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1917ABC_48426Iran and Iraq 1917. Contemporary cloth one album in in red and one in grey with 'Kodak' lettered in gold on the front board and a black classical meander border tooled near the foot. The albums are kept together by a black ribbon. Oblong 8vo ca. 15.5 x 20 cm. With 191 resp. 95 and 96 gelatin silver prints all ca. 4 x 6 cm. 2 volumes. Remarkable set of Kodak photo albums with nearly 200 photographs of military life and the oil industry in Iran and Iraq in the early 20th century. The photographs were most likely taken by the compiler of the albums and show scenes from his daily life. Most of them are captioned. Included are images of Persian oil fields Abu Zenema Sinai coast Port Sudan Bushehr Basra various locations along the Tigris Euphrate and Shatt al-Arab rivers Ashwaz and Shush. The photographs also show locals involved in various activities including races shark hunting and selling wares. The compiler of the album was likely a British soldier who was stationed in Basra and other locations in Iran and Iraq after the First World War.The edges and corners of both albums are slightly scuffed with a few light stains on the back board of the red album. The paper on which the photographs are mounted is slightly browned ten of the photos have either creased corners or a damaged surface some photographs a little loose within their windows missing a photo on the final page of the red album. Otherwise in good condition. hardcover
1928I3OEKR47KBBKIraq plus Malta and Egypt 1928. The photos mounted with paper corner-mounts in two contemporary cloth-covered albums the larger with padded boards covered in alligator-skin patterned dark green cloth with the photographs on both sides of 24 dark grey album leaves each leaf with a glassine paper guard-leaf embossed with a spider-web pattern bound in before it; the smaller covered in black cloth with a grey-white bird in a cloud painted on the front board and the word snaps with the photographs on both sides of leaves 2-35 & 51-52 of 54 light brown album leaves. Oblong albums 25 x 34.5 cm & 21.5 x 28.5 cm. Two albums containing about 275 silver halide photographic gelatin prints 6 x 8.5 cm to 16 x 21.5 cm assembled and mostly taken by a British Royal Air Force pilot while stationed in Iraq and then briefly Malta with a visit to Egypt. A collection of about 275 photographs made by an RAF pilot Sergeant William Reynish during his service in Iraq ca. 1928-1933 and Malta 1933 and during a brief visit to Egypt. Most have captions written on the album leaves clearly identifying the scenes. Some photos show scenes of daily life in Iraq Bagdad Hinaidi Mosul and other cities as well as the surrounding countryside with local people shops buildings landscapes ruins monuments etc. Others show the British troops and their activities vehicles airplanes including crashed ones etc. The portraits include an unidentified sheik with a falcon and an Arabic man smoking a hookha water pipe. The Kurdish Sheik Mahmud Barzanji of Sulaimaniyah rebelled against the Iraqi army around June 1930 but the RAF bombed his people's villages from September 1930 to April 1931 when he finally surrendered to Major W.C.F.A. Wilson administrative inspector at Mosul. Several photographs cover the sheik and his surrender.The surviving corner mounts show that three photographs have been removed from the album. A few photographs are slightly blurry or faded but most are very sharp and in very good condition. The inside front hinge of one album has broken but the albums are otherwise in good condition. A wealth of informative images from pre-War Iraq most clearly identified in the captions. hardcover
1942L7VCIV4N38L2UK Government: Survey Directorate HQ Tenth Army / Indian Field Survey Co. 1942. 42 chromolithographed topographic maps of parts of Iraq made from aerial photographs during World War II on a scale of 1:100000 and 1:253440 a quarter-inch to a mile. 68 x 50.5 cm & 60 x 47 cm. An impressive collection of Iraq maps compiled from the most current aerial photography and produced by the British Army for use in the Persian theatre of war during World War II. The cities and regions covered include Ain Sifni Aqra Tel Afar Salman Pak BaQuba Sumaika Penjwin Halabja Baghdad Kirkuk Dulaim Erbil and Mosul divisions.Previously folded. Generally well-preserved. Survey Directorate HQ Tenth Army / Indian Field Survey Co., unknown
194344248Baghdad: S.i. ca.1943-44. Original illustrated poster offset printed in five colors on beige stock measuring 56.75cm x 72.75cm 22.25" x 28.5". Signed "FAIK H" in plate at lower left corner. Two old folds smoothed out trivial wear to intersection of folds at center with a handful of short marginal tears and attendant creases; unbacked; Very Good. Superb example of this agricultural-themed wartime propaganda poster designed by Iraqi painter Faeq Hassan 1914-1992 widely heralded as "the father of Iraqi modern art." Born poor in Baghdad Hassan showed an early aptitude for art. When he was 12 he visited his uncle a gardener in the royal palace for King Faisal I; when the King saw his drawing of a horse drinking from a river he recognized his talent instantly and offered him a scholarship. Faisal died in 1933 while Hassan was still in high school though his successor King Ghazi carried out his father's