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The Nestorians; or The Lost Tribes. Containing Evidence of their Identity,an Account of Their Manners, Customs & Ceremonies

by Grant, Asahel (1807-1844)

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NY Harper & Bros 1841. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First U.S.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Neatly rebacked original black cloth, slightest foxing & tight inside. Grant believed the Nestorians (Kurds) a lost tribe of Israel & unsuccessfully attempted to mediate between them & Turkey. In 1843, the Turks massacred ten thousand Nestorians. Grant died in Mosul the next year while tending to the refugees. Blackmer 721. Illustrated by folding map. first U.S. edition published the same year as the London first. Pages 385 & 10 pp publishers' ads..
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  • Keywords IRAQ, TURKEY, KURD, TRAVEL MIDDLE EAST GRANT MISSIONARY IRAN ILLUSTRATED BY FOLDING MAP.
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The Voyage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile

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Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, Etc , 2 Volumes

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EOTHEN, or Traces of Travel Brought Home From the East
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Palestine Exploration Fund Reports,  2 volumes

Palestine Exploration Fund Reports, 2 volumes

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London: Palestine Exploration Society, 1873. Book. Illus. by Maps and Plates, Some Folding. Near Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Twenty quarterly reports of the Society, which was dedicated to scientifically explore the places and events of the Bible - April and July 1873, all four in 1874 and 1875, Jan July and Oct 1876, Jan 1877, July & Oct 1888, Jan April & July 1979, and July 1880. Bound in 2 volumes of 3/4 calf, with recent professional hinge repair. Marbled boards and endpapers matching the marbled page edges. Fresh, attractive 2 volume set. Very interesting archaeological discoveries. Later editions of this Journal were larger (4 to), but in these early years of publication they were all 8 vo..
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Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea
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Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea

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Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard , 1849. Book. Illus. by 28 wood engraved plates and 2 Folding Maps. Very Good. 3/4 Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Contemporary 3/4 brown calf, elaborate gilt spine panels and raised bands. Attractive and fresh marbled page edges, with matching boards and endpapers. A bit of wear at the edges, and crown slightly chipped. An handsome copy of the U.S. Navy's first foray into the Holy Land, over which young Lynch and his men hauled their boats with camels to the Sea of Galilee, then down the River Jordon to the Dead Sea. er. This copy has repairs on the verso of the map folds, and a few small chips at the edges. The expedition also visited Smyrna and Constantinople. Blackmer 1043 The official report of this Naval adventure was published in 1852. .
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The Voyage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile

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Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, Etc , 2 Volumes

Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, Etc , 2 Volumes

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EOTHEN, or Traces of Travel Brought Home From the East
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Palestine Exploration Fund Reports,  2 volumes

Palestine Exploration Fund Reports, 2 volumes

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London: Palestine Exploration Society, 1873. Book. Illus. by Maps and Plates, Some Folding. Near Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Twenty quarterly reports of the Society, which was dedicated to scientifically explore the places and events of the Bible - April and July 1873, all four in 1874 and 1875, Jan July and Oct 1876, Jan 1877, July & Oct 1888, Jan April & July 1979, and July 1880. Bound in 2 volumes of 3/4 calf, with recent professional hinge repair. Marbled boards and endpapers matching the marbled page edges. Fresh, attractive 2 volume set. Very interesting archaeological discoveries. Later editions of this Journal were larger (4 to), but in these early years of publication they were all 8 vo..
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Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea
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The Nestorians; or, The Lost Tribes
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The Nestorians; or, The Lost Tribes

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The Nestorians: Or, the Lost Tribes: Containing Evidence of Their Identity; an Account of Their...
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The Nestorians: Or, the Lost Tribes: Containing Evidence of Their Identity; an Account of Their Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies; Together With Sketches of Travels in Ancient Assyria, Armenia, Media, and Mesopotamia; and Illustrations of Scripture Prophec

by Asahel Grant

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The Nestorians; Or, the Lost Tribes. Containing Evidence of Their Identity; An Account of Their Manners, Customs and Ceremonies; Together with Sketches of Travel in Ancient Assyria, Armenia, Media and Mesopotamia. - Scholar's Choice Edition

by Asahel Grant

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First US Edition. Translated from the original Italian title Un Uomo by William Weaver, about a Greek revolutionary hero who fights alone and to the death for freedom and truth. Fallaci (1929-2006) was an Italian journalist and author and became famous worldwide for her coverage of war and revolution and her "long, aggressive and revealing interviews" with many world leaders. A Man is based on Alexandros Panagoulis, with whom Fallaci had a long relationship. She maintained that he was assassinated due to his work with the Greek resistance and his (unsuccessful) assassination attempt of Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos. A Man received the Italian awards Premio Viareggio and Premio Nazionale. 9½ x 6½". 0671252410. Purple over grey boards, gold letters on spine, title blind stamped on front board. 463 pp. Dust jacket has crease to front flap, small chips, discolored edges of DJ and boards. Text edges scattered light foxing not extending onto pages, else a Good… Read More
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Mahin of Kashan, Iran, a life unexpected.
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Mahin of Kashan, Iran, a life unexpected.

