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BELL, Gertrude.
The Letters. Selected And Edited By Lady Bell, D.B.E.
London: Ernest Benn Limited, [1928]..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xiii, [1], 402; vii, [1], 405-791. with half-titles. 2 maps (1 large & folding) & 39 illus. on 31 plates. cloth (spines sunned, spine ends & 1 corner frayed, small nick in lower spine of Vol. I. Ninth Impression. "Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE (14 July 1868 -- 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist. She spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making as an Arabist due to her knowledge and contacts built up through extensive travels...She participated in both the 1919 Paris Peace Conference (briefly) and the 1921 Cairo Conference, which helped decide the territorial boundaries and governments of the post-War Middle East as part of the partition of the Ottoman Empire. Bell believed that the momentum of Arab nationalism was unstoppable, and that the British government should ally with nationalists rather than stand against them. Along with T. E. Lawrence, she advocated for independent Arab states in the Middle East following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and supported the installation of Hashemite monarchies in what is today Jordan and Iraq." (Wikipedia)
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BINZAGR, Sageya.
Saudi Arabia An Artist's View Of The Past.
Lausanne: Three Continents Publishers with the collaboration of Arabian Resource Management S.A. Geneva, [1979]..
4to. pp. 139, [2 leaves]. 66 tipped-in illus. (mostly colour). 1 map. cloth (edges faintly dampstained). dw. First Edition.
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BONAR, Horatius [1808-1889].
The Land Of Promise: Notes Of A Spring-Journey From Beersheba To Sidon.
London: James Nesbit & Co., 1858..
8vo. pp. viii, 568. folding map & 6 plates (incl. frontis.). contemporary half calf (rubbed). Second Edition. Tobler p. 194.
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BUCKINGHAM, J[ames] S[ilk] [1786-1855].
Travels In Mesopotamia. Including A Journey From Aleppo To Bagdad, By The Route Of Beer, Orfah, Diarbekr, Mardin, & Mousul; With Researches On The Ruins Of Nineveh, Babylon, And Other Ancient Cities.
London: Henry Colburn, 1827..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xx, 479; 1 p.l., [v]-vi, 102, *99-*102, 103-538, [2]ads. without half-titles. 1 folding engraved map, 2 double-page lithographed plates (incl. 1 plan), & 27 wood-engraved plates (incl. 2 frontis.). contemporary half calf (some wear to edges & corners, occasional light foxing). First Octavo Edition (also published in quarto the same year with the wood engravings appearing as vignettes in the letterpress). Buckingham published several works on the Middle East, including Travels In Palestine, Travels Among The Arab Tribes, Travels In Assyria, and this account of his travels in Mesopotamia. Appended to the narrative is A Brief Statement Of The Result Of Certain Legal Proceedings., relating to Buckingham's libel suits against William John Bankes, Henry Bankes, and John Murray concerning Travels In Palestine. cfBlackmer 233.
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BUESCHING, Anton Fr[iedrich] [1724-1793].
Geographisk Beskrisning Öswer Palästina Eller Förloswade Landet Samt Steniga Arabien.
Stockholm: Carl Gust, Cronland, 1784..
8vo. pp. 4 p.l., 360. woodcut ornaments. contemporary half calf. No copies found in OCLC.
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BURCKHARDT, John Lewis [1784-1817].
Travels In Arabia, Comprehending An Account Of Those Territories In Hedjaz Which The Mohammedans Regarded As Sacred.
London: Henry Colburn, 1829.
4to. pp. xvi [i.e. xv], [1]errata, 478. with half-title. 1 folding engraved map & 4 folding engraved plans. full calf antique (some foxing, generally light but a little stronger on first few leaves, folding map lightly embrowned, offsetting from maps & plans). First Edition. Burckhardt travelled throughout North Africa and the Middle East for seven years under the auspices of the Association For Promoting The Discovery Of The Interior Parts Of Africa. A master of the Arabic language and the Islamic religion, he assumed the guise of an Arab using the name of Sheikh Ibrahim in his travels. His journals are invaluable for their observations on the Arab people and for his important geographical discoveries, including the site of Petra, Apameia, and the general structure of the peninsula of Mount Sinai. The present account of Burckhardt's journey to Mecca in 1814 and subsequent trip to Medina in 1815, edited by William Leake and William Ouseley, the third of five works published by the African Assocation after Burckhardt's untimely death in 1817, contains "the most accurate and complete account of the Hedjaz, including the cities of Mekka and Medina, which has ever been received in Europe. His knowledge of the Arabic language, and of Mohammedan manners, had enabled him to assumne the Muselman character with such success, that he resided in Mekka during the whole time of the pilgrimage, and passed through the various ceremonies of the occasion, without the slightest suspicion having arisen as to his real character." (Preface) Gay 3606. cfBlackmer 239.
