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(CHARLES, E.R.) Wanderings Over Bible Lands and Seas. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, nd. (190-?) Later edition. 8vo., orig. gray cloth dec. in blue, viii, (9)-416pp. Inscription o/w a near fine copy. An account of travels to Malta, Egypt, the Holy Land, Syria and Lebanon.
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CRICHTON, Andrew.
History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern: Containing a Description of the Country An Account of its Inhabitants.....the Conquests, Arts, and Literature of the Saracens, The Caliphs of Damascus, Bagdad.....Government and Religious Ceremonies of the Modern Arabs....Institutions, Character, Manners and Customs of the Bedouins; and a Comprehensive View of Its Natural History.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1834. In two volumes. Second edition.
12mo., orig. red cloth, 464; 464pp. Spine ends a touch worn o/w near fine.
Andrew Crichton [1790-1855] biographer and historian, wrote this history of Arabia in 1833. A reviewer stated "we recommend this able and elaborate work to our readers as the only one in the English language to which they can refer with the expectation of obtaining satisfactory information on the history and national character of the Arabs."
History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern: Containing a Description of the Country An Account of its Inhabitants.....the Conquests, Arts, and Literature of the Saracens, The Caliphs of Damascus, Bagdad.....Government and Religious Ceremonies of the Modern Arabs....Institutions, Character, Manners and Customs of the Bedouins; and a Comprehensive View of Its Natural History.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1834. In two volumes. Second edition.
12mo., orig. red cloth, 464; 464pp. Spine ends a touch worn o/w near fine.
Andrew Crichton [1790-1855] biographer and historian, wrote this history of Arabia in 1833. A reviewer stated "we recommend this able and elaborate work to our readers as the only one in the English language to which they can refer with the expectation of obtaining satisfactory information on the history and national character of the Arabs."
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CRONIN, Vincent. The Last Migration. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. First edition. Cloth, 343pp. A nice copy in a d/w with light wear to spine ends. An account of the nomad tribes of Southern Persia.
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(CURTIS, George William). Nile Notes of a Howadji. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. First edition of the author's first book. 8vo., orig. blue cloth with pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper cover, xii, (13)-320, 6, 6, (4)pp.ads. Some scattered foxing throughout, a touch of wear to the top of the spine o/w a fine copy.
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CURZON, Robert.
Visits To Monasteries In The Levant. With Numerous Woodcuts.
London: John Murray, 1849. First edition.
8vo., orig. brown cloth with gilt decoration on the upper cover, xxx, 449pp. Inner front hinge cracked, out rear spine gutter repaired but o/w a better than very good copy.
Visits To Monasteries In The Levant. With Numerous Woodcuts.
London: John Murray, 1849. First edition.
8vo., orig. brown cloth with gilt decoration on the upper cover, xxx, 449pp. Inner front hinge cracked, out rear spine gutter repaired but o/w a better than very good copy.
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DA COSTA, M.G. (editor).
The Itinerario Of Jeronimo Lobo. Translated by Donald M. Lockhart......
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1984. Second Series, Vol. 162.
Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xxxvi, 417pp. Fine.
The Itinerario Of Jeronimo Lobo. Translated by Donald M. Lockhart......
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1984. Second Series, Vol. 162.
Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xxxvi, 417pp. Fine.
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DANIEL, Mooshie G. Modern Persia. Toronto: Henderson & Company, 1898. First Canadian edition. Sm. 8vo., orig. red cloth, 223pp. A nice copy.
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DE LESSEPS, Ferdinand.
Recollections of Forty Years.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1887. In two volumes. First edition.
Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xiii, 313, vi, 320, 40pp.ads dated "January 1893." Some wear to foot of the spine o/w a nice copy.
Much of this memoirs is devoted to De Lesseps work in negotiating the Suez Canal.
Recollections of Forty Years.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1887. In two volumes. First edition.
Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xiii, 313, vi, 320, 40pp.ads dated "January 1893." Some wear to foot of the spine o/w a nice copy.
Much of this memoirs is devoted to De Lesseps work in negotiating the Suez Canal.
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DESANA, Dorothy. The White Squadron. London: The Adventurers Club, 1961. Tall 8vo., cloth, 186pp. Fine in a nice d/w. When she was seventeen the author ran away to join her uncle who was a member of the White Squadron; a group which battled against the ruthless Arab drub and slave traffickers in the remote areas of the Sahara and Libyan deserts. The author remained with the Squadron for nearly four years and this work recounts her experiences.
