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1940ABC_484251940. Contemporary embossed brown calf with flowers on the front and back board and an aluminium view of David's Tower and Jerusalem's old city wall embedded in the front board. Oblong album 30 x 20 cm. With 128 gelatin silver prints most ca. 6.5 x 9.5 cm. Beautiful album with 128 photographs of Egypt and Palestine present day Israel and the West Bank during the British Mandate. It was likely compiled by a British soldier who was stationed in the Middle East during the 1940s. Some of the photographs are numbered in the negative and may have been made by important photographers active in the area at the time like G. Eric Matson and his wife Edith the founders of the Matson Photo Service. The images show Cairo and various locations in Palestine including Jerusalem Bethlehem Nazareth Tiberias Sea of Galilee Nathanya Tel Aviv the Jordan river Haifa Beirut and the Dead Sea. Other than important locations like churches and gates the photographs also show many locals including for example street barbers in Cairo shepherds and farmers in Palestine and beautifully dressed women in Haifa. In the back of the work a few dried leaves from local plants have been mounted namely orange lemon fig eucalyptus grapevine and mulberry. The eucalyptus leaf still retains some of its scent.The edges and vorners of the boards are somewhat scuffed with some loss of material at the head and foot of the spine and around the edges of the embedded aluminium plate. The photographs mounted on the inside of the front board are slightly stained the fig leaf mounted on one of the final pages is damaged and the cyprus leaf is missing. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
76449c.1865. . Seven albumen prints. Very good tonal range and in good condition pasted on orginal card.<br /> <br /> [c.1865]. unknown
184626567London: F.G. Moon and Co. 1846. From the Standard Folio First Edition limited to 500 sets only. A single original hand-coloured lithographic plate drawn on stone by Louis Haghe after David Roberts' paintings done on location in 1838. Printed on a single folio sheet 24" x 17" the captioned image is 20" x 14" now presented in cream mounting boards 30" x 24" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-coloured to the highest standards of the time. An example in excellent condition clean fresh beautifully preserved. FROM One of the most desirable of all travel and COLOURplate books. A handsome wide view of the fishing and port city of Sidon. The city is laid out against a mountainous background and the Sidon sea-castle and bridge are clearly visible. In the foreground group of travelers with wares are approaching the city by road.<br> We have a good number of impressive images from the Standard Folio Edition of this classic work available for purchase. As well as Sidon there are many views available of Egypt Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan Tyre and Baalbec. Please inquire for further details.<br> In the course of two and a half months in 1838 traveling some 800 miles south from Cairo Roberts recorded the monumental temple sites along the Nile in more than a hundred sketches. As the first British artist to sketch the monuments of Ancient Egypt set on "Plains so vast.that until you come near them you have no idea of their magnificence" Roberts was well aware of the stir his drawings would create in London. According to John Ruskin writing in PRAETERITA Roberts's drawings "were the first studies ever made conscientiously by an English painter not to exhibit his own skill but to give true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. F.G. Moon and Co. hardcover
184626566London: F.G. Moon and Co. 1846. From the Standard Folio First Edition limited to 500 sets only. A single original hand-coloured lithographic plate drawn on stone by Louis Haghe after David Roberts' paintings done on location in 1838. Printed on a single folio sheet 24" x 17" the captioned image is 20" x 14" now presented in cream mounting boards 30" x 24" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-coloured to the highest standards of the time. An example in excellent condition clean fresh beautifully preserved. FROM One of the most desirable of all travel and COLOURplate books. A handsome general view of the fishing and port city of Sidon. It is a beautifully colour plate featuring people fish dogs boats buildings the Sidon sea-castle and bridge and the Mediterranean.