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BURCKHARDT, John Lewis [1784-1817].
Travels In Syria And The Holy Land.
London: John Murray, 1822.
4to. pp. 2 p.l., xxiii, [3]errata, contents, & directions, 668. with half-title. lithographed frontis. portrait of Burckhardt after a sketch by Henry Salt. 6 engraved maps & plans (2 folding). numerous text illus. 19th century calf, former owner's gilt arms on covers, spine richly gilt (joints & edges somewhat rubbed, some scratches on covers, some light foxing to & offsetting from plates but overall an appealing copy). First Edition. Burckhardt travelled throughout North Africa and the Middle East for seven years under the auspices of the Association For Promoting The Discovery Of The Interior Parts Of Africa. A master of the Arabic language and the Islamic religion, he assumed the guise of an Arab using the name of Sheikh Ibrahim in his travels. His journals are invaluable for their observations on the Arab people and for his important geographical discoveries, including the site of Petra, Apameia, and the general structure of the peninsula of Mount Sinai. The present work was edited following Burckhardt's death by William Leake and published by the Association For Promoting The Discovery Of The Interior Parts Of Africa. Included are accounts of Burckhardt's lengthy sojourn in Aleppo, where he spent three years studying Arabic in preparation for his African travels, his six-months' journey in 1810-11 to Palmyra, Damascus, Baalbekk, Lebanon, and the Hauran, during which he encountered great danger and hardship because of the disturbed state into which the country had been thrown by the Wahhaby revolt, his expedition to Damascus through the Mountains of Arabia Petraea and Desert el Ty, to Cairo in the summer of 1812, and journal of a tour in the Peninsula of Mount Sinai in the spring of 1816. The appendix contains an account of the Ryhanlu Turkmans and observations on the division of Syria and the recent changes in the government of Aleppo. Blackmer 237. Tobler p. 141. Weber 107.
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BURTON, Sir Richard Francis [1821-1890].
Personal Narrative Of A Pilgrimage To El-Medinah And Meccah.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, And Roberts, 1857..
8vo. pp. xiv, [1 leaf], 418; 3 p.l., iv, [1 leaf], 422. with half-titles. 1 folding map, 3 plans (2 folding), 13 lithographed plates (8 tinted, 5 coloured). 22 text illus. modern half morocco, gilt edges (joints starting, extremities worn). Second Edition. One of the greatest travel books ever written. Burton's popular work was originally published in three volumes (1855-56). Burton was the first English Christian to enter Mecca as a true Mohammedan pilgrim. During his arduous and dangerous journey, he disguised himself at various times as a Persian Mirza, a Dervish and a Pathan doctor. "As a story of bold adventure, and as lifting a veil from the unknown, its interest will never fade." (DNB) Gay 3634. Ibrahim-Hilmy I p. 111. Penzer pp. 51-52.
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BURTON, Sir Richard Francis [1821-1890].
Personal Narrative Of A Pilgrimage To El-Medinah And Meccah.With An Introduction By Bayard Taylor.
New York: G.P.Putnam & Co., 1856..
8vo. pp. xv, [1]blank, [17]-492. folding lithographed map. 2 tinted lithographed plates (frontis. & additional title). original blind & gilt-stamped cloth, rebacked with spine mounted, endpapers retained (corners frayed, some foxing throughout - generally light except for outer leaves, trace of former owner's signature on title). First American Edition. Burton's popular work was originally published in three volumes (1855-56). The American edition is abridged, concentrating on Burton's adventuresome travels to Moslem Holy Places. Burton was the first English Christian to enter Mecca as a true Mohammedan pilgrim. During his arduous and dangerous journey, he disguised himself at various times as a Persian Mirza, a Dervish and a Pathan doctor. "As a story of bold adventure, and as lifting a veil from the unknown, its interest will never fade." (DNB) cfGay 3634. cfIbrahim-Hilmy I p. 111. cfPenzer pp. 49f.
