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Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original quarter leather bdg. Slight wear on spine. Otherwise a very good copy. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 15 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 143 p. Extremely rare first Turkish edition of the legend of Hatem of Tai tribe, or "the tale of Hatemtai, or qissa-e Hatem-Tai" which was very popular in the Indian subcontinent, as well as the earliest printed separate form from the Arabian nights [Alf laila wa laila] in the Middle East. In Turkish literature, this story was printed nine times separately from the Arabian nights (1840, 1856, 1867, 1871, 1874, 1879, 1885, 1891, 1925). This is the very first edition of this book. Hatim al-Tai (?âtim bin Abd Allâh bin Sa'ad a't-Tâ'iyy; Hatim of the Tayy tribe; deceased 578), was the ruling prince and poet of the Tayy tribe of Arabia. Stories about his extreme generosity have made him an icon among Arabs up until today, as evident in the proverbial phrase "more generous than Hatim". His son was Adi ibn Hatim, who was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Al-Tai lived in Ha'il in present-day Saudi Arabia and was mentioned in some Hadiths by Muhammad. He died in 578 AD and was buried in Tuwarin, Ha'il. His tomb is described in the Arabian Nights. He lived in the sixth century CE and was also mentioned in the Arabian Nights stories. The celebrated Persian poet Saadi, in his work Gulistan (1259 CE) wrote: "Hatim Tai no longer exists but his exalted name will remain famous for virtue to eternity. Distribute the tithe of your wealth in alms; for when the husbandman lops off the exuberant branches from the vine, it produces an increase of grapes". He is also mentioned in Saadi's Bostan (1257). According to legends in various books and stories, he was a famous personality in the region of Ta'i (present-day Ha'il) and is also a well-known figure in the rest of the Middle East as well as the Indian subcontinent, featuring in many books, films, and TV series in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Hindi and various other languages. The books on the story usually consist of a short introduction describing his ancestry and character and tell the seven episodes based on seven riddles, asked by a beautiful and rich woman named Husn Banu, who will marry only the person who is able to obtain answers to all seven of them. A king, who falls in love with her but is unable to find answers, tells the generous Hatemtai, whom he meets by chance, all about it. Hatim undertakes the quest to find the answers and help the king marry her. Özege 3639.; TBTK 8155.; Only one copy in the Library of Congress according to OCLC 951465696.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original full leather bdg. in Islamic style with a flap. Demy 8vo. (22 15 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 285 p. Rebacked to spine, slight wear on binding. Overall a good copy. Early Turkish edition of the book of parrot (or the book of Humayun), which is a 14th-century series of 52 stories, originally written in Persian, translated by Sari Abdullah Efendi (1584-1660), who was an Ottoman mystic poet and scholar. The adventure stories narrated by a parrot, night after night, for 52 successive nights, are moralistic stories to persuade his female owner Khojasta not to commit any adulterous act with any lover, in the absence of her husband. She is always on the point of leaving the house to meet her lover until the loyal parrot detains her with a fascinating story. The authorship of the text of the Tutinama is credited to Ziya'al-Din Nakhshabi or just Nakhshabi, an ethnic Persian physician and a Sufi saint who had migrated to Badayun, Uttar Pradesh in India in the 14th century, and wrote in the Persian language. He had translated and/or edited a classical Sanskrit version of the stories similar to Tutinama into Persian, around 1335 AD. It is conjectured that this small book of short stories, moralistic in theme, influenced Akbar during his formative years. It is also inferred that since Akbar had a harem (of women siblings, wives, and women servants), the moralistic stories had a specific orientation towards the control of women. The main narrator of the 52 stories of Tutinama is a parrot, who tells stories to his owner, a woman called Khojasta, in order to prevent her from committing any illicit affair while her husband (a merchant by the name Maimunis) is away on business. The merchant had gone on his business trip leaving behind his wife in the company of a mynah and a parrot. The wife strangles the mynah for advising her not to indulge in illicit affairs. The parrot, realizing the gravity of the situation, adopts a more indirect approach of narrating fascinating stories over the next fifty-two nights. The stories are narrated every successive night as an entertaining episode to keep Khojasta's attention and distract her from going out. The Persian text used was redacted in the 14th century AD from an earlier anthology 'Seventy Tales of the Parrot'in Sanskrit compiled under the title Sukasaptati (a part of katha literature) dated to the 12th century AD. In India, parrots (in light of their purported conversational abilities) are popular as storytellers in works of fiction. (Source: Wikipedia). Özege 21353., OCLC 165609299.
