Middle Eastern History

New Delhi, India: Prakash Books. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. 256 pages: 10 x 11.5 in.: 4.2: KB#004807: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Lightly worn sticker spot on inside of front cover and dustjacket has small worn spot on back near spine. Price INCLUDES FULL EXTRA COST of Media Delivery. USPS Priority would be an extra charge. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "In 1801 Ranjit Singh was proclaimed the first Sikh maharaja of the Panjab, the 'land of the five rivers', at Lahore. The magnificent illustrations include jewellery and gemstones from his treasury and the paintings, luxurious textiles, gold-decorated weapons and armour of his reign. The book also tells the little-known story of the continuing tradition of the later Sikh kingdoms after the Annexation of the Panjab by the British in 1849, as well as the beguiling friendship between the deposed Maharaja Dalip Singh and Queen Victoria. ": Photographs .

London: Frederick Westley & A.H. Davis, 1836. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Rare First Editions, bound in 3/4 leather by J. Edmond of Aberdeen, identified by a tiny sticker on the front pastedowns; marbled boards, marbled edges. Good only. The boards are very much rubbed; leather corners worn and spines cracking. Gilt-stamped title pieces both present but dull. Internally there is very little foxing and no marking, pages mostly very clean. Hinges starting. Long scar to fpastedown of v1 where top layer of paper torn, small chip to paper reveals board underneath. Discoloration to front board, water stains to rfep and rpastedown of v2. Most of the engraved plates show waterstains which aren't visible on the pages. All plates are present; the folding map of the Bosphorus in vol. 1 (hand-highlighted in pink) is in vg condition with no tears. 412 + 542 pp.

1887. 1887 Cox, Samuel DIVERSIONS OF A DIPLOMAT IN TURKEY NY: Charles L WEbster, 1887 frontis portrait, 2 color chromolithograph plates, numerous b/w illustrations 8vo Dark green cloth stamped in silver, gold and black Minor soiling on covers, rubbing heel of spine, some fraying and scuffing on crown of spine, internally sound and tight hardcover near fine.

Nappanee, IN: (Press of the Indiana Kid), 1975. paper-covered boards, title stamped on spine, illustrated label on front cover, top edge cut, other edges uncut. Miniature Books. miniature book (7.0 x 5.0 cm). paper-covered boards, title stamped on spine, illustrated label on front cover, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 35 copies (Bradbury, Indiana Kid 11). A fine copy. An account of a journey into Iran and Afghanistan in search of ruins from the Isfahan Empire. Frontispiece and one illustration in text.

1843. Paris, J. Delahaye, 1843. Large folio. (58x42 cm.). Bound in 3 uniform contemp. hcalf. Covers with inlaid cloth with ornamentation in gold. Wear to spine ends. Spines rubbed. A repair to lower part of spine on volume one. Chromolithographed frontispiece. XIV,(4),80;(2),68;(4),20;(4),42;(4),21,18,(2) pp. and 2 lithographed maps, 127 lithographed and tinted plates (2 coloured) and 10 handcoloured lithographed plates of flowers. Textillustrations. Cul de lamps. All plates with tissue-guards. Some browning and spotting to many of the plates. First, and only, edition of Berbrugger's monumental description of Algeria. The plates depicts city views, landscapes, costumes, scenes from daily life etc.Colas, 298. - Lipperheide, 1594. - Brunet I, 782.

1632 1ed Gyllius Thracio Constantinople Byzantine Elzevier TURKEY Bosporus
The best edition of Gyllius!

Petrus Gyllius was a French natural scientist from the 16th-century whose works ranged from topographical to studying about fish of the Mediterranean Sea. According to Blackmer, Gyllius works are
"among the earliest works to describe Constantinople and the Thracian Bosphorus. They provided authentic and reliable sources of information for early travelers."

This first Elzevier edition of Gyllius's 'Bosporo Thracio' is the first book written on the Bosporus, or the Strait of Istanbul. It provides a detailed account of the history of Istanbul as well as an in-depth look at Byzantine archaeology.
Item number: #8140
Price: $750
GILLES, Pierre
P Gyllii de Bosporo Thracio lib III.
Lugduni Batavorum: Elzevir, 1632. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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o References indicate that the text "vicit annos LX.V. menses" on the recto of p.379 makes this the (first… Read More

Tow pages of 46 lines , 34 x 21 cm. Photo : 33 x 28 cm. Arabic text of Maghribi script. dated 25 - 3 - 1335 (1917) , Jihad Order (the Thirs Ottoman Nshan) given to a Libyan doctor and general ( Mir-liwa) Tahir Bey b. Abd us Salam al Tarabulsi.