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BURTON, Sir Richard Francis [1821-1890].
The Land Of Midian (Revisited).
London: C.Kegan Paul & Co., 1879.
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxviii, 338; vii, 319 + 32(ads). 6 hand-finished tinted lithographed plates, 4 plates of hieroglyphics, 5 other plates, & folding coloured lithographed map. wood engravings in the text. original decorative cloth (cloth bit soiled, extremities bit rubbed, spines dull, hinges tender, some minor foxing). First Edition of this sequel to Burton's The Gold Mines Of Midian (1878), describing Burton's second expedition through Midian in northwest Arabia. Midian became known as a highly rich source for gold, especially in the areas where ancient artifacts were located. Although Burton failed to find the vast amounts of gold he believed were in the region, he and his team succeeded in exploring and mapping a 600-mile territory and detailing eighteen ruined cities in the North and thirteen in the South. The expedition was sponsored by the Egyptian Khedive Isma'il I, for whom Burton brought back twenty-five tons of minerals to be assayed. Only 1000 copies of the book were printed. Penzer pp. 96-7.
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BURTON, Sir Richard Francis [1821-1890].
The Memorial Edition Of The Works. [General Half-Title].
London: Tylston And Edwards, 1893-94..
4 Titles in 7 Volumes [All Published]. 8vo. original gilt-stamped cloth (slight chpping to a few spine ends of first 2 vols. & corners of first 3 vols. bit frayed). Edited by Isabel Burton, who had originally intended to publish the majority of her late husband's work as part of this edition. The set includes: (1) Personal Narrative Of A Pilgrimage To Al-Madinah & Meccah. 2 Volumes. pp. xxviii, [2 leaves], 436; xii, [2 leaves], 479. with half-titles. frontis. portrait of Lady Burton, folding coloured lithographed map, 13 lithographed plates (5 chromolithographs & 9 tinted), 1 wood-engraved plate, 3 plans & 28 text illus. Burton was the "first English Christian to enter Mecca of his own free will as a true Mohammedan pilgrim and not as a convert." (Penzer) During his arduous and dangerous journey, he disguised himself at various times as a Persian Mirza, a Dervish and a Pathan doctor. "As a story of bold adventure, and as lifting a veil from the unknown, its interest will never fade." (DNB) (2) A Mission To Gelele, King Of Dahome With Notices Of The So-Called "Amazons," The Grand Customs, The Yearly Customs, The Human Sacrifices, The Present State Of The Slave Trade, And The Negro's Place In Nature. 2 Volumes. pp. xxi, [1 leaf], 256; viii, 305, [1]. with half-titles. 2 frontis. (3) Vikram And The Vampire Or Tales Of Hindu Devilry. pp. xxi, [1 leaf], 243, [1], [3]ads. 16 plates (incl. frontis.) & 17 text illus. by Ernest Griset. (4) First Footsteps In East Africa Or, An Exploration Of Harar. 2 Volumes. pp. xxxiv, [1 leaf], 209; 5 p.l., 276, [3]ads. 2 mpas, 4 chromolithographs & 7 text illus. (1 illus. on plate list never issued). Account of Burton's pioneering expedition into Somaliland, where he was the first European to visit the forbidden Moslem city of Harar, and where he sustained his famous spear wound to the face during an attack by natives while encamped on the beach at Berbara. (1) Penzer pp. 54-55. cfGay 3634. cfAbbey, Travel, 368. cfIbrahim-Hilmy I p. 111. (2) Penzer pp. 73-74. cfHosken p. 34. (3) Penzer pp. 82-83. (4) Penzer pp. 64-65. cfAbbey, Travel, 276. cfHosken p. 33.
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CESNOLA, Louis Palma Di [1832-1904].
Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, And Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence As American Consul In That Island.
London: John Murray, 1877..
