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T. Nelson and Sons, 1870 Green, gilt boards with colored litho of Bethany with "Cities of Palestine" in sky of scene, laid in and indented, slight foxing/rubbing to boards, tight. Contents. Jaffa, or Joppa Jerusaleum, Bethany, Bethlehem, Hebron, ect. 26 pgs. Handcolored plates, histories, descriptions, quite scarce. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.
Howard Baskerville 1885-1909 Fiftieth Anniversary the Story of an American Who Died in the Cause of Iranian Freedom and Independence by Shafagh, S. R - 1959
by Shafagh, S. R
Howard Baskerville 1885-1909 Fiftieth Anniversary the Story of an American Who Died in the Cause of Iranian Freedom and Independence
by Shafagh, S. R
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Privately Printed, 1959 Pictorial cover with Iranian and American colors stripes. Forword by Senator S. H. Taqizadeh Dedication by Harold G. Josif, American Consul, American Consulate, Tabriz, Iran. Editors Note on the Author, b/w photograph of S. Hassan Taqizadeh and S. R. Shafagh, photograph of Dr. S. G. Wilson, also Satar Khan, Baskerville Troop. 28 pgs. With 4 laid in mimiographed documents:Talk by the Consul, 2 pgs, Response by his Excellency the Ambassador of the United States Edward T. Wailes. ect .1959. Program for the Baskerville Cermonies (April 19-20, at Tabriz) (some inked in corrections), Non Americans Attending the Baskerville Ceremonies, Iranians Attending From Tehran with Iranians Invited From Tabriz. (Partial List). Other Invited From Tabris. Extremely Rare OCLC finds 0 copies Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.
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- Keywords IRAQ TABRIZ IRAN IRANIANS TEHRAN HOWARD BASKERVILLE S H TAQIZADEH SHAM-GHAZAN HAROLD G JOSIF CIA S. HASSAN MIDDLE EAST MIDEAST BERIUT
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Cities of Palestine
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Year Book of the North-West Frontier Province Pakistan 1955
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Issued By the Secretary to Government, N.-w.f.p., Information Department, 1955 Green paper covers, slight spine damage, owners notes. ii. b/w photographs of ; His Excellency Khan Qurban Ali Knan, Governor, N.-W. F.P., The Hon'ble Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan, Chief Minister, Hon'ble Mian Jaffar Shah, Education Minister, Hon'ble Malik-ur- Raham Kayani, Works Minister,Hon'ble Salar Muhammad Ayub Khan, Revenue Minister, Hon'ble Khan Muhammad Farid Khan, Local Govt. Minister, Color foldout Map. Tables, Data, Economic Reports, Peshawar Museum, Color foldout Map of Kaghan Valley and its Approaches, Appendices, Frontier Regions. 262 pgs Advertisments. Owners penciled notes of travel conditions, ect. Very Rare OCLC lists 0 copies. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good.
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A Collection of Modern Turkish Poetry The Lurched Galleon or The Course: West North-West, (crossed out) on hold
by Selected and Translated By Aptullah E. Kuran
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1952 Typed on rice paper. Bound in blue folder. Introduction. Poets include: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, Time in Bursa, Remembrance, ect. Nazim Hikmet Ran: To Live, Rome, ect. Eroument Behzat lav: Blossom Time, The Mansion, ect. Necip Fazil Kisakurek, The Pavements, Spider's Web, ect. Fazil Husnu Daglarca, The World Drawn Unto The Air, Entirety, ect. Orhan Veli Kanik, That Which I Do Not Abandon, ?, ect. Extremely RARE OCLC lists 0 copies. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.
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Muslims in the United States
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Washington D. C.: United States Information Agency Cover art of Mosque. No date. No author. 6 pages stapled. Appears to be 1950's Extremely RARE OCLC lists 0 copies. Data, names, trends. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Paper. Very Good.
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Visiting Pakistan
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New York: Consulate General of Pakistan, 1950 Green/tan cover art of walking tourist. Illustrated, b/w photographs,: tiger shooting from a Machan, ect. maps, visa errata, 36 pgs. Simple Urdu words and phrases, travel data. ect. Cover slight soiled. Extremely Rare OCLC locates 1 copy at Harvard. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Paper. Very Good.
