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Acanthophyllum Books

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	FORBIS, WILLIAM H. Fall of the peacock throne: the story of Iran Harper & Row, 1980, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 06 033708 5.V.g./Good.V.g./good, wrapper torn at hinges, spine sunned.Journalistic account of Iran written just before the fall of the Shah - only eight pages are devoted to the revolution of 1988-9, and the title reads like a late alteration by the publisher.viii, map, 305 pp.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 14 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LONGHURST, HENRY; FOREWORD BY SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Adventure in oil: the story of British Petroleum Sidgwick & Jackson, 1959, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.V.g.in torn dust wrapper.Company history of BP, focussing on its early years as the Anglo-Persian oil company.In English. GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.75 US$ 36.65 \| JP¥ 3260] Book number: 22 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LONGHURST, HENRY; FOREWORD BY SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Adventure in oil: the story of British Petroleum Sidgwick & Jackson, 1959, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.V.g.in torn dust wrapper.Company history of BP, focussing on its early years as the Anglo-Persian oil company.In English. GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.75 US$ 36.65 \| JP¥ 3260] Book number: 4407 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	RATTEY, BEATRICE KATHERINE; FOREWORD BY LILIAN K. BARRIE A short history of the Hebrews, from Moses to Herod the Great Oxford University Press, 1960, Corrected reprint of 1931 first edition.Hard cover.ASIN: B0007JWWV4.V.g./No Jacket.Purple boards, black title.Maps of Assyrian, Persian and Macedonian empires on end papers.192 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2558 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	SIMPSON, JOHN The wars against Saddam: taking the hard road to Baghdad Macmillan, 2003, 1st edition, 1st impression.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 4050 3264 2.As new/As new.Well informed history of recent conflicts in Iraq, with some eye-witness moments, reflections on the craft of journalism and the deaths of colleagues.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2638 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	WILLEY, PETER Eagle's Nest: Ismaili castles in Iran and Syria I.B.Tauris, London, 2005, 1st edition; Ismaili Heritage series no.10, edited by Farhad Daftary.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 85043 464 6.New /New.A history of Ismaili rule in Iran and the wider Middle East, with particular reference to their under-appreciated but formidable network of castles (Alamut, the Eagle's Nest of the title, being perhaps the best known).Although the author is a little obsessive in his pursuit of Ismaili remains, his enthusiasm shines through the work and he successfully debunks the myths which have grown up about the Ismaili's Paradise gardens of yore.xxvii, 321 pp. 40 colour photos, numerous line drawings and plans. In English. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 1989 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	WILLIAMSON, J.W. In a Persian oil field: a study in scientific and industrial development Ernest Benn, 1927, 1st edition.Publisher's brown buckram.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. dust speckled on top edge.An account of the development of the oil industry in Iran in the early 1920s. In English. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 40 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	WRIGHT, DENIS The English among the Persians during the Qajar period 1787-1921 Heinemann, 1977, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 434 87820 0.Fine /Fine.Fine/fine.Dissects the impact of British (not merely English, as in the title) visitors on Iran's commercial, political and diplomatic life, with an insider's insight into Iranian xenophilia.The book concludes by stating that Persians ""to this day, are inclined - for reasons which this book has tried to explain - to look more askance at the British than at other foreigners"".While this may have been true in Tehran's diplomatic quarter, it hardly describes the warmth of the reception the traveller enjoys in Iran's remoter interior, where traditional generosity to foreigners remains undimmed.xv, 2 maps, 218 pp; 16 pp.of monochrome photographs. In English. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 44 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.

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	FORBIS, WILLIAM H. Fall of the peacock throne: the story of Iran Harper & Row, 1980, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.0 06 033708 5.V.g./Good.V.g./good, wrapper torn at hinges, spine sunned.Journalistic account of Iran written just before the fall of the Shah - only eight pages are devoted to the revolution of 1988-9, and the title reads like a late alteration by the publisher.viii, map, 305 pp.In English. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.33 \| JP¥ 1186] Book number: 14 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LONGHURST, HENRY; FOREWORD BY SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Adventure in oil: the story of British Petroleum Sidgwick & Jackson, 1959, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.V.g.in torn dust wrapper.Company history of BP, focussing on its early years as the Anglo-Persian oil company.In English. GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.75 US$ 36.65 \| JP¥ 3260] Book number: 22 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	LONGHURST, HENRY; FOREWORD BY SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Adventure in oil: the story of British Petroleum Sidgwick & Jackson, 1959, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.V.g./Good.V.g.in torn dust wrapper.Company history of BP, focussing on its early years as the Anglo-Persian oil company.In English. GBP 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.75 US$ 36.65 \| JP¥ 3260] Book number: 4407 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	RATTEY, BEATRICE KATHERINE; FOREWORD BY LILIAN K. BARRIE A short history of the Hebrews, from Moses to Herod the Great Oxford University Press, 1960, Corrected reprint of 1931 first edition.Hard cover.ASIN: B0007JWWV4.V.g./No Jacket.Purple boards, black title.Maps of Assyrian, Persian and Macedonian empires on end papers.192 pp. In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2558 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	SIMPSON, JOHN The wars against Saddam: taking the hard road to Baghdad Macmillan, 2003, 1st edition, 1st impression.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 4050 3264 2.As new/As new.Well informed history of recent conflicts in Iraq, with some eye-witness moments, reflections on the craft of journalism and the deaths of colleagues.In English. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 \| JP¥ 741] Book number: 2638 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	WILLEY, PETER Eagle's Nest: Ismaili castles in Iran and Syria I.B.Tauris, London, 2005, 1st edition; Ismaili Heritage series no.10, edited by Farhad Daftary.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 85043 464 6.New /New.A history of Ismaili rule in Iran and the wider Middle East, with particular reference to their under-appreciated but formidable network of castles (Alamut, the Eagle's Nest of the title, being perhaps the best known).Although the author is a little obsessive in his pursuit of Ismaili remains, his enthusiasm shines through the work and he successfully debunks the myths which have grown up about the Ismaili's Paradise gardens of yore.xxvii, 321 pp. 40 colour photos, numerous line drawings and plans. In English. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 1989 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	WILLIAMSON, J.W. In a Persian oil field: a study in scientific and industrial development Ernest Benn, 1927, 1st edition.Publisher's brown buckram.V.g./No Jacket.V.g. dust speckled on top edge.An account of the development of the oil industry in Iran in the early 1920s. In English. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 40 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.
	WRIGHT, DENIS The English among the Persians during the Qajar period 1787-1921 Heinemann, 1977, 1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.1 434 87820 0.Fine /Fine.Fine/fine.Dissects the impact of British (not merely English, as in the title) visitors on Iran's commercial, political and diplomatic life, with an insider's insight into Iranian xenophilia.The book concludes by stating that Persians ""to this day, are inclined - for reasons which this book has tried to explain - to look more askance at the British than at other foreigners"".While this may have been true in Tehran's diplomatic quarter, it hardly describes the warmth of the reception the traveller enjoys in Iran's remoter interior, where traditional generosity to foreigners remains undimmed.xv, 2 maps, 218 pp; 16 pp.of monochrome photographs. In English. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 44 Click here to order or inquire at Acanthophyllum Books.