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London: R. Faulder, T. And J. Egerton, E. And T. Williams, 1789. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Ii, Errata, 418 Pp. Quarter Calf With Calf Tips, Two Dark Green Morocco Spine Labels, Over Marbled Paper. Ownership Signature Of Mcmahon Of Ballybay On Title Page With Number "628" And A Few Digits On Reverse, Plain Paper Label At Bottom Of Spine, No Other Marks. Papers; On The Origin Of Oriental Characters In The Royal Printing House, With An Account Of Works Printed In Paris In Arabic, Syriac, Armenian, Etc., And The King's Greek; The Golden Meadows And The Mines Of Precious Stones By Aboul-Haffan-Aly; A Chronological Table Of The Kalifs From Masoudi; An Account Of The Journal Of Burcard; An Account Of A Greek Lexicon; An Historical Chain Of Countries... Voyages To India And China In The Ninth And Tenth Centuries; Manuscripts Of Aeschylus;Account Of The Autobiographical Chronicle Of Bernard Iterius; Book Of Councils By Sheik Feriddin-Mohammed-Ben Ibrahim-Al-Attar-Al-Nifchabouri.… Read More

Alexandria: Whitehead Morris Ltd., 1938. Second Edition [Revised] . Yellow Printed Boards. Very Good. Maps, Plates. xii, 208 + folding map at end. Signed limited issue, #106 of 250 copies. Second edition, much revised, of the 1922 edition, and including his new dedication to his old friend Cavafy. Decorative bookplate of "John & Alexandrine Russell", no other names or marks. [Russell was in Naval Intelligence in WWII, after which, in 1945, he was recommended by Ian Fleming as a reviewer for the Sunday Times. He became an art reviewer/commentator/writer of note and later was the New York Times art critic for many years. He was married to Alexandrine Apponyi 1945-1950. ] This copy lightly used, boards slightly soiled and paper lightly aged as usual, but no fraying to paper-covered boards.

London Gb: Lefevre & Partners / The Crosby Press, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 61 Color Plates. Brown Cloth, Gilt, Brown Endpapers. Fine In Very Good Dust Jacket With Light Wear, A Few Minute Losses. With Two Copies Of "List Of Prices Fetched At Our Sale", One With Printed Prices In Pounds, The Other With Handwritten Prices In Dollars Added At Right.

Brooklyn: The Brooklyn Museum, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Color And B/W Photographs Throughout. Xv, 114, (Iii). Green Cloth, Gilt. Fine In The Original Glassine Dj Which Is Worn And With Small Losses At Edges.

New York / Los Angeles / Washington: Asia House Gallery / Lacma/ Smithsonian, 1966. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. B/W Photographs Throughout. 144. Pp. Slight Rubbing To Covers, No Marks. Photographs, With Extensive Documentation And Comments On Each Item In Th Exhibit. Fortunately, Our Opposition To The Russian-Supported Government Led To Lasting Peace And Preservation Of All This Material... Oh, Wait.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Plates, Illustrations In Text, Maps, Genealogical Tables Of Al Sa'ud, Al Arat, Al Rashid, Al Haithlain, Shaiks Of Mutair, Al Sabah {'Atbi]. 648 Pp. Orange Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Red. First Printing Indicated. Lightly Used, Gilt Brilliant, Cloth Clean, No Fraying, With Folding Maps And Genealogical Charts In Pocket On Rear Pastedown, As Issued; However, The Map "Sketch Of Oqair" Is Lacking. From The Library Of U. S. Mideast Diplomat John S. Habib. Although Not Marked As Such.

Lowell House / Contemporry Books, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 314 Pp. Blue Boards, Spine Gilt. First Printing Indicated. Very Near Fine In Very Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $25.00

Beirut, Lebanon: Dar An-Nafaes, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 402 Pp. Red Boards, Gilt. First Edition Stated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket .

London Uk: Luzac & Conmpany, 1967. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Xv, 117 Pp. Orange-Brown Cloth. First Edition, 1967. Light Usage. Small (Name) In Arabic On Rear Pastedown.