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Cities of Palestine
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T. Nelson and Sons, 1870 Green, gilt boards with colored litho of Bethany with "Cities of Palestine" in sky of scene, laid in and indented, slight foxing/rubbing to boards, tight. Contents. Jaffa, or Joppa Jerusaleum, Bethany, Bethlehem, Hebron, ect. 26 pgs. Handcolored plates, histories, descriptions, quite scarce. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.
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Year Book of the North-West Frontier Province Pakistan 1955
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Issued By the Secretary to Government, N.-w.f.p., Information Department, 1955 Green paper covers, slight spine damage, owners notes. ii. b/w photographs of ; His Excellency Khan Qurban Ali Knan, Governor, N.-W. F.P., The Hon'ble Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan, Chief Minister, Hon'ble Mian Jaffar Shah, Education Minister, Hon'ble Malik-ur- Raham Kayani, Works Minister,Hon'ble Salar Muhammad Ayub Khan, Revenue Minister, Hon'ble Khan Muhammad Farid Khan, Local Govt. Minister, Color foldout Map. Tables, Data, Economic Reports, Peshawar Museum, Color foldout Map of Kaghan Valley and its Approaches, Appendices, Frontier Regions. 262 pgs Advertisments. Owners penciled notes of travel conditions, ect. Very Rare OCLC lists 0 copies. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good.
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A Collection of Modern Turkish Poetry The Lurched Galleon or The Course: West North-West, (crossed out) on hold
by Selected and Translated By Aptullah E. Kuran
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1952 Typed on rice paper. Bound in blue folder. Introduction. Poets include: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, Time in Bursa, Remembrance, ect. Nazim Hikmet Ran: To Live, Rome, ect. Eroument Behzat lav: Blossom Time, The Mansion, ect. Necip Fazil Kisakurek, The Pavements, Spider's Web, ect. Fazil Husnu Daglarca, The World Drawn Unto The Air, Entirety, ect. Orhan Veli Kanik, That Which I Do Not Abandon, ?, ect. Extremely RARE OCLC lists 0 copies. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.
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Muslims in the United States
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Washington D. C.: United States Information Agency Cover art of Mosque. No date. No author. 6 pages stapled. Appears to be 1950's Extremely RARE OCLC lists 0 copies. Data, names, trends. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Paper. Very Good.
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Visiting Pakistan
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New York: Consulate General of Pakistan, 1950 Green/tan cover art of walking tourist. Illustrated, b/w photographs,: tiger shooting from a Machan, ect. maps, visa errata, 36 pgs. Simple Urdu words and phrases, travel data. ect. Cover slight soiled. Extremely Rare OCLC locates 1 copy at Harvard. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Paper. Very Good.
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A Man
by Fallaci, Oriana
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First US Edition. Translated from the original Italian title Un Uomo by William Weaver, about a Greek revolutionary hero who fights alone and to the death for freedom and truth. Fallaci (1929-2006) was an Italian journalist and author and became famous worldwide for her coverage of war and revolution and her "long, aggressive and revealing interviews" with many world leaders. A Man is based on Alexandros Panagoulis, with whom Fallaci had a long relationship. She maintained that he was assassinated due to his work with the Greek resistance and his (unsuccessful) assassination attempt of Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos. A Man received the Italian awards Premio Viareggio and Premio Nazionale. 9½ x 6½". 0671252410. Purple over grey boards, gold letters on spine, title blind stamped on front board. 463 pp. Dust jacket has crease to front flap, small chips, discolored edges of DJ and boards. Text edges scattered light foxing not extending onto pages, else a Good…
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The King Of Kings
by Jeanie Macpherson and Henry Macmahon
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THE KING OF KINGS, Copyright 1927, Grosset & Dunlap. Written by Jeanie Macpherson and Henry Macmahon. USED. 257 pages plus adverts. 5 ¼ X 7 5/8. Light brown boards with delft blue titling and ornamentation. VG Condition/Acceptable RARE original H.B. Warner dust jacket. The jacket is in acceptable condition with wear and loss to back panel and spine. Now protected in a mylar wrap. Sorry about the stack of books photos. King of King is the only title available here. Summary: "The King of Kings is a 1927 American silent epic film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It depicts the lasts weeks of Jesus of Nazareth before his crucifixion, and stars H.B. Warner in the lead role.
