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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.
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.
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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.
Arabia.
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. Forty Years In The Wilderness. London: Robert Hale, (1957). First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, 272pp. Lacking the front free e/paper, name on the half title o/w fine in a d/w with chipping to head of the spine and light wear, very good. "This book, a further installment of the author's autobiography, the complement of his 'Arabian Days.' From four decades of intimate association with Sa'udi Arabia and its great king, Abdul-'Aziz ibn Sa'ud, the experiences he now recalls illustrate the rise, decline and fall of that unique modern phenomenon: a theocratic state." (rear panel of the d/w).
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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.
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.
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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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PITTS, Joseph, William Daniel and Charles Jacques Poncet.
The Red Sea And Adjacent Countries at the Close of the Seventeenth Century. As Described by.....Edited by Sir William Foster.
London: Hakluyt Society, 1949. First edition.
Cloth, xl, 192pp. Name o/w a near fine copy.
The Red Sea And Adjacent Countries at the Close of the Seventeenth Century. As Described by.....Edited by Sir William Foster.
London: Hakluyt Society, 1949. First edition.
Cloth, xl, 192pp. Name o/w a near fine copy.
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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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RUTHVEN, Malise. Traveller Through Time. A Photographic Journey with Freya Stark. (Harmondsworth): Viking, (1986). First edition. 4to., cloth, 143pp. Mark on pastedown o/w fine in d/w.
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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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SLATIN, Rudolf C.
Fire and Sword In The Sudan. A Personal Narrative of Fighting And Serving the Dervishes. 1879-1895. By Rudolf C. Slatin Pasha. Translated by Major F.R. Wingate. Illustrated by R. Talbot Kelly.
London: Edward Arnold, 1896. Second edition.
Tall thick 8vo., recently rebound with a dark brown calf spine, cloth, raised bands, leather spine labels, (xx), 636, 32pp.ads dated "March 1896." Fine.
Sir Rudolf Slatin [1857-1932] Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan. Slatin made his first journey to the Sudan at age 17, reaching Khartum in 1875. He went through Kordofan to Dar Nuba, exploring the mountains of the region. Slatin met Emin Pasha who later recommended Slatin to General Gordon for employments in the Sudan. Although Slatin returned to Austria for a time, he received a letter from Gordon and returned to the Sudan in 1879, and was appointed Governor of Dara a post he held until 1881. In 1881 he was appointed Governor General of Darfur. In this position he dealt with revolts and endeavored to remedy abuses. Soon he met the rising power of the Madhi Mohammed Ahmed. Early in 1882 the Arabs were in revolt and without reinforcements and sufficient resources Slatin was forced to surrender in 1883. When he refused to co-operate by helping to secure Gordon's surrender, Slatin was placed in chains and held in captivity for 11 years. After 11 years, he was helped to escape by Major Wingate, of Egyptian Intelligence, reaching Egypt in 1885. Slatin recorded his experiences in " the remarkable book, Fire and Sword, issued in 1896, Slatin gave not only a personal narrative of fighting and serving but also a connected account of the Sudan under the rule of the Khalifa."
Fire and Sword In The Sudan. A Personal Narrative of Fighting And Serving the Dervishes. 1879-1895. By Rudolf C. Slatin Pasha. Translated by Major F.R. Wingate. Illustrated by R. Talbot Kelly.
London: Edward Arnold, 1896. Second edition.
Tall thick 8vo., recently rebound with a dark brown calf spine, cloth, raised bands, leather spine labels, (xx), 636, 32pp.ads dated "March 1896." Fine.
Sir Rudolf Slatin [1857-1932] Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan. Slatin made his first journey to the Sudan at age 17, reaching Khartum in 1875. He went through Kordofan to Dar Nuba, exploring the mountains of the region. Slatin met Emin Pasha who later recommended Slatin to General Gordon for employments in the Sudan. Although Slatin returned to Austria for a time, he received a letter from Gordon and returned to the Sudan in 1879, and was appointed Governor of Dara a post he held until 1881. In 1881 he was appointed Governor General of Darfur. In this position he dealt with revolts and endeavored to remedy abuses. Soon he met the rising power of the Madhi Mohammed Ahmed. Early in 1882 the Arabs were in revolt and without reinforcements and sufficient resources Slatin was forced to surrender in 1883. When he refused to co-operate by helping to secure Gordon's surrender, Slatin was placed in chains and held in captivity for 11 years. After 11 years, he was helped to escape by Major Wingate, of Egyptian Intelligence, reaching Egypt in 1885. Slatin recorded his experiences in " the remarkable book, Fire and Sword, issued in 1896, Slatin gave not only a personal narrative of fighting and serving but also a connected account of the Sudan under the rule of the Khalifa."
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SLATIN, Rudolf C. Fire and Sword In The Sudan. A Personal Narrative of Fighting And Serving the Dervishes. 1879-1895. By Rudolf C. Slatin Pasha. Translated by Major F.R. Wingate. Illustrated by R. Talbot Kelly. London: Edward Arnold, 1896. Third edition. Tall thick 8vo., orig. maroon cloth with pictorial decoration in gilt, (xx), 636, 32pp.ads dated "April 1896." Some scattered foxing, heavier on prelims o/w a near fine copy. Sir Rudolf Slatin [1857-1932] Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan. Slatin made his first journey to the Sudan at age 17, reaching Khartum in 1875. He went through Kordofan to Dar Nuba, exploring the mountains of the region. Slatin met Emin Pasha who later recommended Slatin to General Gordon for employments in the Sudan. Although Slatin returned to Austria for a time, he received a letter from Gordon and returned to the Sudan in 1879, and was appointed Governor of Dara a post he held until 1881. In 1881 he was appointed Governor General of Darfur. In this position he dealt with revolts and endeavored to remedy abuses. Soon he met the rising power of the Madhi Mohammed Ahmed. Early in 1882 the Arabs were in revolt and without reinforcements and sufficient resources Slatin was forced to surrender in 1883. When he refused to co-operate by helping to secure Gordon's surrender, Slatin was placed in chains and held in captivity for 11 years. After 11 years, he was helped to escape by Major Wingate, of Egyptian Intelligence, reaching Egypt in 1885. Slatin recorded his experiences in " the remarkable book, Fire and Sword, issued in 1896, Slatin gave not only a personal narrative of fighting and serving but also a connected account of the Sudan under the rule of the Khalifa."
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