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Mughal and Persian Paintings and Illustrated Manuscripts In the Raza Library, Rampur
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Mughal and Persian Paintings and Illustrated Manuscripts In the Raza Library, Rampur
by Barbara Schmitz and Ziyaud-Din a Desai
Mughal and Persian Paintings and Illustrated Manuscripts In the Raza Library Rampur
by Barbara Schmitz and Ziyaud Din a Desai
Persia Books & Ephemera
![Voyages de Corneille le Brun par la Moscovie,en Perse et aux Indes Orientales [ 172 Plates. Defective Copy ].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/557/254/1512254557.0.b.jpg)
Voyages de Corneille le Brun par la Moscovie,en Perse et aux Indes Orientales [ 172 Plates. Defective Copy ].
by Le Brun Corneille
Amstelædami: Chez les Freres Wetstein , 1718. Two volume bound in one. Book measures 32x21.5.cm. Collation, engraved frontis, [8],252, [2],253-469, some plates have multible images, when listing plates, I have only named the first image. Bound in half calf, calf corners, marble boards. Binding heavily worn, boards attached, but loose. Internally, lacking half title in volume one, half title detached in volume two, private library stamp to a few pages, some minor foxing,staining. Generally text in...
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$3,492.16
Persia
by TALLIS, John
London: Tallis, John, 1851. unbound. Rapkin, J.. Map. Steel engraving with original hand colored outlines. Image measures 14" x 10 1/4"<br/> <br/> This map of Persia covers the Middle Eastern region from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf. The region is abundantly labeled with the names of cities, rivers, roads, and topographical features. Regional divisions are outlined in hand-color. The decorative vignettes, illustrated by H. Warren and engraved by S. Fisher, depict the Kurds,...
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$200.00
Tasnifha, taranah ha va surud ha-yi Iran zamin
by Mishk n Qalam, Sa'id
Tihran (Tehran): Kh nah-i Sabz, 2000. Hardcover. Very mild rubbing to spine head and foot, stray thread to loose hinge, extremely gentle rubbing to corners, light soiling to fore-edge and boards, faint soiling to spine, else Very Good(+) to Near Fine(-).. Black-color illus octavo, 552 pages approx, 21 cm. In Persian. || Songs, Persian -- Texts.
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$68.00
The Fall of the Shah
by Hoveyda, Fereydoun
Weideneld & Nicolson, 1980. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Good. Spine, binding and cover all fine; contents very clean and no inscription. Very nice green boards with gilt title on spine. Dustcover good - intact with very mild wear with usual thumbwear; not clipped.
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$12.47$11.22
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by KHAYYAM, Omar
London: Routledge, 1904. hardcover. fine. James Gilbert. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Small 8vo (7 13/16 x 5 7/16 inches), 160 pages. Twelve fine hand-colored photogravure plates including frontispiece after drawings by Gilbert James, all with original tissue-guards. Bound by Bayntun in crushed green morocco, beautiful ornate cover with picture of women (based on the frontispiece), bordered by 2 wide elaborate grapevines within a gilt border. Inside covers and flyleaves are beige silk moire. The...
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$7,500.00
Warfare in the Ancient World
by Humble, Richard
London: Book Club Associates. 1980. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ spine a bit sunned. Colour and black & white illustrations. 255 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Book Club Edition. Hardback.
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$11.73
A Persian Quarter Century
by Smith, Andrew
London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 192 pages. The author of the classic 'Blind White Fish in Persia' retraces his steps. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$11.73
Persia
by WELLER, Edward
London: Day & Son, 1863. unbound. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 17" x 12"<br/> <br/> This detailed map of Persia depicts the region between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Hand colored to delineate regions and provinces, the map notes important cities, rivers, towns, mountains, deserts, and other topographical features throughout. Relief is depicted by hachure. Repair to lower left, otherwise in very good condition. Many place names noted in...
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$135.00
Persia and Afghanistan
by JOHNSTON, Keith
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1861. unbound. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 17 3/8" x 22 5/8". Sheet measures 19 1/4 x 24 inches. In very good condition.<br/> <br/> Fascinating map of Persia and Afghanistan, extending from Baghdad to Peshawar. Engraved and printed by W. and A. K. Johnston. Published in Keith Johnston's General Atlas, 1861.<Br> <Br> Alexander Keith Johnston (1804-1871) was a Scottish geographer and Fellow of the Royal...
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$250.00
A Study on Nominal Compounds in Neo-Persian.
by Shaki, Mansour
Praha: Nakladatelstvi Ceskoslovenske Akademie Ved, 1964. Paperback. VG-. Light wear to covers 115pp. and slight signs of use but a good, clean, tight copy. Used; Very Good
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$9.98
The Year of the Salamis 480-479BC
by Green, Peter
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1970. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Good+ Dustjacket - DJ has some light edgewear and a closed tear to upper front. & is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. 326 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$24.77
ARYAMEHR: THE SHAH OF IRAN: A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY.
by Sanghvi, Ramesh
Transorient Books Ltd, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Good. Spine, binding and cover all fine; contents very clean other inscription on frontispiece. Very nice blue boards and title on spine. Dustcover good - intact with very mild wear with usual thumbwear; not clipped.
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$14.97$13.47
KERMANSHAH An Iranian Provincial City (University of Durham Centre For Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies)
by J I Clarke and B D Clark
University Of Durham, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/None. Ex-library with usual marking. Spine, binding and cover all fine; contents very clean and covers in very good condition, some small amount of thumbwear. Includes fold out map at rear.
