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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.
New English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (31 x 23 cm). In English. 152 p., color ills. "This book focuses on the banknotes of Kazakhstan with respect to their cultural, historical and technical content. It also tells the little known history of how Kazakhstan became one of the best producers of banknotes in the world in less than 20 years time." "Kazakhstan has been an eager adopter of innovative anti-counterfeiting technologies, including many firsts in world banknotes. Collectors everywhere will appreciate adding this book to their numismatic libraries as the first specialized reference to the nation's beautiful and groundbreaking new notes." (Owen W. Linzmayer, Publisher of the Banknote Book). Contents: Introduction.; Acknowledgements.; H. E. Nursultan Nazarbayev the First President of the Republic of KAzakhstan, his bright vision on the news technologies and innoivation.; Mr. Grigoriy Marchenko, the governor...; Historical characters depicted on the banknotes of Kazakhstan.; Technical definitions of the Security Features used on the banknotes of Kazakhstan.; Regular issues: 1993 - Tenge, 1993 Tiyn, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2011-2012 issue: Commemorative banknotes of Kazakhstan...".
11 pages. Plus a large fold-out map, measuring approximately 17.5 x 15 inches (44 x 38cm). 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 detailed report on the geography of the basins of the Helmud and the Abistada lake, also examining the orography of the mountain ranges surrounding that region, including the Hindu Kush (Koh-i-Baba), the Sadif-Koh (White mountains), the Siah-Koh, the Paghman range, the Gul-Koh, the Toba and Khoja-Amran mountains. Accompanied by a spectacularly large fold fold out map for illustration. The Helmand river rises in the Hindu Kush mountains, west of Kabul, passing north of the Unai Pass. It crosses south-west through the desert of Dashti Margo, to the Seistan marshes and the Hamun-i-Helmand lake region around Zabol at the Afghan-Iranian border.
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.
56 pages. Plus a title page and a fold-out 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 a bibliography of Tripoli and the Cyrenaica, one of Playfair's most valuable work, which includes 579 entries, from B.C.484 to 1889, and a succinct list of the Tripoli Archives from the Public Record Office in London - a series of 62 MS. volumes containing correspondence from and to the Consulate-General of Tripoli. Arranged chronologically, this fascinating bibliography is accompanied by an index and a detailed folding sketch map.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Dust jacket is in tatters. Full light gray cloth boards. 5 1/2"w x 8 1/4"h. 228 pages.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear and spots to dust jacket. Thirty-ninth printing, probably from the sixties. 242 pages.
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.
Item is in Original Condition, with Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads!!! Notes & Condition: This is an exceptional report detailing the author's journey into little-known Luristan and her facinating archeaological findings. She travelled from Nihavand over the Varazan Pass to Khava, then to Alishtar and back again though Khava to Difan, Chavarti, Duliskan and finally to Tudaru. In 1931 Stark had attempted to reach the middle of Luristan, the country of Tarhan east of the Saidmarreh river, where ancient tombs were rich in bronzes, but she was prevented entry by the Persian Police. Excerpt from the text: "I have written elsewhere the account of the actual travelling and its adventures, and will confine myself to what concerns the graves and their possible history. Special interest has been centred on those graves which are said to contain the trappings of horses and chariots, for the origins of the people who used such things may throw light on the coming of the horse into Persia.... I found a few older objects among the Islamic in Alishtar: some glass beads, silver earrings of the usual Luristan type, and a bronze arrow-head; but could not ascertain the exact spot where they had been found." End Excerpt. 8vo. 8 pages, plus 2 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. This account pre-dates Stark's "The Valley of the Assassins: And Other Persian Travels," first published in 1934.
3 reports in one issue, altogether 45 pages. Plus a fold-out graph. 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. The three authors outline methods and intricacies in the surveying of unknown regions and vastly unique terrains, while also elucidating their contemporaries to customs and law in Indian territories in which great potential is seen for the British Empire. Barron expounds on the complex system of proprietary and cultivating tenures, claimed by decendants of ancient lineage, conquerors of the latter, village headmen fighting for hereditary rights, farmers and servants of the State, each ultimately contributing to a most profitbale source of revenue for the Indian Government.
