20 Mar 2025
Lilies of the field: a book of Cyprus wild flowers, by Ann Matthews, 1968.
Lilies of the field: a book of Cyprus wild flowers, by Ann Matthews, 1968.
20 Feb 2025
A journey to Cyprus: (February and March 1845), Translated from the German of Dr. Ludwig Ross by Claude Delaval Cobham, Nicosia, 1910.
A journey to Cyprus: (February and March 1845), Translated from the German of Dr. Ludwig Ross by Claude Delaval Cobham …
23 Jan 2025
My “Log”: being an account of a voyage to: Tunis, Malta, Alexandria, Cairo & the Pyramids, Beyrout, Jaffa & Cyprus, by J. B. T., [s.n.], [1903].
My “Log”: being an account of a voyage to: Tunis, Malta, Alexandria, Cairo & the Pyramids, Beyrout, Jaffa & Cyprus, …
19 Dec 2024
An Eastern Chequerboard by Sir Harry Luke, Lovat Dickson Limited Publishers, 1934.
An Eastern Chequerboard by Sir Harry Luke, Lovat Dickson Limited Publishers, 1934.
21 Nov 2024
Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples: A narrative of researches and excavations during ten years’ residence in that island, by General Luis Palma di Cesnola, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1878.
Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples: A narrative of researches and excavations during ten years’ residence in that island, …
24 Oct 2024
Sandys Travels: by George Sandys, Printed for J. Williams Junior at the Crown in Little Britain, 1673.
Sandys Travels: containing an history of the original and present state of the Turkish Empire, their laws, government, policy, military …
19 Sep 2024
Greek Manners and Customs in Cyprus by Magda Ohnefalsch-Richter, translation-introduction - comments and editing by Anna G. Maragou, Cultural Center of Laiki Bank, 1994.
Magda Ohnefalsch-Richter (1873-1922) was a German scholar, writer and archaeologist, particularly known for her contributions to the study of ancient …
22 Aug 2024
The Fringe of the East: a journey through past and present provinces of Turkey, Harry Charles Lukach, Macmillan and CO., 1913.
Sir Harry Charles Luke (born Harry Charles Lukach) a distinguished British diplomat and historian, was born in London in 1884. …
18 Jul 2024
The Locust War in Cyprus by Samuel Brown
The Locust War in Cyprus by Samuel Brown is a historical report about the fight against locust swarms that destroyed …
20 Jun 2024
Historic Cyprus: A Guide to its Towns and Villages, Monasteries and Castles by Rupert Gunnis
Cyprus, a little world in itself…no wild beasts or reptiles disturb the solitude. The water is sweet and cool, the …
23 May 2024
The Bridge of Caravans: 626 Miles of Adventure, Cypriote, Turkish, Syrian and Palestinian, by Frances Jenkins Olcott
“Cyprus, the isle of classic beauty and flowers”
18 Apr 2024
Discovering Dorothea: The Life of the Pioneering Fossil-Hunter Dorothea Bate, Karolyn Shindler, HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Dorothea Minola Alice Bate (1878–1951) was a Welsh palaeontologist and pioneer of archaeozoology. Born at a time when women …
21 Mar 2024
Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa: part the second: Greece, Egypt, and the Holy Land, by Edward Daniel Clarke, 1814, Published by D. Huntington.
Edward Daniel Clarke (1769 – 1822) was an English traveller, mineralogist, clergyman and scholar, whose curiosity led him to …
22 Feb 2024
Through Cyprus with the Camera in the Autumn of 1878 by John Thomson. A note on John Thomson by Ialeen Gibson Cowan, 1985, Trigraph Limited.
“In the features of this old dame, who earns her living by selling bread in Larnaca, there still linger …
18 Jan 2024
A description of the historic monuments of Cyprus: studies in the archaeology and architecture of the island, with illustrations from measured drawings and photographs, George Jeffery, Zeno Booksellers and Publishers, 1983.
“Nicosia, Famagusta and Kyrenia, which belongs to the Eastern division of the island are still full of the interest which …
21 Dec 2023
Cyprus: From earliest time to the present day, Franz Georg Maier, Elek Books Limited, 1968.
Prima et maxima Orientis Cyprus insula
Franz Georg Maier (1926-2014), a distinguished German archaeologist, left a lasting mark on the …
16 Nov 2023
In the Levant, Charles Dudley Warner, James R. Osgood and Company, 1877.
Charles Dudley Warner (1829 –1900) was a 19th century American novelist and explorer. He was a good friend of Mark …
19 Oct 2023
The Peregrinations of Pamela, H. E. Henderman, Heath Cranton Limited, 1912.
The Peregrinations of Pamela, H. E. Henderman, Heath Cranton Limited, 1912.
The Peregrinations of Pamela is a unique blend …
21 Sep 2023
Studies on the vegetation of Cyprus: based upon researches during the spring and summer 1905, Jens Holmboe, A/S John Griegs Boktykkeri, 1914.
Jens Holmboe (1880-1949) was a Norwegian botanist best known for his research on the vegetation of Cyprus. His dedication to …
10 Aug 2023
Sweet and Bitter Island: a history of the British in Cyprus, Tabitha Morgan, I.B. Tauris, 2010.
“[…]82 years of colonial rule that began when Sir Garnet Wolseley’s troops stepped nervously ashore at Larnaca on a stifling …
20 Jul 2023
R. Hamilton Lang, Cyprus: its history, its present resources, and future prospects, Macmillan and Co., 1878.
“The island is thought to have received its name “Cyprus” from a shrub extensively found in it, and which is …
15 Jun 2023
Travels in the Island of Cyprus: with contemporary accounts of the sieges of Nicosia and Famagusta / translated from the Italian of Giovanni Mariti by Claude Delaval Cobham, Zeno Booksellers & Publishers, 1971.
Travels in the Island of Cyprus: with contemporary accounts of the sieges of Nicosia and Famagusta / translated from the …
18 May 2023
Voyages and travels in the Levant in the years 1749, 50, 51, 52: containing observations in natural history, physick, agriculture, and commerce, particularly on the Holy Land, and the natural history of the Scriptures
I went on board a small French vessel, in which I sailed to Cyprus.
Fredrik Hasselquist was a Swedish naturalist …
20 Apr 2023
William Lithgow, Travels & Voyages through Europe, Asia, and Africa, nineteen years: Illustrated with notes from later travellers, Leith: printed by William Reid & Co., 1814.
William Lithgow, Travels & Voyages through Europe, Asia, and Africa, nineteen years: Illustrated with notes from later travellers, Leith: printed …