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Middle East and Arab World
Travel books to Middle East & Arab World, pilgrimages, exploration accounts, maps and illustrated works, Mediterranean, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Arabian peninsula, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and Persian world
New edition. Bradel binding in full blue cloth, smooth spine, old rose shagreen title-label, spotted covers preserved. Some minor foxing. Provenance: from the library of painter and engraver Jean Frélaut with his pencil signature at the head of the half-title page.
Edition illustrated with 8 hors-texte plates as well as 16 head- and tailpieces after the watercolors and drawings by Emile Aubry, one of 950 numbered copies on laid paper. Spine and boards marginally sunned, two small stains on the back board, handsome interior condition.
Second edition published the same year as the first. Bradel binding in full mouse-gray cloth, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet and gilt date at foot, chocolate shagreen title-label, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed in blind by Pierson. Autograph inscription signed by the author who was Arthur Rimbaud's classmate at the college of Charleville. Some minor foxing.
Alfred Mame & Cie|Tours s. d. [circa 1850]|10.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
New edition. Full dark green shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques, gilt roulettes on headcaps, traces of rubbing to joints, triple blind-ruled frames on boards decorated at their centers with blind-stamped arabesques as well as a gilt fountain, gilt fillets on edges, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary Romantic binding. Work illustrated with two vignettes engraved on the title and half-title pages. Foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume. Rare.
First edition. Half sienna cardboard binding, smooth spine very slightly faded, yellow sheep title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, lower corners slightly bumped, covers with small angular lacks preserved.
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Autograph inscription by the author. Spine slightly creased, small worming to second cover. Illustrated cover.
First edition of the translation of which no deluxe copies were printed, one of the Service de Presse copies. Inscribed by the translator. Covers very slightly and marginally faded, otherwise a handsome copy.
First edition. Bradel binding in half red cloth with corners, smooth faded spine decorated with central gilt typographical motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, dark brown sheep title-label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved. Some occasional foxing, otherwise handsome interior condition.
First edition. Half chocolate morocco-grained shagreen binding, spine very slightly sunned with five raised bands showing minimal traces of rubbing without significance, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge red. Minor scattered foxing. Rare.
First edition. Work illustrated with a map at the end. Autograph inscription by Grégoire Sarkissian on the half-title page. Two small tears at head and foot of spine, three light marginal tears to slightly faded boards, handsome interior condition.
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue du Monde musulman. Pamphlet illustrated with 2 photographic reproductions. Rare and handsome copy.
L'action africaine|Paris Février 1914|23.50 x 28.50 cm|broché
First edition of this magazine devoted to the Maghreb. Literary contributions by Camille Mauclair "La Kasbah vue par Suréda", André Suréda, Jean Vignaud... Pictorial contributions by André Suréda with 10 original lithographs in reproduction. Rare and handsome copy despite tiny marginal tears without loss to the covers.
First edition, one of 302 numbered copies on Holland paper. A full-margined copy despite very light marginal browning affecting the front cover. Small tears at head of spine and at foot at the level of the deckled edges.
Alexis Redier|Paris s. d. [circa 1930]|16.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper numbered at press. Work illustrated with wood engravings and very fine photographs reproduced in photogravure, a map at head of volume, color cover by Charles Fouqueray. Autograph inscription from Jean des vallières who probably conceals himself under the pseudonym of Jean Ravennes. Handsome copy.
Rare first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Essay on methodical and reasoned bibliography up to 1924. Spine cracked with lacks at foot, handsome interior condition.
A. Jourdan|Alger [Algiers] 1888|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition. Library stamp, foxing on boards and endpapers, small tears at foot of spine, handsome interior condition. Autograph inscription by Eugène Godefroy on front board.
J. Carbonel|Alger [Algiers] 1922|16 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition published by order of M. Steeg, Governor General of Algeria. Work illustrated with seven folding plates in black and in colors. Handsome copy.
Edition 'Orient-Paris'|Paris 1935|16 x 24.50 cm|agrafé
First edition published in a small number of copies. Egypt under the English yoke. Rare and handsome copy despite slight marginal sunning to the first cover.
Second edition. Handsome autograph inscription from Albert Le Boulicaut to one of his friends. Lacking at foot of spine, front board detached with angular tear but no loss, worming to boards, scattered light foxing. Rare.