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Arabia/North Africa:

Belloc, Hilaire. ESTO PERPETUA ALGERIAN STUDIES AND IMPRESSIONS
NY 1926 McBride. Hardcover. Octavo, 191pp., cloth. VG, mounted spine label toned but legible, head of spine lightly worn.Cover cloth unevenly faded. no dj. (a10331)
$29.00 Leeder. S.H. . DESERT GATEWAY BISKRA AND THEREABOUTS
London no date (preface dated 1910) Thomas Nelson. 12mo., 250pp., hardcover. Owner signed. Good. (a11219)
$23.00 Prime, William C. . BOAT LIFE IN EGYPT AND NUBIA
NY 1857 first edition Harper. Hardcover. Octavo, 498pp., illustrations, brown cloth. Fairly Good, spine tearing, cover edges worn, spine end worn down. Binding secure; text clean. no ownership marks. (a12053)
$34.00 Buchanan, Angus . SAHARA
London 1926 John Murray. 301pp., photo illus., map, index. Pictorial cover a bit worn. Good, no dj (a12991)
$75.00 Campbell, Thomas . LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH (2 volume set, complete)
London 1837 Henry Colburn. Algeria. Hardcovers. 2 volumes. Octavo, 354pp., 358pp., 10 engravings and woodcuts, some foldout, plan of Algiers, original boards with paper spine labels (possibly later endpapers). Fair, worn; several engravings toned and foxed/spotted; board edges worn , inner hinges secure and unbroken ; text clean. Not a modern reprint. (a13556)
$100.00Tunisia. MONOGRAPHIES REGIONALES - TUNISIE - and- 2e Serie TUNISIE
Alger 1952. XIX Congres Geologique International. 7 booklets, wraps, in one labeled box. Booklets vary from 30 to 150 pages each, and include maps. Complete set. Includes Ch. Gottis: Les Gites Metalliferes; Castany: Les Grands Problemes d'Hydrogeologie en Tunisie. Tiny duplicate stamp on front of each booklet. Near Fine, in Good Box. (a17668)
$70.00 Borgesen, F. . SOME MARINE ALGAE FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ARABIAN SEA WITH REMARKS ON THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
Kobenhaven 1934 first edition. Det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Biologiske Meddelelser, XI, 6. Octavo, 72pp., plates, original printed wraps. Uncut. VG. (a20798)
$25.00 Laugel, Marcel . SONS OF THE CLOUDS A NOVEL OF POLITICAL INTRIGUE IN THE SAHARA
NY 1986 Philosophical. 220pp. Fine in Fine DJ. (a21416)
$25.00 Hesse-Wartegg, The Chevalier de . TUNIS THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE
NY no date (c. 1880) Dodd Mead. Hardcover. Octavo, 302pp., 22 woodcut illustrations, decorated orange cloth.. Ex-village library but no spine numbers. Library bookplate and "Withdrawn" stamps on end papers. Good plus, small tear on rear endpaper, cover lightly soiled and discolored. (a24846)
$40.00Terhorst, B.. WITH THE RIFF KABYLES
NY no date (introduction 1926) Stokes. Introduction by Douglas Booth. Hardcover. Morocco. Octavo, 237pp., 8 drawings, 3 photo illustrations, cloth. Good plus, lightly foxed off/on throughout. no dj. (a25206)
