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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.
Foxing to textblock. Former owner's name stamped to inner cover (H. Schipper). Foxing to DJ. DJ spine sunned. Chipping and tears to DJ. ; Republished by Readers Union Group of book Clubs. ; 248 pages
4to., First Edition, with title in red and black; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A lovely copy. O'Brien A173
4to., First Edition, with title in red and black, contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, blue top, a bright, clean copy in mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. O'Brien A173.
deciphered and translated into the Hebrew and English Languages. 2 photographic plates, 4 large folding lithographed plates, viii, 44 pages, Octavo, frontis of Captain Renczynski, bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, some sunning to boards and spine, otherwise a nice and tight copy of this rare book.The Moabite Stone is a dark-colored, basalt monument about four feet high by two feet wide, dating to the reign of King Mesha in about 850 B.C. This artifact is another important source that corroborates the biblical account of the early Israelites. It currently resides in the Louvre Museum, Paris. A very interesting piece of Judaica and an item of Archeological interest. Extremely Scarce.
18 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. Eight years had elapsed since the previous Mount Everest Expedition and a new generation of climbers, under the leadership of Hugh Ruttledge and including Frank Smythe, Eric Shipton, Jack Longland, Eugene Birnie, Percy Wyn-Harris, Edward Shebbeare, Lawrence Wager, George Wood-Johnson, Hugh Boustead, Colin Crawford, Tom Brocklebank, E. Thompson and William Maclean, with Raymond Greene as senior doctor and William 'Smidge' Smyth-Windham as chief radio operator, together with a powerful and spirited team of Sherpa "Tigers" - constituted the Fourth British Everest Expedition attempt. The personnel for this attempt, which used the then-standard route of choice of the British via the North Col, was made up of a combination of military types and Oxbridge graduates, and included none of those who had been on the 1924 attempt. The highest point attained was 8,570 m, but the route was found to be extremely difficult and the vital camp V that should have been reached on a rare day with fair weather - 20 May - was, as a result of disagreements between team members, never established. It was also during this expedition that Wyn-Harris found the ice axe which belonged to Andrew Irvine, who had disappeared on the peak on the 1924 British expedition with George Mallory. Although not a success in terms of all objectives met, the expedition did mark the first oxygenless summit attempt by Wyn Harris and Wager who planned to reconnoiter Mallory's ridge route. The pair did traverse into and across the Great Couloir, and managed to reach Norton's high point before admitting defeat. On June 1st, Shipton and Smythe attempted another oxygenless ascent, following the same ascending line taken by Wyn Harris and Wager to the base of the First Step and thence along Norton's Great Couloir route. Shipton was forced to give up a little past the First Step, and Smythe continued alone, crossing the Great Couloir somewhat lower down than his predecessors where the ledges were more favorable, ultimately giving up at Norton's high point. Ruttledge's account of events includes details of preparation for the journey, diet, weather and Harris and Wager's summit assault, together with a summary of knowledge gleaned from the expedition. Photographs and a lively discussion between RGS members complete a well rounded and exciting paper.
