Middle East Books

NY: Harper and Row, 1978. This close confidant of Nasser had the inside story. Pages 304 with index. A fine copy except a corner slightly bumped. The dustjacket has no fading or tears, and only the slightest hint of edgewear. . First U.S.. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by 15 Photos of Participants. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London Collins 1978.. near fine cloth / dj near fine. The close confidant of Nasser had the inside story. Illustrated by 15 photos of participants. first edition.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY: Hill and Wang, 1991. Nusseibeh, a leading figure in the Palestinian political scene, debates an Israeli academic. Fine book thinking of Peace. . First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY Century Co. 1910.. Very good plus decorative cloth, with a blue and gilt landscape on front and bright title on the spine. Top edge gilt. Jules Guerin 18 watercolors, and 40 large photos, all illustrations with tissue guards. 1st edition. Pages x, 302. Exceptionally clean and tight inside. Travel to Baalbec, Damascus, Nazareth, Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem circa 1908. The prose is both observant of a simpler time and somewhat romantic. The illustrations, now 100 years old, are splendid. Protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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NY Century Co. 1910.. Very good 3/4 brown morocco, marbled boards & endpapers, top edge gilt, and a gilt decorated spine with raised bands.. 18 color plates by Jules Guerin, tissue guards. Illustrated by 58 photos & illustrations. 1st edition. Travel circa 1908 in Damascus, Baalbec, Nazareth, Jericho, Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The prose is florid Victorian, but the illustrations are splendid. This is a heavy book and the leather hinges are beginning to split, but are still solid. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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Philadelphia A.J.Holman 1903.. very good cloth, fresh gilt on front, spine a bit faded and some edgewear. Top edge gilt. Tight & clean inside. Illustrated by 54 plates, 4 folding maps in the two pockets are intact and clean with minor tears at the margins. Pagesxxiv, 810 with index. Hilprecht summarizes the archeological breakthroughs of his time. 1st edition.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NYC MacMillan 1959.. Four new chapters on current events in Syria at the end. Illustrated by 5 maps. Hitti has very kindly condensed his history for us, and it is exceptional. Pages 271 with index. Protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket. . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Oxford Univ Press, 1928. An important Oxford Arabist who was a mentor to T.E. Lawrence and others, writing of their hero, who wrote the first important, modern travel book into Arabia. Pages xii, 216 with index. This copy of the original green cloth is some soiled, slight rubs on the edges, and gilt title on the spine is a bit dimmed. But inside, it is very clean and tig, with no stains or browning or foxing. There is a gift inscription on the title page to "H.S. Birkett, Xmas 1928". Protected in a mylar, clear dustjacket. `. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Frontispiece of Doughty, 9 Other Illustrations and a Folding Map. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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NY Viking Press 1963.. Very good/ dj very good with slight tears & wear. The New York author, who had fled Hungary in 1938, was also a professional photographer. Pages 180 with index. Illustrated by 71 nice photos. 1st edition. This is the story of an Israeli teenager and her younger brother, circa 1960, and their involvement in the young Israel. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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NY G.P. Putnam 1937.. very good original cloth with clean, bright paper labels on the front and spine/ dj good in plastic. Illustrated by 2 maps, 30 pp photos. Pages xviii, 266. 1st US edition. This is a young Dane, who travelled across North Africa posing as an Arab who wandered into Cyremaica (Eastern Libya). It was int the midst of Italian Gen. Graziani's brutal colonization, a new fascist conquest. Quite a tale, and a great read. A bit of foxing on a few pages, and the outer page edges. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY G.P. Putnam 1937.. Near fine original cloth with clean, bright paper labels on the front and spine/ dj good and NOT price clipped, protected in a brodart sleeve. Illustrated by 2 maps, 30 pages of photos. Pages xviii, 266. 1st US edition. This is a young Dane, who travelled across North Africa posing as an Arab who wandered into Cyremaica (Eastern Libya). It was in the midst of Italian Gen. Graziani's brutal colonization, a new fascist conquest. Quite a tale, and a great read. A bit of foxing on a few pages, and the outer page edges. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: American Tract Society, 1845. Embossed bronw cloth, with gilt title and design of the spine. Some edgewear, mostly at the corners. Mrs. Smith was a missionary with American Indians, but after marriage continued her efforts in Beyroot, greater Syria (now Beirut, Lebanon. The second half of the book has some insights into the Moslem culture, and women in that culture, as she found it. Pages 396. . Stated Third Edition . Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Engraved Portrait Frontispiece of Mrs Smith . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Oxford Univ Press, 1962. This copy signed by the author, "To Amos Perlmutter with best wishes, from Albert Hourani". Perlmutter, of Washington DC, had a fine Middle East library and this copy was well cared for. Fresh and tight, inside and out. It is one of Hourani's many contributions, very readable, and contributes to our understanding of the mess in the Middle East. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Cambridge Harvard Univ Press 1991.. near MINT/ dj mint. definitive. The best overview. Illustrated by 12 maps, 39 photos. 1st edition.. (more information)

