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GLUBB, Sir John Bagot.
A Soldier with the Arabs.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1957]..
8vo. pp. 460. 26 illus. & 28 maps (2 on endpapers). cloth. A very good copy in tattered dw. First Edition. Offered with a small photo of Glubb, 2 ALS & 1 TLS from Glubb, dated Mayfield, UK, Sept. 29 and Oct. 23, 1959, and Dec. 31, 1960 to Dr. A.D.Tushingham, Head of the Division of Art & Archaeology at the Royal Ontario Museum, and a copy of a letter sent from Tushingham to Glubb, dated Oct. 20, 1959. In the typed letter of Sept. 29, Glubb thanks Tushingham for his hospitality on a recent visit to Toronto. It reads in part: "It was also a great pleaure to find someone who could talk about Jordan and the Jordanians, who are, as I am sure that you will appreciate, still very near to my heart. Even apart from personal considerations, one cannot avoid being anxious at the general ignorance and indifference in the West towards these countries which are of such vital strategic importance and where the Russians are working so hard." The rest of the letter and the other correspondence largely concern a proposed lecture tour by Glubb to Canada. Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb (1897-1986), known as Glubb Pasha, was a British soldier, scholar, and author, who led and trained Transjordan's Arab Legion (later known as the Jordan Royal Army) between 1939 and 1956 as its commanding general. During this period, 'he transformed the Legion into the best-trained force in the Arab world. He was dismissed from his post by King Hussein in the face of criticism by Jordan nationalists and other Arab states.
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GRUBE, Ernst J.
The World Of Islam [At Head Of Title:] Landmarks Of The World's Art.
New York & Toronto: McGraw-Hill Book Company, nd..
4to. pp. 176. 206 illus. (105 colour). biblio. index. cloth. dw. (extremities slightly chipped, sticker remnant on front).
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HARVEY, John.
With The Foreign Legion In Syria.
London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., [1928]..
8vo. pp. [288]. original cloth (spine faded, some light foxing to edges & outer leaves). First Edition.
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HASSELQUIST, Frederik [1722-1752].
Voyages And Travels In The Levant; In the Years 1749, 50, 51, 52. Containing Observations in Natural History, Physick, Agriculture, and Commerce: Particularly On the Holy Land, and the Natural History of the Scriptures.Published by Order of her Majesty
London: Printed for L.Davis and C.Reymers, 1766.
8vo. pp. 4 p.l., viii, 456 [ie. 350; pp. 269-72 & 308-79 omitted in pagination]. with half-title. folding engraved map (frontis.). contemporary tree calf, rebacked, preserving spine label (occasional stains & light foxing, paper lightly embrowned). armorial bookplate of William Marshall. First Edition of the English Translation of 'the first systematic natural history of the Holy Land'. (Blackmer) Hasselquist undertook his extensive travels in Asia Minor, Egypt, Cyprus, and Palestine, at the urging of Linnaeus, his teacher at Uppsala, who helped him to raise money to finance the journey. He died at Smyrna in 1752 when he was about to return to Sweden with a rich collection of natural history specimens. His valuable journal, observations, and descriptions, were edited by Linnaeus and first published in Swedish in 1757. A Materia Medica and accounts of diseases and remedies are given on pp. 293-394. Prefixed is a biographical sketch of Hasselquist by Linnaeus. Casey Wood p. 380. Cox I p. 230. Hulth p. 106. Röhricht 1435. Soulsby 3582. Tobler p. 130. cfBlackmer 792.
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HENNIKER, Sir Frederick [1793-1825].
Notes During A Visit To Egypt, Nubia, The Oasis, Mount Sinai, And Jerusalem.
London: John Murray, 1823..
8vo. pp.1 p.l., [v]-x, [1 leaf]directions to the binder, 340. lacking half-title. 1 engraved & aquatint plate & 2 folding sepia aquatint plates. auatint vignette on title. contemporary half calf (little rubbbed, hint of foxing). First Edition. Henniker, who visited Egypt and the Holy Land in 1820, was the first known person to climb the second Pyramid. At one point, while on his way from Jerusalem to Jericho, Henniker was attacked by bandits who left him naked and severely wounded. The folding aquatints of Jerusalem and Mount Sinai convent were engraved by George Hunt after drawings by the author. Abbey, Travel, 376. Blackmer 804. Ibrahim-Hilmy I p. 298. Röhricht 1687. Tobler p. 147.
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HEPWORTH, George H[ughes] [1833-1902].
Through Armenia On Horseback.
New York: E.P.Dutton & Company, 1898..
8vo. pp. xii, 355. folding partly coloured frontis. map & 25 plates (incl. frontis. portrait). title vignette. later cloth (ex-lib., 1 leaf misbound, short tear in map - no loss). First Edition. The clergyman and journalist was sent by James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald with the permission of the Sultan to investigate the recent massacres and report on the current state of Armenia.
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HIBBARD, F.G.
Palestine: Its Geography and Bible History.
New York: Carlton & Phillips, 1855..
