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8vo. (2), VII, (1), 750, (2) pp. Publisher's blue boards. Reprint of this important "Cyclopaedia of the Doctrines, Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs, Together with the Technical and Theological Terms, of the Muhammadan Religion" (subtitle). - Largely well-preserved.
VII, (3), 180 SS. Rotes Leinen über den originalen rot-schwarz gemusterten Deckeln mit dem Namen des Verfassers auf goldenem Feld mit Rankenverzierung in Rot. 12mo. Schöne zweite Auflage der "Bruchstücke", erstmals 1852 erschienen, und "in Format und Einband ganz der Diamant-Ausgabe von Bodenstedts 'Mirza Schaffy' ähnlich" (Rabenlechner). Ibn Yemini lebte im 14. Jahrhundert und war der Sohn eines aus Turkestan stammenden, in Khorassan ansässigen Emirs, dessen Güter er nach dessen Tode verwaltete. Die "Bruchstücke" sind Dichtungen vorwiegend philosophisch-didaktischen Inhalts. - Mit Besitzvermerk "D. Rasellina", dat. 11. X. 1943, am Vorsatz. Nachgebunden unter Verwendung des Originaleinbandes. Vorsatzblatt eingerissen. Rabenlechner I, 124. Vgl. Wurzbach XXX, 65. Graesse III, 407 (1852). Nicht bei Zenker.
Large 8vo. 3 vols. (instead of 5). I: (4), 328 pp. II: (4), 245, (1) pp., last blank f. IV.1: (8), 218 pp. 58 pp. 78 pp. Contemporary half calf. Islamic history of the world from creation to the Ottoman Empire. - Wants vols. III and IV.2. Babinger, p. 124.
301 pp. Original wrappers. Ahmad Lutfi al-Sayyid (1872-1963) was a leading spokesman for Egyptian modernism in the first half of the 20th century. Throughout his career he held a number of political and nonpolitical positions, including several academic posts. Owing to his career in education and his influence upon young Egyptians, he came to be known as Ustadh al-Jil (“Educator of the Generation”). - With ms. notes. Covers a little worn, otherwise in excellent condition. OCLC 18299627.
8vo. 2 parts in 1 volume. XII, 303, (1) pp. VIII, 262 pp., final blank. Contemporary hald cloth with handwritten spine label. First edition of this history of the Ottoman Empire between 1826 and 1856, by the Prussian orientalist and diplomat Rosen (1821-91). - From the library of the German diplomat Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg (1875-1944), one of the conspirators against Hitler. From 1922 to 1931 Schulenburg served as German envoy to Iran. His handwritten ownership is dated "Tehran, 1928"; his bookplate is on the front pastedown. For his involvement in the tragically failed plot of 20 July 1944, Schulenburg was executed on November 10. - Well preserved copy.
Folio (229 x 297 mm).108 pp. Original printed wrappers. Monthly magazine of the Saudi Arabian Airlines. The present issue covers King Fahd's expansion project for the two Holy Mosques, a development to increase the capacity of the mosques of Mecca and Medina to more than 730,000 and 650,000 worshippers respectively - numbers that could be increased to 2 million on peak days. Other topics of the issue include reports on Saudi Airlines catering, northern Spain, hovercrafts, and the benefit of glass houses to cultivate exotic plants in the northern hemisphere. In addition, the magazine provides two maps of domestic and international routes served by Saudi Airlines.
8vo. (33)-47 pp. Original wrappers. Offprint from the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, April 1951. Part 1 only, recounting the "Land Dispute". Part 2 (pp. 156-169, "Dispute over the Runaway Wife") would appear in the October issue. - An excellent copy. OCLC 77797713.
Folio (231 x 308 mm). 24 pp. With numerous illustrations in colour and black-and-white. Original printed wrappers. Stapled. Illustrated corporate magazine of Standard Oil, celebrating the company's international activities. It includes reports on trade with European countries, the recently established Antwerp refinery, the kerosene-powered Seguin lighthouse in Maine, advancing infrastructure in North Africa, and the recycling of oil barrels as musical instruments in the Caribbean. The final three pages display sketched impressions of the Jersey Standard headquarters in New York by the artist Bettina Steinke. OCLC 1755500.
8vo. XIII, (3), 286, (2) pp. With 1 map of the Hadhramaut printed on green paper, 20 double-sided plates, 3 illustrations in the text on pp. 76, 77 and 85, a few small tail pieces throughout, and a green ornament on the title-page. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Third part of Freya Stark's (1893-1993) autobiography, in which she describes her life and especially the travels she undertook between 1933 and 1939. During this time, her first four works were published, starting with "The Valley of the Assassins" in 1934. The present account focuses mostly on Stark's travels in South Arabia and is illustrated with images of photographs she took herself. It is a very personal account of her life and travel experiences, alongside significant historical, political, geographical and anthropological information about the places she visited. This writing style was quite unique and unusual for her time, but since she was one of the first European travellers in parts of Southern Arabia, "unique and unusual" were, in a positive way, accurate descriptors. - Edge at the head of the book is green and the edge at the foot is untrimmed. Small marking in blue ink on p. 79, lacking dust jacket, otherwise in very good condition. Blackmer 1470. Howgego IV, S 61. Shapero, The Islamic World (2003), 458. Cf. article "Freya Stark" in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
8vo., De Luxe Edition, on laid paper, with sepia-toned frontispiece and 23 sepia-toned plates (8 double-page panoramas) and endpaper maps; publisher's red 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, red 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 21.
