Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1966. First Edition. Octavo. (approx. 45pp.) Annotated checklist of Persian and Indian Islamic art, circulated by the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit service, 1966-1968. Color plates, and B&W reproduction. Laid in :Addenda: Supplemented Introduction by Edwin Binney, III, with additions to the catalogue. In light brown..... More
Boston: G.K. Hall & Co. 1976. Cloth. Very Good Plus. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 423 pp. Former owner's name stamped outer edges. More
New York: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq, 1980. Original Wraps. Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 70 pp. Issued before the Iraq-Iran War, alleges the breaking of the Algiers Agreement of 1975. Chilling glimpse of the backdrop of the subsequent wars. More
Leiden: E.J. Brill 1970. First Edition. Octavo. 268p., The author states his intention of analyzing the general trend of youth in developing countries in general and of the development of youth in Iran in particular.The author present his framework on which the study is base. The rest of the book..... More
(London, 1978): John Murray. Octavo. 186 pages, glossary. An account of an Armenian child's escape during the Turkish atrocities during the First World War. The men had been exterminated so it was mainly the women and children who made their way despite crossing through freezing mountain passes and across waterless..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970. First Edition. Octavo. 224pp. The influence of traditional and religious groups on modern politics. The author investigates the political role of religious organizations in the West African country of Senegal. Bound in light gray cloth, spine lettering black, near fine in very good pictorial..... More
Charlottesville, (1969): Published for Randolph-Macon College By the University of Virginia. First Edition. Octavo. . 191 pages, index. Childs joined the United States Foreign Service in 1923. He was the Chargé d'Affaires of Morocco from 1941 to 1945. He served as United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1946 to..... More
Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1901. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxxiv, 369p. The original edition of the great Orientlist whose extensive work in Palestinian folk songs, and poetry became the classic way to understand the rich proverbs, poetry and use of irony by the Palestinians at the end..... More
Paris: E. Lerous, 1889. Quarto. x-202 pages. French text. One of the most important primary sources in translation of the author, Usamai ibn Munqid, who was born in the first year of the First Crusade (1095) to a family who were the lords over the Shayzar Fortress on the River..... More
Paris: Boivin & Cie Editeurs, 1932. First American. Orginal Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 159 pp. Lower right edge of cover clipped, lower corner back cover turned. Light soiling, sunning along spine. For a general French audien ce largely unacquainted with the then 40 million Islamic inabhitants..... More
Kent, UK: Arab Research Institute, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 200pp. Collected articles by resource and political experts in the oil regions. A timely notice of the state of foreign oil. In green clth boards, and green dustjacet. More
Beyrouth: Impr. Catholique, 1956. Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 156 p. Text in French. More
Paris; 1936, 1937 and 1938: Librairie Orientaliste. Small Quarto. Tome I, Fac. 1-2; Tome II, Fac. 1-2; Tome III, Fac. 1. French and Arabic text. One of the most important publications that have appeared in the history of Persian Islamic art. It is full of hitherto unpublished documents, principally historical..... More
London, 1986-2009: Brill. Small Quarto. In 13 Volume with the Index plus the Six Supplemental Volumes. Sir Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen was an Arabic scholar who was born in Alexandria, Egypt but at age 5 sent to England for his education. His major articles on Islam led to his becoming the..... More
Yale Univeristy Press New Haven 1964. First Edition. very good copy in a very good dust jacket. More
Istanbul, Turkey: Hakikat Kitabevi, 2002. Small Octavo. 5th edition. Waqf Ikhlas publication #3. French text. 297(5)pp. with a glossary and four pages with arabic text. Bound in pale green stiff paper wraps lettered in black, tiny crease to lower corner of front wrap. Near fine. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1934. First Edition. Large Octavo. 82pp., illustrations and maps, bound in green cloth lettered and ruled in gilt, spine gilt, some of the gilt is rubbed, closed tar to cloth near head. T.E. Lawrence and the Arab uprising. A very good copy. More
Paris: Librrie Paul Geuthner, 1944. First Edition. Stapled Wrap. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. French text. 4to., 93pp. Un-cut signatures. In printed wraps. The text is clean and tight; The paper wraps have wrinkling and small tears; the spine has complete title. More
Eschborn: Office Allemand De La Cooperation Technique, 1976. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 139 pp. More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. Octavo. xvi, 367 pages, illustrated by Margaret Thomas with 86 unnumbered plates (some in color), folding map at the end. John Kelman had written important books on biblical aspects of geology and archaeology. He has integrated many ancient histories of the region and for..... More
(Washington, D. C.: Embassy of Pakistan, nd.ca.1965). Octavo. xiii; 110pp. index. with laid in letter from the Economic Minister of Pakistan. Written by the President of Pakistan which deals with several issues , in particular, those dealing with India and the Kashmir question. The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 was a...... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. 326pp. Selections from his most sensational prose. Bound in brown cloth boards, with gilt title (food stain on one page). More
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1976. First Edition. Octavo. 364p. This tribute has major articles by Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, Charles J. Adams, Sajida Alvi and many others, which includes the history of and thoughts on the Islamic world, a perspective of Eastern European and Ottoman history, politics, the Arabic language, modern Muslims, the..... More
Paris: Revue Du Monde Musulman, 1907. First Edition. Magazine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. French text. 157pp. The above article, and others, in The May 1907 issue of this journal, Volume II, Number VIII, devoted to political issues in the Muslim world. Illustrated with photographs and portraits. The..... More
New York; (1990, 1991 and 1992): Doubleday. First American Editions. Octavo. In three volumes. Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006) became the Arab world's first Nobel laureate in literature in 1988. The trilogy won Egypt's State Prize for Literature in 1957 and was translated into English in 1990. The richness of his descriptions..... More