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Cairo: The government press, 1924 Book. As New. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. AS PUBLISHED, 20 SHEETS, 50 STAMP FOR EACH, ORIGINAL STAMPS OF THE ARAB KINGDOM OF HIJAZ. MAYBE PRINTED IN THE GOVERNMENT PRESS IN CAIRO UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE BRITISH OFFICE FOR THE ARAB GOVERNMENT IN HIJAZ. 1,5 PIASTRES ( QIRSH ) VALUE ..

PRESENTATION COPY PREPARED FOR THE KING OF GREECE IN GILTED BORDEAUX BINDING. Cairo: Imprimerie Nationale, Bulak, 1894 Book. Illus. by AFTER MUHAMMAD SADIC BEY, AND OTHERS. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 129PP FRENCH TEXT, 19 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES AFTER MUHAMMED SADIQ BEY AND OTHERS ( ONE FRONTIS OF THEF KHEDIVE ABBAS HILMI PACHA, AND ONE PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR IN THE END OF THE BOOK ), THE OTHERS ARE TITLED AS THE FOLLOWINGS: (1) LE MAHMAL (2) LE CAIRE DEPART DU MAHMAL (3) LE TAPIS SACRE (4) DJEDDAH VUE GENERALE (5) DJEDDAH TOMBEAU SACRE DE NOTRE MERE EVE (6) DJEDDAH SPECIMEN DES MAISONS DE CETTE VILLE (7) LA MECQUE MOSQUEE HARAM EL CHERIF ET LA CAABA (8) LA MECQUE TOMBEAU SACRE DE SITINA KHADIJA, EPOUSE DU PROPHETE (9) SAYIDNA ONE EL RAFIK, CHERIF DE LA MECQUE (10) LA PRIERE DU VENDREDI DANS LA MOSQUEE HARAM EL CHERIF AUTOUR DE LA KAABA (11) LA MECQUE INTERIEUR DE LA MOSQUEE HARAM EL CHERIF ET PUITS DE ZAMZAM (12) CAMPEMENT SUR LE MONT ARAFAT (13) VILLE DE MOUNA… Read More

Cairo: F. E. Nouri, 1931 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. [FIRST] VOLUME (REPORT) IN ARABIC: TAQREER AL LAJNAA AL FANIYYA AL MU'ALLAFA LI FAHS HALAT JAMI' MUHAMMAD ALI PASHA AL KABEER BI AL QAL'AA BI MISR.[VI], 105 PP, WITH 14 FIGURES, WHICH 9 OF THEM ARE FOLDINGS. [SECOND] VOLUME IS THE REPORT TRANSLATION IN FRENCH, RAPPORT DE LA COMMISSION POUR EXAMINER L'ETAT DE LA MOSQUEE DE MOHAMED ALY PACHA A LA CITADELLE, LE CAIRE, PRESIDENT: S. MITWALLI BEY. MEMBRES: FARRAG BEY AMIN, PROF. Dr. ANDREAE, Mr. SERGE LELIVASKY, ISMAIL OMAR BEY, A. FAHMY IBRAHIM EFFENDI. 1931-1933. [V], 117 PP. 14 FIGURES, WHICH 9 OF THEM ARE FOLDINGS. [THIRD] VOLUME CONTAINS THE PROJECT DESIGNS (SERIE DE DESSINS) ON 31 FOLDING PLATES DESCRIBED IN ARABIC AND FRENCH. WITH TITLE PAGE IN ARABIC AND FRENCH, 2 LIST PAGES OF NAMES OF THE CONSTRUCTORS IN ARABIC AND FRENCH. 2 LIST PAGES OF THE DESIGNS IN ARABIC AND FRENCH. COVERS WITH LIGHT OCCASIONAL STAINS, OTHERWISE THE 3 VOLUMES ARE AS NEW. SCARCE..

Paris: Firmin Didot, 1858 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 3 VOLUMES: 422, 408, 434 PP ARABIC TEXT IN FINE SCRIPT.EACH VOLUME WITH ONE TITLE PAGE IN FRENCH: NOTICE ET EXTRAITS DES MANUSCRITS DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE IMPERIALE ET AUTRES BIBLIOTHEQUES, PUBLIES PAR L'INSITUT IMPERIAL DE FRANCE.... PARIS, FIRMIN DIDOT FRERES 1858. COMPLETELY IN ARABIC. IN LATER FINE HARD COVER CLOTH BINDINGS WITH LEATHER SPINES. SEVERAL PAGES WITH LIGHT FOXING, BUT THE PAGES STILL CRISP AND THE BOOK IN VERY GOOD CONDITION..

