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the very first first edition Koran in Chinese, 3 volumes, published in 1875 in Yun Nan Province. Yun Nan is a minority border province of southwestern China where Islam first arrived at China. binding in the oriental way. Some wear and rebounded in 3 volumes by former owner.Very Scarce, no record at OCLC and at any library.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, in Three Volumes [1st Edition] by Richard F. Burton
by Richard F. Burton
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, in Three Volumes [1st Edition]
by Richard F. Burton
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Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Collectible - Acceptable. Octavo. 23cm. Half Leather Hardcover. First Edition. 1855. Ex-Library with the usual treatments. pp. xiv, 388, (iv), 426, (xi), 448. Published 1855-1856. Includes 14 plates, most tinted or in color, and 4 maps/plans (3 fold-out). All three volumes are uniformly bound in marbled boards with green leather on the corners and sides. Raised bands and gilt lettering on the backstrips.Covers worn, with chipping and peeling along edges. Most of the panels are detached (but all are present). Some attempts to repair binding visible on Vol. I. Pages show some occasional notation and marginalia throughout. Frontispiece of Vol.?I is loose. Ads removed from the end of Vol. I. Also contains 4 tipped-in hand-drawn maps, inserted by a previous owner. They appear to be tracings or recreations of maps by Johann Burckhardt, swiss explorer and orientalist, of his travels in the same Middle Eastern area, from the first part of the 19th century. Princeton Library bookplates on the front pastedowns. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectible department of Better World Books. Your purchase benefits global literacy programs. 100% satisfaction guaranteed.
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Jing Han Zhu Jiang He Ting (The very first edition Koran with Arabic script and Chinese translation and Chinese transliteration)
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Fabrica Overo Dittionario Della lingua volgare Arabica, et Itliana, Copioso de voci; & locutoni, con osseruare lafrase dell’una lingua.
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Quarto, contemporary vellum, pp.(10) + 102, Arabic and Italian throughout, title with printers woodcut device, some browning throughout, an excellent copy.Schnurrer, Bibliotheca Arabica, 67. Brill, Philologia Orientalis, II,224. Graf IV 177. Lambrecht 464. Copac: 3 copies only at BL, Oxford, Cambridge
FIRST EDITION of this rare Arabic manual printed in Rome at the Propoganda de Fidei Press. Dominicus was the editor of the famous Arabic-Latin dictionary printed in the same press in 1639. Father Germanus [1585-1670] succeded Obicini as Lector of Arabic and as a collaborator on the Arabic Bible project. He later stayed for a time in Persia and ended his life as a scholar in Madrid. There he left his manuscript of an unfinished Qur'an translation and grammaqtical treatises of Persian and Turkish. The Propaganda Press was founded in 1622 and in 1626 a true printing house was established together with a foundry named after the Congregatio. To its stock were added exotic types from the Stamperia Vaticana.… Read More
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L’Alcoran de Mahomet. Translaté d’Arabe en François, par Le Sieur du Ryer, Sieur de la Garde Malezair
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Quarto, contemporary French mottled calf, a little worn, spine with five raised bands richly gilt in compartments and label lettered in gilt, head and tail of spine worn, covers with triple gilt fillets and an inner panel of triple gilt fillets embellished at the corners with fleurions in the contemporary 17th century syle à la Duseuil, title with engraved woodcut, pp,(10), 648, (4), with the errata leaf, dedication and privilege, woodcut initials, old faint water stain in the upper outer margin, an attractive copy.RARE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF THE QUR’AN AND THE FIRST COMPLETE TRANSLATION TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE VERNACULAR by André du Ryer. It inspired the later translations into English of 1649, Dutch of 1658, German 1703 and Russian 1776. André Du Ryer was French vice-consul in Egypt from 1623 to 1626, and both adviser and interpreter to the French ambassador in Istanbul and ambassador extraordinary of the sultan to France in the early 1630s. He assembled a fine collection of Turkish,… Read More
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Presentation copy of al Jami' us Sahih prepared by the Yıldız palace for the important state men
by AL BUKHARI , MUHAMMAD B. ISMAIL B. IBRAHIM B. AL MUGHIRA (D. 256 AH. 870 AD.)
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Cairo: Bulak, 1896 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 9 PARTS IN 2 VOLS. ARABIC TEXT. RED FULL LEATHER DECORATED AND GILDED BINDING WITH TUGRA AND NISHAN (ARMS OF STATE) OF THE SULTAN ABD UL HAMID II. PRIVATELY BOUND FOR THE YILDIZ PALACE LIBRARY. COMPLETE BINDINGS WITH FLAPS. PREPARED BY PRIVATE COMMISSION IN CAIRO. PRAISE OF SHEIKH AL ISLAM WITH HIS SEAL, REPORT OF THE COMMISSION, ENDOWMENT (CHARITABLE WAQF) WITH TUGHRAIC SEAL OF ABD UL HAMID II. (174, 182, 199, 208 PP) AND (179, 198, 168, 176, 163) PAGES. ALL EDGES OF THE TOW VOLUMES ARE GILDED. PRIVATELY BOUND BY THE YILDIZ PALACE AS PRESENTATION TO VERY LIMITED STATE MEN. A COPY FROM THE ATABEY COLLECTION WAS SOLD IN SOTHEBY'S 28 AND 29 MAY 2002
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Rubáiyát by Omar Khayyám: Illustrated by Gilbert James, cca 1900
by Omar Khayyám
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Title: RubáiyátAuthor: Omar Khayyám
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Year: No date, cca 1900
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Language: English
Condition: Good
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Darb Zubaydah: The Pilgrim Road from Kufa to Mecca
by Saad Al-Rashid
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Riyad University, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Book is in Near Fine condition, by which we mean almost as if in its original new condition, but containing very slight marks of age and/or wear from light handling. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Archaeology; Middle East; Early (0-1000 AD); Antiquarian & Rare. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 8525. .
