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Reprint of the 1911 edition. Oversized Octavo. xv, 665 p. London : S. Swift, 1911. New copy. Gordon was administrator of the Sudan between 1874 and 1880 and was instrumental in the ending of the slave trade in the country. In 1882, Mohammed Ahmad (the Mahdi) objected to Egyptian control of Sudan and rose in revolt. His forces defeated an Egyptian army and cut off British garrisons in the central Sudan. Gordon was sent back to Sudan in 1884 to rescue the isolated garrisons but became cut off in Khartoum. After a ten-month siege, the town fell and Gordon was killed. Public opinion saw Gordon as a hero of Empire and blamed the British government under Gladstone for failing to send a relief column. Sudan remained under local control until Kitchener was successful at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898. Blunt supported the Mahdi in his revolt against the British in Sudan, and when Khartoum fell and Gordon was killed, Gladstone's Liberal government was unravelling in London. Blunt advocated Afghani as "the one man who could speak directly to the Mahdi", although Afghani had never met him nor was he known to have any access to the self proclaimed messianic leader of the Sudan, and according to Blunt (see My Diaries), rather fantastically, "if the British would back down on Egypt, he could assure peace in the Sudan." Blunt had even more friends in the new conservative government of Salisbury, most notably Lord Randolph Churchill, to whom he eagerly promoted his grand plan. The avowed radical and liberal champion was now considering seeking his own seat in (the new Conservative) government. A scarce title. Not in print for 60 years. This book is very heavy. For a quote on international shipping please contact us with your shipping address.
New English Paperback. 4to. (27 x 27 cm). In English and Turkish. 143 p., color and b/w ills. Journey to the sacred. Holy Kaba'h Muazzama.= Kutsala yolculuk. Kâbe-i Muazzama. [Exhibition catalogue]. Coord. by Mehmet Budak, Salih Nurettin Çevik. "The exhibition titled 'Journey to the sacred. Holy Kaba'h Muazzama' tells the story of this sacred journey, using documentary materials like photographs, postcards, engravings, and other documents that remain from Muslims of from who observe them in this most serious worship for the world of Islam in their journey from all around the world to the pilgrimage task. Beyond the recorded documents, artistic works that include maps prepared manually or with various tools for imprinting in different periods, lithographs, Ka'bah covers, photographs, and Hilyas which refer to this journey were bought together. The most comprehensive work on this subject in Turkey, the exhibition was prepared with works borrowed from various collections.
Small stamp on front free endpaper. ; Chapters include "England, India and Egypt" - "Sudan and Salonica - and torpedoed!" - "With Lawrence's Arab Army" - "The Turkish Rout" - "Early Days of Arab Government" - "Formation of the Arab Legion" - "Mutinies and Revolts" - "Friction with the French" - "King Hussein's Arrival" - "The Coming of the Wahabis" - "Major Glubb and the Beduin Peace" - "Revolt in Palestine"; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 158 pages
"From the moment they met, their marriage seemed both inevitable and impossible. Isabel was a schoolgirl, scion of the Arundells, England's most distinguished Catholic family, and when they passed each other while walking at a seaside resort, Richard Burton had already made his mark as a linguist, scholar, traveler, and rebel against Victorian conformity. A hundred yards on, Isabel looked back and found him staring after her: she decided then that she would marry him. It was several years before they met again. By then Burton was one of the most accomplished linguists in the Indian Army. An intelligence agent with a genius for disguise, he had risked death to penetrate Mecca during the hadj, posing as a native pilgrim. He would soon become even more famous as one of the earliest explorers of East Africa. After their marriage, the Burtons traveled the world from diplomatic postings in Brazil and Africa to hair-raising adventures in the Syrian desert. In later life Richard courted further controversy as translator of such erotic classics as the unexpurgated edition of The Arabian Nights, The Perfumed Garden, and The Kama Sutra. Based on previously unavailable archives, Mary Lovell has written a compelling joint biography that sets Isabel in her proper place as Burton's equal in daring and endurance, a fascinating figure in her own right." 910p. bibliography.index Book
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [xxx], 365 p., b/w and color ills. Cahiliye'den Emevilerin sonuna kadar Haremeyn. Presentation by Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. HISTORY OF ISLAM Jahiliyya Arabs The Umayyad Haremeyn.