$29.00 Asfour, Edmond Y. . SAUDI ARABIA LONG - TERM PROJECTIONS OF SUPPLY OF AND DEMAND FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Beirut 1965 American University. 8vo., 180pp., many charts, hardcover. VG, spine faded, no DJ. (a25447)
$27.00Coke, Richard. THE ARAB'S PLACE IN THE SUN
London 1929 1st Butterworth. 8vo., 318pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Bookplate. VG, no DJ. (a25592)
$45.00 Vernon, Paul E. . MOTORING IN NORTH AFRICA
NY 1923 1st Author. 72pp., numerous photo illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed. VG plus, slight cover wear, in Fine later glassine removable jacket. (a26102)
$75.00 Shoemaker, M. M. . ISLAM LANDS NUBIA, THE SUDAN, TUNISIA, ALGERIA
NY 1910 1st Putnam. 251pp., 44 photo illus., index. Pictorial cloth. Ex-library. VG, no DJ. (a26153)
$30.00Denti di Pirajno, Alberto. A CURE FOR SERPENTS, A DOCTOR IN AFRICA
London 1955 1st Deutsch.Translated by K. Naylor. Autobiography of a doctor who worked in North Africa. 8vo., 263pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. VG in Good DJ. (a2839)
$23.00 David, Charles Wendell . ANRRATIO DE ITINERE PEREGRINORUM HIEROSOLYMAN TENDENTIUM ET SILVIAM CAPIENTUM, A.S. 1189
Philadelphia 1935. The Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 81 No. 5, pp.591-676, text maps, index, wraps. Text in Latin and in English. VG, small pen number on margin of front. (a28941)
$50.00Wright, Dr. William. AN ACCOUNT OF PALMYRA AND ZENOBIA WITH TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN BASHAN AND THE DESERT (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
NY 1895 (1894) Thomas Nelson. Hardcover. Octavo 8vo., 394pp., photo illustrations and woodcuts, index, dark green cloth with gilt design. Top edge gilt. Institution bookplate. Near VG. (a29004)
$35.00Mezian, Meriem. MERIEM MEZIAN - PINTURAS
Madrid 1994. Grafur. Hardcover 4to. In Spanish. 94pp., 35 color plates, hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ (dj rubbed, no tears, no chips). no owner marks. (a31911)
$25.00 Zwemer, Samuel M. . THE MOSLEM WORLD
NY 1908. 12mo., 239pp., photo illustrations, index, foldout map at rear, wraps. Good, spine repaired, wraps a bit chipped. (a33215)
$25.00 (islam) . MEMORANDUM DU GOUVERNEMENT DU ROYAUME DE L'ARABIE SAOUDITE RELATIF AU DOGME DES DROITS DE L'HOMME EN ISLAM ET SA MISE EN APPLICATION DANS LE ROYAUME
Beirut 1972. 12mo., 54pp., wraps. VG. (a36715)
$45.00 Berger, Monroe . MIDDLE EASTERN AND NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES: DEVELOPMENTS AND NEEDS
Princeton 1968. Princeton Near East Paper Number 7. Octavo, 18pp., wraps. VG. (a37879)
$23.00Brown, Leon Carl. COLOR IN NORTHERN AFRICA
Princeton 1967. Princeton Near East Papers Numbers 5. Octavo, pp.464-482, wraps. VG. (a37882)
$27.00 Kamil, Murad . DAS LAND DES NEGUS
Innsbruck 1953 Inn-Verlag. In German. 8vo., 116pp., photo illustrations, index., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a37984)
$22.00 Norton, Richard et al . CYRENE: EXCAVATIONS, VASE AND FRAGMENTS, OBJECTS OF TERRA COTTA, MEDICAL WORK, ITEMS OF CURRENT INTEREST
