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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
1986MS-18Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1986. Comprehensive scholarly text examines the issues of food problems government policy and social class formation in the Middle East focusing on Turkey and Egypt. Topics covered include political economy of demand: food subsidies and political conflict; political economy of supply: taxes and subsidies; agrarian relations; transformation of the agricultural labor force; etc. 282 pp. Illustrated with 55 tables. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . Westview Press Paperback
2000125St. Martin's Press/St. Antony's College 2000. Hardcover. Good/Very good. Dustjacket has some wear and a three-inch scratch on front. Cover has light wear. Light to moderate foxing on page edges. Light foxing on inside front and rear covers and front and rear endpapers. First printing. St. Martin's Press/St. Antony's College hardcover
13801London Weidenfeld And Nicolson 1985. 0297787136 . First UK edition 8vo 274 pages fine blue cloth hard back with a very good unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. The first comprehensive account written in English of the fortunes of the Jews of Iraq their culture society and religous heritage. . London, Weidenfeld And Nicolson 1985 hardcover
2009300Boylston Enterprises 2009. Paperback. Good. No dustjacket as issued. Cover has some wear remnants of a price sticker and a rough area on front and a crease in upper left rear corner. Rear endpaper has a crease in upper right corner. Approximately 12 pages have a small slight crease in upper right corner. Boylston Enterprises paperback
004762Boston MA: Little Brown & Co. 1935. 280 24pp.ads. With illustrations. "Carl Raswan is one of the few men who have penetrated the unexplored desert of Northern Arabia. He lived with the warlike Bedouins not as a foreigner but as one marked by the rite of blood-brotherhood with their Sheiks. He shared in the migration of over 30000 people hundreds of tents and thousands of camels seeking water and grazing land experiencing with them the eternal struggle against hunger and drought." Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Little Brown & Co. hardcover
19870083731987. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: The John Hopkins University Press 1987 Good HB ISBN: 0-8018-3377-9 EX-LIB. hardcover
20101204P043London: Profile Books 2010. 1st Edition . Paperback. Printed pages: 237. Very Good Plus. 5.25 x 8.25 inches 13.5 x 21.5 cm. Signed by Author. A few small marks to page edges otherwise excellent. Signed by the author without dedication to title page. A rare signed copy. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.00; USA £15.00; Oceania £16.00; Rest of World £18.00. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.25 x 8.25 inches 13.5 x 21.5 cm. Profile Books paperback
19770118411977. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: American University of Beirut 1977 Good HB 240 pp. EX-LIB. with usual markings. hardcover
18074Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences 1980. Paper bound first edition volume one of the series extensively referenced 218pp. Botto corner of rear cover is lightly fanned otherwise a tight and unmarked very good or better copy. 275 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences, 1980 unknown
1987MS-40Washington D.C.: Westview Press / Middle East Institute 1987. Scholarly text presents a collection of essays in honor of Professor Majid Khadduri and covers the fields to which he has made notable contributions: law ideas and personalities and the politics and diplomacy of the Middle East. The text also examines the complexity of communism in the Arab world the little-known events following World War I that surrounded the short-lived Republic of Gilan and the rationale for and effect of British intervention in the Gulf in the nineteenth century. 270 pgs. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press / Middle East Institute Hardcover
18771413Leipzig Wilhelm Engelmann 1877. Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Crown quarto. Pp. 644. Plus folding coloured lithograph map bound at rear. Printed wrappers worn detached bookblock loosening. Very good interior. Very good reading or binding copy. ~ Based on Maspero's second edition. With a foreword by Prof. Georg Ebers. Y-3 OUT <br/> <br/> Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann paperback
18980692Trier Paulinus 1898. 1st Edition . Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Crown octavo. Pp. 100. Set in Gothic type. Original printed wrappers decorated in black shelf label to spine small institutional stamp. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Extremely rare travelogue to the Holy Land at the end of the 19th Century. It contains: Stations of the journey with daily reports; visits to Jaffa Jerusalem Bethlehem Nazareth Cairo Alexandria. Y-3 OUT <br/> <br/> Trier, Paulinus paperback
195221077New York: E. P. Dutton. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Small dent to front board and with very light discoloration. DJ with light rubbing chipping and discoloration. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Front fold-out map detached but present and with small tear. ; Author Payne discusses the history of Persia interspersed with his own experiences. "An exciting pilgrimage into the exotic richness of Persia contrasting everyday life in Iran today with its ageless art." ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages . E. P. Dutton hardcover
