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275p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
275 p. + Illustrations, charts, and maps. Highly illustrated in color. 4to. Original cloth binding. DJ. Small repaired tear in DJ. A fine copy of this famous commercial history, which includes a great deal of useful information on the Islamic world, Saudi Arabia, and the oil industry. every bit of this text becomes more significant in light of recent world events. ISLAM 3
[x] 343pp.richly illustrated, cloth (lower hinge bit repaired), 28cm., G
48 pages. Features: The Orient of Pierre Loti; Deck and the Islamic Style; Early mankind in Arabia; The Journey of a Lifetime - the hajj; Blending Flavors - Iraqi-born chef Yahya Salih; Albania's Islamic Rebirth; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
40 pages. Features: The last wild adult bald ibis dies in Turkey; Education Americans about Saudi Arabia; Jordan's Royal Falcons; Fine Muslim Architecture; The painting of Lebanon's Mustafa Tahoukji; The Imbaba camel market; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Moderate moisture exposure, otherwise a sound copy. Magazine
367pp.with map, 21cm., in the series "Kul'tura narodov Vostoka", cart.cover, copy from the collection of Jacques Ryckmans, signed with dedication (by ?), G, [Russian translation of the original German title "Dokumente zur Entdekungsgeschichte, vol.1: Arabien", in Cyrillic script], OCLC 490118992, X72593
16 pages, including a full-pages sketch map. Plus a few 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 incredible account delineating two successive archaeological expeditions in 1932-33, into ancient Gedrosia, or Persian Baluchistan, and into the eastern portion of the Kerman province and along the coast of the Persian Gulf, commenced by an eminent Hungarian-British archaeologist, Sir Aurel Stein, replete with valuable information on archaeoligical discoveries of ancient sites from prehistoric to early Muhammadan, illustrated with a full-page sketch route map of Aurel Stein's journey in Southern Persia, showing the ancient sites of Haraj, Tal-i-Iblis, Takkul, Katukan, and Damba-Koh, as well as, Muhammadan remains in Tahiri (ancient Siraf), Leshtan, Hormuz (Ormuz), Camadi, and Giti. Also includes spectacular photographic plates depicting rock-cut graveyards of old Siraf, funerary deposits at Khurab burial site, Fort of Minab, interior of ruined stronghold of Leshtan, and burial cairns of Damba-Koh. The author commences his journey from Gwadar to Bam - the total of distance of the journey done on camel-back was around 1200 miles - thence to Kerman on motor lorries, from there to Bushire (Bushehr), on the way back home to England, he stops at Persepolis to enjoy the magnificent ruins which was being explored by Professor Herzfeld, then embarks for Basra, reaches Baghdad by railways, thence to Constantinople and England. A highly valuable expedition report containing fascinating depiction of archaeological discoveries some include: the ruins of the "Castle of Jamshid", located above the Giti valley, where the author found abundant remains of decorated ceramic from late Sasanian and early Muhammadan times; decorated pottery, copper coins, and beads found in the Valley of Tiz; cemeteries of rock-cut Mohammadan graves; prehistoric remains found within Fanuch oasis; relics of prehistoric civilization in Bampur including ceramics, alabaster cups, stone implements, and bronze objects from chalcolithic times; remains of funeral deposits of chalcolithic times in Katukan; discovery of prehistoric remains on the left bank of Bampur river below Fahreh, such as elaborate funerary deposits and well-painted vessels meant to hold food for the dead; ruined site at the head of the Jiruft basin, known as "Town of Daqianus", where he found abundance of pottery frangments, mostly glazed or relief-decorated as well as numerous coins; ancient site of Tal-i-Iblis; evidence of prehistoric occupation near the hamlets of Daruyi and Nurabad; evidence of mediaeval maritime intercourse with India and the Far East at Bandar Muqam; ruined site of Siraf, discovery of early prehistoric remains near the village of Haraj. Also with some fascinating remaks on Minab, the important trade port of Hormuz (Ormuz) and its ruined Portuguese castle, Bandar Abbas, Bandar Lingeh, and Bushire.
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (34 x 24 cm). In English. 380 p., color and b/w ills. Architectureal achievements of King Abdul-Aziz in the honored area of Makkah, 1924-1953. "This book includes a general survey of the architectural accomplishments of King Abdul-Aziz in the Honored Area of Makkah. Those works include the Holy Kaba, the Al-Haram Mosque, the Zamzam Well, the Mosques, the Water Fountains, the Wells, the Water Dams, Road making, field opening and Airport construction projects, Road stops, Hospitals and others. This book records most of such works of restoration and building. It is also supported by pictures and drawings that shed some light on those projects".
