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48 pages. Features: Risotto's Roots; Photos of wind-powered dhow in 1938; Bee-eater (bird) of Saudi Arabia; Shodo Arabi - Japanese calligraphers try their hand at Arabic; The Life of Omar ibn Said - this Muslim/African slave taken to American wrote a brief autobiography, now located in Fayetteville, North Carolina; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This survey, edited by David Revere McFadden, the Curator at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design in New York, accompanied the exhibition there in 1982. With articles by McFadden, Ulf Hard Segerstad, Helena Dahlbeck Lutteman, Elisabet Stavenow-Hidemark, Erik Lassen, Jarno Peltronen, Peter Anker, Jan-Lauritz Opstad among others. The exhibition covered furniture, glass, ceramics, textiles and metalwork. 346 illustrations in color and black & white. Bibliography. Biographical notes on the designers. Still one of the best general works on Scandinavian design. 11" high X 9" wide, 287 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
Copertina illustrata a colori in fascicolo originale completo de "La Domenica del Corriere" del 20/05/1934
La tavola di copertina, a colori, e quella opposta ma non descritta, de "La Domenica del Corriere", n. 20 del 20/05/1934
In-16 gr. (mm. 184 x 117), mz. pelle mod., tit. oro al dorso, conserv. cop. orig., pp. (4),VII,226,(2). Contiene: “Préface - Description des lieux et détails préliminaires - Les chefs indigènes - Le peuple - Les plaignants”. Qualche lieve fioritura; timbro di appartenenza, ex-libris al risg. anter., altrimenti esempl. ben conservato.
In questo avvincente volume Jean Sasson racconta la storia di Sultana, la principessa araba decisa a denunciare, a rischio della propria vita, la repressione e i soprusi patiti dalle donne nel suo Paese.
In questo avvincente volume Jean Sasson racconta la storia di Sultana, la principessa araba decisa a denunciare, a rischio della propria vita, la repressione e i soprusi patiti dalle donne nel suo Paese.
152 pages. Features: Marihuana (Marijuana/Cannabis); New Methods for Approaching Absolute Zero; The Rise and Fall of Arabia Felix; The Mechanism of Photosynthesis; Dermatoglyphics; Measuring Earth Strains by Laser; How an Instinct is Learned; The Peculiar Distribution of First Digits; A New Year Greeting. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Paris, A. Cadot, s.d. (seconda metà sec. XIX), voll. 2, in-16, br., pp. 384, 432.
Features: Vision in marine animals; The sea birds of northern Britain; Ex Libris - Neptunus Rex; In search of spiny lobster larvae; the unspoiled Little Barrier Reef of Saudi Arabia; Winter kill of summer flounder; The ancient sea that became a state; Master of disguise. Sound copy. Book
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish with facsimile plates of an Arabic manuscript. 10 p. text, [26] pages in [13] plates of original Arabic manuscript from the Ayasofya Kütüphanesi [i.e. St. Sophia Library of Istanbul] preserved in 2926 / 18-31, dated 829 AH. [1412-1413 AD]. Al-Shanfarâ (?-525 CE) was a semi-legendary pre-Islamic poet tentatively associated with ?âif, and the supposed author of the celebrated poem Lâmiyyât al-Arab. He enjoys a status as a figure of an archetypal outlaw antihero (su'luk), critiquing the hypocrisies of his society from his position as an outsider. Al-Shanfarâ is most famous for, supposedly, composing the Lamiyyat al-'Arab, or "L-poem" of the Arabs. Although its attribution has been disputed ever since medieval times, the memorable first-person figure of the misanthropic brigand celebrating his position on the edge of society that the poem draws has strongly influenced views of al-Shanfarâ. We can if nothing else say that if the Lâmiyyât is a later composition, it positions al-Shanfarâ as the archetypal outlaw of a pre-Islamic heroic age, viewed nostalgically from a later era. (Source: Wikipedia).
