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Photo album with 250 images of Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Iran and Iraq,
compiled by a member of Paiforce in the 1940s

MEKELBURG, Corporal George (compiler). [Album of 250 photographs of the Middle East].
[Habbinya?, ca. 1944]. Ca. 20 x 16 cm. With 250 gelatin silver prints (various sizes), mounted on the leaves of a ruled notebook. Contemporary quarter black cloth, blue waterered paper sides, blue sprinkled edges. [85] ll. Full description

€ 2,000

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Eastern Mediterranean & Cyprus Iran / Persia Military History (20th Century) North Africa & Egypt Photography

Delicately painted portrait of the ruler of the Emirate of Dubai

[PAINTED PEEPAL LEAF]. [Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum].
[Late 20th or early 21st century]. Ca. 23 x 13.5 cm. One painting. The leaf is placed on top of a black cardstock with a gold painted border around the edge. [1] leaf. Full description

€ 1,800

Art & Art History Drawings & Watercolours UAE - United Arab Emirates

Rare photograph of three men praying in the Sahara

[PHOTOGRAPHY - ALGERIA]. Sahara Algérien - la prière.
[Ca. 1880]. One albumen print (ca. 21 x 27.5 cm). Mounted on grey/green cardboard (ca. 28 x 39 cm), with a black border around the albumen print. Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. [1] photograph. Full description

€ 400

Islamic Art, Culture & Science North Africa & Egypt Photography

Large collection of photographs showing Saudi Arabia in the 1960s

[PHOTOGRAPHY - ARABIAN PENINSULA]. [Collection of 43 press photographs].
[1960s]. Various sizes. With 43 glossy press photographs (including one duplicate). Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. [43] photographs Full description

€ 850

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Photography Saudi Arabia

Rare photographs of a Nissan car show in the Middle East in the 1970s

[PHOTOGRAPHY - CAR SHOW]. Car show.
[1970s]. Eight photographs (all ca. 9 x 12.5 cm). Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. [8] photographs. Full description

€ 400

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Photography Saudi Arabia Technology

Rare late 19th-century photograph of two Bedouins engaged in falconry

[PHOTOGRAPHY - FALCONRY]. [Two Bedouins hunting with birds of prey].
[Ca. 1880]. One albumen print (ca. 22 x 27.5 cm). Tipped onto a stiff paper mount (ca. 40 x 30 cm). Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. Full description

€ 250

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Falconry, Fishing & Hunting Photography

Sterographs of the procession of the holy carpet, taken by American photographers in the late 19th century

[PHOTOGRAPHY - HOLY CARPET]. RAU, William Herman and Roddo York YOUNG (photographers). [Holy carpet].
[Early 20th century]. Various sizes. With two stereographic cards and one photographic print. Mounted on cardboard. [3] photographs. Full description

€ 300

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Eastern Mediterranean & Cyprus North Africa & Egypt Photography

Remarkable insight into daily life in early 20th-century Iran and Iraq

[PHOTOGRAPHY - IRAQ AND PERSIA]. [Two photo albums of Red Sea Ports, Mesopotamia and Bushehr].
[Iran and Iraq, ca. 1917-1918]. 2 volumes. Oblong 8vo (ca. 15.5 x 20 cm). With 191 (resp. 95 and 96) gelatin silver prints (all ca. 4 x 6 cm). Contemporary cloth, one album in in red and one in grey, with 'Kodak' lettered in gold on the front board, and a black classical meander border tooled near the foot. The albums are kept together by a black ribbon. [12]; [12] ll. Full description

€ 8,500

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Iran / Persia Photography

Late 19th-century album with beautiful photographs of Jerusalem

[PHOTOGRAPHY - JERUSALEM]. [Photo album of Jerusalem].
[Jerusalem?, late 19th century]. Ca. 20 x 15 cm. With 20 albumen prints (each ca. 5.5 x 8.5 cm). Later black shark (?) leather. [10] ll. Full description

€ 1,500

Eastern Mediterranean & Cyprus Islamic Art, Culture & Science Photography

Two beautiful, large portraits of king Faisal of Saudi Arabia

[PHOTOGRAPHY - KING FAISAL]. [King Faisal].
[Ca. 1970]. Ca. 40 x 30.5 cm. Two large photographic prints. Housed in a clear plastic sleeve. [2] photographs. Full description

€ 2,500

Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States Photography Saudi Arabia

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