Norwood 1911. Bulletin of Archaeological Institute of America Vol.II, No. 4, September 1911. 5 articles. 8vo., pp.141-178 (complete issue), photo illus., later plain wraps (original front wrap bound in). Unopened. VG. (a38390)
$35.00 (casablanca) . CASABLANCA ET SA REGION LIVRET GUIDE OFFICIEL DU SYNDICAT D'INITIATIVE
Casablanca 1934. In French. Tall narrow 8vo., 36pp. plus advertisements, photo illustrations, wraps. Foldout brochure on Algeria tipped in. Also included, 3 tourist brochures from the same period on Algeria and Morocco. Good, light wear. (a38484)
$50.00 (archeology) . HISTORIQUE DU BUREAU DES AFFAIRES INDIGENES DE MEDENINE
Bourg 1931 Berthod. Archeology in Tunisia. In French. Small octavo, 36pp., photo illustrated on glossy stock, wraps. Good, leaves lightly, evenly, browned. (a39163)
$39.00 Abegg, Lily . NEUE HERREN IN MITTELOST ARABISCHE POLITIK HEUTE
Stuttgart 1954 Deutsche Verlags. In German. Zahlreichen Abbldungen und karten. 8vo., 559pp., boards. VG, no DJ. (a39178)
$20.00 Ambraseys, N. N. , C. P. Melville and R. D. Adams . THE SEISMICITY OF EGYPT, ARABIA AND THE RED SEA A HISTORICAL REVIEW
1994 Cambridge University Press. 4to., 181pp., illustrated boards. VG, slight bumping to top outer edge of cover and some text pages. (a39713)
$85.00 Lilliehook, John . TVENNE AR BLAND ZOUAVERNE MINNEN OCH ANTECHNINGAR
Stockholm 1862 Bonniers Forlag. Fran Falttaget uti Italien och Expeditioner uti Afrika aren 1859 och 1860. In Swedish. 8vo., 290pp., 4 foldout maps (one colored), 8 plates (5 monochrome, 3 in color), index, originsl boards. Plates by Grumbach, Leipzig.) Good, later end papers, text foxed throughout with some old dry water staining on first 34 pages; later end papers. (a40791)
$165.00Gers, Jose. TERRE MOZABITE RHAPSODIE SAHARIENNE (signed)
Brussels 1933. In French. **Number 13 of 53 copies signed by Gers on the verso of the title page (limitation page), with an original photograph of Gers in North Africa and an original leaf from the manuscript for the book, tipped in. **Also inscribed and signed by Gers on the title page. Sm.8vo., 212pp., wraps in DJ. Uncut. Fine in VG DJ, foxed on the front and rear panels. Very scarce. (a41468)
$390.00 Hopkins, J. F. P. (translator, annotator) . LETTERS FROM BARBARY 1576-1774 ARABIC DOCUMENTS IN THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
1982 1st Oxford. 8vo., 112pp., illus., index, hardcover. VG in Good DJ, a few chips. (a41956)
$60.00 Matthias, Leo . GRIFF IN DEN ORIENT EINE REISE UND ETWAS MEHR
Leipzig 1931 1st Bibliographisches Institut. Travel in Persia, Syria, Palestine, etc. In German. Sm.4to., 318pp., monochrome photo illus., map, later wraps. Date stamp on front. VG, light wear. (a41973)
$35.00 Steiner, M.J. . INSIDE PAN-ARABIA
Chicago 1947. 8vo., 237pp., index, cloth, VG, cloth a bit soiled, no DJ. (a43426)
$30.00 Vignaud, Jean . FRERE CHARLES OU LA VIE HEROIQUE DE CHARLES DE FOUCAULD
