Category: Middle East

Travels in Russia, Persia, Turkey and Greece, in 1828-9 [ Not Published. First Edition ]

Price: £4,500.00

Publisher: London, Printed by E. Clarke and Son : 1831

Seller ID: 012545

Condition: Very Good

Inscribed on title '' from the author ''.Book measures 23x15.cm. v,[1],227pp, folding sepia aquatint frontispiece, folding lithographed map hand-coloured in outline. Bound in modern antiquarian style calf, panelled boards, raised bands, red leather title label, marble endpapers. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, pages, frontis, map clean. A very nice copy.
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La Palestine ancienne et moderne ou géographie historique et physique de la Terre Sainte.

By: Arnaud E.

Price: £120.00

Publisher: Paris, Berger Levrault : 1868

Seller ID: 098523

Binding: Cloth

Book measures 22 x 14.5. cm. Collation, xxiv,600pp, 3 folding maps. Bound in modern black cloth, gilt bands, and title lettering. Library number on spine. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, Foreign Office Library bookplate, occasional stamp, one map lacking a small section on fold, second map split of fold without loss, third large folding map extensively repaired, silked, last four leaves repaired on top margin. Pages in good clean condition. A good solid copy.
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The Exiled and the Redeemed the Strange Jewish 'Tribes ' of the Orient

By: Ben-Zvi Itzhak

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Vallentine, Mitchell : 1958

Seller ID: 098865

Binding: Publisher Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 22 x 15.cm. Collation, xiv,334pp. Bound in original publishers blue cloth, with gilt title lettering. Cloth very lightly rubbed. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, with minor loss on edges, small nick to back panel. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy,.
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A Sunshine Trip Glimpses of the Orient Extracts from Letters

By: Bottome Margaret

Price: £75.00

Publisher: USA, Edward Arnold : 1897

Seller ID: 008518

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 18x12.cm. Collation, viii[2]215pp, frontis portrait. Bound in original publishers grey cloth, with gilt lettering, black lines, top gilt edge. Cloth lightly rubbed, slightly dusty, publishers file label on top board. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A nice clean copy.
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The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi. Translated and Annotated By His Friend and Pupil, F.B.

By: Burton, Sir Richard F.

Price: £160.00

Publisher: Portland, Maine, Thomas B. Mosher : 1920

Seller ID: 099710

Binding: Full Calf

Condition: Near Very Good

Signed binding, by Hatchards. Piccadilly. Limited to 1500 copies. Book measures 18x10cm. Collation, xv,[1],124,[1[pp, portrait frontis, half title. Bound in full red leather, raised bands, gilt tooling, gilt lines with corners pieces on boards, top gilt edge, coloured endpapers. Calf lightly rubbed, some abrasion wear with slight loss of gilt. Generally a nice clean binding. Internally, lightly patch marking on endpaper, probably due to removal of bookplate?. Pages in good clean condition throughout. A nice copy.
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Journal of a Deputation Sent to the East By the Committee of the Malta Protestant College in 1849 [ 2 Volumes ] [ Inscribed By the Author ]

By: Crawford Adair

Price: £575.00

Publisher: London, James Nisbet and Co : 1854

Seller ID: 010712

Binding: Full Calf

Condition: Very Good

Inscribed on free endpaper '' Geo A. Hamilton from the author Adria Crawford May 1854 '' Books measures 22.5x14.5.cm. Collation, 342, 1pp errata, vi,-886pp, 2 single page maps, 1 folding map, 1 plan, 1 plate, 2 tinted frontis pieces. Bound in period full calf, diced boards, raised bands, gilt tooling, leather title labels, coloured endpapers. Calf lightly rubbed, boards scuffed on edges, some minor loss on head/ tail of spines, short split on one hinge joint. Generally both bindings in very good clean condition. Internally, some light spotting to title pages, folding map worn on extreme edge, ...
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Early Churches in Palestine [ Sir Alfred Clapham's Copy ]

By: Crowfoot J. W.