8vo. pp. xix, 448, 12(ads). with half-title. 2 maps. 48 plates, 12 plates of script & numerous text illus. original gilt-stamped cloth (spine ends chipped, inner hinges partly cracked, library bookplate). First Edition. The Italian-born Cesnola served as United States consul at Larnaca in Cyprus from 1865 to 1877. During his stay he conducted numerous excavations and discovered a large number of antiquities. The collection was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Cesnola was appointed director. The Appendix contains a catalogue of the engraved gems found in the treasure vaults of the temple at Curium, by C.W.King of Trinity College, Cambidge, and a short description of the different types of vases discovered, with their inscriptions, written by A.S.Murray of the British Museum.
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CESNOLA, Louis Palma Di [1832-1904].
Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, And Temples. A Narrative Of Researches And Excavations During Ten Years' Residence In That Island.
New York: Harper & Brothers,1878..
8vo. pp. xix, 456, 3(ads). frontis. portrait, 2 maps, 49 plates, 9 plates of script, & numerous text illus. A nice copy in original black & gilt-stamped cloth (light wear to extremities). First American Edition. The Italian-born Cesnola served as United States consul at Larnaca in Cyprus from 1865 to 1877. During his stay he conducted numerous excavations and discovered a large number of antiquities. The collection was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Cesnola was appointed director. Added to this edition is a summary of Di Cesnola's discoveries, written by the Museum's president, John Taylor Johnston, pp. [449]-456. The Appendix contains a catalogue of the engraved gems found in the treasure vaults of the temple at Curium, by C.W.King of Trinity College, Cambidge, and a short description of the different types of vases discovered, with their inscriptions, written by A.S.Murray of the British Museum.
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CHARDIN, Sir John [1643-1713].
Travels In Persia With an Introduction by Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes.
London: Argonaut Press, 1927..
4to. pp. xxx, 287, [1 leaf]. title vignette. with half-title. 2 facsimile titles, 1 portrait, 2 folding plates, & 4 text illus. (1 full-page). Uncut & largely unopened in original quarter vellum (dampstaining to lower covers & damp-wrinkling to leaves of outer gatherings). Limited to 975 numbered copies on Japon Vellum. Chardin made two trips to Persia, the first in 1665, and the second in 1671, as a traveller and trader in jewels. "His account of the Persian court and of his business transactions with the shah [Abbas II] are of great interest." (Cox) The first part of the present account describes his adventures in Persia, while the second is devoted to a description of the country, fauna and flora, manners and customs of the inhabitants, manufactures, trade, and commerce. A Huguenot, Chardin was forced to flee France in 1681, setting in London, where he was knighted by Charles II, appointed jeweller to the royal court, and employed on a number of diplomatic missions. Cox I p. 250 (citing incorrect date). Howgego C102.
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CRAVEN, Elizabeth, Lady [later Margravine of ANSPACH] [1750-1828].
A Journey Through The Crimea To Constantinople. In A Series Of Letters From The Right Honourable Elizabeth Lady Craven, To His Serene Highness The Margrave Of Brandebourg, Anspach, And Bareith. Written In The Year M CDD LXXXVI.
London: Printed for G.G.J. And J.Robinson, 1789..
4to. pp. 4 p.l., 327, [1]directions to the binder. with half-title. folding engraved map of the Crimea (frontis.) & 6 engraved plates (1 folding). 19th century half roan (some moderate soiling & wear to binding, endpapers replaced, plates offset, foxing to plates & last few leaves). Second Edition. A vivid account of travels through France, Austria, Poland, Russia, Turkey and Greece, written in the form of letters addressed from Lady Craven to her future husband, the Margrave of Anspach. In Constantinople she stayed with Choiseul-Gouffier, and letter forty-five contains comments on his activities as a collector. "Lady Craven is said to have been the first woman that descended into the grotto of Antiparos." (Cox) She was also a noted dramatist and was greatly admired by Horace Walpole, who printed her comedy 'The Sleepwalker' at the Strawberry Hill Press in 1778. The plates depict the source of the River Kaarasou in the Crimea, a Turkish boat, a Turkish burial ground, the Grotto of the Antiparos, Siphanto, and the Convent of Panacrado from the Bay of Gabrio. Cox I pp. 197-98. NCBEL II 832. cfBlackmer 424. cfRobinson, Wayward Women, pp. 87-88.
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