Author: Sir Rupert Hay Publisher: London: Edward Stanford, Royal Geographical Society, 1954. Item is in Original Condition, with Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads! Notes & Condition: As former Political Resident in the Persian Gulf until 1953, Hay's purpose with this report was "to give a brief geographical description of the ten Shaikdoms and Muscat, bringing to light "the problems to which their boundaries give rise." Having had worked numerous years as a British political officer charged with establishing and maintaining British rule, Hay was very knowledgeable of the region and inhabitants, as well as its political history, especially in relation to Great Britain. He begins by describing Kuwait, "before the advent of oil... existing on pearling, fishing, shipbuilding...but now one of the richest..." A thorough description of Kuwait concludes with remarks of the section disputed by leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the Trucial Coast Shaikdom of Abu Dhabi. Trucial Oman and its "extraordinarily complicated borders" is the next subject of Hay's attention, Abu Dhabi being "the most westerly and by far the largest of the Shaikhdoms." He provides fascinating visual imagery of this region, "... Dibai...flourishes on its entrepôt trade and its suqs or markets on either side of its broad creek are the most picturesque... in the Middle East... takes one back to the time of the Arabian Nights... narrow lanes roofed with matting... Arabs, Persians and Baluchis display their multi-coloured wares. Wild-eyed tribesmen with their camel-canes and daggers haggle with the shopkeepers... wealthier Persian merchants with their long flowing robes and gold-brocaded headdresses pass to and fro... Graceful dhows glide into the creek... ...there is an air of bustle and prosperity... a peculiar charm." Boundaries, territorial disputes, claims of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, the positive and problematic impact of the proliferate oil companies, are all examined before reiterating, in conclusion, the imperative need for clear delineation of boundaries in the highly coveted oil-rich Persian Gulf. 8vo. 13 pages including a full page 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. [From 1763 until 1971, the British Empire maintained varying degrees of political control over some of the Persian Gulf states, including the United Arab Emirates (originally called the Trucial States) and at various times Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar through the British Residency of the Persian Gulf.] Sir William Rupert Hay KCMG KCIE CSI (1893-1962) was a British Indian Army officer and administrator in British India. He served as Chief Commissioner of Balochistan during the colonial era. During World War I he was in Mesopotamia with the Dorsetshire Regiment, transferring to the Indian Army, attached to the 24th Punjabis, being appointed Quarter-Master 30th October 1916, and promoted to Lieutenant in 1918. Hay was seconded to the Foreign and Political Department in May 1920 and was confirmed in his appointment in May 1924. He was Political Agent in South Waziristan from 1924 to 1928, Assistant Commissioner in Mardan 1928 to 1931, and Political Agent in Malakand 1931 to 1933. He was Resident in Waziristan 1940 to 1941, Resident in the Persian Gulf 1941 to 1942, Revenue and Judicial Commissioner in Balochistan 1942 to 1943, and Agent to the Governor-General, Resident and Chief Commissioner in Balochistan 1943 to 1946. He was again Political Resident in the Persian Gulf from 1946 to 1953, then retiring from the service and returning to England. [St. Anthony's College, Oxford holds a collection of Hay's papers and diaries.] The Trucial States of the Coast of Oman, also known as Trucial Oman and Trucial Sheikhdoms, were a group of sheikhdoms in the south-eastern Persian Gulf, previously known to the British as the 'Pirate Coast', which were signatories to treaties (hence 'trucial') with the British government. These treaties established an informal protectorate by Great Britain, and the sheikhdoms, or emirates, were a British protectorate from 1820 until 2 December 1971, when the seven principal trucial sheikhdoms became independent. Six (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Qawain and Fujairah) were to form the United Arab Emirates on that day; the seventh "Ras Al Khaimah" joined the Federation on 10 February 1972. The last sheikhdom to be granted recognition was that of Fujairah, which became a trucial state in 1952 after the British government came under pressure from PCL (Petroleum Concessions Limited) to grant status in order that the company could have a free hand to explore for oil along the whole east coast. Also in 1952, the Trucial States Council was established to encourage co-operation between the seven Rulers.
DJ price clipped; In 2002 Author Pollack wrote a book which argued for an immediate invasion and occupation of Iraq. After public opinion had safely turned against that disaster, he renounced his previous support and resolved to be more cautious about the next war--he argues against invading and occupying Iran. ; '; 8vo; 539 pages
30 pages, including 4 sketch maps. 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 very detailed extensive report on the physical geography and geological tectonics of South-Eastern Arabia - Oman - with some interesting notes dealing with water supply of Bahrain, Qatar Peninsula, discovery of flint implements, and collection of birds. The author was an assistant geologist for Anglo-Persian Oil Company, who traveled widely to Persia, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar. Mr. Lee traversed considerable extent of then unexplored regions of Oman, and here he provides an informative account of his geographical surveys, as well as, some interesting remarks on the Mahri and the Gara nomad tribes.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 78 p. The place of terrorism in Iran's foreign policy. (Eurasia file).
