Middle East

  • [PERSIA] Prince Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan, as Governor of Isfahan : autograph letter signed, to a British military officer. Isfahan, 18 January 1902.

    # 43902

    Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan (1850-1918)

    [PERSIA] Prince Mass’oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan, as Governor of Isfahan : autograph letter signed, to a British military officer. Isfahan, 18 January 1902.

    Manuscript in violet ink, 2 pp., on bifolium of pink silk-stock notepaper with embossed letterhead in gold in the form of the Lion and Sun emblem of the Kingdom of Persia; the letter is written in English, headed ‘Esfahan, January 18th 1902’, and addressed simply ‘Excellence!’; it is signed at the foot ‘Your sincere friend, …

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  • The history of Israel : its spiritual significance. A series of connected expositions

    # 43376

    BARON, David

    The history of Israel : its spiritual significance. A series of connected expositions

    London : Morgan & Scott, c. 1910. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth, pp. viii; 310; [2], a very good copy.

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  • Big Oilman from Arabia

    # 43172

    CHENEY, Michael Sheldon.

    Big Oilman from Arabia

    London :Heinemann, 1958. First edition, first impression. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth (spine a little dulled, slightly canted, lightly rubbed), maps to endpapers, pp. 320, black and white photographic plates, pale foxing to edges, a very good copy. The author recollects seven years spent with oil and construction firms in Saudi Arabia during a period of rapid …

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  • When Russia invades Palestine

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    FERRIS, A. J.

    When Russia invades Palestine

    Or “Zechariah’s End-of-the-age Message to the Anglo-Saxon-Israel Peoples as in Zech. 12 to 14”. London : the author, 1939. First edition. Octavo, illustrated wrappers by J. J. Hall, previous owner’s name in ink on upper wrapper and title page, pp. 100, illustrated with maps and photographs, small edge tears to pp. 91 – 94, a …

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  • The Jewish Chronicle Map of Israel

    # 42897

    GROSS, Alexander

    The Jewish Chronicle Map of Israel

    Cover title : Map of Israel, including plans of Jaffa – Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, the Middle East. London : Geographers’ Map Co. for The Jewish Chronicle, November 1949. Map, printed in colour, 101 x 76 cms, folded and housed in lettered card wrappers (small tears to the corners, and at the point where the …

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  • Sketches made at Anzac

    # 41512

    MOORE-JONES, Horace (1868 - 1922)

    Sketches made at Anzac

    during the occupation of that portion of the Gallipoli Peninsula by the Imperial Forces. By Sapper H. Moore-Jones N.Z.E.F. 1915. First Series [all published]. London : Hugh Rees Ltd., 1916. Original publisher’s gilt-lettered cloth gatefold portfolio, 360 x 810 mm, edges rubbed and worn, splits along folds, housing ten large format reproductions of panoramic paintings …

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  • Arabia

    # 40263

    HOGARTH, D. H.

    Arabia

    Spine title: A history of Arabia. Oxford : At the Clarendon Press, 1922. First edition. Octavo (195 x 130 mm), publisher’s navy cloth over boards (very lightly marked) with gilt-lettered spine; pp. [vi], 139, with large folding map at rear; clean throughout; front pastedown with ticket of Jerusalem bookseller Ludwig Mayer, and front endpaper with …

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  • [JUDAICA; JESUITICA] Ritus ac mores Hebraeorum italico idiomate refutati.

    # 40028

    MEDICI, Paolo

    [JUDAICA; JESUITICA] Ritus ac mores Hebraeorum italico idiomate refutati.

    … Nunc additis quibusdam Latine redditi, notisque Hebraicis illustrati a R.P. Nicolao Rosty. Tyrnaviae [Trnava] : Typis Academicis Societatis Jesu, 1758. Octavo (215 x 150 mm), contemporary full mottled calf (lightly rubbed), spine in compartments with gilt decoration and contrasting leather title piece lettered in gilt; edges stained red; original marbled endpapers, front pastedown with …

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  • [GALLIPOLI] An improvised On Active Service postcard handwritten on a souvenired Ottoman Turkish soap packet, sent home from Gallipoli by a New Zealand infantryman in June 1915.

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    [GALLIPOLI] An improvised On Active Service postcard handwritten on a souvenired Ottoman Turkish soap packet, sent home from Gallipoli by a New Zealand infantryman in June 1915.