16 pages, including a full-pages 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. In this fascinating report the author discusses the demarcation of the Turco-Persian Boundary and the three main efforts to settle it, which had each been interrupted by a great European war. Illustrations include the Karun, Kushk-I-Basri, North of Mohammerah, Proceeding to the First Boundary Pillar up River from Mohammerah, Crossing the Karha at Kut Saivid Ali, Commission searching for the Shatt Al Ama, Bakuba on the Diyala, Kurds and survey Khalassis, Commission crossing the Zab and Caravan on the March in the Tavila District.
Boards worn and dampstained. Light fraying to spine ends. ; From the collection of Gloria Vanderbilt, with her name on front endpaper ; 8vo; 318 pages
30 pages. Plus photographic plates and a large fold-out color map, measuring approximately 18.5 x 20 inches (47 x 51cm). 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 exciting first-hand record of Cheesman's travels across Arabia, illustrated with several plates and a spectacular colour map showing his routes in Eastern Nedj, between the 'Oqair and Jabrin oasis. Pre-dating his book, "In Unknown Arabia," published first in 1926. The author is revered for his travels and findings in northern parts of the Arabian desert, as he was the first European to travel across some parts, such as Murra and Jabrin; his travels preceded those of Philby. Inspired by the expedition undertaken by ornithologist Lieutenant Boyd Alexander, killed in a native dispute in Nyeri in 1909, Cheesman set off to bring back a collection of desert animals and birds from central Arabia. Features discussion of some bird encounters: the White-eared Bulbul (P leucotis mesiopotamiae) and a new species of Wren Warbler (Prinia gracilis hufufae), the Desert Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo desertorum), two species of Desert Larks (Ammomanes cinctura pallida and A deserti azizi) and more, as well as descriptions of ruins - those at Abu Zahmul, 'Oqair, meetings with various sheikhs, among them the well known Sheikh Abdullah ibn Jiluwi and the Amir of Jabrin as well as a catalogue of specimens obtained.
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.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Small 4to. (26,5 x 18 cm). In English. 897-1024 pp. The encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition. Volume IV. Fascicules 75-76. Khabbâb b. Al-Aratt - Khânikin.
8vo. 38 pages. From the "Library of Peter Hopkirk". Bound in marbled paper wrappers. With the book plate of the library of Peter Hopkirk to verso of the title page. In very good condition. Rare published annexed letters from W. P. Andrew, Chairman of the Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi Railway Company, "addressed to members of her Majesty's Government, to the Grand Vizier of the Turkish Empire, and to the British Ambassador at Constantinople, in reference to the proposed Euphrates Valley Railway". Andrew is the author of " Memoir of the Euphrates Valley Route to India" and "The Indus and its Provinces". Following is the list of letters: "His Highness Aali Pasha, Grand Vizier of Constantinople", dated 15th May, 1870 "The Under Secretary of State of India", dated 18th August, 1870 "The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs", dated 17th September, 1870 "The Most Noble the Marquis of Harington, Post Master General", dated 19th September, 1870 "The Under Secretary of State for War", dated 21st September, 1870 "His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Henry G. Elliott, G.C.B., British Ambassador at Constantinople", dated 25th October, 1870 "Scinde, Punjaub and Delhi Railway Companies", dated 14th July, 1863
Account of the participation of a young English woman and her Egyptian husband in the Haj - the traditional pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Illustrated with personal photographs taken on the trip. 131p. plates, bibliography (laid in is a short note about the death of the author in 1979) Book
95 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Features: The Oxford University Expedition to Sarawak, 1932; The Japanese South Polar Expedition of 1911-1912; The Administration of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea; A Roman Bridge in the Fens; Geodesy and Geophysics at Lisbon; The Empty Quarter of Arabia; Air Survey by Multiple Lens Cameras. University library bar code upon first page of advertisements, otherwise unmarked with average wear. One-inch chip hanging from backstrip. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
14 pages. Plus a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 11 x 10.5 inches (28 x 27cm). 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 interesting report on the then much disputed boundary between the Kingdom of Iraq and the Republic of Turkey from 1923-25, which according to the author was partly as a result of poor mapping and unsurveyed areas, the author also discusses the interference of the League of Nations in settling the issue, accompanied by spectacular fold-out colour map.