Very Good English Leather spine, hardcover not original. 2 volumes in 1 set. [ii], 367 p.; [ii], 327 p. 4 to. (30 x 20 cm). In imprint page of 1st volume, there's wear. In Ottoman script. h. 1318 - 1320 = m. 1902 - 1904., Ozege: 14796. Rare. Kitab-i Mevkûfatî. 2 volumes set [in 1]. Translator: Mehmed Mevkûfatî.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper boards with multiple frame border in blind enclosing sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt backs, uncut, a near fine set. With personal bookplate on front paste-downs. The set comprises: Vol. I: From France through Syria, Iraq and the Persian Gulf to Surat, Goa and Bijapur; Vol. II: From Bijapur to Madras and St. Thome; Vol. III: Return Journey to France with an Account of the Sicilian Revolt against Spanish rule at Messina. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Nos. 95, 96, 97. Bridges & Hair, p.282.
Very Good English Contemporary 1/4 leather bound. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Ottoman script. 10 volumes set in 7 volumes: (1-1958 pp.; 295 p.; 272 p.; 528 p.; 64 p.; 125, [1] p.; 536 p.). Just last volume was printed in 1935 as in modern Turkish. 1st, 2nd, and 7th volumes are written by Siblî, 3rd and 5th are written by Nudvî, and 6th, 8th, 9th, and 10th volumes are written by Dogrul. So this set includes the most comprehensive history of Islam. Islâm tarihi. Sadr-i Islâm - Asr-i Saadet. 10 volumes set. Vol.I: Asr-i saadet: Peygamberimizin siyreti. Vol.II: Asr-i Saadet: Peygamberimizin risaleti ve sahsiyeti. Vol.III-IV: Asr-i Saadet: Peygamberimizin ruhânî hayati. Vol.V: Asr-i Saadet: Hazreti Âise. Vol.VI: Sadr-i Islâm: Hz. Ebubekir. Vol.VII: Sadr-i Islâm: Hz. Ömer. Vol.VIII: Sadr-i Islâm: Hz. Osman. Vol.IX: Sadr-i Islâm: Hz. Ali. Vol.X: Sadr-i Isâlm: Ilk ihtilâf ve ihtilâller. Translator: Ömer Riza [Dogrul].
Very Good English Original 1/4 leather bound in Ottoman lettered gilt on spine. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script. [17], 640 p., 11 p. b/w plates. 1 genealogical tree. First Ottoman Turkish Edition of Poole's 'The Mohammedan dynasties: Chronological and genealogical tables with historical introductions' was printed in 1894. Ozege: 4502. Düvel-i Islamiye. Translator: Halil Edhem [Eldem]. [= The Mohammedan dynasties: Chronological and genealogical tables with historical introductions (1894)].
2 vols., [of 3], sm. 8vo., Third Edition, with engraved frontispieces, engraved and printed titles, and engraved maps (one double-page and coloured in outline); handsomely bound in contemporary green half morocco, marbled boards ruled in gilt, backs with five raised bands ruled in blind, second and third compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments framed in gilt, gilt tops, uncut, marbled endpapers, both remarkably bright, crisp copies. Tragically, this copy wants Vol. III: Natural History, but the first two volumes are complete in themselves.
8vo. pp. 97-105. With 2 photoplates. Modern wrappers. Early account of a visit to the seaport of Dhofar (Oman) on the southern coast of the Peninsula, including an interesting account of the local boats and the sailing skills of their owners. The illustrations show Makalla in Hadramaut, a camel drawing water in Dhofar, and the ruins of the temple of al-Bilad. Macro, Bibliography of the Arabian Peninsula, 777. OCLC 49427292.
8vo. (2), V, (1), 18, (6) pp. Original printed wrappers. Rare information booklet for Aramco workers, outlining the dental care expense benefits extended to the company's full-time salaried or retired employees and their dependents under Aramco's dental insurance plan. - Well preserved.
4to. (8), 279, (1 blank) pp. Red cloth, with title on front board and on spine. Beautifully illustrated handbook on Aramco and Saudi Arabia for Aramco employees. - "The Aramco Handbook was originated to fill the void in comprehensive texts written in English about the Middle East. Employees of the Arabian American Oil Company coming to Saudi Arabia from abroad, principally Americans, needed reliable and fairly detailed knowledge of the kingdom. … In order to describe the Aramco venture in perspective, an unusual range of topics must be covered in the pages of this handbook: the history, culture, geography, geography, religion and economic development of Saudi Arabia; the fundamentals of the oil industry; Aramco's early history and its present operations" (introduction). It was first published in 1950 in five spiral-bound booklets. - A very good copy.