<br> We have a good number of impressive images from the Standard Folio Edition of this classic work available for purchase. As well as Sidon there are many views available of Egypt Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan Tyre and Baalbec. Please inquire for further details.<br> In the course of two and a half months in 1838 traveling some 800 miles south from Cairo Roberts recorded the monumental temple sites along the Nile in more than a hundred sketches. As the first British artist to sketch the monuments of Ancient Egypt set on "Plains so vast.that until you come near them you have no idea of their magnificence" Roberts was well aware of the stir his drawings would create in London. According to John Ruskin writing in PRAETERITA Roberts's drawings "were the first studies ever made conscientiously by an English painter not to exhibit his own skill but to give true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. F.G. Moon and Co. hardcover
184626563London: F.G. Moon and Co. 1846. From the Standard Folio First Edition limited to 500 sets only. A single original hand-coloured lithographic plate drawn on stone by Louis Haghe after David Roberts' paintings done on location in 1838. Printed on a single folio sheet 23" x 17.5" the captioned image is 19.25" x 13" now presented in cream mounting boards 30" x 24" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-coloured to the highest standards of the time. An example in excellent condition clean fresh beautifully preserved. FROM One of the most desirable of all travel and COLOURplate books. This is an especially well-coloured and atmospheric plate of a broad view of Tyre showing both ancient ruins and more recent inhabited buildings.<br> We have a good number of impressive images from the Standard Folio Edition of this classic work available for purchase. As well as Tyre there are many views available of Egypt Nubia Petra Sinai the Jordan Sidon and Baalbec. Please inquire for further details.<br> In the course of two and a half months in 1838 traveling some 800 miles south from Cairo Roberts recorded the monumental temple sites along the Nile in more than a hundred sketches. As the first British artist to sketch the monuments of Ancient Egypt set on "Plains so vast.that until you come near them you have no idea of their magnificence" Roberts was well aware of the stir his drawings would create in London. According to John Ruskin writing in PRAETERITA Roberts's drawings "were the first studies ever made conscientiously by an English painter not to exhibit his own skill but to give true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. F.G. Moon and Co. hardcover
1930151871Beirut: Imp. Jeanne D'Arc 1930. A scarce handbook of French colonial rule in the Middle East First edition first impression of this scarce aide-mémoire compiled by the French High Commission for colonial administrators in its Syrian and Lebanese mandates. Copies appear in just eight institutions five French on WorldCat and in the Qatar National Library. The work opens with information on the costume character finances and nomadic patterns of different peoples followed by sections offering detailed discussion of tribes grouped into regions such as Damascus and its environs Alleppo Deir ez Zor and the Djebel Druze. To assist French colonial officials the work outlines the leadership and intertribal relations of each group while the map depicts where tribes are expected to be in winter and summer according to their nomadic patterns. With the size of each tribe's name on the map corresponding to their importance colonial officials could see at a glance how seasonal changes would impact French governance. The fluidity of nomadic movements across the boundaries of the mandate highlights the arbitrary and theoretical nature of colonial territory and borders and the extent to which French imperial authority was "illegitimate and thus unstable" Khoury p. 4. This copy is intriguingly inscribed on the front free endpaper in French "De la part de votre tout dévoué Dictionnaire géographique Beyrouth 23-12-31 Clerris " "On behalf of your totally devoted Geographical Dictionary Beirut 23-12-31 Clerris " with another ownership inscription below. Octavo 225 x 150 mm. Folding map 500 x 578 mm unfolded in rear pocket. Contemporary black cloth-backed snakeskin boards. Rubbing and wear to extremities small split at foot of front inner hinge professionally strengthened with adhesive moderate foxing to top edge and contents folding map toned with crease to bottom right corner slightly affecting printed area map pocket well-preserved. A very good copy. Philip Shukry Khoury "Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism 1920-1945" 2014 1987. hardcover
