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Region: Middle East

Illustrated with b&w photographs throughout the English text.  Includes a bibliography and a regnal timeline.  A fold-out map of site locations is also included.  Paperback.  84 pages.  In very good condition.  Cat No 5035

Region: Middle East

Text of a lecture given at Somerville College, 12 May 1949.  Paperback.  46 pages.  Minor signs of age, otherwise in good clean condition.  Cat No 5023

Region: Middle East

The development of Islamic cities in relation to culture, their growth over the centuries, the effects of modern urbanisation, and strategies for conservation.  Illustrated.  Paperback.  110 pages.  In near new condition.  Cat No 4981

Region: Middle East

A definitive work by the Keeper of Ceramics at the Victoria & Albert Museum.  52 pages of text precede 96 b&w and four colour plates.  In very good condition in a slightly worn dustjacket.  Cat No 4943

Region: Middle East

Pottery from the 7th to 13th centuries illustrated and described.  Paperback.  56 pages.  In very good condition.  Cat No 4913 

Region: Middle East

Large heavy hardback with a wealth of colour and b&w photographs of traditional buildings alongside a descriptive text in English and Arabic.  176 pages.  In good clean condition with no inscriptions or library markings.  Cat No 4847

Region: Middle East

The definitive work on the ruined temples of Baalbek with additional chapters on their orientation, construction, restoration and conservation.  Illustrated.  Hardback.  128 pages.  In very good clean condition with no inscriptions or library markings.  Cat No 4838

Region: Middle East

A museum guide with descriptions and full-colour photographs of exhibits.  Paperback. 16 pages.  In good clean condition.  Cat No N245

Region: Middle East

A large album of excellent colour photographs of Petra, by a Jordanian photographer, often featuring the lesser known ruins in the immediate surroundings.

Region: Middle East

An exhibition catalogue of orientalist paintings featuring historic arab scenes, mosques and people.  A second section focusses exclusively on paintings of Oman.   18 paintings are shown in excellent colour illustrations.  Text and captions in English.  Paperback.