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Doughty, Charles M. ARABIA DESERTA (1989) Newly Edited and Excerpted by H.L. MacRitchie. |
| | BNo. 0-7475-0338-9. Excerpted Edition, 1989 (1888). Pp: 256; 260mm x 180mm; 1.05kg. Num col & |
| | duotone, 2 maps. Foreword, introduction, acknowledgments, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. |
| | Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd, London, 1989. (This edition is illustrated with photographs |
| | by Gertrude Bell, H. St John Philby, Sir George Rendel, Capt William Shakespear, and others. In the |
| | 1870s, Charles M. Doughty (1843-1926) spent two years wandering alone and often penniless in the |
| | wild and awesome Arabian Peninsula.) (Keywords: Medain Salih, Beduin, Hayil, Mecca, Jiddah.). |
| | Book Code: | A105 | AU | $70 |
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Franses, Jack. TRIBAL RUGS FROM AFGHANISTAN AND TURKESTAN. Tribes of Tekke, Salor, |
| | Yomut, Ersari and others. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1973. Pp: iv, 64; 300mm x 210mm; 0.58kg. 5 col, 48 |
| | b/w, 40 fig, 1 map. Foreword. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. Ditchling Press Ltd, London, |
| | 1973. (This book has been compiled from several important sources, particularly Russia and |
| | Afghanistan) (Keywords: Ethnology, cultural history, textiles, Afghanistan, Turkestan, Russia, Iran). |
| | Book Code: | N283 | AU | $60 |
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Fulanain. THE MARSH ARAB - HAJI RIKKAN. Albu Mohammad and Bani Lam. BNo. n/a. First Edition, |
| | 1927. Pp: xiii, 288; 220mm x 140mm; 0.58kg. 14 b/w, 1 map. Note, preface. A good copy in dust |
| | wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. The St James Library, Chatto & Windus, London, 1927. (This book is about the |
| | two Arab tribes of 'Iraq, the Albu Mohammad and the Bani Lam) (Keywords: Anthropology, Iraq, |
| | Euphrates, Tigris). |
| | Book Code: | F313 | AU | $40 |
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Porada, Edith. ART OF THE WORLD - ANCIENT IRAN. The Art of Pre-Islamic Times. BNo. n/a. First |
| | Edition (English), 1965 (1962). Pp: 279; 230mm x 175mm; 1.00kg. 62 col, 125 fig, 1 chart, 1 map. |
| | Chronological chart, acknowledgments, preface, bibliography, glossary, index. A very good copy in |
| | sleeve-box. Cvr: vg; box: vg. Methuen, London and Holle Verlag GMBH, Baden-Baden, Germany, 1965. |
| | (The survey of Iranian art has been limited to the enduring features of art and, to that end, works with |
| | similar motifs: mostly animals but also demonic combinations of animals and man have been chosen |
| | for discussion) (Keywords: Akkad, Elamites, Luristan, Ziwiye, Medes, Parthians, Sasanian). |
| | Book Code: | F078 | AU | $45 |
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Rice, Tamara Talbot. ANCIENT ARTS OF CENTRAL ASIA. Caucasus, Bactria and Kashgaria. BNo. |
| | 0-500-18041-5. First Edition, 1965. Pp: 288; 210mm x 150mm; 0.71kg. 47 col, 205 b/w, 2 maps. |
| | Introduction, bibliography, chronology, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. The |
| | World of Art Library, Thames and Hudson, London, 1966. (This book outlines the arts and culture which |
| | flourished as offshoots of the main creative streams) (Keywords: Ethnology, Central Asia, Caucasus, |
| | Turkestan, Bactria). |
| | Book Code: | F053 | AU | $24 |
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Thesiger, Wilfred. THE MARSH ARABS. Tribes that live in the Marshes of Iraq. BNo. n/a. First Edition, |
| | 1964. Pp: (xiv), 242; 215mm x 140mm; 0.65kg. 110 b/w (pl), 3 maps. Introduction, glossary, index. A |
| | good hardback copy (lacks dust wrapper and front ep). Cvr: g; dw: g. (minor wear). Longman, Green |
| | and Co Ltd, London, 1964. (The book is about the tribes that live in the Marshes of Iraq, around the |
| | junction of the Tigris and Euphrates. Thesiger lived among these people for eight years and visited most |
| | villages in the Central Marshes. The text is about the landscape, wild life, the sheikhs, the canoemen |
| | and their families. The text is well supported by the photographs.) (Keywords: Bu Mughaifat, Fartus, |
| | Qabab, Hamar, Gharraf.). |
| | Book Code: | A104 | AU | $20 |
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