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1875223701London.: The Religious Tract Society. 1875. First edition. 32 full page illustrations one double-page including frontispiece map and numerous text illustrations 224pp 8pp "Illustrated Books of Travel" publisher's advertisement original green pictorial cloth elaborately embossed in gilt black and blind spine gilt lettered 28 x 19.5 cms binding bright and unmarked small bump to the lower corner affecting the inner leaves discolouration to the verso of the frontispiece early owner's inked signature a most attractive copy in very good condition. Richly illustrated in a fine pictorial binding from the "Pen & Pencil" series of travel books by the editor of the Religious Tract Society Rev. Samuel Manning 1821–1881. . The Religious Tract Society. hardcover
19421206T010London: John Murray 1942. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: xix 260. Very Good Plus. 6.25 x 9 inches 16 x 23 cm. First printing. Lacking the jacket. Red buckram binding with gilt illustration to front board. Slight fading to spine slight spotting to page edges. Some lightly pencilled notes to margins text is otherwise very clean throughout. Complete with all photographic plates including a double sided fold-out and the fold-out map. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Excellent example. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 6.25 x 9 inches 16 x 23 cm. John Murray hardcover
194117184Damascus: Librairie Universelle. 1941. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Soft boards have some toning. Pages unopened ; Profusely illustrated and with many travel descriptions. ; The Green Guide Books; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 260 pages . Librairie Universelle paperback
192720969Appleton-Century Company 1927. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece 43 plates on 30 2 plans in the text full-page map in the text and 2 maps on 1 folder; blue cloth upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black expertly recased a very good bright clean copy. Bright copy of a very scarce contemporary account. Appleton-Century Company, hardcover
1987376941987. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1987/Gd.condition/350 pages - Secret warfare & hidden diplomacy in the Middle East. HA337694 hardcover
190119264Edward Stanford 1901. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece; original red diced cloth upper board blocked and lettered in gilt gilt back uncut and largely unopened black endpapers a near fine copy. With the publisher's separately printed trade terms slip. EXTREMELY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION Edward Stanford, hardcover
18681044Paris Berger Levrault 1868. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Octavo. Pp. xxiv 600. Plus 3 chromolithograph maps on two sheets loosely inserted. Title printed in red and black. Footnotes with terms set in Hebrew type and explained in the text; errata. HARDCOVER contemporary half cloth and marbled boards spine gilt old institutional bookplate and stamp pencil underlining throughout neat repair to verso of last leaf. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. The first part covers the geographical history of the Holy Land; the second part covers the physical geography; the third part is dedicated to the natural history; and the fourth part is a lovely "Nomenclature historique des villes et bourgardes de la Palestine" with all the original place names set in Hebrew type and explained with references. F-4 IN <br/> <br/> Paris, Berger Levrault hardcover
19275279Jerusalem Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael & Keren Hajessod 1927. 1st Edition . Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Small octavo. Pp. 51 1 commercial ad. Includes an unsigned preface apparently by the author. With 7 photo-plates including a map of Palestine and a map of Emek Yisrael. Appendix. Original plain wrappers lettered in brown. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. In the second edition Löwenstein no longer identified himself as the author. He was the director of the Zionist Information Office for Tourists in Palestine. A fascinating publication published by the Zionist Information Office of the Jewish National Fund and printed in Tel Aviv. Not a traditional traveller's guide to the Holy Places it is an invitation to visit the Zionist community in Palestine. It includes background information for visits in Jerusalem Tel Aviv and its region Haifa Valley of Yisrael Nazareth Afula Beth Shean as well as some newly established villages. The appendix brings a financial report of the Fund's activities. The cover states the publisher's price of 3 Piaster - 60 Pfennig. F-4 IN <br/> <br/> Jerusalem, Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael & Keren Hajessod paperback
19770118411977. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: American University of Beirut 1977 Good HB 240 pp. EX-LIB. with usual markings. hardcover
19272299Jerusalem Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael 1927. Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Small octavo. Pp. 48. Plus 2 extra pages with 3 photo-plates and 6 other such illustrations. With a folding line-drawn map tipped-in onto inside of back wrap. Appendices. Original decorated wrappers lettered in red with a woodcut illustration of a Holy Land landscape spine very lightly rubbed. In about fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Second edition. A fascinating publication published by the Zionist Information Office of the Jewish National Fund and printed in Tel Aviv. Not a traditional traveller's guide to the Holy Places it is an invitation to visit the Zionist community in Palestine. It includes background information for visits in Jerusalem Tel Aviv and its region Haifa Valley of Yisrael Nazareth Afula Beth Shean as well as some newly established villages. Further there are detailed programmes for a three-day a five-day a week and two-weeks visits with advise what to do and where to go on each day. There is also a train timetable and a currency conversion table. The second part is the history of the Zionist Movement in Palestine and the book concludes with a financial report of the Fund's activities. This copy includes the road map "Erez-Israel" with indication of railways main roads paths and tracks marshes and rivers as well as Jewish National Fund land and national frontier. Y-3 OUT <br/> <br/> Jerusalem, Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael paperback