Paris 1943 Albin Michel. Trappist Monk, travels in North Africa; Trappist monk. In French. 8vo., 314pp., monochrome photo illustrations, wraps. Uncut. Good. (a43514)
$38.00 (Saudi Arabia) . THE EFFECT OF ISLAMIC LEGISLATION ON CRIME PREVENTION IN SAUDI ARABIA
Rome 1980. Proceedings of a Symposium held in Riyadh, 9-13 October 1976. Translated into English. 8vo., 606pp., wraps. Good, spine edges rubbed, head of spine and wraps a bit worn. (a44043)
$80.00 Van Beek, Gus W. . HAJAR BIN HUMEID INVESTIGATIONS AT A PRE-ISLAMIC SITE IN SOUTH ARABIA
Baltimore 1969 1st Johns Hopkins. 4to., 421pp., illustrations, hardcover. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a44583)
$25.00 Alkhedheiri, Abdulaziz . THE ROLE OF SECONDARY CITIES IN THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF SAUDI ARABIA
Riyadh 2002. 8vo., 280pp., diagrams, wraps. VG, lower corner of front and first few leaves gently bumped. (a50179)
$60.00 Bin Abdul Mohsen Al Obeid, Ibrahim . THKIRT ULI AL-NUHA (TATHKIRAT ULA AL-NUHA WA AL-ARFAN), REMINDER OF THE FIRST DAYS OF PROHIBITION AND GRATITUDE
Riyadh n.d. ( 20thc) first edition. Nour Foundation for Printing and Binding. First printing. History of early twentieth century Saudi Arabia. Hardcover. 4 parts of one work, bound in one volume. Entirely in Arabic. Sm.4to., over 1000 pages, later binding in buckram. The title and author are printed in gilt on the spine. A few University of Riyadh stamps. VG plus, outer corner of one board lightly bumped. Text clean and binding secure. Scarce. (a50925)
$290.00 Wandell, Walt . RIVERS TO THE SEA A PROFILE OF MODERN LIBYA
Wiesbaden 1966 You & Europe Publications. In English. Lg.8vo., 136pp., frontispiece portrait of King Idris, illustrations, wraps. Good in Good DJ, chipped. (a51080)
$39.00 Bowen, Richard LeBaron Jr. . THE EARLY ARABIAN NECROPOLIS OF AIN JAWN A PRE-ISLAMIC AND EARLY ISLAMIC SITE ON THE PERSIAN GULF
New Haven 1950. Supplementary Studies Nos. 7-9. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 8vo., 69pp., photo illustrations, original printed wraps. VG, some foxing. (a56227)
$74.00 Rutter, Owen . TRIUMPHANT PILGRIMAGE AN ENGLISH MUSLIM'S JOURNEY FROM SARAWAK TO MECCA
Philadelphia 1937 1st Lippincott. Hardcover. Octavo, 296pp., portrait frontispiece of the English Muslim David Chale, original orange cloth. VG, no DJ. (a57760)
$24.00 Zwemer, S. M. et al (editors) . THE MOHAMMEDAN WORLD OF TO-DAY BEING PAPERS READ AT THE FIRST MISSIONARY CONFERENCE ON BEHALF OF THE MOHAMMEDAN WORLD HELD APRIL 4TH-9TH 1906
NY 1906 1st Revell. Article on Islam in Arabia by J. C. Young and Swemer; Statistical Survey of Islam in Asia, accompanied by a large foldout chart of extensive statistics by Zwemer; Islam in Turkey by Anatolicus; The New Islam in India by Weitbrecht, and many others. 8vo., 302pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, hardcover. VG, light wear to head of spine. Scarce. (a58317)
$150.00 (middle east) . NATIONAL ACCOUNTS STUDIES OF THE ESCWA REGION. ISBN 92-1-128139-3.
