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1984MS-22Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1984. Comprehensive scholarly text presents an unabridged translation of Ayatollah Khomeini's "A Clarification of Questions" which provides a unique picture of the belief structure of Shi'ism. A compendium of 3000 "problems" Khomeini's treatise is intended to guide laymen in their religious duties as well as to cover all of life's questions and needs from personal hygiene and ritual purity to organ transplants and modern banking. The Resaleh Towzih al-Masael reveals how the external world is viewed by the Shi'ite faithful. 432 pp. No spine cracks or creases. Scarce. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Paperback
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
277701. Soft Cover. Good. PB/Fair condition/40 pages - Discusses the teachings of Phra Ajaan Mun. AT927770 paperback
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
192821083New York And London: Harper & Brothers. 1928. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Slight browning to boards and spine label. Light occasional foxing. ; Frontispiece and 7 illustrations from Persian miniatures. "These entertaining sketches are full of wit and humour with an undercurrent of tragedy that rises now and again to the surface . " The Geographical Journal Vol. 72 No. 3 Sep. 1928 p. 284 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 166 pages . Harper & Brothers 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
198862000<p>NY: Dorset Press. Very Good; Small newspaper clipping taped to rear endpaper. 1988. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0880292261 . Notes black and white illustrations and maps bibliography and index. Sir John Glubb presents afresh the main substance of his magnificent four volume history with an extension to our own time and sets the history of the Arab peoples in perspective for Western civilization. from the front jacket flap ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages .</p> Dorset Press 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
195921079London: Adam and Charles Black. 1959. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Slight browning and rubbing to DJ. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Very light foxing to edges ; With a Memoir by Sir E. Denison Ross and a foreword by Sir Ellis H. Minns. This title was originally published in 1895. The second edition was in 1926 and this is the reprint of the 3rd edition from 1950. The frontispiece shows the author in Persian dress. Including rear fold-out map. Chapters include: From England to the Persian Frontier From the Persian Frontier to Tabriz From Tabriz to Teheran From Teheran to Isfahan From Isfahan to Shiraz From Shiraz to Yezd From Yezd to Kirman. From Kirman to England. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxii 650 pages . Adam and Charles Black hardcover
18890955London Watt for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund 1889. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Three books in one volume. Crown Octavo. Pp. 51; 78; 207. Plus three folding lithographed maps one of which is coloured each as frontispiece to each book; two lithographed plans bound in Book III. With numerous engraved illustrations some full-page throughout. Indices of names with transliteration Arabic script and translation. HARDCOVER bound in the original publisher's ochre cloth lettered in black large iconic illustration stamped in gilt on cover. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Three books in one volume published 1889 1895 1890 respectively. Provenance: Noted classicist Dr. Henriëtte Boas' copy with her bookplate. Schumacher was the first explorer to survey the regions described here and his minute and thorough scientific observations notes maps drawings and sketches were prepared for publication at the request of the Palestine Exploration Fund by his friend the explorer Guy le Strange. They were published here for the first time. Gottlieb Schumacher 1857 settled at a very young age with his family in Haifa where his father a member of the "Temple Association" designed most of the buildings of the German Colony. Following the completion of his engineering studies in Stuttgart he returned to Haifa and was appointed Chief Engineer for the Province of Akko. He designed many buildings and was a leading figure in civil engineering. One of his most important projects was the survey of the Golan Hauran and the Ajlun districts in preparation for the construction of the Damascus-Haifa railway. In the course of this survey he produced the first accurate maps of these regions along with detailed descriptions of the archaeological remains and the present villages. He published many other reports and books on his discoveries supported by the Palestine Exploration Fund. With the outbreak of World War I the Templar community left for Germany. Schumacher returned in 1924 to his home on the Carmel where he died a year later. Although he was born in Ohio U.S.A. Gottlieb was brought-up and educated as a German. "I beg to through myself on the indulgence of my readers for the defects of style" he once wrote "for my work has been perforce written in a language which though familiar to me is not my own." Descriptive text Copyright Librarium The Hague F-5 OUT <br/> <br/> London, Watt (for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund) hardcover
19571211J071Michigan: B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 1957. 4th Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 429. Very Good/Good. 6.25 x 9.25 inches 16 x 23.5 cm. Dust jacket: Wear to edges fading to front cover and spine. Staining to spine. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: Red cloth binding leaning slightly. Light marking to page edges. Browning to endpapers clean text throughout. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. A revised and enlarged edition of Owen's 1939 work 'Abraham to Allenby'. Scarce. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches 16 x 23.5 cm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company hardcover