19191206T060London: Andrew Melrose Ltd 1919. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: xi 288. Very Good Plus. 5.5 x 7.75 inches 13.5 x 20 cm. Blue cloth binding. Light foxing to page edges tanning to free endpapers. Patches of foxing to pages facing plates otherwise clean throughout. Complete with all 9 photographic plates. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.5 x 7.75 inches 13.5 x 20 cm. Andrew Melrose Ltd hardcover
2002377282002. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.2002/Gd.condition/445 pages - June 1967 and the making of the modern Middle East. HA337728 hardcover
20013720z2001. Soft Cover. Good. PB/pub.2001/Gd. condition/612 pages - An Anthology of the Terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11 2001. KN43720z paperback
1940153817E. P. Dutton 1940. Hard Cover. Fine/Fair. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square covers have sharp corners exterior shows no blemishes text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Beige buckram cloth covers with deep red lettering on cover and spine. Book contains over 90 black and white photo illustrations usually full page by the female author who also authored a volume of photos Seen in the Hadhramaut and wrote Baghdad sketches The Vallys of the assassins The southern gates of Arabia and travelled extensively in the region. Three maps. 329 pages with index. Publisher's page reads ""First Edition."" Contents include: Mukalla Kathiri Wadi Amd High Jol Azzan Naqb al Hajr Jebel Kadur Sultan's Caravan Cana etc. wtih an appendix of Arabic plants. Dust jacket is now wrapped in clear protective cover. Keywords: History Arabia Middle East Woman Author Mukalla Kathiri Wadi Amd High Jol Azzan Naqb al Hajr Jebel Kadur Sultan's Caravan Cana Arabic plants E. P. Dutton hardcover
a67416Boston 1993 G. K. Hall. ISSN 1058-644X. ISBN 0-8161-1678-4. 4to. 644pp. black cloth hardcover. Fine no DJ. hardcover
1948010314London: Hodder & Stoughton. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Hodder & Stoughton 1948 first printing. 8vo. 371pp. illustrated with 53 b/w plates 5 maps map endpapers. Salmon cloth with gilt titles in burgundy block gilt cover crest top edge titnted pink printed on laid paper. Some sun fade to the spine and cover mild foxing to preliminaries paper clip ghost on top edge of first few sheets. Very good clean bright. . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1948. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
198862000<p>NY: Dorset Press. Very Good; Small newspaper clipping taped to rear endpaper. 1988. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0880292261 . Notes black and white illustrations and maps bibliography and index. Sir John Glubb presents afresh the main substance of his magnificent four volume history with an extension to our own time and sets the history of the Arab peoples in perspective for Western civilization. from the front jacket flap ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages .</p> Dorset Press hardcover
17114847London: James Knapton 1711. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo panelled calf covers detached; x-libris Society of Biblical Archaeology London. <br/><br/>Folding maps. James Knapton hardcover
1138846716.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1957283251957. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1957/Fair condition/195 pages - Discusses the rebellion of Northern India concerning the British Administration in 1857. AR428325 hardcover
1957234941957. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1957/Fair condition/137 pages - Unrest prevailed in many parts of British Orissa due to the system of administration which ignored the interests of the Oriyas. KI123494 hardcover
1984350441984. Soft Cover. Good. PB/pub.1984/Gd.condition/400 pages - Intolerance and defiance in the Middle East is discussed in this text. TR335044 paperback
1893174920New York.: Hunt & Eaton. Circa1893. Printed map in colour elevation shown with hachures 29 x 23.5 cm text on the verso relating to entries for Afghanistan Beluchistan and Turkey prepared for Hunt & Eaton's "New York Recorder's Atlas" small tears to the top edge but in very good condition. . Hunt & Eaton. unknown
1890174941Chicago.: Rand McNally & Co. 1890. Map with original colour 18.6 x 25.9 cm central fold inner margin darkened and outer margin a bit worn but in very good condition. An appealing map showing Iran/Persia Afghanistan and Beluchistan finely shaded and the borders with Turkey India Turkestan and the Russian Empire. Also noting that "Names referring to Ancient Geography are in Light Characters" and recording submarine telegraph cables. . Rand McNally & Co. unknown
1932004247Garden City New York: Crime Club Dble 1932. 1st ed. very light wear at edges else near fine copy in home-made clear acetate dust jacket. The book is tight and square in black cloth covered boards with yellow stamped decoration and printing to the spine and front board. Oriental adventure novel set against background of Middle East slave traffic and other nefarious activities of international gang of criminals lead by evil Chinese mastermind. Considered by some to be among Rohmer's best novels. Bleiler Hubin . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Book. Crime Club Dble Hardcover
