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2001MS-43Herndon Virginia: Association of Muslim Social Scientists & International Institute of ISlamic Thought 2001. Scholarly text presents articles covering Al-Mawardi's Theory of State: Some Ignored Dimensions; Prospect and Problems of a Common Market: An Empirical Examination of the OIC Countries; Femininity versus Feminism: Contemporary Islamic Perspectives on the Essence of Womanhood; ISESCO and the International Knowledge Order: Proaction Reaction or Inaction; The Evolution of Early Islamic Ethics. 205 pgs. Prior ownership name stamp on title page. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association of Muslim Social Scientists & International Institute of ISlamic Thought Paperback
1988MS-37Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1988. Scholarly text explores the recent history of the Saudi oil state in an analysis of the struggle for social and political power in modern Saudi Arabia. Includes a discussion of the impact on the Saudi economy of the oil market; processes of modernization and its impact on social and political change; etc. 247 pgs. Frontispiece map. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper with some residual print transfer on inside dustjacket flap. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Hardcover
2012ID90205 Riyadh: 2012. Pp. 414. Paperback in dust-wrapper Condition: Very good in good dust-wrapper.<br>Contents:<br>Rainer Voigt Language Script and Society in South Arabia and on the Horn of Africa;<br>John F. Healey Between Rome and Arabia: the Aramaic Interface;<br>Zeyad Mustafa Al-Shorman The Assimilation of Dushara – ḌwÅ¡ara in Greco-Roman Period;<br>Christian Julien Robin Les rois de Kinda;<br>El-Nowieemy Magda Arabia in Roman Sources: The Evidence of Latin Poetry;<br>Alia Hanafi Some Greek and Arabic Documents;<br>Albrecht Berger Christianity in South Arabia in the 6th Century AD – Truth and Legend;<br>Robert Hillenbrand Reflections on the Mosaics of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus;<br>Panayotis Yannopoulos L’origine des informations byzantines au sujet de l’Arabie préislamique;<br>Carole Hillenbrand Sayf al-Dawla al-MutanabbÄ« and Byzantium: The Evidence of a Textile;<br>M. Tahar Mansouri Les échos des conquêtes arabes dans les sources byzantines et l’évolutions des relations vers la reconnaissance mutuelle VIIe-Xe siècles;<br>Sophia Patoura The Byzantine Court and the Arab Caliphate: Mutual Attempts at Rapprochement at the Peak of the Arab-Byzantine Struggle 9th-10th c.;<br>Alkiviadis Ginalis A Preliminary Introduction to the Comparison of Maritime Traditions in the Red Sea Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean from the 1st to the 15th Century AD;<br>Vasilios Christides Sailing in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Imaginary Creatures in Some Byzantine and Arab Illuminations: The Unicorn MonocerÅs;<br>Tarek M. Muhammad Clysma in the Literary and Documentary Arab Sources;<br>Stephanos M. Kordoses Arab Advance along the Southern Part of the Silk Route Gesar Phrom and Fu-lin æ‹‚è» of the Chinese Sources;<br>Lin Ying and Yu Yusen The Arab Empire in Chinese Sources from the 8th Century to the 10th Century;<br>Nike Koutrakou The Eastern Luxury Nexus in Middle - Byzantine Literature: A Reality Check;<br>Eleonora Kountoura Galaki Arabia Egypt and Syria in Byzantine Hagiographical Works during the Late Byzantine and Ayyubid Periods;<br>Maria Leontsini Byzantine References to the Flora and Fauna of the Arabian Peninsula and the Classical Greek Tradition 4th -12th c. AD;<br>Anne Mccabe Greek Horse Medicine in Arabic;<br>Geor Soutsos and Christos Teazis Piri Reis’s Greek and Arabic Influences in his Chart and Map Creations for the Ottoman Empire;<br>Summaries of the contributions in Arabic language Vol. I;<br>C. Hillenbrand Conclusions of the Symposium. King Saud University paperback
19251208C019Baghdad: Hasso Bros. 1925 Circa. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 50. Very Good Plus/Good. 10 x 12.25 inches 26 x 32 cm. Slipcase: Rare original slipcase constructed from stapled card. Addressed to the English recipient on one side panel with Iraqi stamp and label with a few postal franks dated 1927. Also included is the original plain jacket with heavy foxing wear and slight loss to edges a few archival tape repairs to reverse. Overall case condition is Good. Book: First printing. Oblong album bound in imitation crocodile skin with gilt lettering to front board. Cord ties one tassle lacking. 73 sepia photogravures on 50 leaves recto only printed by Rotophot AG of Berlin. Speckled foxing to pages as usual for this title a few light marks. Excellent overall condition by far the best example we have seen. Includes street scenes of Basrah Basra Baghdad and Mosul. Three images have 'R.A.F. Official Photograph' noted below. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 10 x 12.25 inches 26 x 32 cm. Hasso Bros. 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
