Search Results: Islamic Studies from Ancient World Books

Bramante Editrice. Fair. 1963. Softcover. Spine has been reinforced with clear tape (that has now browned). Wraps are tattered with Tears, rubbing, and chipping. Endpapers have dampstaining to edges. Internally VG. Reading copy only. ; Mostra realizzata in collaborazione con l'Istituto Italiano per il Medio e l'Estremo Oriente. Milano - Palazzo reale, Maggio-Giugno 1963. Ente Manifestazioni Milanesi. Text in Italian. Official greeting by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, in Persian and in Italian. Historical introduction by R. Ghirshman. ; 183 pages .

Franz Steiner Verlag. Very Good. 1976. Softcover. 3515021086 . Spine a bit browned. Some pages lightly tanned. ; Akademie Der Wissenschaften Und Der Literatur. Veröffentlichungen Der Orientalischen Kommission Band XXVII; 273 pages .

Franz Steiner Verlag. Very Good. 1976. Softcover. 3515021086 . 2 small dampstains to base of spine. Pencil notes to a couple of pages. Some pages tanned. ; Akademie Der Wissenschaften Und Der Literatur. Veröffentlichungen Der Orientalischen Kommission Band XXVII; 273 pages .

Riyadh: Saudi Desert House Agency. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. Minor edgewear. Bumping to base of spine. ; Looks at the life and actions of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Heavy Book. ; 269 pages .

Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. 030726534X . Aladdin’s Lamp is the fascinating story of how ancient Greek philosophy and science began in the sixth century B. C. And, during the next millennium, spread across the Greco-Roman world, producing the remarkable discoveries and theories of Thales, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Archimedes, Galen, Ptolemy, and many others. John Freely explains how, as the Dark Ages shrouded Europe, scholars in medieval Baghdad translated the works of these Greek thinkers into Arabic, spreading their ideas throughout the Islamic world from Central Asia to Spain, with many Muslim scientists, most notably Avicenna, Alhazen, and Averroës, adding their own interpretations to the philosophy and science they had inherited. Freely goes on to show how, beginning in the twelfth century, these texts by Islamic scholars were then translated from Arabic into Latin, sparking the emergence of modern science at the… Read More

Imprimerie Catholique. Good. 1971. Softcover. Spine browned. Tears and chipping to wraps with a bit of loss. Some pages corner creased. ; The Arabic text here presented is of importance for an adequate understanding of Alfarabi's thought and his technical terminology and for a better appreciation between Greek and Arabic philosophy. The grasp of the real significance of Greek terms in their Arabic context is indispensable for the study of the "Second Teacher's" subsequent commentaries on the Stagirite. Arabic Text. ; Recherches De L'Institut De Lettres Orientales De Beyrouth Tome XIII; 263 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0521829402 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England; 1 x 9 x 5.8 Inches; 284 pages; Katherine Scarfe Beckett is concerned with representations of the Islamic world in Anglo-Saxon England. Using a variety of literary, historical and archaeological evidence, Beckett argues that the first perceptions of Arabs, Ismaelites and Saracens were derived from Christian exegesis. These perceptions preconditioned Western expressions of hostility and superiority towards peoples of the Islamic world, and these received ideas prevailed over actual experience. .

Brill Academic Publishers. Fine with no dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 9004165401 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Handbook of Oriental Studies/handbuch Der Orientalistik; Vol. 95; 0.6 x 9.6 x 6.4 Inches; 304 pages; The present work supplements the original volume of The Arabic Manuscript Tradition (AMT) , both its glossary of technical terms and bibliography. It includes new entries of technical terms, additional definitions of, and/or citations for, the entries already found in AMT, and recent publications on various aspects of Arabic manuscript studies arranged by subject. Among additional features there are illustrations of various Arabic letterforms and an alphabetical index of all works cited in both AMT and its supplement. .

A. Francke AG. Very Good. 1948. Softcover. Spine slightly browned. Wraps have minor edgewear with a few chips and small closed tears. ; Bibliography of works on Arabic philosophy. ; Bibliographische Einführungen in Das Studium Der Philosophie; 49 pages .

