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this leaflet (These were printed and distributed nationwide) urged citizens to "STAND FIRM" in the face of attack and
In the United States it received the American Booksellers Association's National Book Award for favourite novel of 1938
became the first Chairman of the British Aircraft Corporation
This copy shows the expected gentle shelf wear but retains strong colour on the boards and clean
A Finely Illuminated Ottoman Dala’il al-Khayrat Manuscript with Views of Mecca and Medina, c. 1785 New Ireland Oxford life and public welfareLate 18th century, circa 1785. Illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper, 17 x 12 cm, in a contemporary Ottoman binding. A finely illuminated Ottoman copy of the Dalail al Khayrat, written by the calligrapher Halil Sidki, a pupil of the celebrated master Seyyid Suleyman, who served as a preacher at the Sokullu Mehmed Pasha Mosque during the early 19th century. Halil Sidki belonged to the Ottoman tradition of the Aklam Sitte, literally the Six Scripts or