3 voll. in-8, pp. XXIV, 635; 487; XX, 268, leg. mod. carta color. con tass. ai d. Con 5 tavv. in rame. La storia degli Arabi in Spagna dall’anno 572 fino all’anno 1493. Belliss. esempl. in barbe e intonso. [137]
198256847Saudi Arabia: Ministry/Defense & Aviation 1982. good. Quarto approx. 150 3-ring plastic binder with customized front and spine text 3-hole punched color illus. color figures. Slight wear and soiling to binder. In early 1981 the Saudi government requested American assistance in providing meteorological support to the Kingdom's military forces. This request was accepted. This document constitutes a visionary organizational arrangement for the Kingdom. Weather morale and logistics are three imponderables of warfare with morale and logistics significantly affected by weather. This plan considers the unique position of the Kingdom the sophisticated armaments in the region command and control requirements economy of force and responsiveness to external contingencies among other factors. The plan represents the then state of the art technology and equipment and required a military-civil mix of personnel to execute and to understand and respond to military needs. This plan was prepared by a joint Saudi and U.S. team comprised of highly-skilled professionals including a number from the U.S. Department of Defense and the military services. This plan was deemed to meet military requirements standardize the service emphasize safety and operations response and to aid in decisions affecting the rules of engagement. Ministry/Defense & Aviation unknown
177471463Kopenhagen 1774. Stor 4to. Samtidig stivt blankt omslag. Ubeskåret. XVI 4 505 1 s. LXXII kobberstukne plansjer hvorav flere foldet. Med et stort foldet kart over Jemen. Gedruckt in der Hofbuchdruckerey bey Nicolaus Möller Tysk. <br/><br/><em>KUND BIND I. Plansjene delvis trykt på blålig papir. </em> unknown
171621801A Amsterdam, chez Steenhouwer et Uytwerp, 1716. In-12 de [16]-343-[13] pages (dernier feuillet blanc) :*8;A-N12; P4;Q6. Pleine basane brune, dos à nerfs orné de filets et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre beige, tranches rouges.
1798LBW-7952[Paris, P.G. Chanlaire et E. Mentelle, An six de la République - 1798]. 323 x 427 mm, sur papier bleuté.
1848LBW-6680Paris, C. Picquet, 1848. En 30 sections montées sur toile et pliées, formant une carte de 0,64 x 1,43 m ; étiquette au dos de l'éditeur E. Andriveau-Goujon.
3864Paris, chez J.B. Costard, 1773-79, reliure aux armes (non identifiées) plein cuir d'époque, dos à cinq nerfs, caissons dorés, pièce de titre et tomaison rouge, tranches rouges, 10x17,5 cm, 440+477+427 pages. (traces d'encre noire ? au bas du dos des trois volumes).
Large format nautical charts of Aden Harbour and approaches surveyed from january to march 1906 by Lieutenants W. C. Taylor, A. G. Bingham, A. P. Robinson, E. D. Danson and J. E. Vibart under the direction of Capt. T. H. Heming in charge of the Marine Survey of India. The map was published at the Admiralty 26 november 1907 under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral A. Mostyn, large correstions 1932.
ORD-8001Ouvrage traduit de l'anglais avec l'autorisation de l'auteur par Émile JONVEAUX. Et accompagné d'une carte et 4 plans. Paris. Hachette. 1866. Edition originale de la traduction française, parue un an après l'originale anglaise. 2 tomes en 2 volumes grand in-8 (164 x 242mm) dos chagrin bleu nuit à 4 nerfs, caissons, titre et filets or, plats toile chagrinée de même couleur orné de filets à froids (reliure de Vigneau & Pasquier), gardes moirées, tranches dorées, 2ff., portrait de l'auteur en frontispice, XVI pages (introduction par VIVIEN de SAINT-MARTIN), 346 pages et 1 d'erratum pour le tome 1; 2ff., 429, (1) pages pour le tome 2. Bien complet des plans et de la carte. Exemplaire en excellent état, je n'ai trouvé de rousseurs que sur la page 1 du tome 2, encore sont-elles très pâles, papier généralement très blanc.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, 47 plates by Kennington, Rothenstein, Roberts and others, 6 illustrations in the text and 4 folding maps, endpapers faintly spotted; original decorative brown buckram gilt, gilt back, uncut, brown top, backstrip very lightly sunned else a near fine copy. The first publicly available edition of this literary classic, following private publication in 1926 and the limited edition of 1935. Winston Churchill believed that it 'ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language'. The work also formed the basis of David Lean's multiple Oscar-winning feature film 'Lawrence of Arabia' starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif. Enser, p.191; O'Brien A042.
