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Light wear to DJ; Photographs by Mohamed Amin; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 172 pages
Very light shelfwear else fine. ; 80 pages
340pp + 12 plates + folded map VG/none contemporary binding half cloth, slightly worn but gilt lettering on spine still visible, small owner inscription on sub title page, moderate foxing throughout, mainly on margins, otherwise a very good copy. Abridged edition (J. Belin-De Launay) of the classic work in the Travels to Arabia literature, translated from the English edition in French by E. Jonveaux. With 12 nice woodcut illustrations and a folding map (24cm x 18cm, irrelevant small tear on lower margin, slightly yellowed) of the Arabian Peninsula included. rilegatura coeva in mezza tela leggermente consunta, scritte dorate al dorso chiaramente leggibili, piccola firma proprietario al preliminare, fioriture all'interno, principalmente ai margini, nel complesso un buon esemplare. Edizione ridotta (J. Belin-De Launay) di questa classica opera su viaggi in Arabia, tradotta in francese da E. Jonveaux. Include 12 belle incisioni fuori testo e mappa dell'Arabia (24cm x 18cm, strappetto ininfluente sul margine inferiore, leggermente ingiallita).
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. In English, Arabic and Turkish. 207 p. International symposium on Palestine.= Uluslararasi yasayan Filistin sempozyumu. Tebligler. 30-31 May 2009, Istanbul.
In 8. Dim. 21x14 cm. Pp. XIV+470. Edizione del 1920 di questo manuale di letteratura araba scritto da Huart della collana "Histoires des litteratures". L'opera è in un volume ed è completa. All'interno: Origine della poesia nella sua forma primitiva, Poesia anti islamicam Corano, Omeyvades, Abbassidi, Letteratura dalla presa di Bagdad alla fine del XVIII secolo, XIX secolo, Stampa periodica ecc... In ottime condizioni. Copertina in tela con tassello in pelle in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture. Edition of 1920 of this manual of arabian litterature written by Huart of the series "Histoires des litteratures". The work is in one volume and it is complete. Inside: Origins of poetry in its primitive forms, Anti islamic poems, Choran, Omeyvades, Abbassidi, Litterature from Sedge of Bagdad to the end of XVIII century, XIX century, Periodic press ecc... In very good conditions. Full cloth cover with spine itle leather label in very good general conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. Binding in good conditions. Inside pages are in very good conditions with occasional foxings.
492pp.richly illustrated in colour & bl/w, 1st edition, cart.cover, dustwrapper, 28cm., [Exhibition catalogue, München, Staatlichen Museum für Völkerkunde, April-Dezember 1987]
London Collins 1964, In-8 cartonnage de l'éditeur, 381 pages. Index, maps and line-drawings. Trés bon état.
In 8. Dim. 21x16 cm. Pp. 354+(2). Edizione Alpes del 1929 di questo resoconto di viaggio del bolognese Ludovico De Vathema (1465-1517) fra i massimi esploratori italiani del Rinascimento a cura di Paolo Giudici. L'opera riporta i viaggi di Vathema in Arabia, Etiopia, Persia, India (Combeia, Cevul, Goga, Decan, Bathacala, Centacola, Canonor, Bisinagar, Tormapatani, calcutta, Cioromandel, Zailani, Borneo, Monoch ecc..) ecc... All'interno sono presenti numerose planches e mappe ripiegate. In buone condizioni e completo. Copertina editoriale in buone condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture, pagine ancora unite fra loro. Alpes edition of 1929 of this resuming of travel by Ludovico De Vathema (1465-1517) from Bologna, one of the most important italian explorers of Rinascimento period cared by Paolo Giudici. Thw work describes the travels of Vathema in Arabia, Aethiopia, Persia, India (Combeia, Cevul, Goga, Decan, Bathacala, Centacola, Canonor, Bisinagar, Tormapatani, calcutta, Cioromandel, Zailani, Borneo, Monoch ecc..) etc... Inside there are different planches and folded maps. In good conditions and complete. Editorial cover in good general conditions slightly worn in the edges and spine. Binding in good conditions. Inside pages are in very good conditions with occasional foxings, pages still bound together.
