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London: Edward Lumley, 1839. Book. Illus. by 72 Charming Woodcuts. Very Good. 3/4 Leather. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later edition from the 1725 edition, with introduction, notes and glossary by J.O. Halliwell. This is a rare, finely bound edition, with top edge gilt, and marbled boards, professionally rebacked with corners tight. 72 facsimile woodcuts from antique editions. Clean and tight inside, a very nice copy. The paper is especially nice, without stains or browning..
In the Underground. Writing and documents. In four volumes (vol. 1) by Menachem Begin - 1959
by Menachem Begin
In the Underground. Writing and documents. In four volumes (vol. 1)
by Menachem Begin
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Menachem Begin (1913-1992) was underground commander, parliamentarian and the sixth Prime Minister of the State of Israel.
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The Voyage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile
by Maundevile, John
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Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope.
by EBADI, Shirin
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New York: Random House, 2006. Signed on the title page by the author, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. First edition / First printing. Red paper-covered spine, light blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 2006.
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Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle Of The Gulf War And Other Battles. Signed and dated at publication.
by SWOFFORD, Anthony
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New York: Scribner, 2003. Signed by the author and dated 4/18/03. First edition / First Printing. Black paper spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the 2004 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. Basis for the 2005 Sam Mendes film starring Jake Gyllenhall, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, and Jamie Foxx.
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[THE BOOK OF PSALMS IN ARMENIAN] Girk' Saghmosats' ; Girk Arakats. A.B.C. 53,000. [A.B.S. 49,000 on colophon].
by PSALMS.
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Kostandnupolis (Constantinople): Typ. H. Matteosean, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary leather bdg. 16mo. (14 x 10 cm). In Armenian (Modern West Armenian). 238 p. [PSALMS IN ARMENIAN] Girk' Saghmosats'; Girk Arakats. A.B.C. 53,000. [A.B.S. 49,000 on colophon]. OCLC 988094270. The book of the Psalms in Armenian printed in Istanbul.
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BOOK OF DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL HOME FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE...1917-1947
by (PALESTINE)
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New York: The Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1947. Original Wrappers. Very Good. 4to. IX+318pp. CONTAINS; BALFOUR DECLARATION, PALESTINE MANDATE, ... BRITISH WHITE PAPERS,.. JEWISH AGENCY STATEMENTS.. 1917-1947 Cover with some markings , first and last pages with minimal foxing, upper right corner very last pages with minimal creasing. OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD COPY.
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Iran Awakening: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope.
by EBADI, Shirin
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New York: Random House, 2006. Signed on the title page by the author, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. First edition / First printing. Red paper-covered spine, light blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 2006.
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Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle Of The Gulf War And Other Battles. Signed and dated at publication.
by SWOFFORD, Anthony
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New York: Scribner, 2003. Signed by the author and dated 4/18/03. First edition / First Printing. Black paper spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the 2004 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. Basis for the 2005 Sam Mendes film starring Jake Gyllenhall, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, and Jamie Foxx.
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Sheba's Daughters. being a record of travel in Southern Arabia. With an appendix on the rock inscriptions by A. F. L. Beeston.
by PHILBY, Harry St John Bridger.
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Sheba's Daughters. being a record of travel in Southern Arabia.Original green cloth, title gilt to spine together with Athena's owl.
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Protected in Mylar.
Frontispiece and 46 other plates, folding map at the rear.
First edition with index and an appendix on the rock inscriptions by A. F. L. Beeston.
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[THE BOOK OF PSALMS IN ARMENIAN] Girk' Saghmosats' ; Girk Arakats. A.B.C. 53,000. [A.B.S. 49,000 on colophon].
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Kostandnupolis (Constantinople): Typ. H. Matteosean, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary leather bdg. 16mo. (14 x 10 cm). In Armenian (Modern West Armenian). 238 p. [PSALMS IN ARMENIAN] Girk' Saghmosats'; Girk Arakats. A.B.C. 53,000. [A.B.S. 49,000 on colophon]. OCLC 988094270. The book of the Psalms in Armenian printed in Istanbul.
