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KNOBLOCH, Edgar.
Beyond The Oxus Archaeology Art and Architecture of Central Asia.
London & Totowa: Ernest Benn Limited in association with Rowman & Littlefield, [1972]..
8vo. pp. 255, [1]. numerous b/w illus. cloth (pencil scoring). dw (dw worn at edges with some damp staining to lower edge).
$40 USD Book Number: aly1109 Order / Enquire

KUBICKOVÁ, Vera.
Persian Miniatures Photographs by Werner Forman.Translated by R. Finlayson-Samsour.
[London]: Spring Books, nd..
4to. pp. 70, [2 leaves]. 25 double-sided colour plates. quarter cloth (shaken, extremities worn & frayed).
$46 USD Book Number: MBIrsKUB1 Order / Enquire

KÜHNEL, Ernst.
Islamic Art & Architecture.Translated By Katherine Watson.
London: G. Bell & Sons Ltd, [1966]..
8vo. pp. 200. 40 double-sided plates. 2 maps. biblio. index. cloth. dw. (bit rubbed, extremities chipped). First Edition of the English Translation.
$41 USD Book Number: MHNlaKÜH74 Order / Enquire

LABORDE, Léon [Emanuel Simon Joseph] de [1807-1869].
Journey Through Arabia Petraea To Mount Sinai, The Excavated City Of Petra, The Edom Of The Prophecies.
London: John Murray, 1836..
8vo. pp. xxviii, 331, [1]ad. 13 wood-engraved plates & 11 lithographed plates after drawings by the author & Linant de Bellefonds. 2 maps (1 folding). title vignette & numerous woodcut text illus. (some full-page). modern quarter calf (tear in map fold - no loss, plates & first 3 leaves washed, occasional light foxing). First Edition of the English Translation. Laborde's narrative of his travels was first published in Paris in 1830. The English translation contains additional information on the history of ancient Idumea and Petra and notes from the works of Burckhardt, Irby and Mangles, and Henniker. Laborde travelled from Cairo via Suez and Mt. Sinai to Petra with Linant de Bellefonds, who at the time was in the engaged as a hydraulic engineer by Mehmet Ali. Although not the first to explore Petra, Laborde was "the first to be able to make plans, views and maps of the area. An important work." (Blackmer) cfBlackmer 929-30. cfBrunet III 714. cfGay 3647.
$666 USD Book Number: MBOurLAB55 Order / Enquire

LAMARTINE, Alphonse De [1790-1869].
Travels In The East, Including A Journey To The Holy Land.With A Memoir Of The Author.
Edinburgh: William And Robert Chambers, 1850..
2 Volumes. 12mo. pp. xix, [20]-302; 320. contemporary half calf (rubbed, staining to inner portion of leaves in outer gatherings & to upper inner margin throughout Vol. I). cfBlackmer 943. cfTobler p. 153.
$256 USD Book Number: MMAavLAM23 Order / Enquire

LAMBERT, Rose.
Hadjin, and the Armenian Massacres.
New York.: Fleming H.Revell Company, [1911]..
12mo. pp. 106. map, frontis. portrait& 14 other plates. original blind-stamped cloth (bit spotted, spine sunned). First Edition.
$200 USD Book Number: elala3644 Order / Enquire

LANKESTER, Harding.
The Antiquities of Jordan.
London: Lutterworth Press, [1960]..
8vo. pp. 223. many illus. on 16 plates (15 double-sided). index. cloth. Second Impression.
$61 USD Book Number: MNKeLANK45 Order / Enquire

LAWRENCE, T.E.
The Home Letters Of T.E.Lawrence And His Brothers.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1954..
8vo. pp. xvi, 730, [1]. 49 illus. on 20 plates. text illus. index. cloth. First Edition.
$125 USD Book Number: dola2465 Order / Enquire

LINDSAY, [Alexander William Crawford, twenty-fifth Earl of Crawford & eighth Earl of Balcarres] [1812-1880].
Letters On Egypt, Edom, And The Holy Land.
London: Henry Colburn, 1838..
2 Volumes. 12mo. pp. xii, [1 leaf], 361; iv, 377, [1 leaf]errata. 2 lithographed frontis. after the designs of W.W.Ramsay. untrimmed in original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (rubbed, head of spine of Vol. I slightly frayed). Second Edition. Lindsay's account contains descriptions of his travels in Egypt, Syria and the Holy Land and his visits to Alexandria, Cairo, Mount Sinai, Jerusalem, Palmyra, Bethlehem, &c. Blackmer 1019. cfGay 80. cfBrunet 20030. cfIbrahim-Hilmy I 149. cfTobler p. 159.
$461 USD Book Number: MNDttLIN52 Order / Enquire

