WAUTERS, A.J.
Stanley's Emin Pasha Expedition.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1890. First edition.
8vo., orig. green cloth with a pictorial gilt panel on the upper cover, xvii, 378, (32)pp.ads dated "January 1890." Inner hinges cracked, the folding map has a five inch tear with no loss o/w a near fine copy.
An account of Stanley's last and most difficult journey. Stanley was put in charge of an army of rifleman formed by the Emin Pasha Relief Committee to secure the rescue of the Emin Pasha. The rescue was undertaken after the fall of Khartoum when it was discovered that the Emin Pasha was holding out against the Mahdi's hordes.
Stanley's Emin Pasha Expedition.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1890. First edition.
8vo., orig. green cloth with a pictorial gilt panel on the upper cover, xvii, 378, (32)pp.ads dated "January 1890." Inner hinges cracked, the folding map has a five inch tear with no loss o/w a near fine copy.
An account of Stanley's last and most difficult journey. Stanley was put in charge of an army of rifleman formed by the Emin Pasha Relief Committee to secure the rescue of the Emin Pasha. The rescue was undertaken after the fall of Khartoum when it was discovered that the Emin Pasha was holding out against the Mahdi's hordes.
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ALI, Sidar Ikbal. The Oriental Caravan A Revelation of the Soul and Mind of Asia. Edited by..... London: Denis Archer, (1933). Second impression. Tall 8vo., orig. pink cloth decorated in blue, 331pp. Bookplate, a couple of marks on the front free e/paper o/w near fine in d/w with wear to the spine ends.
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ALLAN, Mea. Palgrave of Arabia. The Life of William Gifford Palgrave 1826-88. (London): Macmillan, (1972). First edition. Cloth, 318pp. Fine in d/w. Gifford Palgrave, son of Sir Francis Palgrave, joined the Indian army. After being converted to Catholicism, became a Jesuit missionary. In 1860 he witnessed the Syrian massacres when the Druses rose against the Maronites, and in 1862 was commissioned by Napoleon III to explore the unknown interior of Arabia.
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ANON.
Lebanon. Land of Friendliness.
Beirut: "Les Lettres Orientales" , 1948.
Sm 4to., cloth, 154pp. Very good.
Lebanon. Land of Friendliness.
Beirut: "Les Lettres Orientales" , 1948.
Sm 4to., cloth, 154pp. Very good.
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ASHMEAD-BARTLETT, E. The Passing of the Shereefian Empire. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1910. First edition. Tall thick 8vo., orig. red cloth, xii, 532pp. Rubber ownership stamp on e/papers and half title, some rubbing a very good copy.
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BARATZ, Joseph. A Village by the Jordan. The Story of Degania. Tel Aviv: Press Department of Ichud Habonim, nd. (1960). Orig. paper boards, 174pp. Light rubbing to edges o/w near fine.
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BEATTY, Charles. Ferdinand De Lesseps. The Man and His Times. New York: Harper, (1956). Cloth, 334pp. Bookplate o/w a fine copy in a nice d/w. An account of De Lesseps and the Suez Canal project.
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BIBBY, Geoffrey. Looking for Dilmun. New York: Knopf, 1969. Tall 8vo., cloth, xvi, 384pp. Fine in a near fine d/w. A first hand account of the search for the kingdom known to the Babylonians and Sumerians as Dilmun. This story covers a 15 year period of excavations.
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BIDWELL, Robin. Travellers In Arabia. London: Hamlyn, (1976). First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, 224pp. Fine in d/w. History of travel and exploration in Arabia; Burton, Palgrave, Neibuhr, etc.
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BLUNT, Wilfrid Scawen. Gordon At Khartoum Being A Personal Narrative Of Events In Continuation Of "A Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt." London: Published by Stephen Swift And Co. 1912. Second impression. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, (xvi), (665)pp. Bookplate of historian A.P. Thornton, some light wear to the foot of the spine o/w a very nice copy.
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BREASTED, James Henry. A History of Egypt From the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest. New York: Scribner's, 1948. Second edition, fully revised. Reprint. 4to., orig. blue cloth with elaborate decoration in gilt and red, (xxxii), 634pp. Bookplate, clipping tipped on e/paper o/w a fine bright copy of an attractive book in the d/w with has light wear to the spine ends.