in-8°, 236 pp., broché, couverture illustree Bel exemplaire DEDICACE par l'auteur. [BL-1]
192pp., br.orig., 23cm., dans la série "Initiation à l'Islam" tome V, bon état, exemplaire de la bibliothèque de prof.Jacques Ryckmans
viii + 234pp., 24cm., hardcover (black cloth), dustwrapper, very good condition, X79401
New English Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. [xii], 398 p. Abdülhamid II and the Muslim world. "Abdulhamid II is no doubt one of the most controversial Ottoman Sultans in history. A massive literature continues to florish about him and his policy of pan-Islamism. Sometimes permeated by biased and subjective approaches, this literature is increasingly deminated by more balanced and objective accounts depicting a more realistic image of the Sultan ed the developments of his reign.The present book represents a fine example of the latter group of studies. It contains a well-documented anlysis of the policies of Abdulhamid II, particularly pan-Islamism, with due regard to the international political environment and the intellectual movements surrounding the idea of Islamic unity and solidarity.".
In-8° (cm. 23,8), pp. 52 (da p. 75 a p. 126) + 19 FOTO di ISCRIZIONI su monumenti e oggetti in 5 TAVOLE b.n. fuori testo e con moltissime ed ampie riproduzioni del testo originale e trascrizioni di EPIGRAFI nelle ultime 30 pagine. Brossura provvisoria riproducente la cop. della rivista, scritte a penna e ombre in cop., qualche foglio staccato, ma immacolato l'interno. RYKMANS, semitista, ubblicò centinaia di iscrizioni arabe preislamiche. Nelle province meridionali dell'Arabia Saudita, trovò iscrizioni rupestri dei re di Saba e oltre 12.000 graffiti sabei e tamudeni/">tamudeni. Scrisse: i voll. 5º-7º del Répertoire d'épigraphie sémitique (1929-50); Les noms propres sud-sémitiques (3 voll., 1934-35, il 3º con il titolo Concordance générale des inscriptions sud-sémitiques, 1935); Les religions arabes préislamiques (1947; 3a ed. 1960); Inscriptiones safaiticae, nella 5a parte del Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum (1951); L'Arabie antique et la Bible (1957). Esemplare da studio, ma ricco e dii eccelsa specializzazione.
16 pages. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a unique and captivating account of an archaeological journey through the air, undertaken by Crawford, at his own expense, to Egypt, Trans-Jordan, and Iraq. Having secured the cordial interest of the British Air Ministry and of the officers commanding the air forces in those countries, he was able to select from their negatives several thousand important pictures, which he brought home with him, to take part himself in flights over the areas of particular interest, and to leave behind him an awakened interest in the objects for which he had made the journey. A fascinating glimpse into what he was able to collect and to achieve, which has been of immeasurable value from an archaeological point of view, for example by revealing a buried site which previously could have only been revealed by perhaps years of excavation. Photographs include that of a ruined town on the Tigris between Mosul and Baghdad, seventy miles south-west of Mosul in the grassy desert; the Palace situated on the Persian Plateau in Hatra and its courtyard not previously observed; the so-called Median Wall; the Arch of Ctesiphon; as well as Old Basra and Modern Basra.
18 pages. Plus photographic plates and a fold-out colour map measuring approximately 12.5 x 14.5 inches (32 x 37cm) . Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Undertaken at the behest of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, this expedition's objective was to study the geology of Bakhtiari country, an area believed to possess oil located in south-western Persia, between the Diz or Sehzar River on the north-west and the Karun River on the south-east - home to the semi-nomadic Bakhtiari tribes. Of particular geological interest are Harrison's depictions of the region's narrow valleys or tangs, his discussion of imbrics and tectonics and the expedition's arduous trekking itself: via Zeloi; the whale-backed mountain range, Kuh-i-Pabda; Chulbar on the north-eastern base of Kuh-i-Pabda; the Gapi basin; following a branch of the river Ab-i-Balut; Silili; Baznui; the country around Qal'eh Kuh and Ushtarinan Kuh; Qal'eh Pachah; Niyakan and Kuh-i-Dalan and numerous other locations. Accompanied by interesting photographs of the area's mountains and a large folding map of the territory covered.
