Mallet Allain Manesson (1630-1706)MareMagnum
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8vo. First Edition with plates and maps neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. SCARCE.
français Grand in-8 paginé de 116 à 327 ; broché de l'éditeur. Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph, Beyrouth (Syrie), Tome VIII, fasc. 4. Couverture très usagée (manques de papier au dos, usures sur les bords, coupures, traces d'insolation).
8vo., Second Impression thus, with a frontispiece and folding map, small neat signature on half-title; original green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. Nice copy of the second impression of the first single-volume edition. Garnett's abridgement of Doughty's nineteenth century classic, first published in two volumes in 1908, brought the work to a new and appreciative audience (including T E Lawrence). Professor Bonney, Doughty's geological tutor, attributed to this publication the award by the RGS of the Founder's Gold Medal in 1912. The first single-volume edition appeared in 1926. Scarce.
In-24 gr. (mm. 140x90), mz. pelle coeva con ang., filetti e tit. oro al dorso, pp. IV,362, con 3 tavv. f.t. e 1 cartina geografica più volte ripieg. Alc. cc. con uniformi ingialliture, altrimenti ben conservato.
Signed [Asim], dated and briefly inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. 152 pages. "The true story of a villager who grew up in rural Bengal. I travelled many countries in pursuit of my career and married a foreign wife. This is my true life story illustrating the harrowing struggle to clear my name in a false medico-legal case in Saudi Arabia. This story shows the way how, with God's love in our lives, we can overcome the toughest trouble and survive." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Dust jacket discretely affixed to boards. A quality copy. Book
In-8 p., tela editoriale (fioriture al dorso), pp. XVII,370, con numerose ill. fotografiche in b.n. in tavv. f.t., 1 mappa “showing the new boundaries of Najd” e un albero genealogico di Aal Sa’oud, nel testo. Prima edizione. Storia di Abd’ul-Aziz Ibn Sa’Oud, re di Al-Hijaz nel 1926 e del Najd e sue dipendenze nel 1927, la cui abile politica estera gli assicurò l’indipendenza dalla stessa Inghilterra. Firma di appartenenza al frontespizio; ex-libris e timbro al risguardo, altrimenti esempl. ben conservato.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispieces (one in colour), coloured or tinted plates, woodcut illustrations in the text, plans on japon (2 folding; one double-page) and large folding coloured map, half-title of first volume lightly spotted; original black cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, red tops, black endpapers, neatly rebacked with old backstrips laid down, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front paste-downs and free endpapers, and neat blind stamp on titles. 'It will thus be seen that this edition is very complete, as it has the various appendices from all the past editions. There is also a full index. As in the second edition [1857] there are thirty-four chapters instead of the original thirty-five, owing to two being made appendices, 'The Damascus Caravan' being numbered as a separate chapter' (Penzer). Burton's classic account was first published in 1855. Penzer, p.54.