1993. ISBN 92-1-128139-3. United Nations Bulletin No 13. Text in English and in Arabic. Statistics--gross national product, private final consumption expenditure, government expenditures, national savings, and so on-- for Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. 4to., about 75pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a59597)
$85.00 Belloc, H . ESTO PERPETUA - ALGERIAN STUDIES AND IMPRESSIONS
New York 1925 1st McBride. Small octavo.,191pp., illustrations, original lime-green cloth hardcover. VG, some browning on mounted paper spine label. Scarce. (a61558)
$50.00 Woodberry, George E. . NORTH AFRICA AND THE DESERT
NY 1914 first edition Scribners. Travel in Tunisia and Tripoli. Hardcover. Octavo, 364pp., cloth. Top edge gilt. VG plus, no ownership marks; no dj. (a62517)
$40.00 Workman, Fanny Bullock and William Hunter Workman . ALGERIAN MEMORIES A BICYCLE TOUR OVER THE ATLAS TO THE SAHARA
New York no date (c.1900) Anson Randolph. Small octavo, 216pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Hospital name in ink and hospital stamp on end paper. Fair to Good, spine quite toned; spine ends chipped and worn down; cover tips rounded; hospital library name and stamp on end paper (no other library marks); rear inner hinge cracked. Top edge gilt. Text slightly toned; binding secure. (a65478)
$200.00 Tumiati, Domenico . TRIPOLITANIA - NELL'AFRICA ROMANA
Milano 1911 Fratelli Treves. In Italian. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 291pp., photo illustrations, maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG plus, corners bumped. (a67241)
$140.00 Monmarche, Marcel (editor) . ALGERIA AND TUNISIA
Paris 1926 Hachette. Travel guide in English. Small octavo, 340pp., 77 illustrations, 22 maps, 20 plans, original printed orange cloth hardcover. Owner signed. Good, light wear. (a70030)
$35.00 Arques, Enrique . EL MOMENTO DE ESPA�A EN MARRUECOS
Madrid 1943 2nd Silverio Aguirre. In Spanish. Octavo, 158pp., photo illustrations, double fold map, wraps. Good, cover somewhat soiled and worn. (a70282)
$35.00 Thomas-Stanford, Charles . ABOUT ALGERIA ALGIERS, TLEMCEN CONSTANTINE BISKRA TIMGAD
London 1912 1st John Lane. Hardcover. Octavo, 306pp., 32 illustrations from drawings by F. Dorrien Thoroton and from photographs, map, brown cloth. A few institution markings, name cut from free blank. VG. (a70921)
$44.00 Morell, John Reynell . ALGERIA: THE TOPOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND NATURAL OF FRENCH AFRICA
London 1854 1st Nathaniel Cooke. Illustrated London Library. Hardcover. Octavo, 490pp., frontis, several full page plates, text illustrations, large foldout map, original gilt illustrated brown cloth. VG, several pages have small areas of soiling. (a71059)
$188.00 Isnard, H. . ALGERIA
Paris 1955 Arthaud. Tranlated by O.Warden. Hardcover. Square octavo, 235p., color frontis, 156 photo gravures, cloth. VG plus, in Good plus DJ by Yves Brayer. (a7111)
$34.00 Campbell, Thomas . LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE) (ORIGINAL PRINTINGS, NOT MODERN REPRINTS)
London 1837 1st Henry Colburn. Travel in Algeria. Hardcover. Octavo, 358pp., three full page engravings, blue cloth with later paper spines. Bookplate and blind stamp (on title page) of Silas Bronson Library with withdrawn stamp on title page. Good. Two volumes, complete. (a71764)
$200.00 Furlong, Charles Wellington . THE GATEWAY TO THE SAHARA OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES IN TRIPOLI
NY 1909 first edition. Scribner's. Hardcover. Octavo, 306pp., color illustrations, monochrome photo illustrations, gilt printed blue cloth with gilt. Good, inner hinges cracked; no dj. (a72246)
$28.00 Rolt-Wheeler, Francis . THE SAHARA HUNTERS
Boston 1923 1st Lothrip Lee. Hardcover. Small octavo, 329pp., illustrations, pictorial orange cloth. VG, light wear, mounted picture illustration on front is lightly stained and chipped. (a72257)
$27.00 Hirschfeld, Hartwig . ESSAI SUR L'HISTOIRE DES JUIFS DE MEDINE