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$24.94$22.45
A History of Persia (2 volumes)
by Lieut. Col. P. M. [Sir Percy Molesworth] Sykes
Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Good Condition. rebound in pebbled blue cloth covers with leather spines each with four raised bands & faded gilt leather title labels affixed & the author's name & volume numbers blind-stamped lower on the spines. The original front covers with their bright gilt decorative centerpieces (of Cyrus the great on the first volume and of Shah Abbas on the second volume) have been glued to the new front...
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$374.16
THE BEGINNINGS OF PHILOSOPHY IN GREECE
by Sassi, Maria Michela
Princeton: Princeton Univ Press, 2018. First edition. Hardbound in fine condition in fine dust jacket.. xx, 209 pages.
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$22.00
Kitab'shinasi-i tawsifi-i Bayhaqi
by Mirzadi, Mahmud
Tihran [Tehran]: Intisharat-i Mugistan, 2009. Chap-i avval. Paperback. Fine; as new, with superficial rubbing to front wrap.. Octavo in pale grey stiff paper wraps illus in color; 111 pages ; 21 cm. In Persia, Farsi. Bayhaqi, Abu al-Fazl Mu ammad ibn Husayn, approximately 996-1077 -- Bibliography.
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$59.00
The Year of Thermopylae
by Bradford, Ernle
Macmillan, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. indexed, and illustrated with 6 maps and a selected bibliography and index. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Decorated dustjacket with gilt coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The author has provided an extraordinary account of how an onslaught designed to overrun the Western world (as it was then) came to be defeated. The only damage of the book suffers is the...
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$16.31
The Heritage of Persia
by Frye, Richard N
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1965. Second printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. Black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, illustrated in b&w. Book has mild edgewear to boards and spine, binding tight, front flyleaf has small stamp and number, note in gutter on full-title page, otherwise text clean and unmarked with mild foxing to edges of block and endpapers. DJ has edgewear that includes small tears, some of which have been taped shut, rubbing and toning.
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$25.00
A Soaring Spirit 600 BC -- 400 BC (a volume in the Time Life series History of the World)
by Time-Life Editors
Time Life, Amsterdam, 1991. Reprint. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. 176 pages, indexed, and includes a bibliography, and a chronology of major events for Persia, Greece, Europe and Asia from 600 BC through to 400 BC Previous owner's name on the front paste down and the back of the front free end page. No other damage, to the book or its binding, and the pasted on photograph on the front panel shows no rubbing. Size: 4to...
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$9.79
The Heritage of Persia (History of Civilisation)
by Frye, Richard N
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson/Readers Union, 1964. Readers Union reprint in Weidenfeld's History of Civilisation series, 4to, 317p, photo illustrations, just a suggestion of tobacco smoke lingering o/w VG+ Copy in VG DJ somewhat tanned at spine. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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$12.47
Carte du Golphe Persique
by BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Paris: Jean Francois de La Harpe. unbound. Map. Engraving. Image measures 6 1/2" x 8 5/8"<br/> <br/> Lovely map of the Persian Gulf with surrounding coastlines rendered in impressive detail. Many coastal features are labeled, as well as inland features of souther Persia. Mountains are depicted pictorially, and several major cities are indicated. Bahrain is named and pearl banks are rendered along with soundings. In very good condition, with minor toning and foxing to the original...
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$300.00
Archaeologia Mundi - Persia II (with 76 coloured illustrations & 141 in black and white)
by Lukonin, Vladimir G.:
Geneva: Nagel Publishers, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good. Ex-library with usual marking. Spine, binding and cover all fine; contents otherwise very clean and covers in very good condition, protected by clear plastic sleeve.
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$18.71$16.84
![The History of Persia, from the Most Early Period to the Present Time; Containing an Account of the Religion, Government, Usages, and Character of the Inhabitants of That Kingdom [ Complete in 2 Volumes ]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/441/926/1461926441.0.b.jpg)
The History of Persia, from the Most Early Period to the Present Time; Containing an Account of the Religion, Government, Usages, and Character of the Inhabitants of That Kingdom [ Complete in 2 Volumes ]
by Malcolm Sir John Colonel
London: Printed for John Murray, 1815. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 31.5x25. Collation, xxii,[2],644pp, vii,[1],715,[1]pp, complete with 22 plates, folding map. Bound in full leather. Both volumes have been rebacked, retaining the original diced boards, raised bands, gilt lines, leather labels, boards have outer dentells, full gilt edges, marble endpapers. Boards rubbed, with some wear on edges, and corner. Both bindings in very good clean firm condition. Internally, school library bookplate. A...
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Carte Moderne de La Perse, Hors La Partie La Partie La Plus Occidentale de ce Royaume
by BONNE, Rigobert
Paris: Rigobert Bonne, 1780. unbound. Map. Image measures 13 1/4" x 8 3/4"<br/> <br/> This map printed 1780 depicts the eastern extent of Persia, extending from the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea to the Indus River. Pictorial elevations rendered throughout as well as town names, rivers and lakes. The map is in very good condition with full margins.<br> <br> Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was one of the most important cartographers of the late 18th century. He served as...
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$100.00
Persian Painting (Treasures of Asia)
by Gray, Basil
London: Skira/Macmillan. 1977. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Mild foxing to front free endpaper and pastedown. and top edge. Illustrated with colour plates. Black & white map. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 190 pages. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.
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$19.55
