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New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (32 x 22 cm). In Turkish and Ottoman facsimile. [xxiii], 307 p., 218 p. reprint of the manuscript with colored miniatures, 1 folding map. Second Edition. Limited Edition. 2000 copies were printed. Beyan-i menazil-i sefer-i Irakeyn. Prep. by Hüseyin G. Yurdaydin. OTTOMANIA Ottoman Empire Middle East Iraq Miniature History of art Turkish and Islamic arts Matrakçi Nasuh, (1480-1564) Military History Ottoman culture Manuscripts.
(Medio Oriente - Storia - Archeologia - Orientalismo - Persia - Iraq - Iran - Mesopotamia) Due volumi in 8°, legatura coeva in mezza pergamena, al dorso ricca decorazione impressa in oro e tassello in pelle rossa con titoli dorati, carta marmorizzata policroma e dentelle in oro ai piatti, tagli marmorizzati, pp. complessive 1028, con 113 figure nel testo, 23 tavole a piena e doppia pagina, tra cui una carta geografica della Babilonia (dalla "Nouvelle carte générale des provinces asiatiques de l'empire ottomane" di Kiepert, 1884) e due illustrazioni in cromolitografia fuori testo. Volumi solidi e ben conservati con ex libris applicato ai risguardi anteriori.
60 pages. Features: Cover photo of Justin Trudeau entitled "When I Run" looks forward to the day when Canadians would elect his curly locks and famous last name to lead their national government; Related article discusses the question of when, not if, Justin will run for political office; Iraq - longing for piece as UN inspectors search for WMD; Tellier, who turned around CN, takes on troubled Bombardier; Sikh Gang Wars in B.C.; Advertisers use internet "adver-games" to reach kids; Metis war vet William Woodward fights Ottawa for compensation; More single young women are having babies on their own; No author can match the influence of J.R. Tolkien; Winnipeg Director Guy Maddin is celebrated - just not in Canada; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Please note: Address label clipped from front cover, otherwise a sound copy. Magazine
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: photo of bomber crew being plucked from the water after 24 hours; Preserving Britain's Blockade - photos; Training in tanks at Camp Borden in Canada; Photo-illustrated text of message broadcast by Winston Churchill entitled "Westward the Land is Bright; Britain challenged in Iraq - aerial photos of Basra waterfront, Basra Airport, and the Habbaniyah native cantonment, shelled by Iraqi troops; Two photos related to British radio propaganda in the Middle East; Photos of the heroes of the historic rearguard action in Greece; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black depicts the last days of the campaign in Greece - withdrawal of the Imperial Forces; Four photos illustrate the training of Britain's paratroops; Three photos of parachutists jumping; Photo-illustrated text of broadcast by H.L. Stimson entitled "Peril of the Western Hemisphere"; Photo of "Electric Hare" used to train air gunners; A commentary on the war this week; 50,000 troops in anti-invasion exercise; Summary of the chief events in the war this week. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
24 pages. Contents: Venom of Snakes Lends Encouragement to Cure for Disease; How Socialism has Spread Over the Earth in One Century; Too Many Train Wrecks; Blight Hits Elms; Detroit Bank Probe; Admiral Byrd Going South again (with small photo); Split in the German Protestant Church; Lost Canadian Balloon crews found; Death of King Feisal el Husein of Iraq; Cuban Junta Quits with Grau San Martin Provisilnal President; Current Events - with photo of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.; Marion Bergeron of West Haven, CT. crowned Miss America 1933; Photo of Norman Thomas, who has been Socialist candidate for President multiple times; Photo of Senator Bob LaFollette of Wisconsin; Capital Chat - with photo of Senators aboard capital monorail subway train; Photo of King Boris III of Bulgaria; and more. Average wear. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
[8] + 11 + 199pp., 28cm., reliure cart. moderne, brochure original conservée et reliée, avec 3 signets, texte frais, bon état, X103329
8vo; 35 pages. Includes diagrams & map ; 22 cm.LCCN: 85-167048. SUBJECT(S)Kurdish language -- Dialects. Middle East -- Languages. Title on page [4] of cover in Kurdish. Includes bibliographical references.OCLC lists 9 library holdings, 5 in the US (Georgetown, LOC, Iowa, Illinois, Columbia). Very Good Condition. (arab-0-2)
In 4° grande; 227, (5) pp. 50 tavole a colori applicate sulla bellissima carta azzurra tipica delle edizioni di Franco Maria Ricci. Cofanetto editoriale in tela nera foderato con la bella carta nera Ricci. Titolo impresso in nero su fascetta azzurra al dorso del cofanetto. Legatura editoriale in piena tela nera, con titolo, autori e stampatori in oro ai piatti ed al dorso ed al piatto anteriore applicata immagina a colori di quadro persiano. “Questa prima edizione è stata impressa da Franco Levi sotto la direzione di Franco Maria Ricci a Milano nel mese di Novembre 1982. I caratteri usati sono i bodoniani. La carta a mano vergata è stata fabbricata appositamente alla forma tonda nelle Cartiere Milani di Fabriano. Sono state tirate 5000 copie numerate in caratteri arabi, oltre ad alcune copie contrassegnate C.E. riservate all'editore, ai collaboratori e agli amici. Questo esemplare è il numero”. Il nostro è l'esemplare numero 3112. L'opera è il numero 30 della collana de “I segni del tempo”. Prima edizione in ottime condizioni di conservazione di questo interessante trattato sulla pittura della Persia corrispondente all'attuale, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan e Tajikistan. Prima edizione.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 103 plates on 60 and 3 maps (one double-page) in the text, top lightly dust-soiled, free endpapers mildly browned; green cloth, gilt back, boards lightly faded else a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper browned at fold-ins. Bright working copy of the author's second book. The Marsh Arabs occupy the region around the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates in southern Iraq. This classic account, recording eight years spent living among them, is a worthy sequel to his masterpiece 'Arabian Sands'.
