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xi, [1], 178 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Maps. Author was Chief of Staff of the Iranian Army 1944-46 and Ambassador to Turkey 1958-61. "Having lived and travelled much among the different Kurdish tribes, the author has had the opportunity of becoming closely acquainted with their way of life and has conceived a sympathy for these warlike mountaineers, freedom-loving, restless and often chivalrous, with whom he has had to deal both through negotiations and through the exchange of fire." - Preface. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear to publisher's cloth. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy of this informative work. Book
64 pages. Contains piano music, lyrics and guitar chords for the following songs: For America; Soldier of Plenty; In the Shape of a Heart; Candy; Lawless Avenues; Till I Go Down; and Black and White. Most importantly, also includes Browne's landmark song Lives in the Balance, which has returned to prominence with the ongoing American loss of life in Iraq. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
In 8, cm 20 x 24, pp. X + 248 con fuori testo incisa all'acquaforte raffigurante Ricci. Cartonatura editoriale. Genuino esemplare in barbe. Seconda edizione dellostesso anno della prima. Operaanonimadel vicentino G.T. Faccioli che, giunto nel monastero domenicano di Casale Manferrato nel 1760, conobbe il missionario casalese Vincenzo Maria Ricci. Questi arso dal desiderio del martirio missionario, riusci nel 1762 a partire per la Persia. Dopo molte difficolta' a causa dei torbidi che si agitavanoin quei paesi riusci' ad approdare ad Ispahan dopo un viaggio di durato piu' di un anno. Fu poi a Bassora, Giulia, Schiraz, Abuscar e Carch dove mori' in eta' di 35 anni. De Conti, Notizie istoriche, Casale Monf., 10, p. 463.
Carta geografica del territorio dell'Eufrate e Tigri. Piega centrale editoriale
complete in 2 vols.: xxi,825pp. + xxxii,920pp. + folding plate, 22cm., 1965-reprint of the original 1856-edition (St.-Petersburg), hardback (editor's green cloth with gilt lettering, hinge of vol.2 repaired), good condition, [Band I: Die Entwickelung der Begriffe Ssabier und Ssabismus und die Geschichte der harranischen Ssabier oder der syro-hellenistischen Heiden im nördlichen Mesopotamien und in Bagdad zur Zeit des Chalifats. Band II: Orientalische Quellen zur Geschichte der Ssabier und des Ssabismus], X75750
In 8, pp. 216 con 1 grande carta f. t. piu' volte rip. col. Br. ed. con piccole manc. Resoconto dettagliato oltre che della storia antica antica della Caldea anche degli avvenimenti contemporanei alla pubblicazione. Sono inoltre indicate in appendice le statistiche dei fedeli cattolici, preti e chiese nelle varie diocesi caldee cioe' Mossul, Amedeah, Akra. Sono poi indicate le scuole presenti in Caldea, i Conventi e anche i titoli pubblicati dalla tipografia dei PP. Domenicani, sia in litografia che in tipografia.
Very Good Arabic Original hand-colored map on tissue paper. 23x19 cm. In Ottoman script and Arabic. No scale. Manuscript notes of toponyms. The manuscript shows Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, the Red Sea along the line of Red Sea shores. Manuscript notes show that the map was used for military purposes in the last Ottoman Imperial period. Habesh Eyalet, Ethiopia in northeast Africa was conquered by Özdemir Pasha in 1557. His son, Osman Pasha, transformed the region into an eyalet, which remained under Ottoman suzerainty until the early 19th century when Egypt assumed its administration. (Source: Pashas, Begs, Effendis: A historical dictionary of titles and terms in the Ottoman Empire, Bayerle, Gustav.).
Very Good Arabic Original hand-colored map on tissue paper. 23x19 cm. In Ottoman script and Arabic. No scale. Manuscript notes of toponyms. It shows Baghdad, Deir Al-Zor, Kirkuk, Mosul, Syria, borders of Ajamistan (Iran), etc. Manuscript notes show that the map was used in military purposes in the last Ottoman Imperial period.
