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The Ba'th and The Creation Of Modern Syria

by David Roberts

Atlas Archeologique De La Bible

by Louis-Claude Fillion

Massacres In Syria Second Edition 1861

by J Lewis Farley

The Palmyrenes Of Dura-Europos a Study Of Religious Interaction In Roman Syria

by Lucinda Dirven

Les Peintures De La Synagogue De Doura-Europos, 245-256 Apres J-C

by Robert, Comte Du Mesnil Du Buisson

Iraq and Syria In the 1930s and 1940s

Aromas Of Aleppo The Legendary Cuisine Of Syrian Jews

by Michael J Cohen

The Philosophy Of Illumination a New Critical Edition Of the Text Of Hikmat Al-Ishraq

by John Walbridge and Hossein Ziai Suhrawardi

Syrian Anatomy, Pathology and Therapeutics, or "The Book Of Medicines" the Syriac Text, Edited From a Rare Manuscript, With an English Translation, Etc Volume I

by Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge

Oeuvres De C F Volney Volume I

by Comte De Volney

The Memoirs Of the Lord Of Joinville

by Ethel, Translator and Editor Wedgwood

Syria Books & Ephemera

History Of Syria Including Lebanon and Palestine

by Hitti, Philip K

With the Beduins: A Narrative of Journeys and Adventures in Unfrequented Parts of Syria

by Hill, Gray

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1891. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. frontis, illustrations & photos, folding map, errata slip (tipped in after p. 26), 318p. Original dark blue cloth. 23cm. Extremities bumped and frayed. Minor cover spotting. Bottom third of map moderately stained. Hill and his wife traveled through parts of what is now Syria, Jordan and Israel.

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£121.42

The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land. From My Private Journal

by Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896

London: Henry S. King & Co, 1875. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. photographic frontises (Isabel in Vol. I and Richard in Vol. II), 2 chromolithographic plates, folding map, x, 376, 340p plus [3]p. publisher's advertisements. Rebound in modern 1/2 leather (marbled green boards backed in darker green leather with matching corners). Map misfolded which has caused the outer edge to protrude slightly and be subject to soiling and wear. Mostly minor foxing. A few spots on page edges and here and there in... Read more about this item

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£1,942.80

The Battle for the Mountain of the Kurds: Self-Determination and Ethnic Cleansing in the Afrin Region of Rojava

by Schmidinger, Thomas

Oakland: PM Press, 2019. Paperback. xviii + 146p., trade paperback, illus., New.

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£12.14

Der Syrische Kirchenbau

by Beyer, Hermann Wolfgang, 1898-1942

Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. illustrations, plans, indexes, viii, 183p. plus (3) leaves of maps (2 folding). Original dark olive-green cloth. 28 cm. No Jacket. German text. Studien zur Spatantiken Kunstgeschichte, No. 1.

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£48.57

Northern Arabia According to Original Investigations of Alois Musil

by Musil, Alois

New York: AMS Press, 1978. Paperback. Very Good. Folding map on 4 sheets in cloth slipcase. 22 cm. No Jacket (as published). American Geographical Society. Oriental Explorations and Studies series. Reprint of the 1928 edition. This portfolio of maps was issued to accompany Musil's four works on northern Arabia (Arabia Deserta, Middle Euphrates, Palmyrena, and Northern Negd).

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£80.95

What's really happening in Syria: a consumer fraud lawyer's mini-primer

by Roth, Robert

n.p.: Syria Solidarity Movement, 2017. Pamphlet. 63p. staplebound booklet, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. Pro-Assad perspective by a retired lawyer who says he can use his expertise in fighting false advertising to cut through mainstream media depictions of the Syrian war.