8vo, viii, 488 pages, frontispiece and 12 plates, 2 color maps, 1 foldout, Original Publisher's blue cloth, solid hinges, original yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. In very good condition. THE RAREST OF ISABEL BURTON'S BOOKS. Very good condition. This book was in essence an account of Isabel and Richard's Tour of India in the late 1870's. It includes political observations written by Richard but purporting to be Isablel's views on the partition of Turkey. The original source documents for this book, now with the Isabel Burton papers at the Wiltshire Records Office are entirely in Richard Burton's handwriting.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 13 cm). In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). 80 p., [10] unnumbered b/w plts. Yenisehirlizâde Halit Eyüp was the son-in-law of Ahmet Midhat Efendi, one of the shaded names of Turkish literature. This rare book has 10 unnumbered b/w plates shows firstly Abd Al-Rahman Khan, (1845-1901), who was Emîr of Afghanistan and played a prominent role in the fierce and long-drawn struggle for power waged by his father and his uncle, A'?am Khân, against his cousin Shîr 'Alî, the successor of Dost Mo?ammad Khân. And then, Khaybar Fortress, Peshaver city in India, Tajik chief of Afghanistan: Maaz Khan (two-paged print), a view of Kabul city (two-paged print), Ghaznawid Fortress, North Gate of Kandahar, Herat Fortress (two-pages print), Cohat Fortress, a portrait of Afghan Sufi. An extremely rare and richly illustrated book of the history of Afghanistan. Hegira: 1316 = Gregorian: 1899. First and Only Edition. TBTK 12178.; Özege 19966.; Three copies located in OCLC: 944246927 (One copy in Library of Congress - Karl Süssheim Collection, No. 7.).; 163633157 (Orient-Institut Istanbul and Bayerische Staatsbibliothek).
1935013130London: Jonathan Cape 1935 London: Jonathan Cape 1935. First British trade edition. 4to. Coffee brown cloth binding with crossed swords and quote" the sword also means clean-ness & death". Gold titles. Brown topstaining. Rough-cut pages. 672 pp. illustrated. With EPHEMERA: Lawrence of Arabia Memorial leaflet one page folded discussing the space for a memorial in St. Paul's Cathedral undersigned by F. M. Allenby Herbert Baker Winston Churchill Lionel Curtis Augustus John. George Bernard Shaw and Evelyn Wrench. Discoloration to boards a bit shaken a few dog-ears to pages. Ephemera in fine condition. Rare jacket is soiled with chipping to corners and top of spine 1" tear along side. in protective mylar cover. Good in good dustjacket protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Jonathan Cape hardcover
4 tiré-à-part reliés ensemble en 1 vol. in-8 reliure demie-percaline verte, Lettre à M. Abel-Rémusat sur la nature des formes grammaticales en général, et sur le génie de la langue chinoise en particulier, par M. G. de Humboldt ; Extrait du Journal des Savans, Février et mars 1828, A Paris de l'Imprimerie Royale, Mars 1828, 40 pp. - Nouveaux aperçus sur l'Histoire de l'Ecriture chez les Arabes du Hedjaz, Librairie Orientale de Dondey-Dupré Père et Fils, Paris, 1827, 27 pp. - Lettre à M. J. L. Burnouf sur l'Impératif latin, Imprimerie Panckoucke, Paris, Mars 1841, 31 pp. - Deuxième Lettre sur l'Impératif latin, Imprimerie de Paul Dupont et comp., Extrait du Journal Général de l'Instruction Publique, 1841, 4 pp. Bel exemplaire des ces quatres rares tirés à part, tous en édition originale. On y trouve la rare notice de Silvestre de Sacy consacrée à la controverse menées entre Abel-Rémusat et G. de Humboldt sur l'influence des formes grammaticales sur le développement des idées, et surtout l'introuvable notice du même auteur consacrée à l'histoire de l'Ecriture chez les arabes du Hedjaz : la découverte de papyrus en langue arabe permet à Silvestre de Sacy de confirmer son intuition, et l'autorise à affirmer que "le caractère neshki, dont on fixait l'invention à la fin du IIIe siècle de l'Hégire, existait, à peu près sous la forme actuelle, avant que les Arabes du Hedjaz reçussent d'Anbar ou de Hira celui qui a donné naissance au caractère coufique". Les deux tirés à part de Quicherat sont également en édition originale. Fine copy of the two very scarce original offprints by Silvestre de Sacy (OCLC records only two copies of the first one in the USA - Cornell and Standford according to OCLC, two copies in Cambridge and Manchester on COPAC -, no copy of the second one located in the USA, only one copy at Manchester University according to COPAC ). Français
In-8 gr. (mm. 260x208), tela editoriale con titolo oro al piatto (in lingua orientale) e al dorso, pp. (4),6,(4), 42 cc.num., 1 c.nn., stampate solo al recto. Seconda edizione (la prima è del 1880, stampata privatamente da Quaritch). Dalla prefazione, scritta da Isabel Burton (moglie dell’A.): “On the return journey from Meccah, when Richard Burton could secure any privacy, he composed the following exquisite gem of Oriental poetry, and called it “The Kasidah”. by Haji Abdu al-Yazdi, which was one of his Eastern noms-de-plume.. “The Kasidah” was written in 1853. It is a poem of extraordinary power, on the Nature and Destiny of Man, anti-Christian and Pantheistic. So much wealth of Oriental learning has rarely been compressed into so small a compass..”. “Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), viaggiatore e scrittore inglese. Per alcuni anni in India, compì (1853) un viaggio alla Mecca travestito da pellegrino; e quindi in Somalia riuscendo a raggiungere Harrar, non ancora visitata da Europei (1854). Parti’ quindi con Speke alla ricerca delle sorgenti del Nilo e scoprì il lago Tanganica (1858). Fu poi in California e nuovamente in Africa, dove salì per primo il M. Camerun. Lasciò importanti relazioni delle sue esplorazioni”, così Diz. Treccani,II, p. 561-62. Bella edizione in tiratura limitata di sole 100 copie numerate. La ns., 46, è in ottimo stato, con barbe.
