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League of Nations. LEAGUE OF NATIONS PERMANENT MANDATES COMMISSION - MINUTES OF THE THIRTEENTH SESSION 1928
Geneva 1928 first edition. League of Nations. Narrow sm folio . wraps. C. 341 M. 99. . 238p. Concerns: Palestine and Transjordan, Togoland, Samoa, Cameroons, Tanganyika, Syria, Lebanon. Good, some soiling on cover . Text clean but lightly toned. Binding secure. (a101199)
$150.00League of Nations. LEAGUE OF NATIONS PERMANENT MANDATES COMMISSION - MINUTES OF THE NINETEENTH SESSION - 1930
Geneva 1930 first edition. League of Nations. Narrow sm folio . wraps. C. 643 M. 262. 252p. Concerns: Iraq, Tanganyika, Cameroons, Samoa, Togoland, Tanganyika, Ruanda Urundi. Good, backstrip worn; text ,tText clean, lightly toned. Binding secure. (a101202)
$100.00League of Nations. LEAGUE OF NATIONS PERMANENT MANDATES COMMISSION - MINUTES OF THE TENTH SESSION - 1926
Geneva 1926 first edition. League of Nations. Narrow sm folio . wraps. C. 632 M. 248. 192p. Concerns: Samoa, Pacific Island under Japanese mandate, Iraq, Cameroons, Togo, Syria, Lebanon, . Good, some soiling and light wear on cover . Text clean, lightly toned. Binding secure. (a101204)
$150.00League of Nations. LEAGUE OF NATIONS PERMANENT MANDATES COMMISSION - MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION - 1934
Geneva 1934 first edition. League of Nations. Narrow sm folio . wraps. C. 489 M. 214. 222p. Concerns: Cameroons, Syria, Lebanon, Togoland, Japanese Islands, Samoa. VG. (a101287)
$100.00Grant, Robert M et al (eds). CHURCH HISTORY - issue for March 1973
1973 first edition. American Society of Church History. sm4to wraps. issue paginated 309-447. Articles include: Carl Bangs, "All the Best Bishoprics and Deaneries - The Enigma of Arminian Politics", Arthur Voobus "The Origin of the Monophysite Church in Syria", W. Stanford Reid "The Coming of the Reformation to Edinburgh", J. Earl Thompson, Jr "Lyman Beecher's Long Road to Conservative Abolitionism", more. Near Fine. no owner marks, no faults. (a102202)
$35.00Harper, George McLean Jr.. A STUDY IN THE COMMERCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN EGYPT AND SYRIA IN THE THIRD CENTURY BEFORE CHRIST - article in one complete issue of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY 1928
Baltimore 1928 first edition. Johns Hopkins. Octavo wraps. 104 p. in issue. Harper article pp. 1-35. Other articles in issue as well. Original cover remounted on later wraps. Good plus. no owner marks. (a102853)
$45.00Brun, A. . DE L'ETHNIQUE ET DE LA MYSTIQUE DES NOSAIRIAH DE SYRIE - article in one complete issue of LA GEOGRAPHIE, Fevrier 1925
Paris 1925 first edition. Societe de Geographie. royal octavo wraps. Brun article pp. 153-186 with a text map. Mostly unopened. In French. Other articles in issue as well. VG no owner marks. (a106286)
$49.00(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 Gutbirius, Aegidii . NOTAE CRITICAE IN NOVUM TESTAMENTUM SYRIACUM
Hamburgi 1667 Gutbirianis. Hardcover. In Latin. Sm.8vo., 55pp., later cardboard boards cover. VG. (a28654)
$175.00Wright, 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)
$35.00 (archeology) . MOSAIQUES DECORS DEL SOLS
Paris 1976. Les Dossiers de L'Archeologie, No. 15, Mars-Avril 1976. Whole issue on Italian and Middle East mosaics, mostly ancient Roman. In French. 4to., 130pp., many illustrations, bibliography, wraps. Good, light wear. (a33099)
$38.00Jones, Rufus M.. ELI AND SYBIL JONES THEIR LIFE AND WORK
Philadelphia 1889 Coates. Quaker missionaries in Liberia, Europe and Syria .Hardcover. Small octavo, 316pp., cloth. VG. (a37953)
$65.00 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 Glubb, John Bagot . SYRIA LEBANON JORDAN