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DEVERELL, F.H. My Tour To Palestine and Syria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1899. First edition. 8vo., rebound in cont. cloth, xv, 269pp. Lacking the map o/w a nice copy. An account of an interesting journey beginning in Jaffa, to Jerusalem (3 chapters) to Bethel, Shiloh, Nazareth (2 chapters) to the Cana, and then to Syria.
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DOUGHTY, Charles M.
Travels in Arabia Deserta. With an Introduction by T.E. Lawrence.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. In two volumes. Reprint of the New and definitive edition (first published in 1936).
Sm.4to., orig. brown buckram, 674, 696pp. Scuff mark on the spine of volume one which also has a stain on the lower portion of the upper board but o/w a very nice copy without rubbing or fading.
Charles M. Doughty (1843-1926) English poet and traveller. On his return to England, Doughty set to work on the above title, "a full narrative designed to be a faithful record of all his experiences in Arabia." First published in 1888, it was praised by scholars but gained no popular following until the abridgement by Garnett in 1908. In 1921 the entire work was reprinted with an introduction by T.E. Lawrence. "Lawrence held the original version in high esteem, carrying a copy with him at all times. The new edition was accepted by a new generation of readers as a classic of travel." "In these respects his contributions and the acuteness and the wisdom of his observations made him the acknowledge master of later travellers." (DNB).
Travels in Arabia Deserta. With an Introduction by T.E. Lawrence.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1943. In two volumes. Reprint of the New and definitive edition (first published in 1936).
Sm.4to., orig. brown buckram, 674, 696pp. Scuff mark on the spine of volume one which also has a stain on the lower portion of the upper board but o/w a very nice copy without rubbing or fading.
Charles M. Doughty (1843-1926) English poet and traveller. On his return to England, Doughty set to work on the above title, "a full narrative designed to be a faithful record of all his experiences in Arabia." First published in 1888, it was praised by scholars but gained no popular following until the abridgement by Garnett in 1908. In 1921 the entire work was reprinted with an introduction by T.E. Lawrence. "Lawrence held the original version in high esteem, carrying a copy with him at all times. The new edition was accepted by a new generation of readers as a classic of travel." "In these respects his contributions and the acuteness and the wisdom of his observations made him the acknowledge master of later travellers." (DNB).
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DUMAS, Alexander. Impressions of Travel, In Egypt And Arabia Petraea. Translated From the French By A Lady of New York. New York: John S. Taylor...., 1839. First U.S. edition. (First edition in English? ) 8vo., full cont. calf, leather spine label, viii, (9)-318pp. Name on e/paper, some occasional foxing but in fact a near fine copy. With chapters on Alexandria; Cairo; Murad-The Pyramids; City of the Caliphs; Sinai; and much more.
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DUNCAN, G.B. On Sapphire Seas to Palestine. A Tour in the Holy Land of To-Day. Dundee: Printed and Published by D.C. Thomson, 1927. First book edition. Presentation inscription from author. Tall 8vo. orig. blue cloth, 55pp. Near fine.
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DUNNING, H.W. To-Day In Palestine. New York: James Pott, 1907. First edition. Orig. blue pictorial cloth, 278pp. Some slight rubbing to the spine ends o/w a near fine copy. Written primarily for the traveller to Palestine.
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EDGAR, Helen M. Dahabeah Days. An Egyptian Winter Holiday. Toronto: Ryerson, (1923). First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, 85pp. Some minor wear to spine ends o/w a nice copy.
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EDWARDS, Samuel. Barbary General The Life of William H. Eaton. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, (1968). First edition. Cloth, 277pp. Fine in d/w which is faded on the spine with some rubbing to the ends.
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EDWARDS, Ted. Beyond the Last Oasis. A Solo Walk in the Sahara. Salem: Salem House, (1985). First edition. Cloth, 210pp. Fine in d/w. An account of the author's 19 day 350 mile trek across the Empty Quarter of the south western Sahara; the longest self-sufficent solo camel journey in history.
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ELTON, Lord.
General Gordon.
London: Collins, 1954. First edition.
Cloth, 447pp. A nice copy in a chipped d/w.
General Gordon.
London: Collins, 1954. First edition.
Cloth, 447pp. A nice copy in a chipped d/w.
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FAGAN, Brian. The Rape of the Nile. Tomb Robbers, Tourists, and Archaeologists in Egypt. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1975). First edition. Sm.4to., Cloth, 399pp. Inscription o/w fine in d/w. The flamboyant story of pioneering archaeologists and ambitious plunderers that traces the destruction and sometimes, the preservation of the past.
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FERRIMAN, Z. Duckett. East and West of Hellespont. Memories of Fifty Years. London: Jonathan Cape, nd. (193-?) Cloth, 320pp. Near fine. With chapters on Smyrna, Broussa, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Galilee, Petra and more.
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