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BOOK OF DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL HOME FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE...1917-1947
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New York: The Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1947. Original Wrappers. Very Good. 4to. IX+318pp. CONTAINS; BALFOUR DECLARATION, PALESTINE MANDATE, ... BRITISH WHITE PAPERS,.. JEWISH AGENCY STATEMENTS.. 1917-1947 Cover with some markings , first and last pages with minimal foxing, upper right corner very last pages with minimal creasing. OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD COPY.
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A Man
by Fallaci, Oriana
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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…
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Mahin of Kashan, Iran, a life unexpected.
by ESSALAT-WEBER, Mahshid; Mahin Pourdad Essalat MOBAYAN
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Carlsbad, California:: Published by the author, 2019., 2019. 4to. [8.5x11 inches]. xiii, 185, [1] pp. Illustrated, index. Color printed wrappers. New. ISBN: 9781950724512 First edition. The author's first book, this is a personal story of Mahin, raised in a respected Imam's home in Kashan, Iran, following a chronology of events and family activity, Mahin, like so many Iranians, faced a dilemma of how to deal with the events of 1978 and beyond. Now with this book a lineage is established going back to Agha Bozorg, a highly revered Ayatollah of Kashan. The Agha Bozorg Mosque, one of the sublime monuments of eighteenth century Kashani architecture, is built in his honor, where he taught and preached. THIS BOOK EXCLUSIVELY DISTRIBUTED FROM WEBER RARE BOOKS.
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Ties That Bind: A Social History of the Iranian Carpet
by Helfgott, Leonard M
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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..
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Syrian Stone-Lore; or the Monumental History of Palestine
by Conder, Claude Reignier
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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..
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Agyptische Grammatik : mit Schrifttafel, Literatur, Lesestucken und Worterverzeichnis.
by ERMAN, Adolf (1854-1937)
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Berlin:: Reuther und Reichard, 1894., 1894. Series: Porta linguarum orientalium. 15. Small 8vo. XVI-270 pp. Contemporary half black pebbled cloth, marbled paper over boards, gilt spine title. Scarce. Handsome copy. Johann Peter Adolf Erman (1854-1937) was a renowned German Egyptologist and lexicographer. He became associate professor of Egyptology at the University of Berlin in 1883 and full professor in 1892. In 1885 he was appointed director of the Egyptian department at the royal museum. "The Neuagyptische Grammatik (1880) dealt with texts written in the vulgar dialect of the New Kingdom (Dyns. XVIII to XX). Next followed, in the Zeitschrift fur agyptische Sprache und Alterthumskunde, studies on the Old Kingdom inscription of Unas, and the Middle Kingdom contracts of Assiut, as well as on an Old Coptic text of the 3rd century CE. At this point a papyrus of stories written in the popular language of the Middle Kingdom provided Erman with a stepping-stone from Old Egyptian to the Late Egyptian of…
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Shaykh and Effendi: Changing Patterns of Authority among the El Shabana of Southern Iraq
by Fernea, Robert A
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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..
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Arabs in Tent and Town
by A. Goodrich-Freer
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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.
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The Sun at Midday: Tales of a Mediterranean Family
by Alhadeff, Gini
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New York, Pantheon Books, 1997, hardcover, 226 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean, one red dot to top edge of textblock. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slightest edge bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. This first, full-length work from the well-known journalist, freelance writer, founder of the literary magazines Normal and XXIst Century, and author of Diary of a Djinn, presents stories of some unique characters in her family and their adventures and travails throughout Europe, The Middle East, The United States, and Japan. ISBN 9780679417637
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The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
by Lagnado, Lucette
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New York, Ecco, 2007, hardcover, 332 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed twice by the Author, once on the half-title page including location and date in the year of publication, and again on the title page, Fine in Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight bump to heel of spine. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight bump at heel, in new Brodart sleeve. The award-winning Wall Street Journal reporter and author of Children of the Flames: Dr. Joseph Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz returns to tell her own family story of glamour and luxury in post-war Cairo and their hasty escape to America as Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes Egyptian industry and purges the city of foreign influences. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs from the author's personal collection. Selected Bibliography appended. ISBN 9780060822125
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[COVER ART / CHINA WITH NO MAO] Yanki: Haftalik haber dergisi. No: 287, Eylül 1976.
by MAO TSETUNG [sic. MAO ZEDONG], (1893-1976)
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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?".
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