1910J68AIMO7W1D1Palestine 1910. Rolled up and kept in a cardboard tube. An enormous panoramic view drawn in coloured gouaches on a single continuous roll of unwatermarked wove paper 70 x 583 cm the drawing running to the edges of the paper. A panoramic view of what appears to be a fantasy Middle Eastern landscape with spectacular mountains in the background a body of water near each end and a wide variety of buildings and ruins some clearly classical Roman and others Middle Eastern. The combination of classical Roman architecture with dromedaries and other Middle Eastern features places it very likely in Palestine but we have not been able to identify specific buildings. The most distinctive ruin a round Roman temple with five columns on the viewer's side an entablature above them and a vertical base below them looks more like the Temple of the Vesta at Tivoli than like any known in the Middle East the columns are not rendered in sufficient detail to determine their order but they are almost certainly not Ionic and are probably Corinthian. There are also classical Roman aqueducts. The six shepherds with their flocks all wear broad-brimmed hats and have staffs and two are blowing long slightly curved horns. Several more figures with broad-brimmed hats and staffs might be pilgrims one together with what is presumably his wife. With a 33 cm tear into the left end a few insignificant and much smaller tears and with pin holes about 1 cm from the edges from mounting on a wall but otherwise in very good condition and with the colours fresh and bright. A spectacular panoramic view of the Middle East including many classical Roman ruins. unknown
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
1920ABC_48727Iraq 1920. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. With 11 snapshots all ca. 6 x 9 cm. Collection of 11 snapshots from the early 1920s likely taken by a British soldier stationed in the Middle East. It is difficult to pinpoint exactly where these photographs were taken but presumably in Mesopotamia present day Iraq. Great Britain was actively involved in Mesopotamia from 1914-1932. Prior to the First World War a large portion of the Middle East was in the hands of the Ottoman Empire. However when the Ottomans sided with Germany in 1914 Great Britain sent forces to Mesopotamia to protect the Anglo-Persian oil fields. The British army initially suffered a major defeat but eventually gained the upper hand and captured Baghdad in 1917. In 1920 after the Ottoman Empire was partitioned the United Kingdom formally established control in the region under a mandate of the League of Nations. However the Iraqi people resented this idea and revolted. In 1922 Great Britain and Iraq then signed the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty in which Iraq was given the right for self-government while Great Britain stayed in control of the country's foreign policy. This would last until Iraq's independence in 1932.The present snapshots were taken in the early days of British control in the region and depict the atmosphere at the time. They show the daily life of locals including women collecting water from the river men standing guard and the hustle and bustle in the streets. Also included are various group photos of British soldiers and locals.The photographs show some traces of wear around the corners and edges but are overall in good condition. unknown
1948L2EG76GNBQ6GLondon: Brettenhem house 1948. Later cardboard binder. 30 x 23.5 cm. With many reproductions of photographs ground plans maps and cross-sections. Extract from the periodical The Petroleum Times containing an extensive article on oil in the Middle East. It opens with a list of Middle East oil companies and their concessions accompanied by a map showing their oil fields followed by a section on the future of Middle East oil. Individual chapters are devoted to the oil industry in Iran Iraq Bahrein Saudi Arabia Haifa Israel and Kuwait describing the area's geology oil fields reservoirs and more illustrated with photographs and cross-sections of the soil. The first 25 and last 16 pages consist of advertisements. Lacking the first 4 leaves of the preliminaries probably advertisements but the article itself complete some leaves slightly creased otherwise in very good condition. Brettenhem house, unknown