will and send him to the École des Beaux-Arts Paris in 1935. After returning from Paris Hassan founded Al-Ruwad The Pioneers Group a group of Iraqi artists who eschewed the traditional studio atmosphere; while engaging with nature and choosing the chronicle the daily realities of Iraqi life through their art the group played a critical role in bridging the gap between heritage and modernity. <br/><br/>Little scholarship exists regarding Hassan's activities or artistic output during World War II though the present example suggests he put his talents to some use creating home front propaganda after the Anglo-Iraqi War. The poster depicts a male laborer in traditional garb digging in a field with a bag of seeds tied at his waist beneath the slogan "If You Plant You Will Win" flanked by twin V's. Despite the traditional Iraqi setting the message is similar in tone to the American propaganda campaign encouraging the populace to plant victory gardens to help the war effort. A notably early work by Hassan and a rare survival with no examples found in the auction record and none found in the holdings of any OCLC member institution. cf."Profile: Faik Hassan." Al Jazeera 30 October 2005. S.i. unknown books
1917178262Basrah: The Basrah Times 1917. Empire and Pan-Arabism Two leaves from the first and only issue of the Basrah Times 20 March 1917 printing Sir Frederick Stanley Maude's appeal to the people of Baghdad province issued nine days after the British capture of the city. The proclamation marks a turning point in the First World War exemplifies imperial rhetoric and foreshadows the tensions between colonial authority and national aspiration that shaped the following decade in Iraq. Although Basrah fell in November 1914 Baghdad was secured only after a further two and a half years of campaigning. Maude drove the advance restoring supply lines and winning successive engagements at Hayy Dahra and Kut before the final assault. The proclamation presents the British not as conquerors but as liberators promising renewal after centuries of foreign rule and invoking the recent success of the Arab Revolt under Sharif Hussein as a model of independence and unity. Yet this balance between nationalist promise and imperial control proved unstable: the post-war Mandate endured only until the revolt of 1920 forced political transition culminating in Faisal's election as king in 1921. Two sheets each approximately 440 x 285 mm laid down on thick card framed and glazed. Text in English and Arabic. Sheets toned and with creases from old folds minor foxing a few short tears one small hole to centre of one sheet affecting one letter: a very good set. unknown
1920276768Berlin: Reimer / Vohsen 1920. XII, 164 Seiten, mit 44 Abbildungen im Text und 65 Tafeln, davon 4 in Kupfer-, Licht- und Farbendruck. 4° HLdr. *2 Taf gebräunt, unteres Kapital minimal berieben, schönes Expl.* eins von insgeamt 315 Expl.*.
1922173026London: HMSO Press Harrow & Harrison & Sons Ltd 1922 1923 & 1923 1924. Background intelligence on Faisal's Iraq First editions of two regional sitreps issued after the 1920 Iraqi Revolt and Faisal's installation in 1921 prepared for British officials administering the new monarchy. Both are rare - print runs of 1375 likely with fewer distributed - with only five and four institutional copies traced. Each is marked Provisional and Confidential; Area 1 is additionally stamped "secret" in a contemporary hand. The projected 10-volume series was never completed and surviving instalments sometimes titled Military Report on Iraq are scarce. Compiled at short notice on the model of Naval Intelligence Division geographical handbooks the reports provide concise local intelligence: historical and geographical survey then climate resources ethnography tribal structure leading figures communications transport and routes with technical appendices. Area 1 Northern Jazirah covers northern Iraq and adjacent Turkey and Syria stressing weak British influence and the prestige lost through unchecked tribal raiding after 1919. Its core is a detailed tribal analysis supplemented by contemporary intelligence annotations on succession disputes and political loyalties. Area 7 Tigris surveys the settled agricultural belt from Kut to Qurnah and the Shatt al-Arab reflecting greater stability and asserting that firm but protective rule could secure order. Detailed appendices describe estates shaikhs armed retainers and agricultural practice. Together the volumes offer granular evidence of British intelligence gathering during the improvised creation of the Iraqi state in the early 1920s. 2 vols octavo. Area 1 pp. viii 240 with a folding table and numerous tables to the text; Area 7 pp. ii 184 3 folding many to the text. Both in original greyish yellow printed boards cloth backstrips first with reddish orange spine the second greyish green. Both volumes in field service condition and lacking the maps called for spines sunned and chipped some repairs "Mespots" added in white ink boards rubbed and lightly stained hinges occasionally cracked with some repairs and a little play but the internal binding sound; contents toned but generally clean; for such fragile productions both remain surprisingly well preserved very good. hardcover
1930276713Berlin: Reimer / Vohsen 1930. VII, 110 S.240 Textbildern und 47 Tafeln. 4° Ln.mS.