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£12.14

The Struggle for Arab Independence: Western Diplomacy and the Rise and Fall of Faisal's Kingdom in Syria

by Zeine, Zeine N

Beirut: Khayat's. 1960. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is edgeworn with some creasing to spine ends and splits to the folds. Tiny nick to the top of the hinge at the front pastedown. Six black and white plates at rear. Plate 6 is a partially coloured fold-out map of the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916. xiii, 297 pages + plates. A study of the policies and Great Britain and France in the Near East,... Read more about this item

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£34.39

Freedom Fighter. My War Against ISIS on the Frontlines of Syria

by Palani, Joanna

London: Atlantic Books. 2019. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 352 pages. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.

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£7.41

Syriens et Chaldeens: Leur Martyre, Leurs Esperances

by Griselle, Eugene

Paris: Bloud et Gay, 1917. Paperback. Good. 108p. Softcover. 19cm. Spine sloped. Upper portion of backstrip torn and reglued. Some browning and soiling. Publications du Comite Catholique de Propagande Francaise a l'Etranger. French text.

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£80.95

American Syr-Leb Monthly, Volume 1, Number 4 (August, 1949)

by Bryan, Al, editor

Dayton, 1949. Paperback. Very Good. photos, 14p. (front cover included in pagination). Original wrapper. 28cm. OCLC does not list this uncommon (and presumably short-lived) periodical. The cover features a printed photograph of Nila Amparo, a prominent Spanish dancer of Lebanese descent who was then married to Jose Greco and was known as Lucille Peters when she grew up in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, NY.

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£121.42

Syria the Land of Lebanon

by Leary, Lewis Gaston

New York: McBride, Nast & Company, 1914. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis, photos, index, 225p. Original cloth. 19 cm. No jacket.

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£40.48

A New Map of Turkey in Asia

by D'ANVILLE, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon

London: Laurie & Whittle, 1795. unbound. Map. Engraving. Image measures 20 1/4" x 28" Beautiful double-page map of Turkey and the Middle East, published in 1795 by D'Anville. Robert Laurie (c. 1755-1836) and James Whittle (1757-1818) were London-based map and atlas publishers active in the late 18th and early 19th century. Their firm combined Laurie's engraving skills with Whittle's social contacts and print sales experience.... Read more about this item

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£271.18

Album de Voyage: des Artistes en Expedition au pays du Levant

by [Famars Testas, Willem de, 1834-1896]

Paris: Association Francaise d'Action Artistique [and others], 1993. Paperback. Very Good. illustrations (some color), maps, 219p. Softcover in original wrapper. 27cm. French text. Most of the volume is devoted to a French translation by Philippe Noble of "Le Journal de Voyage de Willem de Famars Testas 1888," including a new Introduction and Notes by Maarten J. Raven.

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£36.43

Arabia Deserta: A Topographical Itinerary. [1st ed. dated 1927]

by Musil, Alois

New York: American Geographical Society, 1927. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. frontis (map), folding map (in cover pocket), photos, index, xvii, 631p. Original gray cloth. 26cm. Cover slightly warped. Back cover discolored (from damping) along bottom edge. Extemities frayed. No Jacket (as published?). American Geographical Society. Oriental Explorations and Studies, No. 2. A separate map case containing a Map of Northern Arabia (in 4 sheets) was also issued but is not present here.

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£161.90

Syria

by SDUK (Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge)

London: Charles Knight. unbound. J. & C. Walker. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Sheet measures 16" x 13" This map by the The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge shows the city of region extending from present-day Turkey to the Dead Sea, divided to show the pashalics of Syria under the Turkish government. The map is in very good condition. Published by Charles Knight for the SDUK circa 1844. The Society for the Diffusion of... Read more about this item

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£133.57

Map to Illustrate The Route of David Roberts

by ROBERTS, David

London: Day & Son, 1856. unbound. HAGHE, Louis. Map. Engraving. Sheet measures 11" x 7 3/4". From Roberts's octavo edition of "Views in the Holy Land...Egypt and Nubia," this map depicts the Nile in Egypt up to Damascus and Tripolis, and as far south as the Red Sea and Upper Egypt. Born in Scotland, Roberts (1796-1864) gained renown as a landscape artist from documenting his extensive travels through Spain and the Near and Middle East. His most well... Read more about this item

