Middle East Books

New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Gibson, quite out of his element in Egypt, provides some wonderful, Edwardian sketches. Some edgewear and soiling to the cover, protected in mylar djustjacket. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good. Illus. by Drawings By Charles Gibson. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1898. Novel about a young Arab lad in Palestine. Pages 597. Decorative , soiled binding with top edge gilt. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1957. Bound in brown calf, with marbled boards and endpapers. Raised bands and gilt title and small decorations on spine. /clean and tight inside. . 2nd PRINTING. Three-Quarter Leather. Near Fine. Illus. by 23 Page Photos, 26 Maps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1948. Glubb was the commander of this unit in Jordan from 1930 to 1941, rising to become Commander in Chief of Jordan's Army, dismissed in the 1950s by a very young King Hussein who recognized the need for a Jordanian to head his military. That does not detract from Glubb's achievements of this fine military unit. Pages 371 with index. A fine binding in full green morocco leather, no edgewear. Gilt lines along the edges on both boards. On the spine, raised bands flanked by gilt lines, bright gilt title and author panels, and 4 panels of decorative gilt emblems. Inside, handsome, marbled endpapers, clean and tight with a few spots of foxing at the foredge only. Beautiful book in fine condition, and a fine read about the early days of the monarchy and military in Jordan. . First Edition. Full-Leather. Fine. Illus. by 20 Pages Sepia Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Philadelphia Westminster Press 1946.. Very good/ no dustjacket. A classic by an archeology and Bible professor. Illustrated by endpaper maps amd nice photos. 1st edition. Pages xvi, 265 plus an index of biblical quotations in the book. Although more than 60 years old, this is a very good read of Palestine and Jordan just when the new nation of Israel was being founded. . Cloth. Very Good. 8 Vo. (more information)

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Philadelphia Westminster Press 1946.. Travel with comparison of the reality with references to the Bible. The 113 photos are really excellent, plus a relief map, and endpaper maps. Pages xvi, 265. Published just after WW Two, as the nation of Israel was being established, this is still a very good read, covering much more than the River which, because of irrigation uses, is now little more than a trickle. . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Philadelphia Westminster Press 1946.. very good/ dustjacket good with edgewear & small tears. Travel with comparison of the reality with references to the Bible. The 113 photos are really excellent, plus a relief map, and endpaper maps.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London Methuen 1905.. Very good original cloth, some foxing mostly at page edges & margins. An intrepid woman riding horseback out of Jerusalem, to Jericho, into what is now Jordan, and around Palestine. 1st edition. Protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY Harper & Bros 1841.. Neatly rebacked original black cloth, slightest foxing & tight inside. Grant believed the Nestorians (Kurds) a lost tribe of Israel & unsuccessfully attempted to mediate between them & Turkey. In 1843, the Turks massacred ten thousand Nestorians. Grant died in Mosul the next year while tending to the refugees. Blackmer 721. Illustrated by folding map. first U.S. edition published the same year as the London first. Pages 385 & 10 pp publishers' ads. . First U.S.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ppx,385. (more information)

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London A & C Black 1937.. The definitive book on travel, transport & trade routes across the Syrian desert and the great (Saudi) desert in the triangle from Aleppo to Basra to Azaba. Based on research & 4 years study in Jordan, Iraq, Syria. Illustrated by 4 maps, 16 plates, 3 folding. 1st edition. This timeless desert travel obstacle was just ending with the advent of the motor car. Original brown cloth with bright gilt title on the unfaded spine. Protected in a clear mylar dustjacket. Inside, clean and tight, with no prior owner marks, and no browning or stains. . 8 Vo. (more information)

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NY Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1988.. translated from Hebrew by Haim Watzman. A best seller in Israel, and an influential book on trying to find a peace process. . Stated First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY: A.. A. Wyn , 1950. Binding is faded near top, and the dj is rubbed with edgewear. Author was a foreign correspondent for the NY Herald Tribune. This is a look at the new Israel, soon after Indedpendence.. 2nd PRINTING. Good/Good. Illus. by 12 Pages Photos, Endpaper Sketch. (more information)

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Cambridge,Mass Harvard Univ Press 1967.. near fine / dj very good with top edgewear & one repaired tear. A Lebanese city just before the 1967 war started the downward spiral. Illustrated by 38 plates , 5 maps, 40 tables. first edition. Clean and tight inside, with no prior owner marks . (more information)

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Cambridge,Mass Harvard Univ Press 1967.. near fine / dj very good with top edgewear & one repaired tear. A Lebanese city just before the 1967 started the downward spiral. Illustrated by 38 plts,5 maps, 40 tables. first edition.. (more information)

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New York: Columbia Univ Press, 2002. As new copy with white title on the unfaded spine, no edgewear. Inside, as new. Dustjacket also as new, NOT price-clipped, no edgewear. The author is one of our best thinkers on countering terrorism, based at St. Andrews in Scotland. Pages 270 with index. . First Printing. 8 Vo. (more information)

