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Tarih-i Izzi (History of Izzi) printed in third establishment of Ibrahim Muteferrika by Suleyman Izzi - 1785
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Tarih-i Izzi (History of Izzi) printed in third establishment of Ibrahim Muteferrika
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AL I'LAAM BI A'LAAM BALAD ILLAHI L HARAM (HISTORY OF MECCA IN THE 16th C.), ARABIC MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN IN MECCA
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Muntakhabat al Jawa'ib
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Official report of The Armenian assassination attempt against the Sultan Abdul Hamid II
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İn original decorative dark green binding with the Toghra (arm) of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II and the Ottoman cresent. Dedicated and signed by a possible member of the commity in 21-11-1321 (21-11-1905). With 14 plates in the end contain 34 original photographs of the accused people, equipments and explosive materials used in the assassination attempt. Ex-libris Ertugrul Zekai Okte. Armenians who were not able to get the desired results from their protests in Istanbul in 1895 and 1896 attempted to draw the attention of big powers by assassinating Abdulhamid II and carrying out big protests, and in this way, reach their goals by weakening the Ottoman Empire. Within this framework, it was decided to start intensive activities in Istanbul and İzmir in the Dashnaksutyun congress carried out in Sofia in January of 1904. According to this, the Sultan would be assassinated and then the government centre, Galata Bridge, Tunnel, Ottoman Bank, foreign embassies and some other private and official institutions…
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Algérie historique, pittoresque et monumentale, ou Recueil de Vues, Costumes, et Portraits faits d'après Nature dans les Provinces d'Alger, Bone, Constantine et Oran Par Bour, Ol. Bro, Al. Genet, E. Flandin, Philippoteaux, Raffet &c. Avec le Text... - [MONUMENTAL DESCRIPTION OF ALGERIA]
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1843. Paris, J. Delahaye, 1843. Large folio. (58x42 cm.). Bound in 3 uniform contemp. hcalf. Covers with inlaid cloth with ornamentation in gold. Wear to spine ends. Spines rubbed. A repair to lower part of spine on volume one. Chromolithographed frontispiece. XIV,(4),80;(2),68;(4),20;(4),42;(4),21,18,(2) pp. and 2 lithographed maps, 127 lithographed and tinted plates (2 coloured) and 10 handcoloured lithographed plates of flowers. Textillustrations. Cul de lamps. All plates with tissue-guards. Some browning and spotting to many of the plates. First, and only, edition of Berbrugger's monumental description of Algeria. The plates depicts city views, landscapes, costumes, scenes from daily life etc.Colas, 298. - Lipperheide, 1594. - Brunet I, 782.
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The original manuscript draft of the most important work about the history of Bulak press, Tarikh Matba'at Bulak prepared by the author in 1936 to be presented to the faculty of literature in the Egyptian University in Cairo, for the MA. degree
by Abu-l Futouh Ahmad Ridwan (1908 - 1982)
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long 4to, 30. 192ff, with 26, 16ff appendix. WITH UNPUBLISHED PARTS. The most important of the specific history of Bulak press which later printed in Bulak printing house in 1953 as: تاريخ مطبعة بولاق و لمحة في تاريخ الطباعة في بلدان الشرق الأوسط Unique manuscript of the author.
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AL I'LAAM BI A'LAAM BALAD ILLAHI L HARAM (HISTORY OF MECCA IN THE 16th C.), ARABIC MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN IN MECCA
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Book. Very Good. No Binding. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ARABIC MANUSCRIPT IN NASKH SCRIPT, # 200 PP MISSING PAGES FROM THE BEGINNING. DATED 1130 AH (1718 AD) AND SIGNED BY A MECCAN SCRIBE, MUHAMMAD AL MAKKI AL TUNBARI. DETAILED HISTORY OF MECCA FROM IT'S EARLY ISLAMIC ERA (HERE BEGINNING FROM THE AYYOUBID ERA) TO THE SULTAN MURAD B. SELIM B. SULEYMAN PERIOD IN 985 AH. HISTORY OF MECCA ACCORDING TO THE ISLAMIC DYNASTIES, IT'S STRUCTURE, CULTURAL LIFE, SCHOOLS, POLICY, HISTORY OF THE HOLY MOSQUE FROM THE ASPECTS. THE AUTHOR MAINLY CAME FROM INDIA (ACCORDING TO SOME SCHOLARS) LIVED IN MECCA AS IT'S MUFTI AND STUDIED IN EGYPT. HE WAS A HANAFITE AND WELL-KNOWN HISTORIAN OF MECCA AND YEMEN. HE WROTE HIS IMPORTANT WORK ALSO ABOUT YEMEN WHICH CALLED; Al Barq ul Yamani fi al Fath al Uthmani. THE AUTHOR WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE OTTOMAN AUTHORITY AND OTTOMAN OFFICIALS IN MECCA AND YEMEN. VERY RARE WELL-KNOWN WORK ABOUT HISTORY OF MECCA TO BE SCRIBED IN THIS HOLY CITY..
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Muntakhabat al Jawa'ib
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Official report of The Armenian assassination attempt against the Sultan Abdul Hamid II
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Algérie historique, pittoresque et monumentale, ou Recueil de Vues, Costumes, et Portraits faits d'après Nature dans les Provinces d'Alger, Bone, Constantine et Oran Par Bour, Ol. Bro, Al. Genet, E. Flandin, Philippoteaux, Raffet &c. Avec le Text... - [MONUMENTAL DESCRIPTION OF ALGERIA]
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1843. Paris, J. Delahaye, 1843. Large folio. (58x42 cm.). Bound in 3 uniform contemp. hcalf. Covers with inlaid cloth with ornamentation in gold. Wear to spine ends. Spines rubbed. A repair to lower part of spine on volume one. Chromolithographed frontispiece. XIV,(4),80;(2),68;(4),20;(4),42;(4),21,18,(2) pp. and 2 lithographed maps, 127 lithographed and tinted plates (2 coloured) and 10 handcoloured lithographed plates of flowers. Textillustrations. Cul de lamps. All plates with tissue-guards. Some browning and spotting to many of the plates. First, and only, edition of Berbrugger's monumental description of Algeria. The plates depicts city views, landscapes, costumes, scenes from daily life etc.Colas, 298. - Lipperheide, 1594. - Brunet I, 782.
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The original manuscript draft of the most important work about the history of Bulak press, Tarikh Matba'at Bulak prepared by the author in 1936 to be presented to the faculty of literature in the Egyptian University in Cairo, for the MA. degree
by Abu-l Futouh Ahmad Ridwan (1908 - 1982)
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long 4to, 30. 192ff, with 26, 16ff appendix. WITH UNPUBLISHED PARTS. The most important of the specific history of Bulak press which later printed in Bulak printing house in 1953 as: تاريخ مطبعة بولاق و لمحة في تاريخ الطباعة في بلدان الشرق الأوسط Unique manuscript of the author.
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A Man
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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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The King Of Kings
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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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Ties That Bind: A Social History of the Iranian Carpet
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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
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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.
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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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Seven Pillars Of Wisdom, A Triumph
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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.
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Shaykh and Effendi: Changing Patterns of Authority among the El Shabana of Southern Iraq
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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
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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 Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
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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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