Crown quarto. Pp. 121. Bound in the original stiff wrappers. In fine, AS NEW condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused. ~ First edition.
432pp. with 721 illustrations, in the series "Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften" Neue Folge 143, publisher's hardcover binding, 30cm., ISBN 978-3-7696-0129-9, fine condition (as new), weight: 1.7kg., X107034
xviii + 619pp., 26cm., in the series "Quellen der Religionsgeschichte" Band 13 Gruppe 4, original 1925-edition, blind wrappers, good condition, [German translation and commentary of the Ginza Rabba, the largest of the holy scriptures of the Mandaean religion], X75753
Very Good Arabic Contemporary cloth. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Arabic with bilingual title on cover. 424, [2], 43, [1] p., richly illustrated b/w. Only Vol. 3 (Turkoman Volume). Histoire de l'Iraq: Entre deux Occupations Vol. III: De l'an 814 a lân 941 de l'Hegire (de 1338 a 1534 de 1ere chretienne): Dynastie des Turcomans.= Tarîkh al-'Irâq bayna ihtilâlayn: Hukûmât al-Turkumânîyah min sanat 814 H- 1338 M ilâ sanat 941 H- 1534 M. Title on added t.p. in French. Signed and inscribed by Azzawi in Arabic.
Royal octavo. Pp. 218. Maps; appendices. Bound in the original stiff wrappers, with flaps. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Bibliothèque d'études islamiques. Translated into English as: Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq (Princeton Series on the Middle East).
821 pages. Index. New copy - clean, bright and unmarked. "If you are an American that loves this nation and our way of life, you need to snap out of "The Bush Mythology Bubble" and take a hard look at what is really going on in the nation. I did, and as a Conservative Christian Republican, I did not like what I found. You will not either, if you take the time to know the truth." - from back cover. Book
Features: 2 lovely full-colour pages of Austin automobile ads; Duke of Edinburgh rides the jackstay; Earthquake at Lar, Iran; Photo - one-armed cripple of Shanidar Cave in Northern Iraq; Across the channel by bridge or tunnel?; The Bovington Tank Museum; Istanbul anti-government demonstrations; Bloxham School; Auto Feature - The Ford New Anglia; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Solid copy. Magazine
Modesto, 1987. In-4 relié cartonnage éditeur. Plat estampé d'un motif doré et titre doré de 295 pages. Photos et reproductions. Très bon état. Peu courant
2 parts in 1 volume (complete): xxxii,256pp. + 291pp., 25cm., unaltered reprint of the original 1905-1915-edition ("unveränderter Nachdruck"), cloth, very good condition, scarce, X75754
Complete in 2 volumes: 307 + 498pp., pages still uncut, 24cm., softcover, in the series "Forschungen zur Religion in Alten und Neuen Testaments" volumes 74-75, Good condition, rare, X78820
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 103 plates on 60 and 3 maps (one double-page) in the text, top very lightly spotted; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Thesiger's second book. The Marsh Arabs occupy the region around the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates in southern Iraq. This classic account, recording eight years spent living among them, is a worthy sequel to his masterpiece 'Arabian Sands'.
Features: Princess Margaret and her own regiment - in Glasgow and Ayr; Water Speed Record; British Arms for Iraq; Polo in Japan; Amazing 2-page photo of a large pile of Thunderjet aircraft shells in the Arizona desert; Framlingham College; Two newly-found masterworks of 2500 years ago - Ibexes in stone; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Features: Remembrance Day; Donald Campbell breaks the world water speed record aboard his jetboat Bluebird; Aftermath of the Revolution in Iraq; The Nuclear Navy of the U.S. - A Pictorial Survey of Ships of Outstanding Ingenuity; Trinity College; Democratic Election Landslide in the U.S.; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
In-8 p., tela edit., pp. XIX,659, illustrato f.t. - come da Indice - da una importante documentazione iconografica in b.n. e da numer. mappe (ripieg.), oltre a una grande carta geografica a colori relativa all’Iraq, Arabia e Persia, posta in una tasca al risg. posteriore. Vi si tratta “Geology and physical geography - Climate and vegetation - History - Administration (Saudi Arabia. Yemen, Colony of Aden, Aden Protectorate) - The people - Public health and disease - Agriculture - Economic geography - Ports and towns (Red Sea ports of Arabia, of the South coast; inland towns of Yemen and of the Aden protectorate). Con una mportante bibliografia al fine. Alla prefazione “This volume was produced and printed for official purposes during the war 1939-45”. Ben conservato.
Royal octavo. Pp. 229-465. Plus 2 large folding maps and 4 plates. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. In fine condition (signature on title-page). Excellent copy, crisp folding maps. ~ First edition thus. Tirage à part d'Arabica. Tome IX, fasc. III, 1962.
Octavo. Pp. 320. With folding frontispiece; folding map; and 10 plates, each with a facing tissue-guard. Hardcover, bound in recent full cloth, spine gilt, with the original printed wrappers bound-in, old signature on title-page. In fine condition. Excellent copy, exceptionally well preserved. ~ First edition.