1945191029Baghdad: Iraqi Army Press c.1945. for the benefit of the Arabic language First edition with over 12000 words printed under the auspices of the Lexicon Committee of the Iraqi Ministry of Defence. The first and second world wars were catalysers for the sharp increase in the production of new Arabic glossaries and dictionaries for officers and soldiers stationed in the Middle East. In the early 1940s special attention was paid to technical dictionaries issued by governments and ministries rather than colloquial phrasebooks produced for individuals aiming at translation consistency and standardization. The dictionary was printed "to collect collate and preserve.the words employed by the late Prof. Abdul-Masih Wazir in his numerous translations of English military publications". Wazir was director of the translation department of the Iraqi Ministry of Defence in 1923-43. It also provided "an easy means of reference for the use of the translators of English military writings". The loose-leaf format was designed to facilitate revision. Octavo 160 x 105 mm. Text in Arabic and English. Issued as 21 pamphlets numbered 1-18 and 18A-20 roughly one per alphabet letter. Original brown cloth yellow stamped paper boards bootlace stitching. Extremities a little rubbed small paper loss on lower outer corner of rear cover contents toned but clean: a very good copy. R. Mairs Arabic Dialogues 2025. hardcover
1948276712Hamburg: Eckardt & Messtorff 1948. II, 290 S. 55 Textbildern und 33 Tafeln, 5 Luftbildaufnahmen und 5 Karten lt. Titelbl. <richtig 1> 4° HLN.
1946313857Baghdad 1946. Six pages in ink on three leaves. 1 vols. 8vo. Letter: small loss from old staple at top of first leaf affecting two letters. Near fine. Book: Black cloth title in green illustration of measuring utensils on pastedowns. Pictorial dust jacket. Binding a bit rubbed spine faded with small loss at head Very good minus. Six pages in ink on three leaves. 1 vols. 8vo. Letter from Baghdad 1946. Fascinating letter from editor May H. Beattie 1908-1997 editor of Recipes from Baghad published for the benefit of the Red Cross and later a widely published author on Persian and oriental carpets. Beattie describes its contemporary reception in cosmopolitan Baghdadi circles noting specific criticisms of contents and illustrations how the barbs affected some of the editors with report of discussions with an editor in the U.K and mention of a possible Arabic edition for local "middle class people". Beattie writes "At the moment rather between ourselves I have a most consuming passion to make a record of Baghdad women - I am finding out all sorts of things about their cosmetics tatooing hair dying & customs in general. I should think it will be almost impossible to extract any information from Baghdad "Society" but I am finding other sources in plenty and a card index is filling rapidly."<br/>Beattie who trained as a microbiologist had come to Baghdad with her husband in 1937; in 1946 they returned to England and so the book on Baghdad women was never completed. Beattie's career as a scholar of carpets began in the 1950s when she saw the shortcomings of earlier research. "Dr. Beattie transferred her scholarly training in one discipline to another" Mackie and assembled facts and "recorded manufacturing methods equipment patterns and functions of carpets."<br/><br/>With: Recipes from Baghdad with an Introduction by Her Majesty the Queen Mother of Iraq. Edited by May H. Beattie B.A. Ph.D. with the assistance of Bedia Afnan Renée Elkab Helen Gaudin and Ann Walter. Caricatures by Suad Salim. Folding table; illustrations in text. 163 2 blank xi pp. 8vo Baghdad: Published by the Indian Red Cross Printed at the Government Press 1946. OCLC: 29816802 7 copies. <br/>Inscribed by the Queen Mother of Iraq on flyleaf in Arabic: ila Miz Gaudin 'Aliya 16/4/46; and signed below by May H. Beattie Renée Elkab Ann Walter and Helen Gaudin.<br/><br/>'Aliya bint 'Ali 1911-1950 Queen Mother of Iraq was granddaughter of King Faisal of the Hejaz and widow of King Ghazi. Her son Faisal II was the last king of Iraq and was killed in the 1958 revolution. For May Beattie see biographical notice by Louise W. Mackie in Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies 3:1 1987 pp. 6-10 unknown books
1940L7VDM2ALRS81UK Government: Geographical Section General Staff War Office 1940. 2 topographic maps colour-printed. Scale 1:500000. 820 x 640 mm and 770 x 648 mm. Previously folded. Marked "Iraq Desert Sheet 1" and "Sheet 2". Generally well preserved. Compiled from 1930s surveys and produced by the British 512 Army Field Survey Company Royal Engineers for use in the Persian war theatre. These consecutive maps cover the south-western area of Iraq including Rutba and Fallujah with parts of Saudi Arabia Jordan and Syria approximately the area between 31° and 33°30 N and 39° and 44° E.Previously folded. Marked "Iraq Desert Sheet 1" and "Sheet 2". Generally well preserved. Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office, unknown
