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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.

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    The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen

    CARTER, Howard; MACE, A.C.
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    The most famous archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. First edition of the three-volume Tut-Ankh-Amen, Howard Carter's account of the ...

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  • 112629_2 112629

    Fabric Map of Hofuf and Bandar Abbas.

    [ARABIAN GULF].
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    Map of Qatar and the UAE. An excellent example of a double-sided coloured escape map of the Arabian Gulf, showing the UAE and Oman to recto, and Qa...

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    Fabric Map of Hofuf and Bandar Abbas.

    [ARABIAN GULF].
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    Map of Qatar and the UAE. An excellent example of a double-sided coloured escape map of the Arabian Gulf, showing the UAE and Oman to recto, and Qa...

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  • 112668_2 112668

    A history of Arabia Felix or Yemen,

    PLAYFAIR, Captain Robert Lambert.
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    The first major history of Yemen by an British author, and one of the earliest accounts of Aden under British occupation. The work covers some 200...

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  • 111703_2 111703

    Unexplored Syria.

    BURTON, Richard Francis; TYRWHITT DRAKE, Charles F.
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    Burton was Consul at Damascus from 1865-1871. During that period Tyrwhitt-Drake went to Syria as a representative of the Palestine Exploration Fun...

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  • 112737_2 112737

    The Arab of the desert.

    DICKSON, H.R.P.
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    Preferred edition with the first publication of the 3 maps intended for the second impression but never issued, and with the charts bound into the...

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  • 112621_2 112621

    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah.

    BURTON, Sir Richard Francis.
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    A fine copy in original cloth of Burton's account of his pilgrimage to Mecca.Burton was the first English Christian to enter Mecca freely as a tru...

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  • 112666_2 112666

    Histoire des Wahabis,

    [CORANCEZ, Louis Alexandre].
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    A very attractive copy of he first European study of the origins and history of Wahabism.The book starts with an account of the conversion of Moha...

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  • 112564_2 112564

    The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen

    CARTER, Howard; MACE, A.C.
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    With very rare original dust-wrappers. A set of Carter's TutAnkhAmen with the very rare dust-wrappers.At the age of seventeen in 1891, Carter went ...

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  • 112289_2 112289

    On a raft, and through the desert:

    ELLIS, Tristram.
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    In 1879 Tristram Ellis (1844-1922), a successful watercolour artist, boarded a steamship for Alexandria with the aim of visiting Syria, Asia Minor...

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  • 112150_2 112150

    A Voyage to Arabia Fœlix

    LA ROQUE, Jean de.
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    The first part of La Roque's Voyage to Arabia Fœlix describes Yemen and Mocha. Mocha at this time was a considerable trading centre. The second pa...

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  • 111291

    Al-Haram Al-Ibrahami Al-Khalil

    SUPREME MOSLEM COUNCIL.
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    A guide to the fourth holiest site in Islam, sacred to both Muslims and Jews. Includes a geographical and historical review of Hebron and the Cave...

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  • 111755_2 111755

    Essai sur la construction navale des peuples extra-européens

    PARIS, François-Edmond.
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    With sketches from the french grands voyages. Paris' comprehensive survey of sailing vessels and a valuable contribution to preserving the artifact...

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  • 112059_2 112059

    The caravan route

    SALVATOR, Ludwig, Archduke of Austria.
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    The account of an expedition undertaken in March 1878 by the Archduke, to investigate the possibility of a coastal railway in southern Palestine. ...

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