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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
1998MS-24Cambridge U.K.: Cambridge University Press 1998. Scholarly text presents a collection of essays which provides a detailed introduction to the structure of political power under the Mamluks and its economic foundations and also offers a unique insight into the Mamluk households and their relationship with the indigenous Egyptian population. Topics cover Mamluk culturescience and education; Mamluk property geography and urban society; Mamluk rule and succession. 306 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
19850056021985. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: Simon & Schuster 1985 Good HB ISBN: 0-671-55197-3 hardcover
19910076031991. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press 1991 V.Good HB ISBN: 0-271-00673-0 hardcover
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
19840065961984. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: Stryker-Post Publications 1984 Good HB ISBN: 0-943448-14-X Volume 3 XLIB with usual markings. hardcover
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
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
197027258John Murray 1970. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece title-vignette plates and illustrations in the text and double-page map on green stock some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers small neat signature on front free endpaper; green cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. John Murray, hardcover
196142491961. Soft Cover. Good. PB/ pub. 1961/Gd. condition/131 pages- In 1880 the Egyptian Government started to collect objects of art from old mosques and monuments and preserve them in the eastern cloister of the Mosque of el-Ha kim. Dates of the objects are from the beginning of the Islamic periord in the 7th century A.D. thru the 19th .F34249 paperback
19220123911922. Hardcover. Good. Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons 1922 Good HB 362 pp. W/MAP text off white ends of spine wear. hardcover
1973MS-4Beirut Lebanon: Al-Risalah 1973. Classic scholarly historical text contains early geographical writings from 800 to 1150 including descriptions of some localities in the Northern Hijaz by the Arab geographers of that period; descriptions of the pilgrim routes in that area; a general survey of information and characteristics; rise and decline of towns and villages in the Northern Hijaz; dependencies of Medina and Mecca; geographical poetry; etc. Includes a detailed fold-out map of the region. 486 pp. Dustjacket in mylar. Virtually no shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Al-Risalah Hardcover
19702829z1970. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/pub. 1970/Gd. condition/406 pages - Telling their own stories are the people of Israel. AT22829z hardcover
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
189914968George Allen 1899. 8vo. First Edition with a coloured frontispiece original tissue guard present 3 coloured plates original tissue guards present and numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text neat inscription on front free endpaper; original pictorial cloth upper board lettered in gilt enclosing illustration mounted in gilt frame backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt gilt top uncut a very good bright clean copy. Very scarce in anything like this condition. George Allen, hardcover
1948010314London: Hodder & Stoughton. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Hodder & Stoughton 1948 first printing. 8vo. 371pp. illustrated with 53 b/w plates 5 maps map endpapers. Salmon cloth with gilt titles in burgundy block gilt cover crest top edge titnted pink printed on laid paper. Some sun fade to the spine and cover mild foxing to preliminaries paper clip ghost on top edge of first few sheets. Very good clean bright. . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1948. Hodder & Stoughton unknown
197341711Tel Aviv: AM Oved Publishers 1973. HARDCOVER. G / NONE. 0x0x0. GOOD-PLUS HARDBACK. NO FOREIGN OR PRIORITY SHIPPING. AM Oved Publishers hardcover
1939026993Harmondsworth no Date But 1939 or 1940: Penguin Books 1939. First Penguin Edition 1st Printing . Printed Wrappers. Fine/Very Good DJ. First Penguin edition first printing a Penguin special no date but probably 1939 #S39;. variant with no price on covers of book or DJ 6d price on front flap not price clipped. From the collection of Ian Ballantine who was the American representative of Penguin Books prior to his founding of Ballantine Books in 1952. Each book from the Ballantine collection comes with a loose card indicating it is from the library of Ian and Betty Ballantine. Book is fine with slight bump to upper tips of covers and pages. DJ with slight wear to corners and flap folds slight browning and fading to spine 1/8" loss across top of spine <br/> <br/> Penguin Books unknown
1981K12621981. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover/Gd. condition/262 pages - Sufism religion Islam. K1262HR4 hardcover
1994MS-12Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1994. Comprehensive highly acclaimed scholarly text presents a detailed analysis of the interrelations of global and regional politics and the complex relationship between the superpowers and the Arab world. Topics covered include inter-Arab dynamics; the Arab subsystem regional and outside powers; superpower engagement in the Middle East 1955; the Suez crisis;the Eisenhower doctrine; the Egyptian-Syrian union; end of an era in Arab -superpower relations 1958-1961; the breakup of the UAR; the Egyptian-Saudi conflict in Yemen and the superpowers' response 1961-1964; the Israeli factor in Inter-Arab and Arab-Superpower relations 1964-1966; the Yemeni war; march toward war 1966-1967; U.S.-Arab relations; the emergence of a new Middle Eastern order; etc. 274 pgs. . First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Paperback
1977MS-46Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1977. Classic scholarly text investigates the Turkish experiment in democracy which began with the formation of new political parties in 1945 and led to the peaceful abdication of power by the Republican People's Party after the general election of 1950. This change which brought the Democrat Party to power proved to be a turning-point in Turkish politics and thereafter the experiment took on new dimensions. This book is based largely on Turkish sources including material gathered by the author in his extensive interviews with participants in this continuing experiment. 474 pp. Minor small light scuff mark to lower section of front dustjacket cover. Minimal shelfwear. Dustjacket in mylar. Scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Hardcover
18394430045London: Edward Lumley 1839. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Rebound. Sound binding and hinges. Tanned pages with occasional minor notes in pencil. Cloth over boards has light shelf wear label at lower spine. 14th-century book of supposed travels written in Anglo-Norman French this edition in old English that became a medieval bestseller despite being a fantastical blend of fact myth and plagiarism claiming to detail the adventures of an English knight in the Holy Land Egypt India and China and influencing explorers like Columbus. Ex-Library; 8.75" tall; 326 pages. Edward Lumley hardcover
19271206T054London: Edward Arnold and Co. 1927. 1st Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: xvi 180. Very Good. 5.75 x 9 inches 15 x 23 cm. Blue cloth binding. Light marking to boards. Page edges untrimmed. Foxing to page edges a few light spots to text. Pages 175/176 and 177/178 have been carelessly opened resulting in tears to outer margin. Pencilled notes to final page of text. Complete with 16 photographic plates and three fold-out maps. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper C.E. Rusbridge. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.75 x 9 inches 15 x 23 cm. Edward Arnold and Co. hardcover
19962022ml1996. Hardcover. Good. Gd. condition / HB/. Palestinian culture . HI6A hardcover
