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Radde, G. VORLAEUFIGER BERICHT UEBER DIE EXPEDITION NACH TRANSKASPIEN UND NORD-CHORASSAN IM JAHRE 886 (contained in one complete issue of Dr. A Petermanns Mitteilungen 33 Band 1887 VIII)
Gotha 1887 first edition. Perthes. 4to. original printed wraps. Radde article on pp. 225-244 with one large color foldout map "Karte der Transkaspischen Gebiete und von Nord-Chorassan". In German . other articles in issue as well. VG, no ownership marks, map is Fine, some rusting from metal staple binding. no owner marks. This article is continued in band IX of 1887. (a102906)
$59.00Radde, G. VORLAEUFIGER BERICHT UEBER DIE EXPEDITION NACH TRANSKASPIEN UND NORD-CHORASSAN IM JAHRE 886 (contained in one complete issue of Dr. A Petermanns Mitteilungen 33 Band 1887 IX)
Gotha 1887 first edition. Perthes. 4to. original printed wraps. Radde article on pp. 269-283 with one large color foldout map "Karte der Transkaspischen Gebiete und von Nord-Chorassan". In German . other articles in issue as well. VG, no ownership marks. some rusting from metal staple binding. no owner marks. (a102907a)
$59.00Dandekar, R N ; V Raghavan (eds). ORIENTAL STUDIES IN INDIA
New Delhi 1964 first edition. 26th International Congress of Orientalists. sm4to wraps. 262p. List of Members of Orientalists laid in. Articles include: Vedic Sanskrit and Prakrit Studies by Dandekar (38p); Medieval India by Saran (20p.); Iranian Studies by Kanga (9p.) much more. Good. light toning and light wear on cover. no owner marks. (a104527)
$75.00Dandekar, R N (ed). SUMMARIES OF PAPERS
New Delhi 1964 first edition. 26th International Congress of Orientalists. sm4to wraps. 396p. Good, light wear; no owner marks. (a104528)
$34.00Costello, Louisa Stuart. ROSE GARDEN OF PERSIA
Edinburgh 1924 Turnbull and Spears. Poetry by famous Persian poets. Hardcover 12mo., 189pp., cloth. Nice colorful decorations divide the section of the text. VG no dj. (a14001)
$25.00 Duda, Herbert W. . FERHAD UND SCHIRIN - DIE LITERARISCHE GESCHICHTE EINES PERSISCHEN SAGENSTOFFES (MONOGRAFIE ARCHIVU ORIENTALNIHO VOL. II)
Prah 1933 Orientalni Ustav. Die Literarische Geschichte eines Persischen Sagenstoffes. Ceskoslovensky Orientalni v Praze Monografie Vol. II. In German. 8vo., 215pp., wraps. Near VG, minor cover wear and light soiling on cover. (a18102)
$75.00 Akber, M. Ghulam . THE NEW ROYAL ENGLISH-PERSIAN DICTIONARY
Allahabad 1955 Ram Narain Lal. Hardcover. Octavo, 316pp., cloth, VG in Good DJ. (a20362)
$20.00(asian art). INDIEN SIAM PERSIEN SYRIEN PERU MEXIKO
Hamburg 1962. Dr. Ernst Hauswedell. Primitive art from these countries. Auction catalog, in German. Octavo, 100pp., monochrome photo illustrations, wraps. VG plus (a21758)
$24.00 Handley-Taylor, Geoffrey . BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IRAN
London 1964 Dictionary of International Biography."With a memoir of His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Shah Pahavi Shahanshan of Iran." 8vo., 20pp. Books in English on Iran. VG, no DJ. (a28886)
$45.00Pratt, Ida A. (comp.). LIST OF WORKS IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY RELATING TO PERSIA