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Fabrica Overo Dittionario Della lingua volgare Arabica, et Itliana, Copioso de voci; & locutoni, con osseruare lafrase dell’una lingua.
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Quarto, contemporary vellum, pp.(10) + 102, Arabic and Italian throughout, title with printers woodcut device, some browning throughout, an excellent copy.Schnurrer, Bibliotheca Arabica, 67. Brill, Philologia Orientalis, II,224. Graf IV 177. Lambrecht 464. Copac: 3 copies only at BL, Oxford, Cambridge
FIRST EDITION of this rare Arabic manual printed in Rome at the Propoganda de Fidei Press. Dominicus was the editor of the famous Arabic-Latin dictionary printed in the same press in 1639. Father Germanus [1585-1670] succeded Obicini as Lector of Arabic and as a collaborator on the Arabic Bible project. He later stayed for a time in Persia and ended his life as a scholar in Madrid. There he left his manuscript of an unfinished Qur'an translation and grammaqtical treatises of Persian and Turkish. The Propaganda Press was founded in 1622 and in 1626 a true printing house was established together with a foundry named after the Congregatio. To its stock were added exotic types from the Stamperia Vaticana.… Read More
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L’Alcoran de Mahomet. Translaté d’Arabe en François, par Le Sieur du Ryer, Sieur de la Garde Malezair
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Quarto, contemporary French mottled calf, a little worn, spine with five raised bands richly gilt in compartments and label lettered in gilt, head and tail of spine worn, covers with triple gilt fillets and an inner panel of triple gilt fillets embellished at the corners with fleurions in the contemporary 17th century syle à la Duseuil, title with engraved woodcut, pp,(10), 648, (4), with the errata leaf, dedication and privilege, woodcut initials, old faint water stain in the upper outer margin, an attractive copy.RARE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF THE QUR’AN AND THE FIRST COMPLETE TRANSLATION TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE VERNACULAR by André du Ryer. It inspired the later translations into English of 1649, Dutch of 1658, German 1703 and Russian 1776. André Du Ryer was French vice-consul in Egypt from 1623 to 1626, and both adviser and interpreter to the French ambassador in Istanbul and ambassador extraordinary of the sultan to France in the early 1630s. He assembled a fine collection of Turkish,… Read More
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Presentation copy of al Jami' us Sahih prepared by the Yıldız palace for the important state men
by AL BUKHARI , MUHAMMAD B. ISMAIL B. IBRAHIM B. AL MUGHIRA (D. 256 AH. 870 AD.)
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Cairo: Bulak, 1896 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 9 PARTS IN 2 VOLS. ARABIC TEXT. RED FULL LEATHER DECORATED AND GILDED BINDING WITH TUGRA AND NISHAN (ARMS OF STATE) OF THE SULTAN ABD UL HAMID II. PRIVATELY BOUND FOR THE YILDIZ PALACE LIBRARY. COMPLETE BINDINGS WITH FLAPS. PREPARED BY PRIVATE COMMISSION IN CAIRO. PRAISE OF SHEIKH AL ISLAM WITH HIS SEAL, REPORT OF THE COMMISSION, ENDOWMENT (CHARITABLE WAQF) WITH TUGHRAIC SEAL OF ABD UL HAMID II. (174, 182, 199, 208 PP) AND (179, 198, 168, 176, 163) PAGES. ALL EDGES OF THE TOW VOLUMES ARE GILDED. PRIVATELY BOUND BY THE YILDIZ PALACE AS PRESENTATION TO VERY LIMITED STATE MEN. A COPY FROM THE ATABEY COLLECTION WAS SOLD IN SOTHEBY'S 28 AND 29 MAY 2002
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Rubáiyát by Omar Khayyám: Illustrated by Gilbert James, cca 1900
by Omar Khayyám
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Title: RubáiyátAuthor: Omar Khayyám
Translator: Edward Fitzgerald
Illustrator: Gilbert James
Publisher: George Routledge and Sons Limited
Place: London
Year: No date, cca 1900
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: Unpaginated
Language: English
Condition: Good
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Size (mm): 94 x 134Description: Brown faux leather binding. Gilt page edges are still very bright. Marbled endpages. 12 black and white illustrations by Gilbert James. Gift inscription with ink from 1917.