8vo. 108 pp. With an engraved frontispiece and 5 engraved plates, all in original hand colour. Remains of wrappers. Third edition of this early 19th century French primer. The reading matter with its lively illustrations is chiefly drawn from Aesop's Fables. - Brownstained throughout. Untrimmed, partly uncut copy with marked edge flaws; wants binding. Rare. OCLC 460509998.
Large coloured map (136.5 x 90.5 cm). Scale 1:945,200. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Detailed nautical chart of the Gulf of Aden, showing the waters between the Horn of Africa and the South-western coast of Saudi Arabia. "From British, French, and Italian surveys to 1940 with additions and corrections to 1951", this 15th edition issued in 1955 and revised 21 May 1962. With inset maps of Bandar Risut and Qishn Bay (stamped "Cancelled"). Signs of contemporary use, with a 1964 stamp, several pencil markings, duststains and waterstains. Cf. OCLC 31674450 (17th ed., 1978). Not in Al Ankary; Al-Qasimi.
Large 4to. A total of 2 pp. (one leaf and one bifolium), each with French translation (one on a separate leaf, the other on the verso of the bifolium). By a "Girgès" (Jirjis) to "Monsieur Le Baron de Hamm" who had invited him to Vienna during a visit to Upper Egypt. The recipient is likely Carl von Hammer, the eldest son of the important Austrian oriental scholar Joseph Baron Hammer-Purgstall: "Vous avez bien voulu à votre voyage à Lougsor [= Luxor] vous interessé a moi en m'offrant de me faire venir à Vienne. Je suis en ce moment au Caire à votre disposition. Voici l'été et le changement de climat me sera très favorable. Persuadé, Monsieur le Baron, que vous voudrez bien vous souvenir d'un pauvre orphelin et me faire l'honneur d'une réponse, je suis [...]" (Cairo, 26 March 1870, from the French translation). - "Monsieur le Baron Ham / Je viens vous dire que vous n'avez fait aucune reponse à mes lettres par lesquelles je vous priais de m'envoyer ses reponses. Ce procédé m'etonne d'autant plus qu'il n'est pas en rapport avec la promesse que vous m'avez fait a Loqsur, aussi je suis arrivé a Alexandrie depuis deux mois en attendant vos nouvelles. Pour tout cela je vous prie d'avoir la bonté de m'envoyer une lettre en y vous me fairais apprendre si vous voulez me faire apporter chez vous en Vienne ou non [...]" (Alexandria, 10 July 1870, from the French translation). - Slight edge tears and wrinkles, otherwise fine. - Carl von Hammer-Purgstall, born in Vienna on 20 January 1817, inherited Hainfeld Castle in Styria from his father. He retired from the Imperial army holding the rank of captain and served as member of the Styrian Landtag. He died in Trieste on 12 February 1879. - The great orientalist's youngest brother, the Graz-based lawyer Dr. Wilhelm von Hammer (1784-1872), was also still alive in 1870, but his advanced age at the time makes him appear an unlikely tourist of Egypt.
Scale 1:2,500,000. Equal-area conic projection (ravnougol'naia konicheskaia proektsiia). Relief shown by gradient tints, shading, and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. 89 x 77.5 cm. In original printed sleeve. Third edition of the Soviet 1:2,500,000 reference map of Iran (Persia), edited by Z. P. Pekhova. Includes insets: "Karta narodov" and "Ekonomicheskaia karta" (1:7,500,000). Index printed on reverse. - Title repeated with ballpoint in Latvian on sleeve's spine. In excellent condition. OCLC 255529903.
Scale 1:4,000,000. Equal-area conic projection (ravnougol'naia konicheskaia proektsiia). Relief shown by gradient tints, shading, and spot heights. Depths shown by gradient tints and soundings. 77 x 65.5 cm. Index printed on verso. Stored in original printed sleeve. Re-issued third edition of the Soviet 1:4,000,000 reference map of the Arabian Peninsula, edited by N. I. Arep'ev with O. L. Kuznechov and K. D. Volkov. Includes insets (in 1:15,000,000 scale): "Ekonomicheskaia karta", "Karta plotnosti naseleniia i razmeshcheniia arabskikh plemen". - Old reference label "2" pasted to sleeve's cover. In excellent condition. Rare.
Colour-printed map. Ca. 92 x 70 cm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale 1:850,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. German map of Mesopotamia printed during the early years of the First World War, showing the travel route of Max Oppenheim during his 1893-94 journey from Cairo through the Syrian desert and Mesopotamia to Basra. Eastern sheet, reaching from Diyarbakir in south-eastern Anatolia to Kerbala and Babylon in Iraq. Includes populated places, roads, and trails, with the railways updated to 1915. - Folded; a few edge tears. Formerly in the collections of the Geographical Institute of the University of Berlin with their stamps and shelfmarks. Well preserved. OCLC 179717182.