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BRENT, Peter. Far Arabia. Explorers of the Myth. Newton Abbot: Readers Union, 1978. Cloth, 239pp. Perimeter of pages browned o/w fine in d/w. A history of the exploration of Arabia.
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BUDGE, E.A. Wallis. The Mummy Chapters on Egyptian Funereal archaeology. With Eighty-Eight Illustrations. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1894. Second edition. Tall 8vo., this copy has been rebound in wine buckram with the original spine and upper cover laid down, xvi, 404pp. Near fine.
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BURSTEIN, Stanley M. (editor).
Agatharchides Of Cnidus. On The Erythraean Sea. Translated and Edited by....
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1989. Second Series, Vol. 172.
Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xii, 202pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed d/w.
Agatharchides Of Cnidus. On The Erythraean Sea. Translated and Edited by....
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1989. Second Series, Vol. 172.
Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xii, 202pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed d/w.
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BURTON, Richard F.
Personal Narrative Of A Pilgrimage To El-Medinah And Meccah. With Introduction by Bayard Taylor. With Map and Two Illustrations.
New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1856. First U.S. edition.
8vo., orig. brown cloth, (xvi), (17)-492pp. Bookplate, foxing to first few and last few leaves, one signature slightly sprung, some slight wear to the spine ends but still a very good copy.
The American edition of this work has been condensed with some passages omitted. "These do not affect the narrative or the incidents of the visit to the Holy Places, but chiefly relate to Lieut. burton's perliminary residence in Egypt, and to historical and ethnological considerations. An appendix is also omitted..."
Personal Narrative Of A Pilgrimage To El-Medinah And Meccah. With Introduction by Bayard Taylor. With Map and Two Illustrations.
New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1856. First U.S. edition.
8vo., orig. brown cloth, (xvi), (17)-492pp. Bookplate, foxing to first few and last few leaves, one signature slightly sprung, some slight wear to the spine ends but still a very good copy.
The American edition of this work has been condensed with some passages omitted. "These do not affect the narrative or the incidents of the visit to the Holy Places, but chiefly relate to Lieut. burton's perliminary residence in Egypt, and to historical and ethnological considerations. An appendix is also omitted..."
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BUTT, Gerald. The Lion In The Sand. (London): Bloomsbury, (1995). First edition. Cloth, 215pp. Fine in d/w. "...a book of true life stories woven into a succinct and very readable account of Britain's long involvement in the Middle East....."
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CARRINGTON, Richard. The Tears of Isis. The Story of a New Journey from the Mouth to the Source of the Nile. London: Chatto & Windus, 1959. First edition. Cloth, 256pp. Fine in d/w. An account of Carrington's journey from Rosetta, at the mouth of the Nile, to Lake Victoria; a distance of some 3,500 miles. The author was able to see many aspects of Egypt's life and landscape not normally accessible to tourists; as well as visting the Pyramids, and Luxor and Aswan, he was taken to a sugar factory, to the Sennar Dam and the Nimule National Park; he voyaged through the vast papyrus swamps of the Upper Nile, and on the way was able to study some of the most primitive peoples in the world.
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CARROLL, Michael. From a Persian Tea-House. London: John Murray, 1960. First edition. Cloth, 209pp. Fine in d/w with a couple of small chips at top of the spine. Travels in Persia,mostly in the eastern portion of the country.
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CARRUTHERS, Douglas. (editor).
The Desert Route To India. Being The Journals Of Four Travellers by The Great Desert Caravan Route Between Aleppo and Basra 1745-1751. Edited by....
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1929. Second Series, Vol. LXIII.
Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xxxvi, 196pp. Spine slightly faded o/w a fine copy.
An account of the route viewed as a short cut to India via the Syrian Desert.
The Desert Route To India. Being The Journals Of Four Travellers by The Great Desert Caravan Route Between Aleppo and Basra 1745-1751. Edited by....
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1929. Second Series, Vol. LXIII.
Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xxxvi, 196pp. Spine slightly faded o/w a fine copy.
An account of the route viewed as a short cut to India via the Syrian Desert.
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CHARDIN, John. Travels In Persia. With an Introduction by Sir Percy Sykes. London: The Argonaut Press, (1971). Reprint of the edition of 1927. 4to., leathertte, xxviii, 287pp. Fine.
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