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4° bross. edit. figur. pp. 32, con 50 fotogr. n.t. Coll. "Mundus". Buon es.
Small stamp on front free endpaper. ; Chapters include "England, India and Egypt" - "Sudan and Salonica - and torpedoed!" - "With Lawrence's Arab Army" - "The Turkish Rout" - "Early Days of Arab Government" - "Formation of the Arab Legion" - "Mutinies and Revolts" - "Friction with the French" - "King Hussein's Arrival" - "The Coming of the Wahabis" - "Major Glubb and the Beduin Peace" - "Revolt in Palestine"; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 158 pages
1 57x46,5 cm., ampi margini, confini ben evidenziati a colori, i in glese, carta ben realizzata e ben conservata.
Mm 150x235 RARO - Brossura editoriale di xii-394 pagine. Conserva al suo interno la fascetta del Premio Viareggio per la saggistica, di cui l'opera fu insignita. Dorso brunito, occasionali e leggere sottolineature a matita, nel complesso esemplare in buone-ottime condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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in-4. pp.16,358,4. Perg. Coeva. un legno nel testo con la sorgente del Nilo.
33 pages, inluding sketch illustrations. Plus black and white photographic plates and a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 16 x 9 inches (40 x 23cm). 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 first-hand expedition report of discoveries made by accomplished Libyan Desert explorer Ralph A. Bagnold. Although retired from the military since 1935, Bagnold remained a desert explorer. With the aid of the Egypt Exploration Society, in 1938 Bagnold organized his most ambitious scientific expedition to the Gilf Kebir and Uweinat. While on this venture, fellow explorers, Hans Winkler, recorded rock art at Karkur Talh, and Oliver Myers excavated two main neolithic sites in the Gilf Kebir, in Wadi Bakht and Ard al Akhdar. Bagnold and Shaw also discovered a new rock art site in Karkur Murr, and one also in Wadi Abd el Melik in the Gilf Kebir. With contributions by Bagnold's expedition members Myers, Peel and Winkler, this comprehensive dissertation is clearly outlined in sections dealing with the Sir Robert Mond expedition, archaeological work - specifically of Palaeolithic sites and later sites, on rock-drawings and paintings, Tibu (Guraan Remains), dramatic features and craters of the Gilf Kebir, rock pictures at Uweinat, Sand Movement and Dunes, and a section describing logistics such as transport, navigation and supplies. This is Bagnold's preliminary reveal of critical findings, which precedes the release of his book, 'The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes' which was not published until 1941. A marble plaque in memory of Bagnold's 1938 Egypt Exploration Society's Expedition was later placed along the Tropic of Cancer at Gilf Kebir by the Zarzora Expedition.
8 pages. Plus photographic plates and a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 17 x 14 inches (43 x 36cm). 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. Narrative of a fascinating expedition into the innermost recesses of ancient Persia, for the purposes of documenting some of the oldest monuments in the history of civilization. Beautifully illustrated with plates and a stellar fold-out colour map of the Fars Province. Features exploration of Persia's northern Province of Fars host to the great Achaemenian sites of Persepolis and Pasargadae. Includes the citadel of Qala-i-Gabri; the palace below Tang-ab gorge; Firuzabad, a ruined Sasanian palace in Sarvistan; the Mound of Tal-i-Zohak in Fasa, and that known as the castle of Bahram, Dehbid; the reservoirs built along cliffs above the ruined 'Town of Ij;' the colossal rock sculptures at Nakhsh-i-Rustam, Darab and much more. Trained as an orientalist and archaeologists, he planned several expeditions to the interior of Asia and used Sanskrit, Persian, Chinese, Turkish, Greek and Latin as scholarly tools to unlock the geographical puzzles, in the process making valuable topographical surveys and penned down his experiences in his famous books. This expedition took him into the heart of Persia, modern day Iran. Iran has a long and rich history, with some of the most famous conquerors and war lords ever to dominate the continent of Asia. Some of the world's most ancient settlements have been excavated in the Caspian region and on the Iranian plateau; village life began there c.4000 B.C. The Aryans came about 2000 B.C. and split into two main groups, the Medes and the Persians. The Persian Empire founded (c.550 B.C.) by Cyrus the Great was succeeded, after a period of Greek and Parthian rule, by the Sassanid in the early 3d century A.D. Their control was weakened when Arab invaders took (636) the capital, Ctesiphon; it ended when the Arabs defeated the Sassanid armies at Nahavand in 641. With the invasion of Persia the Arabs brought Islam. The Turks began invading in the 10th century. and soon established several Turkish states. The Turks were followed by the Mongols, led by Jenghiz Khan in the 13th century and Timur in the late 14th century.
