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1997MS-44Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1997. When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990 the sight of tens of thousands of non-Kuwaiti Arabs Indians East Asians and Westerners fleeing or trapped under occupation made the outside world suddenly aware of a singular fact of Kuwaiti societythat Kuwaitis are an absolute minority in their own country. Basing her analysis on extensive fieldwork and archival research the author examines the social dimension of labor migration to Kuwait since independence in 1961 exploring how the presence of over one million foreign workers has influenced the way Kuwaitis organize their lives and perceive themselves. In particular Longva looks at the relations between two sharply differentiated social categories and the politics of exclusion that have allowed Kuwaitis to protect their rights and privileges as citizens against infringement by the huge influx of expatriates. Longva examines the little-studied system of kafala or sponsorship under which all foreign workers enter and reside in the country showing how it has become the most critical source of power for native Kuwaitis vis-à-vis immigrants. She also addresses aspects of ethnicity and class describes the life of expatriates and looks at developments in gender relations and the role of women in building the national identity in the context of migration and modernization. 266 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Hardcover
1982MS-35Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1982. Scholarly study describes and interprets the transformation of Egyptian agriculture from the beginning of cotton cultivation in the early nineteeth century to the economic changes under Anwar Sadat. The author uses both microeconomic theory and social and political analysis to show how the interaction of social classes technical change government policy and the international and state systems have shaped Egypt's agricultural development. 296 pgs. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Hardcover
1989MS-11Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1989. Comprehensive text presents a theoretical and analytical study of the political authority in the Islamic world that not only recognizes the existance of social stratification within Islamic society but also the significance of individual leaders' characteristics. Topics covered include the Islamic state; politics of Islamic sectarianism; Islamic political leadership; elitism charasmatic authority and Islamic leadership; pragmatism in political leadership; etc. 152 pgs. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Paperback
1841000478Bonn: Eduard Weber 1841. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. First Edition. 8vo. 4 volumes. Volume I. pp. XXVII 1 721 1. Volume II. pp. 6 561 1. Volume III. pp. 4 IV 659 1. Volume IV. pp. VIII 336. The first part in one volume is titled Untersuchungen uber die Religion und die Gottheiten der Phonizier. The second part in 3 volumes is titled Das Phonizische Alterthum. Scattered mild to moderate marginal foxing. The title pages and several interior leaves in each volume contain an institutional blind stamp. The title page to part II volume I shows some moderate foxing. A small tear on the front blank fly-leaf of volume IV is neatly sealed. Bound in quarter red morocco with gilt spines and marbled boards. The volumes contain some wear to extremities as well as a few spots of darkening; the head cap of volume three is carefully restored. Franz Karl Movers 1806-1856 was a German orientalist who taught at the University of Breslau Wroclaw. His extensive study of Phoenician history was well thought of at the time. The first volume discusses Phoenician deities and religious beliefs. The other three volumes discuss classical and Biblical sources relating to Phoenician history and culture. <br/> <br/> Eduard Weber hardcover
1990MS-33Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1990. Scholarly text explores the failure of liberal nationalism in Iran and examines the movement's three major opportunities and subsequent failures to gain political power in Iran- the latest during the 1977-1979 revolution. The author addresses the key question of whether the failure of liberal nationalism can be blamed o structural constraints or is the result of the movement's own internal dynamics that a complex interplay between these elements against the backdrop of global power politics defeated the movement in Iran. Includes an assessment of future prospects for a secular-liberal-nationalist movement in post-revolutionary Iran. 214 pp. Publisher's stamp on half-title page. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Paperback