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Carlsbad, California:: Published by the author, 2019., 2019. 4to. [8.5x11 inches]. xiii, 185, [1] pp. Illustrated, index. Color printed wrappers. New. ISBN: 9781950724512 First edition. The author's first book, this is a personal story of Mahin, raised in a respected Imam's home in Kashan, Iran, following a chronology of events and family activity, Mahin, like so many Iranians, faced a dilemma of how to deal with the events of 1978 and beyond. Now with this book a lineage is established going back to Agha Bozorg, a highly revered Ayatollah of Kashan. The Agha Bozorg Mosque, one of the sublime monuments of eighteenth century Kashani architecture, is built in his honor, where he taught and preached. THIS BOOK EXCLUSIVELY DISTRIBUTED FROM WEBER RARE BOOKS.
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The King Of Kings
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The King Of Kings

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THE KING OF KINGS, Copyright 1927, Grosset & Dunlap. Written by Jeanie Macpherson and Henry Macmahon. USED. 257 pages plus adverts. 5 ¼ X 7 5/8. Light brown boards with delft blue titling and ornamentation. VG Condition/Acceptable RARE original H.B. Warner dust jacket. The jacket is in acceptable condition with wear and loss to back panel and spine. Now protected in a mylar wrap. Sorry about the stack of books photos. King of King is the only title available here. Summary: "The King of Kings is a 1927 American silent epic film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It depicts the lasts weeks of Jesus of Nazareth before his crucifixion, and stars H.B. Warner in the lead role.
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Ties That Bind: A Social History of the Iranian Carpet

Ties That Bind: A Social History of the Iranian Carpet

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Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1994. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Inst Pr., 1994. 8vo., 358 pages, illustrated b/w photos. Previous owner's blind stamp on title page, else near fine in near fine dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo..
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Syrian Stone-Lore; or the Monumental History of Palestine

Syrian Stone-Lore; or the Monumental History of Palestine

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London Richard Bentley 1886. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue gilt decorated cloth, bit of spotting, and internal hinge paper is cracked. But a very clean, solid copy. A fine history of Syria and Palestine published for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Conder's approach was to ignore Hebrew literature, basing his archaeological history on the evidence only of uncovered monuments and inscriptions, etc. Illustrated by 29 illustrations, 3 folding maps. first edition..
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Agyptische Grammatik : mit Schrifttafel, Literatur, Lesestucken und Worterverzeichnis.
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Berlin:: Reuther und Reichard, 1894., 1894. Series: Porta linguarum orientalium. 15. Small 8vo. XVI-270 pp. Contemporary half black pebbled cloth, marbled paper over boards, gilt spine title. Scarce. Handsome copy. Johann Peter Adolf Erman (1854-1937) was a renowned German Egyptologist and lexicographer. He became associate professor of Egyptology at the University of Berlin in 1883 and full professor in 1892. In 1885 he was appointed director of the Egyptian department at the royal museum. "The Neuagyptische Grammatik (1880) dealt with texts written in the vulgar dialect of the New Kingdom (Dyns. XVIII to XX). Next followed, in the Zeitschrift fur agyptische Sprache und Alterthumskunde, studies on the Old Kingdom inscription of Unas, and the Middle Kingdom contracts of Assiut, as well as on an Old Coptic text of the 3rd century CE. At this point a papyrus of stories written in the popular language of the Middle Kingdom provided Erman with a stepping-stone from Old Egyptian to the Late Egyptian of… Read More
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Seven Pillars Of Wisdom, A Triumph

Seven Pillars Of Wisdom, A Triumph

by Lawrence, T.E

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T.E. Lawrence. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, A TRIUMPH. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Privately Printed, 1926. First Published for general circulation 1935. First American Edition. States MCMXXXVI on the title page. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Garden City, NY. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. 672 pages, indexed. Beige buckram boards. Spine has darkened a bit. 6 7/8 X 9 ½.
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Shaykh and Effendi: Changing Patterns of Authority among the El Shabana of Southern Iraq

Shaykh and Effendi: Changing Patterns of Authority among the El Shabana of Southern Iraq

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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. 8vo., xi+227 pages, illustrated with tables, charts. Name on fly leaf, minor sun fade along botoom edge from dust jacket shift, else a very good plus, clean, bright, tight copy - no shelf wear, in a very good spine sunned dust jacket chipped at the crown.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo..
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Arabs in Tent and Town

Arabs in Tent and Town

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Inscribed by the publisher, In memory of Ada Seeley from F.P Seeley 9 March 1929. 325 pp. 22 x 14.5 cmz. 780 grams. 1.5 cm tear in middle of top spine. photo loose opposite page 48.
The title reads in full: "An intimate account of the family life of the Arabs of Syria, their manner of living in, desert & town, their hospitality, customs, & mental attitude, with a description of the animals, birds, flowers & plants of their country."

Adela Monica Goodrich-Freer Spoer (1870-1931) was an author who initially wrote under her maiden name of A. Goodrich-Freer, and then under her married name of A. M. Spoer.
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The Sun at Midday: Tales of a Mediterranean Family
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The Sun at Midday: Tales of a Mediterranean Family

by Alhadeff, Gini

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New York, Pantheon Books, 1997, hardcover, 226 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean, one red dot to top edge of textblock. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slightest edge bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. This first, full-length work from the well-known journalist, freelance writer, founder of the literary magazines Normal and XXIst Century, and author of Diary of a Djinn, presents stories of some unique characters in her family and their adventures and travails throughout Europe, The Middle East, The United States, and Japan. ISBN 9780679417637
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