Paris 1883 Durlacher. Article in French at pp. 167-193 in Revue des Etudes Juives, publication trimestrielle de la Societe des Etudes Juives. Included in a complete issue of this journal which has articles by other writers as well as Salomon Reinach, Ab Cahen, R De Maule, Emile Ouverlelaux and others. Octavo, original printed wraps with later paper spine. Good, cover toned and a bit soiled. (a72621b)
$75.00 de Monfried, Henri and Ida Treat . PEARLS ARMS AND HASHISH, PAGES FROM THE LIFE OF A RED SEA NAVIGATOR
NY 1930 1st Coward-McCann. Adventures include gun smuggling, prison, pearl diving, drug running and conversion to Islam. Hardcover. Octavo, 356pp., photo illustrations, endpaper maps, brown cloth with gilt lettering. VG plus, fainting soiling on cover, no DJ. No ownership marks. (a73061)
$65.00 Meyers, Jeffrey . T. E. LAWRENCE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. ISBN 0-8240-1052-3
NY 1974 1st Garland. ISBN 0-8240-1052-3. Hardcover. Small octavo, 48pp., red cloth. Fine. (a73163)
$20.00Katz, Mark N.. RUSSIA AND ARABIA SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
Baltimore 1986 1st Hopkins ISBN 0-8018-2897-X. Hardcover. Octavo, 279pp., cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a74219)
$25.00 Bourg de Bozas, Vicomte du . VOYAGE AU PAYS DES AROUSSI (ETHIOPIE MERIDIONALE)
Paris 1902. In French. 4to, pp. 401-430, large color foldout map, sept figures et une carte hors texte, removed from La Geographie Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie, Tome V and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a74392)
$75.00 Brunhes, Jean . LES OASIS DU SOUF ET DU M'ZAB COMME TYPES D'ETABLISSEMENTS HUMAINS
Paris 1902. In French. 4to, pp. 5-20, 175-195, map and 19 illustrations, removed from La Geographie bulletin de la Societe de Geographie, Tome V and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a74393)
$60.00 Weisgerber, Docteur F. . EXPLORATIONS AU MAROC: 1. L'OUM ER-REBIA ii. LES THERMS DES ENVIRONS DE FAS
Paris 1902. In French. 4to, pp. 321-339, 2 maps, 4 photo illustrations, removed from La Geographie Bulletin de la societe de Geographie Tome V and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a74394)
$65.00 (morocco) . MOROCCO OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER NO. 112
Washington 1970 Defense Mapping Agency. Oblong 4to., 923pp., original illustrated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. VG. (a76219)
$100.00 (Algeria) Defense Mapping Agency . ALGERIA OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER
Washington 1972 Defense Mapping Agency. 4to., 754pp., original decorated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. VG. (a76230)
$100.00 (Yemen) . PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF YEMEN OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER
Washington 1976 Defense Mapping Agency. Oblong 4to., 204pp., original printed wraps. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. VG. (a76526)
$95.00 (military) . MANUEL A L'USAGE DES TROUPES EMPLOYEES OUTRE-MER - DEUXIEME PARTIE - FASCICULE I AFRIQUE DU NORD ET LEVANT
Paris 1927 Charles-Lavauzelle. In French. Narrow octavo, 474pp., two foldout drawings, two foldout maps in rear pocket, printed salmon-colored boards. VG. (a77789)
$65.00 Pervinquiere, Leon . A GHADAMES
1911. Article at pp. 417-438 in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie. Other articles as well in same issue. 4to., originall printed wraps. Good, cover worn and a few small chips on spine and rear. (a78184a)
$35.00 Gentil, Louis . L'AMALAT D'OUJDA
1911. Article in French at pp. 331-356 avec treize figures dans le texte in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie. This is second, and final, part of the article. Other articles as well in same issue. 4to., original printed wraps. VG. (a78185)
$35.00 Villatte, N. . A TRAVERS LE SAHARA DU TIDIKELT AUNIGER PAR LE AHAGGAR
1911. Article in French at pp. 161-192, one very large foldout map in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie. Other articles as well in same issue. 4to., original printed wraps. VG light cover wear. (a78186)
$45.00 Scham, Alan . LYAUTEY IN MOROCCO PROTECTORATE ADMINISTRATION 1912-1925
Berkeley 1970-lst Univ of Calif. 272p. Index. Fine in VG-F DJ. (a9258)
$35.00