Lyle Stuart, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Xxi, 465 Pp. Red-Brown Cloth Spine Lettered In Blue, White Covers. First Printing Indicated. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $19.95.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. First American Edition . Blue Cloth. Good. Map and Woodcuts. 226 Pp. Original Cloth, Gilt And Blind Stamped. Contents Clean, Light Aging. Covers With Wear, Cloth Lightly Frayed Across Top Of Spine And Down 3/4" At Top Front Spine Edge, A Few Other Points Of Fraying. Spine Has Been Wet, Gilt Is Dulled, Cloth Of Spine And Adjacent Areas Of Covers And Endpapers Damp Stained, This Damage Not Reaching The Printed Pages. Anecdotes And Observations Made While Curzon Was Part Of A Commission To Resolve The "Turkish And Persian Problem In Kurdistan And Armenia", Seeking The Most Arbitrary And Least Democratic Solution For All Residents Of The Area And Achieving Enduring Success. Library Label {Franklin Institute] On Front Pastedown, Four Digit Number At Base Of First Page. This Copy Fairly Crisp And May Never Have Been Read.

Vienna / Wien: Phaidon Press, 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. B/W Plates + Tipped-In Color Plates. 22 Pp + 333 Plates + 4 Pp Index At End. First Printing. Very Near Fine, Clean, Unfaded, No Marks. Dust Jacket Price Clipped, Worn, Small Losses At Corners.

Fribourg: Arabesque Commercial, 1985. Second Edition . Green Boards. Very Good Book/Very Good DJ. Color Plates. 132 pp. Lightly used with touch of wear, but 1" and 3/4" tears at bottom of front panel of DJ and book, and 1" tear at top of front flap fold of DJ. International postage about $60.

Xxi, Xxv, 440 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First English Language Edition. : Golden Press, 1961. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Color And B/W Illustrations Throughout. Xviii, 438 Pp + Foldout Map At End. First English Language Edition. A Massive Overview With Much Historical Detail. Fine Book, No Marks Or Wear. Dust Jacket Priced $25.00, Also Fine.

New York Ny: Ams Press, 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Viii, 122 Pp. Red-Brown Cloth, Spine Lettered In Gilt. First Edition. Wear And Fading To Spine Lettering, Else Vg+. No Marks.

London: The Illustrated London News, 1882. 1st Edition . No Binding. Near Fine. Two Large Pages Extracted From The Paper, One Double Page View

New Hyde Park: University Books, 1960. 4th Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Plates And Illustrations In Text Throughout. Xiv, 704 Pp. Black Cloth Spine, Gilt On Green; Grey And Black Boards; Green Endpapers; Top Edge Green. First Printing Of This Fourth Edition, Utilizing The Full Text Of The Second And Best 1913 Medici Society Edition, But With The Plates Reproduced In Black And White, And With A Rewritten Preface Incorporating Material From Other Prefaces And Also From Budge's "The Book Of The Dead" Pamphlet Of 1920. This Book Is Fine, Just Some Fading To The Green Top Of The Page Block. The Dust Jacket, Priced $12.50, Has Light Wear, No Fading. This First, 1960, Printing Of This Edition Is Scarce.

London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1959. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 396 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Early Printing, 1959 Copyright, No Date On Title Page, Near Fine. Inscribed To An American Diplomat, "John S. Habib From ", Signed By Bagot Glubb In Arabic, And Dated 17 April 1968.

London Gb: Distributed by the Crosby Press, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 61 Color Plates. Brown Cloth, Gilt, Brown Endpapers. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket With Slight Bump At Top Of Spine.

London : Thos. Cook & Son, 1905. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Maps, Illustrations, Street Plan In Pocket At Rear. Xviii, 812 Pp + 4 Pp Ads At Rear. Blue Cloth, Gilt, Including 10/- Price On Spine; Yellow Endpapers. First Printing, 1905. Near Fine, Slight Use, Gilt Bright, Maps Immaculate And Seemingly Unopened, Short Tear To Rear Pocket Near Top Edge, Visible Only Inside The Pocket. Small Bookseller Label Of The English Library, Cairo, Apparently 1905. An Unused Copy, No Damage To The Fragile Tissue Maps.