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
by Burton, Richard F
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Echo Library, 2006. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
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Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1964. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
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Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1964. Paperback. As New. Disclaimer:An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact; pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
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Seven Pillars Of Wisdom, A Triumph
by Lawrence, T.E
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T.E. Lawrence. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, A TRIUMPH. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Privately Printed, 1926. First Published for general circulation 1935. First American Edition. States MCMXXXVI on the title page. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Garden City, NY. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. 672 pages, indexed. Beige buckram boards. Spine has darkened a bit. 6 7/8 X 9 ½.
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Les Arts Decoratifs Turcs
by Arseven,Celal
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Istanbul : Milli Egitim Basimenti, 1950. This is a very good hardcover copy in tan printed paper-covered boards and blue cloth spine. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Massive survey of Islamic decorative arts in Turkey over the centuries. 35 color plates (some are chromolithographs) + 717 black & white illustrations. 13" high X 10" wide, 360 pages. No date ca. 1950. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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A History of the Crusades: Three Volume Boxed Set
by Runciman, Steven
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Volume 1: The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Volume 2: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187. Volume 3: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades. All three volumes are in Fine Condition in a Fine Slipcase. Due to the size of this item, expedited or priority shipping prices will be individually quoted. Media Mail cost within the U.S. will remain as listed.
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Disappearing Treasures of Oman: Disappearing Treasures of Oman: A fascinating Story and illustrated guide to Recognising, buying, and restoring Antique Bedouin Artefacts
by Forster, Avelyn
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Somerset: Archway Books, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oblong Quarto. 144 pages. Hardcover in purple dust jacket. The jacket has light to moderate wear and rubbing. Light toning at edges of pages. Illustrations throughout.
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The Thief Of Bagdad
by Abdullah, Achmed
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Abdullah, Achmed. The Thief of Bagdad. Readers Library Publishing Co. Ltd., London Film Edition, 1924. USED. TONED. Good Condition/ Good- DJ. QUITE RARE IN THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET Front dj panel states "Film Edition" Actor Douglas Fairbanks photo on back panel. DJ Spine is chipped. Now protected in a mylar wrap. Summary: The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 American silent swashbuckler film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks, and written by Achmed Abdullah and Lotta Woods. Freely adapted from "One Thousand and One Nights", it tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph of Baghdad.
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DERWYS (DERVISH) - Original Antique Etching
by DERWYS - Olfert Dapper - Original Antique Etching
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Amsterdam, 1677. First Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Olfert Dapper. Depiction of a BAREFOOT WANDERING DERVISH. ORIGINAL ETCHING. Untrimmed. Size of the illustrated area: 17,5 x 28,5 cm ( 7,14 x 11,63 inch) + margins. Slight age-toning and 1 small foxing stain. VERY GOOD. (Airmail shipping incl.) - Minimal gebr?unt und mit 1 winzigen Stockflecken. Sonst sehr gut. (Luftpost ink)
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Life of Mahomet
by Irving, Washington (Biography of Mohammed.)
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London: Henry G. Bohn 1850. (3-in-1 hardcover) 224, 260pp. Very good. 3 / 4 leather over marbled paper-covered boards. Marbled endpapers and edges, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, appendices. The covers are rubbed and edgeworn, a previous owner's name on the title page, light spotting on the first few blank pages. Biography of Mohammed. Bound with The Alhambra. (Biography).
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Rubáiyát by Omar Khayyám: Illustrated by Gilbert James, cca 1900
by Omar Khayyám
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Title: RubáiyátAuthor: Omar Khayyám
Translator: Edward Fitzgerald
Illustrator: Gilbert James
Publisher: George Routledge and Sons Limited
Place: London
Year: No date, cca 1900
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: Unpaginated
Language: English
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket: Not issued
Size (mm): 94 x 134Description: Brown faux leather binding. Gilt page edges are still very bright. Marbled endpages. 12 black and white illustrations by Gilbert James. Gift inscription with ink from 1917.
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khaiyam
by Khaiyam, Omar. [Corvo, Baron [Rolfe, Frederick], translator]
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Boston: Small, Maynard & Company. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1925. First American Edition. Hardcover. Spine ends slightly bumped and bump to one corner. Light soil to the head and tail edges of the front cover, two tiny marks at the head. Faint toning at the edges of the pastedowns and endpapers. Dust jacket is intact with considerable wear and soil. Chips to head and tail of spine, all edges, and corners. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown. ; At once mystic and a celebration of life, the rubaiyat (quatrains) form a beautiful, poetic work by Omar Khaiyam [Ghiyath al-Din Abu'l-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim Al-Nisaburi al-Khayyami] (1040-1131) the Persian Sufi poet, philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician. The rubaiyat are considered by some to exalt earthly pleasure, consider death, and point out the unreliability of religion in addressing human issues. This English translation by Frederick Rolfe ["Baron Corvo"] (1860-1913) was based on the French…
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The Road to Mecca
by Asad, Muhammad
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New York: Simon and Schuster 1954, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 400pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Top edge stained dark green, map endpapers, photographs. Price clipped, the dust jacket has minor edgewear and is lightly rubbed and chipped along the hinges. Locale: Mecca. (Religion, Islam, Personal Narratives, Religion, Travel).
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