12mo. 48 manuscript leaves on creme paper, with two colored images 18th century. Al-Jazuli is one of the seven saints of Islam. This prayer book has been used for centuries by devout Muslims. It is bound in original envelope style leather decoratively stamped in blind... More
[1732]. Octavo. 46 leaves, text on both sides of 13 lines each. Written in a clear naskhi script in black ink, with headings, key words, and markings in red. Undated but notes work was endowed by Muhammad 'Awad as-Saluni to the Great Mosque in the year 1145 A.H. [1732 A.D.]..... More
Hildesheim/Zurich and New York: George Olms. Thick Quarto. 923p. Text in English, German, Arabic. Bibliographic References (p. 917-923) and indexes. Illustrated with with over 500 color and black & white illustrations and photographs. A Superb copy of an essential reference for those who study or wish to acquire Arabians. A...... More
(Comma Press, London, 2014). 1st Edition. Octavo. Signed by the Author on the title page 137 pages. Translated by Jonathan Wright. A soldier with the ability to predict the future finds himself blackmailed by an insurgent into the ultimate act of terror. From legends of the desert to the horrors..... More
Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1979. Thick Quarto. 993 pp, text in Arabic with entries & derivatives printed in red for easy reference, Celebrating 35 years of international publishing, Librairie du Liban, 1944-1979.Bound in maroon simulated leather lettered in giltspine lettered and ruled in gilt, only very minor shelf wear to..... More
London: T. Caddell & Davies, 1810. Octavo. xvi, 143 pages, 70 pages of Arabic text, Leigh Hunt regarded the fable 'Abou ben Adhem' as one of the best and a translation of it adorns his tomb though he himself did not read Arabic. It is this work of J.D. Carlyle..... 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
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
(Oakland, California; 1955): Published By Author. Small Octavo. 2nd edition. Limited to 1000 copies, this is no. 469. Signed by the author in Arabic and English on a tipped in bookplate. xii, 148 pages, illustrations and with an introduction by Jane Llewellyn Ott. The Second Edition has added a 12..... More
Mexico: Editorial Anthony, 1967. First Edition. Octavo. x, leaves a-i, 78 leaves, text in English, 35 leaves of Arabians (over 65 images), with Nahdat-ar-Arab article "Death of a German Born Arabized Scholar and Adventures" lamenting the death of Raswan, 2 leaves, Mutib As-Sha'alan's note on the death of Raswan, 1..... More