Columbia University Press. Fair with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. A few pencil notes or markings in margins. Spine has been crudely repaired with black library tape. Edgewear to boards. A few pages are torn but still intact in text. ; Records of Civilization Sources and Studies; The life of Usamah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished during the early Crusading period. His memoirs provide a valuable non-European perspective and insight into the military and cultural contact between medieval West and East, between Christian and Muslim. .

B. G. Teubner. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 3519010658 . Very light shelfwear. Else fine. Plates at end. ; Text is in German with plates in Arabic. ; Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana TEUBNER; 68 pages .

B. G. Teubner. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 3519010658 . Minor shelfwear. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). ; Text is in German with plates in Arabic. ; Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana TEUBNER; 68 pages .

Imp. MISR. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Light creasing to wraps. Browning to wraps. Pencil marginalia and underlining to some pages. Dampstaining to corner of Arabic titlepage. 1 small stain to English titlepage. Book has been very smartly rebound in quarter faux-leather spine with gilt lettering and marbled boards. Pages tanned. 1 lined page with Dutch writing has been bound after Arabic titlepage. Scholar's small bookplate to English titlepage. ; Text entirely in Arabic. ; Islamica 28; 387 pages .

British Archaeological Reports. Near Fine. 2000. Softcover. 1841711330 . Very light knocking to bottom front corner else Fine. ; British Archaeological Reports BAR International Series 851; 112 pages; A detailed study of Byzantine Africa and its conquest by the Arabs beginning in 641/642. Professor Christides assesses the political situation on the eve of the first Arab raid, the raids themselves and the sources available for studying them, as well as the causes and consequences of the Byzantine loss of North Africa and the integration of Arabic and Islamic cultures. The study focuses primarily on the regions of Cyrenaica, Tripolitania and Fezzan (roughly modern-day Libya). .

Routledge. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0415173612 . Book has light bumping to corners and spine ends. Otherwise in Near Fine condition . ; One of the most fascinating and intriguing aspects of historical research is the study of how invading societies adapt to a strange environment, undergoing change themselves as well as influencing their new neighbours and surroundings. From the end of the eleventh century there were Christian states in the Levant which were hybrid societies resulting from the meeting of the very different cultures of the East and West. Although a wealth of literature has been written on the Crusading movement affording a clearer picture of what the Crusades entailed, little has been written to illuminate Franish life in “the lands beyond the sea. ” Crusader Archeology draws together recently excavated material from Israel, Cyprus, Syria and Jordan to examine what life was life for the Crusaders in their new territory, and how they… Read More

Artemis. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. 3760845088 . Former owner's name stamp has been deleted. Former scholar's name below (Peter H. Salus). Light browning to spine. Very light foxing to inner covers. ; Text in german. ; Die Bibliothek Des Morgenlandes; 651 pages .

Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. Very Good+. 1980. Softcover. 3534080629 . Minor browning and rubbing to spine. Former owner's name to ffep. ; Contents: Das 15. Und 16. Jahrhundert; Das 17. Und 18. Jahrhundert; Das 19. Und 20. Jahrhundert; Schlussbetrachtung und Ausblick. ; Erträge Der Forschung, Band 136; 180 pages .

Ernst Reinhardt. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1924. Hardcover. Light bumping to corners. Light foxing. Minor shelfwear. DJ has edgewear with chipping and small piece torn off along upper edge. ; Geschichte Der Philosophie in Einzeldarstellungen ; Abt. 1, Bd. 4; 385 pages .

Springer-Verlag. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 3540074783 . Foxing to textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). ; Sources In The History Of Mathematics And Physical Sciences; 0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 inches; 252 pages .

Princeton University Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0691053278 . Top corners are bumped. Ffep has been pasted down to front inner board. White sticker applied to inner page to conceal markings. ; Presents a description of the early Islamic conquest movement, from its beginnings under the Prophet Muhammad (ca. A. D. 570-632) through the conquest of the Fertile Crescent. It attempts to do two things: first, to provide a new interpretation of the origins and nature of the Islamic conquest movement, and second, to establish as definitively as the sources will allow the course of two chapters in the early conquests, those of Syria and Iraq. ; Princeton Studies on the Near East; 489 pages .