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A spectacular detailed fold-out color map, measuring 11 x 11 inches (28 x 28cm), in original condition. The map is taken from "A Further Journey Across the Empty Quarter", published in June 1949 issue of the Royal Geographical Society, illustrating Thesiger's journey through western and northern Rub al Khali from November 1947 to May 1948. Wilfred Thesiger is perhaps the last, and certainly one of the greatest of the British travellers among the Arabs, his narrative is vividly written. After leaving Arabia he travelled extensively in the Karakoram and the Hindu Kush (the setting of his meeting with Eric Newby immortalised in Newby's A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush), the mountains of Kurdistan and the marshlands of Iraq. But he says that none of these places moved him as did the deserts of Arabia. He spent five years in the region travelling on camels and on foot across some ten thousand miles of a vast empty land. What he found, as in his time with the people of the Iraq marshes which he described in his book The Marsh Arabs, was a way on life on the threshold of destruction.
8vo. 17 pages including a sketch map map, plus 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. Delving beyond the geographical wonders of Makran's waterless rivers and mountain ranges, aside from the objective of geologically mapping a strip along the coast 50 miles wide, from Jask to the Baluchistan border, Harrison describes the native way of life. By examining the then sultan-governed region in a series of inland traverses, he encounters and interacts with the Baloch people as well as Muslims. Of the Balochs, Harrison provides a substantial account of customs including survival and sustenance in a harsh land, graves, costume, date harvesting, and much more. Illustrations show graves, a cliff dwelling, mat huts, the badlands near Bandini, and a mud volcano. One of Makran's outstanding features described is the water-courses seldom contained water and had subsequently become the natural roads for travel, where the means were limited to camels or donkeys. Other geological aspects were perplexing findings, and described in scientific terms. Of the scientific explorers of Persian Baluchistan, J.V. Harrison, D.Sc., occupied a leading role. By the time of this account, the author had been for twenty years a member of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and had made numerous expeditions to the area, the first being in 1917. In the present account he describes a journey made in 1932, part of a multi-year undertaking with plans made for as far ahead as 1937.
Mm 180x285 "Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto per l'Oriente" - Volume nella sua brossura originale con copertina a stampa, vii-264 pagine. Copia in ottime condizioni; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Very Good Latin In modern cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Latin. [xi], 264 p. Chrestomathia Arabica meridionalis epigraphica. Edita et glossario instructa. First and Only Edition.
Echelle 1/3.300.000e, tirage en 6 couleurs, 1 carte sous couverture éditeur, Cartes Taride n°148 au format 100 x 70 cm, s.d. (circa 1930) Bel exemplaire (infime mq. en marge, parfait état par ailleurs), rare en aussi bel état Français
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 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>
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.
154pp.with some illustrations, text in Arabic, VG
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).
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.
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
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
8°, con 5 ill. , leg. t. t.
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".