NY 1967 1st Walker. Glubb was the British Commander of the Arab Legion of Jordan, 8vo., 236pp., 69 illustrations, 10 maps, index, cloth. Owner signed. VG, smal bits of tape residue on covers, in VG DJ. (a48675)
$40.00 Nelson, W. S. . SILVER CHIMES IN SYRIA GLIMPSES OF A MISSIONARY'S EXPERIENCES
Philadelhia 1914 1st Westminster Press. Sm.8vo., 174pp., photo illustrations, blue cloth with mounted photo illustration on front. Signed presentation copy From the Author. Slight paperclip rust residue on initial pages. Good, spine lettering beginning to fade. Scarce. (a54276)
$85.00 White, Alma . JERUSALEM EGYPT: PALESTINE : SYRIA PART ONE
Zarephath 1938 (1936) Pillar of Fire. Sm,8vo., 143pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Near Fine in Fair DJ, worn and chipped. (a57536)
$20.00Gotze, Albrecht. HETHITER, CHURRITER UND ASSYRER
Oslo 1936 Aschehoug. Hauplinien der Vorderasiatischen Kulturentwicklung im ii. jahrtausend v. chr. geb. In German. Hardcover. sm octavo, 194pp., Generously illustrationed with 79 monochrome photo plates on glossy stock; foldout charts. VG, no DJ. (a58865)
$29.00 (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 Wallis, Ellis C. . JERUSALEM, DAMASCUS AND OTHER POEMS
London 1924 Arthur H. Stockwell. 12mo., 47pp., errata slip tipped in, original pictorial hardcover. VG, very light rubbing on cover. (a63312)
$45.00 White, Alma . JERUSALEM EGYPT: PALESTINE : SYRIA (TWO PARTS IN ONE VOLUME)
Zarephath 1938 (1936) Pillar of Fire. Octavo, 208pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a64839)
$25.00 Weiss, Harvey, Peter Akkermans, Gil J Stein et al . 1985 EXCAVATIONS AT TELL LEILAN, SYRIA
1990. Article at pp. 529-582 in American Journal of Archaeology. Complete issue has numerous other articles. 4to., wraps. VG. (a65140)
$65.00 Sumner, Mrs. George . OUR HOLIDAY IN THE EAST
London 1882 2nd Hurst and Blackett. Edited by Rev. George Henry Sumner. Travel to Egypt, Syria, Holy Land, Jersualem, Damascus, Beyrout, Lebanon. Hardcover. Octavo, 323pp., (4), original brown cloth decorated with black and gilt trim and lettering. All edges gilt. Good, inner hinges cracked, light foxing on initial pages. (a65984)
$80.00 Back, Prof. Dr. Marcel . MICH R�HRT EIN WIND VOM ORIENT
Zurich 1978. Hardcover. Sm.4to., German text with photo plates of Egypt, Syria, Turkey, etc., cloth. VG plus, text lightly toned, in Good DJ, a bit rubbed. (a70805)
$34.00Lumby, Christopher. COOK'S TRAVELLER'S HANDBOOK TO PALESTINE SYRIA & IRAQ
London 1934 6th edition Simpkin Marshall. Hardcover. 12mo., maps and plans by Bartholomew, map of excavated sites and two sketch maps on monuments and sites of Palestine by John Garstang, cloth. Amazing condition: Near Fine, tiny tear in outer edge of one foldout map in the very scarce VG DJ, very light wear, spine a bit faded. (a83371)
$195.00 Freese, Jacob R. M.D. . THE OLD WORLD. PALESTINE SYRIA AND ASIA MINOR TRAVEL, INCIDENT, DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY
Philadelphia 1869 first edition Lippincott. Hardcover. Small octavo, 458pp.,engraved frontis, text plates, original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG plus. Nice condition for hard-to-find title in original form. (a83511)
$275.00 Prime, William C. . TENT LIFE IN THE HOLY LAND
NY 1860 (1857 1st) Harper. Hardcover. Small octavo, 498pp. plus 6pp. publisher ads., original cloth with original yellow endpapers. Good plus, one inch tear in outer rear hinges. Binding secure. Not a modern reprint. (a83601)
$45.00 Dussaud, Rene avec la collaboration de M. Frederic Macler . RAPPORT SUR UNE MISSION SCIENTIFIQUE DANS LES REGIONS DESERTIQUES DE LA SYRIE MOYENNE