30 pages, plus numerous photographic plates, and a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 18 x 15 inches (46 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. Aurel Stein's surveys were inspired by archaeological and historical interests, and his fascination with the cultures of Central Asia. This work describes Stein’s last and longest of four journeys which carried him during the years 1932-1936 through an extensive belt of Southern and Western Iran. Featuring the Tang-i-Khas valley; Pul-i-Murd, the Bridge of the Myrtles; the rock cut tomb of Da-u-dukhtar, Deh-i-nau valley; the bridge above Khairabad, Behbehan; the watch station at ruined town of Deh-dasht, Kohgalu; Tang-i-Sarvak valley; the ruined bridge over the Saimareh below Hulailan and over Kashgan river; the Chigha-pahan mound, Koh-i-dasht; Tang-i-Gaushumar gorge, Kashgan river; the Luristan grave at Chigha-barinda, Tarhan; the early Mohammaden bridge at Samaq; the rock-cut wall above a spring at Harsin and much more.
ix + 188pp.+ 120 plates out-of-text, cart., dustwrapper, 29cm., in the series "Publications of the American Foundation for the study of man" volume IV
20 pages, including photographic plates. Plus a large fold-out colour map measuring 8 x 14.5 inches (20 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. This issue contains two reports on a Hadhramaut reconnaissance mission, illustrated with striking air photographs and a folding map. Fascinating descriptions of this isolated valley, bounded to the north and north-east by the 'Empty Quarter' or Rub'al Khali, then unexplored by any European. Features the Wadi Hadhrmaut, the coastal range of mountains, a continuation of the cliff wall which is a feature of the eastern part of the Aden Protectorate; the vast Akaba plateau; the Wadi Du'an, the most fertile tributary of the Hadhramaut; Shibam and the castles of the Hadhramaut, including that near Al Qatn; Hajarain; Tarim and Qabr Hud. Warner's proceeding notes supplement Cochrane's account providing a historical emphasis as well as discussion of the self-government of the people, the Hadrami Saiyids and their population divisions; water supply, agriculture and cultivation in Wadi Hadhramaut and Wadi Du'an.
Original letter penned and signed by Layard after the Bulgarian uprising in the Balkans. The letter measures 7 x 9 inches dated February 23, 1878 while he was HBM Ambassador in Constantinople. The letter provides a reference for a James Long, MA who was a humanitarian. Long was about to go to Bazandjik on the Danube in Bulgaria which had recently been occupied by the Russians during the Russo-Turkish War. Together with the letter is an original portrait photograph of Layard measuring 8 x 10 inches as well as a contemporary bigraphical sketch from the 1880's. Letters from Layard while abroad are rare. Manuscript
brossura Il regno dell'Arabia Saudita occupa gran parte della Penisola arabica, una terra che nell'immaginario collettivo si associa vagamente a vasti deserti, fiorenti oasi e nomadi beduini che a dorso di dromedario attraversano le sue immense distese. I Romani la chiamavano Arabia Deserta, eppure echi di un passato favoloso sono riportati nei testi dell'Antico Testamento e dagli autori classici, che riferiscono di grandi tribù e città carovaniere. Oggi l'archeologia restituisce finalmente a questa regione il suo ruolo nell'ambito degli studi sul Vicino Oriente antico, svelandone le problematiche e l'immensa ricchezza del patrimonio storico e culturale. Il velo di mistero si solleva e si aprono di fronte a noi le storie dei popoli che hanno abitato l'Arabia dalla preistoria all'avvento dell'Islam, inestricabilmente legati alle vicende delle culture della Mesopotamia, del Levante, del Sudarabia e del mondo romano.
