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On Wings of Eagles: The Plight, Exodus, and Homecoming of Oriental Jewry


Schechtman, Joseph B.

Hardcover. New York, Thomas Yoseloff, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 429 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in green cloth, gilt title on spine (slightly faded). Some agewear to cover boards at edges (see image). Some tanning to edges from age. Pages clean. Binding tight. Spine straight. In great shape for its age. Starting in 1948 over half a million Jews from Iraq, Yemen, Aden, Syria, Egypt, Libya to their homeland of Israel voluntarily relocated. This history of Jewish communities in North Africa and the Middle East describes in detail their mass exodus, how it was done and the impact on the countries left behind.

Record # 32247


Price: $19.00 

 

Oriental Rugs and Carpets


Formenton, Fabio & Pauline L. Phillips

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1st US, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 251 pages, illustrated throughout with plates in color and b&w. Translated from Italian by Pauline Phillips. Dark brown cloth, slight wrinkle to gilt-stamped spine. Yellow pictorial dust jacket, light wear to covers. A nice, tight copy.

Record # 605999


Price: $16.00 

ORIG VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER/ TRUE THE MAN'S MAGAZINE - MAY 1955Reusswig (Illust.), William, Illust. by: William  Reusswig

ORIG VINTAGE MAGAZINE COVER/ TRUE THE MAN'S MAGAZINE - MAY 1955


Reusswig (Illust.), William, Illust. by: William Reusswig

1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Arab horseman with rifle, art by William Reusswig. 9 x 12", very good.

Record # 415004


Price: $13.00 

Out in the Blue: Letters from Arabia, 1937 to 1940: A Young American Geologist Explores the Deserts of Early Saudi Arabia (SIGNED)Barger, Thomas C.
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Out in the Blue: Letters from Arabia, 1937 to 1940: A Young American Geologist Explores the Deserts of Early Saudi Arabia (SIGNED)


Barger, Thomas C.

Hardcover. Vista, CA, Selwa Press, 2nd, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 284 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Tight copy. Black & white images throughout. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FLY LEAF.

Record # 470828


Price: $38.00 

 

Paysages de la Sagesse


Bourniquel, Camille & Charles Luke P{owell

Hardcover. Paris, Herscher, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, French text. 90 pages, illustrated throughout with gorgeous photos in full color. light edgewear to dust jacket. Overall, a tight clean copy.

Record # 855941


Price: $23.00 

 

Persian Architecture - The Triumph of Form and Color


Pope, Arthur Upham

Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st , 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 288 pages. 404 photos, 33 in color. Blue cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. Dust jacket price clipped with small tear to upper edge of spine, light wear to edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 57329


Price: $30.00 

 

Petra


Taylor, Jane

Hardcover. US, Aurum Pr Ltd, reprint, 1995-09-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 80 pages. Extensive color photography throughout. Illustrated endpapers and flyleaves. Gilt titles. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 465989


Price: $38.00 

 

Philistines, The : Their History and Civilization


Macalister, R. A. S.

Hardcover. Chicago, Argonaut, Inc., 1st Am, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 136 pages, b&w illustrations. Light foxing to top edge. Dust jacket slightly soiled w/ light edgewear. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851555


Price: $18.00 

 

PILGRIMAGE TO PALESTINE, A


Fosdick, Henry E.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan , 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color map frontispiece. 332 pages. Uncut. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt. VG.

Record # 220579


Price: $10.00 

Quest for Paradise: History of the World's GardensKing, Ronald

Quest for Paradise: History of the World's Gardens


King, Ronald

Hardcover. United Kingdom, Whittet Books Ltd, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Extensive color photography throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 466586


Price: $15.00 

Ramesses the GreatFreed, Rita E.

Ramesses the Great


Freed, Rita E.

Softcover. Boston, Boston Museum of Science, 2nd pr., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 215 pages illustrated in color, illustrated wrappers.

Record # 406287


Price: $13.00 

 

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books


Nafisi, Azar

Hardcover. New York, March 25, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 347 pages. Very good.