NY 1915. In the Bulletin of the New York Public Library January 1915 Vol. XIX No. 1, at pp.9-126. Whole issue has several articles. Lg.8vo., wraps. Library blind stamp on front. Good, some soiling on cover. (a30468)
$45.00 Dwight, Rev. H. G. O. (Missionary to Constantinople) . MEMOIR OF MRS. ELIZABETH B. DWIGHT INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PLAGUE OF 1837 WITH A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF MRS. JUDITH S. GRANT MISSIONARY TO PERSIA
NY 1840. Dodd. Hardcover. Sm.8vo., 323pp., frontis portrait of Mrs. Dwight, who died during a plague epidemic in Constantinople, original black cloth. Some names in pencil on front blank. VG, a few small chips on spine, some foxing on pages. Bright gilt labelling on spine. Original book, not a reprint. (a32070)
$98.00 Barnett, Stanley A. et al . BOOK PRODUCTION, IMPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN, PAKISTAN AND TURKEY
Oyster Bay 1966 State University of New York. 4to., 53pp., index, spiral bound wraps. Good, some wear and light soiling. (a33354)
$29.00 Junker, Heinrich . EIN BRUCHSTUECK DER AFRINAGHAN I GAHANBAR
Leipzig 1932. Berichte Ueber die Verhandlungen der Saechsischen Akad. der Wiss. zu Leipzig, Philologische-historische Klasse 85 Band 4 Heft. In German. 8vo., 38pp., ten plates, wraps. Unopened. VG. (a37641)
$50.00 Stromberg, Kyra . DER GROSSE DURST REISE DURCH IRAN
Hamburg 1954 1st Claassen. In German. 8vo., 257pp., photo illus., maps on end papers. VG, no DJ. (a37948)
$36.00 Sholevar, Bahman . THE NIGHT'S JOURNEY AND THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH
Phildelphia 1984 Concourse. Translated from the Persian by author. 8vo., 219pp., boards. Fine, no DJ. (a39954)
$39.00 (iran) . BULLETIN OF THE IRANIAN INSTITUTE
NY 1946. Vol. VI, Nos 1-4, December 1946. 4to., 212pp., monochrome illus., wraps. Good, wraps a bit worn, soiled. (a41458)
$40.00 Barbier, Jean Paul . BRONZES IRANIENS IIe ET Ier MILLENAIRES AVANT J.-C.
Geneve 1970. Collection Jean Paul Barbier. 4to., 31pp. of text in French with 208 works illustrated in monochrome photos, wraps. VG. (a42701)
$40.00 Rizvi, Sayyld Saeed Akhtar . INNER VOICE ( A COLLECTION OF SHORT ESSAYS ON SOCIO-ETHICAL ASPECTS OF ISLAM)
Qum 1980 Third Impression. In English. 8vo., 69pp., wraps. VG. (a44041)
$50.00 Clapp, Frederick G. . TEHRAN AND ELBURZ
NY 1932. Removed from The Geographical Review. 8vo., 16pp., illus., rebound in later wraps. VG, light soiling. (a44429)
$35.00Nooriala, Partow. MY EARTH, ALTERED POEMS IN PERSIAN
San Jose n.d. (1993) Zamaneh. In Persian. Sm.8vo. wraps. VG. (a44485)
$35.00 Choubine, B. . SCHIITISMUS UND POLITIK IM IRAN BAND 1
no date, no place. In Farsi. 8vo., 304pp., wraps. VG. (a45457)
$40.00 Isfahani, Jamalu'd-Din; Nasru'llah Beheshti and Ahmad Kermani . DER WAHRHAFTIGE TRAUM LE REVE SINCERE ROYAYE SADEGHE DEUTSCH FRANCAIS FARSI
no date (late 20thc) no place given. 8vo., pp.5-70 in German, pp. 71-133 in French, plus about 100pp. in Farsi, wraps. VG. (a45463)
$39.00 Nweeya, Samuel K. M.D. . PERSIA - THE LAND OF THE MAGI OR THE HOME OF THE WISE MEN ...
