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8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 103 plates on 60 and 3 maps (one double-page) in the text; green cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. 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'.
8vo, Light orange cloth boards and spine, mylar protected dust jacket ; frontis. photo Map at rear; 323 pages. An account of Arab tribal life in two of the tribal confederations of Iraq: the Albu Mohammad and the Bani Lam. scarce.
323 pages. Glossary. Map endpapers. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
x + 197pp. with ills. in text + 4 plates out of text, in the series "The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research" volume 31 (1951-1952), 27cm., publisher's hardcover in green cloth, good condition, rare, [Study on tablets IM 51059 and IM 52614], X99924
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
COME NUOVO
An examination of the problems of the Middle East. 484 pages. Index. Dust jacket lightly soiled, marks on page edges
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In English, Turkish, and Arabic. 77 p., b/w ills. and documents. The Iraqi Turks in perspective of human rights.= Insan haklari açisindan Irak Türkleri.
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
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
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
New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). Edition in English. 292 p., ills. The historical and cultural identity of Kirkuk. Edited by Mustafa Nakeeb.
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
341pp. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
pp. xiii, 207. Paperback. Crisp copy. Hardbound. Fine. VERIA BX 1
Fine English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (27 x 18 cm). In English. 42, [2] p., b/w ills. The Baghdad Pact public record of the Karachi Conference series. May - June, 1957.
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
Light wear to corners of wraps and spine ends. ; 78pp, profusely illustrated. One of an edition of 3000.; 78 pages
Very Good French Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. [x], 116 p., x b/w photographic plates. The Anfal Campaign in Iraqi Kurdistan: The destruction of Koreme. The forced relocation of its inhabitants, the massacre and dissapearance of its men and boys, the chemical weapons attack on thevillage of Birjinni, and the death of farwan Tawa Mostafa, a female infant, at Beharke Camp, in the course of the 1988 Anfal Campaign against the Kurds of Iraqi Kurdistan by the government of Saddam Hussein.
Mm 140x210 Brossura editoriale di pp. 359, con illustrazioni in bianco e nero, in stato di nuovo. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In English. 176 p. The 1968 Revolution in Iraq. Experience and prospects. The political report of the Eighth Congress of the Arab Ba'th Socialist Party in Iraq, January 1974.
Perché una nuova guerra? Le contraddizioni dell'Iraq; La ricerca dell'indipendenza; Dopo la Rivoluzione del 1958; Ma chi è veramente Saddam Hussein? Sono questi i capitoli che formano il saggio di Antonio Moscato sull'Iraq e sull'imminente guerra auspicata dagli Stati Uniti. In appendice: La lunga tragedia dell'Afghanistan. Autori: Antonio Moscato.
in 8° br. fig. a col. pp.212, ben tenuto
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.
[8] + 11 + 199pp., 28cm., reliure cart. moderne, brochure original conservée et reliée, avec 3 signets, texte frais, bon état, X103329
