggi - Egitto - Diario di Amalia Solla Nizzoli - Viaggiatrici italiane dell'Ottocento - Oriente islamico - Medio Oriente) In 16° (cm 15,5 x 10), legatura primo Novecento in cartone rigido rivestito da carta decorata a xilografia con impressione in colore ocra su fondo avorio, al dorso tassello in carta con titolo, taglio di testa rosso, pp. XVII,(1),398,(2), con alcune testatine ed un finalino inciso. Prefazione di Francesco Cusani, curatore dell'edizione. Etichetta xilografica di vecchia legatoria milanese applicata al risguardo anteriore. Restauri con rinforzi in carta all'occhiello e a pagina 398, senza perdita di testo, alcune ossidazioni all'interno, per altro volume solido e ben conservato.
12mo. 79, (1) pp. Publisher's original orange printer wrappers (spine repaired). A pocket-sized introduction to Islam and the Muslim world; "its object is to brief a brief survey of the rise of the Arabian religion in the seventh century; of the conquests of the outer world by the newly converted Arabs; of the foundation of the Arab Caliphate, and of the subsequent establishment of non-Arab Islamic states" (Introductory Note). - The orientalist and linguist Sir Edward Denison Ross (1871-1940) was the first director of the University of London’s School of Oriental Studies (now SOAS) from 1916 to 1937. - Published as Benn's Sixpenny Library, No. 19. Removed from the "Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des Nahen Orients an der Universität München" with their stamp on the title-page and additional note "Sheikh, Bagdad" (dated 1928), with additional bibliographical information added at the end. OCLC 6130391.
8vo., De Luxe Edition, with sepia-toned frontispiece and 23 sepia-toned plates (8 double-page panoramas) and endpaper maps; publisher's blue full morocco, sides with frame border in blind, back blind-ruled to give six compartments, second and third compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with a floral device, gilt top, blue silk marker, doublures lightly rubbed else a near fine copy. There are at least four issues of this title: a) the limited numbered edition; b) the [present] 'de luxe' edition; c) the Large Paper Extra-Illustrated edition; d) the ordinary trade edition. See Fields & Devenish 23.
8vo. 4 vols. 36 pp. (Jordan). 192 pp. (Iraq). 88 pp. (Iran). 52 pp. (Afghanistan). Original illustrated stiff wrappers, each volume with a map on the inside front cover. Collection of four curious foreign trade monographs issued by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, directed at Austrian concerns aiming to do business with the Near and Middle East. With the exception of Iraq, where the revolution of 1958 had just heralded a republic, all countries here discussed were still monarchies. Contains general geographical data and statistics, details on units of measurements, economic structure, and customs of trade.
Small folio (218 x 283 mm). (48) pp. Original wrappers, colourfully illustrated with Islamic geometrical designs. A portrait of Bahrain, illustrated and printed in English and Arabian throughout, showing the country at a critical moment in it development, transitioning from traditional to modern ways of life with the growing importance of the oil industry. Issued on behalf of BAPCO and Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I, Hakim of Bahrain, ruler of Bahrain from 1942 until his death in 1961. - A perfect copy.
(Oblong) 8vo. 2 folding billets. With 2 autograph envelopes. To Mrs. Honeycutt in Tulsa, Oklahoma, signed by Velma, Tommy and Pam. A birthday card with good wishes: "Sorry you are not well. Hope you will feel better soon. I sent a check [...]". - With illustrations featuring a camel caravan and a flower bouquet. Margins slightly creased.
Albumen prints on cardboard, dated on the reverse. Measurements 279:219 and 285:225 mm. The photographs show "Pilgrims entering Bethlehem on Christmas day" and an apparently English party of three tweed-clad gentlemen, one lady, a photographer-manservant, and two Arab guides posing before the Dead Sea. - The view of Bethlehem shows some fading and bears a caption the French and English, as well as the publisher's name, "Bonfils".
150 x 205 mm. AP press photo showing Sayid Idris al-Senussi in London shaking hands with Eric de Candole, British Administrator of Cyrenaica, and his wife. Captioned on the reverse: "Senussi leader arrives in London. The Emir Sayid Idris el Senussi, head of the state of Cyrenaica, photographed on arrival in London last night July 15. He is shaking hands with Mr. E. A. V. Candole, British Chief Administrator of Cyrenaica. At centre is Mrs. Candole. The Emir travelled from Derna to Marseilles in the battleship 'Vanguard' and thence across France. It is the Emir's first visit to England. While here he will have talks with Mr. Bevin on the future of Cyrenaica". Well preserved.