8vo. pp. xvi, [4], [13]-354, [6]ads. 22 maps. original blind-stamped cloth (scuffed, extremities chipped & frayed, dampstaining to a few outer leaves).
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HOPKINS, J[ohn] Castell 1864-1923].
The Sword Of Islam Or Suffering Armenia Annals Of Turkish Power And The Eastern Question.
Brantford & Toronto: The Bradley-Garretson Co., Ltd., 1896..
12mo. pp. 459, [7]. frontis. & 24 double-sided plates. original black & gilt-stamped cloth (upper rear cover frayed). First Edition.
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HOTT, James W.
Journeyings In The Old World; Or, Europe, Palestine, and Egypt.
Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House, 1886..
8vo. pp. viii, 667. engraved frontis. portrait, 5 maps (4 coloured), 1 plate & numerous text illus. (some full-page). original blind & gilt-stamped roan, all edges gilt (rubbed, head of spine defective, foxing to frontis. & title). Second Revised Edition. Smith H135.
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KELLY, Walter Keating.
Syria And The Holy Land Their Scenery And Their People. Being Incidents Of History And Travel.
London: Chapman And Hall, [1844]..
8vo. pp. viii, 451, [1]. with half-title. 180 wood-engraved text illus. (incl. title vignette). contemporary red calf, gilt back (spine faded & headpiece chipped). First Edition. Descriptions of Beirut, Lebanon, Damascus, Baalbec, Acre, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, &c., based on the works of J.L.Burckhardt, Lord Lindsay, George Robinson, and others. Röhricht 2059.
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KELMAN, John.
The Holy Land Painted By John Fulleylove.
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1902..
4to. pp. xv, 301, [1], [2]ads. with half-title. 92 plates, most in colour, after original watercolours by Mr. Fulleylove which were exhibited in London in 1902. tissue guards with letterpress. original green & gilt-stamped cloth, t.e.g., others uncut (light wear to extremities & some spotting to covers, flyleaves foxed, internally very fine). First Edition, One of 500 De Luxe numbered copies signed by the publishers.
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KENRICK, John [1788-1877].
Phoenicia.
London: B.Fellowes, 1855..
8vo. pp. xxiv, 468. with half-title. 2 folding maps & 2 lithographed plates. contemporary calf (rubbed - particularly the spine, spine label chipped, joints cracked). First Edition. 'Kenrick was, beyond question, the greatest scholar of his denomination.Dr. Martineau, who has spoken of Kenrick as 'the wisest man he ever knew,' describes his historical lectures as 'models of selection, compression, and proportion,' and regards his volume on 'Phoeniaia' as his most permanent contribution to history.' (DNB) Included are chapters on the coast, climate and productions, origin, colonies (Cyprus, Rhodes, Crete, Sicily, Balearic Islands, Carthage, &c.), language and literature, commerce, navigation, manufactures and arts, mining, government & military, religion, and history.
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KEPPEL, George [Thomas, sixth Earl of Albemarle] [1799-1891].
Personal Narrative Of A Journey From India To England.
London: Henry Colburn, 1827.
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xii, 336; vii, 326 + 10(ads). 1 folding lithographed map, 2 hand-coloured lithographs (frontis.), 1 tinted lithograph, & 8 text illus. Uncut in original bds., rebacked in paper (new endpapers, occasional faint foxing). Second Edition. Keppel served in the British army at Waterloo, in the Ionian Islands, and in Mauritius, before being appointed aide-de-camp in 1821 to the governor-general of India, the Marquis of Hastings. Upon the latter's resignation in 1823, Keppel received leave to return home to England. The present work describes his adventures on that journey, during which he visited Muscat, Bussorah, Bagdad, the ruins of Babylon, Kurdistan, the court of Persia, Baku, Astrakan, Moscow, and St. Petersburg. Nat. Maritime Museum Cat. I 456. cfBlackmer 908. Not in Abbey, Travel.
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KHATIBI, Abdelkebir & Mohammed SIJELMASSI.
The Splendour of Islamic Calligraphy.
New York: Rizzoli, [1976]..
4to. pp. 254. 174 illus. (54 in colour). biblio. cloth. dw. (several short & long tears to extremities, some surface lament peeling near head of spine). First Edition of the English Translation.
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[KINGLAKE, Alexander William] [1809-1891].
Eothen, Or Traces Of Travel Brought Home From The East.
London: John Ollivier, 1845..
8vo. pp. xi, 418. with half-title. 2 hand-coloured lithographed plates (incl. folding frontis.). modern quarter calf, original gilt-stamped cloth sides bound in (some foxing). Second Edition of this "classic of travel literature which has been reprinted innumerable times.Kinglake toured the Levant about 1835; his work is his third attempt at a description of his travels, after two unsatisfactory efforts to subdue the 'almost boisterous tone' of the original. Eóthen is not an ordinary account of a tour, but a work much more in the tradition of Sterne's Sentimental Journey, a 'delightful record of personal impressions rather than outward facts' (DNB). (Blackmer) cfAbbey, Travel, 362. cfBlackmer 911. cfIbrahim-Hilmy I 342. cfTobler p. 157.
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