1969q5r1030b81969. Ca. 180 orig. s/w Vintage auf Barytpapier, ca. 17, 6 x 23,2 cm und ca. 80 orig. Farb-Abzüge, ca. 13 x 18 cm . Die Aufnahmen wurden mit einer Leica-Mittelformat-Kamera gemacht und enstanden während einer Studienreise März-April 1969 durch die Gebiete des heutigen Irak und Iran. Der Photograph ist unbekannt. Alle Photos sind mittels Photoecken auf Photo-Karton befestigt. Die Pappen sind in vier Ringbücher abgeheftet. Die Photos sind sauber und unbeschädigt und können getrost als wichtige Dokumente der Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte des Mittleren Ostens bezeichnet werden. Sehr guter Zustand. ca. 1800 gr. Aus dem gleichen Bestand wird separat eine Serie angeboten, die wahrschscheinlich für eine Ausstellung vorbereitet war. Weitere Informationen auf Anfrage. Bildrechte beim Verlag IL. 4° [7 Warenabbildungen] Ringbuchheftung
1961ABC_47301Baghdad: Wizarat al-Kharijiyah = Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1961. Original printed wrappers stapled. 8vo. Arabic text. First edition of the second of two rare pamphlets published by the Iraqi government opposing the independence of Kuwait. The first pamphlet published in English and Arabic outlined Kuwait's historical connection to Iraq and analysed its "imperialist relations" with Britain. This second one in Arabic throughout prints the minutes of the Political Affairs Committee of the Arab League which met in Cairo on 20 July 1961 to consider Kuwait's request to join the League.Kuwait emerged as an independent state in June 1961 after sixty-two years as a British protectorate. With a new constitution it held its first parliamentary elections in 1963 thereby becoming the first Arab state in the Gulf to establish a parliament. Such political developments married with growing wealth and modernisations in health culture and finance helped to make Kuwait the most prosperous state in the Arabian Peninsula.The Iraqi government argued that the move toward independence was a continuation of Kuwait's relationship with Britain albeit under a new guise. Furthermore they felt that the historical links between Iraq and Kuwait entitled the former to control over the latter and one suspects a share of its growing wealth. This position partly detailed in the pamphlet led to a point of crisis with Iraq threatening invasion. To the relief of Kuwait the Iraqis were eventually deterred by the Arab League's promise of military opposition.The wrappers are a little dusty two thick black lines on the front wrapper seemingly erasing a stamp another stamp partially visible on the back wrapper most likely a bookseller's name and address "Baghdad" is legible. Internally clean and bright. Overall in very good condition.l Jisc LibraryHub 1 copy BL; WorldCat 219629380 3 copies. Wizarat al-Kharijiyah [= Ministry of Foreign Affairs], unknown
1912JBDEH1HAEOMM1912. 1/4 leather album. 4to. Approximately 120 mounted usually 2-4 to a page snap shots ranging in size from 60 x 40 mm to 120 x 100 mm. Brief captions in black ink under almost all the photos. The first half of the photos show middle class life in Edwardian England. The second and more interesting half of the photos are snap shots that appear to have been taken by a British officer and include military subjects scenes of Baghdad and the Euphrates and views of the Bosporus.An early 19th century photograpic impression of middle class life in England and the military in Iraq Some photos are faded or have minor spots or light streaks. Wretched-looking lacking backstrip with covers worn discolored and detached. hardcover
1946966F11Baghdad: The Indian Red Cross 1946 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 7". Suad Salim. The first edition of this very scarce mid 20th century cookery work presenting recipes hailing from Baghdad and Iraq. A vanishingly scarce first edition.With a folding table of weights and measures and a small number of vignette illustrations by Suad Salim.A very scarce cookery work presenting recipes popular in Iraq in the 1940s adapted for English tastes. With instructions for making various liqueurs Kubba Lebania Yuen Tsi Khankar Bakmadi and various other dishes.With an introduction from Her Majesty the Queen Mother of Iraq this work is edited by May H. Beattie with the assistance of Bedia Afnan Renée Al Kabir Helen Gaudin and Ann Walter.With bookplate of Martin and Pamela Finch to front free endpaper. They were antiquarian booksellers with an interest in antiquarian gastronomy.With a former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Handling marks to boards. Rubbing to back strip head and tail and joints. Tail of front joint starting with board firmly held. Inscription and bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type but generally clean with only the odd spot. Good The Indian Red Cross hardcover
