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A Residence at Constantinople, During a Period Including the Commencement, Progress, and...
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A Residence at Constantinople, During a Period Including the Commencement, Progress, and Termination of the Greek and Turkish Revolutions. Two Volumes.

by Walsh, R.

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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.
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DIVERSIONS OF A DIPLOMAT IN TURKEY

DIVERSIONS OF A DIPLOMAT IN TURKEY

by Cox, Samuel

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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.
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MITNAAN PAPER IN ISRAEL
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MITNAAN PAPER IN ISRAEL

by Thomas, Aliza

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Kasama, Japan: Cannabis Press, 1981. handmade paper wrappers, cord-tied. Miniature Books. miniature book (7.5 by 5.0 cm.). handmade paper wrappers, cord-tied. unpaginated. Limited to 200 numbered copies (University of Iowa Library Special Collections website, Charlotte F. Smith collection). Printed on mitaumata paper. With illustrations and paper specimens, with list of specimens included. The book has been creased down the middle, effecting the entire book. Else a fine copy. A very scarce miniature book on papermaking.
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Observations On The Passage to India Through Egypt, and across the Great Desert With Occasional...
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Observations On The Passage to India Through Egypt, and across the Great Desert With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, and also Sketches of the different Routes

by Capper, James

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Used - Untrimmed in modern cloth-backed boards, red leather spine label printed in gilt. Very good
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First edition
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Hardcover
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London: W. Faden, 1783. First edition. Hardcover. Untrimmed in modern cloth-backed boards, red leather spine label printed in gilt. Very good. [XX] 110 pages. 27.5 x 22.5 cm. 2 folding engraved maps of Egypt and Syria/Iraq. This work by Capper is in two parts; one describing the route from India by way of the Red Sea, Suez and Egypt, the other from England by way of Aleppo and Mesopotamia and down through the Persian Gulf to Muscat. Provenance: Capper, the East India Company's commissary-general on the coast of Coromandel, was sent home with dispatches in 1777, traveling via Ceylon and Suez. When he arrived in England, he was asked "to explore the feasibility of opening a new channel for transmitting intelligence between Europe and India" (ODNB). BLACKKMER 282. Sir Clive Milnes Coates (1879-1971) ownership inscription on free front endpaper, embossed monogram book label, gilt monogram to lower cover; with the London bookseller Stanley Crowe (pencil note on free front endpaper). Binding lightly rubbed.
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Revolt in the Desert
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Revolt in the Desert

by Lawrence, T. E.

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Used - Very Good Plus
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First American Printing
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Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana
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New York: George H. Doran Co., 1927. xvi, (2), 335 pages, fold-out map at rear and one fold-out illustration, 24 illustrations listed including 8 by Eric Kennington, additional unlisted illustrations in text. In original camel brown cloth, gilt lettering at spine, illustrated end papers in black and white, First Printing in America, March 1927 stated. Very Good Plus, small rubs at corners, 2 small crease at folds of rear fold-out map, front hinge just barely starting. A quite handsome copy overall of this abridgement of Seven Pillars of Wisdom that Lawrence had to publish in order to cover costs from the subscription edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom. . First American Printing. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Beautes de l histoire de Turquie
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Beautes de l histoire de Turquie

by J. R. Durdent

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Used - Very Good
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2nd Edition
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Hardcover
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Providence, Seychelles
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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.
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The White Castle

The White Castle

by Pamuk, Orhan

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Sebastopol, California
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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.
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A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush

A Short Walk In the Hindu Kush: A Preposterous Adventure

by Newby, Eric

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First Edition
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Silver City, New Mexico
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This book relates the tale of a classic adventure in the wilds of Afghanistan. There is a former owner's name inside the cover.
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Die Asiatische Turkey
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Die Asiatische Turkey: Extremely rare map of Turkey

by Unknown

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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.
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Travels and Discoveries in The Levant
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Travels and Discoveries in The Levant

by Newton, C. T. [Charles Thomas 1816-1894]