In 8, pp. (8) + 424 con 2 carte f. t. piu' volte rip. e moltiss. ill. fot. n. t. T. tl. coeva con macchie scoloriture. Edizione originale di questa importante relazione che descrive l'esplorazione con intenti commerciali, promossa dalla Societa' geografica italiana, di questa parte della Turchia sino all'attuale Iraq. La spedizione fa seguito a quella effettuata dallo stesso Vannutelli nel 1905 nella parte settentrionale della Turchia. Vannutelli fu compagno di Bottego nel 1896 nella spedizione che raggiunse il Lago Stefania. Venne in seguito catturato dagli Scioani. Zavatti, Diz. esploratori, p. 283
New Turkish Original bdg. 4to. (32 x 23 cm). In English and Ottoman facsimile. 3 volumes set (250 p.; 54 p.; [218] p.), color ills. Silahsör, tarihçi, matematikçi, nakkas, hattat Matrakçi Nasuh ve Menazilname'si. [and] Beyan-i menazil-i sefer-i Irakeyn-i Sultan Süleyman Han (Günümüz Türkçesiye). [and] Facsimile. Swordsman, historian, mathematician, artist, calligrapher Matrakçi Nasuh and his Menzilname. / Account of the Stages of Sultan Süleyman Khan's Iraqi Campaign - Beyan-i menazil-i sefer-i Irakeyn-i Sultan Süleyman Han. The Facsimile Edition. 3 volumes set. Vol. 1 is the presentation of Matrakci and his work, Vol. 2 is the facsimile of Beyân-i Menâzil-i Sefer-i Irakeyn-i Sultan Süleymân Hân (Account of the Stages of Sultan Süleyman Khan's Iraqi Campaign) as preserved at the Istanbul University Rare Works Library, Manuscript ref. T5964.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 31 plates on 16, 2 large folding maps, a full-page map and 2 full-page plans in the text, and endpaper maps in orange; original buff cloth, gilt back, a remarkably bright, fresh, clean copy in unclipped, moderately age-soiled dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its inscription on front board, small label scar on front paste-down, bookplate on half-title verso and neat blind stamp on title. THESE ATTRIBUTES NOTWITHSTANDING, THIS IS A REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF A PRACTICALLY UNOBTAINABLE WORK. With dustwrapper artwork by Anthony Gross. This important account covers the diplomatic and military history of the Mosul dispute between Great Britain and Turkey from 1918 to 1925, with a detailed appreciation from the author's own experiences as political officer and member of the Anglo-Iraqi delegation of the Committee of the League of Nations. In addition it contains much new information of the geography and antiquities of north-eastern Iraq , the secular frontier dispute between the Ottoman and Persian Empires, the organization and influence of the mystical dervish fraternities, modern cultural activity and other facets of Kurdish society. THIS REGION ALSO SAW THE FIRST ASSIGNMENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AS THE ARM PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTERNAL DEFENCE AND INTERNAL ORDER. Rare.
New English Original bdg. 4to. (32 x 23 cm). In English and Ottoman facsimile. 2 volumes set: (250, [218] p.), color ills. Swordsman, historian, mathematician, artist, calligrapher Matrakçi Nasuh and his Menzilname. / Account of the Stages of Sultan Süleyman Khan's Iraqi Campaign - Beyan-i menazil-i sefer-i Irakeyn-i Sultan Süleyman Han. The Facsimile Edition. 2 volumes set. Vol. 1 is the presentation of Matrakci and his work, Vol. 2 is the facsimile of Beyân-i Menâzil-i Sefer-i Irakeyn-i Sultan Süleymân Hân (Account of the Stages of Sultan Süleyman Khan's Iraqi Campaign) as preserved at the Istanbul University Rare Works Library, Manuscript ref. T5964.
In 4° (24x15,5 cm); 4 opere in un volume: 282, (2) pp. e 13 c. di tav fuori testo; 295, (1) pp. e 5 c. di tav. fuori testo; 190 pp. e 6 c. di tav. fuori testo ; 70, (2) pp. e 3 ci di tav. fuori testo. Due delle tavole sono finemente acquarellate da mano coeva. Numerose piccole testatine xilogr. L'opera contiene il Tomo XVI-XVII-XVIII della celebre raccolta di viaggi del Marmocchi, molti dei quali furono qui per la prima volta stampati in italiano. Bella legatura coeva in mezza pelle scura con dorso a 4 nervi e titolo, numero dei volumi e filettatura in oro ai tasselli. Piatti foderati con carta marmorizzata coeva. Qualche leggera strofinatura alla legatura. All'interno in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione. Molto belle le tavole fuori testo con la riproduzione di scorci, paesaggi, personaggi e cotumi dei luoghi descritti. Good copy. First editon.
New English Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 6 volumes set: (1082 p., 1034 p., 954 p., 986 p., 972 p., 1058 p.). Turkish transcription of manuscripts Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi, Hamidiye Kolleksiyonu No. 1377-1378-1379. Oversize and very heavy set. Kâmûsu'l-muhît. El-Okyânûsu'l-basît fî tercemeti'l-Kâmûsu'l-muhît. Prep. by Eyyüp Tanriverdi, Mustafa Koç. 6 volumes set.
186 pages. Features: Rumble between Eliot Spitzer and Harvey Pitt; AOL's new music man; New Qwest CEO; With Bill Gates at Work; How a War With Iraq with Change the World; USA Today dubs itself America's paper; Will R&D Make Merck hot again?; The Olsen Twins; Craig McCaw still dreams of an internet in the sky; America's 50 best companies for minorities. Address label clipped from front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 103 plates on 60 and 3 maps (one double-page) in the text; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. 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'.
