Middle East from First Landing Books & Art

Barcelona, Spain: C. Almendros, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Not far from present day Mojacar, on the opposite bank of river aguas, theres a striking flat top hill called mojacar La Vieja, or Old Mojacar where Moorish remains can be seen, and bronze objects are proof that Phoenician and Argaric settlements have… Read more about this item

Paru a' Damas: Service géographique de l'Armée, 1975. Book. Illus. by Varoujan Setian, Marwan Mousslimani. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Adaptation Francaise Et Mise En Pages. Near Fine Harcover In A Near Fine Pictorial Dust Jacket. 184Pp Including Black And White Photographs Of The War.This Book Is Dedicated To The Memory Of The Martyrs… Read more about this item

Tehran, Iran: Gooya House of Culture & Arts, 2011. Book. Illus. by Pezhman Ziaian. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Translated by: Ali Sharbaf Shoar. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket in a Very Good Slip case. In Persian and English. Beautilful photography..

New York: Harper Collins, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good. A short history of Afghanistan, its people and politics. 244pp..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover 8vo with dust jacket. Book and dust jacket in very good condition. Untrimmed edges. 312 pages telling the story of the friendship between an American Jewish prson guard in Israel and a prisoners who was a… Read more about this item

Damascus: Encyclopaedia Palaestina Corporation Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. near fine set in four volumes.In Arabic Profusely illustrated with maps, architecture, scenery and peoples. The endpapers are a sea scape with a village in the background Complete in four (4) large folios. a very heavy set weighing in excess of 12 kilos. All… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. large 8vo, hard cover, black & white plates, nice clean text, 551pp. w/index.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Book. New. Hardcover. 3rd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Examines the nature of the Afghan state & society, dynamics of the regional & global power structure, externalization of the civil strife & the resultant fragmentation of political power., nice clean text, map, some shelf wear to dj, 286pp. w/index.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Disturbing love story & an up-close look at Sudan, revelatory account of the nature of relief work, of the men & women who choose to carry it out, & of one woman's sacrifice of its ideals., nice clean text, some… Read more about this item

New York: Tabard Press, 1988. Book. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Collection of art from textiles, carpets, illuminated manuscripts, arms & armour., nice clean text, maps, black & white & colored illustrations, 225pp. w/bibliography.

Washington , D.C.: National Defense University Press, 1999. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text is a detailed and in depth analysis of the current and past political, social, and economic forces at work in Egypt and possible future outcomes, nice clean text, maps, graphs/charts, some minor wear to covers, 253pp..

London, England: Elk Publications, 1980. Book. Illus. by Golt, Rick (Photographer). Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. Oblong 4to. Collection of photographs & narratives by an American artist who travelled thousands of miles throughtout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabi., nice clean text, colored photographs, some minor shelf wear to dj, 150pp..

Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Story of Iran through the eyes of the women who live there., nice clean text, 237pp..