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Harper & Row, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. Harper & Row, 1973. Stated First American Edition. Beige cloth boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean. No names or bookplates. 212 pgs. Dustjacket is lightly soiled, unclipped, has chip at base of spine (maximum 1/3"), two tiny closed tears at top of spine, a few nicks. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A fast and furious adventure tale set in the Middle East..

New York : Harcourt, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean mustard yellow boards with rose spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with b&w photographs. 344 pages. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. "A history that speaks directly to the present, "Aaronsohn's Maps" reveals Aaronsohn's key role in establishing Israel and the enduring importance of Aaronsohn's maps in Middle Eastern politics today." .

New York: Harper's Magazine Press/Harper & Row, 1971. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Harper's Magazine Press/Harper & Row, 1971. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean gold/brown tweed boards with gold cloth spine, brown lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean gold endpapers with previous owner name on front free endpaper. 199 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, one tiny 1/4" closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Travel through Egypt, Jordan and Israel, lands which have been the unseen landscape of author's childhood and whose scriptural sagas had formed the dramturgy of his own work. Marshall Frady finds between Arabs and Israelis a collision of two ages, a blind grappling of two dialectics, two realities, each barely comprehensible to the other. 8vo. Middle East..

Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1970. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1970. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Near Fine. Very clean beige boards with maroon lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Very small P/O label at inside edge of front free endpaper. 268 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped and enclosed in new mylar cover. 8vo. Animals..

Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus.. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, 1961. First Thus. Near Fine/Very Good. Clean large hardcover book with dust jacket printed in 1961 in Los Angeles, California - reproduced from the original 1894 edition published in England. Clean blue-black leather-like boards with gold Arabian horse head on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Size of book is approximately 9-1/2" x 12-1/2". Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean light blue endpapers. Illustrated with beautiful full color plates, many black and white drawings. 411 pages with index; large fold-out map at rear of book is in perfect condition. Clean dust jacket has a few tiny edge chips, crooked closed tear near top of spine, price clip to upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A gorgeous book covering the history of the Arabian horse… Read More

New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2019. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Red paper-covered boards with yellow spine, red lettering on spine. Tiny closed tear at top spine edge. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with color photographs. 354 pages with Index. Clean dust jacket is unclipped, no edge chipping; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. .

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Free Press, 1993. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Free Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing, with full number line. Very clean black boards with clean unfaded brown cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean red endpapers with tasteful small bookplate on front fixed endpaper; no other marks. 333 pgs. with index. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean unfaded dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new mylar cover. 8vo. Middle East..

New York: Free Press (MacMillan), 1993. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Free Press (MacMillan), 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. Very clean black boards with rust cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean red endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 333 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The untold story of an inbred, gifted, and powerful elite of families and friends who dominated America's relations with the Middle East for over a century. Known to Foreign Service colleagues as "the Arabists," these were the men and women who had spent much of their lives, usually with their families, living in the Arab world as diplomats, military attaches, intelligence agents, and educators. 8vo. Middle East..

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Clean stated First Edition. Rust brown cloth boards with white lettering on spine. Small spot of wear at top edge of rear board. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean, with clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 271 pages. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First U.S. Edition.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. Stated First U.S. Edition. Fine/Fine. Stated First U.S. Edition in brand new condition. Very clean yellow boards with deeper yellow cloth spine bright gold lettering on spine. No wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. 475 pages. Clean bright dust jacket has no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Random House, 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. Very clean stated First American Edition in clean dust jacket, now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Clean dark brown cloth boards with gold decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Thoroughly illustrated with color and black and white photographs, maps. 271 pages with Index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap. The story of the archaeological find that brought Bar-Kokhba (the guerilla leader of the Second Revolt against Hadrian's Rome) out of the shadows of legend and restored to Jewish history a a real-life hero of his people. .