Philadelphia 1904. Sm.8vo., 171pp., frontis, photo illustrations, decorated boards. Good, inner hinges cracked, right margin of many pages stained (not affecting text or images), spine ends rubbed, corners worn, covers soiled. (a51133)
$30.00 Kapur, Harish . SOVIET RUSSIA AND ASIA 1917-27 A STUDY OF SOVIET POLICY TOWARDS TURKEY IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN
Geneva 1966 1st Michael Joseph. 8vo., 266pp., index, hardcover. VG in VG DJ. (a54141)
$65.00 Momeni, Djamchid A. . THE FIRST BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE POPULATION, MANPOWER AND EDUCATION IN IRAN VOLUME 1
1971 Howard University. 4to., 32 leaves (rectos only), wraps. Near Fine (a55244)
$75.00 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 Nashat, Guity . THE ORIGINS OF MODERN REFORM IN IRAN 1870-80. ISBN 0-252-00822-7.
Urbana 1982 1st University of Illinois. 8vo., 222pp., hardcover. ISBN 0-252-00822-7. Fine, no DJ. (a58441)
$100.00 Grolleau, Charles (introduction) . LES QUATRAINS L'OMAR KHAYYAM
Paris 1980 Champ Libre. In French. Traduits du persan sur le manuscrit de la Bodleian Library d'Oxford. 8vo., 140pp., wraps. Owner signed. VG. (a58479)
$28.00 Gurgani, Fakhr Ud-Din . VIS AND RAMIN. ISBN: 0-231-03408-3
NY 1972 1st Columbia University Press.Translated from Persian of Gurgani by George Morrison. ISBN: 0-231-03408-3. 8vo., 357pp., hardcover. VG in Good DJ, a bit worn with a few small chips. (a58583)
$53.00Durand, E. R.. AN AUTUMN TOUR IN WESTERN PERSIA (signed presentation copy)
NY no date (1906?) Dutton. Hardcover octavo. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering in English on spine and in Farsi on front cover panel. Much on Lur Tribes of Western Persia. Author's husband was hoping to hunt lions but seems to have only shot birds. 266p., photo illustrations, foldout map. Top edge gilt. ***Presentation copy dated Oct 1906 and signed by Ella Durand. near VG, moderate foxing throughout; closed page ends foxed, hinges not cracked; binding secure. Pictures available on request. (a61119)
$140.00 (Clarke, Adam) . THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL MISCELLANY. VOL. I. CONTAINING 1. AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF ALL THE GREEK AND ROMAN CLASSICS AND ECCLESIASTICAL WRITERS; THE AUTHORS ALPHABETICALLY, AND THE TRANSLATIONS CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED, WITH THE TIME AS NEAR AS IT COULD BE ASCERTAINED IN WHICH EACH WRITER FLOURISHED, AND CRITICAL JUDGMENTS ON THE MERIT OF THE PRINCIPAL TRANSLATIONS, EXTRACTED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES. 2. AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF ARABIC AND PERSIAN GRAMMARS, LEXICONS AND ELEMENTARY TREATISES, WITH A PARTICULARLY DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS OF THE BEST ARABIC AND PERSIAN PROSE AND POETIC WRITERS, WHETHER PRINTED OR IN MANUSCRIPT; WITH SUCH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF THEM AS HAVE ALREADY APPEARED BEFORE THE BRITISH PUBLIC
London 1806 W. Banes. Printed separately as a supplement to Clark's Bibliographical Dictionary. 12mo., (vii), 324pp., rebound in later wraps. Good, light foxing. Volume I only. Scarce. (a61340)
$175.00 Marsh, Rev. Dwight W. . THE TENNESSEEAN IN PERSIA AND KOORDISTAN BEING SCENES AND INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF SAMUEL AUDLEY RHEA