1700402AG1700. Paris c. 1700. Original copper engraved maps. 15.5 cm wide x 13 cm high. Mounted on paper. Very good condition. From a wonderful collection of Maps from an old english library South Shields - with a tiny library stamp to the mounting paper The stamp is NOT on the Map. Nicolas de Fer 164625 October 1720 was a French cartographer and geographer. De Fer was the youngest of three sons of Antoine de Fer who was also a cartographer. When he was 12 he became the apprentice of Parisian engraver Louis Spirinx and made his first map of the Canal du Midi at the age of 23. After the death of his father in June 1673 his mother Geneviève initially took over the map making company which had begun to decline. She passed it and the atelier called Quai de L'Horloge on to Nicolas in 1687 because of her old age. De Fer was so successful at improving the firm that in 1690 he became the official geographer to Louis Dauphin of France. With support from the Spanish and French Royal Families de Fer also became official geographer for Philip V and Louis XIV the kings of Spain and France respectively. Because of this his maps became Bourbon propaganda endorsing French King Louis XIV. His business flourished producing town plans atlases wall maps and more than 600 sheet maps. He made maps of places in Europe and North America including New Spain places fortified by Vauban the Low Countries and the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1698 de Fer published a map of North America which included a depiction of beavers building dams near Niagara Falls. Seventeen years later Herman Moll published a map which plagiarized elements of de Fer's work particularly the beaver scene. It became known as the "Beaver map". De Fer became the official geographer for His Catholic Majesty in 1720. Two of his sons-in-law Guillaume Danet and Jaques-François Bénard continued the company after de Fer's death on 25 October of that year until around 1760. Wikipedia unknown
1700403AG1700. Paris c. 1700. Original copper engraved maps. 15.5 cm wide x 13 cm high. Mounted on paper. Very good condition. From a wonderful collection of Maps from an old english library South Shields - with a tiny library stamp to the mounting paper The stamp is NOT on the Map. Nicolas de Fer 164625 October 1720 was a French cartographer and geographer. De Fer was the youngest of three sons of Antoine de Fer who was also a cartographer. When he was 12 he became the apprentice of Parisian engraver Louis Spirinx and made his first map of the Canal du Midi at the age of 23. After the death of his father in June 1673 his mother Geneviève initially took over the map making company which had begun to decline. She passed it and the atelier called Quai de L'Horloge on to Nicolas in 1687 because of her old age. De Fer was so successful at improving the firm that in 1690 he became the official geographer to Louis Dauphin of France. With support from the Spanish and French Royal Families de Fer also became official geographer for Philip V and Louis XIV the kings of Spain and France respectively. Because of this his maps became Bourbon propaganda endorsing French King Louis XIV. His business flourished producing town plans atlases wall maps and more than 600 sheet maps. He made maps of places in Europe and North America including New Spain places fortified by Vauban the Low Countries and the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1698 de Fer published a map of North America which included a depiction of beavers building dams near Niagara Falls. Seventeen years later Herman Moll published a map which plagiarized elements of de Fer's work particularly the beaver scene. It became known as the "Beaver map". De Fer became the official geographer for His Catholic Majesty in 1720. Two of his sons-in-law Guillaume Danet and Jaques-François Bénard continued the company after de Fer's death on 25 October of that year until around 1760. Wikipedia unknown
19660093761966. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press 1966 V.Good 226 pp. Hebrew Text Translation and Commentary with Special Reference to the Arabic Text. hardcover
14154<p>Oxford Univ. Press Clarendon 2005 1st ed. 307pp. illus. black cloth tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover.</p> Oxford Univ. Press (Clarendon) hardcover
1999MS-1<p>Israel: Ministry of Defense and Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi Press 1999. Comprehensive expanded reference text presents a comparative view of the country between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea from the second decade of the turbulent twentieth century to the present. Includes approximately seventy aerial photos taken by German British and Australian aviators during WWI and newer color photos of the same seventy sites taken between 1930-1990 to show a comparative study of the physical changes. 208 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.</p> Ministry of Defense and Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi Press hardcover
18413693Warsaw H. Bomberg Zvi Tsevi Ya'akov; Warszawie Drukarni J. Lebensona 1841. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Octavo. Pp. 359 4. Handsome vignette illustration at end of approbations and introduction. Old stamps. HARDCOVER modern cloth shelf number on sine. A very good copy. ~ First part of three complete in its own. Second edition printed in the same year as the FIRST EDITION. To this edition which is practically identical to the first a decorative title-page has been added with a phrase from the Book of Job printed on verso. Also added here is a Rabbinical Approbation "Words of Praise from The Wise Men of the Censor of Warsaw" as well as a 4-page Subscribers' list bound at the end which are not present in the earlier edition. Written in Hebrew mostly in Rashi script. Joseph Schönhak was born at Tiktin 1812; died at Suwalki 1870. He led a retired life devoting his time to writing and study. He was the author of "Ha-Mashbir" or "Aruk he-Hadash" Warsaw 1858. His "Toldath Haaretz" Toledot ha-Arez is a natural history in three parts. The subjects are arranged and classified and a full description of each is given as to color form and habitat. Those that are mentioned in the Bible are given book chapter and verse; and so with those mentioned in the Talmud. The "Ha-Masbir" is an Aramaic-German rabbinical dictionary based on Nathan ben Jehiel's "Aruk" "Hamiluim oder Masbir Hachadasch. Aramäisch-rabinisch-deutsches Wörterbuch Ergenzung zu dem Hamasbir oder Aruch" Warsaw 1869. His "Sefer ha-Milluim" was published in Warsaw in 1869 "Sefer Ha-Miluim Le-Aruch: A dictionary to the Talmud and Midrashim based on the order of the Aruch with clarification of readings and sources from the Babylonian and Palestian Talmuds the Tannaitic Midrahsim ." was reprinted 1978 Jerusalem Makor. Bibliography: Ha-Maggid 1870 No. 49; Fuenn Keneset Yisrael 1866. See also Isidore Singer and Julius Gottlieb: The Jewish Encyclopedia. Rare. F-5 OUT <br/> <br/> Warsaw, H. Bomberg (Zvi [Tsevi] Ya'akov); Warszawie, Drukarni J. Lebensona hardcover
19853805Leiden Köln Brill 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Two volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. xxiii 539; xv and 367 illustrations accompanied by explanatory text unpaginated. Includes the Errata slip for both volumes. HARDCOVER uniformly bound in the original publisher's lime-green cloth gilt covers and spines. In mint condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Handbuch der Orientalistik. Siebente Abteilung: Kunst und Archäologie. Erster Band. Der Alte Vordere Orient. Zweiter Abschnitt: Die Denkmäler. B - Vorderasien. Lieferung 3 I-II. Edited by J. E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw. ISBN 9004070915 9004071709. G-4 IN <br/> <br/> Leiden, Köln, Brill hardcover
1967MS-7Berkeley CA.: University of California Press 1967. Scholarly highly regarded text examines the impact of the "Egyptian Phase" 1382-1406 on the great historian Ibn Khaldun's writings and interest towards Eastern Islam and non-Islamic peoples. First part of the text covers Khaldun's life in Mamluk Egypt and his roles as educator Chief Cadi and public servant; including details of the six topics he and Tamerlane discussed during their confroontation outside Damascus. Second part of the text investigates the Egyptian influence on the products of Ibn Khaldun's historical research which included a biography of the Sultan Barquq a historical survey of the Mongol and Tatar tribes biographies of Jenghiz Khan his descendants and Tamerlane; etc. 217 pgs. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Dustjacket has a few tiny creases on top edge; in mylar. Minimal shelfwear. Scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. University of California Press Hardcover
1987AN-50Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press 1987. Scholarly comprehensive text reviews the archaeology of western Iran from the first Neolithic villages through the earliest political states from the archaic and Persian empires to the profound influences of the Greek and Roman civilizations and finally to the fall to Islamic invaders. Text adopts a geographic approach concentrating on settlement patterns and the inferences that can be made from them concerning population changes the function of sites in regional social networks and regional interactions. 332 pgs. Illustrated. Tiny faint scuff to outer edge. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Smithsonian Institution Press Hardcover
1985MS-41Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1985. Scholarly text examines the evolution of the Sa'udi government from 1901 to 1983 a period of major social and political transformation and the ways in which a traditional elite the Al Sa'ud has managed to surmount the formidable obstacles of tribal and regional differences compounded by rapid modernization. The Council of Ministers formed in 1953 is one method developed by the Sa'udis to cope with these problems and represented the first step toward a national administrative system. Dr. Huyette traces the Council's antecedents as well as the changes in its membership procedures and responsibilities and the concomitant changes in the political elite and its style of leadership. 201 pp. Publisher's stampon the half title page. . First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Paperback
1990MS-27Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1990. Scholarly text authored by a group of distinguished Jordanian economists examines the extent to which economic inequality in Jordan has increased since 1973 despite- and due to a concerted program of economic development. Utilizing empirical data on the distribution of income the authors analyze the wage and income differentials by occupation economic sector rural/urban variables; relationship to poverty-line social security and health care expenditures. Includes analyses of income distribution in the West Bank and Gaza. 208 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Paperback