1893174920New York.: Hunt & Eaton. Circa1893. Printed map in colour elevation shown with hachures 29 x 23.5 cm text on the verso relating to entries for Afghanistan Beluchistan and Turkey prepared for Hunt & Eaton's "New York Recorder's Atlas" small tears to the top edge but in very good condition. . Hunt & Eaton. unknown
ABC_47243Jerusalem 1973. 121 x 92 cm. Carta Colour-printed map folded. Scale 1:20000000. A large wall map of the Middle East shortly before the Yom Kippur War showing the Arabian Peninsula north-eastern Africa with Libya Egypt and Sudan as well as Turkey and Iraq pictured in their entirety. A separate inset shows Israel others show statistics such as population and trade oil production etc.A few large tears to folds some adhesive tape reinforcements to reverse but well preserved. unknown
1957L94EK3173IPOTel Aviv: Tazpioth 1957. Original wrappers. 8vo. 18 instalments plus 1 duplicate. A selection of instalments of the magazine: New outlook an Tel Aviv-based monthly devoted to Israeli and Middle Eastern affairs and the promotion of Israeli-Palestinian dialogue and peace. It includes articles on politics poetry agriculture meteorology the Cold War education music education economy etc. covering all countries in the Middle East and from both Jewish and Arab perspectives.A very good set. Tazpioth, unknown
1890174941Chicago.: Rand McNally & Co. 1890. Map with original colour 18.6 x 25.9 cm central fold inner margin darkened and outer margin a bit worn but in very good condition. An appealing map showing Iran/Persia Afghanistan and Beluchistan finely shaded and the borders with Turkey India Turkestan and the Russian Empire. Also noting that "Names referring to Ancient Geography are in Light Characters" and recording submarine telegraph cables. . Rand McNally & Co. unknown
64259c.1880. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition pasted on original mount photographers title and number in negative. Dimensions: 260 x 200mm. 10.25 x 8 inches.<br /> <br /> [c.1880]. unknown
1875223701London.: The Religious Tract Society. 1875. First edition. 32 full page illustrations one double-page including frontispiece map and numerous text illustrations 224pp 8pp "Illustrated Books of Travel" publisher's advertisement original green pictorial cloth elaborately embossed in gilt black and blind spine gilt lettered 28 x 19.5 cms binding bright and unmarked small bump to the lower corner affecting the inner leaves discolouration to the verso of the frontispiece early owner's inked signature a most attractive copy in very good condition. Richly illustrated in a fine pictorial binding from the "Pen & Pencil" series of travel books by the editor of the Religious Tract Society Rev. Samuel Manning 1821–1881. . The Religious Tract Society. hardcover
60273c.1890s. . Albumen print 21 x 27 cm; fair tonal range. <br /> <br /> [c.1890s]. unknown
1936L6CG5IA5ETO8Chicago: Geographical publishing company 1936. Colour printed map 54 x 40 cm. Map of the Arabian Peninsula and parts of the USSR Turkey Iran and the British French and Italian colonies in Africa possibly coming from an edition of the Commercial atlas of the world. Printed in yellow are oil fields and pipelines including the legendary Kirkuk-Haifa/Tripoli oil pipeline. Detailed maps of Iran and of British controlled Palestine are printed on the other side.With a few small holes near the inner margin. Geographical publishing company, unknown
196120239Zürich: Kunsthaus Zürich. 1961. Seventh Edition. Softcover. Very Good. The art of the Hittites in German. Exhibition catalogue from a show at the Kunsthaus Zürich from 1961. Extensive rear section with plates of artifacts. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 110 pages . Kunsthaus Zürich paperback
