Brunchmann, Andrea Henrici Braemson Juxta methodum Schickardi Grammatica Ebraea cui accessit Accentuatio Prosaica cum Metrica Copenhagen 1727
First edition (?) 4to in twos, pp. [vi], 135. Contemporary half vellum and marbled boards, rubbed. Some leaves cropped close with occasional loss to text at foot. Ownership inscription of Lars Gumalius 15 March 1743 on endpaper

Buckingham, James Silk Travels in Mesopotamia. Including a journey from Aleppo, across the Euphrates to Orfah, through the plains of the Turcomans, to Diarbekr, in Asia Minor; from thence to Mardin, on the borders of the great desert, and by the Tigris to Mousul and Bagdad: with researches on the ruins of Babylon, Nineveh, Arbela, Ctesiphon, and Seleucia. London Henry Colburn 1827
Second edition. Two volumes, 8vo (21.5 x 14 cm), pp.xx, 479, [1, blank]; (iii)-vi, 538, 28 plates (1 double-page), double-page plan, folding map. A very good set bound in contemporary straight-grained green morocco, spines with red morocco labels and raised bands, all elaborately gilt. Bound without half-titles. Contemporary bookseller's tickets of George Gregory, Bath, and ownership signatures of Mary Foulkes, Jesus College, dated 1828.
Atabey 163, Blackmer 233 (4to edition)

Buckingham, James Silk Travels in Palestine, through the countries of Bashan and Gilead, east of the river Jordan: including a visit to the cities of Geraza and Gamala, in the Decapolis. London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1822
Second edition Two volumes 8vo, pp.xxxviii, [ii, list of plates], 402, portrait frontis, folding map, folding plan; iv, 474, 6 folding plates & plans. A very good set bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards. Minor wear to extremities. Light foxing to plates.

Calvert, Albert Frederick Moorish remains in Spain. Being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the peninsula with a particular account of the Mohammedan architecture and decoration in Cordova, Seville & Toledo. [with] The Alhambra. Being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the peninsula with a particular account of the Mohammedan architecture and decoration London John Lane, The Bodley Head 1906-07
First edition of first work, second edition of second. Two volumes, 4to (25 x 20 cm), pp.[xx], [2], 586, [1], [1, blank], 85 chromolithographic plates; lvi, 480, [6, advertisements], photographic portrait frontispiece, 80 chromolithographic plates. Both works with extensive black and white plans and illustrations, many full-page, included in the pagination. A very good set bound in the publisher's red cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Some light spotting in first work.

Cardonne, Denis Dominique Histoire de l'Afrique et de l'Espagne, sous la domination des Arabes: composee sur differens manuscrits Arabes de la Bibliotheque du Roi. Paris Chez Saillant 1765
First edition Three volumes, pp.xxiii, [1], 402, [6, errata, approbation, privilege]; [ii], 400; [ii], 336. A very good set recently bound in half calf, cloth boards.

Caskel, Werner Arabic Inscriptions in the Collection of the Hispanic Society of America. New York The Hispanic Society 1936
4to, pp.xiii, 44, 60 illustrations. A very good copy in original wrappers.

Cella, Paolo della Narrative of an Expedition from Tripoli in Barbary to the western Frontier of Egypt in 1817 by the Bey of Tripoli, in Letters to Dr. Viviani of Genoa, with an Appendix containing Instructions for navigating the Great Syrtis. Translated from the Italian by Anthony Aufrere. London printed for John and Arthur Arch 1822
First English edition 8vo, pp. xv, 238, [ii (advertisements)], large folding engraved map, small woodcut illustrations in the text. A very good copy in the original boards, paper label on spine. Upper hinge torn. Very light foxing to some pages and map.

Cesnola, Alexander Palma di. Salaminia (Cyprus); the History, Treasures and Antiquities of Salamis in the Island of Cyprus. With an Introduction by Samuel Birch. London Trubner & Co. 1882
First edition pp.xlviii, 329, coloured frontispiece, many illustrations on 20 plates, 326 text figures, 4 additional illustrations in the Appendix, map. A very good copy in the original red cloth, very minor soiling, and with a little edge rubbing. Inner hinges tender. Armorial bookplate of Hellier R.H. Gosselin on front endpaper, and with his inscription on the front free endpaper.

Chaput, Ernest Voyages d'Etudes Geologiques et Geomorphogeniques en Turquie. Paris: E. de Boccard 1936
First edition 4to, pp.viii, 312, 28 plates. Memoires de l'Institut Francais d'Archaeologie de Stamboul. A very good copy in original wrappers. Foot of spine torn.