40206London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent and Co Ltd 1890. 1st edition. "Throws light on the Geography of the Holy Land and brings out in vivid relief the towns and hills and valleys and streams of which the names are so familiar to Bible readers." All edges gilt. Pp.viii/252 engraved frontispiece 8 further engraved plates some scattered foxing mainly affecting the first thirty pages owner's names and ink monogram to front endpapers. Dark green bevelled cloth gilt title and image of a man in arab dress to front gilt title to spine wear to edges. Good. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co Ltd, 1890. hardcover
2018146462Kurdistan Academics / Kurdistan Institution for Strategic Studies 2018. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square covers have sharp corners exterior shows no blemishes text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 310 pages. Keywords: Kidnaping Human Trafficking Women Girls Middle East Kurds Kurdish Islam Arab Armies Sultans Caliphs Iraq Syria Turkey Iran Fatwa Sex Trade Anfal Children Kurdistan Academics / Kurdistan Institution for Strategic Studies paperback
1999146515Mesopotamian Publishers 1999. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square covers have sharp corners exterior shows no blemishes text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 155 pages. Keywords: Pkk Mustafa Kemal TGNA Turkey Imralik Mesopotamian Publishers paperback
19770085291977. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: FAS of The American University 1977 Good HB 448 pp foxing. hardcover
18945250London James Nisbet 1894. Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Crown octavo. Pp. x 194 8 Publisher's ads. Appendices indices footnotes and extended Preface. HARDCOVER bound in the original illustrated blue cloth spine discoloured. In good condition. ~ SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. With a presentation inscription in the Author's hand "To E. Taylor in memory of the Palestine lectures . September 1895 James Neil". Eleventh edition. This edition is printed throughout on exceptionally heavy paper actually card uncommon in small octavo. Also the cover differs from the plain leaf-green cloth of previous editions and displays now illustration of an orthodox Jew reading from the Torah. With interesting appendices about farming in Palestine the scenery of the land the Papal railway the state of Europe and Russia. With detailed General Index and Index of Texts which lists all passages of scripture explained or referred to in the text. Z-2 OUT <br/> <br/> London, James Nisbet hardcover
18775248London James Nisbet 1877. Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Crown octavo. Pp. vii 194. Appendices indices footnotes. HARDCOVER bound in the original green cloth lettered in gilt. In a very good condition. ~ Sixth edition. "Palestine is awakening to new life and Israel actually returning to its shores" opens the book which celebrates "the restoration of the Jews" as a sign that "the mystery of God is about to finish." With interesting appendices about farming in Palestine the scenery of the land the Papal railway the state of Europe and Russia. With detailed General Index and Index of Texts which lists all passages of scripture explained or referred to in the text. A small flower has been dry pressed between two leaves of this copy and is still preserved. It would be appropriate to assume that it has been picked at one time or another in the hillsides of Palestine. Z-2 OUT <br/> <br/> London, James Nisbet hardcover
1971MS-17Boulder CO.: Este Es Press & Colorado Typographic Society 1971. Classic scholarly text contains an English free verse translation of one of the great masterpieces of the fourteenth century by the renown Persian satirist Obeyd of Zaakan. The poem reflects the political personalities and events of 14th Century Persia emphasizing the moral of the strength of will is the best defense against degenerancy tyranny and exploitation. The author's translation in free English rhythmic prose is somewhat removed form the original Persian context by substituting a Western frame of reference for certain episodes and symbols in order to make the tale more meaningful. Text in English and Persian. 55 pgs. Illustrated. Signed by Nakosteen on second front free endpaper. Limited to 125 copies of which this is numbered 118. Gilt spine and front cover. Slight split on front spine hinge binding tight. Very minimal shelfwear. . Signed by Author. Limited Collector's Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Illus. by GilmanJohn T. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. . Este Es Press & Colorado Typographic Society Hardcover
1969260381969. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1969/Fair condition/530 pages - Discusses how India is faced with the dilemma of democracy versus development. AH326038 hardcover
21420Tehran: Islamic Propagation Organization n.d. Paper bound16mo edition not stated 78pp. Letter/questionnaire from the International Relations Department of the Islamic Propagation Organization laid in at front. As new. 70 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. Tehran: Islamic Propagation Organization, n.d. unknown
197820981New York NY: AMS Press. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. Top back corner bumped otherwise as new; Tan cloth covered boards with red titles front and spine B&W illustrations; Oriental Explorations and Studies No. 3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 426 pages; This is a modern reprint of the 1927 edition by the American Geographical Society of New York . 0404602339 . AMS Press hardcover
19834649z1983. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1983/Gd. condition/248 pages - Everyday Fiqh law is examined. TH64649z hardcover