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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973. Translated by Anthony Vivis, the author was a noted journalist who travelled throughout Israel and writes a provocative, insightful book. Pages 287, index. . First in English. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1982. Subtitled, "An Israeli Arab's View of Both Sides of a Tangled Conflict". Translated from Hebrew by Ina Friedman. Pages (8), 304 with index. The author is a Druse, educated in Israeli schools. He was close to Teddy Kollek, the famous mayor of Jerusalem. Although two intafadas since this book was written, it still has merit. A fine copy with no prior owner marks. . 2nd PRINTING. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Map. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Detroit: Wayne State Univ Press, 1961. Early analysis of American Zionist early opposition and then contributions to Israel. Binding a bit faded, with essentially no edgewear. Signed on the front endpaper, " To Evan M Wilson - In Friendship and highest regard, Samuel Halperin". Pages xiv,431, index. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY & Evanston Harper & Rox 1962.. Near fine green cloth/ dustjacket very good with small tear repaired. Pages 381 with index & sources. Marvelous travel through Palestine and Egypt into remote Yemen in the 1760s. Of 6 men, only Carsten Niebuhr survived. Illustrated by 33 maps & line drawings. 1st US edition.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY & Evanston Harper & Rox 1962.. Very good green cloth/ dustjacket good with edgewear and soiling. Pages 381 with index & sources. Marvelous travel through Palestine and Egypt into remote Yemen in the 1760s. Of 6 men, only Carsten Niebuhr survived. Illustrated by 33 maps & line drawings. 1st US edition.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY Praeger 1967.. Very good plus, with a very good dustjacket that has minor edgewear. Black cloth and a bright gilt title on the spine, with the slightest edgewear, very clean and tight inside. Illustrated by 29 pages of photos, maps & plans. The 2nd edition, improved and expanded. This is by far the best guide to Jordan, including Petra and Jerash, and a good read. This copy protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Garden City: Doubleday. no date given, but published circa 1959 a decade after Independence. Photo captions and biblical quotations, with an introduction by David Ben-Gurion. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Profuse Color and b/w Photos. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (more information)

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New Haven: HRAF Press, 1958. This is the author's copy, signed by him. Although much has changed, this is a fine summary of Jordan in the mid 1950s. Pages (x), 246. Enclosed at the rear is a letter of praise and corrections by former U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, Joseph C. Green . . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by A Few Maps & Tables. 64mo - up to 3" tall. (more information)

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Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1893. Harris wrote a series of books on travel through Yemen, North Africa, Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East and Africa. All of them are sought-after, as he was intrepid and preferred to travel without an entourage. Pages 385 with index. There were dangers on this trip, including from a Turkish military presence that did not welcome outside observers of their occupation. Fifty years later Freya Stark traveled some of this same territory in Yemen. Protected in a mylar dustjacket. This copy has been professionally refurbished, new internal hinges and new endpapers, so it is probably the most solid copy available of a heavy book. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by 24 Plates from Sketches & Photos By the Author, Plus 24 Sketches in the Text, and 3 Maps, 1 Colored and Folding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY Dodd, Mead 1934.. Very good original dark green cloth, title letters on spine faded. Illustrated by 10 maps,12 pages of photos. 1st U.S.edition, 4th printing. No dustjacket. Liddell Hart was making his name as the premier writer on military matters at the time this book was published. It is a very good read on the essential role of the Middle East campaigns of WW One, while troops in Europe were stalemated in the trenches. Lawrence, with his irregular Arab troops, was important to the successful outcome. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London Jonathan Cape 1934.. Very good but slightly soiled, with a dustjacket worn with pieces gone spine ends. Illustrated by 12 illustr, 9 maps. 1st edition. Third printing. The author was a noted military historian, and this is a readable, balanced account. Copies with dj are now quite scarce. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Washington, DC: The Middle East Institute, 1959. Sir Rupert Hay spent most of his career in this area , and this is now a difficult book to find. But it is a fine rendition of the peoples along the Gulf from Kuwait to Oman, and the radical changes that were under way by 1959. Forward by Rear Admiral E.M. Eller of the U.S. Navy. Pages xviii, 160 and nice photos. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Illus. by 16 Pages Photos, Endpaper Maps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Hutchinson, 1937. "HW" appears to be Bill Howard-Williams, so signed on the frontispiece by him, and confirmed by a margin note on page 121. He flew from England to Iraq in 1936 in a de Havilland Dragonfly. Introduction by Iraqi General Ja'far al Askeri. Much on air travel in the Middle East, archaeology in Iraq, tribal troubles. Some edgewear on the spine edge, protected in clear plastic dustjacket. Pages 292. No other copies on the internet at this writing. Scarce. Excellent aerial photos. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by 62 Pages Illustrations, Folding Map at Rear. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. subtitled, "A Personal Report from the Sinai and Negev Desert". By an Israeli journalist and psychologist. This is a very readable account of today's Israeli and Egyptian deserts. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Pictorial Endpapers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY John S Taylor 1851.. good decorated cloth, few stains, slt edgewear & slt spine fade. Victorian sentimentality by Headley about the Holy Lands. Must have sold well, as new editions until 1867. First was 1847. Illustrated by 6 excellent steel engravings. second edition. Protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket. . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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