19 individual photographs of different sizes, of which four are signed by Huda Sha'rawi including two dedicated and signed in Paris to Majd ed Din (Nasif). About 14 are studio photographs; most in Paris and some in Cairo including one in Egyptian local dress signed by Lekegian in Cairo. Huda Sha'rāwī; (June 23, 1879 – December 12, 1947) was a pioneering Egyptian feminist leader, nationalist, and founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union. Born into a wealthy family in Minya, she was the daughter of Muhammad Sultan, the first president of the Egyptian Representative Council. Sha'rawi spent her childhood and early adulthood secluded in an upper-class Egyptian harem. At the age of thirteen, she was married to her cousin Ali Pasha Sha'rawi. According to Margaret Badran, a "subsequent separation from her husband gave her time for an extended formal education, as well as an unexpected taste of independence." She was taught to read the Quran and received tutoring in Arabic and Turkish and Islamic subjects by… Read More

Istanbul: Private, 1874 Brochure. Very Good. Soft cover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Extreamly rare, privately printed lithiograph report from the official hand written text signed by Cozzika and dated 10/22 octobre 1874. Folio, 13 numbered pages and 19 un numbered. The report begins with a short biography of Cozzika and a summary of the subject: ( Mr Jean Cozzica sujet hellene, negociant etabli a Taka (?) du Soudan, province Egyptienne, acquittait les droits de douane pour l'exportation de ses marchandises dans cette province meme, conformement au decret du Vice Roi d'Egypte et apres le paiement de ces droits dont il retirait le recu il addressait les marchandises a leur destination mais a leur arrivee a Souakim "Ville du littoral de la mer Rouge, province de Djeddah, ces marchandises etaient illegalement retenuse par les autorites douanieres de cette localite qui pretendaient les soumettre a une nouvelle taxe. Le consul de France a Djeddah, a defaut de tout autorite consulaire hellenique dans cette… Read More

Painting. Very Good. No Binding. Signed by Illustrator(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Central panel: 17.5x6.5 cm. Leaf: 24.5x16.5 cm. illustrated with animal and floral motifs. The portrait is tiny signed at the mid-right: "Raqm kamineh R.". Ink drawing with gouache embellished with gold on paper.

Cairo: Bulak, 1896 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 9 PARTS IN 2 VOLS. ARABIC TEXT. RED FULL LEATHER DECORATED AND GILDED BINDING WITH TUGRA AND NISHAN (ARMS OF STATE) OF THE SULTAN ABD UL HAMID II. PRIVATELY BOUND FOR THE YILDIZ PALACE LIBRARY. COMPLETE BINDINGS WITH FLAPS. PREPARED BY PRIVATE COMMISSION IN CAIRO. PRAISE OF SHEIKH AL ISLAM WITH HIS SEAL, REPORT OF THE COMMISSION, ENDOWMENT (CHARITABLE WAQF) WITH TUGHRAIC SEAL OF ABD UL HAMID II. (174, 182, 199, 208 PP) AND (179, 198, 168, 176, 163) PAGES. ALL EDGES OF THE TOW VOLUMES ARE GILDED. PRIVATELY BOUND BY THE YILDIZ PALACE AS PRESENTATION TO VERY LIMITED STATE MEN. A COPY FROM THE ATABEY COLLECTION WAS SOLD IN SOTHEBY'S 28 AND 29 MAY 2002

viii, list of illus. 394 p. signed by the author when she was in Istanbul to the Sultan Abdulhamid II in 1901 . with Arabic private library number (98) on the spine . In original hard covers binding.Anna Dodd was an American author from New York. She wrote short stories, essays and a series of articles on church music. After Dodd wrote a paper on the Concord School of Philosophy for Appleton's Magazine, English journals copied it, a French translation was reprinted in Émile Littré's Revue Philosophique, and the author found her services in growing demand. She was engaged by Harper's Magazine in 1881 to furnish an exhaustive article on the political leaders of France, which she prepared for by going to France, in order to study the subject more closely. The paper's editor, Henry Mills Alden, pronounced it as 'the most brilliant article of the kind we have had in ten years'. Before returning to the U.S., she visited Rome and prepared a description of the carnival for Harper's.

Dodd's first book was… Read More

Very rare brochure printed in Armenian house in İstanbul 1913. In English, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Russian and Urdu. 10 p. Text with 11 plates. In the printer wrappers.