As New As New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (34 x 24 cm). In English. 380 p., color and b/w ills. Architectureal achievements of King Abdul-Aziz in the honored area of Makkah, 1924-1953. "This book includes a general survey of the architectural accomplishments of King Abdul-Aziz in the Honored Area of Makkah. Those works include the Holy Kaba, the Al-Haram Mosque, the Zamzam Well, the Mosques, the Water Fountains, the Wells, the Water Dams, Road making, field opening and Airport construction projects, Road stops, Hospitals and others. This book records most of such works of restoration and building. It is also supported by pictures and drawings that shed some light on those projects".
8°, con 5 ill. , leg. t. t.
Pamphlet has been stapled into hard boards. Small chip to back cover of wraps. Bookplate on reverse of titlepage. ; Author's inscription on cover "With the compliments of the author". Dissertation. ; 41 pages; Signed by Author
48 pages. Songs include: Waltzing in a Dream; Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes; La Golondrina; Vienna Beauties; Souvenir De Lucerne; Ma-Ha-Lo; Love's Last Word; Espana; Tesoro Mio; Valse Triste; Storvals; Minute Waltz; Monte Cristo; Dark Eyes; In Pekin; Kroll's Echoes of the Ball; La Belle Roumaine; Ny Fiskar; Poeme; Rose of Arabia, the; Slavonic Dance No. 1; Sounds from Aberdeen Medley; Sweet Molly Malone; Vision of Salome. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Mm 250x310 Volume in copertina rigida con sovraccoperta, 239 pagine con numerose illustrazioni in nero e a colori. Copia ottima, poco o nulla consultata. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Small octavo, original pale green cloth. Very good condition in the rare dustjacket. First and only edition of this scarce guidebook to the Persian Gulf, illustrated with 16 half-tone plates from photographs by the author and three maps. This scarce guidebook was written shortly after the beginning of full-scale oil drilling in the region, and includes chapters on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial Coast (modern-day United Arab Emirates), and Muscat Oman, covering local history, society and culture, with a chapter on the pearl industry. Tweedy writes that Doha is "practically untouched by the progressive hands of the West and the camels and donkeys outnumber the motor-cars how long this simplicity will last is hard to say, for the enormous increase in oil revenues must inevitably affect the lives of all" (39-40).
154pp.with some illustrations, text in Arabic, VG
Very Good English Modern cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In English. 16 p. Bibliography and reading guide to Arabia (The Muslim World Series No. 1). A short bibliography on Arabia (Saudi Arabia and some of the surrounding countries) containing 146 titles which includes what is best in several languages. Although there are many works in English, there is not one that is complete and exhaustive. Some of the better known Arabic works for the modern period have been added. First and Only Edition.
In Folio (mm 340x240); 16 carte non num., pagine 1059, (1); frontespizio in rosso e nero; legatura in tutta pelle coeva con dorso a sei nervi, titolo e fregi agli scomparti, titolo su tassello, tagli spruzzati. Buon esemplare con qualche traccia di usura lieve alla legatura, cuffie restaurate. Internamente ottimo esemplare fresco e marginoso, ma occhiello con un restauro, prime carte con piccola mancanza all'angolo inf.<BR>Prima edizione di questa celebre opera fondamentale per la conoscenza del mondo orientale basata sulla immensa bibliografia arabica di Hadji Khalfa (Katip Çelebi), di cui d'Herbelot fece sostanzialmente un ampio compendio aggiungendo però numerose notizie da altre fonti arabe e turche, a stampa e manoscritte. L'opera fu pubblicata postuma, due anni dopo la morte, dall'orientalista Galland. Furono stampate quattro edizioni, l'ultima nel 1781-83.<BR>Atabey, 563: "Herbelot spent the last thirty years of his life working on his Bibliothèque orientale, a landmark in Arabic studies which was unfinished at his death and completed and published two years later by the orientalist Antoine Galland in 1697. He knew a range of languages, including Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Aramaic, Syriac, and Hebrew, and was familiar with their literature and history, of which this work forms an encyclopaedia."<BR>Brunet II, 664; Zischka 15; Graesse II, 376<BR><BR>First edition, folio, pp. [32], 1059, [1]; title page printed in red and black, woodcut ornaments and initials; full contemporary calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, red morocco label in 1. Good general condition, edges somewhat worn, some restorations at spine, short-title reinforced and restored, titlepage and next two leaves with minor defects and small lacks at bottom corner. Based on the immense Arabic bibliography (the Kashf al-Zunun) of Hadji Khalfa (Katip Çelebi), of which it is largely an abridged translation, but it also contains the substance of a vast number of other Arabic and Turkish compilations and manuscripts. Four editions of this encyclopedia on the culture and history of the Near East were printed, the last being 1781-83. <BR>Atabey, 563: "Herbelot spent the last thirty years of his life working on his Bibliothèque orientale, a landmark in Arabic studies which was unfinished at his death and completed and published two years later by the orientalist Antoine Galland in 1697. He knew a range of languages, including Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Aramaic, Syriac, and Hebrew, and was familiar with their literature and history, of which this work forms an encyclopaedia." A supplement compiled by Claude de Visdelou was published in 1780. Brunet II, 664; Zischka 15; Graesse II, 376<BR>
A very small number of classified section listings highlighted in very pale yellow. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slighly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 131pp. This issue includes the thrillers of Edgar Wallace, books on Western films, rare fencing books, Iris Murdoch, early life and works of Lawrence of Arabia, the Booker Prize and Kathleen Hale and 'Orlando the Marmalade Cat'.