Price: £58.00

Publisher: London, Published for the British Academy : 1941

Seller ID: 099826

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 25x16.5.cm. xiv,[2],166pp, 30 plates, 1 folding plan. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, minor bump to corners, slight lean. Binding in good clean firm condition. Dust jacket rubbed, faded, some loss on edges. Jacket in good condition. Internally, bookplate of Clapham, previous owners inscription. Pages/plates clean. A nice copy.
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Ein traditionelles Wohnviertel im Nordosten der Altstadt von Aleppo in Nordsyrien

By: Gangler Anette

Price: £60.00

Publisher: Berlin, Ernst Wasmuth Verlag Tubingen : 1993

Seller ID: 098225

ISBN-13: 9783803001580

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. 185pp, 20 folding plans, 153 plates. Bound in original publishers white softcover, with black title lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, marked. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally,pages clean throughout. A good clean copy.
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Sinan: Ottoman Architecture and Its Values Today

By: Goodwin Godrey

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Great Britain, Saqi Books : 1993

Seller ID: 099104

ISBN-13: 9780863561726

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good Plus

Book measure 29.5x21.5.cm. 132pp, illustrated. Bound in original publishers black cloth, with gilt lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A nice clean copy.
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Bridge of Knowledge: Western Appreciation of Arabic and Islamic Civilization in The Arcadian Library

By: Hamilton Alastair

Price: £55.00

Publisher: London, The Arcadian Library in Association with Oxford University Press : 2011

Seller ID: 012036

ISBN-13: 9780956727909

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 32x24.cm. 408pp, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers illustrated softcover. Binding in very good clean condition. Dust jacket has a short closed tear. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy.
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Syrian Jewry in Transition 1840-1880

By: Harel Yaron

Price: £85.00

Publisher: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization : 2010

Seller ID: 098864

ISBN-13: 9781904113652

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good Plus

Book measures 24 x 16 cm. Collation, xiv,310pp. Bound in original publishers hardcover. Binding in vertually new condition.Dust jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean and bright throughout. A near new copy.
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The Highlands of Ethiopia

By: Harris Major W. Cornwallis

Price: £135.00

Publisher: New York, J. Wichester. New World Press : 1844

Seller ID: 097600

Binding: Period Half Calf

First American edition, [ From the First London edition ].No date, circa 1844. Book measures 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches. Collation, xii,392pp, 6 illustrations, including one hand coloured, complete as index. Bound in period half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, raised bands, gilt lines and title lettering, full marble edges. Calf lightly rubbed, some minor abrasion wear. Generally a good solid binding. Internally, some persistant light spotting or browing. Pages in good condition throughout. A good copy, in anice period binding.
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Narrative of the Late Expedition to Syria under the Command of Admiral The Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, G. C. B. M. G. Comprising an Account of the Capture of Gebail, Tripoli, and Tyre; Storming of Sidon; Battle of Calat-Meidan; Bombardment. [2 Volumes ]

By: Hunter W. P.

Price: £1,750.00

Publisher: London, Henry Colburn : 1842

Seller ID: 013736

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Very Good

Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 21x13.cm. Collation, [4]]pp catalogue, viii,[2],301pp, [6]pp catalogue, v, [3], 312pp, 2 lithographed portrait frontispieces, 1 map, 1 plan, 5 plates. Bound in original publishers embossed cloth, with gilt title lettering. At some time both bindings have been repaired. Cloth lightly rubbed, sellotape residue, some light staining, marking. Generally both bindings in good clean firm condition. Internally, both frontis and 2 plates heavily foxed, title page to volume 2 heavily foxed.. Pages and plates, [ other than those mentioned ] in very good clean conditi...
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The British Consulate in Jerusalem 1838-1914 [ Complete in 2 Parts ]

By: Hyamson Albert M. [ Edited By ]

Price: £120.00

Publisher: London, Edward Goldston Ltd : 1939

Seller ID: 099760

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Very Good

Complete in 2 parts. Published 1939-1941. lviii,294pp, lxxxvii,295-592pp. Bound in original publishers paper printed wrappers. Covers lightly rubbed, paper torn on base of one spine, some minor wear. Generally both bindings in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A nice clean set.
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Voyages de Corneille Le Bruyn par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales [ Volumes 4 & 5 ]