LOCHER, A.
With Star And Crescent A Full And Authentic Account Of A Recent Journey With A Caravan From Bombay To Constantinople, Comprising A Description Of The Country, The People, And Interesting Adventures With The Natives.
Philadelphia: Aetna Publishing Company, 1889..
8vo. pp. 634. 15 plates (incl. frontis. portrait). original black & gilt-stamped pictorial cloth (rear cover spotted, spine ends & corners frayed, some foxing to outer leaves, dampstain to upper inner margin of one plate). First Edition. Locher travelled from Bombay to Constantinople in company with an attachée of the French government. Most of the narrative concerns Baghdad and vicinity, and the journey from there to Aleppo.
$256 USD Book Number: MCHthLOC25 Order / Enquire

LONDON. BURLINGTON HOUSE.
Persian Art An Illustrated Souvenir Of The Exhibition Of Persian Art At.1931.
[London]: Printed for The Executive Committee Of The Exhibition by Hudson & kearns Ltd. [1931]..
8vo. pp. xix, 101. profusely illus. & 4 colour plates. quartercloth (spine faded, extremities bit worn & frayed). Exhib. Cat. Second Edition.
$51 USD Book Number: MNDrsLON4 Order / Enquire

LYNCH, W[illiam] F[rancis] [1801-1865].
Narrative Of The United States' Expedition To The River Jordan And The Dead Sea.
Philadelphia: Lea And Blanchard, 1849..
8vo. pp. xx, [13]-508. 2 folding lithographed maps & 28 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.). text illus. in ads. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (spine & upper covers faded, extremities trifle frayed, some scattered foxing). First Edition. "Lynch carried out the first successful navigation of the Dead Sea, travelling down the Jordan from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea in 1848. Half the party travelled overland, the other half navigated the river. The boats had to be carried overland by camels from Acre to the Sea of Galilee.Lynch also visited Ephesus, Smyrna and Constantinople. The plates are after drawings by members of the expedition." (Blackmer) Tobler p. 176. cfBlackmer 1043.
$599 USD Book Number: elala196 Order / Enquire

MASSEY, W[illiam] T[homas].
The Desert Campaigns.
London: Constable and Company Limited, 1918..
12mo. pp. xvi, 178. folding map & 24 plates after drawings by James McBey. original cloth (dark discolouration to outer edge of rear cover, some scattered foxing). First Edition. The author was official correspondent of London newspaper with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, which was formed on March 10, 1916 under the command of General Archibald Murray at the beginning of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War.
$125 USD Book Number: dola2471 Order / Enquire

MAUNDRELL, Henry [1665-1701].
A Journey From Aleppo to Jerusalem; At Easter, A.D. 1697. The Seventh Edition; To which is now added an Account of the Author's Journey to the Banks of Euphrates at Beer, and to the Country of Mesopotamia.
Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, for W.Meadows, London, 1749..
8vo. pp. 6 p.l., 171. 15 engraved plates (9 folding). engraved title vignette & several wood-engraved text illus. contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked (occasional light spotting & a few marginal stains). institutional bookplate. ownership entry of William Tucker, 1750. Maundrell's narrative of his travels and experiences in the Holy Land, originally published in 1703, was very well received and enjoyed tremendous popularity. 'Maundrell is entitled to considerable praise as a judicious and carefull traveller.'. (DNB) Cox I 219. Tobler pp. 116-17. cfBlackmer 1095.
$750 USD Book Number: MUNJoMAU37 Order / Enquire

MICACCHI, R.
Sculptures Antiques En Libye 32 planches avec introduction et texte explicatif.
Bergamo: Instituto Italiano D'Arti Grafiche, [1931]..
8vo. pp. [10] + 32 plates. French text. 32 plates with printed tissue-guards. boards (institutional bookplate to fep, bit browned at edges, wear with tears to outer spine joints).
$50 USD Book Number: stela1632 Order / Enquire

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