New York: Bloomsbury un-2, 2010. Book. Fine. Paperback. Advance Reading Copy.. New York: Bloomsbury , un-2. Advance Reading Copy. Fine/No Dust jacket. Clean and bright softcover book. Advance Reading Copy (so labeled by publisher on cover). No wear. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Foreword by Tahar Ben Jalloun. 304 pages..

New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition, First Printing (with full number line on copyright page), SIGNED by author, in clean dust jacket. This book does have a bump to the front upper right portion of cover. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "Sept 12, 1986 - To: Bunny & Ronnie with Best Wishes, Wolf Blitzer." 259 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, price clipped at corner of front inside flap; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Washington DC and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Washington DC and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Fine First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean beige paper-covered boards with brown cloth spine, red lettering on spine. No fading, no bumping, no wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black & white photographs. 390 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quaity removable mylar cover. The nomadic Baluch of the highland Sarhad region of southeastern Iran depend upon a cultural multiplicity that has enabled them to respond flexibly to the unpredicitability of their physical, political;, and economic environments. Here is their story..

New York: Schocken, 2008. Book. Illus. by Eilon Paz, Photographer. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. Clean stated First American Edition (and first printing, with complete number line) in clean unclipped dust jacket (now in new archival quality removable mylar cover). Glossy color-illustrated cover, no bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages and edges are clean, including endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Gorgeous full color illustrations throughout. 304 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, one short closed edge tear at upper corner. Janna Gur brings us the sumptuous color, variety, and history of today's Israeli cuisine, beautifully illustrated by Eilon Paz, a photographer who is intimate with the local scene. Delicious, easy-to-follow recipes for a unique cultural experience for every occasion..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arcade Publishing, 2005. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Arcade Publishing, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing, with full number line on copyright page. Very clean blue boards with bright silver lettering on spine. Tiny bump to lower spine corner edge. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean blue endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 277 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Part memoir, part essay, part literary criticism by one of the best in a generation of Indian authors. Shashi Tharoor tells us what Iraqis go through in their beleaguered land merely to get hold of a book, and how selling books from their own libraries on the street helps some put bread on the table. 5-1/2" 8-1/2". Books about Books..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Stated First American Edition. Near Fine/near fine. Very clean maroon boards with brown spine, bright gold lettering on spine. Tiny bump at top spine corner. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 300 pgs. with index. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Book review from Business Week laid in. A dazzling, cultural excavation of one of the world's greatest cities--from its ancient beginnings through the heights of medieval splendor, to the present day--by a gifted writer who has spent much of his life in Cairo..

Cairo, Egypt: Les Editions Universitaires D'Egypte, 1954. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Cairo, Egypt: Les Editions Universitaires D'Egypte, 1954. Very Good+/No Dustjacket. Clean blue cloth boards with silver lettering on cover, silver advertising for Air France on rear board. Slight fading to cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight, pages are clean and bright. Small previous owner initials and date 1954 at top edge of front free endpaper. 187 pgs. with clean fold-out map of Cairo at rear of book (excellent condition). Illustrated with photographs of buildings and antiquities. "Welcome to Egypt" pamphlet from Air France in excellent condition also enclosed. Book details history of the area and important sites, architecture; itinerary for one day; two days; four days; a week. 12mo. Middle East..

New York: A. L. Burt, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint.. New York: A. L. Burt, 1933. Reprint. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Orange cloth boards with black stamped lettering on cover and spine. Hint of very faint soiling. Slight wear to corners at top and bottom of spine. Binding is tight & square; pages and edges are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers; small previous owner inscription on front free endpaper. 244 pgs. 8vo. Fiction..

Garden City: Doubleday, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Garden City: Doubleday, 1978. Stated First Edition. Fine/Very Good++. Very clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine, stamped gold author's signature on cover. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean decorated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black & white photographs. 179 pp. Dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears, with faintest hint of soiling. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Richard de Combray takes the reader by every conceivable means oftransportation, from Rolls-Royce to camel, on an adventurous and often amusing journey along the coast of North Africa and into the Middle East, with personal glimpses of life in the Moslem world..