In-8 gr., tela editoriale (lieviss. aloni ai piatti), decoraz. oro al piatto, pp. 672, con numer. tavv. f.t. che riproducono ritratti dei più importanti personaggi arabi e inglesi (a matita, a penna, a pastello, ecc.), e 4 carte geografiche ripieg. "Prima edizione ufficiale". “Nel 1919, durante la conferenza di Parigi, aveva scritto il suo grande libro sulla rivolta araba, "The seven pillars of Wisdom": il primo manoscritto venne smarrito da L. in treno. Il volume, pubblicato in numero assai limitato di copie, apparve nel 1921 e poi ancora nel 1926 con molti rimaneggiamenti proposti da G.B. Shaw, amico dello scrittore; alcuni giudizi su persone ancora vive e su azioni di guerra furono soppressi. Solo nel 1935 apparve l’edizione per il pubblico. Uomo dalla straordinaria personalità di condottiero e nello stesso tempo di artista, L. ha creato, con "The Seven pillars", un’opera affascinante nella quale la pagina di cronaca si mescola con l’ispirazione poetico-letteraria, l’ufficiale in missione si alterna col viaggiatore e l’archeologo... “Monumento” che rimane a testimonianza delle sue imprese, "The Seven Pillars", ha un eccezionale valore artistico e rimane fra i capolavori più singolari della letteratura moderna” (Cfr. Diz. Univers. della Letteratura contemporanea, Mondadori,III, p. 73). Solo qualche rara e lieviss. fioritura, altrimenti testo ben conservato, con barbe.
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.
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.
Buono stato, sovraccoperta originale illustrata in carta patinata, Design: Vandepub, Progetto grafico: Laura Carenzi, minima ammaccatura, coperta rigida in tessuto, caratteri in bassorilievo sul dorso, cima e piede poco sfregati, tagli e margini delle pagine un po' ambrati, pagine ben conservate. Traduzione di Antonella Viale. I edizione Sonzogno. Numero Pagine 230 USATO
Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown ; Limited edition of 470, of which this is number 238. Original quarter dark morocco, slipcase; 8vo; 62 pages
xiv + 162pp., 22cm., editor's hardcover, dustwrapper, very good condition, X91166
6 pages of the account. Plus a fold-out colour map, measuring approximately 13 x 14 inches (33 x 36cm). 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. An interesting travel account of Campbell's visit to the remote district of Shoarawak Valley, previously unknown to the Europeans, situated in the southeastern part of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Inhabited by mixture of Barechi Pathans and Brahuis, who possessed large flocks of camels, goats and sheep, the valley is almost destitute of trees. On May 1879, Major Campbell and his party, also visited the Toba table for the purpose of surveying the plateau located at the north eastern extremity of the Khwaja Amran range of mountains. This table land is divided into two portions called Toba and Tabin, according to the Campbell, the western part of Toba and Tabin belonged to the Atchazai Pathans and the eastern portion of Toba was the property of the Kakar tribes. However, frequent quarrels between these tribes over the territory have always caused the death of several men each year. Also included is a beautiful fold-out color map of "The Country Between Sind and Candahar", by W. J. Turner, showing the constructed and proposed railway. Shorawak valley is a narrow strip of flat country lying between the desert on the west and north west and a range generally known as the Sarlat Hills to the east. Its total length is about 40 miles with a width of 10 miles at the northern end and it is 3,250 feet above the sea. The head of the valley to the north is closed in by the southern spurs of the Khwaja Amran range of mountains which nearly join tie north-western spurs of the Sarlat Hills, only leaving a gap of about a mile through which the Lora river runs into the valley. The desert which stretches away westward as far as the Persian frontier rolls up in the form of sand hills to the edge of the cultivated land of the valley. The Lora river which waters the valley runs nearly dry in summer and its water is always brackish. The name of the valley drives from the Persian words, Shor brackish and Abak, meaning the scarcity of water. Major Campbell suggested that Shorawak was once a lake which was gradually silted up by deposits from the Lora and this seems to account for most of the phenomena. The river after flowing through the valley is swallowed up in the sand of the desert.
In -Folio, piena pergamena con titolo manoscritto al dorso; (8), 448, 4 tavv.