364p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, facsimiles, pedigrees and maps throughout, previous owners' neat inscriptions; original cloth (red/blue/green/black respectively), gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped), the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. FINAL VOLUME SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE. Glubb Pasha'a masterly tetralogy comprises The Great Arab Conquests [630-680] (1963), Empire of the Arabs [680-860] (1963), The Course of Empire [860 onwards] (1966) and The Lost Centuries [1145-1453] (1967). COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
Cartonnage de l'?diteur. 526 pages.
With vivid descriptions and stunning photographic plates depicting ancient ruins, nomadic Bedouins, famine and relief work,the authors provide first-hand insight into social conditions in the Hadhramaut, including the Wahidi country, Hadhrami communities, Al 'Abr, Shiban and Al Ghuraf, where famine and tribal war prevailed and consumed lives at alraming rates, where relief was imperative and drought was yet another added burden. A fold out colour map illustrates villages and the author's routes in the environs of the "Incense Road".Harold Ingram was the first British Resident Adviser in the Hadhramaut in South Arabia. Doreen Ingrams travelled on donkey and camel to far distant parts of the country, helping him to bring about the peace among the warring tribes which became known throughout Arabia as 'Ingram's Peace'. A fantastic Arabia expedition report at a time when war and savage famine pervaded the hostile country - an exceptional Primary Resource!!! 37 pages; including illustrations. Plus a Large Fold-out Color 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.
24 pages, plus photographic plates and a fold-out 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 report on the Hadhramaut and the author's residency there, who also describes his stay in the Arabian Nights' palace of the Ba Surra brothers. W.H.Ingrams was the first British Resident in Mukalla, he and his wife being referred to as the rain-makers and peace-makers of the Hadhramaut. Residing in the little known region of the Hadhramaut the author takes occasional excursions into unvisited districts, into this arid and mysterious land. He focuses on a new found peace between the Badawin and tribesmen of this mysterious territory and explains a greater contact between different parts of the country, resulting in extended communications, such as the completion of the Al Kaf road. Illustrations include: Armoured car near Al Ghurfa,Trenches at Al Ghurfa,'Azan,capital of the sultanate of Balhaf, The 'aquaba for motors at Tarim, The Kathiri armed Constabulary, A peace meeting under the sanctuary tree at Reidat al Ma'ara, Surrender at Seiyun of the Bin Yamani section of Risib.
10 pages. Plus a full-page sketch map and black and white 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. In 1952 and 1953, Thesiger had travelled in the Hindu Kush and Karakoram, in Chitral, Gilgit and Hunza, then he spent six months among the marshmen of southern Iraq, and in the summer of 1954, he set on another journey to Afghanistan where he lived in semi-submerged houses and travelled about in a canoe. From there he continued his journey in the Hazarajat, the original homeland of the Hazara people with mountains rising up to 17,000 feet and little visited by Europeans at the time. In his beautifully illustrated and fascinating account, Thesiger describes the geographical features of the Hazarajat, villages, and the Hazaras - Mongols who inhabit a large area in Central Afghanistan - including their appearance, products, and customs and manners. Illustrations show Farmstea in Deh Zangi on the southern slopes of Kuh-i-Baba, Hazara mountain village with watchtower and domed roofs, wedding party in Yakwalang, women weaving "barak" cloth on looms, also included here is a full-page sketch map showing Thesiger's route through the Hazarajat.