1880ABC_487231880. Tipped onto a stiff paper mount ca. 40 x 30 cm. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. One albumen print ca. 22.5 x 27.5 cm. Striking image of a large group of Arabic men dressed in white engaged in prayer on a field. The large image was likely taken by a photographer who was active in the Middle East in the late 19th-century but is unfortunately unsigned.The edges are somewhat discoloured and the corners are creased from a past mounting method. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
1941179626London: Geore Philip & Son. 1941. A cartographic representation of the Middle East in wartime centred on the Levant and showing oil pipelines seasonal streams and wadis and transportation routes. Colour lithographed map 540 x 660 mm folding away into green card covers lettered in black. Couple of nicks and creases else fine. unknown
19251206T062London: Country Life 1925. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: xiv 88. Very Good Minus. 10 x 12.5 inches 27 x 32 cm. Green cloth binding. Light scuffing and marking to boards. Fading to spine and edges of front board. Top page edge gilt. Foxing to page edges and plates a few spots to text. Complete with the fold-out map and three fold-out aerial surveys. Provenance: From the library of St. Benedict's Abbey Fort Augustus with bookplate and small shelf label to front pastedown endpaper. . Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £19.00; USA £33.00; Oceania £40.00; Rest of World £37.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 10 x 12.5 inches 27 x 32 cm. Country Life hardcover
1834023418Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1834. Second Edition . Quarter Morocco. Fine. 6 5/8" Tall. 472 Pp. Quarter Morocco. Asecond Edition. A Fine Copy Spine Gilt Very Strong Original Purple Morocco Spine And Tips Original Purple Cloth Original Watered Endpapers And Watered Edges Of Page Block Contents Fine Leather Just Recently Professionally Refreshed. Contents Immaculate Pages Crisp Map Undamaged No Foxing. Heraldic Bookplate "Sperate Et Vivitefortes" Of The Welsh Cavalry Senior Cavalry Of The British Army On Front Pastedown Ownership Signature "John Clements Queen's Dragoon Guards" On Verso Of First Front Endpaper. <br/> <br/> Oliver & Boyd unknown
199533519London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1995 First Edition. hardcover. First Edition First Printing in U.K. -- SIGNED inscribed to Charles Issawi who wrote many books on the Middle East "old friend good friend" and dated 22-11-95. -- Hardcover. Condition: very good minus cover and text block are bumped; marginal short lines throughout with very good dust jacket. ISBN 0297813455 Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardcover
190721954SPCK 1907. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece original tissue guard captioned in red present and numerous plates and illustrations in the text; original red buckram bevelled boards gilt back black endpapers uncut backstrip very lightly sunned else a remarkably bright fresh clean copy. ROBERT SINKER'S COPY WITH HIS SIGNED INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO. Robert Sinker 1838-1913 was famously Librarian of Trinity College Cambridge and Chaplain of Trinity College Chapel. He compiled several bibliographical works including a scholarly account of the College library and the standard Catalogue of its Fifteenth-Century Printed Books and was active also as a biblical scholar publishing a number of textual studies resulting from the progressive archaeology of the Holy Land. A SPLENDID AND IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY. SPCK, hardcover
1355Amsterdam de Hoogh 1863-64. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Three books in one volume. Octavo. Pp. vii 343; 2 310 1 verso blank; 1 verso blank 302 1 verso blank. Three title-pages and three chromolithograph frontispieces with tissue guards a pair to each book. Plus 10 other chromolithograph plates with facing tissue guards and two hand-coloured folding lithograph maps bound-in. Index. HARDCOVER contemporary tan half calf corners forest-green and marbled boards. Spine gilt-stamped richly decorated. In about fine condition paper on boards rubbed and dull endpapers dusty small stain or two. Overall an excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Tobler p. 226 wrongfully dating the edition as 1862. Eduard Gerdes 1821-1898. With charming views of Hebron Bethlehem Jaffa Jericho Mount of Olives Sinai Suez Damascus and other locations in the region. A-1 <br/> <br/> Amsterdam, de Hoogh, 1863-64. hardcover
1979EC-43U.K.: Oxford University Press 1979. Detailed text provides a systematic account of the views of the Arab oil-producing countries on the basic issues underlying debates in the most crucial areas of international oil affairs. Contains nine papers contributed by some of the leading figures in policy-making in international oil affairs and oil-developmental economists in the Arab world. 110 pgs. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford University Press Paperback
19846005Mainz am Rhein Philipp von Zabern 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Small folio. Pp. 102. With 126 illustrations. HARDCOVER bound in the original publisher's full cloth. A BRAND NEW copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Abteilung Kairo. Archäologische Veröffentlichungen 46. HATHOR-7 <br/> <br/> Mainz am Rhein, Philipp von Zabern hardcover
