Israel - Palestine - Middle East from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Paris: Didier Et Cie, 1865. First Edition. Octavo. Later green cloth over boards, with leather spine label laid-down; marbled page edges; cxiii,348pp. Light external wear and soil; internally very fresh and unmarked; Very Good in a later (20th-c.) utilitarian binding. Text in French. An early and not entirely unsympathetic biography of Mohammed and survey of Islamic religion, by… Read more about this item

London: William Tegg & Co, 1877. New edition" (first published 1840). 12mo (15cm). Publisher's green cloth, titles blocked in gilt with ornamental rules in black to front cover; brown coated endpapers; xvi,[1]-404pp; engraved frontispiece (view of the Kaaba at Mecca after Greatbatch). A tidy copy, with rubbing to board edges and corners and text block leaning slightly; internally clean,… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1967. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (21cm); forest green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [12],13-315,[1]pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "To Doug / who brought the breath of Fowler to this book / with gratitude / Zulfikar Ghose." Base of spine slightly nudged, corners gently tapped (though still sharp),… Read more about this item

Nyack, NY: CONAME, [ca 1972]. 5 manila envelopes (12"x9") with printed labels, containing a total of 29 reprinted articles and 6 introductory sheets. All housed within large manila envelope (13"x9.5"), labeled in manuscript. External envelope rubbed and worn, with some dustsoil: Good only. Internal manila envelopes slightly rubbed, with minor rust to metal closures; enclosed articles with mild foxing… Read more about this item

London: Fisher, Son, & Co, [1837-1838]. First Editions. Three volumes; first or early printings, with half-titles dated 1837,1837, and 1838. Small quartos (27cm). Contemporary gilt-panelled calf, elaborately tooled borders, spines extra-gilt, gilt turn-ins; pale yellow coated endpapers; 80;76;100,[4]pp; engraved half-titles, 120 steel-engraved plates after W.H. Bartlett, William Purser, and Thomas Allom. Some professional restoration to bindings, including discreet tissue… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday Doran, 1937. First English Language Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 373pp. Mild bumps to board corners, else a tight, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.00 on front flap), lightly rubbed with some shallow losses to extremities, Very Good. The Nobel Prize-winning author's first novel, considered one of the first classics… Read more about this item

London / New York: Soncino Press, 1982. Third edition. Two volumes. Cloth hardcovers in dustjackets and publisher's slipcase; 246+286pp. Fine and unmarked, in fine dustwrappers and unworn slipcase. A new-appearing set.

New York: Scribner's, 1932. First American Edition. Large 8vo. Publisher's burgundy cloth. Dustjacket. Titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board, minor marginal sunning to cloth and some light bumping to extremities, strong and vibrant, in a clean, sharp example of the pictorial dustjacket with some light marginal wear and chipping, most notably to spine ends, and… Read more about this item

New York: Harper Collins, (2001). First Edition. First printing. Octavo Cloth-backed boards (hardcover); dustjacket; x,326pp, illus. Fine copy in crisp, unworn dustwrapper. Account of members of the Jewish Brigade Group in the British Army during WW2, and their subsequent careers as Nazi hunters and members of the Haganah Underground. A new-appearing, apparently unread copy.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1968. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); dark brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [13],14-319,[1]pp; illus. Inscribed by Dan Bawley on the front endpaper to J. Wayne Fredericks, the former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1961-67): "To Mr. Fredericks / with best regards / Dan Bawley… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. Second American printing (lacking the Doran "lozenge" on copyright page, with letter "B" beneath title). Octavo (23.5cm). Pictorial brown cloth over boards; xx,1-336; deep red topstain; fore- and bottom edges uncut; frontispiece and 15 inserted leaves of photographic plates (halftones); folding map at end of text; pictorial endpapers. Neat printed bookplate affixed… Read more about this item

London: Longman Group UK, 1986. First Edition. First impression. Quarto. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 208pp; illus. Tight, clean and unmarked; about Fine. In the original dustwrapper, mildly toned at extremities and with a short, closed tear at upper panel; Near Fine. Photo-illustrated survey of historically important mosques, with scholarly background essays on each. The author was a professor of Art… Read more about this item

Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1978. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); gray cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xx,184, plus 8pp of illustrations. Tight, Near Fine copy in VG+ dustjacket. "Compliments of the Canada Council" ink-stamp to front endpaper. The Canadian politician and historian's second book, examining Canadian military involvement in Egypt between 1882-1898.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First Edition. Fourth printing. Octavo (22cm). Cream cloth stamped in green and gilt, green topstain, purple dust jacket; vi,287,[3]pp. Small ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Pushed at head and tail, else clean: Near Fine. Jacket lightly rubbed, unclipped (priced $6.95), gently toned along flap edges, foxed along spine on verso, but nevertheless… Read more about this item

[N.p.; photographer unknown, ca 1990]. Three large-format black-and-white photographic prints, 11" x 14"; very mild creasing at edges, still Near Fine. Three anonymous but excellent images of a Gulf War-era demonstration, probably in Manhattan, ca. 1990. The photographer is unidentified, but the prints are of professional quality, and capture close-up scenes of crowds carrying banners and placards… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xii,523pp; frontispiece, seven inserted leaves of plates; six maps in text; folding genealogical table. Neat ownership signature to front endpaper, else a tight, unmarked, Near Fine copy in the original dustwrapper. Second volume (only) of Runciman's oft-reprinted critical history of the Crusades, increasingly hard-to-find in the… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. First Edition. First impression. Quarto; tan buckram hardcover in dustjacket; 244pp; illus. Tight, fine, unmarked copy in lightly rubbed dustwrapper; Near Fine. Scholarly study of the history of maritime trade in the Near and Middle East, with particular attention to the history and culture of the dhow, the ubiquitous trading vessel of the… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2008. First Edition. Small quarto (26cm). Pictorial laminated boards; 542pp; illus. Fine, unmarked copy, apparently unread. Issued without dustwrapper.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1977. First Edition. Octavo (22cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 402,[12]pp; illus. Neat ownership signature, else tight and unmarked in a somewhat rubbed and edgeworn dustjacket with a few small losses at margins, Very Good.

London: Country Life, 1925. First Edition. Large quarto (32cm). Green cloth, gilt-tooled, top edge gilt; plain endpapers; xiv,88pp; frontispiece and 74 plates of photographs, 4 maps. With 1936 gift inscription, dated from Cairo, and 20th-century bookplate. Straight and sound, cloth lightly rubbed, occasional foxing, but largely clean: Very Good. Kennedy--a civil engineer, mountaineer, and amateur photographer--was one… Read more about this item