1942ABC_47444Baghdad: PAI force G. H. Q. Welfare Committee 1942. Original publisher's beige printed paper wrappers. 14.5 x 11 cm. With two full-page maps of Iraq and Baghdad on page 24 and 25 and a full-page map of the "Baghdad Amenities area" on the back wrapper. Further with 6 pages of advertisements serving as endleaves. A very rare guide intended for British armed forces stationed in Iraq during the Second World War. It was probably handed to the soldiers soon after arrival. Works like these were often discarded when they were no longer needed. As such there are usually few of them left. This particular military guide is likewise extremely rare. We have only been able to find 3 other copies 2 of which are located at the Imperial War Museum in London.The Services guide to Iraq was probably published by the welfare committee of the British PAI force which is short for "Persia and Iraq Force". The British were stationed here to prevent Nazi Germany from invading the region for oil among other reasons. The guide was meant to teach the soldiers the basics of finding their way in this new country. It explains where to go for sports music religion legal aid education the costs of sending letters home and how to recognize and prevent various tropical diseases. It also aims to instill some cultural awareness in the reader: included is an excerpt of a work about the history of Iraq by Seton Lloyd 1902-1996 archaeologist and then curator at the Baghdad museum.The paper wrappers are torn at the bottom of the spine with some loss of material barely affecting the integrity of the binding a small stain and two small pen marks in red and green on the front wrapper. Somewhat browned throughout. Otherwise in good condition.l Not in WorldCat. PAI force G. H. Q. Welfare Committee, unknown
1930L6CC0NQYKB25London: George Philip & sons 1930. Colour printed map 54 x 68 cm with yellow covers 19.5 x 11 cm. Map of Iran Iraq and parts of the surrounding countries including modern Kuwait Bahrain Qatar and the UAE in the 1930s published in the series "Philips' authentic imperial maps for tourists & travellers". Published in the early years of the discovery of oil in the Middle East the map shows roads and railways but also caravan routes submarine cables and oil pipelines.Slightly soiled in very good condition. George Philip & sons, unknown
199083129Kurdistan: New Organization 1990's. Original silkscreened poster 63.5cm x 46cm printed in red and white on heavy black paper. Slight wear to edges almost neglible and some minor surface cracking to the very heavily applied paint are the only things that could be considered defects. A very good example. <br /> <br /> An exceptionally striking image printed in dramatic red and white onto black card depicting a heavily armed figure in traditional Kurdish dress beneath the legend in Kurdish:<br /> "The Displaced Mullah; The Shining Face of Revolutionary Kurdistan"<br /> <br /> The figure depicted is in all likelihood a stylized portrait of Mahmoud Barzanji a national Kurdish hero from the unrest of the early 20th century who became the first King of Kurdistan and was appointed Governor of the region by the British after the formation of the Kurdistan Protectorate after WW1. Barzanji not universally popular in Southern Kurdistan was a leader of considerable energy and ambition which far outstripped British plans for his 'control' of the region. The British and Barzanji came into direct conflict when he began arresting and imprisoning British officials who put up any opposition to his plans and embarking upon a localised uprising. The British predictably enough put a stop to his ambitions by ambushing him on the Sulamaniah road wounding him and then graciously commuting his death sentence to one of imprisonment in the British stronghold of Lahore in India where Barzanji was kept prisoner until 1922.<br /> The other possibility and with a stronger resemblance is that the poster depicts Simko Shakik early 20th century warlord and revolutionary who aside from massacring Armenians and Assyrians for the greater good of Kurdistan also led a rebellion against Iran. Although not conspicuously working from a Kurdish nationalist perspective modern critical thought suggests that Shikak should be placed "within the confines of Kurdish ethno-nationalism" Kamal Soleimani; "The Kurdish image in statist historiography: the case of Simko" 2017. Shikak himself was mainly interested in plunder and what he no doubt considered 'punitive justice against' basically anyone who sought to extert power over him or as a secondary consideration other Kurds; the results of his aggressive energy and willingness to fight anybody however are historically considered evidence of his benefit to Kurdish freedoms. No other examples of this poster can currently be traced in trade or institutional database. New Organization unknown
