Search Results: Persia/Iran history and culture from Focloir

Persia aqIfl Floor, Willem. Agriculture in Qajar Iran. Washington, DC : Mage Publishers, 2003., 692 page: illustrations, bib, index, Originally published in paperback, rebound in brown library buckram, gilt lettering on spine. A friendly inscription from Floor to a bibliophile/librarian who often helped him in tracking down difficult to locate sources. Original paper wrappers bound in. Like new copy.
Summary:
Willem Floor has compiled an all-encompassing analysis of nineteenth-century Iranian agriculture based on extensive research into previously untapped Persian and European archives. His investigation covers farming methods like irrigation and seeding, the raising of livestock, and the range of crops cultivated, from wheat, barley, and rice, to the more notorious cash crops of tobacco and opium. Floor also delves into methods of forestry and fishing, subjects about which very little is known and even less has been written, until now. Agriculture in Qajar Iran traces the commercialisation of Iranian… Read More

Ancient world 763Internationales Bonner Alexanderkolloquium (1996). Alexander der Grosse: eine Welteroberung und ihr Hintergrund: Vorträge des Internationalen Bonner Alexanderkolloquiums, 19.-21.12.1996. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Will. [Antiquitas. Reihe 1, Abhandlungen zur alten Geschichte ; Bd. 46] Bonn: R. Habelt, 1998, 224 p., 4 leaves of plates: ill. Each of the nine essays has its own footnotes. Nice copy, clean, tight, no marks. $25.00

Persia kehp Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716. Am Hofe des persischen Großkönigs 1684 – 1685. Herausgegeben von Walter Hinz. Tübingen Basel: Erdmann, 1977, 283 pages, black and white illustrations. Very good in dust jacket. $14.50 Box B5

Ancient world 2479 Renfrew, Colin, 1937-Archaeology and language: the puzzle of Indo-European origins. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988, ©1987, xiv, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; notes, bib, index. Very good in very good dust jacket. $12.50 Box A 62
Contents: Preface: What song the sirens sang -- The Indo-European problem in outline -- Archaeology and the Indo-Europeans -- Lost languages and forgotten scripts: The Indo-European languages, old and new -- Homelands in question -- Language and language change -- Language, population and social organization: A processual approach -- Early language dispersals in Europe -- The early Indo-Iranian languages and their origins -- Ethnogenesis: Who were the Celts? -- Indo-European mythologies -- Archaeology and Indo-European origins: An assessment.

Religion 113fek Fowden, Elizabeth Key. The Barbarian Plain: Saint Sergius between Rome and Iran. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999, xix, 227 pages: illustrations, maps, bib, index. Very good in dust jacket. $25.00 Box A 113
Contents: 1. Portraits of a Martyr -- The Passio of SS. Sergius and Bacchus -- History in the Passio: The Emperor -- The Hagiographic Milieu -- Alexander of Hierapolis and the Early Cult of S. Sergius -- Images of S. Sergius -- 2. Martyr Cult on the Frontier: The Case of Mayperqat -- Relics and Defense -- At the World's Center -- The Ecumenical City of Martyrs -- The Iranian Viewpoint -- 3. Rusafa -- The Frontier Zone -- A Place of Convergence -- The Fortress-Shrine -- Pilgrimage to Rusafa -- 4. The Spread of the Sergius Cult in Syria and Mesopotamia -- The Hawran -- West of the Steppe -- Northern Syria and Mesopotamia -- The Iranian Empire -- 5. Frontier Shrine and Frontier Saint -- Justinian, Theodora, and S. Sergius -- Iranian Interest in S. Sergius -- The Ghassanid… Read More

Iran gabe Golschani, Abdolkarim. Bildungs- und Erziehungswesen Persiens im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert. (Series: Hamburger philologische Studien). Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag, 1969, ii, 151 pages, illus, bib, index. Originally issued in paperback but has been bound in red library buckram cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Original wrappers bound into the hardcover. Like new, the text and the binding. $35.00 Box B2

Iran/Persia cdcp Cruysse, Dirk van der. Chardin le Persan. Paris: Fayard, 1998, 568 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, map, notes, bib, index. Originally published as a paperback but has since been bound in library buckram brown cloth with black lettering, author and title, on spine. The original wrappers have been bound in the cloth binding. Like new copy, doubt if the book was ever read. $35.00 Box B2 Biography of merchant traveller, Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin (John Chardin), 1643-1713.

Persia chcs Corbin, Henry. Corps spirituel et terre céleste. De l'Iran Mazdéen à l'Iran Shî'ite. Deuxième édition entièrement revisée. Paris: Buchet/Chastel editions, 1979, 303p, notes, illus, index. originally published in paperback, rebound in green library buckram with black lettering with wrappers bound in. Like new. B25 $40.00

Ancient world 758 Hutzfeldt, Birger. Das Bild der Perser in der griechischen Dichtung des 5. vorchristlichen Jahrhunderts. (Serta Graeca ; Bd. 8). Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1999, vii, 257 pages, bib, index, 22 p. of plates: illus. Fine, clean, tight, no marks. $30.00
Originally presented as the author's doctoral thesis --Universität Hamburg, 1997/98.

