Search Results: Mid East from Great Expectations Rare Books

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Dar Sader, 1976. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, blue cloth worn at extremities. Ex library copy originally published as a paperback, now recased in blue cloth covers, retaining original wrappers. Text entirely in Arabic. 519 pages. Edited and verified by Abdul Aziz Al-Khowaiter. First printing thus. The present title represents one of the surviving works of the Egyptian historian and poet Ibn Abd al-Zahir (1223-1292 AD) written during the early years of the Mamluk period, and deals with the life and reign of the Mamluk Sultan al-Zahir Baybars who reigned from 1260 to 1277. Ex Library of Congress copy with several stamps, albeit text remains unmarred. A solid, tight, internally clean copy. Text in Arabic. Near very good. .

New York: Scribner, 1983. Large trade paperback. 435pp., Index. Original preface, preface to the 1976 and 1983 editions included. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, crisp copy in as new condition.. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berkeley, California: Univ of California Press, 1998. Hardcover in dust-jacket. 262pp., Bibliographic References, Name Index, Subject Index. First edition, first printing. A tenchant and passionate discussion of the current 'troubles' caused by the rise and increasing radicalism of Islamic Fundamentalism. Though a Moslem himself, Tibi is no apologist but an erudite observer who strives to draw a distiction between Islam as a religion and Islamic Fundamentalism as a political ideology. A very clean, square, crisp copy, unread. As new in an as new duist-jacket.. First Edition. Boards. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, quarto bound in brown cloth and lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 236 pages. Appendixes. Illustrated with map end-papers and numerous sepia like monochrome photographs. Stated first edition, first printing. A pictorial documentary of the birth of Israel. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. .

Arizona: Middle East Studies Association of North America, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Three soft-bound pamphlets, stapled. 88, 80, 76 pages respectively. Index of Editors and Authors each volume. A useful research resource for student or scholar. Number 2 shows incidental scrape to rear cover, other two pamphlets like new. Near fine. .

University of Arizona: Middle East Studies Association of North America Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Soft covers. Condition: Near Fine. Three soft-bound pamphlets, stapled. 90, 100, 69 pages respectively. Index of Editors and Authors each volume. A useful research resource for student or scholar. Number 5 shows incidental scratching to cover and 5 and 7 have several listing numbers circled, else fine. Near fine. .

Ashland, Ohio: Stratford Books, 2005. Trade paperback. 470pp., Bibliographic References, Bibliography, Index. Stated first edition, first printing. Lessons for the Middle East from Asia's dynamic economic transformation. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh copy, unread. As new.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Mason Hill Press, 2011. Paperback. 372 pages. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Second edition. Signed presentation copy on title page, author signature in both English and Arabic. The memoirs of a Stanford University graduate from Oklahoma who after aimlessly drifting post graduation, found her calling in journalism during the crucial yeas of Israeli-Palestinian history --from the death of Yasser Arafat to the Gaza Disengagement to the Hamas election victory. A very personal look at people, who happen to live in a war zone, with the hope for "a more just, sane, and happy world". No other previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good. . Second Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lugduni Batavorum [Washington, D.C.]: E.J. Brill , 1871. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, blue cloth lettered in Latin on cover and Arabic on spine. Ten page preface in Latin, as are footnotes, followed by approximately 400 pages of Arab text. Fragments of the History of the Arabs, The first volume, containing the third part of the work Kitabo 'l-Oyun wa 'lhadaik fi akhbari 'll-hakaik. Title page dated 1869, albeit this edition was apparently part of a two volume set containing Sexta Operis Tadjaribo 'l-Omami, auctore Ibn Maskowaih [The Sixth Work of Tadjaribo 'l-Omami' by Ibn Maskowaih], with both titles included on second title page dated 1871. No previous ownership marks. Gold tyoe on front covers somewhat faded. A clean, tight, unmarked copy. Very good. .

Cairo, Egypt: Brill (?), 1972. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large paperback. 619 pages. Rear cover in English, else entire text in Arabic. bound in tan paper wrappers with book block untrimmed and most signatures uncut along top edge. The ?ub? al-A?shá.was penned by the medieval Egyptian encyclopedist, polymath and mathematician al-Qalqashandi and comprises an encyclopedia of administrative governmental papers of Fatimid, Ayyubid, and Mamluk Times in Egypt. This index was prepared by Muh. Q. Al-Baqli and supervised and introduced by Dr. Sa'id Ashur. Published in Cairo circa 1972. A serviceable copy even with uncut pages. Book is tight, clean and unmarked. Good or better copy. .

