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[ Jane Dieulafoy, French explorer and archaeologist. ] Two Autograph Letters Signed (both 'J. Dieulafoy') to the decadent poet Robert Scheffer, one praising his book 'Sommeil', and the other commenting on Scheffer's marriage difficulties.

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Jane Dieulafoy [ née Jeanne Henriette Magre ] (1851-1916), French archaeologist who excavated Susa, Persia, with husband Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy [ Robert Scheffer (1864-1913), French decadent]
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Neither letter dated, but the first in envelope with Paris postmark. 14 May 1892 and 2 May 1894.
£120.00

Both letters in good condition, lightly-aged. Two evocative and well-written letters. With her close-cropped hair and mannish ways (the Shah of Persia refused to believe she was a woman) Dieulafoy would have appealed to the decadents. ONE. '14 Mai 1892'. 2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In matching grey-paper envelope, addressed by Delafoy to Scheffer at 60 Rue de la Tour.

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[Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited.] Substantial volume (sometimes ascribed to J. V. Harrison containing around a hundred 'Geological Air Photographs of South West Persia', text and colour-keyed diagrams. One of fifty copies.

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Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (later British Petroleum) [J. V. Harrison [John Vernon Harrison] (1892-1972), geologist and explorer; Persia; Iran]
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Produced by Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited. Circa 1949.
£2,800.00

Copy No. 11 of (according to one catalogue entry) a total of fifty. On 47 card leaves, in substantial 59 x 33 cm landscape volume, with thumb-index. In substantial burgundy faux leather binding, attached with black strap and buckle. Stamped in gilt on front board: 'GEOLOGICAL AIR PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOUTH WEST PERSIA| COPY NO. 11 PRODUCED BY ANGLO-IRANIAN OIL COMPANY LIMITED'. Note on front pastedown (with map of the Persian Gulf): 'The Photographs in this Album were taken and reproduced by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd.

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[Offprint] Tehran Water Supply: Raw-Water Collection and Distribution System

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Gholam Ali Meykadeh, Robert Louis Fitt, Thomas James Boddington
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The Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 1958.
£28.00

Excerpt Proc. Instn Civ. Ehgrs, vol.II, pp.467-486, December 1958. Original green printed wraps, sewn as issued, very good condition.

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[Printed] Middle East Air Traffic Services (Communications) Informal Meeting. Summary of Discussions and Conclusions. With separately published plans of Iranian airports, and related material.

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[International Civil Aviation Organisation; Middle East Air Traffic 1960]
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[Tehran, June 1960]
£950.00

AVIATION AIR TRAFFIC MIDDLE EAST TEHRAN IRAN SHIRAZ MEHRABAD ISFAHAN ESFAHAN

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