Boards faded and professionally repaired. Very light occasional foxing. Front free endpaper dog eared ; Scarce. SIGNED on front endpaper by the Earl of Ellenborough with his bookplate. Frontispiece of "Interior View of the Khasne". One fold-out map and Numerous tissue guarded b&w illustrations; 8vo; xxviii, map, 331, 4 pages
177694389Amsterdam, Baalde, Utrecht, Van Schoonhoven 1776 In-4 25,5 x 20,5 cm. Reliure plein veau porphyre, dos à nerfs, caissons ornés, triple filet sur les plats, titre gravé, 10-407 pp., 72 planches, 23 repliés dont 6 cartes. Reliure usée, premier plat partiellement délié fragile, coiffes arrachées, manque en tête, mors fendillés et coins émoussés. Quelques rousseurs marginales éparses, sinon int. assez frais. En l’état.
1921512921 brochure in-8, Imprimerie d'Etudes Sociales et Politiques, s.d. [ 1921 ], 34 pp.
18455842Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1845. 2 vol. in-12 (135 x 84 mm), (3) ff., CLXXX pp. : Discours préliminaire, 154 pp. : Chaîne des Chroniques + 105-(1) pp., env. (100) ff. : Texte arabe. Reliure demi-veau, dos à faux-nerfs orné d'une pièce de titre et de tomaison, orné de roulettes dorés, dernier feuillet du vol. 2 : impression bicolore, vol. 1 : 4 ff. ont un trou de vers dans la marge inf., vol. 2 : 12 ff. présentent une trace de pliure dans le coin sup., bel état. Très bel exemplaire.
1935SevenPillarsTELawrence<p><strong>Seven Pillars of Wisdom</strong> T.E. Lawrence aka Lawrence of Arabia <u>Hardcover First Trade Edition - First Printing</u> London: Jonathan Cape 1935. 30s aka 30 shillings cover price present no indication of later printings on copyright page indicating a first printing with the exception of a private edition issued in 1926 mostly to friends associates and family. Contains numerous portraits some city and desert scenes a few caricatures and humorous images and three maps.</p><p>Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. A splendid copy notoriously difficult to find in nearly intact dust jacket. The book itself has typical again and a little hint of discoloration to the boards. The text-block edges are uneven which is common with this edition. Sometimes the pages/leaves were cut after the printing causing the text-block to be uneven on the right-hand side. The pages themselves are quite clean. The jacket is nearly all there with just a bit of fraying to the top spine common edge-wear and slits here and there but no major tears or chips. Quite nice.</p><p>NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.</p><p>ALSO: The pictures are of the actual item for sale. The pictures are NOT stock photos.</p> Jonathan Cape hardcover
Original letter penned and signed by Layard after the Bulgarian uprising in the Balkans. The letter measures 7 x 9 inches dated February 23, 1878 while he was HBM Ambassador in Constantinople. The letter provides a reference for a James Long, MA who was a humanitarian. Long was about to go to Bazandjik on the Danube in Bulgaria which had recently been occupied by the Russians during the Russo-Turkish War. Together with the letter is an original portrait photograph of Layard measuring 8 x 10 inches as well as a contemporary bigraphical sketch from the 1880's. Letters from Layard while abroad are rare. Manuscript
Roy. 8vo., First US Trade Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 47 plates by Kennington, Rothenstein, Roberts and others, 6 illustrations in the text and 4 folding maps coloured in outline; handsomely bound in red full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, pictorial gilt from original board preserved and mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The first publicly available US edition of this literary classic, following private publication in 1926 and the limited edition of 1935. Winston Churchill believed that it 'ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language'. The work forms the basis of David Lean's multiple Oscar-winning feature film 'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962) starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif. Enser, p.191; O'Brien A42.
1878PHO-622Londres (Trubner),éditées par sa veuve, 1878,fort in-8(240x180) reliure percaline éditeur . faux-titre, portrait frontispice,XVIII , 606p ,autographe fac simile,carte dépliante à la fin,13 gravures et 2 tableaux, feuillet d'errata présent.
