Travels from Archive

Dedicated and signed by the author to Fairs Nimr (1856 - 1951). Contains 69 photographic pl. Dr. Faris Nimr was a Lebanese-Egyptian Christian intellectual, publisher, and journalist who played an important role in popularizing modern science and Western ideas in the Arab East in the late nineteenth century. He graduated from the Syrian Protestant School in Beirut, where he… Read more about this item

Second and expanded Ed. In original press binding. Frontispiece of the Khediv Abbas Hilmi I, 35 photographic pl. , 2 folding maps and 1 folding diagram. Copy in mint condition.

First Ed. Signed by the author. The Khedivial journey to Hejaz in 1327 AH. 36 photographic pl. including 4 folding maps and diagram. In its orijinal press binding.

Cairo: Dar ul Kutub al- Misriyya, 1928 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very rare limited edition to 500 copies. Arabic text 424 p include many photographic illustrations inside the text. The first part is about the Somalian territories and the British Kenya. The second part is about the Belgic Kongo, the British… Read more about this item

Cairo: The government press, Bulaq, 1894 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second and expanded edition in 520 p. in Arabic. The government press, Bulak 1894. Modern hard cover binding. In this book, Ahmed Zeki Bey (Pasha), who was the head of the translating department at the President of the council of ministers,… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Matbaa-i Bahriye (the Navy press), 1883 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ENCYCLOPAEDIA IN THE OTTOMAN TURKISH ABOUT THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND THE TOW HOLY SANCTUARIES IN HEDJAZ BY THE WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR WHO WAS EMPLOYED IN THE OTTOMAN ARMY IN HEJAZ IN C. 1865 AND THEN BECAME… Read more about this item

London: Richard Bentley, 1842 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Ex-libris lable; Robert Hyde Greg (24 September 1795 - 21 February 1875). original hard covers, loose, partial small tears. Text is in very good condition. As published. 8vo. 344, 328, 305 p. English text..

Cairo: Turk Matba'asi, 1903 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 137PP OF OTTOMAN TEXT, AUTHOR'S TRAVEL IN 1808 FROM BAGDAD TO ALEPPO, PASSING THROUGH SEVERAL PARTS NEAR EUPHRATE LIKE: AL ANBAR, RAMADI, HILLA, DULEYM, HIT, FALLOUJA, DUJAIL, 'AANAAH, RAWA, TAKREET, ANAZA AND SEVERAL TRIBES, AL QAA'IM, AL RAHBAA, DEIR EZ ZOR. SOCIAL, POLITICAL, RIGIONAL TRIBES,… Read more about this item

Istanbul: Matbaa-i Bahriye (the Navy press), 1883 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ENCYCLOPAEDIA IN THE OTTOMAN TURKISH ABOUT THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND THE TOW HOLY SANCTUARIES IN HEDJAZ BY THE WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR WHO WAS EMPLOYED IN THE OTTOMAN ARMY IN HEJAZ IN C. 1865 AND THEN BECAME… Read more about this item

Cairo: Diwan al- Jihadiyya (war office), 1877 Book. Very Good. No Binding. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. An early work about Hejaz and the Hajj by Muhammad Sadiq bey, mainly published in the military newspaper of the Egyptian general military staff Nos. 4, 5 and 6 in 1294 AH. (1877 AD.) and published separately by the… Read more about this item

Cairo: al- Muktataf press, 1892 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 823 p. Early printed travel book to Europe in Arabic, al Muqtataf press 1892, written as a dedication to the Khedive Abbas Hilmi Pasha II, the Vice-roy of Egypt. Muhammad amin Pasha was accompanied by his father Abdullah Fikri Pasha (ex-minister of… Read more about this item

Cairo: Bulak, Dar ut Tiba'aa, 1848 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. RABIC TEXT, TRVEL TO INDIA AND KASHMEER , 7 , 163 PP , TRNSLATED BY THE ORDER OF RIFA'AA AL TAHTAWI IN THE DYNASTY OF KHEDIV ABBAS , SON OF MUHAMMAD ALI . CONTEMPORARY MARBLED SOFT COVER ..

Cairo: Matba'at al- Arab, 1908 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Arabic text, 216 p, title page with the Ottoman arm and ownership of Choucri Saba (a Lebanise politician in the Ottoman period). The book records the author's travel in thr Arabian peninsula, Between Kuwait and Muhammara, and his daily events with Mubarak… Read more about this item

Cairo: The government press, Bulaq, 1896 Book. Illus. by MUHAMMED SADIQ BEY. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 152PP OF ARABIC TEXT. ENGRAVING PLATE SHOWING THE EGYPTIAN MAHMAL, FRONTIS OF THE AUTHOR, 9 PLATES WHICH 8 OF THEM ARE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES BY THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE MAHMAL, THE HOLY MOSQUES, AND GENERAL VEWS OF… Read more about this item

Cairo: al- Ma'arif press, 1920 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VERY RARE IN IT'S ORIGINAL COVERS, PRESENTED AND SIGNED IN FRENCH BY THE AUTHOR (Le 20 Oct. 1920). TOW PARTS IN ONE VOLUME, ARABIC TEXT 272, 142 P ON FINE HEAVY WITE PAPER, WITH MANY PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. THE FIRST… Read more about this item