Wear with chipping, staining, and open tears to price clipped DJ. Residue to endpapers. Front hinge started. Binding not tight ; Author Stark searches for the trail of Alexander the Great ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 283 pages
50 pages, in two consecutive issues as published. Plus photographic illustrations, and a fold-out color map measuring approximately 9 x 7.5 inches (23 x 19cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. Two complete issues, seldom found in such good and original condition. The famous author's groundbreaking explorations between Upper Swat and the Indus in 1926 are passionately recounted by him in this preliminary report. During the archaeological tour of Graeco-Buddhist remains in Swat (now in the far north of Pakistan), Stein located Alexander's trail and traced it to Pir Sar at a bend in the Indus. Stein's main object was indeed to personally follow the track of Alexander the Great in the region, as far as it was accessible outside of Afghanistan. Prior to the discussion of the exploits described in this work, this region was beyond the administrative border of the Indian North-West Frontier, and was inaccessible to Europeans. This is the first major Western account of these areas. Stein's account pre-dates his important book by two years, "On Alexander's Track to the Indus. Personal Narrative of Explorations on the North-West Frontier of India," first published in 1929. Aurel Stein's surveys were inspired by archaeological and historical interests, and his fascination with the cultures of Cental Asia. Trained as an Orientalist and archaeologist, he planned several expeditions to the interior of Asia and used Sanskrit, Persian, Chinese, Turkish, Greek and Latin as scholarly tools to unlock the geographical puzzles, in the process making valuable topographical surveys and penned down his experiences in his famous books. The routes and battlefields of Alexander’s campaign in the east had been a long-standing interest of Stein’s and whilst surveying for the Indian Government on the North-West frontier he was able to indulge his fascination. (Yakushi S336).
1 album pleine toile verte, format 21,5 x 18 cm, avec 22 photos format 17 x 11 cm, circa 1918-1937, Vartan Derounian Bel album en parfait état, réunissant 22 photographies par Vartan Dérounian, l'un des plus grands photographes arméniens du Proche-Orient de l'Entre-Deux-Guerres. Né à Arapkir en Turquie en 1888, décédé en 1954 à Beyrouth (Liban), Vartan Arounian y débute sa carrière de photographe chez les frères Sarafian en 1911. Il part à Karthoum où il forme son frère Agop. Etabli au Caire pendant la Première Guerre Mondiale, il travaille auprès du suisse Heinzelmann, photographe de la cour égyptienne du sultan d'Egypte et futur roi Fouad Ier. Sitôt la guerre terminée, Vartan et son frère Philippe reparte à Alep, où il épouse la fille du photographe Krikor Missirlian. Photographe reconnu, il se voit confier de nombreuses missions par le Haut-Commissariat français en Syrie et au Liban. Vartan Derounian quittera Alep pour Beyrouth en 1937. Français
Fine Arabic 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.
arabe 2 tomes en 2 volumes in-8 ; reliure simili-cuir de l'éditeur.
