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1986Q-0333428897MacMillan 1986-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! MacMillan hardcover
20067492Suomen Antiikki- ja Taidekirjat 2006. Facsimile Edition. Softsover. Very Good. This three-book set offers detailed insights into Arabia porcelain. The set includes:<br /> <br /> 1 Arabia taideteollisuusosaston esineet riisiesineet = Artiklar från konstindustriavdelningen risartiklar = Articles from the Applied Art Pieces in Ricetechniquee: Facsimile edition 2005. ISBN 952-5240-07-X. Text in Finnish product details also in Swedish and English.<br /> <br /> 2 Arabia talousposliini ja -fajanssi = Hushållsporslin och -fajans = Porcelain and Faeince: Facsimile edition 2006. ISBN 952-5240-08-8. Text in Finnish product details also in Swedish and English. 314 pages.<br /> <br /> 3 Hintaluettelo : Talousposliineja 1936 = Price List: Economy Porcelain 1936: Facsimile edition 2005 ISBN 951-96328-3-2. Text in Finnish product details also in Finnish. 120 pages.<br /> <br /> Each volume is richly illustrated and filled with detailed information offering comprehensive coverage of Arabia's production and design.<br /> <br /> One book's cover has a small stain and all covers show light signs of use. Suomen Antiikki- ja Taidekirjat unknown
19942952Antiikki- ja taidekirjat 1994. Facsimile Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Discover a richly illustrated facsimile edition of the original 1936 Arabia factory catalogue from Finland republished in 1994. This historical price list and product catalogue features many Arabia tableware and porcelain designs from the period. It faithfully reproduces the original catalogue in full and contains extensive detailed information.<br /> <br /> Text in Finnish. 120 pp. Antiikki- ja taidekirjat paperback
M6-Z7A7-2BWWVery Good. Bloomsbury 1989 hardcover. New Illustrated Edition. Cover shows very minimal signs of wear. Pages clean. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good bright. hardcover
20047008Suomen Antiikki- ja Taidekirjat Ltd 2004. 2nd Edition. Softcover. Fine. Text in Finnish Swedish and English. 119 pp. Suomen Antiikki- ja Taidekirjat Ltd paperback
1970144461970. King of Saudi Arabia at Arab Summit Conference. Original press Photo 8.3" x 9.1 "Wirephoto from the Historic Archives of the Baltimore Sun. circa 1970's . Wire photos are different than traditional photographic prints! This print is the result of what used to be breakthrough technology now completely obsolete that allowed a photographic image to be scanned transmitted over "the wire" telegraph phone satellite networks and then printed at the receiving location. These original press photo taken by photojournalist within tight timeframe for the benefit of particular editorial board and with the aim of usage by the press to illustate an article often affected public opinion in the nation. unknown
1960144471960. Wirephoto of Naser and King of Saudi Arabia from Arab Summit Conference Photograph from the 1960's . From the Historic Archives of the Baltimore Sun<br /> Arab Summit Conference Size: 8.3" x 9.1". This WIREPHOTO is straight from The Baltimore Sun's historical photo archive. Wire photos are different than traditional photographic prints! This print is the result of what used to be breakthrough technology now completely obsolete that allowed a photographic image to be scanned transmitted over "the wire" telegraph phone satellite networks and then printed at the receiving location. These are the originals that then were printed in newspapers across the country to illustrate the Newspaper story. unknown
R0-QN9Y-OKTTHardcover. Very Good. Jacket priceclipped with moderate wear nicks and fading. Book has light wear clean pages somewhat yellowed firm binding. hardcover
2001053756Saudi Arabia: Markaz Buhûth wa-Dirâsât al-Madînah al-Munawwarah Saudi Arabia 2001. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Roy. 8vo. 24 x 17 cm. Text in only Arabic; bilingual title in English and Arabic on the cover. 18 158 p. Al-Madînah al-Munawwarah fî al-wathâ'iq al-'Uthmânîyah = Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah in Ottoman documents. Pt. 2. <br/> <br/> Markaz Buhûth wa-Dirâsât al-Madînah al-Munawwarah (Saudi Arabia) paperback