Boldy signed and generically inscribed by Piper upon title page. 128 pages. Index. Footnotes. Black and white reproductions of photos. "The secret history of how America's 'Neo-Conservative' (neo-con) Trotskyites came to power and orchestrated the war against Iraq as the first step in their drive for global empire." - subtitle. "Writing about these subjects is 'radical' and 'controversial,' but it's a dirty job and someone has to do it. I make no apologies for telling the truth." - page 128. A well-studied copy with considerable pencil underlining and marginalia throughout and spine rolled. Piper (1960-2015) was a prominent talk show host and prodigious author whose works include such titles as "Confessions of an Anti-Semite". Book
Royal octavo. Pp. xiv, 230. Plus 2 plates with maps of Baghdad in 17th and 18th centuries respectively. Hardcover, bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, bit marked, with the original printed wrappers bound in, signature on title-page. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Scarce.
Very Good Arabic Original chromo-lithograph map in brown tones. On a special paper with an ongoing blindstamped "Regestre Robur" during the borders. Folded. 70x100 cm. In Arabic. Scale: 1 /1.000.000. Chipped on margins, split on folded traces. Slight discoloration and one stain on lower margin. Otherwise a good copy. An attractive and detailed map of Syria shows the capital (as Aleppo n that map), other cities like Damascus, Raqqa, Homs, Latakia, Ayn al-Arab, Idlib, Hama, Deir Ez-Zor, Jarabulus, et alli. And it shows Turkey on the north (as Turkey containing Hatay and Alexandrette), The Mediterranean shores of the land as well as Lebanon and Palestine (and Jerusalem) on the west, Sharq al-Urdun (Jordan) and Iraq on the south and east. It's very detailed on showing the roads spread throughout the land like railways and ancient roads from the Roman period. Additionally this roads can be followed to the other Arabic countries and regions on the map. This map was calligraphed by Kamel Al-Baba, (1905-1991), who was a Lebanese contemporary / modern calligrapher. He is the son of famous calligrapher Mokhtar Al-Baba. Cannot be found in WorldCat.; Not in Library of Congress Map Collection. Very scarce.
429 pages. Numerous colour photographic plates and black and white reproductions of photos. Text in English. "Describes the stages of militant, intellectual and political life of one of the most distinguished existing leaders of the Arabian world and of the Third World. Tends to find and tell the truth to those who look for it far from fanaticism, resentments and prejudices." - from back cover. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In contemporary black cloth. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). Occasionally minor stains and fading on pages. Otherwise a good copy. 384 p. It is a rare book written after the Constitutional Monarchy at the request of the Unionists to make propaganda about Kurds. It is one of the early detached texts about Kurds written in the Ottoman period. Upon the request of the Ittihad ve Terakki [i.e. Union and Progress] leaders, he began to work in 1912 for the newly established National Security Organization (Teskilât-i Mahsusa). He then continued his intelligence work with the IAMM and AMMU, in the name of which he did his fieldwork on the Anatolian Kurds and Turcoman (Turkmen) tribes. Habil Adem's (his pseudonym means in English 'Abel Adam') writing reflect -even more openly than those of his colleague Baha Said- the unionist ambition to collect the data considered necessary for its politics of social and demographic engineering, such as information on basic demographic realities, as well as social and cultural aspects. The obvious aim of this publication was to create public knowledge favorable to the nationalization project. His book on the Kurds, printed in 1918, immediately after WW 1, under the pseudonym of a fictitious German orientalist (Dr. Friç), allegedly only translated by Habil Adem, elaborated on a thesis that would gain leverage in the early Turkish Republic and become very prominent in the 1930s, namely that the Kurds were actually Turks and the Kurdish as an independent language did not exist. In the book's section on the religion of the Kurds, he makes two distinctions such as Muslim and non-Muslim Kurds and Sunni and Shiite Muslim Kurds. (Source: Writing Religion: The Making of Turkish Alevi Islam; Dressler, Marcus). Pelister worked in the translation office of the General Directorate of Security since 1908 and in the Turkmen Branch of the General Directorate of Tribes and Immigrants from 1913, and he personally assigned him to Talat Pasha, (1874-1921). He was very good at speaking English, German, and French languages, thus, he was involved in researches related to the Kurdish and Turkmen tribes with some delegations in Ottoman Turkey in Asia. The German original of this book never existed, neither did Dr. Fritsch from the Berlin Academy of Science. Years later, Celadet Bedirxan, a Kurdish intellectual, explained the mistakes that Naci Ismail made intentionally or unknowingly on the Kurdish culture, population, history, folklore, and language, with the letters he wrote to Mustafa Kemal and drew Mustafa Kemal's attention. This book was written probably by a commission with corrigenda and footnotes by Pelister. The book generally focuses on the historical geography of the Kurds. There is an effort to Turkify in the part that talks about the origins of the Kurds. In the introduction, detailed information about Iranian and Iraqi Kurds is given and Sharafnâma is criticized. Although detailed information is available on many Kurdish tribes (Leks, Sividis, Arukhs, etc) in Anatolia and Mesopotamia, most of these are dubious. Only three institutional copies in OCLC: 977638243 (University of Toronto Robarts Library), 949451620 (Bogaziçi Library), and 164856325 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek of Germany).; Özege 11517.; TBTK 11113. First Edition.
