Berkeley; (1968): University of California Press. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 276pp. The author finds that the relationships between reform and rationalization that Weberian theory would imply for the West basicallt hold for Islamic Southeast Asia. Southweat Asian Muslim reformists profess a kind of Protestant Ethic that is associated with..... More
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1976. First Edition. Octavo. 446p. index. Perhaps the first and most important study on the issue of God's speech in the Quran. Were the words co-eternal with God or were they created? He begins with the issues on which Islamic scholars have been divided. His extensive study..... More
Jerusalem: Israel Oriental Society, 1966. Cloth. Ocatvo. 232p., index, bibliography. The author was not only Professor of Arabic, but also the chief interpreter for the Israel Parliaments, Hebrew-Arabic issues. More
Mexico: Editorial Anthony. 1957-1967. Illustrations, facsimies, bloodlines, maps, portraits. Dr. John Erich Flade quoted Raswan: "We never own a horse, it is entrusted to us." The classic set in all seven volumes comprised the knowledge of the great bloodlines, the Bedouin breeders of the last 100 years of the Arabians..... More
Bayrut: Mansurat dar al-afaq al-gadodat, 1990. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. 284 p. ill. b/w photos. Text in Arabic. More
(R.I., 1990): Berg/Unesco. First Edition. Octavo. 217pp., This work covers a study of women in the Jordanian labor force with a comparison of rural and urban patterns. Rural women, work and gender ideology, A study in Egyptian political economic transformation and Women's participation in economic, social and political life in..... More
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Sultan Mohammed Saleh Al-Athel, 2004. First Edition. Cloth. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Folio, 879pp. Color photographs of family. Facsimiles of Deeds of family members. In green cloth, and white paper dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1898. First Edition. Octavo. xii, 362 pages, [32 leaves of plates] with the folded map. Ella Sykes accompanied her brother Captain Molesworth Sykes who had been asked by the Foreign Office to found a consulate in Kerman and Baluchistan. She writes in the preface: "As I believe that..... More
Amsterdam: Chez Henri Du Sauzet, 1725. 12mo. [16], 348 pages [31]pp index, (1)pp, 2 folding plates, (map and large folding etching). French text, title printed in red and black. A remarkable account of life in Algiers both in terms of its history and culture. The background deals with Algers and..... More
Princeton University Press Princeton, N.J. 1961. Hard Cover. owner's name on ep an interesting comparison of Lebanese couples and fertility, study involved 900 women, Muslim, Christian (Catholic and Orthodox) deal with various issues class, etc. More