1925163169London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1925. The confidential nature of Clayton's successive offices necessarily obscured the importance of his achievements First appearance in print first impression of the English text of the Hadda and Bahra Agreements negotiated by Sir Gilbert Clayton and Ibn Saud. The printer's slug records that 1125 copies were printed in January 1926 one month after the agreements were presented to Parliament by Leo Amery the colonial secretary and the future political nemesis of Neville Chamberlain. As Ibn Saud continued to expand his power base in the early and mid-1920s "the turbulent events. precipitated British diplomatic intervention. this led to a series of missions to the Hejaz led by Sir Gilbert Clayton between 1925 and 1928" Leatherdale p. 138. The accords reached in 1925 established a tribunal to rule on frontier disputes and placed limitations on the movements of traditionally peripatetic tribes. On the part of Ibn Saud participation in the agreement was a deliberate diplomatic strategy designed to maintain British neutrality vis-à-vis his broader geopolitical goals. Concerning Clayton M. W. Daly observes that "while colleagues and subordinates such as T. E. Lawrence achieved worldwide fame the confidential nature of Clayton's successive offices necessarily obscured the importance of his achievements" ODNB. Octavo pamphlet pp. 16. Royal coat of arms of the UK on first page. Wire-stitched as issued. Recently pencil ownership signature of one "Mr Simon" on first page. Light toning and creasing rust marks at staples. A near-fine copy of this delicate publication. Clive Leatherdale Britain and Saudi Arabia 1925-1939 1983. hardcover
1948ARABIA016090George Allen & Unwin London. 1948. First edition. Octavo. 314 pages. Photographs and maps. A biography of the man who was Emir of Mecca and became engaged in Arab nationalism during the First World War.Fore-edge a bit spotted. Very good in very good price-clipped dustwrapper slightly rubbed at the edges a bit marked on the rear panel and with a few short closed tear to top edge. George Allen & Unwin, London. unknown
1916192452London: Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division May 1916. A detailed intelligence handbook the folding maps in excellent condition First edition of this regional survey for the armed services published for official use only and compiled by the Arab Bureau's David Hogarth following his recruitment to naval intelligence in 1915. The four folding maps present Arabia's settlements tribal distribution and orographic and land-surface features. After general physical and social surveys chapters cover Bedouin tribes the Hejaz Asir Yemen Aden and the Hadhramaut Oman the Gulf coast Nejd Jebel Shammar the northern Nefud and Dahanah belts and settled tribes. The appendices comprise a system of transliteration from Arabic to English and an extensive glossary of topographical terms. "The sources from which this work has been compiled include native information obtained for the purpose since the outbreak of the war. This applies in particular to the strength and distribution of the Bedouin tribes and to their political relationships. Recent information from native sources has also been used for parts of the Red Sea littoral such as the little-known region of Asir" preliminary note. Volume II published the following year was concerned with detailed routes. The work was reissued in 1920. Octavo. With 15 photographic half-tone plates 4 folding colour maps in end pocket. Original blue cloth flap case metal stud-fastener spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Annotated bookplate of Royal Artillery Institution Woolwich. Shadow from old label on spine fold of front flap splitting at ends and consequently a little fragile ring stain on outer face of folded map another map with small pinhole couple of small splash marks: a very good copy indeed. hardcover
1951ABC_45233New York & London: The Arab Information Center 1951. 2 booklets a magazine and a menu all in original publishers wrappers. 8vo. Comprising:1 EL-KHATIB M. Fatallah foreword. Basic Documents of the Arab Unifications. New York Arab Information Center June 1958.2 OMRAN Abdel-Rahim. Public Health & Welfare in the Arab States: Past Present and Future. New York Arab Information Center November 1959. The booklet opens with a history of the Arab contributions to medicine followed by modern statistics.3 WRIGHT Esmond. The Arab World. Current Affairs no. 125. London Bureau of Current Affairs 3 February 1951.4 MENU. P&O menu. On board the S.S. Arcadia Sunday 25 March 1962. Set of four publications two of which by the Arab Information Center in New York. Together with other Arab information centers in various cities in the Americas Europe and Asia the New York office belonged to the Press and information department of the League of Arab states. As well as the monthly newspaper Arab World the office published numerous research reports on various aspects of the individual member states and the Arab world at large. Ad 1: The most important documents concerning the unification of Arab states. These documents include: the Proclamation of the United Arab Republic the Proclamation of the Arab Union the Provisional Constitution of the United Arab Republic the Charter of the United Arab States and the Constitution of the Arab Union.Ad 2: An overview of both the history of Arab medicine and the current state in 1958 of the demographics and healthcare in various states of the League.Ad 3: A short overview of the Arab world.Ad 4: Menu offered during a cruise in the Gulf on board the S.S. Arcadia.The staples in ad 1 somewhat rusted and ad 2 with an owners stamp. All in very good condition.l MacDonald The league of Arab states pp. 135-138. The Arab Information Center, unknown
