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19587111958 broché grand in-octavo, dos crème, couverture illustrée, illustrations : 4 cartes, non rogné, 270 pages, 1958 Paris Payot,
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
1992126843New Delhi, Asian Educational Services 1992 In-8 22 x 12,5 cm. Reliure éditeur simili-cuir rouge, auteur & titre dorés sur le dos et le premier plat de couverture, LXXXII-394 pp., 4 cartes, annexes, bibbliographie, index. Exemplaire en très bon état.
29690aafParis, Gallimard, 1995, in-8°, LVIII + 1409 p., rel. de l'éd. (sans rhodoid), etui ill., bel exemplaire.
200549706CBHildesheim, Olms Verlag, 2005. Quer 4°. 31 x 22 cm. 16 Seiten. Original-Leinenband. (Documenta Arabica. Teil 1: Reiseliteratur).
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.
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
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.
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.
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., 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.
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.
2014509224 vol. in-4 br., couv. ill. couleurs, nombr. photos couleurs, Ader Société de Ventes Volontaires, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 2012, 2013 et 2014, 95 pp., 109 pp. 107 pp. et 107 pp., pour 176, 251, 211 et 278 pièces proposées. Rappel de la liste des catalogues : Arts d'Orient, collection de M. et Mme X. et à divers, dont un salon syrien daté 1232H./1815 (8 octobre 2012) ; Arts de l'Islam et de l'Inde (31 mai 2013) ; Arts de l'Islam et de l'Inde (25 novembre 2013) ; Arts de l'Orient et de l'Inde (28 mai 2014)
