KNOX-MAWER, JUNE.

The Sultans Came to Tea.

London: John Murray, 1961. 1st edition. A vivacious and revealing record of the experiences of the young wife of a newly appointed Chief Magistrate in Aden, giving a picture of life in the English Colony of the Protectorate. June Knox-Mawer was the friend and companion of the Sultans, rode and shot with them in their territories bordering on the Yemen and was able to enter their harems and meet their families. Pp.xii/218, 1 map + 19 black and white photo illustrations, owner's name to front free endpaper, foxing to endpapers, mark (tea splash?) to lower margin of p.16 and corresponding photo plate. Orange cloth, dustwrapper has wear to edges with tears and chipped losses to top of spine. G+/G.

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Katalog: Travel: : Middle East

Sonstige Stichworte: Know Mawer Sultans Came to Tea Aden English Colony Protectorate Farid Yemen Arabs Saleh Bin Hussein Audhali Ali Lahej Sheikh Mohame Mar Subeihi Purdah Suk Mukeiras Kirsh Bedouin Shihr Zara 49868 Travel: : Middle East

MIELCHE, HAKON.

Lands of Aladdin.

London: William Hodge and Company Limited, 1955. Translated from the Danish by M.A.Michael. "The story of the book is that of oil, the modern Aladdin's lamp which has brought untold millions to the peoples of the Middle East" Pp.241, marginal drawings and 17colour photographs by theauthor, owner's details to front free endpaper and inner front endpaper, minor toning to endpapers. Yellow cloth, dustwrapper rubbed with wear to spine and small tears to top front edge and chipped losses to spine. G+/G+.

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Buchzahl: 49551

Katalog: Travel: : Middle East

Sonstige Stichworte: Hakon Mielche Lands Aladdin Travel Middle East Oil Discovery Kuwait Persia Mossadeq Ormudz Arabs 50804 Travel: : Middle East

NEWMAN, BERNARD.

Middle Eastern Journey.

London: The Travel Book Club, 1947. "First I returned to old haunts in Austria and Italy: then on to the Middle East proper: and finally, beyond its limits to Kenya. Thus my record goes considerably beyond the range promised by its title." Pp.296, 45 black & white photos, owner's names to front free endpaper. Green cloth, dustwrapper edges creased and worn. G+/Good.

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Katalog: Travel: : Middle East

Sonstige Stichworte: Bernard Newman Middle Eastern Journey Middle East Austria Italy Kenya Greece Palestine Egypt Sudan Travel 42842 Travel: : Middle East

TREVES, SIR FREDERICK.

The Land That is Desolate. An Account of a Tour in Palestine.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1913. Popular edition. Pp.viii/287, 43 black & white illustrations from photographs by the author folding map to end has a vertical tear at fold and a smaller tear at top of inner hinge margin, some spotting mainly to preliminary pages, owner's name and date to front free endpaper. Dark red cloth, gilt title to spine, sunning to spine, a few bleached spots to front board. Good.

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Katalog: Travel: : Middle East

Sonstige Stichworte: Sir Frederick Treves Land That Is Desolate Tour Palestine Travel Travel Middle East Israel Jerusalem Holy City Calvary Mount Moriah Olivet Bethlehem Jerico Jordan Dead Sea Haifa Nazareth Galilee 47457 Travel: : Middle East