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Black, Edwin Banking 0n Baghdad: Inside Iraq's 7,000-Year History of War, Profit, and Conflict
Hoboken, NJ John Wiley & Sons 2004 047167186X / 9780471671862 1st Edition Hardback
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Would be Fine but for slight bump to upper edge of spine. xxi, 471 pages This book provides the historical context lacking in political discourse and argues that Iraq's future is inextricably linked to its tempestuous past. ID265916
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Bonwick, James Egyptian Belief and Modern Thought
Indian Hills, Colorado The Falcon's Wing Press 1956 1st thus Hardback
Octavo Size. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Bookseller stamp/label to front paste-down and front free end paper. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Colour frontispiece. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 454 pages An interesting study of ancient Egypt's religion and world-view in the light of modern thought. ID248673
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Brugsch-Bey, Heinrich Egypt Under the Pharoahs
London Bracken Books 1996 0091850495 / 9780091850494 Reprint Softcover
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Black & white illustrations and maps. Previous owner's details excised from upper corner of front free end paper. xxviii, 469 pages + maps A reprint of the 1902 edition of this carefully composed picture of the 30 dynasties that ruled ancient Egypt with genealogical tables and maps. ID271763
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Childers, Erskine Common Sense About the Arab World
London Victor Gollancz Ltd 1960 Softcover
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. A little marking to rear cover. Pp 121-125 lightly creased at leading edge. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 192 pages No. 5 in the Common Sense series. ID268420
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Dodson, Aidan The Hieroglyphs of Ancient Egypt
London New Holland 2001 1859749186 / 9781859749180 1st Edition Hardback
Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and drawings. Maps of ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East to endpapers 144 pages The complete history of hieroglyphs from the earliest marks on pottery to the last known example. ID269988
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Duff, R.E.B. 100 Years of the Suez Canal
London Clifton Books 1969 1st Edition Hardback
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Endpaper maps. 152 pages ID201749
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Eban, Abba My Country: The Story of Modern Israel
New York Random House 1972 0394463145 / 9780394463148 1st Edition Hardback
Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition in Good+ Dustjacket. DJ has some edge wear and is now protected in plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 304pages. ID239527
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Kaufman, Gerald TO BUILD THE PROMISED LAND
London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1973 0297765094 / 9780297765097 1st Edition Hardcover
Octavo Size. VERY GOOD in GOOD Dustjacket.DJ protected in plastic sleeve. DJ slightly chipped at upper edge with several closed tears. No loss. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Maps to endpapers. Previous owner's initials to front free endpaper and clipped from Half Title page. [price-clipped] Maps to endpapers. 259 pages ID224786
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Lacey, Robert The Kingdom
London Hutchinson 1981 0091457904 / 9780091457907 1st Edition Hardcover
Small Quarto Size. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Endpapers illustrated. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 631 pages The Kingdom is the story of Sa'udi Arabia, of the country, of the family that rules it. Robert Lacey spent four years researching this story, living in Sa'udi Arabia. ID191542
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Lockwood, Rupert Crisis in Egypt
Sydney Current Book Distributors 1952 1st Edition Staple Bound
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Uncommon. 16 pages A series of short articles on issues relating to Egypt. ID267220
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Philby, H. St. J. B. Harun al Rashid
London Peter Davies 1933 1st Edition Hardback
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Small abrasion to top of spine, some offset to endpapers and very faint scattered foxing to fore edge. Black and white frontispiece. 159 pages A biography of the 8th century Caliph, now best known for his connection with a 1001 Arabian Nights. ID269740
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Romer, John Valley of the Kings
Melbourne TSP 1990 094839739X / 9780948397394 Reprint Softcover
Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 293 pages ID100508
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Stempel, John D. Inside the Iranian Revolution
Bloomington, Illinois Indiana University Press 1981 0253142008 / 9780253142009 1st Edition Hardback
Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in plastic sleeve. DJ spine slightly faded. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper. xii, 336pp The story of the fall of the Shah and the rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini by a former US senior diplomat to Tehran. ID246878
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