Maps iraq notes visitors (3 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: Government of Iraq, 1929
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Shapero Rare Books, London, Vereinigtes KönigreichShapero Rare Books
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EUR 1.498,40
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In den WarenkorbRevised and enlarged edition. Folio (34.5 x 21.5 cm. approx.), [iv], 34pp., photographic frontispiece, 8 folding maps coloured in outline, scale 1 inch = 15.78 miles (1: 1000,00), original red cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover, a very good copy. Maps include Baghdad and Environs, The Environs of Basrah and several road maps…to Southern and Northern Iraq.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Baghdad & London, Government of 'Iraq, 1929., 1929
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, ÖsterreichAntiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH
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In den WarenkorbFolio (215 x 343 mm). 34 pp. With 8 folding maps printed in red, blue, and black, and a photographic frontispiece. Original red cloth titled in gilt. Eight handsome maps of Iraq published in a volume alongside information on the region gathered by the British after WWI, including climate, geography, the tribes of Iraq, and ancie…nt sites, as well as information on passports, consulates, coinage, the police and army, the "Development of Oil Resources," and "Government Regulations for Ladies Travelling in 'Iraq" aimed at the influx of European visitors and business interests in the interwar period. The maps show Iraqi highways for the prospective motorist, the cities of Baghdad and Basra, ancient sites, and trans-desert routes. Here published in a revised and enlarged edition. - Previously owned by the famous American archaeologist Richard Francis Strong Starr (1900-94), as indicated by an ownership inscription reading "R. F. S. Starr" on the front free endpaper. Starr was a member of the initial Harvard-Baghdad School dig at Nuzi (also known as Yorghan Tepe), near Kirkuk in Iraq, and was director of operations there from 1929 to 1931. Among other findings, this expedition uncovered thousands of cuneiform tablets associated with the Horites, an ancient people mentioned in Biblical texts but previously unknown to archeology. The site at Nuzi appears on the map of ancient sites in this volume. - The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration, or Mandatory Iraq, existed between 1921 and 1932, after Iraqi nationalist pressure pushed back against the proposed British Mandate of Mesopotamia. During the postwar phase in which Britain had large colonial Mandates in the Middle East, tourism became increasingly popular, and such publications came into demand. - This is a particularly good copy with all of its maps intact and in good condition, with only slight signs of wear.
Weitere BilderVerlag: London, (Waterlow & Sons for) the Government of 'Iraq, 1929., 1929
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, ÖsterreichAntiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH
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EUR 950,00
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In den WarenkorbFolio (215 x 344 mm). (4), 34 pp. With a photographic frontispiece showing the Arch of Ctesiphon and 9 folding maps. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt. Revised and enlarged edition: an excellent guide to the roads of Iraq, with notes compiled by government departments and members of commercial firms. The text contains chapter…s on the "Development of Oil Resources", "The Great Tribes of Iraq", and "The Iraq Police", and offers advice on roads and railways, the Iraq Automobile Association, "Government Regulations for Ladies Travelling in Iraq", and other information on history, culture and political organization of the country. The front pastedown bears a binder's ticket advising the owner that "the solution used in binding this book has been specially prepared in order to render the work impervious to the ravages of insects". - Ink ownership, dated Baghdad, 1934, to pastedown. Extremities slightly rubbed, otherwise very good.