Scale 1:1,500,000. Equal-area conic projection (ravnougol'naia konicheskaia proektsiia). Relief shown by gradient tints, shading, and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. 68.5 x 87.5 cm. Accompanied by text and index by E. A. Shukin (13 pp.). Stored in original printed sleeve. Third edition of the Soviet 1:1,500,000 reference map of Iraq, edited by Z. P. Pekhova. Includes insets: "Ekonomicheskaia karta" (1:5,000,000), "Karta plotnosti naseleniia" and "Karta narodov" (1:10,000,000). The accompanying text contains a capsule geographical account of the country. - Title repeated with ballpoint in Latvian on sleeve's spine. In excellent condition. OCLC 5448870.
Chromo-lithographed map, c. 60 x 48 cm, folded in original printed wrapper (with portrait of Sultan Abdulaziz). With text and 9 engr. illustrations printed on the reverse. Louis Vivien de Saint-Martin's map of Morocco, drawn by Chesneau and Weinreb. With topographical notes by Franz Schrader. - Edges slightly frayed; some tears to folds; wrapper dusty and waterstained. OCLC 163347954.
Oblong 8vo. Captioned in English, French and Arabic. Rare, early black and white photographic views of two important petroleum refineries in Africa: Suez and Fedala. The latter is featured in a photograph by the French military photographer Marcel Flandrin (1889-1957), a pioneer of aerial photography in Morocco. Taken from an aeroplane and published by the Syndicat d'Inititative, the image shows the bonding warehouses at Fedala refinery amidst a rough Atlantic. - The second postcard, published by Vitta & Cie., shows a general view of the Suez refinery against the backdrop of the Ataka Mountains. - In addition to the printed captions, the postcard of Suez bears handwritten captions in German and English on recto and verso in ink and pencil. - The postcard of Suez pierced in two places. A very well preserved set.
Colour-printed map. Ca. 84 x 63 cm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale: 1:2,000,000. Relief shown as gradient tints and spot heights. - With: Lembke, Herbert. Jährliche Niederschlagsmenge im westlichen Vorderasien. Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1940 (Petermanns Georg. Mitteilungen, 86. Jg., Tafel 26). Colour-printed map, scale 1:3,700,000. Ca. 66 x 42 cm. French-produced map of the western portion of Turkey, showing the eastern tip of Bulgaria, the Aegean, Crete, Cyprus, the northern coast of Africa, and Asia Minor to Ankara. Issued by the French military just prior to the Second World War. - Folded, some tears to margins. Formerly in the collections of the Geographical Institute of the University of Berlin, accessioned during wartime as part of the German military' spoils, with requisite stamp and shelfmarks. - Includes a German wartime map of Turkey, also removed from the University of Berlin, showing the average annual rainfall. OCLC 497879161, 495083198.
4to. (4), 74 pp. With 28 plates with 55 black-and-white photographic prints, as well as 1 plan of Burchhardt's itinerary on page 9. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Rare travelogue of Yemen, enriched with striking photographs. In Arabic and German parallel text. Prepared by Ahmed ibn Muhammad al-Garadi, the secretary, Arabic teacher and companion of the German explorer Hermann Burchardt (1857-1909), the book describes Burchardt's travels in the south of the Arabian Peninsula, where he was ambushed and killed by gunmen in December 1909. Containing "important ethnographical information on crafts and the Jewish population", the account also boasts a wealth of photographs "of great documentary value" (Speake), including city views and landmarks of Sanaa, Taizz, and Mocha, such as tower houses in Sanaa's old town, the Ashrafiya Mosque, the Grand Mosque in Mocha, and the ruined palace of Sultan Hasan, as well as pictures of local children, a group of Jews studying scripture in the synagogue, several men sitting around a water pipe, bedouins, farmers, and workers. The images impressively portray the destitution of the Yemenite population in the early 20th century. - In addition, the work includes annotations to the text of the travelogue, a list of examples of the Sanaa idiom, and an index prepared by the German orientalist Eugen Mittwoch, who also translated the Arabic text. Published as a festschrift for the Vierter Deutscher Orientalistentag in Hamburg. - A few edge flaws to wrappers professionally repaired. Lower right corner of first two leaves chipped, but interior very well preserved in general. Never seen at auction. Speake, Literature of Travel and Exploration III, 1305. OCLC 907363736.
Small folio (218 x 330 mm) and oblong 8vo. (3) pp. With typescript envelope. Freight manifest for a box of personal effects of Paul Stiehl, an employee of Aramco, shipped from Dhahran to New York. Signed by W. J. Kiefer. - The document includes a customs clearance authorization as well as a specification of the contents of the box signed by Stiehl. The shipment contained 4 prayer rugs, 12 towels, and 5 bed sheets. - Some rust spots. A unique survival.
