Family, Women and Social Change in the Middle East: The Palestinian Case
Toronto: Canadian Scholar's Press, 1987. Soft cover. 8vo. Orig. card wrappers, sewn and glued binding. 72 pp. Covers are age toned and damp stained. More
Middle Eastern Studies
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The Secret of Divine Civilization
Willmette, Illinois: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1970. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter red cloth, tan cloth boards. xi, 126 pp. B&W portrait frontis. Dust jacket is age toned, lightly bumped to edges, a few small chips to spine ends and corners. More
Modern Arabic Literature
New York: The Ungar Publishing Company, 1987. Hardcover. 8vo (medium). From "A Library of Literary Criticism" Series, edited by Rita Stein. xxxiii, 370 p.p. Orange cloth boards with black spine labels and silver titling. Light bumping and rubbing to spine ends, and rubbing to corners. One small spot of wear..... More
The Last Shack
Israel: The Cultural and Art Department of the Regional Council "Yoav" and Kibbutz Gal-On, 1987. Hardcover. 10.5" x 10.5" SIGNED and dated with inscription to ffep. Translated from the Hebrew by the author's wife, with text in English and Hebrew. Light green cloth boards, Hebrew title stamped in black to..... More
The Arabian Nights: A Selection of Tales
London & Glasgow: The Children's Press, 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. The Boys' and Girls' Library Classics Series. Illustrated boards, 156pp. Boards lightly worn with corners a bit bumped o/w very good. Stories incldue Aladdin and Sinbad the Sailor. More
Bitter Roots, Tender Shoots: The Uncertain Fate of Afghanistan's Women
Toronto: Viking Canada, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription from author to title page. Yellow paper boards. 276 p.p., [16] p.p. B&W photo plates. Some light bumping to edges and spine ends of boards and dust jacket, else a fine copy. More
Veiled Threat: The Hidden Power of the Women of Afghanistan
Toronto: Viking, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription to title page. Grey paper boards. xvii, 221 pp., [8] pp. B&W photos. Small white scuff to fore edge of front board, offset panel to rear board. Small stain to outer margin of p. 3 and larger stain to head..... More
The Quest for the Red Prince
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1983. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter grey cloth over grey paper boards. 232 pp. Light bumps to spine ends. Dust jacket lightly bumped to extremities, a few very small stains. The inside story of Israel's relentless manhunt for one of the world's deadliest..... More
Judgements of the Israel Supreme Court: Fighting terrorism Within the Law
[Jerusalem]: Israel Supreme Court. Soft cover. 12mo. [2005?] Paperback, 210pp. Light creasing at lower corner of front cover, o/w about fine. Examples of cases in Israeli Supreme Court on Warefare and Humanitarian Matters, Detention, Methods of Interrogation, Recent Judgements, and other cases on the subject ofTerrorism and Human Rights. More
Persian Miniature Painting
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. xiv, 212 pp., [224 pp. plates]. With 225 illustrations, 9 in colour. Sunned and creased to spine and joints, rubbing to edges, creasing to corners, light wear to rear cover. In this volume, three experts, with the noted authority..... More
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Benares: Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers Only, 1885. Hardcover. 8vo. Library edition. With introduction explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of the Nights. Half red leather, marbled paper boards, gilt compartments, raised bands. Marbled endpapers. T.E.G...... More
Aus Palastina Und Babylon. Eine Sammlung von Sagen, Legenden, Allegorien ... aus Talmud und Midrasch mit sachlichen und sprachlichen Anmerkungen nebst einer allgemeinen Einleitung über Geist und Form der Agada
Wien: Alfred Golder, 1882. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. red decorated publisher's cloth. Floral endpapers. Marbled edges. xv, 309 pp., [4 pp. contents]. Rubbing to extremities, a few spots of wear to rear joint. Bruise to fore edge of rear board. Bookplate of Lt..... More
Archaeological History of the Ancient Middle East