1936055476Baghdad: Dangoor's Printing and Publishing House / The Times Press 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original grey cloth bdg. 4to. 28 x 20 cm. In English and Arabic. iii 608 278 xxxxxxiii sic.Lxiii p. richly illustrated three maps two folded many separate colors and b/w plates. Fading on the Iraqi flag on the front board slightly worn on the hinges of the spine a stain on the edge overall a very good and bright copy. English edition. Exceedingly rare first and only "Iraq directory" issue as the best reference for early modern Iraq. This superb early 20th-century work on the "complete Iraq" was also published in Arabic and English separately. All published. The best reference in English of modern Iraq prepared by the Ministry of Interior in 1936 including history architecture archaeology military history economy health services jails oil companies engineering press and printing houses ports navigation army government Iraqi flag and social structure of the country in the 1930s containing minorities and ethnic groups with statistics and history. The last chapter titled "the commercial section" is also the best reference for the trade of Iraq at the beginning of the 20th century listing all trade companies with attractive colors and b/w full page and in-text advertisements. This historically significant work gives invaluable insight into the social historical and economical structure of modern Iraq. The book in almanac form which is opening with a preface contains the full page plates of His Majesty King Ghazi I views of Qasr al-Zehoor residential Palace of H.M. the King H.R.M. Amir Faisal Crown Prince of Iraq and His Late Majesty King Faisal I Creator of Modern Iraq photo-engraved in Cairo and Iraq with special permissions of the Court. Then the history of the Iraqi Royal Hashimite Family tree and biographies of the members can be found. Some tables of conversion of years A.H. into years A.D. of Sunrise and Sunsets in 1936 temperatures and eclipses and official holidays with the general calendar of 1936. This important calendar includes the special and historical days like All Saint's Day Occupation of Mosul British Forces Armistice Day Jewish Christian and Islamic feasts etc. next to a general chromo-lithographed map of Iraq. The work gives general information about Iraqi geography and administrative divisions. The next chapter gives a detailed historical account of Iraq to the present day. The government services like medicine transportation courts cabinet army sports etc. are introduced in detail. As the most important two chapters of the work including a richly illustrated account of the ethnic groups inhabitants minorities and religious demography and 'liwas' of the country give invaluable resources to the Iraqi social structure. An interesting additional notice by the new government of the period indicates "When the Iraq Directory for 1936 was still in the press a law was enacted prohibiting the use of titles such as Beg Pasha etc. in Iraq". This gives an insight into the relations of Iraq with the Republic of Turkey in the 1930s. The last chapter titled "the commercial section" contains almost all national and international Iraqi and some European firms in the 1930s trade such as shipping and transportation firms exporters merchants cinemas hotels publishers and manufacturing companies in various sectors is unsurpassed trade reference for the early 20th century Middle Eastern trade especially after the nationalism of Iraqi oil created the Iraq National Oil Company by negotiations took six years and ended with the July 1928 Red Line Agreement with the US and Britain. The maps' titles are "Historical sites in Iraq" "Provisional geological sketch map of Iraq" and "General Map of Iraq". Overall a historically important almanac of modern Iraq as well as the Middle East. Nineteen copies in OCLC 652197259 24979123 269202533. <br/> <br/> Dangoor's Printing and Publishing House / The Times Press hardcover
1958PHO-1454Paris, , Maisonneuve ; Besson & Chantemerle, 1958 , 4 volumes in-8 , relié pleine toile rouge , supra libro aux plats, cachets ,2ff.-viii-599pp., 2ff.-ii-552pp. ,2ff.752pp.,2ff.iii-665pp.
