Middle East
A Short Visit to the Ionian Islands, Athens, and the Morea
London: Murray, 1837. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, map, 5 plates, vi, 399p. Original cloth. Yellow endpapers. 20cm. Joint cloth splitting at top. Former owner's name on endpaper. More
Turkish Traditional Art Today
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993. 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrated (a few color), index, xi, 947p. Original red cloth. dj. 26cm. Indiana University Turkish Studies, Volume 11. More
Rise of the Bourgeoisie. Demise of Empire: Ottoman Westernization and Social Change
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. 1st ed. Hardcover. index, vi, 220p. Hardcover. dj. 24cm. More
The Bronzes of Luristan
n.p. n.d. [1931?]. Hardcover. v, 90, (5)p. Original typescript in a quarterbound portfolio binder. 28cm. Front joint chipped and somewhat tender. Some uneven cover fading. Typed on one side and bound in with red and white ribbons inserted through three holes punched along left side of typed pages. Contents sound..... More
The Protocol of Neferyt: The Prophecy of Neferti
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (c. 1977). Hardcover. index, vii, 206p. Original cloth. 26cm. No Jacket. More
Vorlesungen uber den Islam
Heidelberg: Carl Sinter's Universitatsbuchhandlung, 1925. Zweite, Umgearbeitete auflage. Hardcover. index, xii, 406p. Original blue cloth. 20cm. Text moderately browned throughout (probably acidic paper). Former owner's name stamp on back of title-page. No jacket. German text. This edition was revised by Franz Babinger. Series: Religionswissenschaftliche Bibliothek, Band 1. More
The Old and the New; or, the Changes of Thirty Years in the East, with Some Allusions to Oriental Customs as Elucidating Scripture
New York: M. W. Dodd, 1853. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), 7 colored lithograph plates (1 folding), xx, 240p. [i.e. 220p.]. Original dark cloth. 19cm. Numerous, mostly small, bits of cover cloth gone. Foxing. Corner stain on plates as well as a few leaves at both ends of book. Goodell..... More
Mr. Southgate and the Missionaries at Constantinople: A Letter from the Missionaries at Constantinople, in Reply to Charges by Rev. Horatio Southgate
Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1844. 1st ed. Paperback. 7, [5]-44p. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). No separate wrapper present. 23cm. Signed in type on page 30 by Goodell and six other missionaries. More
Palestine: "A Fifth Gospel": Four Lectures on the Christian Evidence Borne by the Holy Land as It Is Today
Springfield, Mass: F. A. Basset, (c. 1901). Hardcover. 139p. Original burgundy cloth. 20 cm. Foxing, mostly on endpapers. Gift inscription. No Jacket. Quite uncommon. More
Topkapi Palace: An Illustrated Guide to Its Life & Personalities
London: Saqi Books, (c. 1999). Hardcover. frontis, photos (some color), index, 223p. Original blue boards. dj. 24cm. More
Pozdnevizantijskij Feodalizm
Moskva: Akad. nauk. SSSR, 1962. Hardcover. index, 497p. Original hardcover binding. 21 cm. Minor cover soil and wear. No Jacket. Russian text. Historical study of Byzantine feudalism in the 13th-15th centuries. Extensive footnotes and bibliography. More
Byzance avant l'Islam. Tome I: Byzance et l'Orient sous les Successeurs de Justinian. L'Empereur Maurice
Paris: Picard, 1951. 1st ed. Paperback. This volume only. frontis, photos, folding map, 332p. Original wrapper. 26cm. Lightly browned. French text. A second volume, not present here, was published in 1956. More
L'Iconoclasme Byzantin: Dossier Archeologique
Paris: College de France, 1957. Paperback. black & white plates, 277p. Original wrapper. 28cm. Former owner's name. French text. More
Palestine Today
Baltimore: August 1938. Hardcover. Grant, Elihu. Palestine Today. Baltimore: August 1938. 48p. Original blue marbled boards backed in blue cloth. 20cm. No jacket. A brief, impassioned, strongly anti-Zionist plea on behalf of the rights of Arab Palestinians. More
Iranian Painting of The 14th Century
London: 1938. Paperback. ills, [50]-58p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. Proceedings of The Iran Society, Vol. I, Part 5. More
Assyrian Royal Inscriptions: Volume I: From the Beginnings to Ashur-resha-ishi I
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1972. Paperback. This volume only (of 2). xxii, 158p. Softcover. 23cm. A second volume was published in 1976. More
The Ball and the Polo Stick of Book of Ecstasy: A Translation of the Persian Poem Gui u Chaugan or Halnama by Arfi, with 3 Unpublished Polo Miniatures in Colour
London: Luzac & Co., 1932. Illustrated Small Format Edition. Hardcover. 3 polo miniatures in color (including frontis), 31p. Green cloth. Gilt lettering on front cover. 22cm. No Jacket. First published in 1931 but with no illustrations. More
Iz Istorii Filosofii Srednei Azii i Irana VII-XII vv. s. Prilozheniem Izbrannykh Filosofskikh Prozvedneii Farabi, Gazali i Maimonida
Moskva: Izd-vo Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1960. Hardcover. 328p. Original maroon binding. 20cm. Russian text. More
Relazioni Storico-Politiche delle Isole del Mare Ionio: Suddita della Serenissima Republica di Venezia
Venezia: Tipografia di G. B. Merlo, 1856. Hardcover. xxii, 110p. Bound in contemporary blindstamped green boards. 24cm. Moderate cover scuffing and wear. Contents sound and clean. Italian text. Edited by Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna. More
Syriens et Chaldeens: Leur Martyre, Leurs Esperances
Paris: Bloud et Gay, n.d. [Avertissement dated 1917]. Paperback. 108p. Softcover. 19cm. Spine sloped. Upper portion of backstrip torn and reglued. Some browning and soiling. Publications du Comite Catholique de Propagande Francaise a l'Etranger. French text. More
A History of Greece; from the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation Contemporary with Alexander the Great
London: John Murray, 1862. Hardcover. 8 vols. 20 maps and plates (8 folding), xxviii, 581, xv, 571, xv, 564, xxi, 572, xx, 616, xix, 530,xxvi, 670, xxvi, 732p. Rebound in attractive quarterbinding (marbled paper backed in brown leather) which is lettered and decorated in gilt. 21 cm. Bookplate (Walter W...... More
Meisterstucke Orientalischer Knupfkunst
[Berlin]: n.d. [1922?]. Hardcover. Two small cloth portfolio volumes of unbound plates -- Mappe I & II. Each volume contains 60 unbound color plates or rugs with captions on front and text on back in German. 19cm. Mappe I has the plate list but it is lacking in Mappe II..... More
Les Seances de Haidari, Recits Historiques et Elegiaques sur la Vie et la Mort des Principaux Martyrs Musulmans, Ouvrage Traduit de l'Hindoustani, par M. l'abbe Bertrand ... suivi de l'Elegie de Miskin, Traduit de la Meme Langue, par M. Garcin de Tassy
Paris: Benjamin Duprat, 1845. Hardcover. v, 342p. Later 19th century quartercloth binding (marbled boards backed in purple cloth). 23cm. Edges rubbed. Mostly light foxing. French text. A book about Muslim saints. More
From Persian Uplands
New York: Dutton, n.d. [1920]. Hardcover. maps on endpapers, 248p. Original blue cloth. 23cm. Cover scuffed. Ends of backstrip frayed. No Jacket. More