Paris 1903 first edition. Leroux. sm4to. original rear wrap present, lacks original front panel. Now in later plain wraps. pp. 411-744 with 31 plates which include a foldout map (map in Fine condition) and many photo illustrations; many text illustrations. Binding secure; text clean; no ownership marks. Much on engravings, language, philology. Original printing, not modern reprint. Very Scarce. (a89712)
$170.00 Crowfoot, J W . SYRIA AND THE LEBANON: THE PROSPECT
Article on pp. 130-141 plus text map. 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. (a89722b)
$29.00 Sachau, Eduard . STUDIE ZUR SYRISCHEN KIRCHENLITTERATUR DER DAMASCENE
One complete issue of Sitzungsberichte der Koniglich Pruessischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. XXVI, XXVII. 1 Juni 1899 Berlin . first edition. Original sm4to printed orange wraps. Sachau article on pp. 502-528 with 2 large foldout charts. Complete issue paginated p. 481-528.. VG plus, no wear, just very slight discoloration along backstrip. no ownership marks. Largely unopened. (a90986)
$65.00 West, Louis C . COMMERCIAL SYRIA UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE in one issue of Transactions and Proceedings of American Philological Association - vol LV 1924
Cleveland. 1924 first edition. West article on pp. 159-189 in single complete issue of Transactions American Philological Association vol LV, 1924. original printed wraps. Good. no ownership marks. (a92983x)
$35.00 Montogomery , J A . NOTES ON THE MYTHOLGOICAL EPIC TEXTS FROM RAS SHAMRA -contained in one complete issue of Journal of American Oriental Society
New Haven June 1933 first edition. Yale University. octavo wraps. Issue for June, vol 53, no. 2. Montgomery articles on pp. 97-123. Other articles in issue as well. Good, cover worn, lightly chipped and soiled but text clean and binding secure. Many pages yet unopened. (a94059)
$27.00Bourgoin, Mm. A et al. ETUDES GEOLOGIQUES ET GEOGRAPHIQUES SUR LE LIBAN, LA SYRIE ET LE MOYEN-ORIENT - TOME IV
Beyrouth 1945 - 1948 first edition. Notes et Memoires publies sous la direction de M. Louis Debertret. 4to wraps. 229p. Several large foldout maps; many photo illustrations on glossy stock. Text maps. VG. no owner marks. Scarce. (a95891)
$115.00Bousra. BOUSRA - LA REPUBLIQUE ARABE SYRIENNE
Agence photo - Presse. Societe Arabe. no place, no date given (c. 1950?) . Octavo wraps. Cover is large photo illustration of women sitting in old Roman amphitheater. Booklet of photo illustrations of Bousra. Text in French, Arabic and English. 32p. VG light wear. no owner marks. (a97747)
$33.00Al-Rossafa. AL-ROSSAFA - LA REPUBLIQUE ARABE SYRIENNE
Agence photo - Presse. Societe Arabe. no place, no date given (c. 1950?) . Octavo wraps. Cover is large photo illustration of women sitting in old Roman amphitheater. Booklet of photo illustrations of Bousra. Text in French, Arabic and English. 32p. VG light wear. no owner marks. (a97747x)
$33.00Tamer, Zakaria. TIGERS ON THE TENTH DAY AND OTHER STORIES
Translated by Denys Johnson-Davies. London 1985 first edition. Quartet. Hardcover. small octavo. 123p. Fine in Fine dj. Syrian. (a98607)
$49.00Partsch, J. PALMYRA EINE HISTORISCH-KLIMATISCHE STUDIE
Leipzig 1922 first edition. Teubner. Beriche Verhandlungen Sachsischen Akademie des Wissen. zu Leipzig. 17p. no illus as issued. original printed octavo wraps. Near Good, cover chipped on all edge and creased. (a99076)
$35.00Mills, Lady Dorothy. BEYOND THE BOSPHORUS
Boston 1926 1st Little Brown. Hardcover octavo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. 224pp., 35 photo illus. Travel in Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria, Middle East, Jordan, Iraq. VG, light wear, owner signed. in Fairly Good DJ (DJ has two corner chips on front panel and light fraying of spine ends lightly soiled but not torn. (a99528)
$75.00