Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912. Handbook for Travelers. With 21 Maps, 56 Plans, and a Panorama of Jerusalem. 462pp. Thick 16mo, original gilt-lettered red cloth (spine lightly faded). Leipzig, London & New York: Karl Baedeker, 1912. Fifth edition, remodeled and augmented. A near fine copy.
New York: Rizzoli, 2001. Illustrated (color). 168 pages. Square 4to. Stamped blue cloth, d.w. New York: Rizzoli and The Israel Museum, (2001). Fine.
New York: Appleton, 1933. Frontispiece photograph and 1 map. 355pp. 8vo, green cloth with gilt-lettered spine. New York: Appleton, 1933. A very good(+) copy. Scarce Mid East travelogue, including much information on Jerusalem, Syria and Palestine.
Tubingen: Verlag unst Wasmuth, 1951. In German. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photos of Syrian artifacts. 407 page. 4to, red cloth, gilt pictorial stamp on cover. Tubingen: Verlag unst Wasmuth, (1951). Very good (+).
New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1930. ix + 86pp., 12mo, red cloth; ex-lib. New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1930 A very good copy. Clio Medica Series.
Frontis, illus. 336pp. 8vo, two-toned cloth. N.Y., (1951).
Paris: Pierre Duval, 1676. Miniature map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 4" x 5". 1676. This charming miniature map of "Turkey in Asia" covers the regions of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Holy Land, Palestine, Israel and parts of Egypt. Extends from the Black Sea south to the Red Sea and from the Mediterranean east to the Caspian Sea. Incredibly detailed, the map notes several important cities and towns with beautifully rendered topography. The map is in very good condition. Original centerfold. Pierre...
New York: Fahim Kouchakji, 1933. Color frontispiece and illustrations throughout the text. 22pp. Thin folio, tan cloth (dusty; spine ends worn and with small repairs). New York: Fahim Kouchakji, 1933. Very good. Study of this large silver chalice, postulated by the author to date from the 1st century A.D., and possibly containing the remains of that used during the Last Supper.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Peabody Museum of American Archaeology And Ethnology, Harvard University, 1950. Original portfolio. 33 plates. Cover measures 18 x 23 1/2. Large portfolio with artwork by Theresa Garrett Elio and graphic analysis by Henry W. Eliot Jr. Contains 33 plates including a map and a table of pottery forms. Inside folding wrapper scuffed along edge but plates are in excellent condition, loose in the original cloth backed board folder with ties. This was a special publication of the...
London: Robert Hale, 1947. Photo Illus. 8vo. blue cloth, cloth lightly soiled. London: Robert Hale, (1947).
Cambridge: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1931. 72 black & white illustrations. Small square 4to, dark green cloth. Cambridge: Mediaeval Academy of America, 1931. First Edition. Very Good. One of only 750 numbered copies. With the small ownership signature of art historian Meyer Schapiro.
Paris: Herme, 1998. Beautifully illustrated with many color photographs. 246pp., 4to, black cloth, d.w. Paris: Herme, (1998). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.
Camden: Thomas Nelson, 1970. Map, many illus., 8vo, brown cloth, d.w., Camden, N.J.: Thomas Nelson, (1970). Very good.
London: Thames & Hudson, 2000. Beautifully illustrated by Tim Beddow with 214 photographs, including 171 in color. Thick 4to, brown cloth, d.w. (London: Thames & Hudson, 2000). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.
Washington: Brookings Institution Press, 2005. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w., upper right corner margins of index pages are creased. Washington: Brookings Institution Press, (2005). Very good.
InterVarsity, 1989. b/w photo illus. 239pp. 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. (d.w. edgeworn). Ilinois: InterVarsity, (1989). Very good.
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2003. Illus. 8vo, black boards, d.w. (Madison): University of Wisconsin Press, (2003). Near Fine.
Amsterdam: Nicolaus Visscher. Map. Engraving. 12 1/2" x 18 1/2". Beautiful map of the Levant showing as far west as Asia Minor and the Mediterranean Sea, as well as Egypt, and as far east as Near Babylonia (modern day Iran). Armenia Major is depicted at the top of the map and the Deserts of Arabia at the bottom. Cyprus is visible in the Mediterranean Sea. This is the second of the series of six Biblical maps by Nicolaus Visscher, translated...
Amsterdam: Nicolaus Visscher. Map. Engraving. 12" x 18". Beautiful map of the Levant showing as far west as Asia Minor and the Mediterranean Sea, as well as Egypt, and as far east as Near Babylonia (modern day Iran). Armenia Major is depicted at the top of the map and the Deserts of Arabia at the bottom. Cyprus is visible in the Mediterranean Sea. Lovely hand drawn double border in red outside of printed margin indicating a Royal presentation atlas map...
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1968. In french. Black & white photos throughout. Thin paper pamphlet. 239 pages. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, (1968). Fine.
New York: Scribner, 1905. Maps. 302pp. 12mo, brown cloth, cloth lightly soiled. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905.
1776. Map. Hand colored engraving. 21 1/2" x 17 1/2". Beautiful map of Lebanon and surrounding regions from 1776. Shows the eastern portion of the Mediterranean Sea and part of Cyprus, and the coast of Syria and Lebanon. Towns, rivers, mountains, lakes, and other topographical features are noted and a key at the bottom explains icons, letters, and other notations. A simple compass rose sits in the Mediterranean. Soft hand coloring outlines important borders, areas, both for informative purposes, as...
New Haven: American Schools of Oriental Research, 1947. 54 black & white plates showing over 1000 examples, 138pp., (ex-lib with small blind stamp on title page and many pages wrinkled from early waterstaining).Tall slim 8vo, black cloth backed printed boards (rubbed). New Haven: American Schools of Oriental Research, 1947. Good.
Bombay: Asia Publishing House, 1963. Illustrated. 117pp., thin 8vo, cloth, d.w. Bombay: Asia Publishing House, (1963).
317pp., 8vo, beige cloth, d.w. Garden City: Doubleday, 1957. Very good. Inscribed by the author.
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