18 pages, and a large fold-out colour map, measuring approximately 19.5 inches x 20.5 inches (50cm x 52cm) These are original text pages and map printed in 1886, in excellent condition. Attractively bound booklet style in modern blue paper covers with label. An extraordinary, very large colour map illustrates the intricate river systems in India, from the Ganges, to the Godavari and finally the Tambrapoorney (Tambraparni) in the south. A thorough description of each encompasses the significance of irrigation and navigation with regards to British occupation and commerce opportunities, dispersed with detail of financial expenditures and projections, concerns of famine, and so forth.
31 pages. Plus a fold-out colour map, measuring approximately 8.25 x 9.5 inches (21 x 24cm). 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 fascinating expedition report by a premiere explorer, dealing with a variety of aspects surrounding the ancient city of Merv, accompanied by a colour map of the Turcoman Steppe and Northern Khorassan. Rawlinson was an English Orientalist and administrator. In the course of his service with the Persian army and as consul at Baghdad, Rawlinson became interested in deciphering the cuneiform of the Behistun Inscriptions of Darius I. He also helped prepare The Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia for the British Museum.
Brescia, 1970, 8vo stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 99/158 con una cartina, 31 figure, 4 illustrazioni ed una tavola fotografica. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo, completo in se, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perché ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “extract” or “excerpt” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
Features: The McNamara Monarchy - Hanson W. Baldwin argues that one-man rule in the Pentagon weakens our armed forces; The Revolt of Europe - Charles de Gaulle and others are challenging U.S. leadership over issues such as who will control atomic power; (Peter) O'Toole of Arabia - An unknown actor dons the cloak of a legendary hero and an epic is born - colour photos; "Lawrence" Inspires the Arab Look; Den Mother to the Clubwomen - Margaret Arnold is an angry feminist in hot pursuit of her cause; The Unsound and the Fury - pigeons, corn-rippers and orchids have one thing in commonk - all can provoke cold anger; The Return of Branch Rickey - the return of the Mahatma; Crime Town USA - Youngstown, Ohio has had 75 bombings, 11 killings in a decade, and no one seems to care. Address label clipped from front cover else unmarked with average wear. Colour Corvair Monza ad inside back cover. Please note: missing pages 39-40 and 49-50. Book
433 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
91p. 12mo. Original full cloth binding slightly faded. Original printed dust jacket. Wisdom of the East Series. Very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! OCC 1
7 pages. With a full page sketch map and two photographic illustrations. 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 expedition report on the ancient site of Kalar, located in the Elburz mountains on the borders of Gilan and Mazanderan. An incredible account on the mighty harsh regions of the Elburz mountains and the ancient site of Kalar, long a stronghold for the Zoroastrian way of life during the brutal regime of autocratic Persia and Islam.
20 pages, including 2 sketch maps. 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 an exceptional report detailing a journey to the The Somali Coasts - Somalilands and Eritrea. The journey was made crossing Africa, through Timbuktu, Lake Chad, the Ubangi,Congo, Uganda, and Kenya, and many other places. The author discusses their main objective as the collection and photography of animals. Illustrations include: Camp at Rama on the River Dawa, Portuguese sixteenth-century lighthouse at Mogadishu, Camel corps at Gardo, Italian Somaliland, Street in Mogadishu, Native market in Mogadushu, Mosque and Sultan's house at Tio, General view of assab, Street in Assab.
24 pages. Plus photographic plates and a large fold-out colour map, measuring approximately 14 x 13 inches (36 x 33cm) 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 outstanding early narrative on Arabia accompanied by a profusion of plates and a large fold out colour map. This report pre-dates Thomas' all-important books, including; ARABIA FELIX: Across The Empty Quarter of Arabia,first published in 1932 & THE ARABS, first published in 1937. The last of the great single-handed explorations of Arabia, begun more than a century earlier. And despite the relatively modern date, not an unworthy successor to Burckhardt and Richard Burton. Bertram Thomas represented the end of an epoch - the insightful traveler who made his exploration on foot, using his own resources. The author enjoys the distinction of being the only white man to have served as Prime Minister of an independent Arab state and the first white man to have crossed the great South Arabian Desert. On reporting on his famous book, The Arabs, T.E. Lawrence writes; "Thomas was Political Officer in Mesopotamia, Assistant British Representative in Transjordania, and the only white man ever to cross the great South Arabian Desert, a feat which T.E. Lawrence described as being finest thing in Arabian exploration. The author begins in the morn of history, when Arabia formed a barbarian wedge between Egypt and Sumer. He tells of the life and teachings of the Prophet Mohammed. He traces the wars of expansion, and the gradual disintegration of a great empire under the impact of Crusaders from Europe and Mongols from Asia. And not only does he give the story of their battles and victories, but of their social life, of the arts and sciences which came to flower under their stimulation, and which made the Arab civilization pre-eminent in its day. He takes us from the earliest stirrings of racial consciousness of a people down to the days of the Great War..." References T.E. Lawrence.