1951L95CCFTRZTEWNew York & London 1951. 3 booklets and a menu. 1 EL-KHATIB M. Fatallah foreword. Basic documents of the Arab unifications.New York Arab Information Center June 1958. 8vo. 43 pp. includes: the Proclamation of the United Arab republic the Proclamation of the Arab Union the Provisional constitution of the United Arab republic the Charter of the United Arab States and the Constitution of the Arab Union.2 OMRAN Abdel-Rahim. Public health & welfare in the Arab states past- present and future.New York Arab Information Center November 1959. 8vo. 32 pp. The booklet opens with a history of the Arab contributions to medicine followed by modern statistics.3 WRIGHT Esmond. The Arab World. Current affairs number 125.London Bureau of current affairs 3 February 1951. 8vo. 19 1 pp. Short overview of the Arab World.4 MENU. P&O menu.On board the S.S. Arcadia Sunday 25 March 1962. 8vo. Menu with on front a coloured illustration of a Dhow in the Arabian Sea. Probably offered during a cruise in the Gulf. unknown
Aav, Marianne & Eeva ViljIn Pristine Condition. unknown
1748372049Printed for T. Osborne in Gray's Inn; A. Miller in the Strand; and J. Osborn in Paternoster Row London 1748. Unframed Print. Very Good Condition. This 1748 engraved map provides a detailed representation of Arabia Petraea the region covering parts of modern-day Jordan Sinai and northwestern Saudi Arabia and Arabia Deserta the vast desert lands of the Arabian Peninsula. It highlights key geographical features ancient trade routes and settlements reflecting the European understanding of the region at the time. The engraving was printed in London by T. Osborne A. Miller and J. Osborn.1 folding plate. Close cropped at the right margin. Size: 20 x 30 cms. Category: Universal History; PRINTS : Antiquarian Interest; Printed before 1800; Special Features. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's Inn; A. Miller, in the Strand; and J. Osborn, in Paternoster Row unknown
19250088521925. Letter. This 7 September 1925 autograph letter from T. E. Lawrence "of Arabia" to John G. Wilson "the most famous English bookseller of his time" a critical supporter of the legendary 1926 Subscriber's edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom and one of the select few to receive a complimentary copy from Lawrence. The letter is noteworthy not only for the association but for timing and content as Lawrence was struggling to fill subscriptions for his magnum opus. <br /> <br /> your free copy shall be distinguished somehow beyond the ordinary copies I owe you the very greatest thanks for your help <br /> <br />The letter is addressed and dated at the top right of the first panel "338171 AC II Shaw Hut 105 R.A.F. Cadet College Cranwell Lincs. 7. IX. 25". Following Lawrence's salutation "Dear Wilson" the letter reads: <br />"My "sample" has only choked off one subscriber to date. It can't be helped. I see you have put yourself down for a paying copy. But you must also lend me your bibliophilic experience so that your free copy shall be distinguished somehow beyond the ordinary copies. We can write in it or add or subtract something to make it quite peculiar. I owe you the very greatest thanks for your help when I was low in the list. One of your subscribers puzzles me. I have booked <br />F. R. Richmond Esq. <br />8A Kensington Palace Gardens <br />London W. 8. <br />and also <br />F. R. Richmond Esq. <br />Holm Foundry <br />Cathcart <br />Glasgow. <br />Are these two men or one There were two Richmonds you told me: but surely not to F. R.'s. That seems almost incredible. Lord Bute didn't get a copy: because Lady Bute is giving him one:" <br />Following his valediction "yours sincerely" and signature "T E Shaw." there is a postscript: "My move to the Air Force has broken the thread of my proof-correcting & thrown me back." <br /> <br />Condition <br /> <br />The letter is written in black ink on a single sheet of laid watermarked "ORIGINAL BLACKFRIARS MILL" paper measuring 8.875 x 6.9375 inches folded once to form four 4.375 x 6.9375 inches panels. Lawrence wrote on the first and third of these panels. Condition is very good. The paper is complete with no loss tears or appreciable wear other than an additional horizontal fold from original posting. The paper shows light overall soiling to the first and fourth outer panels and perhaps a faint hint of spotting to the lower front panel. Lawrence's ink remains clear and unfaded. The letter is protected within a clear removable archival sleeve housed within a rigid crimson cloth folder. <br /> <br />Lawrence of Arabia <br /> <br />During the First World War Thomas Edward T. E. Lawrence 1888-1935 experienced a transformative odyssey as instigator organizer hero and tragic figure of the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire which he began as an eccentric