From around the time of the play "Ross" and the film "Lawrence of Arabia" comes this timely biography ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages
Mm 245x305 Volume cartonato rigido di 169 pagine, numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero e a colori, sovraccoperta editoriale. Testo in lingua francese - french text. Libro in condizioni di nuovo. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1 brochure in-8, Ministère de l'Economie, République Arabe Syrienne, 1965, 22 pp. Etat satisfaisant (couv. fort. frottée) pour cette rare brochure de propagande en faveur de l'unité économique arabe. Français
Steel-engraved map on ivory stock measuring 12.25 x 15.5 ins (approx. 31.25 x 39.0 cms) with engraved surface 8.75 x 11.75 ins (approx. 22.0 x 30.0 cms), coloured in outline; four coloured vignettes of Arab Women, Arab Men with horse, Camel and Palm, and Mount Sinai (illustrations by H. Warren; engraving by J. Rogers); decorative scroll frame incorporating title cartouche, a fine copy. Mounted ready for framing in double card mount (ivory over blue) with gilt frame border. Rapkin's map for Tallis was first issued c. 1856 and contains significantly more detail that that produced for the 'Illustrated Atlas' of 1851. Areas covered include Babylon, Basra, Cairo, Jerusalem, Oman, Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Suez. This high-quality facsimile accurately reflects thetones of the contemporary hand colouring and makes a most attractive map at a fraction of the cost of the original.
17 pages, including a full-page sketch map. Plus photographic plates. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. RGS stamp to front cover, otherwise this is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. In this is a fascinating narrative, the author reports on his nine months spent on a geological survey in the remote mountainous district of Kuhgalu, which he describes as a "region of formerly unruly tribes" . Throughout this report are thirteen magnificent illustrations: Kuh-i-Dina, with dust rising during rock falls, The 1933 landslide, Kuh-i-Dina from near Kakan, Talaspid village around a tumulus, Basht from N.W., Simarun from above, Diz-i-Kurd, Dishmuk, Ford across the river Khirsin, Crossing Kuh-i-Barfi, Vista from Balaga southward, Cliffs N.of Kuh-i-Alvarz, and Tang-i-Tasar.
xxiv + 307pp.with 28 plates & 118 illustrations in-text + 1 large enfolding map, cart., 25cm., in the series "Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft", VG
154pp.with some illustrations, text in Arabic, VG
In-8 p., tela editoriale, sovracoperta illustrata a colori, pp. 256,(4), con ritratto fotografico dell’A. all’antiporta, alc. disegni nel testo e ill. fotografiche in tavv. f.t., in b.n. “The heirs of Ishmael - Hunting and warfare - Appendices: the Arab and his horse, Bedouin tribes of Arabia, tribal discendent of arabian bedouines, etc., etc.”. Firma di appartenenza al frontespizio; ex-libris al risguardo, peraltro ben conservato.
In-16 gr. (mm. 184x124), tela editoriale, pp. VI,(2),296, con 14 tavv. in b.n. f.t. “Early explorers in Arabia - Niebuhr’s travels in Yemen - Wellsted’s explorations in Oman, etc.”. Ben conservato.
8°, con 36 ill. f.t. ed 8 cartine, leg. ed. cart. con sovracc.
485pp.with 14 illustrations & 10 maps), cloth, 24cm., few annotations by previous owner prof.Jacques Ryckmans, else VG, in the series "Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Sitzungsberichte" Band 246
41p. Disbound Good condition Advocating Arabic self-rule without European influence.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 25 plates on 22, 2 full-page facsimiles, a full-page pedigree, 26 maps (2 full-page) and endpaper maps, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, small neat inscription on front free endpaper verso; original navy blue cloth gilt, gilt back, blue top, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and browned at extremities. Nice copy of the personal story of Glubb Pasha.
96pp. 26x26cm., Catalogo, 75 Foto B/n, francese
pp. 623, cm 28x25, rilegatura editoriale con sopracoperta, illustrazioni a colori. Nuovo.
Tours, Alfred Mame & Fils,1884 - In-8 - Reliure chagrin - Dos à faux nerfs orné - 213 pages. Gravure en noir et blanc en frontispice. Illustré de nombreuses gravures en noir et blanc dans et hors texte - Illustrations de Yan'Dargent, Foulquier et W. Freeman - 213 pages - Bel exemplaire - Envoi rapide et soigné
Mm 180x285 "Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto per l'Oriente" - Volume nella sua brossura originale con copertina a stampa, vii-264 pagine. Copia in ottime condizioni; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Un volume di 273-(3) pagine. Mezza tela editoriale. Buonissime condizioni per questa rara grammatica araba per italiani residenti in Egitto.
3 volumes in-16, 476 - 468 - 461 pages, brochés. Très bel ensemble, très frais. [P-2]
Mm 120x180 Volume nella sua brossura originale con titolo su cornice al piatto che mantiene una piccola etichetta di biblioteca privata dismessa, 312 pagine. Copia in ottime condizioni; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