Beautés de l'histoire de Turquie comprenant les faits les plus remarquables de l'histoire musulmane, depuis Mahomet, les califes, ses successeurs, et les souverains de l'empire Ottoman jusqu'à nos jours.
By: J. R. Durdent (Beauties of the history of Turkey, including the most remarkable facts of Muslim history since Muhammad, caliphs, successors, and rulers of the Ottoman Empire to the present day).
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In the French language.
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2nd Edition. Paris, Alexis Eymery education library, 1818.
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Pp. 467 + 6 l. with 6 engravings.
Size: 17 x 10 cm.
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Provenance: Stamped signature of the editor. Stamped ex libris of the library of Joca Vujic, one of the greatest Serbian collectors.
Binding: Original full leather binding, the surface of cover little worn and damaged, top right side of spine partly separated from cover, bumped edges. Condition: Signs of paper aging, last blank fly leaf missing.DHL shipping included. If you have any additional questions, we are eager to answer them.

New York: George Braziller, 1991. Fine/in Fine dust jacket. First US Edition. Multi-award-winning author's first novel to be translated from the original Turkish Beyaz Kale into English by Victoria Holbrook. Won Independent Award for Foreign Fiction. "Turkey's foremost novelist and one of the most interesting literary figures anywhere, a first-rate storyteller. This is a highly entertaining, and indeed moving book". "An elegant and important meditation on East and West" (excerpt from jacket blurbs). 8½ x 6". 161. 0807612642. Original white quarter cloth with black boards, silver gilt lettering to spine. Dust Jacket with two faces, looking in opposite directions, superimposed over the ocean. Fine in Fine dust jacket, protected by mylar cover.

This book relates the tale of a classic adventure in the wilds of Afghanistan. There is a former owner's name inside the cover.

London: Henry Colburn, 1829. First edition. Two octavo volumes (8 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches; 215 x 130 mm). xvi, 401, [1, errata], [2, blank]; viii, 398, [2, ads], [2, blank] pp. With half-title for volume I, but not volume II as usual. (According to Sotheby's, half-title called for in vol.2 by Blackmer, but probably in error). With 2 pages of publisher's ads at the end of volume II, but without the six pages of ads at the end of volume I. With full color frontispiece in volume I of "The Author in his Syrian Costume." Bound by Clarke & Bedford in full tan calf. Boards double ruled in gilt with central armorial device. Spines elaborately stamped in gilt. Two green Morocco spine labels on each volume, lettered in gilt. Board edges gilt. Gilt dentelles. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Some minor rubbing along hinges. Top of boards of volume II a bit sunned. Some foxing and toning. Still a very good copy. "Madden writes in this epistolary work of harems, slave markets, religion, crime and punishment,… Read More

Die Asiatische TurkeyWonderful antique map of Turkey, more exact Ottoman Empire. An extremely scarce map, no other copy can be found for sale. The map is printed in Vienna by Comptoirs Industrie. High level of details, hand-colored borders. The map has titles in German and French languages. Title cartouches can be found in the top right corner and in the bottom of the map.The scale is in the top left, while the legend is in the bottom left corner.***Dimensions: 60 x 45 cm; 23.5 x 17.5 inchesYear: 1807Engraver: UnknownPublisher: Comptoirs IndustriePlace Of Publication: ViennaTechnique: CopperplateCondition: Some lines of folding, some minor wrinkles***The item will be shipped in a cardboard tube. DHL shipping included.For other details of item condition, please see the photos. More photos are available on demand. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us. This is an original antique map. We don't sell reproductions.

London: J. Dodsley, 1780. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The first edition of this enthralling travellogue. Collated complete with three maps, a plan and two pages of illustrations with 2 images per page. Half title present, Catchword on page 397 repaired. Scattered mild foxing with offsetting from plates. Earlier owner's bookplate on ffep. Expertly rebacked with gilt banding and titles to spine. ESTC citation T131972

Istanbul: N.p. [AH 1309], 1892. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Lithographed edition. First and only edition of this extremely rare of this lithographed treatise of "anti-cigarette manifesto", claiming that smoking is "haram" and forbidden according to Islam in 23 articles, the harms of smoking in 43 articles, and the benefits of giving up every kind of tobaccos in 20 articles. After Immediately after the publication of the book, Emin Efendi was sentenced to exile for two years and the book was banned. According to some views, the author's exile was due to the force of the tobacco cartels in the Imperial Ottoman. Written in nashk calligraphic style with "hareke". "Tobacco, an important crop in Turkish agriculture, was introduced to the Ottoman Empire by European merchants in the late 16th century, probably from its Caribbean sources. Tobacco consumption became widespread in a short period of time, but there… Read More

T.E. Lawrence. REVOLT IN THE DESERT. George H. Doran Copyright1927. DOUBLEDAY DORAN First American Edition. States First Printing in America, March, 1927. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. INCLUDES RARE VG FOLD-OUT MAP IN NICE CONDITION. 335 PAGES, INDEXED. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. Maroon boards. 6 3/8 x 9 ¼.