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Detail of dust wrapper - ANCIENT ARTS OF CENTRAL ASIA

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Rice, Tamara Talbot. ANCIENT ARTS OF CENTRAL ASIA. The World of Art Library - History of Art.

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Coke, Richard. BAGHDAD. The City of Peace. BNo. n/a. First Impression, 1935 (1927). Pp: 343; 215mm x 140mm; 0.72kg. 13 b/w(pl), 1 map. Introduction, index. A good hardback copy. Cvr: g. (no dw; minor wear on cvr; some minor foxing on initial pages). Thornton Butterworth Ltd, London, 1935. (This book covers the historical development of the city from its foundation (AD 762), through being a provincial capital of the Mongols, a Persian possession, three Turkish periods, and an outpost of the British Empire to the Twentieth century) (Keywords: History, Middle East, Iraq, Baghdad).
Book Code: E154 AU$35
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Detail of wrapper - BEDOUIN AND NOMADS (dehau01p 180/247 DEHA01)
Dehau, Etienne & Pierre Bonte (text). BEDOUIN AND NOMADS. Peoples of the Arabian Desert. BNo.0-500-54334-8. First Edition (UK), 2007. Pp: 205; 310mm x 250mm; 1.80kg. 167 col, 1 map. Introduction, list of illustrations. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Thames and Hudson, London, 2007. (This book is about the peoples of the Arabian Desert and the author invites us to follow the incense route and discover the Bedouins, a nomadic people with ancient traditions. The photographs by Etienne Dehau illustrate the culture of these Arabs as they move from camp to camp within a land that is both hostile and overwhelming) (Keywords: Photographic essay, traditional culture, Arabia, deserts, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, Bedouin).
Book Code: V001 AU$85
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Detail of 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, photography, Arabia, Medain Salih, Beduin, Hayil, Mecca, Jiddah).
Book Code: A105 AU$70
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Detail of wrapper - TRIAL RUGS FROM AFGHANISTAN AND TURKESTAN (franses1p 150/208 FRAN1)
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 SOLD - now out of stock AU$40
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Detail of box illustration - ANCIENT IRAN
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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Detail of dust wrapper - ANCIENT ARTS OF CENTRAL ASIA
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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Stark, Freya. BAGHDAD SKETCHES. A recent visit to Iraq. BNo. n/a. Second Printing, 1939 (1937). Pp: xiv, 269; 215mm x 140mm; 0.60kg. 34 b/w, 10 illus, 1 map. Contents. A good hardback copy. Cvr: g. (discolouration on spine; lacks dw). John Murray, London, 1939. (Eight of these sketches are the product of a recent trip to Iraq and the rest were written to give a picture of daily life in Baghdad in 1931) (Keywords: Cultural history, Middle East, Arab, Damascus).
Book Code: N558 AU$40
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