REFLECTIONS OF PARADISE Silks and Tiles from Ottoman Bursa by Photographs by Ahmet Ertug Text by Godfrey Goodwin and others - 1995

Longmans, Green and Co. New York.,1905. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.3 x 5.7 inches). Illustrated throughout with 51 mono photo views of Turkey, Palestine, Egypt, Malta, Naples and Pompeii. A lovely clean copy finely bound by Blackwells in contemporary full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled in gilt. Compartments double ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Double ruled borders on boards. Gilt inner denteles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Neat previous owners bookplate on front paste down endpaper. A fine copy of this intertesting travelogue.:

Iowa City, Iowa:: Islam Aly,, 2013.. Edition of 40. 5 x 5.7 x 0.7" (40" extended), 28 folios. Laser-cut handmade flax paper. Three hole pamphlet binding in an accordion binding. Linen thread, handmade paper covers. Islam Aly: "This book displays the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet; each letter is laser-cut on a folio. The accordion binding allows the viewer to explore and interact with the letters.

New York:::: MacMillan,,,, 1954... First Printing of the First US Edition. A Very Good Plus copy in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with two short closed edge tears, and some light edge wear. This is essentially the British edition with the black cloth binding, British sheets with the Macmillan titlepage cancel added and jacket with the price in pounds and the UK publisher Blackwell on the spine. These letters are, in the main, a record of three lives coming to first flower in the decade before 1914; and it must be said at once that they add little that is new to our direct knowledge of T. E. Lawrence's share in the Arab Revolt, of the writing of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, or of his later years as an Aircraftman in the R.A.F. But if we ask what manner of young man made the Arabian adventure, here is perhaps the fullest answer likely now to be given. Here we see T. E. Lawrence still unstrained, eager and impish; passionately discovering new horizons of knowledge and beauty ; pouring out the… Read More

New York: D. Appleton , 1881. First American edition. 34 cm; 2 volumes. Maps. Steel engraved plates. Intact, preserved in sewn cloth covers. Extra shipping charges will apply.

Beautés de l'histoire de Turquie comprenant les faits les plus remarquables de l'histoire musulmane, depuis Mahomet, les califes, ses successeurs, et les souverains de l'empire Ottoman jusqu'à nos jours.
By: J. R. Durdent (Beauties of the history of Turkey, including the most remarkable facts of Muslim history since Muhammad, caliphs, successors, and rulers of the Ottoman Empire to the present day).
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In the French language.
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2nd Edition. Paris, Alexis Eymery education library, 1818.
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Pp. 467 + 6 l. with 6 engravings.
Size: 17 x 10 cm.
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Provenance: Stamped signature of the editor. Stamped ex libris of the library of Joca Vujic, one of the greatest Serbian collectors.
Binding: Original full leather binding, the surface of cover little worn and damaged, top right side of spine partly separated from cover, bumped edges. Condition: Signs of paper aging, last blank fly leaf missing.DHL shipping included. If you have any additional questions, we are eager to answer them.

London: Richard Bentley, 1840. Book. Illus. by Lacking portrait frontispieces, but who cares?. Near Fine. Full-Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. subtitled, "Including an Account of Parts of Those Countries Hitherto Unvisited by Europeans, with Sketches of the Character and Manners of the Koordish and Arab Tribes". Pages vii, 382 & ix, 477. Splendid light brown calf, with gilt scrolls & gilt frame border on the boards; raised bands, elaborate gilt decorated panels and deep red title labels on the spine. The page edges are marbled, with matching endpapers. Fraser had two earlier books on India that are listed in Abbey Travel. Scarce..

T. Nelson and Sons, 1870 Green, gilt boards with colored litho of Bethany with "Cities of Palestine" in sky of scene, laid in and indented, slight foxing/rubbing to boards, tight. Contents. Jaffa, or Joppa Jerusaleum, Bethany, Bethlehem, Hebron, ect. 26 pgs. Handcolored plates, histories, descriptions, quite scarce. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

New York: Consulate General of Pakistan, 1950 Green/tan cover art of walking tourist. Illustrated, b/w photographs,: tiger shooting from a Machan, ect. maps, visa errata, 36 pgs. Simple Urdu words and phrases, travel data. ect. Cover slight soiled. Extremely Rare OCLC locates 1 copy at Harvard. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Paper. Very Good.

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1834. Second Edition . Quarter Morocco. Fine Book. 6 5/8" Tall. 472 Pp. Quarter Morocco. Asecond Edition. A Fine Copy, Spine Gilt Very Strong, Original Purple Morocco Spine And Tips, Original Purple Cloth, Original Watered Endpapers And Watered Edges Of Page Block, Contents Fine, Leather Just Recently Professionally Refreshed. Contents Immaculate, Pages Crisp, Map Undamaged, No Foxing. Heraldic Bookplate "Sperate Et Vivitefortes" Of The Welsh Cavalry, Senior Cavalry Of The British Army, On Front Pastedown, Ownership Signature "John Clements, Queen's Dragoon Guards" On Verso Of First Front Endpaper.

First edition of Volume 1, 1737, London. Volume 1 of 2. Modern fine binding of quarter leather and marbled boards by Starr Bookworks. Interior is good. Library stamp on title page, some notations on preface, occasional pencil notes in text. Title page is backed with rice paper. Some edges chipped not affecting text. Last page is high quality facsimile. Paginates: [12], 420. Modern blanks. Extremely rare. OCLC locates 10 physical copies. Auction records do not find any sold at auction. Please see scans of the book you will receive. Feel free to inquire.