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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.
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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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).
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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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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FIELD, Henry M.
On The Desert: With A Brief Review of Recent Events in Egypt. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. Second edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth, ii, 330pp. A fine copy. An account of the authors journey through the Sinai Peninsula in 1882, including an ascent of Mount Sinai and Mount Serbal, etc.
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(FORSYTH, J. Bell).
A Few Months in the East, or A Glimpse of the Red, The Dea and The Black Seas. By "By A Canadian." (pseud.)
Quebec: John Lovell, 1861. First edition. WIth a presentation inscription on the title reading "R. Macdonald Esq. as a remembrance of very many years of friendship with the writer." Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, (xv), 181pp. Hand and foot of spine chipped away, o/w very good.
Mainly dealing with the authors travels in the Middle East (Egypt, Jerusalem, Smyrna, etc) it also contains chapters on Malta, Gibraltar and Edinburgh.
Quebec: John Lovell, 1861. First edition. WIth a presentation inscription on the title reading "R. Macdonald Esq. as a remembrance of very many years of friendship with the writer." Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, (xv), 181pp. Hand and foot of spine chipped away, o/w very good.
Mainly dealing with the authors travels in the Middle East (Egypt, Jerusalem, Smyrna, etc) it also contains chapters on Malta, Gibraltar and Edinburgh.
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FOSTER, Sir William (editor).
The Red Sea And Adjacent Countries At The Close Of The Seventeenth Century As Described by Joseph Pitts, William Daniel and Charles Jacques Poncet. Translated and edited by....
Liechtenstein: Reproduced by permission of the Hakluyt Society....Kraus Reprint Limited, 1967. Reprint of Second Series, Vol. C. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xl, 192pp. Fine.
Liechtenstein: Reproduced by permission of the Hakluyt Society....Kraus Reprint Limited, 1967. Reprint of Second Series, Vol. C. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xl, 192pp. Fine.
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FOSTER, Sir William. (editor).
The Travels Of John Sanderson In The Levant 1584-1602. With his Autobiography and Selections from his Correspondence. Edited With by....
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1931. Second Series, Vol. LXVII. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xliv, 322pp. Spine slightly faded o/w a fine copy.
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1931. Second Series, Vol. LXVII. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xliv, 322pp. Spine slightly faded o/w a fine copy.
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FREETH, Zahra and H.V.F. Winstone.
Explorers of Arabia From the Renaissance to the End of the Victoria Era. New York: Holmes and Meier, (1978). First U.S. edition. Cloth, 308pp. Fine in d/w.
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GOLDING, Louis.
In the Steps of Moses the Lawgiver. London: Rich & Cowan, nd. (1937). First edition. Cloth, xiii, 355pp. A nice copy. 20th century travels in the footsteps of Moses, from the Nile to the Sinai peninsula.
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GRIFFIN, Sercombe.
Where the Master Lived. London: Sampson, Low Marston, nd. (193-?) Cloth, xi, 244pp. Fine. Travels, mostly in Jerusalem.
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HAMILTON, Norah Rowan.
Both Sides of The Jordan. A Woman's Adventures in the Near East. London: Herbert Jenkins, (1928). First edition. Cloth, 320pp. Bookplate, some minor rubbing o/w near fine. The authors travels in Jerusalem, Petra, Jericho and Syria.
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HART, Liddell.
'T.E. Lawrence' In Arabia and After.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1934). First edition. From the library of historian A.P. Thornton with his signature on the e/paper. Tall 8vo., cloth, 454pp. Ownership signature o/w about fine in a d/w with rubbing and some chipping to the spine ends and corners but certainly very good.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1934). First edition. From the library of historian A.P. Thornton with his signature on the e/paper. Tall 8vo., cloth, 454pp. Ownership signature o/w about fine in a d/w with rubbing and some chipping to the spine ends and corners but certainly very good.
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