Rasf al-Mabani fi Sharh Huruf al-Ma'ani / Paving the Buildings... text in Arabic
Dimashq / Damascus: Majma al-Lughah al- Arab yah bi-Dimashq, 1975. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, 23, 508 pp. Text in Arabic.
Middle East
Lectures on Egyptian Poetry from the time of Shawqi, Part 2: The Spark of Apollo / Muhadarat fi al-Shi'r al-Misri ba'da Shawqi, Halqah 2: Jama'at Apullu - in Arabic
Cairo: Jamiat al-Duwal al-'Arabiyah, Ma'had al'Dirasat al-'Arabiyah al-Aliyah, 1957. First printing. Paperback. 2nd part. 8vo, wraps, very good, general light wear, tanning. 136 pp. Text in Arabic. Mandur (1907-65) was an Egyptian literary critic of some stature, also a translator of works from the French. Uncommon in the trade and.....
The Desert World
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1869. First English language edition. Hardcover. 1869. First English language edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in full dark green leather with five raised bands, gilt title and decoration, all edges gilt. 624pp. illustrated with plates and in text engravings by W. Freeman, Foulquier, and Yan Dargent. Good.....
Sultans in Spendor: Monarchs of the Middle East 1869-1945
New York: Vendome Press, 1988. First printing. Hardcover. quarto, red cloth boards in dust jacket, book and jacket are in very good + condition, jacket shows mild edgewear, book has a top edge ding, 192pp.
Causeries D'Egypte
Paris: Librairie Orientale & Americaine, E. Guilmoto, (1907). Hardcover. No date, but most date this 1907. 8vo, old half leather and marbled boards, very good, some old small dark stains on spine, light rubbing to leather, pages tanning. Collects articles by the Egyptologist that appeared from 1893 onward in the.....
A Modern History of the Kurds
London: I. B. Tauris, 2000. Paperback. 2000, Softcover, Revised edition, 515 pp. Near Fine copy: price-sticker on front covers; light signs of handling and use. Clean contents.
The Boycott of the Milner Mission: A Study in Egyptian Nationalism (American University Studies. Series IX, History, Vol 10)
New York: Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 1985, First Edition. Hardcover, glossy boards. 214 pp. Very Good copy: previous owner's signature on fly leaf; light tearing to rear blanks. Clean text.
Peace In Tatters: Israel, Palestine, And The Middle East
Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006. Paperback. 2006, Softcover. 253 pp. Fine copy, like New.
Islamische Kunst: Meisterwerke Aus Dem Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York/ The Arts of Islam: Masterpieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 1982. First edition. Hardcover, square 4to. in brown cloth, dust jacket. 339pp. illustrated. Text in English and German. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light edge wear to dust jacket, ownership signature on flyleaf. Internally unmarked.
The Economy of Cyprus
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. 1962. First American edition. Hardcover. 1962, First American edition, 94 pp. Fold-out map in rear. hardcover. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on fly leaf; faint foxing to upper text-block. DJ edgeworn, and shows some light soil.
Copts and Moslems Under British Control: A collection of facts and a resume of authoritative opinions on the Coptic question
Port Washington: Kennikat, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. 1971 reprint of the 1911 original. 146 pp. Hardcover. Very Good copy, no dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on fly leaf; light foxing to top edge; clean contents.
The Merchant of the Muristan and Other Palestine Folks (A Fireside-Travel Book)
New York: Abingdon Press, 1927. Madeleine Sweeny Miller. Hardcover. 1927, Edition not stated. Hardcover in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear. No jacket present.
The Shepherd Song: On the Hills of Lebanon. The Twenty-Third Psalm Illustrated and Explained
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1907. Hardcover. Signed by Moghabghab! Hardcover with pictorial gray cloth boards, 1907, octavo, 128pp., Top edge gilt. Illustrated with sepia photogravuew plates. Book VG with light soil and rubbing. Contents clean and binding firm. Scarce!
