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NWEEYA, Samuel K.
Persia. The Land of the Magi or The Home of the Wise Men. An Historical and Descriptive account of Persia from the Earliest Time......Including Afghanistan and Beloochistan. Philadelphia: Samuel W. Nweeya, (1913). Later edition. Orig. cloth, 426pp. A nice copy.
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PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND.
Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1899 (BOUND WITH) Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1900.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1899, 1900. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, xii, 380; x, 380pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w near fine.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1899, 1900. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, xii, 380; x, 380pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w near fine.
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PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND.
Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1903 (BOUND WITH) Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1904.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1903, 1904. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, x, 358; x, 402pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w near fine.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1903, 1904. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, x, 358; x, 402pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w near fine.
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PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND.
Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1905 (BOUND WITH) Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1906.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1905, 1906. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, x, 380; viii, 321pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w near fine.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1905, 1906. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, x, 380; viii, 321pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w near fine.
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PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND.
Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1907 (BOUND WITH) Palestine Exploration Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1908.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1907, 1908. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, viii, 320; x, 343pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w very good.
London: Published at the Fund's Office, 1907, 1908. Two volumes bound in one, as issued. 8vo. orig. maroon cloth, viii, 320; x, 343pp. Bookplate, some foxing o/w very good.
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PARFIT, Canon.
Mesopotamia The Key to the Future. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1907. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. printed wrappers, 41pp. Fine.
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PENFIELD, Frederic Courtland.
Present-Day Egypt. Illustrated by Paul Philippotequx and R. Talbot Kelly. New York: Century, 1907. Revised and enlarged edition. Tall 8vo., orig. red cloth with small gilt decoration on the upper cover, (xvi), 396pp. Spine very slightly faded o/w a fine copy.
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PHILBY, H. St. John.
Arabian Jubilee.
London: Robert Hale, (1952). First edition. Cloth, xiv, 280pp. Faint dampstain around the perimeter of both e/papers but not extending into the book; very slight signs of damp on the perimeter of the upper board and a faint mark on the upper board, in fact a not quite near fine copy in the d/w which has chipping at the spine ends, a chip out of the upper panel affecting the author's name but is still very good.
London: Robert Hale, (1952). First edition. Cloth, xiv, 280pp. Faint dampstain around the perimeter of both e/papers but not extending into the book; very slight signs of damp on the perimeter of the upper board and a faint mark on the upper board, in fact a not quite near fine copy in the d/w which has chipping at the spine ends, a chip out of the upper panel affecting the author's name but is still very good.
| $500 | Book Number: 33404 | Order / Enquire |
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PHILBY, H. St. John.
The Land of Midian. London: Ernest Benn, (1957). First edition. Green cloth, (xiv), 286pp. A fine copy in an about fine, price clipped d/w. An account of the author's three thousand mile journey from Riyadh through Madina, Khaibar, Taima and Tabuk to the land between the sea and the Jijaz railway.
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PHILBY, H. St.J. B.
Arabia.
London: Ernest Benn, 1930. First edition. Cloth, xix, 387pp. Names on the e/paper o/w a near fine copy.
London: Ernest Benn, 1930. First edition. Cloth, xix, 387pp. Names on the e/paper o/w a near fine copy.
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PHILBY, H. St.J. B.
The Empty Quarter being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub' al Khali. London: Constable & Company, 1933. First edition, second issue. Tall 8vo., orig. tan cloth stamped in dark brown, xxiv, 433pp. Mark on front pastedown from removal of a bookplate, inner hinges starting, spine slightly faded with very light rubbing in fact a better than very good but not quite near fine copy.
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PHILBY, H. StJ. B.
Arabian Jubilee.
London: Robert Hale, (1952). First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. black cloth, xiv, 280pp. Name whited out on title, spine lettering a bit flaked o/w a very good copy.
London: Robert Hale, (1952). First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. black cloth, xiv, 280pp. Name whited out on title, spine lettering a bit flaked o/w a very good copy.
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PITMAN, Mrs. E.R.
Missionary Heroines In Eastern Lands: Woman's Work in Mission Fields. New York: Fleming H. Revell, nd. (188-?) Sm. 8vo., orig. red pictorial cloth, 160pp. Very good.
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ROSS, Minne S.C.
Around The Mediterranean. New York: Grafton Press, (1906). First edition. 8vo., orig. red cloth with a small pictorial paper panel, 274pp. A near fine copy. Seven of the 20 chapters of this work are devoted to the authors experiences in the Holy Land (Egypt, Jerusalem); the rest of the chapters cover Algiers, the Sahara, Italy (3 chapters), Athens, Budapest/Vienna as well as some general chapters.
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SARGENT, John.
A Memoir of The Rev. Henry Martyn.......With an Introductory Essay and An Appendix by the American Editor. Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1833. Third edition. (from the 10th London edition, enlarged and corrected). 8vo., orig. cloth, paper spine label, (lx), (61)-466pp. Foxing throughout, some rubbing and wear a good copy. Travels in India and Arabia.
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SCOTT, Hugh.
In The High Yemen. London: John Murray, (1942). First edition. Cloth, xx, 260pp. Cloth faded and mottled, cloth speckled around perimeter but still a very good copy. Account of travels during a scientific expedition to South West Arabia in 1937-8. The firsts part of the books discusses the reasons for the scientific expedition. The second part is "a personal narrative of our journey into two Arabian countries. The Western Division of the Aden Protectorate.....The Kingdom and IMamate of the Yemen. The final section is devoted to the "present state of knowledge of the tribes inhabiting this part of Arabia...."
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SEARIGHT, Sarah.
The British in the Middle East. London: East-West Publications, (1979). Revised edition. Cloth, 290pp. Fine in d/w. The author concentrates on the social and cultural aspects of British interest in the Middle East over a period of 400 years.
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SILBERMAN, Neil Asher.
Digging for God and Country Exploration, Archaeology, and the Secret Struggle for the Holy Land 1799-1917. New York: Knopf, 1982. First edition. Cloth, 228pp. Fine in d/w.
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SIMMONS, James C.
Passionate Pilgrims. English Travellers to the World of the Desert Arabs. New York: William Morrow, (1987). First edition. Cloth, 399pp. Fine in d/w. "Here are the true legends of those men and women who, under the spell of a passionate enchantment, lived and loved among nomadic tribes of the Arabian desert.
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SITWELL, Sacheverell.
Arabesque and Honeycomb. London: Robert Hale, (1957). First edition. Cloth, 224pp. Name erased from e/paper, spine slightly faded but still a very nice copy in a d/w with tape repair, very good. This book is primarily an account of the sensation of seeing the coloured mosques of Isfahan....During the course of the journey, Sitwell also journey to Damascus, Petra, Jerusalem and a number of other Middle Eastern cities.
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