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Ties That Bind: A Social History of the Iranian Carpet
by Helfgott, Leonard M
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Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1994. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Inst Pr., 1994. 8vo., 358 pages, illustrated b/w photos. Previous owner's blind stamp on title page, else near fine in near fine dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo..
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Syrian Stone-Lore; or the Monumental History of Palestine
by Conder, Claude Reignier
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London Richard Bentley 1886. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue gilt decorated cloth, bit of spotting, and internal hinge paper is cracked. But a very clean, solid copy. A fine history of Syria and Palestine published for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Conder's approach was to ignore Hebrew literature, basing his archaeological history on the evidence only of uncovered monuments and inscriptions, etc. Illustrated by 29 illustrations, 3 folding maps. first edition..
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Seven Pillars Of Wisdom, A Triumph
by Lawrence, T.E
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T.E. Lawrence. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, A TRIUMPH. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Privately Printed, 1926. First Published for general circulation 1935. First American Edition. States MCMXXXVI on the title page. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Garden City, NY. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. 672 pages, indexed. Beige buckram boards. Spine has darkened a bit. 6 7/8 X 9 ½.
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Shaykh and Effendi: Changing Patterns of Authority among the El Shabana of Southern Iraq
by Fernea, Robert A
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. 8vo., xi+227 pages, illustrated with tables, charts. Name on fly leaf, minor sun fade along botoom edge from dust jacket shift, else a very good plus, clean, bright, tight copy - no shelf wear, in a very good spine sunned dust jacket chipped at the crown.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo..
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Arabs in Tent and Town
by A. Goodrich-Freer
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Inscribed by the publisher, In memory of Ada Seeley from F.P Seeley 9 March 1929. 325 pp. 22 x 14.5 cmz. 780 grams. 1.5 cm tear in middle of top spine. photo loose opposite page 48.The title reads in full: "An intimate account of the family life of the Arabs of Syria, their manner of living in, desert & town, their hospitality, customs, & mental attitude, with a description of the animals, birds, flowers & plants of their country."
Adela Monica Goodrich-Freer Spoer (1870-1931) was an author who initially wrote under her maiden name of A. Goodrich-Freer, and then under her married name of A. M. Spoer.
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The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
by Lagnado, Lucette
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New York, Ecco, 2007, hardcover, 332 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed twice by the Author, once on the half-title page including location and date in the year of publication, and again on the title page, Fine in Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight bump to heel of spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight bump at heel, in new Brodart sleeve. The award-winning Wall Street Journal reporter and author of Children of the Flames: Dr. Joseph Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz returns to tell her own family story of glamour and luxury in post-war Cairo and their hasty escape to America as Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes Egyptian industry and purges the city of foreign influences. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs from the author's personal collection. Selected Bibliography appended. ISBN 9780060822125
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The Sun at Midday: Tales of a Mediterranean Family
by Alhadeff, Gini
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New York, Pantheon Books, 1997, hardcover, 226 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean, one red dot to top edge of textblock. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slightest edge bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. This first, full-length work from the well-known journalist, freelance writer, founder of the literary magazines Normal and XXIst Century, and author of Diary of a Djinn, presents stories of some unique characters in her family and their adventures and travails throughout Europe, The Middle East, The United States, and Japan. ISBN 9780679417637
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Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus
by Haggard, H. Rider
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H. RIDER HAGGARD: Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus. Longmans, Green and Co., Copyright 1918. States 1920 on the title page. March 1920 Third Printing Thus. 1920 Used. Good- condition/ no DJ. States 1920 on title page. Blindstamped red cloth boards. Titling still visible on spine. Colour frontispiece of Merapi at a chariot. Gutter separation at back hinge. Bright pages. The novel narrates the events of the Biblical Exodus from Egypt told from the perspective of a scribe named Ana." Rare/Scarce. By H. Rider Haggard, author of "She", King Solomon's Mines, and the Allan Quatermain Professor Challenger series.
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