In english, with the arabic text 1 vol. in-8 br., Heidelberg, 1976, 94 pp. Exceptionnel exemplaire dédicacé par Yvonne Dold-Samplonius au mathématicien René Thom Honoré par la Médaille Fields en 1958, le mathématicien français René Thom (1923 - 2002) est le célèbre fondateur de la théorie des catastrophes. Bon exemplaire Anglais
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.
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, bright copy. Sold from an institution with its stamp on front paste-down, bookplate on front free endpaper verso and small blind stamp on title. First edition of Glubb Pasha's third book and a well-known standard reference.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 192 p. Divinity mentality of Arabs of Ignorance age. Cahiliye Araplarinin ulûhiyet anlayisi.
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.
8vo. 15 pages, plus black and white plates, 2 of which are double sided fold-out panoramas; and an extra large fold-out color map measuring 24 x 38 inches (61 x 97cm). This issue contains the fabulous map, the plates, and the first part of the narrative in original condition. The second part of the narrative was issued a month later. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete monthly issue of the Geographical Journal, containing the above described narrative and other accounts as well. Seldom found in such good and original condition. Fantastic, detailed biographical narrative of Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, English civil servant and explorer who mapped uncharted areas of northern Arabia and made the first official British contact with Ibn Sa'ud, future king of Saudi Arabia. The report discusses his early life, character (he was a great linguist, mastering Urdu, Pushtu and Persian) his work for the British Foreign Office, vice consulship of India and transfer to Kuwait. From there, he made seven separate expeditions into the Arabian interior, during which he became a close friend of Ibn Sa'ud, then the Emir of The Nejd. In March, 1914, Shakespear began a 1,800 mile journey from Kuwait to Riyadh and from there to Aqaba, via the Nafud Desert, which he mapped and studied in great detail, the first European to do so. In November, 1914, the British government in India asked him to secure Ibn Sa'ud's support for the British-Indian Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, which had just taken Basra. Carruthers retraces these various routes, examining the latter's significant finds (including some inscribed stones discovered at the wells of Hinna and the rined site of Thaj) and devotes several pages to Shakespear's last journey of the title. In January, 1915, at the Battle of Jarrab, Shakespear's friend Ibn Sa'ud asked him to retreat to a place of safety before the fighting began. As an English Gentleman, he naturally declined to do so. He was struck by a bullet and killed. The victorious Rashidis cut off his head. His solar helmet was handed over to the Ottoman authorities and hung on one of the main gates of Medina as proof of the Al Sau'ds' collaboration with the British. It has been suggested by some authorities, notably St. John Philby, that the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire might have been very differently directed if Shakespear had survived, i.e. the British would have supported and armed Ibn Sa'ud rather than Sherif Hussein ibn Ali. Accompanied by wonderful photographs featuring the mobilization of Ibn Saud's camels, a portrait of Shakespear and of Shakespear riding out with the Emir, among others. Endlessly fascinating, impossible to put down - the stuff of pulp fiction spy novels.
Accompagnée d'un Essai historique et statistique sur ce royaume, d'un aperçu géographique, sur les divisions politiques actuelles des pays compris entre l'Inde anglaise, l'Empire chinois et les limites orientales de l'Europe et de l'Afrique, et suivi d'un Tableau Statistique du Royaume de Perse, comparé aux principaux Etats du sud-ouest de l'Asie, 1 carte entoilée dépliante sous chemise et étui cartonné, décembre 1826, Planche 27 de l'Atlas Universel, Chez Brué, rue des Francs-Maçons, Paris, décembre 1826, 71,3 x 53 cm Jolie carte couvrant de l'Egypte et de l'Anatolie à l'Indoustan et aux contreforts de l'Himalaya, avec une belle vue de la Péninsule arabique de la Perse (Iran), du Beloutchistan et de l'Hindoustan (partie du Pakistan moderne), de l'Afghanistan, etc... Etat très satisfaisant (petite tache, double petit accroc marginal affectant lég. le texte en haut de feuille, fort accroc à l'étui, bon état par ailleurs) pour cette carte de très grand intérêt. Français