Women, Property and Islam: Palestinian Experiences, 1920-1990; Cambridge Middle East Studies
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1995. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 274 pp., clean unmarked text, Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector. Uncommon in hardcover.
The Book of Condolences and Lamentations / Kitab al-Ta'azi wa al-Marathi
Dimashq / Damascus: al-Lughah al-'Arabiyah bi-Dimashq, 1976. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, minor wear and toning. 40, 435 pp. Text in Arabic. Al-Mubarrad (826-898) was a native of Basrah, and was a philologist, grammarian, and a prolific writer, considered the greatest of the School of Basra. In Arabic. Very uncommon.....
Al-Masrahiyah fi al-Adab al-'Arabi al-Hadith / The Play in Modern Arabic LIterature, a Study of drama 1847-1914
Beirut: Dar Bayrut, 1956. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo, decorated batik-like cloth with paper spine label, very good. Inscription on flyleaf, possibly authorial. 511 pp. Text clean and unmarked. In Arabic.
Wa-alan Atakallam / "And Now I Speak..." - in Arabic
Cairo: al-Ahram, 1992. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, light rubbing and wear. 351 pp. Text in Arabic. The author was an Egyptian revolutionary, politician, and military officer. As a member of the Free Officers Movement, he participated in the toppling of King Farouk that began the Egyptian Revolution.....
The American University in Cairo: 1919-1987
Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 1987, First Edition, 288 pp. Hardcover, 4to., blue cloth. Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on fly leaf; otherwise a sharp, clean copy in a like dust jacket.
An Abridged Version of Bizhan and Manizha: A Story Taken from the Shahnama of Firdausi
no place: no publisher, no date. Hardcover. Hardcover with blue leatherette boards in dust jacket, no date, small quarto, unpaginated, illustrated in color. Book VG+ with mild edgewear and rubbing to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG- with edgewear that includes some wear and tears to spine.....
Anatolian Studies, Vol. XIX 1969 (Journal of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara)
London: British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, 1969. First edition. Paperback. 1969 Softcover, in Very Good+ condition, with very light shelf wear to the exterior, the interior rates as Fine. 8vo (6.25 x 9.25 inches). With numerous maps, excavation plan-views, and illustrations of artifacts.
Anatolian Studies, Vol. XVII, 1967 (Journal of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara)
London: British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, 1967. First edition. Paperback. 1967 Softcover, in Very Good+ condition, with very light shelf wear to the exterior, the interior rates as Fine.. 8vo (6.25 x 9.25 inches). With numerous maps, excavation plan-views, and illustrations of artifacts.
Anatolian Studies, Vol. XVIII, 1968 (Journal of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara)
London: British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, 1968. First edition. Paperback. 1968 Softcover, in Very Good+ condition, with very light shelf wear to the exterior, the interior rates as Fine. 8vo (6.25 x 9.25 inches). With numerous maps, excavation plan-views, and illustrations of artifacts.
Anatolian Studies, Vol. XX 1970 (Journal of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara)
London: British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, 1970. First edition. Paperback. 1970 Softcover, in Very Good+ condition, with very light shelf wear to the exterior, the interior rates as Fine. 8vo (6.25 x 9.25 inches). With numerous maps, excavation plan-views, and illustrations of artifacts.
Anatolian Studies, Vol. XXI, 1971 (Journal of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara)
London: British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, 1971. First edition. Paperback. 1971 Softcover, in Very Good+ condition, with very light shelf wear to the exterior, the interior rates as Fine. 8vo (6.25 x 9.25 inches). With numerous maps, excavation plan-views, and illustrations of artifacts.
Anatolian Studies, Vol. XXII, 1972 (Journal of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara)
London: British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, 1972. First edition. Paperback. 1972 Softcover, in Very Good+ condition, with very light shelf wear to the exterior, the interior rates as Fine. 8vo (6.25 x 9.25 inches). With numerous maps, excavation plan-views, and illustrations of artifacts.