Record # 452248


Price: $8.00 

 

Red Sea, The: Fishing and Skin Diving Along the Egyptian Shore


Kamil, Jill

Hardcover. Cairo, Al Shaab Printing House, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 62 pages, b&w photographs and illustrations. This copy has been rebound in calf with raised bands on spine, gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

Record # 404737


Price: $23.00 

 

Remarkable Characters and Places of the Holy Land


Elliott, Charles W.

Hardcover. Hartford CT, J.B. Burr and Co., reprint, 1868, Book: Good, Terra cotta cloth with embossed rules, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. 13 steel engravings, a few with faint water stain that runs throughout book. Copyright page states 1866, so assume this is a reprint.

Record # 404624


Price: $35.00 

 

Renoir and Algeria


Benjamin, Roger

Hardcover. US, Clark Art Institute, 1st, 2003-02-08, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 163 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464627


Price: $38.00 

 

Royal Photograph Gallery


Ridpath, John Clark (Introduction)

Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, Manufacturers Book Company, 1st, 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 464 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations/plates throughout. Cover boards bound in brown cloth, gilt title on spine and design on front (slightly faded). A faint moisture stain to front cover but no warping. A bump or two to edges of covers and a touch of fraying to corners. Binding tight, spine straight. Some tanning from age to edges and pages. Incredible old photographs of the royalty of the world in the mid 1800's. In amazing shape for its age.

Record # 31726


Price: $50.00 

Rural Development in Eurasia and the Middle East: Land Reform, Demographic Change, and Environmental ConstraintsEngelmann, Kurt E. (Editor)

Rural Development in Eurasia and the Middle East: Land Reform, Demographic Change, and Environmental Constraints


Engelmann, Kurt E. (Editor)

Softcover. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 284 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 459489


Price: $15.00 

Sandcastles: The Arabs in Search of the Modern WorldViorst, Milton
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Sandcastles: The Arabs in Search of the Modern World


Viorst, Milton

hardcover. New York, Alfred Knopf, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 414 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND DATED FEBRUARY 1994 on FRONT FLY LEAF. Untrimmed pages and top of boards lightly scuffed, otherwise clean, tight copy with minor wear to faded dust jacket.

Record # 468954


Price: $19.00 

 

Saudi Arabia: The Great Adventure: The Americans Who Helped a Remote Desert Kingdom Become One of the Richest Nations in the World


Oxley, Owen

Hardcover. London, Stacey International, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 117 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs by author/photographer Owen Oxley. Documents Saudi Arabian culture, the growth of ARAMCO (Arabian American Oil Company) during the period 1950-1955, and the American/Arabian experience in the region as modern economic/political changes occurred. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 612330


Price: $31.00 

 

Saudi Arabia: The Great Adventure: The Americans Who Helped a Remote Desert Kingdom Become One of the Richest Nations in the World


Oxley, Owen

Hardcover. London, Stacey International, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 117 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs by author/photographer Owen Oxley. Documents Saudi Arabian culture, the growth of ARAMCO (Arabian American Oil Company) during the period 1950-1955, and the American/Arabian experience in the region as modern economic/political changes occurred. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 612329


Price: $31.00 

 

Seaports South of Sahara


Albion, Robert G.

Hardcover. New York, Appleton Century Crofts, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages. Illustrated, 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt. Map on end papers. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Record # 220836


Price: $19.00 

 

Sharing the Promised Land


Hiro, Dilip

Trafalgar Square, 1st, 1996-11-07, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 600 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 460718


Price: $19.00 

 

Shirin Neshat


Egoyan, Atom

Hardcover. US, Musee D'art Contemporain De, 1st, 2001-11-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Text in French and English. Light shelf-wear to covers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463654


Price: $38.00 

Simon and Schuster book of Oriental Carpets, The Curatola, Giovanni
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Simon and Schuster book of Oriental Carpets, The


Curatola, Giovanni

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 216 pages, illustrated throughout with nearly 250 full color plates. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459937


Price: $31.00 


  
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