    Section of cardboard cut from a Turkish soap packet, approx. 90 x 140 mm (slightly irregular), the verso with handwritten message in violet pencil headed ‘Post Card / On Active Service / June 5th’, addressed to the sender’s aunt, Mrs S. S. Clarke in Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, with ‘INFANTRY BRIGADE/FIELD/10JU15/POST OFFICE/NZ DIVISION’ circular date …

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  • Discours historiques, critiques, théologiques et moraux sur les evenemens les plus mémorables du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament.

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    SAURIN, Jacques (1677-1730)

    Discours historiques, critiques, théologiques et moraux sur les evenemens les plus mémorables du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament.

    Amsterdam : Sauzet ; La Haye : Pierre de Hondt, 1720-1739. Ten volumes (complete), octavo (200 x 130 mm), uniform contemporary bindings of vellum over boards, spines with titles and volume numbers in early manuscript; VI-[1]-LXX-592 pp., 4 pl. + [5]-554-[86] pp., 15 pl. + [12]-XIV-[6]-494 pp., 1 pl. + [4]-563 pp., 5 pl. + …

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  • Missionary lotto.

    # 35151

    CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY (LONDON)

    Missionary lotto.

    London : Church Missionary Society, [circa 1900]. “Second series. (Revised)”. Original card box, 235 x 115 x 21 mm, with title and imprint to lid (light marks and handling wear, but sturdy and without any edge or corner splits); the inside lid with printed Missionary Lotto Rules (mild foxing); the interior of the box is …

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  • Evolution in art, as illustrated by the life histories of designs

    # 35361

    HADDON, Alfred C. (1855-1940)

    Evolution in art, as illustrated by the life histories of designs

    London : Walter Scott, Ltd., 1895. The Contemporary Science Series, edited by Havelock Ellis. First edition. Octavo (185 mm), publisher’s blind-blocked maroon cloth over boards lettered in gilt (lightly rubbed), spine titled in gilt (softened at the ends and with a couple of small marks); pp [4 publisher’s ads.], xviii, [2], 364, [14 ads.]; illustrated …

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  • Birdwood family scrapbook relating to the military service of Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood (Commander of ANZAC) and his son, Major Christopher Bromhead Birdwood (Aide-de-Camp, Australian Corps). Gallipoli, Western Front and India, 1915-1930.

    # 34601

    [BIRDWOOD, William Riddell, Field Marshal, 1st Baron Birdwood, 1865-1951]; BIRDWOOD, Christopher Bromhead, 2nd Baron Birdwood, 1899-1962 (compiler)

    Birdwood family scrapbook relating to the military service of Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood (Commander of ANZAC) and his son, Major Christopher Bromhead Birdwood (Aide-de-Camp, Australian Corps). Gallipoli, Western Front and India, 1915-1930.

    An important archive containing approximately 50 items of manuscript and printed ephemera (letters, maps, documents and photographs) pertaining to the military service of Field Marshal William Birdwood (1865-1951), commander of ANZAC at Gallipoli in the Great War, and of his son Christopher Bromhead Birdwood (1899-1962), who acted as the Field Marshal’s Aide-de-Camp in France while …

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  • Every subtle gesture

    # 35032

    MAGDY, Basim

    Every subtle gesture

    Chicago : Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, [2016]. Octavo, lettered gatefold wrappers with tipped-on photograph (different in each copy), printed verse inside by Omar Kholeif, approx 200 pages, each with a tipped-in photograph and accompanying text. Fine copy. Limited to 350 numbered copies signed by the artist. ‘This beautifully designed and crafted artist’s book is …

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  • A visit to Russian Central Asia.

    # 33310

    O'DWYER, Michael Francis (1864-1940)

    A visit to Russian Central Asia.

    / By Michael Francis O’Dwyer, I.C.S., Director of Land Records and Agriculture, Punjab. pp. 479-512 in: Journal of the Society of Arts, April 16, 1897. London : The Society, 1897. Octavo (250 x 165 mm), stitchbound, pp. i-ii, 479-514, iii-iv; one double-page with 4 photomechanical process illustrations of mosques and tombs in Samarkand and the …

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  • British Cyprus

    # 30839

    DIXON, W. (William) Hepworth

    British Cyprus

    London : Chapman and Hall, 1879. First edition. Octavo (230 x 150 mm), publisher’s blind-blocked red cloth over boards (some light marks and staining to both), Crescent and Cross device in black at centre of both boards, spine with the same device and lettering in gilt (a little sunned); ownership signature of original owner in …

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