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Riyad University, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Book is in Near Fine condition, by which we mean almost as if in its original new condition, but containing very slight marks of age and/or wear from light handling. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Archaeology; Middle East; Early (0-1000 AD); Antiquarian & Rare. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 8525. .
Le Totalitarisme Islamiste À L'Assaut Des Démocraties by Alexandre Del Valle - 2002
by Alexandre Del Valle
Le Totalitarisme Islamiste À L'Assaut Des Démocraties
by Alexandre Del Valle
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French 240 pages .Prefece by Rachid Kaci
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- ISBN 10 2845450583
- ISBN 13 9782845450585
- Publisher Editions des Sirtes
- Date Published 2002
- Keywords Social science ,Islam ,Religion ,
- Size 22.5x14 cm
Darb Zubaydah: The Pilgrim Road from Kufa to Mecca
by Saad Al-Rashid
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The Romance of the Portuguese in Abyssinia; an Account of the Adventurous Journeys of the Portuguese to the Empire of Prester John; Their Assistance to Ethiopia in Its Struggle Against Islam...1490-1633; with Illustrations from old Prints and Two Maps
by Rey, C.F.(Charles Fernand)
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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London; (1929): H.F. & G. Witherby. First Edition. Octavo. 319p. index. frontispiece, plates, bibliography, includes two folding maps including those of Africa and the map of Abyssinia(one map with a closed tear) The story begins with the picture of two stout-hearted Portuguese gentlemen starting out at the behest of their king to search the world for the fabulous empire of the mythical Prester John. One man dies on the way, the other presses on reaching the dominions of the Negus of Abyssinia after three years of wandering. be believed he had reached his goal. A very nice copy bound in green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in black, in the elusive and seldom seen pictorial dust jacket with chipping to head, a couple of small closed edge tears and some light finger soiling.
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Les Mille et Une Nuits Contes Arabes
by Galland, [A]. Translator
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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Paris: Earnest Burdin, 1860. Quarto. A new edition, text in French. 1106pp., illustrated with 17 full page gravures and textual illustrations by MM. Francais, H.Baron, Ed. Wattier Laville, and others. revised and corrected from the first edition of 1704, augmented with an essay on the Thousand and One Nights by M. Le Baron Sylvestre de Sacy, bound in publisher's brown pebble grained cloth backed in leather, raised bands, title within one compartment gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, scattered foxing but mostly clean especially the plates. A piece of cloth on rear board has a tear otherwise a very good copy and quite heavy.
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The Road to Mecca
by Asad, Muhammad
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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New York: Simon and Schuster 1954, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 400pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Top edge stained dark green, map endpapers, photographs. Price clipped, the dust jacket has minor edgewear and is lightly rubbed and chipped along the hinges. Locale: Mecca. (Religion, Islam, Personal Narratives, Religion, Travel).
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In The Name Of God: Selected Sonnets from Divan of Hafez
by G.M.L. Bell
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- Used - Good - The book is in good condition with only some bent page edges, and the boards are also good as is the special holding case
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Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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FIRST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING, HARDCOVER with CASE - In The Name Of God: Selected Sonnets from Divan of Hafez translated by G.M.L. Bell is a Eghbal Publications hardcover First Edition/First Printing - it states First Edition on the copyright page (Even though a book may state First Edition, it may not be a true First Printing. This copy is guaranteed to be a true First Edition and First Printing). The book was published in 1985. The book is in good condition with only some bent page edges, and the boards are also good as is the special holding case!! Book is in both English and Arabic. A superb book of sonnets that offers great calligraphy and illustrations! This copy would make a special addition to any collection or library.
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La Palestine Illustrée (in 2 vols.): I. La Porte d'Entrée: JAFFA; II. JAFFA LA BELLE
by Scholten, Francois
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Lanvellec, France
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First Edition. Paris: Jean Budry & Cie, 1929. In two volumes: La Porte d'Entrée: JAFFA and JAFFA la Belle. Copy no. 321 of the initial 1 - 1000 numbered print run. Photos and full description available on request. Condition generally very good except for water staining to covers (particularly vol.2 extending to FEP, half-title and title pages) and very minor traces of mould close to bindings. Photos are unscathed in both volumes: 449 bandw historic photos in vol.1, plus 370 in vol. 2. : more than 800 photo heliogravures in excellent condition.