1918ABC_45213Beirut 1918. 8vo. Impimerie des Lettres J. G. Original printed wrappers. 188 pp. 2 final blank leaves. First edition of ac ollection of laws and regulations for Lebanon Zone Ouest passed by the French under their mandate for Syria and the Lebanon from October 1918 until the end of August 1920 two days prior to the declaration of independence of Greater Lebanon. A compact primary source on French administration in the Middle East this rare manual contains decrees for administrative issues such as the division of Lebanon into three zones sanitary measures against the plague but also detailed regulations concerning everything from travel permits and the organisation and surveillance of prisons to the application of the metric system the trade in carrier pigeons the prices for ice 2 piastres for 400 grams wholesale 3 piastres retail alcoholic drinks 16 piastres for a litre of table wine and tramway fares and the circulation of vehicles. A few marginal flaws to the wrappers occasional minor edge flaws. A good clean copy with provenance stamp "Le Chef de Cabinet" on the upper cover. ABE CAT Agriculture unknown
193526997William Heinemann London 1935 HBDJ 1935 Stated 1st Published on Copyright pg 1ST BRITISH EDITION VG-/GOOD- AS-IS Lush Purple CLOTH GOLD GILT Titles Front Book HB Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD-. 8vo. First. Illustrated. 67 PGS. Purple cloth gilt one page Slightly loose. Buff slightly Soiled worn dustjacket chipping to top and bottom of spine. tears to corners. Bookplate of owner on front pastedown Blank Endpapers. One plate loose With Purple Ribbon Bookmark Sewn In 5 3/4 X 5 3/4 in. Rub wear Spine cvr Ends INTERIOR NICE TIGHT WITH LIGHT WEAR SOME FOX STAINS RUB Dustjacket Protected Clear Mylar Tears Edges DJ & Few small DJ Stains on Front Small Chips DJ Ends & at Btm takes out part of Heinemann Publ Name Illustrated with 7 Drawings by Author & 2 Facsimile Manuscript Pages. His Final Book In these pages of Inspired Imagery Almustafa the Chosen & the Beloved returns to the Isle of His Birth & Communes in Quietude of his Garden with Disciple Friend & Questioner Upon the secrets of Human heart & the laws which shape our Destinies. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. William Heinemann , London hardcover
1935ABE-8791616752William Heinemann London 1935 HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET 1935 Stated 1st Published on Copyright pg 1ST BRITISH EDITION GOOD/GOOD AS-IS NOJACKET Lush Purple CLOTH GOLD GILT Titles Front Book HBBook Condition: Good. No Jacket. Author illustrator. First British Edition. 8vo 8 1/4". Detached illustration with four small tears. Ribbon book mark on last thread. Spine and part of back cover sunned. Owner's signature. 67 PGS. 8vo. Purple cloth gilt CVR With Purple Ribbon Bookmark Loose 5 3/4 X 5 3/4 in. Rub wear Spine cvr Ends INTERIOR NICE TIGHT WITH LIGHT WEAR SOME FOX RUB Illustrated with 7 Drawings by Author & 2 Facsimile Manuscript Pages. His Final Book In these pages of Inspired Imagery Almustafa the Chosen & the Beloved returns to the Isle of His Birth & Communes in Quietude of his Garden with Disciple Friend & Questioner Upon the secrets of Human heart & the laws which shape our Destinies. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. William Heinemann , London hardcover
193527290William Heinemann London 1935 HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET 1935 Stated 1st Published on Copyright pg 1ST BRITISH EDITION GOOD/GOOD AS-IS NOJACKET Lush Purple CLOTH GOLD GILT Titles Front Book HBBook Condition: Good. No Jacket. Author illustrator. First British Edition. 8vo 8 1/4". Detached illustration with four small tears. Ribbon book mark on last thread. Spine and part of back cover sunned. Owner's signature. 67 PGS. 8vo. Purple cloth gilt CVR With Purple Ribbon Bookmark Loose 5 3/4 X 5 3/4 in. Rub wear Spine cvr Ends INTERIOR NICE TIGHT WITH LIGHT WEAR SOME FOX RUB Illustrated with 7 Drawings by Author & 2 Facsimile Manuscript Pages. His Final Book In these pages of Inspired Imagery Almustafa the Chosen & the Beloved returns to the Isle of His Birth & Communes in Quietude of his Garden with Disciple Friend & Questioner Upon the secrets of Human heart & the laws which shape our Destinies . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. William Heinemann , London hardcover