Good Arabic Paperback. 4to. (29 x 21 cm). In Arabic. 200 p. Ex-library stamps. Splits on the spine. Otherwise a good copy. Shantarînî was an Arab poet and historian from al-Andalus. He was born in Santarém (sometimes spelled Shantarin or Xantarin) and hailed from the Banu Taghlib tribe. Ibn Bassam describes how the incessant invasions of the Castilians forced him to run away from Santarém in Portugal, "the last of the cities of the west," after seeing his lands ravaged and his wealth destroyed, a ruined man with no possessions save his battered sword. Especially well known is his anthology Dhakhira fi mahasin Ahl al-Jazira. one of the most important sources of information in the field of history, literature, and culture of the Almoravid dynasty. It was edited in eight volumes by Ihsan Abbas, written in rhymed prose, many of its biographies are contemporary and filled out with details taken from the Kitab al-Matin of Ibn Hayyan. The parts taken from that book are easily distinguishable because Ibn Bassam prefixes the words qala Ibn Hayyan ("Ibn Hayyan says") and concludes the extract with intaha kalam Ibn Hayyan ("here ends ibn Hayyan's words"). The set is 8 volumes, this is only one volume (2.1).
16 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. This is a unique and captivating account of an archaeological journey through the air, undertaken by Crawford, at his own expense, to Egypt, Trans-Jordan, and Iraq. Having secured the cordial interest of the British Air Ministry and of the officers commanding the air forces in those countries, he was able to select from their negatives several thousand important pictures, which he brought home with him, to take part himself in flights over the areas of particular interest, and to leave behind him an awakened interest in the objects for which he had made the journey. A fascinating glimpse into what he was able to collect and to achieve, which has been of immeasurable value from an archaeological point of view, for example by revealing a buried site which previously could have only been revealed by perhaps years of excavation. Photographs include that of a ruined town on the Tigris between Mosul and Baghdad, seventy miles south-west of Mosul in the grassy desert; the Palace situated on the Persian Plateau in Hatra and its courtyard not previously observed; the so-called Median Wall; the Arch of Ctesiphon; as well as Old Basra and Modern Basra.
Large format nautical charts of Aden Harbour and approaches surveyed from january to march 1906 by Lieutenants W. C. Taylor, A. G. Bingham, A. P. Robinson, E. D. Danson and J. E. Vibart under the direction of Capt. T. H. Heming in charge of the Marine Survey of India. The map was published at the Admiralty 26 november 1907 under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral A. Mostyn, large correstions 1932.
23 pages. Plus many photographic illustrations and a large fold-out color map, measuring approximately 8x 19.25 inches (20 x 49cm). 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 Arabia expedition report which includes a fold out colour map and a profusion of plates illustrating the author's journey from the Persian Gulf to the red Sea. Philby was a British explorer, official and author, joined the British Foreign Service in 1917 and was the first European to visit the southern desert of Arabia. Philby was the first European to enter Abha, the capital of Najran, the frontier district between the Wahhabis and the Yemenites, and the second to visit Shabwa, although he was the first to explore the ruins where he discovered the great temple of Astarte. During Philby's explorations of Arabia, he came into contact with Ibn Saud, and was greatly influenced by the Wahabi ideology and culture, converting to Islam and renouncing his faith in Christianity.
New English Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. [xii], 398 p. Abdülhamid II and the Muslim world. "Abdulhamid II is no doubt one of the most controversial Ottoman Sultans in history. A massive literature continues to florish about him and his policy of pan-Islamism. Sometimes permeated by biased and subjective approaches, this literature is increasingly deminated by more balanced and objective accounts depicting a more realistic image of the Sultan ed the developments of his reign.The present book represents a fine example of the latter group of studies. It contains a well-documented anlysis of the policies of Abdulhamid II, particularly pan-Islamism, with due regard to the international political environment and the intellectual movements surrounding the idea of Islamic unity and solidarity.".
Minor edgewear. Bumping to base of spine. ; Looks at the life and actions of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Heavy Book. ; 269 pages
4 volumi in due tomi di cm. 13x9; pp. 199, 198, (2); 200, (2), 211, (1). Legatura coeva in piena tela, titoli in oro al dorso, piatti inquadrati entro cornicetta impressa a secco, risguardi in carta decorata, segnalibri conservati. Rara prima edizione. (321/P) 411/32