Clot-Bey Compte Rendu des Travaux de l'Ecole de Medecine d'Abou-Zabel (Egypte), et de l'examen general des eleves pour les 1re, 2e, 3e, 4e et 5e annees de sa fondation 1242-43 (1827-28)... 1246-47 (1831-32; suivi de l'expose de la conduite et des travaux de l'auteur lui-meme en Egypte depuis 1240 a 1248 (Hegyre) 1823-1832, et de diverses pieces relatives a son voyage en France. Paris Librairie de Deville Cavellin 1833
First edition, pp.xii, [3], 265. A very good copy bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, neatly re-backed. Minor spotting to first few pages. Armorial book plate of George Shaw, signed presentation inscription to him from the author and autograph letter from the author tipped in.

Conti, Natale Commentarii Hieronymi comitis Alexandrini de Acerrimo, ac omnium difficillimo Turcarum bello, in Insulam Melitam gesto, Anno MDLXV. Nuremberg 1566
[Second edition] 12mo, ff. [xvi], 71, [i (blank)]. Nineteenth-century blue boards, rubbed at extremities. Title and first leaf of preface torn with loss to ten lines lower right, replaced in manuscript. Otherwise complete. Contemporary annotations and underscoring on most pages. Two old stamps on reverse of title. A rather better copy than preceding description suggests.

Creswell, K.A.C. A Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam to 1st Jan. 1960. Together with Supplement Jan. 1960 to Jan. 1972. Cairo The American University of Cairo Press 1961
First edition Two volumes folio, pp.xxiv, 1326, xxv; xiii, 366 columns, ix. A very good set in original cloth, dust wrappers. Inscribed "To Max Mallowan from K.A.C. Creswell"

Darmesteter, James Chants Populaires des Afghans recueillis par J.D. Paris 1888-90
First edition Two volumes bound in one, pp.xii, ccxviii, 299; 228. A very good copy bound in modern half calf, marbled boards. Small tears to first two Afghan pages neatly repaired.

De Guerville, A.-B. La Nouvelle Egypte: Ce qu'on dit, ce qu'on voit du Caire a Fashoda. Paris Librairie Universelle 1905
First edition 4to, pp.420, numerous half-tone illustrations in the text. Number 183 (of 500) of the de luxe edition, signed by the editor. Bound in contemporary half black morocco with cloth boards, the leather scuffed and worn. Light foxing to the half-title and title pages, otherwise clean. Armorial bookplate of Sir Francis Reginald Wingate.

Diehl, Charles Justinien et la Civilization Byzantine au VIe Siecle. Paris Ernest Leroux 1901
First edition pp.xl, 695, 209 illustrations. A very good copy bound in contemporary red half morocco, a little rubbed.

Diez, Ernst Churasanische Baudenkmaler. 1. Band. Mit einem Beitrage von Max van Berchem. [All published] Berlin 1918
First edition Folio, pp.xi, 116, 41 plates, 5 in colour, folding map. Arbeiten des Kunsthistorischen Instituts der K.K. Universitat Wien (Lehrkanzel Strzygowski) Band VII. A very good copy bound in full contemporary calf, a little rubbed.

Dorn, Bernhard. History of the Afghans: translated from the Persian of Neamet Ullah. [Second part.] London printed for the Oriental Translation Fund of Great-Britain and Ireland, and sold by A. J. Valpy, Red Lion Court 1836
First edition. One volume, folio (32 x 25.5 cm); pp.[ii, subscriber's leaf], [iv], viii, 131, [1]. A very good copy in original cloth, remnants of paper label to spine. Spine slightly faded with small tears to head and foot, corners bumped. Mild foxing to preliminaries. With the printed subscriber's leaf of Sir Gore Ouseley.

Dorn, Bernhard Beitrage zur Geschichte der Kaukasischen Lander und Volker aus morgenlandischen Quellen, III: Erster Beitrag zur Geschichte der Georgier. [Bound with] IV: Tabary's Nachrichten uber die Chasaren, nebst Auszugen aus Hafis Abru, Ibn Aasem-el-Kufy. St. Petersbourg Academie Imperiale des Sciences 1844
First edition 4to, pp.(325)-443; (445)-601. Bound in later cloth. Scattered light spotting, first two pages browned, but a very good copy.

Duchat, Yves Histoire de la Guerre Saincte faite par les Francois & autres Chrestiens, pour le delivrance de la Judee, & du S. Sepulchre. Paris Jean Petit-Pas 1620
First edition, 8vo, pp.[20], 516, [12]. A very good copy bound in contemporary red morocco, raised bands, spines decorated gilt in compartments. Spine a little rubbed. Renard bookplate on front pastedown, old book sellers description pasted on front free endpaper.

Egypt, Ministry of the Interior, Prisons Department Interim Report of the Prison Diets Committee. Cairo Government Press 1917
First edition Folio, pp.63. A very good copy in the original cloth-backed boards. University of London bookplate and discreet withdrawn stamp on front end paper.