Ancient world 805Knauth, Wolfgang in Verbindung mit Sejfoddin Nadjmabadi. Das altiranische Fürstenideal von Xenophon bis Ferdousi: nach d. antiken u. einheim. Quellen dargestellt.Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1975, xii, 235p, bib, index, paperback. In good to very good condition, some minor sun-fading to spine, clean, no marks, tight copy. Scarce. $45.00

Persia swssp Schuster-Walser, Sibylla. Das safawidische Persien im Spiegel europäischer Reiseberichte. (1502-1722). Untersuchungen zur Wirtschafts- und Handelspolitik. Baden-Baden: Erschienen bei Bruno Grimm; Hamburg: in Kommission bei Helmut BuskeVerlag, 1970, 124 pages, illustrations, bib, index. Fine copy in original green cloth, gilt lettering Persien in Reiseberichten on spine. $37.50 Box B5

Ancient world 943Obst, Ernst. Der Feldzug des Xerxes. Aalen: Scientia Verlag, 1963, viii, 224p, index. (Reprint of the 1913 edition. published by Dieterich, Leipzig. Klio. Beiheft, 12.) Paperback. Very good, clean, tight copy. No marks. Signature of former owner on title page. $30.00

Kurdish hhdf Hakim, Halkawt. Dictionnaire fondamental kurde-français : dialecte sorani. Paris : Langues & mondes-L'Asiathèque, 1996., 317 pages Very good copy of the paperback. $20.00 Box B18

Persia dchq Aḥmad Ibrāhīmī Ḥusaynī, b. 1546. (احمد ابراهيمى حسينى), and Muller, Hans. Die Chronik Ḫulāṣat at-tawārīḫ des Qāżī Aḥmad Qumī: der Abschnitt über Schah ʻAbbās I. Der Abschnitt uber Schah 'Abbas I. Herausgegeben und ubersetzt von Hans Muller. (Series: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission, Number xiv). Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1964, x, 127 pages, 102 pages, notes, bib, index. Very good to fine copy, small faint blemish to side paper edge. Also, on the side paper edge there is some very minor ruffling to very edge of paper on some of the pages. German translation is at front of book and Persian text at back, dos-a-dos. Originally issued in paperback but is now bound in gray library buckram cloth with black lettering on spine. Original wrappers bound into the hardcover. Binding and text are both very good. Very uncommon title. $50.00 Box B8/25
Notes: Introduction and German translation of the text are based on the… Read More

Iran depd Gabriel, Alfons, 1894-1976. Die Erforschung Persiens; die Entwicklung der abendländischen Kenntnis der Geographie Persiens. Wien: Adolf Holzhausens Nfg., 1952, viii, 359 pages, illus., black and white photos, folding maps, bib, index. Very good in dust jacket, which is in turn protected by a plastic dust jacket. A review of the book (in German) by Wolfgang Lentz is laid in. Another scarce volume by the German explorer. $35.00 Box B7
Alfons Gabriel (1894–1976) was an Austrian geographer, explorer and travel writer who made several trips to the deserts of Iran, during 1927–8, 1933, and 1937. Gabriel wrote five books about his trips and findings. His book Durch Persiens Wüsten (1935) is translated into Persian.

Ancient world 457 Burkert, Walter, 1931-2015. Die Griechen und der Orient: von Homer bis zu den Magiern. Aus dem Italienischen ins Deutsche übertragen vom Verfasser. Second edition. München: C.H. Beck, 2004, 176p, notes, bib, index, table, illus. Like new in dust jacket. Has signature of previous owner and city, Berlin, 2004, on front free endpaper. In German. $15.00

Iran kgme Kortum, Gerhard. Die Marvdasht-Ebene in Fars: Grundlagen und Entwicklung einer alten iranischen Bewässerungslandschaft. (Series: Kieler geographische Schriften). Kiel: Im Selbstverlag des Geographischen Instituts der Universität, Kiel, 1976, xi, 297 pages: illustrations, maps, bib, index. Originally issued in paperback but book has bound in blue library buckram cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Original wrappers bound into the hardcover. Book like new, the text and the binding. $12.50 Box B4
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis, Kiel, 1974. Summary in English. Subject: agriculture.

Iran sbmi Spuler, Bertold, 1911- Die Mongolen in Iran: Politik, Verwaltung und Kultur der Ilchanzeit 1220-1350. Mit einer Karte. 4. verbesserte und erweiterte Aufllage. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1985, 494 pages: folded map (at back of book); bib, index. Very good in dust jacket. Book was originally published in 1955. $100.00 Box B1 Spuler was an expert who wrote widely on the Mongols.

Persia kert Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716. Die Reisetagebücher Engelbert Kaempfers. Mit 3 Karten und 12 Tafeln. Bearbeitet von Karl Meier-Lemgo. (Series: Erdwissenschaftliche Forschung. Band 2). Wiesbaden: Franx Steiner Verlag, 1968, viii, 182 pages, illus, maps, 12 pages of black and white photos, notes, bib, index. Hardcover, very nice condition. Dust jacket has a couple of small tears, repaired with Scotch tape. An attractive book, fine condition. $37.50 Box B 5

Iran rbsz Rist, Bernd. Die Stadt Zabol. Zur wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Entwicklung einer Kleinstadt in Ost-Iran. (Sistan-Projekt I). Marburg/Lahn: Selbstverlag des Geographischen Instituts der Universitat Marburg, 1981, xiv, 245 pages, diagrams, maps, notes, bib. Originally issued in paperback but is now bound in light coffee-colored library buckram cloth with black lettering on spine. Original wrappers bound into the hardcover. Both book and binding are like new. $13.50 Box B3