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Used - Very Good. Hardcovers; Complete plates and Maps.
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First Edition, First Printing
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Hardcover
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DeLand, Florida
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London: Day & Son, Limited, 1865. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good Hardcovers. Very Good. Hardcovers; Complete plates and Maps.. Original blind-stamped green cloth, 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xiv, [2], 360; 2 p.l., [vi]-xiv, [2], 275. with half-titles. Properly illustrated with 12 engraved and lithographed maps and plans including a map frontispiece in each volume (most folding) Condition: Vol. I: light rubbing to covers, corners worn, shaken, binding split at center signatures, which are nearly detached; foxing mostly to front endpapers, frontispiece, first few pages, back endpapers and last few pages. Owner's labels on front and back pastedowns. Vol. II: light rubbing to covers, corners worn, binding split at about three signatures in, and also about six in, with those signatures/pages nearly detached. Endpapers, frontispiece map, title page, and back endpapers with considerable foxing and toning, light foxing throughout. Owner's labels on back pastedowns. Illustrations: 12 mounted albumen… Read More
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A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and...
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A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt, and of a Route through the Desarts of Thebais, Hitherto Unknown to the European Traveller in the Year M.DCC.LXXVII in Letters to a Lady.

by Eyles Irwin

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Used - Very Good
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1st Edition
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Chippenham, Wiltshire
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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
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[THIRD ISLAMIC INCUNABULA / SAFAVID PERSIA - AFGHANISTAN / TRAVEL] Tarih-i Afgân: Tarih-i...
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[THIRD ISLAMIC INCUNABULA / SAFAVID PERSIA - AFGHANISTAN / TRAVEL] Tarih-i Afgân: Tarih-i seyyâh der beyân-i zuhûr-i Agvânîyân ve sebeb-i inhidam-i bina-i devlet-i Sâhân-i Safeviyân. Edited by Ibrahim Müteferrika. [i.e. A voyager's description of the Afghan Wars in Persia and the fall of the Safavid Empire].

by JUDAS THADDEUS KRUZINSKI [KRUSINSKI], (1675-1756).

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Used - Very Good
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1st Edition
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Hardcover
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Istanbul, Turkey
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Kostantiniyye [Constantinople - Istanbul]: Dârü't-Tibâ'ati'l-Ma'mûre [i.e. Muteferrika Printing House, Basmakhane]., [AH Gurre-i Sefer 1142 = AD August 26, 1729]], 1729. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary fine quarter leather binding. Five raised bands to spine, second gilt title as "Tarih-i seyyâh", others gilt decorations. Brown boards are embossed decoratively. Demy 8vo. (21 x 15 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [12], 194 p. Hegira: 1142 = Gregorian: 1729. Slightly wear on colophon and the first page. Otherwise a good copy. Extremely uncommon first Ottoman edition printed in the first printing house of the Islamic world as the third Islamic incunabula, of this eye witness and first-hand account, and one of the most important chronicles describing the history of late Safavid Iran in the 18th century, the Iranian invasion of Afghanistan and the siege and the fall… Read More
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Arabia: the Cradle of Islam. Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula with...
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Arabia: the Cradle of Islam. Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula with an Account of Islam and Mission-work

by Zwemer, Samuel Marinus (1867-1952)

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First American Edition
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New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1900. First American Edition. Decorated Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's brick-red cloth with titles and design in white and black. 8vo. 8.5 inches tall; 434 pages with an index and a page of publisher advert. 40 illustrations with a folding chart and two folding maps (one in color). The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Introduction by Rev. James S. Dennis. First American Edition.. An account of the history, geography, religion, and political and social situation of the Middle East, and especially of the Arabian Peninsula, from a Christian missionary point of view. Though his missionary efforts saw little progress he was influential in raising others to the cause. This early work is useful in its first-hand depiction of the peoples of Arabia and to understand the long-standing enmity between Christians and Muslims. Background Information: Reverend Samuel Marinus Zwemer sometimes nicknamed… Read More
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The King Of Kings
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The King Of Kings

by Jeanie Macpherson and Henry Macmahon

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Photoplay Edition
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Hardcover
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THE KING OF KINGS, Copyright 1927, Grosset & Dunlap. Written by Jeanie Macpherson and Henry Macmahon. USED. 257 pages plus adverts. 5 ¼ X 7 5/8. Light brown boards with delft blue titling and ornamentation. VG Condition/Acceptable RARE original H.B. Warner dust jacket. The jacket is in acceptable condition with wear and loss to back panel and spine. Now protected in a mylar wrap. Sorry about the stack of books photos. King of King is the only title available here. Summary: "The King of Kings is a 1927 American silent epic film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It depicts the lasts weeks of Jesus of Nazareth before his crucifixion, and stars H.B. Warner in the lead role.
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Revolt In The Desert
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Revolt In The Desert

by T.E. Lawrence

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First American Edition
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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.
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