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THE ISRAELI ARMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WARS 1948-73 (MEN-AT-ARMS)
Written by John Laffin. Illustrated by Mike Chappell.
Stock no. 2134755
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Men At Arms series 127. B/w photos and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0850454506. Some browning to covers.

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THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA & ARABIA AND EGYPT AND NUBIA (2 VOLUMES)
Written by David Roberts.
Stock no. 1821642
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

First printed by the Folio Society in 2010 and reprinted in a smaller format for this 2014 edition. Very large format. Red decorated cloth, gilt titles. Stunning colour illustrations. Top edges gilt. Slight crease to top of spine on Egypt and Nubia volumes, else boards and contents fine. Contained in individual slipcases which are a little scuffed and slightly grubby.

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IRAQ A HISTORY
Written by John Robertson.
Stock no. 2132129
Published by Oneworld. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781851685868. Small knock to base of spine.

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THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN THE LATIN KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM
Written by Joshua Prawer.
Stock no. 1818866
Published by Clarendon Press. 1st thus 1996. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of the Jewish community in Palestine from the Crusader conquest in 1099 until the fall of the Latin Kingdom in 1291. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0198225571. Blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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ARABIA SAND SEA SKY
Written by Michael McKinnon.
Stock no. 2128285
Published by BBC Books. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark orange boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0563361069. Wrapper spine faded; couple of tiny chips.

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THE HANDBOOK OF BIRD IDENTIFICATION FOR EUROPE AND THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC
Written by Mark Beaman; Steve Madge. Illustrated by Hilary Burn; et al..
Stock no. 1609822
Published by Christopher Helm. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Over 350 colour plates in total. 868 pages. ISBN: 0713639601. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers and prelims foxed. Wrapper is edge creased, with some fading to spine.

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THE BIRDS OF OMAN
Written by Michael Gallagher. Illustrated by Martin W. Woodcock.
Stock no. 1811190
Published by Quartet Books. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. 120 superb colour plates. 310 pages. ISBN: 0704322161. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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NEIGHBORS, NOT FRIENDS IRAQ AND IRAN AFTER THE GULF WARS
Written by Dilip Hiro.
Stock no. 1809981
Published by Routledge. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

The checkered history of the relationship between Iraq and Iran - neighbors in the oil-rich Gulf occupying a pivotal position in the world economy. Cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0415254124. Cardwraps a little grubby and rubbed at corners. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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ACTIVE SERVICE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1605334
Published by The Board Of Management Of The Australian War Memorial. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth with picture of serviceman to front. With Australia in the Middle East. Colour plates and b/w photos. Spine and corners bumped. Newspaper clipping pasted to last page.

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IN ALEPPO ONCE
Written by Taqui Altounyan.
Stock no. 1205801
Published by Amazon Publications. 1st 2001. As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 400 copies. B/w photos. Arthur Ransome wrote some of 'Peter Duck' while in Aleppo. This book is the memories of a Syrian childhood. Corners very very slightly bumped.

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PAPER BEFORE PRINT
Written by Jonathan M. Bloom.
Stock no. 1204478
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2001. As new condition.

The history and impact of paper in the Islamic world. Large format. Black cloth spine, glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300089554.

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