junior intelligence officer and ended as "Lawrence of Arabia. He spent the rest of his famously short life struggling to variously reconcile reject share and repress this indelible experience which was eventually recounted in his magnum opus Seven Pillars of Wisdom. <br /> <br />Hiding and writing in the R.A.F. <br /> <br />As part of his effort to evade his celebrity in August 1922 Lawrence enlisted in the Royal Air Force first under the name John Hume Ross and later Thomas Edward Shaw a name he used until his death. Hence from that time forward he seldom signed with his original surname. By December 1922 Lawrence had with a close circle of friends decided to produce 100 copies of the Seven Pillars at thirty guineas a copy if so many subscribers can be found. So September 1925 found Lawrence officially Aircraftsman Shaw residing in Hut 105 of the R. A. F. Cadet College at Cranwell trying to both duck and recount the events that had made him so uncomfortably famous. By the time Lawrence wrote this letter to Wilson in 9 September 1925 he was well into the elaborate preparation of and corresponding expenses for his famous Subscribers edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Subscribers were fewer than had been hoped and Wilson was to prove of material help. <br /> <br />John Gideon Wilson <br /> <br />John Gideon Wilson 1876-1963 was manager of Bumpus bookshop "the most famous English bookseller of his time" and a significant even critical supporter of the famous 1926 Subscriber's edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom. "Described as 'massively wise and unassumedly learned' this lovable man was endowed with a rare simplicity. In his shop Wilson might be found conversing with the poet laureate or wrapping up the purchase of a schoolboy. His assessment of authors and their books was quick and sure and his advice always valid was freely given to authors publishers and his fellow booksellers." Given his literate and approachable character and his commercial stature it seems no surprise that he and Lawrence found opportunity to collaborate. <br /> <br />More than just a friend and subscriber <br /> <br />Today when Subscriber's editions of Lawrence's magnum opus routinely command $six-figure sums it is almost prohibitively difficult to imagine any challenge in securing subscribers for the mere 202 copies eventually issued. But at the time Lawrence's expenses in producing the edition to his exacting and lavish specifications were extravagant and for much of 1925 he was genuinely concerned by a lack of anticipated subscriber commitments. It was to Wilson that Lawrence had turned earlier in the year when facing the prospect "that the plans for a thirty-guinea subscription edition had been over optimistic. By mid-March three months after the start of the project only twenty-six subscribers had been found" while estimated costs to produce the edition were proving higher than anticipated. Lawrence wrote to Wilson who was both manager of Bumpus bookshop in London and bookseller to the King asking if Wilson "would like to place twenty copies at the thirty guineas price." Six worrisome months later prospects had improved - due in no small part to Wilson. "By the middle of September" a week after Lawrence wrote this letter to him "Wilson had added a block of subscriptions and the total suddenly jumped to eighty." <br /> <br />Bookseller to the King <br /> <br />Indeed when completed by the binders in November 1926 Lawrence sent "the very first of these" to the Royal Library at Windsor which "had taken out a subscription" having placed the order through J. G. Wilson. For this copy Lawrence returned the advance cheque writing in advance explanation to Wilson ".it seems improper that Kings should buy and sell among their subjects." <br /> <br />Wilson was clearly a trusted figure; in 1928 when Lawrence was collaborating with Bruce Rogers on their famous rendering of Homer's Odyssey Wilson was one of the few trusted early with the knowledge that Lawrence was to be the translator. Following Lawrence's death in 1935 Wilson had a hand in the disposal of Lawrence's personal library from his beloved Clouds Hill cottage. <br /> <br />A doubly privileged recipient <br /> <br />Ultimately there were only 211 copies of the Subscriber's Edition of which 170 were complete copies 32 incomplete and 9 spoils. No two copies are identical. In addition to various differences in inclusion and placement of the many illustrations each copy was bound differently. Wilson would have a hand in selling an appreciable percentage of the 170 available for sale to subscribers. Speaking to his importance to the edition and as substantiated by this letter Wilson would personally receive not only one of the 32 incomplete copies that Lawrence gifted to friends and comrades from the Arab Revolt but also one of the 170 complete copies. <br /> <br />References: Wilson Lawrence of Arabia; ODNB; Richard Knowles Rickaro Books <br/><br/> unknown