Hamilton travelled to Shabwa, the "Hidden City of Arabia", as a Political Officer on duty; beginning his journey from Beihan in the winter of 1938, following the course of the Wadi Balharith, the continuation of Wadi Beihan, in the company with about two hundred and fifty of the Bal Harithand Karab tribe. He brought with him a copy of Philby's lecture and maps and his notes of his own journey dating from 1931. In this fascinating report he makes many remarks on Philby's report and findings, and gives a vivid description of the geographical features, the tribes, ruins as well as his excavation. Hamilton believed that the wall city of Shabwa was a cemetery, collection of mausolea and graves, and suggesting that the ruin area, which includes Jardan, Markjha and Beihan, was the southern collecting point for caravans from the south coast. 19 pages, including sketch map and black and white 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.
in-8°, 249 pp., broche, couverture illustree Bel exemplaire. [TX-2]
35 pages. Plus photographic plates and a large fold-out color map, measuring approximately 8 x 14.5 inches (20 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. Interesting narrative from a learned source, Sir Percy Cox, adviser to the Sultan of Oman and long term resident of the Persian Gulf. Cox outlines journeys undertaken from Abu Dhabi to Baraimi and along the fringe of Oman on the desert side, to the Jabal Akhdhar or Green Mountains - a distance of about 400 miles; and also his trip from Ras al Khaima to Baraimi and to the coast at Shinas, along it to Sohar. Features descriptions of Oman's capital - Muscat, the Trucial coast, its principalities and the Great Pearl Bank, local fauna, 'the music of the sands,' Ras al Khaima, stronghold of the Jowasmi pirates, and most interestingly perhaps, encounters with local sheikhs. Accompanied by photographic plates and a large fold-out colour map, this narrative also includes comments and notes by veteran Arabia explorers such as H. St. J.B. Philby.
8 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. While in Tehran, Mr. Sykes planned to visit Luristan (Lorestan) and Bakhtiari provinces of Persia (Iran), but an order was given by a high authority of Reza Shah's Government, forbidding travellers to enter those two remote provinces, located in the West and South-West Iran (at the time Reza Shah was trying to diminish foreign influence in Iran), however, the opportunity presented itself through the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Persia, Sher Ahmad Khan, to make a journey to the less-known provinces of northern Afghanistan. In this fascinating account Mr. Sykes provides vivid and detailed description of his travel route, with mentions of every towns and villages, also illustrating his route on a full-page sketch map. He enters Afghanistan from Persia by the Kariz-Islam Kala road, he first reaches Bala Murghab, makes fascinating comments on the traditional dresses of Afghans, Turkomans, Usbegs, and Tajiks of this town, then he crosses Band-i-Turkistan on horseback entering Maimana, then Daulatabad, Andkhui, Akcha, and Balkh, he visits the magneficent ruins of Balkh, continuing his journey, he reaches Mazar-i-Sharif, Khanabad, and from there to Barfak by Kunduz pass, passing through a few other small towns and villages, he finally reaches his destination at Kabul. Also includes interesting remarks on the Turkomans and their camps; rich Usbeg herdsmen, Jewish merchants, lambskin markets, and interesting comparison between Afghan pronounciation and dialect to those of Persian. This is a truely fascinating travel account, accompanied by a full-page descriptive route sketch map and fabulous photographic plates depicting Mausoleum at Herat, Afghans putting out curred lambskins to dry on the roof on a caravanserai at Andkhui, Kebitka tent at a Turkoman encampment between Andkhui and Akcha, and the Kunduz ferry.
Mm 140x210 Collana "Paesi, situazioni e problemi". Volume nella sua brossura originale, 171 pagine con illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Opera in ottime condizioni,pari al nuovo. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
17 pages, including black and white plates. Plus a large fold-out Colour 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 a fascinating travel account by the well-known traveller and geologist, Dr. Harrison, an account of the difficulties and the hardships of his journeys in Luristan, the broken mountainous country on the Iraq boundary, a rather inaccessible region of magnificent scenery. Cognisant of the dangers, Harrison travelled with a nominal escort and kept the mule caravan as small and unpretentious as possible. After his twenty years dedicated to exploration in Persia, he describes changes "from anarchy to order, from the primitive to the sophisticated, from distinctive tribal dress to uniform shabby hand-me-downs".