2024BN172587Elsevier Inc 2024. 2024. Softcover. Flood Forecasting <br/><br/>Flood Forecasting Thomas E. Senior Hydrometeorological Hazard Advisor USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Lebanon OH USA Adams Chandana Ph.D. Research Scientist NASA Goddard Greenbelt Maryland USA G Elsevier Inc paperback
1968009056Pennsylvania California and Japan 1968. Unbound. Very good. <br /><br /> This collection of 20 b/w and color photographs ranges in size from 4.25" x 3" to 9" x 7.5". <p>11 snapshots picture the dealer and his wife interacting with their hosts in Japan. </p><p>One large b/w image shows all of the U.S. dealers who were attending the event posing before a Japanese Air Lines airplane at Los Angeles and holding a large sign that reads "JAL Welcomes Toyota Jet Away to Japan Oct. 23 1968". </p><p>One mid-size b/w image shows all of the U.S. dealers posing in a reception room in Japan. It is captioned "Compliments of Japan Travel Bureau in Kyoto 1968". </p><p>One large color image dated "1968. 10. 29" shows the group posing in front of Toyota's headquarters building. </p><p>Five of the large images show Toyota facilities in Japan Four have separate caption slips; one caption slip is missing: "Cylinder blocks machining line in Kamigo Engine Plant" "Assembly line of Corona Mark II at Motomachi Plant" "High Speed Test Track on the outskirts of Mt. Fuji" A parking lot of new Coronas waiting to be loaded onto a cargo ship and "Shaking hands in front of the 5000000 car are Mr. Ishida Chairman of the Board of Directors of Toyota Motor and Mr. Kamiya President of Toyota Motor Sales." </p><p>All are in nice shape. <br /><br />At the time Toyota was a relatively small company and although it first began selling automobiles the Toyopet and Land Cruiser in the U.S. in 1958 neither sold well. The first six-passenger "Americanized" Toyota the Tiara later renamed Corona was introduced in 1964 and sold for under $2000. Although reputed to be quite comfortable for a small car able to reach 90 mph when going downhill and offering optional automatic transmission and air conditioning the Coronas' paint jobs were thin and the cars were notorious rust buckets. By 1968 when Toyota sold its five millionth car only 71000 of them had been sold in the United States. <br /><br />These photographs are said to have been collected by Byrl S. Kline a Lebanon Pennsylvania automobile dealer and his wife when they traveled with this group of U.S. Toyota dealers. A newspaper search shows that Kline was indeed a car dealer but all of his advertising was for a Plymouth dealership in Lebanon and a foreign car dealership in West Lawn that sold Mercedes Benz and BMWs. At the same time Lebanon newspaper advertisements and advertising ephemera show a repair shop Lehman's Garage as the only place in the city selling Toyotas and that a company named Performance Motors was selling Toyotas in West Lawn by around 1970. Interestingly Kline's dealership advertisements stop in 1968 before the trip to Japan. Perhaps Kline also owned or was associated with Lehman's Garage and/or Performance Motors and he sold his Plymouth Mercedes and BMW franchises before making the trip. <br /><br />Regardless this collection of photographs provides a fine visual record of the Toyota's earliest efforts to enter the U.S. automobile market. <br /><br /></p>
2024__9464262214Sidestone Pr 2024. Hardcover. New. 300 pages. 11.00x8.25x1.00 inches. Sidestone Pr hardcover
47499182-nnew. unknown
47499182like new. unknown
2018x-331998148XSpringer 2018. Hardcover. New. 576 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.50 inches. Springer hardcover
38626circ. 1880's. Good Image 290 x 230mm. Mounted on card. Poss. by Bergheim. G. circ. 1880's. unknown
38627circ. 1880's. Good Image 290 x 230mm. Mounted on card. Poss. by Bergheim. G. circ. 1880's. unknown
DADAX080196900XBrand: Chilton 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Chilton hardcover
SONG331998148XSpringer 2018-12-10. 1st ed. 2018. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.25x1.50x9.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Springer hardcover
1962ZB557353Lebanon 1962. softcover very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Lebanon paperback
1980Q-080196900XChilton 1980-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Chilton hardcover
47512865-nnew. unknown
183821010931838. London: A. Willmore after J. D. Woodward for J. S. Virtue. c. 1838. Steel-engraving on heavy wove paper image size c. 168 x 250 mm; mild toning in places. View across parts of the city and harbour with the mountains of Southern Lebanon in the background. unknown
331998148X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