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£60.71

Voyage en Egypte et en Syrie, pendant les Annees 1783, 1784 et 1785, suivi de Considerations sur la Guerre des Russes et des Turks, publiees en 1788 et 1789

by Volney, Constantin Francois

Paris: Bossange Freres, 1822. Hardcover. Good. Tome Premier ONLY (of 2). 5th ed. 2 folding maps, 2 folding plates, viii, 456p. Contemporary quarterbinding (marbled boards backed in red leather). 20cm. Covers scuffed. Moderate foxing on plates and a little elsewhere. Half moon shaped stain in margin on both maps. French text.

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£28.33

A Long Way: I Have Come a Long Way; I Have a Long Way to Go

by Al-Jundi, Sef

New York: Vantage Press, 1985. Hardcover. 84p. in blue cloth boards with slightly toned and rubbed dust jacket, else very good condition. Syrian-born poet in Texas with philosophical explorations in a minimalist style.

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£24.28

Veterans in Steam

by Garratt, Colin

Poole, Dorset UK: Blandford Press. 1983. Small Quarto Size [approx 20cm x 26cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with full page Colour photographs taken with a Praktica camera using Pentacon Lenses and Agfa-Colour CT18 reversal film. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 159 pages. Contains a selection of locomotives from Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Greece, Yugoslavia, Turkey and... Read more about this item

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£6.35

The Stolen Revolution: Resistance from the rubble in Syria

Mexico: El Rebozo Palapa Editorial, 2017. Paperback. 86, [5]p., wraps, 5.5x8.25 inches, illus., very good condition. Place of publication given only as "some part of northeastern Mexico." Includes discussion of the Kurds and Rojava.

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£12.14

L'Egypte et la Syrie

by Breton, Jean Baptiste Joseph

Paris: A. Nepveu, 1814. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 vols. 82 (of 84) hand-colored illustrations, some double-page or folding, and including the 6 frontises, [4]. xvi, 202, [1]; [4], 226, [1]; [4], 254, [1]; [4], 206, [1]; [4], 249, [2]; [4], 269, [3]p. Half-titles preserved; tissue guards not preserved. Later (but not recent) red 3/4 leather and marbled-paper. Modern red cloth-covered slipcase. 14 cm. Modest cover scuffing and wear. Mostly light waterstaining in top margin in all volumes. Ownership stamp... Read more about this item

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£607.12

Their Blood Got Mixed, Revolutionary Rojava and the War on ISIS

by Biehl, Janet

Oakland: PM Press, 2022. Paperback. 246p., like new, 7x10 inches, story told in graphic novel style. Fom the Publisher: "In the summer of 2012 the Kurdish people of northern Syria set out to create a multiethnic society in the Middle East. Persecuted for much of the 20th century, they dared to try to overcome social fragmentation by affirming social solidarity among all the region's ethnic and religious peoples. As Syria plunged into civil war, the Kurds and their Arab and Assyrian allies established a... Read more about this item

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£20.24

Camel Brands and Graffiti from Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Iran and Arabia

by Field, Henry

Baltimore: American Oriental Soiety, 1952. Paperback. Near Fine. photos, vi, 41p. plus (32) unnumbered pages of photos and illustrations. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. This is the only article in the "Supplement to the Journal of the American Oriental Society, No. 15, (October-December 1952).

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£36.43

Worth fighting for, bringing the Rojava revolution home

by Keasden, Jenni & Natalia Szarek

N.pl: Active Distribution, 2023. Paperback. 258p., wraps, two maps, as new. Memoir of two women internationalists who fought in Rojava.

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£14.57

A Hope More Powerful Than The Sea. The journey of Doaa Al Zamel

by Fleming, Melissa

London: Fleet. 2017. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. 274 pages. The story of the war in Syria embodied by one young brave woman. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.