A selection of mainly 20th century books in Arabic: literature, philosophy, culture, politics, history, etc.
![Item #H23622 Hayat al-Fannan Fathi Muhammad, 1917-1958 [Arabic study of the artist's life]....](/pictures/thumb/h23622.jpg?v=1654227194)
Damascus: al-Fannal-Hadith al-Alami, 1962. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, good with some wear, soil, tanning, light abrasions. 92 pp, illustrated. Uncommon. In Arabic.
Cairo: Matba'at al-Istiqamah, (1963). Hardcover. 2 volumes in one, 8vo, leather backed cloth boards, very good, light wear, pages tanning. 27, 575 pp. A slightly controversial Iraqi poet (1875-1945), Maruf Rusafi was known for his anti-imperialist works and for his advocacy on behalf of women. Text in Arabic.
Beirut: Dar Al-Tawda, 1970. Second edition. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear and soil. Reprints some articles from the English translated into Arabic: Broekett on the theatre, Lawson on technique in playwriting, Kutch on modernism in drama, translations of Aristotle and Horace, Magarshack on Chekhov, Esslin on the absurdists.....
Cairo: 1953. Paperback. Wraps, very good, general tanning, light wear. 111 pp. Text in Arabic. Very uncommon; not in OCLC.
Cairo: Dar Al Maraaef, 1961. Paperback. 9.5 x 6.75 inches, wraps, very good, light wear and soil, some of the pages uncut and unopened. 232 pp. Text in Arabic.
Dimashq / Damascus: Wiz rat al-Thaq fah wa-al-Irsh d al-Qawm, 1975. First printing. Paperback. Large 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear and soil to covers. 531 pp. Text in Arabic.
Beirut: Dar al-Tali'a, 1961. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, decorated wraps, very good, light wear and rubbing to covers, contents good to very good, some tanning. 486 pp. In Arabic. Safadi was a Syrian intellectual (b. 1929) who was heavily influenced by Sartre and existentialism in his formulations of leftist political.....
Cairo: 1954. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, pages very tanned. 99 pp. Text in Arabic.
Cairo: Maktabat al-Nahd ah al-Mis r yah, 1959. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, tanning and light wear and soil. 309 pp, text in Arabic. The author was a prolific writer on legal and political subjects. RARE; OCLC locates a single copy: Harvard.
![Item #H23660 Mawsim al-Hijrah ila al-Shamal / Season of Migration to the North [novel in Arabic]....](/pictures/thumb/h23660.jpg?v=1654567367)
Beirut: Dar al-'Awdah, 1969. Second edition. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear. Sudanese author. This is considered one of the most important modern Arabic novels.
Cairo: al-Hayah al-Ammah li-Quesur al-Thaqafah, 1992. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, inscribed by author with short note also laid in. Rare in commerce and in institutions (2 copies found). Seems to be part of a series from this publisher of "literary mothers."
Beirut: Dar al-'ilm li-l-Malayin, 1950. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, good to very good with light toning and tanning to both covers and text. 167 pp. In Arabic. The author was a Syrian writer and translator. She is best known for her literary criticism and biography on the women's rights.....
Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif, 1957. Paperback. Wraps, very good, light wear. Text in Arabic. 423 pp.
Dimashq / Damascus: Wiz rat al-Thaq fah wa-al-Irsh d al-Qawm . Mud r yat al-Ta l f wa-al-Tarjamah, (1964). First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, good to very good, light wear, yellowing and soil. 240 pp. Text in Arabic. A study of Arab shadow puppet plays.
Beirut: Dar Al-Tali'a, 1978. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear, probably inscribed by author. 239 pp. In Arabic.
![Item #H23571 Qadiat Alkitaab Allubnanii / Regarding the Lebanese Book [in Arabic]. Abdul Latif...](/pictures/thumb/h23571.jpg?v=1654226786)
Beirut: 1962. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, good to very good, light wear and soil to covers, pages clean. 104 pp. In Arabic. Introduction to the culture of publication and book production in Lebanon.
Dimashq / Damascus: Wiz rat al-Thaq fah wa-al-Irsh d al-Qawm, 1984. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, about very good with some wear, rubbing and soil to covers, text very good. 450 pp, text in Arabic.
Damascus: Ministry of Culture, Ca. 1980s. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good. From what we can tell, this Shukri Ghanem was a Lebanese playwright who wrote in French; this play has a preface dated 1898. Not to be confused with the Libyan oil minister of the same name. 174 pp. Uncommon.....
Dimashq / Damascus: Ministry of Culture, 1976. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, light soil to covers. 321 pp. Translated from the French into Arabic. The Swiss critic was a member of the "Geneva School" with existentialist and phenomenological orientation to his interpretations.
Cairo: Jamiat al-Duwal al-Arabiyah, 1955. First printing. Paperback. 9.5 x 6.5 inches, wraps, good to very good, some tanning and wear, one corner crease. Contents clean. In Arabic. 85 pp. Major female literary critic and author, she was a significant literary figure and politician from Egypt who shaped Arabic writing.....
(Syria): Ministry of Culture, 1961. First printing. Paperback. Large 8vo, color decorated wraps, very good, light wear and tanning. 183 pp, illustrated. Text in Arabic. Study of folk traditions, costumery, customs, etc, in Syria concerning marriage and weddings.
![Item #H23640 Fi Al-Adab Al-Jahilii -- A Study of Pre-Islamic Literature [text in Arabic]. Taha...](/pictures/thumb/h23640.jpg?v=1654384317)
Cairo: Dar Al Maraaef, 1980s. Paperback. Later printing. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear and soil.
Dimashq / Damascus: Mu assasat Tishr n lil-S ih fah wa-al-Nashr, 1983. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, good to very good with some wear and light creasing to covers, contents very good. 463 pp, 14 unnumbered leaves of maps and plates loosely inserted. OCLC locates only two copies, LOC and.....
Cairo: Maktaba al-Adab, 1950s. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, good to very good, some light wear and tanning to covers, text also tanned. 167 pp. Drama in Arabic.
![Item #H23560 Shahrazad; Scheherazade [play in Arabic]. Tawfiq al Hakim](/pictures/thumb/h23560.jpg?v=1654226755)
al-Qahira: 1960s. Paperback. Reprint of 1934 edition. Wraps, very good, some discoloration and mellowing to lime green color, contents tanned but very good.