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Darb Zubaydah: The Pilgrim Road from Kufa to Mecca
by Saad Al-Rashid
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- Used - Near Fine Condition
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
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Riyad University, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Book is in Near Fine condition, by which we mean almost as if in its original new condition, but containing very slight marks of age and/or wear from light handling. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Archaeology; Middle East; Early (0-1000 AD); Antiquarian & Rare. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 8525. .
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The Romance of the Portuguese in Abyssinia; an Account of the Adventurous Journeys of the Portuguese to the Empire of Prester John; Their Assistance to Ethiopia in Its Struggle Against Islam...1490-1633; with Illustrations from old Prints and Two Maps
by Rey, C.F.(Charles Fernand)
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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London; (1929): H.F. & G. Witherby. First Edition. Octavo. 319p. index. frontispiece, plates, bibliography, includes two folding maps including those of Africa and the map of Abyssinia(one map with a closed tear) The story begins with the picture of two stout-hearted Portuguese gentlemen starting out at the behest of their king to search the world for the fabulous empire of the mythical Prester John. One man dies on the way, the other presses on reaching the dominions of the Negus of Abyssinia after three years of wandering. be believed he had reached his goal. A very nice copy bound in green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in black, in the elusive and seldom seen pictorial dust jacket with chipping to head, a couple of small closed edge tears and some light finger soiling.
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Les Mille et Une Nuits Contes Arabes
by Galland, [A]. Translator
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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Paris: Earnest Burdin, 1860. Quarto. A new edition, text in French. 1106pp., illustrated with 17 full page gravures and textual illustrations by MM. Francais, H.Baron, Ed. Wattier Laville, and others. revised and corrected from the first edition of 1704, augmented with an essay on the Thousand and One Nights by M. Le Baron Sylvestre de Sacy, bound in publisher's brown pebble grained cloth backed in leather, raised bands, title within one compartment gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, scattered foxing but mostly clean especially the plates. A piece of cloth on rear board has a tear otherwise a very good copy and quite heavy.
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NZ$420.60
The Road to Mecca
by Asad, Muhammad
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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New York: Simon and Schuster 1954, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 400pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Top edge stained dark green, map endpapers, photographs. Price clipped, the dust jacket has minor edgewear and is lightly rubbed and chipped along the hinges. Locale: Mecca. (Religion, Islam, Personal Narratives, Religion, Travel).
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Les Arts Decoratifs Turcs
by Arseven,Celal
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new york, New York, United States
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Istanbul : Milli Egitim Basimenti, 1950. This is a very good hardcover copy in tan printed paper-covered boards and blue cloth spine. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Massive survey of Islamic decorative arts in Turkey over the centuries. 35 color plates (some are chromolithographs) + 717 black & white illustrations. 13" high X 10" wide, 360 pages. No date ca. 1950. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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A History of the Crusades: Three Volume Boxed Set
by Runciman, Steven
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Silver City, New Mexico, United States
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Volume 1: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Volume 2: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187. Volume 3: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. All three volumes are in Fine Condition in a Fine Slipcase. Due to the size of this item, expedited or priority shipping prices will be individually quoted. Media Mail cost within the U.S. will remain as listed.
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DERWYS (DERVISH) - Original Antique Etching
by DERWYS - Olfert Dapper - Original Antique Etching
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Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Amsterdam, 1677. First Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Olfert Dapper. Depiction of a BAREFOOT WANDERING DERVISH. ORIGINAL ETCHING. Untrimmed. Size of the illustrated area: 17,5 x 28,5 cm ( 7,14 x 11,63 inch) + margins. Slight age-toning and 1 small foxing stain. VERY GOOD. (Airmail shipping incl.) - Minimal gebr?unt und mit 1 winzigen Stockflecken. Sonst sehr gut. (Luftpost ink)
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Seven Pillars Of Wisdom, A Triumph
by Lawrence, T.E
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- First American Edition
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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T.E. Lawrence. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, A TRIUMPH. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Privately Printed, 1926. First Published for general circulation 1935. First American Edition. States MCMXXXVI on the title page. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Garden City, NY. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. 672 pages, indexed. Beige buckram boards. Spine has darkened a bit. 6 7/8 X 9 ½.