8vo., First Edition, with 31 maps (several double-page and full-page) and front and rear endpaper maps; blue cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the pictorial dustwrapper, the latter very lightly frayed at extremities. First edition of Glubb Pasha's third book and a well-known standard reference.
10 pages, including in-text sketch map. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Travelling with his medicine boxes and his teams of canoemen around the junction between the Tigris and the Euphrates, Thesiger visited nearly every village in the Central Marshes and came to know intimately the people who inhabit this landscape of islands, lakes and waterways, living with them in their reed houses and sharing their unique way of life. He beautifully evokes the landscape and its teeming wildlife and vividly brings to life the many friends he made among the Marsh Arabs. His extraordinary photographs provide a stunning record of the last remnants of a people and their culture. Pre-dates his book, 'The Marsh Arabs', first published in 1964.
8vo. 4 pages. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, containing other accounts as well, seldom found in such good and original condition. A favourable review of Philby's autobiography titled "Arabian Days" which was published earlier in the year and was so immediately popular that it was into a second printing, Cheesman deems the work to be a "fair self-portrait" which provides "a complete knowledge of the man." The summary of Philby's childhood, early civil service, and fortuitous connections, so clearly led him "into the desert" to fulfill his personal, spiritual and professional destinies.
1 double leaf, with portrait illustration of Burton. Printed in 1921. Seldom found in such pristine and original condition, like new. Measuring 9 inches x 5.5 inches in its folded state, this leaflet is very well preserved. Verso comprises a subscription for annual donation. A rare and lovely item! This is a rare and original prospectus, a national appeal for annual subscription to the Burton Memorial Fund, with list of committee members, and subscription form to verso. Illustration represents Frederic Leighton's portrait of the late Captain Richard Burton. As a memorial, Burton's wife Isabel set up an Arab tent in stone and marble at Mortlake Cemetery and set up the 'Burton Memorial Lecture Fund', which was eventually inaugurated in 1921. Sir Burton and his wife Isabel have been laid to rest there since the late 1890’s.
5 pages, including an in-text sketch map. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is an exceptional expedition report on the eastern marshes of Mesopotamia, in the cradle of civilization, the lands between the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers in modern Iraq. This report was published just one year before the death of this remarkable explorer, whose fame and repute will live on in the annales of historical deeds. Extracted from a chapter on 'Amara in an unpublished work, this report provides a fascinating portray of the marshes, as well as Ma'dan and Baidha tribes, with remarks on the produce and trades.
11 pages, including an in-text sketch map. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Prince Sixte of Bourbon's knowledgeable analysis of potential trans-Sahara communications and the most feasible route into and across the Sahara: through North Africa - the Sudan route and what the prince describes as the natural basis for conquest of the south; in the west, the Mauretanian route which avails itself of the Saura valley and the old caravan route running along the Hank and, the route he favoured most, that of the Congo - the trans-African option he considered would serve the international interests of central Africa. Features a compelling narrative of the prince's 9,000 mile journey across the Eastern French Sahara, including details of the expedition personnel; of the motor cars (solidly built Delahayes) and the route: Tunis, southern Algeria, south of Tripoli, across the great Ténèré running from Bilma to Tripoli; Tibesti (peopled according to the Tuaregs with djinns and fairies; Wada to Fort Archambault in the Ubangi-Shari and a return to Lake Chad. Includes really entertaining anecdotes of the local Tubus and vivid descriptions of the volcanic country. In addition are lovely illustrations of the Canyons of Tibesti, a dance of Sara warriors, Borku dancers at Faya, the arrival of the expedition in Agadez, and trucks crossing the dunes of the "grand Erg oriental".