By: Le Bruyn, Cornelius

Price: £850.00

Publisher: Paris, Chez Jean Baptiste Claude Bauche : 1725

Seller ID: 099662

Binding: Full Calf

Condition: Good Plus

Volume 4 & 5 only. Books measures 26x20.cm. Collation, 522,[12]. 1 map, 22 full page plates, 7 folding plates, 498,[14]pp, 13 single page plates. Bound in full period calf, raised bands, gilt tooling within compartments. Both bindings rubbed, heavily worn, hinge joints split, but boards still attached. Generally bindings in good condition. Internally, lacking free endpapers, might lack a few plates, [ no index ]. Pages and plates in very good clean condition. Nice clean volumes, in worn, but good period bindings.
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Image for An account of the sepulchers of the antients, and a description of their monuments, from the creation of the world, to the building of the pyramids, and from thence to the destruction of Jerusalem; in two parts: the first comprehending those that are in

An account of the sepulchers of the antients, and a description of their monuments, from the creation of the world, to the building of the pyramids, and from thence to the destruction of Jerusalem; in two parts: the first comprehending those that are in

By: MacGregory John

Price: £750.00

Publisher: London, printed for the author, and to be sold by J. Barns in Pallmall, W. Taylor in Pater-Noster-Row, E. Curll in Fleetstreet, and G. Strahan in Cornhill : 1712

Seller ID: 097575

Binding: Full Calf

Condition: Very Good Plus

Part 1, all published?. Book measures 7 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches. Collation, xxvi,[2],108pp, half title. Bound in full calf. Rebacked retaining the original panelled boards. raised bands, gilt lettering. Calf lightly rubbed, stain marking to bottom board. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice well bound copy.
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Afghanistan from Darius to Amanullah

By: Macmunn Lt. General Sir George

Price: £95.00

Publisher: London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd : 1929

Seller ID: 012600

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good Plus

Book measures 22.5x15.cm. xii, 359pp, 24 plates, including frontis, 9 maps, including a folding coloured map, complete as index. Bound in original publishers red cloth, gilt lettering, gilt crest on top board. Cloth lightly rubbed, some minor abrasion wear, spine darkened, outer page edges dust marked. Binding in good firm condition. Internally, previous owners name/stamp on free endpaper. Pages and plates in good clean condition. A good solid copy.
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Photographic Heritage of the Holy Land, 1839-1914

By: Onne Eyal [ Text and Editing ]

Price: £78.00

Publisher: England, Institute of Advanced Studies Manchester Polytechnic : 1980

Seller ID: 099798

ISBN-13: 9780905252100

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 28.5x21.cm. 104pp, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers illustrated softcover. Covers very lightly bumped on edges, colour faded from a section of both covers. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A nice clean copy.
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Islam Under the Khalifs of Baghdad [ Inscribed By Author ]

By: Osborn Robert Durie

Price: £125.00

Publisher: London, Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday : 1878

Seller ID: 012453

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good Plus

Inscribed on free endpaper '' L. H. Hodgson et cetera the Author ''. Bound in original publishers cloth, with blind lines, gilt lettering and crest. Cloth lightly rubbed, minor abrasion wear, spine age darkened. Internally, previous owners bookplate, rear hinge joint split. Pages in good clean condition. A nice inscribed copy.
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Life and Travels of Mungo Park [ 5 Works Bound in 1 Volume ]

By: Park Mungo

Price: £180.00

Publisher: Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers : 1842

Seller ID: 010431

Binding: Hard Cover

5 volumes bound in 1 volume. Book measures 25x16.5.cm. 1. The Life and Travels of Mungo Park. Published by William & Robert Chambers. Edinburgh. 1842. 88pp, 1 full page map. 2. A Tour in Switzerland. By William Chambers. Publisherd by Chambers. Edinburgh. 1842. 88pp, a few text illustrations. 3. Travels in the East including a Journey in the Holy Land. By Alphonse de Lammartine. Published by Chambers. Edinbugh. 1839. 230pp. 4. Incidents of Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and The Holy Land. By J. L. Stephens. Published by Chambers. Edinburgh. 1839. 120pp. 5. Travels in Iceland. By Sir George S...
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Category: Middle East

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