Philadelphia 1869 1st Presbyterian Board of Publication. Author was missionary in Mosul, Iraq for 10 years. Rhea himself died in Persia 1865 at age of 38 just after his son died in Persia at age of one year. Three chapters on Armenia and one chapter on Nestorians. Small octavo, 381pp., illusstrations, green cloth with black trim and fancy bright gilt decoration on spine. Very interesting reading. Village library bookplate, pocket removed from rear end paper, several blind stamps and one Sunday school stamp but no spine numbers and text clean and unmarked. Binding secure with original dark brown end papers. VG. (a61433)
$275.00Tchalenko, J. S. et al. MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF SEISMOTECTONICS OF IRAN: NORTH-CENTRAL IRAN
1974. Ministry of Economy Geological Survey of Iran Report No. 29. In English with summary in Farsi. Sm.4to., 155pp., two large foldout maps in rear pocket, original printed wraps. VG plus. Scarce. (a63723)
$165.00 Janvier, Philippe and F. Golshani . PRELIMINARY REPORTON LATE DEVONIAN FISHES FROM CENTRAL AND EASTERN IRAN; FISH FAUNA IN LATE DEVONIAN SEAS OF IRAN; TOOTH FRAGMENT OF PETALODONTID FISH..CENTRAL IRAN
1974. Ministry of Economy Geological Survey of Iran Report No. 31. In English. Sm.4to., 61pp., original printed wraps. VG, light wear. Scarce. (a63724)
$95.00 Taraz, H. . GEOLOGY OF THE SURMAQ-DEH BID AREA ADADEH REGION, CENTRAL IRAN
1974. Ministry of Economy Geological Survey of Iran Report No. 3. In English. Sm.4to., 148pp. two large color foldout maps in rear pocket, original printed wraps. VG plus. Scarce. (a63726)
$150.00 Norden, Hermann . UNDER PERSIAN SKIES A RECORD OF TRAVEL BY THE OLD CARAVAN ROUTES OF WESTERN PERSIA
Philadelphia (1925?) Macrae Smith. Trip taken in 1924. Octavo, 256pp., 40 plates and colour foldout map, hardcover. VG, some foxing onfore-edges and spine. (a65347)
$100.00(kurt bittel). BIBLIOGRAPHIE KURT BITTEL
Berlin 1977. Offprint Archaeologische Mitteilungen aus Iran. 4to., 21pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a66908)
$35.00 Vassilian, Hamo (editor) . ARMENIANS AND IRAN, A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY IN ARMENIAN, PERSIAN AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGES (ROMANIZED)
1991 1st Armenian Reference Books. A unique and comprehensive bibliography about Armenians in Iran. Lg.4to., 97pp., goldtone wraps. VG plus. (a68198)
$99.00 Ali-Sami . PERSEPOLIS. (TAKHT-I-JAMSHID).
Shiraz 1958. Translated by R.N.Sharp, M.A.Cantab. Publication No.2 of the Learned Society of Pars. Octavo, 95pp., monochrome photo illustrations, folding plan laid in, original printed wraps. A fee neat underlines in text. VG. (a68426)
$35.00 Raffat, Donne . THE PRISON PAPERS OF BOZORG ALAVI, A LITERARY ODYSSEY
NY 1985 1st Syracuse. Alavi is a major contemporary Iranian dissident writer, according to the book Jacket. Octavo, 246pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG plus, in Good DJ. (a70001)
$20.00 Katouzian, Homa . THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MODERN IRAN DESPOTISM AND PSEUDO-MODERNISM 1926-1979. ISBN 0-8147-4577-6
NY 1981 1st NYU. ISBN 0-8147-4577-6. Large octavo, 389pp., hardcover. Fine in near Fine DJ, light rubbing. (a70005)
$39.00 Barbaro, Josafa and Ambrogio Contarini . TRAVELS TO TANA AND PERSIA
Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition. Translated from the Italian by William Thomas and by. S A. roy. Edited with an introduction by Lord Stanley of Alderley. Hardcover. octavo, blue grey cloth. Near Fine, slight soiling on top closed page ends. (a70703)
