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“I DAYDREAM THAT SUDDENLY, BY SOME MIRACLE, I WILL BE ABLE TO COME HOME TO YOU…”
DAYAN, Moshe. Archive of autograph letters signed. Acre, Palestine, 1939-1941. 13 original signed autograph letters by Moshe Dayan, consisting of 47 handwritten pages to his wife, parents, and parents-in-law, in Hebrew and English, written on fragile prison toilet tissue while held prisoner by the British. $96,500.
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WITH 72 SUPERB ELEPHANT FOLIO EGYPTIAN PLATES, MANY IN COLOR
BINION, Samuel Augustus. Ancient Egypt or Mizraim. New York, 1887. Two volumes. Limited first edition, “Edition de Luxe,” number 193 of only 800 copies, splendidly illustrated with 72 spectacular large folio plates of pyramids, temples, views, the Sphinx, antiquities, mummies, papyri, among other Egyptian subjects, including 50 beautiful tinted and full-color lithographs. $19,800.
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WITH 30 FOLIO LTIHOGRAPHIC PLATES OF EGYPTIAN COSTUMES
PRISSE D’AVENNES, Emile. Oriental Album. London, 1848. First trade edition of this beautifully illustrated survey of Egyptian “modes of life,” with lithographic frontispiece portrait of botanist George Lloyd, to whom the work is dedicated, additional chromolithographic title page, and 30 large tinted lithographs of contemporary Egyptian dress. An exceptional copy in fine condition. $18,500.
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“AND SO WE SAW THE WAY OF THE ENTIRE NATION, NOT AS IT IS BUT HOW IT SHOULD BE”
BEN-GURION, David. Autograph speech draft. No place, 1965. Original three-page autograph speech draft, entirely hand-written by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in Hebrew, in which he reflects upon the history and meaning of the state of Israel and his political beliefs. $18,500.
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“THE FIRST MUSEUM FOR ANTIQUITIES IN THE NEAR EAST”
(BÉCHARD, Emile and DÉLIÉ, Hippolyte) MARIETTE-BEY, Auguste. Album du Musee de Boulaq. Le Caire, 1872. First edition of this monumental folio of 40 splendid exhibition-size carbon prints of newly excavated funerary artifacts and magisterial statues of Egyptian gods such as Osiris, Isis and Ra, displayed in Egypt’s Musée de Boulaq, founded by the father of Egyptian archaeology Auguste Mariette, with each richly toned vintage print by famed photographers Béchard and Délié made from glass negatives and mounted on heavy card stock, text by Mariette. $16,500.
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“THE FIRST MODERN DESCRIPTION OF THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS”
POCOCKE, Richard. Description of the East. London, 1743-45. Two volumes. Rare first edition of Pococke’s significant account of his extensive travels in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Greece and Asia Minor, copiously illustrated with 178 spectacular large engraved plates and maps (several folding) depicting plans, views, monuments, architectural details and botanical specimens. $16,000.
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“ONE OF THE GREAT BOOKS ON THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE HOLY LAND”
FULLER, Thomas. Pisgah-Sight of Palestine. London, 1650. First edition of this classic work, with engraved title page, engraved armorial plate, large detailed folding map of Palestine on two sheets, 20 double-page maps—including one of Jerusalem—and seven double-page plates. From the renowned library of the Earls of Macclesfield, with embossed seal on letterpress title page. $9500.
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1686 FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH OF CHARDIN’S IMPORTANT TRAVELS INTO PERSIA AND THE EAST INDIES, SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED
CHARDIN, John. Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies. London, 1686. First edition in English of this famed 17th-century narrative by one of the most intrepid travelers of the period, illustrated with folding map of the Black Sea, engraved frontispiece, title page, and 16 splendid engraved plates (11 folding or double-page), depicting views of cities, courts and monuments. A very handsome copy. $8500.
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“IMAGES OF CAMEL CARAVANS IN THE DESERT”: RARE ALBUM OF 22 VINTAGE ALBUMEN PRINTS
(SÉBAH, J. Pascal and BÉCHARD, Emile, et al.). Photograph Album. Middle East. Egypt, circa 1880. Original photograph album of the Middle East circa 1880, with 22 splendid exhibition-size albumen prints from glass negatives, featuring the work of renowned photographers J. Pascal Sébah, Émile Béchard, Langahi and others, including Sébah’s images of Alexandria’s Column of Pompey, Nile yachts and desert vistas, Langahi’s view of Nubian tribesmen, and Béchard’s iconic image of people climbing the massive stones of the Great Pyramid. Splendidly bound. $7500.
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THE COSTUME OF CHINA, 1800, WITH 60 HAND-COLORED FOLIO PLATES
MASON, George Henry. Costume of China. London, 1800. First edition, later issue, of these “correct drawings of the Chinese in their respective habits and occupations, the itinerant mechanics and handicraftsmen in particular,” with 60 vividly hand-colored full-page plates after drawings by Cantonese artist Pu-Qùa. A lovely large copy. $6800.
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