1951182329London: Ordnance Survey 1951. Later editions marked "restricted" revised from those produced by the War Office in 1941-42 and with isogonals correct to 1953. They show the international borders between Iran and Iraq but warn that they are still under negotiation. These maps are in a variety of later editions all printed in 1951 Baghdad fifth; Basra eighth; Tehran third; Bushehr fourth. This was a critical year in Iranian politics as the country underwent the Abadan Crisis saw the assassination of Razmara and the election of Mosaddeq. In the same period Iraq saw a number of anti-government protests including the 1952 Iraqi Intifada against the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty. Over these years British and American forces kept close watch on the region's development and likely printed these maps printed on rayon as escape items to issue to forces in case fighting broke out. Escape maps were first introduced by MI9 during the Second World War designed to be easily smuggled into POW camps. They were printed on silk and for "good reasons: silk is flexible and durable in a way that paper is not and it is noiseless when hidden about one's person" Bond. They continued to be issued throughout the 20th century and into the modern day especially during the 1960s and the Vietnam War. 2 sheets of rayon 596 x 715 mm; 610 x 676 mm colour map on each side key on map of Tehran; text in English and French. Sometime folded edges fraying more so to sheet of Baghdad and Basra: a very good copy. Barbara A. Bond "Escape and evasion maps of World War II" The British Library 2016. unknown
1940100183Arrault & Cie, Maitres impremeurs, Tours 1940. 418 Seiten mit 154 Figuren - 105 Tafeln mit 233 photographischen Abbildungen, (418 pages avec 154 figures - 105 planches avec 233 illustrations photographiques), 4°, privates Halbleinen mit Rückentitel, Bibliotheks-Exemplar (ordnungsgemäß entwidmet), Stempel Vorsatz und Titel, Exemplar mit leichtem Wasserschaden (Buchblock gebogen, Papier teils leicht wellig, Schnitt mit leichtem Wasserrand, nur geringfügig nach innen greifend), insgesamt ordentliches und innen sauberes Exemplar, (4 °, demi-lin privé avec titre de dos, exemplaire de bibliothèque (dûment dédié), attachement de tampon et titre, copie avec de légers dégâts d'eau (bloc de livre plié, papier partiellement légèrement ondulé, coupé avec une légère marge d'eau, atteignant légèrement à l'intérieur), dans l'ensemble soigné et à l'intérieur copie propre),
1977ABC_47947Baghdad: Ministry of Oil 1977. Original sturdy plastic case. Oblong 10 x 23 cm. With photographic illustrations all postcards are printed in colour. Remarkable complete set of 14 postcards published by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil to celebrate the flourishing petroleum industry and probably its nationalisation in 1972. The first 2 postcards show the building of the ministry and the official state portraits of then President of Iraq Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr 1914-1982 and Vice Chairman Saddam Hussein 1937-2003. The remaining 12 postcards are each printed for a different month of the year and show various aspects of the Iraqi petroleum industry including the Al-Bakr deep water terminal renamed in 2003 to Al-Basah oil terminal the Al-Khalida oil products tanker the degassing station at North Rumaila oil field the eternal fire near Kirkuk which was the first oil field found in Iraq and the Haditha-Rumaila pipeline which was newly built at the time.With a small crack in one of the sides of the sturdy plastic case. The first and last card in the set are slightly creased. Otherwise in very good condition. Ministry of Oil, unknown
1929867091929. Goverment of Iraq. MAPS OF IRAQ WITH NOTES FOR VISITORS. Baghdad London: Goverment of Iraq 1929. REvised and Enlarded Edition 1929. Folio. 34pp. Bound in original maroon cloth with gilt lettering to front cover. 8 large folding maps all required. All printed in 3 colors and produced by the Public Words Department of Iraq. 6th map has one fold with small tears and creases at edges. Head and tail are slightly worn. Includes photo-illustrated frontispiece. unknown books