$165.00 Knanishu, Joseph . ABOUT PERSIA AND ITS PEOPLE A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR MANNERS, CUSTOMS ANDHOME LIFE INCLUDING ENGAGEMENTS, MARRIAGES, MODESOF TRAVELING, FORMS OF PUNISHMENTS, SUPERSTITIONS, ETC
Rock Island 1899 1st Lutheran Augustana Book Concern. Hardcover. Small octavo, 300pp., photo illustrations, bright Blue cloth with black and gilt lettering and design. VG, light wear. (a71001)
$99.00 Bivar, A. D. H. and G. Fehervari . EXCAVATIONS AT GHUBAYRA 1971, FIRST INTERIM REPORT
1944. Article at pp. 107-141 in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Included in a complete issue with several other articles. Octavo, wraps. Good. (a71688)
$45.00 Bamdad, Badr ol-Moluk . FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT WOMEN'S EMANCIPATION IN IRAN
Hicksville 1977 Exposition Press. Edited and translated by F. R. C. Bagley. Hardcover. Octavo, 140pp., frontis photo illustration, cloth. VG in VG DJ. Very scarce. (a74298)
$175.00Krinsley, Daniel B.. A GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE PLAYAS OF IRAN - 2 VOLUMES
Washington 1970. Prepared in Bedford, Massachussets by the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories. 2 volumes. 4to., 486pp., photo illustrations, 4 foldout maps in pocket, original printed wraps. Label, ink number and Depository Library stamp on each front, stamp on each title page. VG, light wear. 2 volumes. (a74909)
$155.00Lagarde, Paul de. BEITRAEGE ZUR BAKTRISCHEN LEXIKOGRAPHIE
Leipzig 1868 1st Teubner. Greek, Arabic, and German in text. Bactrian language. Small octavo, 80pp., old but quite attractive wraps (wraps have green fleur- de- lis pattern). VG, occasional light soiling in text. The First Edition is quite scarce. (a75099)
$59.00 Walker, George K. . THE TANKER WAR, 1980-88: LAW AND POLICY
Newport 2000 1st Naval War College. ISBN 1-884733-14-X. International Law Studies Volume 74. Hardcover. Octavo, 607pp., gilt printed blue cloth. Near Fine, small faint tiny smudge on fore-edge. (a75706)
$125.00 Allworth, Edward . NATIONALITIES OF THE SOVIET EAST PUBLICATIONS AND WRITING SYSTEMS - A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY AND TRANSLITERATION TABLES FOR IRANIAN- AND TURKI-LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS 1818-1945 LOCATED IN U.S. LIBRARIES
NY and London 1971 1st Columbia University. Hardcover. Small octavo, 44opp., cloth. VG in Good DJ. (a78145)
$39.00 Klima, Otakar . BEITR�GE ZUR GESCHICHTE DES MAZDAKISMUS
Praha 1977. Orientalischen Institut Verlag der Tschechoslowakischen Dissertationes Orientales 37. In German. Octavo, 161pp., original printed yellow wraps. VG, light soiling. (a79006)
$50.00 Browne, Edward Granville . A YEAR AMONST THE PERSIANS IMPRESSION AS TO THE LIFE, CHARACTER & THOUGHT OF THE PEOPLE OF PERSIA RECEIVED DURING TWELVE MONTHS' RESIDENCE IN THAT COUNTRY IN THE YEARS 1887-1888
Cambridge 1926 University Press. With a memoir by Sir E. Denison Ross. Hardcover. 4to., 650pp., frontis portrait, foldout maps, red cloth with gilt trim.Top edge gilt. First printed in 1893. VG, light wear, spine toned. (a83534)
$120.00 Benveniste, E. . LE TEMOIGNANGE DE THEODORE BAR KONAY SUR LE ZOROASTRIASME
1933. In French. Sm.4to., pp.170-215, removed from the Le Monde Oriental and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a84658)
$65.00 Harrison, J V . COASTAL MAKRAN