152556635Strasbourg. 1525. Originalt tresnitt. Arkets størrelse : 535 cm X 395 cm. Latin. <br/><br/><em>Latinsk tekst. Bretten noe gulnet et par brunpletter.Med Kypros.Map of Palestine Mesopotamia and Babylonia in present day Middle East.Relief shown pictorially.Includes names of places and natural features.Descriptive text within ornamental borders on verso.Appears in the author's Geographia translated by Willibald Pirckheimer with annotations by Joannes Regiomontanus. Argentoragi i.e. Strasbourg : Iohannes Grieningerus communibus Iohannis Koberger impensis excudebat anno a Christi Natiuitate 1525 tertio Kalendas Apriles. Boston Public Library. </em> unknown
a67416Boston 1993 G. K. Hall. ISSN 1058-644X. ISBN 0-8161-1678-4. 4to. 644pp. black cloth hardcover. Fine no DJ. hardcover
a595971993. ISBN 92-1-128139-3. United Nations Bulletin No 13. Text in English and in Arabic. Statistics--gross national product private final consumption expenditure government expenditures national savings and so on-- for Bahrain Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen. 4to. about 75pp. original printed wraps. VG. paperback
1717ST20754Lyon: Chez Anisson et Posuel 1717. Second Edition. 197 x 125 mm. 7 3/4 x 5". Three volumes. <br/> Pleasing contemporary half calf over paper boards painted to resemble tree calf smooth spines with gilt rules and two citron morocco labels. Attractive woodcut head- and tailpieces throughout WITH 153 ENGRAVED PLATES depicting the scenery flora fauna dress and architecture of locations described. Contemporary ink ownership inscription of De St. George on title page. Brunet V 903; Graesse VII 180. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed joints with just a hint of flaking but the period bindings solid and still extremely attractive survivals. Internally with a handful of quires faintly browned other trivial defects BUT AN UNUSUALLY WELL-PRESERVED SET inside and out.<br/> <br/> This lively narrative of travel at the turn of the 18th century includes a wealth of illustrations and a pleasing period bindings. A professor at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris Joseph Pitton de Tournefort 1656-1708 developed a system of botanical classification that became the standard method until it was superseded by Linnaeus in 1753. He made numerous collecting trips throughout his career; the present work is the record of his most significant voyage through Greece Turkey and along the Black Sea to Armenia and Georgia. The expedition which took place between 1700-02 had been proposed by the Comte du Pontchartrain then Secretary of State in 1699 as both a botanical and commercial endeavor. Tournefort's observations include a wealth of botanical detail but are also a rich source of information about the landscapes and peoples he encountered. He was accompanied on this voyage by German botanist Andreas Gundelsheimer and by the painter Claude Aubriet ca. 1665-1742 who had collaborated with Tournefort on his previous work "Eléments de Botanique." The work of Aubriet a botanical illustrator at the Jardin des Plantes was long appreciated by botanists and laypeople alike for its beauty and accuracy. The detailed depictions of plants here are accompanied by illustrated maps and engravings depicting zoological specimens archaeological sites and the costumes and cultures of the areas visited. The account was published posthumously in 1717 first in Paris and then shortly afterward in the present Lyon edition. The bindings here were never meant to be showy but they have come down to us in a remarkable state of preservation given their pedestrian construction and expected use. Chez Anisson et Posuel unknown
a538971949-50. Issued as a section of the preliminary version of the world Economic Report 1949-50. 4to. 235pp. large color foldout map of region's Principle Transport Route showing roads railroads and airports stapled printed wraps. VG light wear. paperback
a53345London 1953 Europa. A survey and directory of Arabia Cyprus Egypt Iraq Israel Jordan the Lebanon Libya Persia the Sudan Syria and Turkey with geographical historical economic and education surveys concise information about political industrial financial and cultural organisations and Who's Who in the Middle East. 4to. 430pp. hardcover. Institute name stamps ontop and bottom fore-edges bookplate. Spine numbers removed. VG no DJ. . hardcover
a53417Beirut 1973 1974. The Americans for Justice in the Middle East an anti-Israel anti-Zionist group. Volume VII Nos 1 2 3 4. Volume VIII Nos. 1 2. Covers the Yom-Kippur war and various terrorist attacks and the Israeli response. Threats of suicide bombing using commercial airliners. 4to. original covers bound in buckram. Institution stamp on fore-edges and on covers. VG. hardcover