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Life of Mahomet
by Irving, Washington (Biography of Mohammed.)
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London: Henry G. Bohn 1850. (3-in-1 hardcover) 224, 260pp. Very good. 3 / 4 leather over marbled paper-covered boards. Marbled endpapers and edges, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, appendices. The covers are rubbed and edgeworn, a previous owner's name on the title page, light spotting on the first few blank pages. Biography of Mohammed. Bound with The Alhambra. (Biography).
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Rubáiyát by Omar Khayyám: Illustrated by Gilbert James, cca 1900
by Omar Khayyám
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Budapest, Hungary
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Title: RubáiyátAuthor: Omar Khayyám
Translator: Edward Fitzgerald
Illustrator: Gilbert James
Publisher: George Routledge and Sons Limited
Place: London
Year: No date, cca 1900
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: Unpaginated
Language: English
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket: Not issued
Size (mm): 94 x 134Description: Brown faux leather binding. Gilt page edges are still very bright. Marbled endpages. 12 black and white illustrations by Gilbert James. Gift inscription with ink from 1917.
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khaiyam
by Khaiyam, Omar. [Corvo, Baron [Rolfe, Frederick], translator]
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- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
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Williamsville, New York, United States
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Boston: Small, Maynard & Company. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1925. First American Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends slightly bumped and bump to one corner. Light soil to the head and tail edges of the front cover, two tiny marks at the head. Faint toning at the edges of the pastedowns and endpapers. Dust jacket is intact with considerable wear and soil. Chips to head and tail of spine, all edges, and corners. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown. ; At once mystic and a celebration of life, the rubaiyat (quatrains) form a beautiful, poetic work by Omar Khaiyam [Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nisaburi al-Khayyami] (1040-1131) the Persian Sufi poet, philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician. The rubaiyat are considered by some to exalt earthly pleasure, consider death, and point out the unreliability of religion in addressing human issues. This English translation by Frederick Rolfe ["Baron Corvo"] (1860-1913) was based on the French…
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The Road to Mecca
by Asad, Muhammad
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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New York: Simon and Schuster 1954, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 400pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Top edge stained dark green, map endpapers, photographs. Price clipped, the dust jacket has minor edgewear and is lightly rubbed and chipped along the hinges. Locale: Mecca. (Religion, Islam, Personal Narratives, Religion, Travel).
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In The Name Of God: Selected Sonnets from Divan of Hafez
by G.M.L. Bell
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- first
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- Used - Good - The book is in good condition with only some bent page edges, and the boards are also good as is the special holding case
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Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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FIRST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING, HARDCOVER with CASE - In The Name Of God: Selected Sonnets from Divan of Hafez translated by G.M.L. Bell is a Eghbal Publications hardcover First Edition/First Printing - it states First Edition on the copyright page (Even though a book may state First Edition, it may not be a true First Printing. This copy is guaranteed to be a true First Edition and First Printing). The book was published in 1985. The book is in good condition with only some bent page edges, and the boards are also good as is the special holding case!! Book is in both English and Arabic. A superb book of sonnets that offers great calligraphy and illustrations! This copy would make a special addition to any collection or library.
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NZ$328.07
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La Palestine Illustrée (in 2 vols.): I. La Porte d'Entrée: JAFFA; II. JAFFA LA BELLE
by Scholten, Francois
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- First Edition
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Lanvellec, France
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First Edition. Paris: Jean Budry & Cie, 1929. In two volumes: La Porte d'Entrée: JAFFA and JAFFA la Belle. Copy no. 321 of the initial 1 - 1000 numbered print run. Photos and full description available on request. Condition generally very good except for water staining to covers (particularly vol.2 extending to FEP, half-title and title pages) and very minor traces of mould close to bindings. Photos are unscathed in both volumes: 449 bandw historic photos in vol.1, plus 370 in vol. 2. : more than 800 photo heliogravures in excellent condition.
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NZ$304.99