Alt-Stambuler Hof- und Volksleben Ein Turkisches Miniaturenalbum aus dem 17. Jahrhundert, I Tafelband by Taeschner, Franz (veroffentlicht) - 1925

Kurt Vowinckel, Heidelberg, 1944. 1st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, G+. [viii]+160pp, 6 b/w maps, covers & page margins tanned, small split at the base of the spine, a fair copy. A general history of the Middle East, with most of the book concentrating on the pre Ottoman era.

Paperback. New.

Zürich & München, Artemis, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 672. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full cloth with dust-jacket. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. 010-2

Artemis-Verlag, 1979-01-01. Hardcover. Good.

Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1923. 1st Edition . Offprint. .. Octavo. Pp. 31-80. Nachtrag slip tipped-in. Original printed wrappers, spine bit frayed. In good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION thus. Offprint from "Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft". 010-5

Some rubbing. VG. 325pp facsimile text plates. Turkica Otto Harrassowitz Leipzig 1955 orig. boards 21x15cm, 18, (325) pp Volume 2 only. Consists of an 18-page German preface followed by 325pp facsimile text plates of the Ottoman Turkish manuscript dated 898 AH / 1493AD [entirely in Person-Arabic characters].

Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paperback. 4to. (29 x 21 cm). In German. [2], 579-624 pp., 43 unnumbered b/w plates, 2 color plates (Tafeln). Iran im Mittelalter (Sonderdruck aus Die Neue Propylaen-Weltgeschichte herausgegeben von Willy Andreas). Iran in the middle ages. Extremely rare. Only one copy in OCLC.

Hannover: Orient-Buchhandlung H. Lafaire, 1925. One of 400 Copies. Paperback. Good (Covers are attached, but barely; covers are toned/scuffed/smudged/chipped; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed; plates are in great condition, for age, with very light toning.). Green wraps with black lettering; 3 preliminary leaves, 55 mounted plates (4 color). Text in German.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First US Edition. Translated from the original Italian title Un Uomo by William Weaver, about a Greek revolutionary hero who fights alone and to the death for freedom and truth. Fallaci (1929-2006) was an Italian journalist and author and became famous worldwide for her coverage of war and revolution and her "long, aggressive and revealing interviews" with many world leaders. A Man is based on Alexandros Panagoulis, with whom Fallaci had a long relationship. She maintained that he was assassinated due to his work with the Greek resistance and his (unsuccessful) assassination attempt of Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos. A Man received the Italian awards Premio Viareggio and Premio Nazionale. 9½ x 6½". 0671252410. Purple over grey boards, gold letters on spine, title blind stamped on front board. 463 pp. Dust jacket has crease to front flap, small chips, discolored edges of DJ and boards. Text edges scattered light foxing not extending onto pages, else a Good… Read More

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.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1994. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Inst Pr., 1994. 8vo., 358 pages, illustrated b/w photos. Previous owner's blind stamp on title page, else near fine in near fine dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo..

London Richard Bentley 1886. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue gilt decorated cloth, bit of spotting, and internal hinge paper is cracked. But a very clean, solid copy. A fine history of Syria and Palestine published for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Conder's approach was to ignore Hebrew literature, basing his archaeological history on the evidence only of uncovered monuments and inscriptions, etc. Illustrated by 29 illustrations, 3 folding maps. first edition..

T.E. Lawrence. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, A TRIUMPH. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Privately Printed, 1926. First Published for general circulation 1935. First American Edition. States MCMXXXVI on the title page. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Garden City, NY. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. 672 pages, indexed. Beige buckram boards. Spine has darkened a bit. 6 7/8 X 9 ½.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. 8vo., xi+227 pages, illustrated with tables, charts. Name on fly leaf, minor sun fade along botoom edge from dust jacket shift, else a very good plus, clean, bright, tight copy - no shelf wear, in a very good spine sunned dust jacket chipped at the crown.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo..

Inscribed by the publisher, In memory of Ada Seeley from F.P Seeley 9 March 1929. 325 pp. 22 x 14.5 cmz. 780 grams. 1.5 cm tear in middle of top spine. photo loose opposite page 48.
The title reads in full: "An intimate account of the family life of the Arabs of Syria, their manner of living in, desert & town, their hospitality, customs, & mental attitude, with a description of the animals, birds, flowers & plants of their country."

Adela Monica Goodrich-Freer Spoer (1870-1931) was an author who initially wrote under her maiden name of A. Goodrich-Freer, and then under her married name of A. M. Spoer.

H. RIDER HAGGARD: Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus. Longmans, Green and Co., Copyright 1918. States 1920 on the title page. March 1920 Third Printing Thus. 1920 Used. Good- condition/ no DJ. States 1920 on title page. Blindstamped red cloth boards. Titling still visible on spine. Colour frontispiece of Merapi at a chariot. Gutter separation at back hinge. Bright pages. The novel narrates the events of the Biblical Exodus from Egypt told from the perspective of a scribe named Ana." Rare/Scarce. By H. Rider Haggard, author of "She", King Solomon's Mines, and the Allan Quatermain Professor Challenger series.

London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Photographs. Xv, 323 Pp.Original Green Cloth, Gilt. First Edition. Worn But Gilt Bright. Spine Browned And Frayed At Top And Bottom Edges, With Old Tape Repair1/4" Deep, Top 1" Of Front Free Endpaper Excised, Hinge Cracked Before Half Title And At Rear Endpapers, Catalog Entry For This Book Pasted To Title Page Below The Publisher's Information. Ownership Signature In English And Arabic Of A. (Ahmed) Z. (Zaky) Abushady At Top Of Title Page; Abushady Was An Egyptian Who Studied In England, And Returned To Egypt Where He Became Dean Of Medicine At The University Of Alexandria; He Later Came To The United States. He Is Renown For His Work As A Publisher, Poet, Bee Scientist, Etc.

Istanbul: Yanki Dergicilik ve Gazetecilik, 1976. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original wrappers. 4to. (27 x 21,5 cm). In Turkish. 31 p., ills. Small chipping on the cover. Overall a very good copy. 287th issue of Turkish weekly news magazine with its cover art depicting Mao as a caricature. The title on the cover reads "China with no Mao?".