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. orange cloth. xxv, 456 pp. Copious B&W photos and maps in text. Very light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, lightly bumped and rubbed to spine ends and corners. Professor Finegan's vivid and accurate..... More
The Middle East: A Physical, Social, and Regional Geography
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Full green cloth. T.E.R. xiii, 568 pp. With 109 B&W maps in text, two fold-out maps at rear. Damp staining to tail edges of boards. Spine cocked and a little shaken. Dust jacket is damp stained, small chip to foot of front..... More
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. Pogany, Willy. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [n.d.] Original tan stamped cloth. Unpaginated. Colour illustrations. Printed in black and green. Ffep is cropped to upper corner. Bookseller label of Foyles, London to front pastedown. Dust jacket is price clipped, bumped..... More
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1946. Katchadourian, Sarkis. Hardcover. 8vo. Full black cloth, gold vignette to front board. 132 pp. [6] colour plates, incl. frontis. B&W illustrations in text. Light bruising to corners. Dust jacket price clipped, sunned at spine, age toned at edges, small spot of wear to rear..... More
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Garden City, N.Y. Garden City Publishing Co., 1937. Dulac, Edmund. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with green, red, and gold decoration to spine and front board. Patterned endpapers. Top edge red. xxxviii, 197 pp. [6] colour plates. Spine rubbed. Bruise to spine head. Ink gift inscription to ffep. In custom burgundy..... More
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
London and Glasgow: Collins. Anderson, Marjorie. Hardcover. 18mo. [n.d., ca. 1950s?] Maroon pebbled cloth. T.E.R. 127 pp. B&W illustrations in text. A few spots of light rubbing to edges, stain to upper corner of front cover. More
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
London: The Musson Book Company. McManus, Blanche. Hardcover. [n.d.] Full red cloth, gilt decoration. T.E.G. 25 pp., [12] B&W plate illustrations. Light rubbing to corners. Crack to inner hinge at half-title. Bookseller label to rear pastedown. Stain to illustration for Quatrain XLVII. Chips to foot of first illustration and p...... More
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Boston: The Page Company Publishers, 1919. McManus, Blanche. Hardcover. 12mo. Reprint. Fifth impression. Orig. aqua cloth. 159 pp., [12] plate illustrations. Discolouration to spine, sunning to joints and top edges of boards. Some light foxing to cloth. Rubbing to spine ends. Interior clean. More
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
London: T.N. Foulis, 1917. Brangwyn, Frank. Hardcover. 16mo. Tan paper boards, gilt title to spine, black decoration to front board. Pictorial endpapers. 61 pp. Illustrations lacking. Spine rubbed and tilted. Light edge wear. Roughly cut edges. Cracking to inner hinge at first quatrain. Foxing to interior. More
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse
London: George G. Harrap, 1930. Pogany, Willy. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. orange publisher's cloth, gilt title, author letting and symmetrical gilt scroll designs to the spine, gitl lettering and gilt and black block to upper front board. 173 pp. [12] exquisite mounted colour plates, 44 black and gold block illustrations +..... More
Jerusalem et La Judee: Description de la Palestine ou Terre-Sainte, Precede de Considerations sur l'Histoire de ce Pays Depuis Les Premiers Temps Jusqu'a nos Jours
Tours: Alfred Mame et Compagnie, 1853. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. 18mo. 5ieme edition. Full contemporary blind-stamped black cloth, gilt compartments. Marbled edges and endpapers. 235 pp. Rubbing and light wear to extremities, some rubbing and a few stains to cloth. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. Front hinge cracked. Interior..... More
The Palestinians
s.l. Journal of Palestine Studies, 1973. Soft cover. 8vo. Reprinted from the Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. III, No.1, Autumn 1973. Orig. green card wraps, staple bound. 34 pp. Wraps are sunned to extremities, damp stained to foot of front cover, some rust staining. Creasing to upper corner. More