11 pages, including a full-page sketch map. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a riveting account of French Expedition through Afghanistan containing valuable information on the geography, the ethnography, ancient monuments, and the influence of human races on the country, accompanied by a full-age sketch route map and amazing photographic plates depicting the entrance to Afghanistan at Islam Kala, the Bala Hissar in Herat, Bulalah near Bamiyan, the Bamiyan valley, and Turkomans. The expedition party commenced its journey from Islam Kala, entering Herat, then proceeded to Kabul by the southern road, passing almost entirely through purely "Afghan" country, through Farah, Girishk, Kandahar, and Ghazni. Among many ancient monuments and places visited some include: the monuments of Herat, Shah Rukh Tomb, Tomb of Abu Ismail Khwaja Ansari at the great pilgrimage center of Gazarga, the mausoleum of Dost Muhammad Khan - the Great Amir of Afghanistan, remain of Ghaznavid, monument at Kala-i-Bist,and Bamiyan archaeological site. With fascinating remarks on Afghan dances, Durrani tribes, Muslim and Ghaznavid art, Buddhist occupation of Bamiyan and Mongol invasion of Bamiyan.
20 pages, including two in-text sketch maps. Plus many photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. This is a fascinating account on the political state of India's 'Mashud country', a region to the west of Dera Ismail Khan on the North-West Frontier of India, at a time when there was bitter hostility and serious fighting between the Wazirs and Mahsuds over their boundaries, particularily in the vincinity of Razmak. Captain Hay was in charge of the South Waziristan Agency for 3-4 years, and describes the intricacies of relationships between the feuding tribes, as well as their custom and history. Hay visited many places not previously seen by Europeans and on this journey he and several hundred natives, climbed the region's highest peak in the Preghal range. Includes remarks on Hindu legend surrounding the mountain, miracles and superstition reported by tribesmen, a list of plants identified, and Pashtu geographical vocabulary. South Waziristan is a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, comprising the area west and southwest of Peshawar between the Tochi River to the north and the Gomal river to the south. The region was an independent tribal territory from 1893, remaining outside of British-ruled empire and Afghanistan. Tribal raiding into British-ruled territory was a constant problem for the British, requiring frequent punitive expeditions between 1860 and 1945. The region became part of Pakistan in 1947.
8vo. 12 pages, plus a full page map and photographic plates for illustration. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. A noteworthy and engaging study of the life and custom of the Chaouïa Berbers, the Aurasian people eastern Algeria's Aurès mountains, and of French influence a region which would be fraught with brutality in a revolutionary war only thirteen years later, as the same people would fight for independence. Describing it as one of the most clearly defined cultural regions in North Africa, the account presents a mixture of cultural, religious, linguistic and ethnographical analyses with topics such as agricultural practices, the tradition of transhumance and annual migration in search of better watered pastures, important commodities in a semi-nomadic society, flat topped dwellings in small villages or dechras, a description of Menâa which was one of the largest villages, defence against invading enemy tribes, weaponry and restrictions on the latter, the impact of French assimilation efforts on Berber society even with a nominal number of foreigners physically present, and in turn, Berber interest in French culture. The lieutenant's account is well illustrated, further providing notes and statistics relating to the images.
8vo. 12 pages, plus a fold-out map and photographic plates for illustration. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Together with a folding map delineating Libya's borders, Sandford discusses the conditions under which the Italian or German-Italian army were currently fighting against the Allies in North Africa, uniquely presenting the enemy's perspective in the early stages of the Western Desert Campaign in an attempt to surmise involvement and strategies of the Libyans, and to vehemently protect Britain's rule over Egypt. Details include political affiliation, climate, geology and topography, water supply, and limitations imposed on disposition of troops. He describes the eastern frontier of Libya as extending from the great mass of crystallined rocks known as 'Uweinat' to the Mediterranean, the Gilf Kebir, the highlands of Cyrenacia, and the southern and south-eastern frontiers in Tibesti.