CASSELS, LAVENDER

The Struggle for the Ottoman Empire 1717-1740

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1967. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends have some beginning bumping. The price clipped dust jacket has several small edge tears, nicks and some rubbing to the spine ends. "With Constantinople as its capital and control of lands around the Mediterranean basin, the Ottoman Empire was at the centre of interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds for six centuries. While the empire was once thought to have entered a period of decline following the death of Suleiman the Magnificent, this view is no longer supported by the majority of academic historians. The empire continued to maintain a flexible and strong economy, society, and military throughout the seventeenth and much of the eighteenth century.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 35322

Catalogue: Middle East

Keywords: Middle East Lavender Cassels Ottoman Empire Middle Eastern History Constantiople Middle East

MASTERMAN, E. W. G. (M. D. F. R. C. S. ) (DR. ERNEST WILLIAM GURNEY MASTERMAN)

The Deliverance of Jerusalem

New York, NY: George H. Doran Company, 1918. Trade Edition. Pamphlet. Ex-Library. Possible First American Edition. This is a trade sized pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The pamphlet formerly belonged to the Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry in Berkeley, CA and has been bound inside a heavy-duty "photomount Pamphlet Binder" cardboard and cloth cover. The pamphlet is in Very Good only condition and was issued thus without a dust jacket. The cardboard cover has a library stock number on a sticker on the front panel. The pamphlet is in clean, bright condition inside the binder. There is a bookplate with the school information adhered to the inside front cover of the binder. The front inner hinge of the pamphlet has some light pulling to the staples. The only library markings are on the table of contents page. "In the summer of 1914 the position of things in Palestine was entirely peaceful, and certainly among the English, American and French any idea that things could ever come to hostility between themselves and the Germans and Austrians, or even more with the Turks, would have seemed preposterous." The pamphlet covers some of the history of World War I as it related to the sweeping changes in the Levant, and mentions some aspects of the issues in Turkey (with a tidbit here and there on the Armenian Genocide). It also uses some biblical history as a foil to put the new war in perspective. " Dr. Ernest William Gurney Masterman (1867-1943) ... In 1917 was described by the president of the Royal Geographical Society as having "lived on and off -- but mostly on -- for the last twenty years in Damascus or Jerusalem, where he has been surgeon to the English Hospital. He is also the Honourary Secretary in Palestine for the Palestine Exploration Fund." (Some online sources say that he was secretary of the British Palestine Society but this is probably the result of confusion with his position as secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund. ) Masterman (at that stage the director of the Jewish Mission Hospital, which had been founded by the London Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews in 1840) chaired the last meeting of the Jerusalem Literary and Scientific Society, which took place at his house on 10 November 1913. The Jerusalem Literary and Scientific Society had been founded in 1849 by James Finn, the British Consul in Jerusalem, and his wife Elizabeth Anne Finn (nee McCaul) -- the Palestine Exploration Fund was an offshoot. Masterman was an associate of the archaeologist R. A. S. Macalister prior to the latter's return to Ireland in 1909. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 45752

Catalogue: Middle East

Keywords: Middle East E. W. G. Masterman World War I The Levant Palestine Turkey Armenian Genocide

NANCE, PAUL J.

The Nance Museum a Journey Into Traditional Saudi Arabia

Lone Jack, MO: Nance Museum, 1999. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0967145457. Color Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. "The Nance Museum houses an impressive collection of everyday objects, textiles, costumes, jewelry, curios and photographs from Saudi Arabia and such nearby Middle Eastern countries as Egypt, Syria and Yemen. It includes one of only three collections of Bedouin artifacts accessible to the American public, along with the John Topham collection (See page 30) and a collection at the Museum of Natural History in New York. The museum in Missouri reflects the dedication of Paul and Colleen Nance, a warmly outgoing American couple who lived in Saudi Arabia for 31 years and came home to the Show-Me State to share their experience and their love for the Middle East with families, friends and neighbors in their native Middle West." (from Show Me the History Website); Signed by Author. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 48986

Catalogue: Middle East

Keywords: 0967145457 Art Paul J. Nance Saudi Arabia Museums Middle East Signed Edition Bedouins Saudi Arabia