18862120London Bentley 1886. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Crown octavo. Pp. xvi 342 2 catalogue. Folding partly coloured engraved map of Western Hauran & Eastern Jaulan by Schumacher as frontispiece. Plus 5 other folding engraved maps some coloured tipped-in. With a total of 157 engraved illustrations some full page throughout the text. Index in English and Arabic footnotes. HARDCOVER bound in the original publisher's full mustard-colour cloth gilt-embossed illustration on upper cover lettering embossed in black spine lettered in black spine ends slightly bumped. Foliage green chalked endpapers; top edge roughly trimmed. In about fine condition contemporary institutional label pasted inside cover with small blemish to front endpaper stamp on blank endpaper old signature. Overall an excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Schumacher was the first explorer to survey the region lying between Damascus and Haifa. His minute and thorough scientific observations notes maps drawings and sketches were prepared for publication at the request of the Palestine Exploration Fund by his friend the explorer Guy le Strange. They were published here for the first time. The papers of le Strange and Laurence Oliphant "A Ride Through Ajlun and the Belka During the Autumn of 1884" and "A Trip to the North-East of Lake Tiberias in Jaulan" respectively were published before but appear here for the first time in a book form. Gottlieb Schumacher 1857 settled at a very young age with his family in Haifa where his father a member of the "Temple Association" designed most of the buildings of the German Colony. Following the completion of his engineering studies in Stuttgart he returned to Haifa and was appointed Chief Engineer for the Province of Akko. He designed many buildings and was a leading figure in civil engineering. One of his most important projects was the survey of the Golan Hauran and the Ajlun districts in preparation for the construction of the Damascus-Haifa railway. In the course of this survey he produced the first accurate maps of these regions along with detailed descriptions of the archaeological remains and the present villages. He published many other reports and books on his discoveries supported by the Palestine Exploration Fund. With the outbreak of World War I the Templar community left for Germany. Schumacher returned in 1924 to his home on the Carmel where he died a year later. Although he was born in Ohio U.S.A. Gottlieb was brought-up and educated as a German. "I beg to throw myself on the indulgence of my readers for the defects of style" he once wrote "for my work has been perforce written in a language which though familiar to me is not my own." Descriptive text Copyright Librarium The Hague F-5 OUT <br/> <br/> London, Bentley hardcover
19780085431978. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: St. Martin's Press 1978 Good HB ISBN: 0-312-01063-X hardcover
1987020910Aachen Germany: Edition Herodot / Rader Verlag 1987. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 539 pages. Soft cover bound in red wrappers. Light wear. Text is sound and clean; text in German. Sozialokonomische Schriften zur Rualen Entwicklung / Social Studies on Rural Development #69. <br/> <br/> Edition Herodot / Rader Verlag paperback
1960290321960. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1960/Gd. condition ex-lib/342 pages - A bibliography about agricultural economics in India. AI329032 hardcover
19959431z1995. Soft Cover. Good. Gd. condition - An examination of Service to Islam J19431z paperback
1987MS-8Abdullah N. Al-Subaiy 1987. Scholarly text presents 789 bibliographic entries of doctoral dissertaions on all subjects related to Saudi Arabia which have been accepted by universities in the U.S. and Canada from 1935-1987. Entries are arrange alphabetically by subject year and author. Text in English and Arabic. Includes a presentation letter from the author on his stationary signed and dated. Approx. 350 pp. Gilt spine front cover in English rear cover in Arabic. Lower corners slightly bumped. Scarce. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Privately Printed. Abdullah N. Al-Subaiy Hardcover
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
190919628John Murray 1909. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece original tissue guard present 34 plates on 27 full-page map full-page diagram full-page map in the text and large folding map; handsomely bound in full dark blue crushed morocco back with raised bands gilt top uncut gilt from original board and backstrip preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves at front a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Sold from an institution with its small neat blind stamp on title. The author served with the Geological Survey of Egypt. EXTREMELY SCARCE. John Murray, hardcover
1739174921London.: The Gentleman's Magazine. circa1739. Engraved map 22.2 x 31.4 31.1 x 33 cm sheet size elaborate explanatory key in three columns at the foot original folds sealed 2 cm tear to the lower part of the inner margin one other small fold tear no loss inner margin of the key trimmed with some loss an original fault paper browned and spotted on the verso but an historic map in good condition. . [The Gentleman's Magazine]. unknown
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
19582636z1958. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub. 1958/Gd. condition/201 pages - The grammatical structure of the modern Arabic literary language L12636z hardcover
1991284871991. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub.1991/Gd. condition/476 pages - A textbook and reader on an introduction to Judaism. AR628487 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
19271139E032London: British School of Archaeology in Egypt / Macmillan and Co. 1927-1928. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 136; 32. Very Good Minus. 7.25 x 10.75 inches 18.5 x 27.5 cm. Ex library in a good quality library binding. Five issues retaining the original front covers for 1927 Part 1 & 1928 Part 1 only. Red buckram with gilt title to spine. Red speckled page edges. Barcode to front endpaper pocket and label to rear endpaper occasional stamps to margins. Clean text throughout. Includes an index for all issues 1924-1927. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate for non-European destinations. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: USA £21.00; Oceania £26.00; Rest of World £26.00. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 7.25 x 10.75 inches 18.5 x 27.5 cm. British School of Archaeology in Egypt / Macmillan and Co. hardcover