Very Good Arabic Original cloth bdg. Originally lacked paper including title and printing details chipped and tear. Interior very good. Otherwise a good copy. [14], 378 p. Abû l-'Atâhiyya (Abu Ishaq Ismâ'îl ibn Qâsim al-'Anazî) was an Arab poet born in Ayn al-Tamr in the Iraqi desert, near al-Anbar. His ancestors were of the tribe of 'Anaza. His youth was spent in Kufa, where he was engaged for some time in selling pottery. During the time when he took the occupation of selling pottery, he saw the assembly of poets in a competition and he participated in it. Thus he became famous for his poetry. For uplifting his poetry he reached to Baghdad. Moving to Baghdad, he continued his business there, but became famous for his verses, especially for those addressed to 'Utba, a concubine of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mahdi. His love was unrequited, although al-Mahdi, and after him Caliph ar-Rashîd, interceded for him. Having offended the caliph, he was imprisoned for a short time. He died in 828 in the reign of Caliph al-Ma'mûn. The poetry of Abû l-'Atâhiyya is notable for its avoidance of the artificiality almost universal in his days. The older poetry of the desert had been constantly imitated up to this time, although it was not natural to town life. Abû l-'Atâhiyya was one of the first to drop the old qasîda (elegy) form. He was very fluent and used many metres. He is also regarded as one of the earliest philosophical poets of the Arabs. Much of his poetry is concerned with the observation of common life and morality, and at times is pessimistic. Thus he was strongly suspected of heresy. Compiled and prepared by Louis Cheikho. Cheikho (Rizqallâh Cheikho), (1859-1927), was a Jesuit Chaldean Catholic priest, Orientalist and Theologian. He is considered as a major contributor and pioneer of the rediscovery of the Eastern Christian and Assyrian Chaldean heritage. Louis Cheikho was born in Mardin, Turkey on February 5, 1859. His father was an ethnic Assyrian, and a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church, whose Assyrian family had been based at Mardin for at least three centuries. His mother was an Armenian named Elizabeth Schamsé, who took him on pilgrimage to the Holy Land when he was 9 years old. In 1868, Cheikhô joined his brother at the Maronite Jesuit Seminary in Ghazîr, Lebanon. At this date, the seminary was not merely preparing young men for the priesthood, but also acted as a secondary college for young Christian and especially Assyrian Chaldean men. Both groups followed a similar syllabus. There, he learned both ancient and modern European and Semitic languages. In 1874 he entered the Jesuit Order and started his novitiate training at Lons-le-Saunier, France. He adopted at that time the name of 'Louis' out of devotion for the young Jesuit saint Louis Gonzaga. In 1878, he returned to Lebanon and taught Arabic Literature at the Jesuit Saint Joseph College in Beirut for 10 years. During this period, Cheikho continued his studies of philosophy at Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut. In 1888, Cheikho travelled to Great Britain for theological studies in preparation for the priesthood. He was ordained priest by the Chaldean Church of the East on 8 September 1891. He then spent one year in Austria and another year in Paris. Those extended European stays allowed him to acquire the academic methodologies that helped him in his later works. Finally in 1894, he settled in Beirut, Lebanon, where he continued his academic career at Université Saint-Joseph. Cheikho died in Beirut in 1927. Cheikho is perhaps the founder of modern publications of unpublished Eastern Christian texts, especially Christian Arabic texts. He also founded, in 1898, the journal Al-Machriq, and contributed many articles and publications to its pages. His work was an inspiration for CEDRAC. (Wikipedia). First Edition. Extremely rare. This edition not in OCLC; for late editions see OCLC 404750229.
209 issues bound in 202. Quarto. Illustrated throughout. Original pictorial wrappers. Includes many folded posters, loosely inserted. In excellent condition, exceptionally well preserved. ~ First edition. Extremely rare, complete collection of great political and historical interest. Contains: "L'Opinion de Bagdad. Revue politique bimensuelle", issues 1-86 (1972-1976). [AND:] "L'Irak aujourd'hui. Revue politique bimensuelle", issues 1-123 in 116 parts (1976-1981).
