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The Holy Land, Syria and Arabia

Embark on a journey of discovery through the Holy Land, Syria, and Arabia with our collection of rare travel and exploration books, inspired by the exploits of famous explorers like T.E. Lawrence, Gertrude Bell, and Wilfred Thesiger.
  • [Text in Persian and French]. Sefer Nameh.

    NASIR-i KHUSRAW.
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    Mecca and Bahrain. The scarce original printing of Schefer's translation of the Safarnama, an eleventh century account of a pilgrimage to Mecca fro...

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  • Records of the Persian Gulf pearl fisheries 1857-1962

    [ARABIAN GULF]; Anita Burdett, editor.
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    A very important work on the pearl fisheries of the Arabian Gulf, bringing together in a single research collection all relevant documents from Br...

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  • Records of the Emirates 1966-1971

    [ARABIAN GULF]; Anita Burdett, editor.
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    A Very important collection of documents covering the period in Arabian Gulf history which saw the British withdrawal from the region.6 vols, 8vo,...

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  • Records of the Emirates 1961-1965

    [ARABIAN GULF].
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    A comprehensive collection of documents covering an important period in the history of the Arabian Gulf. Includes much on oil and water disputes, ...

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  • Historic maps of Bahrain 1817-1970.

    [BAHRAIN].
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    A comprehensive collection containing 69 maps and charts of Bahrain originally produced between 1817 and 1970. The volumes are divided into naval ...

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  • A history of Persian navigation.

    HASAN, Hadi.
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    Hasan's History of Persian Navigation is based on Chinese, Persian and Arabic sources, and provides the first scholarly account of the history of ...

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  • The Diary Kept by T.E. Lawrence while travelling in Arabia during 1911. [With] The Diary of T.E. Lawrence.

    LAWRENCE, T.E.
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    One of 30 copies. The beautifully designed Corvinus Press edition of the diary that Lawrence kept during his first trip to the Middle East in 1911,...

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  • Egypt, the Sinaitic Desert and the Holy Land.

    AGATE, Margaret M.
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    Scots in the Sinai. Margaret Agate kept a diary of her journey in Egypt between Autumn 1901 and Spring 1902. She made an excursion on the Nile and ...

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  • The Autobiography: Traveller's Prelude; Beyond Euphrates; The Coast of Incense; Dust in the Lion's Paw.

    STARK, Freya.
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    Complete set of Stark's autobiography. Freya Stark is one of the most well known female travellers associated with the Middle East. She was one of ...

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  • The revolt in Arabia.

    HURGRONJE, C. Snouck.
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    Hurgronje's account of The origins of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. The booklet is a collection of newspaper arti...

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  • Persian Gulf historical summaries.

    [ARABIAN GULF].
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    An historical summary of events in the Arabian Gulf concerning British interests from 1907. also includes oil agreements and concessions in the re...

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  • The Persian Gulf pilot 1870-1953.

    [ARABIAN GULF].
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    A complete set of this handsome facsimile edition of all eight Persian Gulf pilots published between 1870 to 1932. Invaluable not only for sailing...

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  • Gazeteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia.

    LORIMER, John Gordon.
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    Lorimer's Gazetteer was compiled by officials of the British Government in India during the decade after Lord Curzon's Vice-regal tour of the Gulf...

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  • The Holy Land

    ROBERTS, David.
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    Earliest issue of one of the greatest of 19th-century illustrated books. Roberts' Holy Land, was one of the most elaborate ventures of 19th-century...

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  • L'Arabie contemporaine avec la description du pelerinage de la mecque.

    D'AVRIL, Adolphe.
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    This scarce title contains descriptions of Najd, Hejaz and Yemen and includes notes on the Wahhabis, the lives of Arab women and the minority reli...

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  • Gennem wahhabiternes land paa kamelryg

    RAUNKIAER, Barclay.
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    Adventures in arabia. Raunkier travelled to Rihadh in 1912 at the behest of the Royal Danish Geographical Society. His object was to examine the po...

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  • Travels,

    SHAW, Thomas.
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    A valuable work' (Ioannou). Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited Egypt, Sinai, Pal...

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  • Triumphant Pilgrimage.

    RUTTER, Owen.
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    Rutter, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, travelled extensively in Arabia visiting the Holy cities including Mecca.First edition. 8vo, 2...

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  • Bibliographia Geographica Palaestinae.

    TOBLER, Titus.
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    A bibliography of travels to the Holy Land, covering books in all languages totalling about 2,500 works on Palestine and the Near East, originally...

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  • Arabian Oil Ventures.

    PHILBY, Harry St. John B.
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    Philby's scarce final book. A history of the oil industry in Arabia from the end of WWI, by the renowned Arabist.First edition, 8vo, 134pp., a por...

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