1941. Desert region on coastline of Pakistan and Iran. Article on pp. 1-18, photo illustrations, in single complete issue of The Geographical Journal, January 1941. Other articles in issue as well. Octavo, original blue printed wraps. VG. No ownership marks. (a88262a)
$35.00Harrison, J. V.. JAZ MURIAN DEPRESSION, PERSIAN BALUCHISTAN
1943. Article on p. 206-224, maps, photo illustrations, in single complete issue of The Geographical Journal, May-June 1943. Other articles in issue as well. Octavo, original blue printed wraps. VG. No ownership marks. (a88285b)
$39.00Manning, T. H. . FOXE BASIN COASTS OF BAFFIN ISLAND
1943. Article on p. 206-224, large foldout map, photo illustrations in single complete issue of The Geographical Journal, May-June 1943. Other articles in issue as well. Octavo, original blue printed wraps. VG. No ownership marks. (a88285c)
$35.00 Harrison, J V . SOME ROUTES IN SOUTHERN IRAN
Article on pp. 113-129 plus map and photo illustrations. In one complete issue of The Geographical Journal, vol XCIX no. 3. March 1942. First edition. Original blue printed octavo wraps. Several other articles on other topics in issue as well. No ownership marks. VG Plus. (a89722a)
$29.00 Christensen, Arthur . CONTRIBUTIONS A LA DIALECTOLOGIE IRANIENNE II. DIALECTES DE LA REGION DE SEMNAN: SOURKHEI, LASGERDI, SANGESARI ET CHAMERZADI
Kobenhavn 1934-6 first edition. Det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. XXI, 3. octavo. 198p. Original printed orange wraps rebound with later backstrip , no ownership marks; Near Fine. (a90021)
$39.00 Christensen, Arthur . CONTES PERSANS EN LANGUE POPULAIRE. PUBLIES AVEC UNE TRADUCTION ET DES NOTES
Kobenhavn 1917-18 first edition. Det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. I, 3. In French. octavo. 130p. Original printed orange wraps rebound with later backstrip , no ownership marks; VG plus. (a90040)
$45.00 Banuazizi, Ali (ed) . IRANIAN STUDIES, BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY FOR IRANIAN STUDIES, VOLUME III, No 2, Spring 1970
Sarasota, Florida. 1970 first edition. Octavo wraps. pp. 57-134. VG plus. owner signed (J Gulick). Contains articles as: "Genesis of Party in Iran: A Case Study of the Interaction between the Political System and Political Parties" by G. Hossein Razi. VG plus, clean, not worn. (a91875)
$35.00 Banuazizi, Ali (ed) . IRANIAN STUDIES, BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY FOR IRANIAN STUDIES, VOLUME I, No 1, Spring 1968
Sarasota, Florida. 1970 first edition. Octavo wraps. pp. 57-134. VG plus. owner signed (J Gulich). Contains articles as: "Sources for the Study of Iran" by Roy Mottahedeh and "Theism and Pantheism in Rumi" by Alessandro Bausani. VG owner signed (J. Gulick). Top blank tip of titlepage cut off. (a91876)
$35.00Metropolitan Museum of Art. NEAR EASTERN JEWELRY - A PICTURE BOOK
New York 1944 first edition. Met. 4to wraps. 22 items photo illustrated. Good, light foxing throughout. Binding secure; no tears. Jewelry of Peria, Sumeria, India, Turkey. (a96434)
$25.00Omar Khayyam. RUBAIYAT HIKIM
Rubaiyat published in Teheran in 1923. Hardcover 16mo. Printed paper mounted on tan cloth. About 45p. Good, cover has some light wear; a few pages have slight stain but binding very secure; hinges not cracked. (a99248)
$45.00Saghaphi, Mirza Mahmoud Khan, Page to the Shah. IN THE IMPERIAL SHADOW (signed by author)
NY 1932 first edition. Doubleday Doran. Hardcover sm4to. Orange cloth. 403p. Clean, hinges not cracked. VG no dj. ***Signed presentation copy from Saghaphi. (a99525)
$39.00