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece and numerous photographs by the author; blue pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, blue/silver endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
18 pages, including several sketch maps. Plus a full-page colour map and 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. Dr. Alfons Gabriel (1894 – 1976) was a Viennese doctor of medicine as well as an acclaimed geographer and travel writer who, accompanied by his wife Agnes, explored the deserts of Iran, in three expeditions in the years 1927 to 1928, 1933 and 1937. He also spent a great deal of time in the Dutch East Indies. Among his highly acclaimed books include "Durch Persiens Wüsten" [Through Deserts of Persia], published in 1935, which was translated to Persian. Dr. Gabriel's first expedition in the years 1927-28 was commenced from the Persian Gulf, travelling into the mountainous country of Bashagird in southern Iran, where he entered Anguran, and via the Jaz Murian swamp penetrated into the Lut, crossed the desert by new paths, and investigated the great northern Iranian salt-swamps. Four years later in 1933 he undertook his second journey, spending several months in the salt-swamps of northern Iran, exploring the sand desert of the Rig-i-Jinn, the Desert of Ghosts, then crossed the middle part of the Lut, and continued to the south into the Sarhad of Iranian Baluchistan. Accompanied by a colour route map and many spectacular photographic images, this important first-hand report delineates Dr. Gabriel's third and last journey in 1937, during which he explored the unknown territory of southern Lut, the great desert of Iran and Iranian Baluchistan, which resulted in filling several blanks on map. He provides vivid description of his journey and includes fascinating remarks on sandstorms, the inhabitants of Hudiyan, date plantations, remains of old stone buildings belonging to Kafar race, remains of old settlements at Surk, fortress of Hajji Agha Khan at Khash, and much more.
Prima edizione del 1948 di questa opera sulla storia della legione araba scritto dal Brigadiere John Bagot Glubb che comandò la legione araba dal 1939 al 1956 quindi testimone diretto dei paesi arabi durante la guerra. All'interno numerose planches in bianco e nero che mostrano vedute e persone (Tubaiq mountains, Stone fort of Kaf, Desert Patrol fort at Mudawara, ruins of Jerash, Ammam, Desert fort at Rum, Ruins of Jerash, Petra, Euphrates, Palmyra ecc... Alcune mappe. In ottime condizioni. Copertina in tela editoriale in buone condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Scoloriture. Legatura in buone condizioni. Pagine in ottime condizioni con rare fioriture. In 8. 230 x 155 mm. Pp. 371+(1). First edition of 1948 of this work about the history of of arab legion written by Captain John Bagot Glubb who commanded arab legion from 1939 to 1956 since a direct witness of Arabia during World war. Inside different black and white photos featuring views and people (Tubaiq mountains, Stone fort of Kaf, Desert Patrol fort at Mudawara, ruins of Jerash, Ammam, Desert fort at Rum, Ruins of Jerash, Petra, Euphrates, Palmyra ecc...). Some maps. In very good conditions. Editorial cloth cover in good conditions lightly worn in the extremities. Discoloring. Binding in good conditions. Pages in very good conditions with occasional foxings. In 8. 230 x 155 mm. Pp. 371+(1).
Wear to extremities. Tissue protector to frontispiece torn. Front hinge started; Conflict from two millenia ago ; Color Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 292 pages
10 pages, including a full-page 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.
Chipping with small tears to DJ. Minor occasional foxing; Various authors weigh in on Middle Eastern archaeology ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 318 pages
