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Detail of wrapper - Decorative Painting of Uzbekistan (azimov1p 150/203 AZIM01)
Azimov, I. DECORATIVE PAINTING OF UZBEKISTAN. An ancient and traditional art. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1987. Pp: 144; 290mm x 205mm; 0.85kg. 155 col. Contents. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: g. (minor crease on dw). Gafur Gulyam Literature and Art Publishing House, Tashkent, 1987. (This book is in the dual languages of Russian and English. It presents the rich traditions of ornamental paintings of Uzbekistan, from plain to intricate paintings varying in size from miniatures to monumental works) (Keywords: Traditional art, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, painting).
Book Code: Q142 AU$25
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Detail of dust wrapper - ARABIA DESERTA (1989) Newly Edited and Excerpted by H.L. MacRitchie (doughty1p 150/205 DOUG1)
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: Exploration, Middle East, Arabia, Medain Salih, Beduin, Hayil, Mecca, Jiddah).
Book Code: C348 AU$70
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Doughty, Charles M. TRAVELS IN ARABIA DESERTA. Thin-Paper Edition in one volume. BNo. n/a. Third Edition, 1921 (1888). Pp: l, 623, 690; 215mm x 140mm; 1.15kg. Num fig, 1 map (fd). Preface to first, second & third editions, appendix, index. A good hardback copy. Cvr: g (minor flecking on cvr; weakened front hinge). Boni and Liveright Publishers, New York, 1921. (This thin-paper one-volume edition book describes the author's travels in Arabia, the people and their way of life) (Keywords: History, travels, Middle East, Arabia, Medain Salih, Beduin, Hayil, Mecca, Jiddah).
Book Code: C483 AU$95
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Detail of cover - REVOLT IN THE DESERT (lawrence15bp 185/216 LAWR15)
Lawrence, T.E. REVOLT IN THE DESERT. An account of the desert campaigns in the Middle East. BNo.n/a. First Edition, 1927. Pp: xvi, 335; 205mm x 140mm; 0.60kg. 1 b/w, 1 map(fd). Introduction, note, publisher's note, foreword, index. A copy hardback copy with uncut pages. Cvr: g. (lacks dw; minor wear; some foxing). Garden City Publishing Company Inc, New York, 1927. (An abridged version of Lawrence's desert campaigns) (Keywords: Warfare, Middle East, Arabia, Feisal, Sinai, Syria, Akaba).
Book Code: E153 AU$65
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Detail of wrapper of 'A Vanished World' (thesiger7p 150/204 THES7
Thesiger, Wilfred. A VANISHED WORLD. A portrait of tribes peoples. BNo. 0-00-710837-0. First Edition, 2001. Pp: 192; 285mm x 230mm; 1.05kg. 200 b/w. Acknowledgments, preface. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Harper Collins Publishers, London, 2001. (This book contains Wilfred Thesiger's superb portraits of tribal peoples of the Middle East, Asia and northeast Africa. These include the Bedu of Arabia's deserts, the Marsh Arabs of Iraq, Muslim tribes in Northern Dafur, pagan Nuer in the Western Nile swamps, Ethiopia's Danakil, inhabitants of the mountains of Kurdistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan and the tribal peoples of Kenya and Tanzania) (Keywords: Photography, ethnics, customs, Asia, Middle East, Iraq, Arabia, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Asia, Kenya).
Book Code: Q274 AU$65
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Detail of wrapper of 'Arabian Sands'
Thesiger, Wilfred. ARABIAN SANDS. Images of the Empty Quarter of Southern Arabia. BNo. 0-00-217005-1. Reprint Edition, 2000 (1959). Pp: (iv), 347; 215mm x 135mm; 0.71kg. 66 b/w(pl), 8 maps. Preface, introduction, prologue, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Harper Collins Publishers, London, 2000. (The author writes about his travels in Southern Arabia with the Bedu and this book presents a few of his photographs of the desert and its people at a time when contact with the Western world was limited) (Keywords: Travel, exploration, Middle East, Asia, Arabia, Bedu).
Book Code: Q314 AU$55
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