Simon & Schuster, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 574 pages. Notes, Index. Illustrated with double page map. First edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1965. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, oblong quarto bound in terracotta cloth and publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 125 pages. Chronology, Glossary of Technical Terms, Bibliography. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Illustrated with photographs in black and white, and color, by Andre Martin. First American edition, printed in France. Text entirely in English. No previous ownership marks. A lean, square, tight and unmarked copy. Small tear to front panel of dust-jacket mended with clear tape on verso. A near fine copy in a near very good dust-jacket. .

London: Cambridge At the University Press, 1962. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Fourth Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, red cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's price-clipped dust-jacket. 523 pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with 8 plates and 6 maps. Reprint (1962), fourth printing. The second volume of Runciman's three volume history, The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187. His work, while enormously influential has been met with criticism, in no small part due to his depiction of the crusaders as "simpletons or barbarians." Still, Runciman remains a standard work in the historiography of the Crusades. No previous ownership marks. Book is clean, fresh and unmarked. Dust-jacket, though price-clipped is otherwise complete with only very mild age toning to spine. Fine in a very good+ dust-jacket. .

New York: Viking , 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 373 pages. Notes on Further Reading and Index. Illustrated with four double page maps. Stated first American edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. Remainder stripe on bottom edge. Dust-jacket shows darker blue stripe from printer [hickey chaser]. A clean, sound, unmarked copy. Very good in a very good dust-jacket. .

Munchen [Munich]: Uvachrom A.G., 1932. Postcard. Good. No Binding. A total of 59 German color post-cards depicting the Holy Land and one map card, printed on one side only. Card measure 5 7/8" x 3 13/16 ". One of the postcards is a duplicate, hence their are 58 unique and individual photographs and one map of Jerusalem (in German). Most cards are titled on verso in English and French, though some include German. All housed in a folding red cloth covered clam-shell box, stamped on upper cover in gold and titles "La Terre Sainte". All cards but the duplicate are numbered with a small neat number written in ink on lower right, in blank white margin (3 through 61). Published circa 1932. All cards show mild bow and very mild toning to versos; albeit color images are bright and unmarked. Folding box is intact but worn at tips with some lose to red cloth. Images include photographs of people, architecture, interiors and landscape views. Overall a good set with age wear… Read More

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1991. Oversize trade paperback. 473pp., Index. Illustrated. No previous owner's name, no book-plate, etc. First paperback printing. Sporadic light underlining and highlighting to text on about 3 pages. A generally clean, tightly bound, square copy of this classic 19th century travelogue. Edited and introduced by Victor Wolfgang von Hagen.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Tiger Books International, 1991. Hardcover, large oblong quarto bound in pictorial boards with image repeated on dust-jacket. 96pp., Text by Patrizia Raffin, Design by Patrizia Balocco. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Essentially an oversize view-book of Jerusalem, focusing mainly on its people and daily life. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, freash copy. Unmarked and unread. very fine in a very fine dust-jacket.. First Thus. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paperback, perfect bound. Pages 171-347. Vol. 38; No. 2. Contains articles by various scholars and book reviews including: Nationalism in Pre-Modern Guise: The Discourse on Hadhar and Badu in Kuwait; Wearing the Veil to College: The Paradox of Higher Education in the Lives of Iranian Women; Rebellion on the Saudi Periphery: Modernity, Marginalization, and the Shi's Uprising of 1979; Israel's "Security Network" and Its Impact: An Exploration of a New Approach; Opening the gate of Verification: The Forgotten Arab-Islamic Florescence of the 17th Century; Politics, Military Conscription, and Religious Education in the Late Ottoman Empire. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Near fine..

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paperback, perfect bound. Pages 151 to 294. Vol. 17; No. 2. Contains articles by various scholars and book reviews. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Fine..

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paperback, perfect bound. Pages 185 to 367. Vol. 42; No. 2. Contains articles by various scholars and book reviews. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Fine..