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Beirut: Khayats, 1961. This is the distinguished observer of the Near East's second book, and explores the ramifications of cultures trying to accomodate each other. In this effort, he is the predecessor of Edward Said. Hourani was born in England of Lebanese parents, and studied at Oxford in the 1930s. He was still a Professor Emeritus at Oxford in the 1990s, contributing mightily to our understanding of the changing Middle East. Pages (x), 160. A very nice copy, with bright gilt title on the spine. The dj has some edgewear, but is protected in a clear, mylar dj. Inside , clean and tight, with no foxing or stains, or prior owner marks. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8 Vo. (more information)

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Beirut: Librairie Du Liban, 1974. Still a fine biography of Ibn Saud. Dj has slight edgewear, no prior owner marks. A very clean copy. . 2nd Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Endpaper Map, 12 Pages Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Museum of Art 1997.. A fine, design binding in full, chocolate morocco. A rectangular hole on the front board reveals a portrait of an Arab with a maroon leather frame and gilt stars that continue to the spine. The spine has raised bands and a bright gilt title. The endpapers are maroon leather. This is a beautiful collection of old Palestine photos, well deserving of the exceptional binding. Pages index, chronology, bibliography and a biographic sketch of James McDonald (1822-1885) a sergeant in the British Army engineers who took many of the images here. The photographic covers of the original are bound into this copy. Preserved in a brown cloth clamshell box , fine condition, with maroon leather title label and bright gilt letters. Image of this fine binding available on request. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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Dayton Service Publishing 1929.. Original green cloth, with spine lettering faded, otherwise VG. Very interesting for early American diplomacy in colonial Egypt. Pages xii, 378. Illustrated by 16 pp photos. first edition. This early American diplomat, not surprisingly, is somewhat critical of British dominance in Egypt in the 1920s. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Devin-Adair, 1956. Very good grey cloth spine with red title and black boards, very slight edgewear. Dustjacket is near very good with some edgewear at the top, protected in a clear brodart sleeve and NOT price clipped. Inside, clean and tight with no prior owner marks. An American military observer of the early strife between Arabs and the new Israeli state. First hand observation, and first rate writing. . First Edition. Illus. by 2 Maps and a Few Photos. 8 Vo. (more information)

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London: Travel Book Club , 1959. Adventurous family travel, as the Izzards took their 4 young children on a long trek through the highlands of Lebanon, when it was still possible to do such a thing. . 2nd Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by 4 Pages Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Harper & Row, 1979. A timely book demolishing the Christian myths of Islam. Erudite and, although written in reactioon to the Khomeini revolution in Iran, still timely. . First Paperback Ed.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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NY Harper & Row 1979.. very good full calf,gilt decorated boards & spine, bands. first U.S. edition. An early book on the dangers of politically radical Islam. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Monthly Review Press , 1976. The author was an Israeli Arab scholar and lawyer. Translated from the Arabic by Inea Bushnaq. Also published in a shorter form in Hebrew. Pages xviii, 314. With a long, glowing forward by Noam Chomsky. Very nice copy with no foxing or prior owner marks. Dustjacket has some edgewear.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ Press, 1962. A thorough survey of the supportive role and danger of coups , as of 1962, in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. They didn't know the half of it. But the contributors' observations are often still valid. Pages viii, 423. Near fine brown cloth with bright silver title on the unfaded spine. Inside, very clean and tight. Dustjacket is a bit soiled and has some edgewear. . First Edition. 8 Vo. (more information)

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NY Simon & Schuster 1960.. Very good/ dustjacket good with wear at edges. Illustrated by 8 pp photos, endpaper maps. lst,stated.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London T.Fisher Unwin 1893.. Original green cloth, gilt camel & title on spine, Very good inside, with a hint of occasional foxing. . A bit of fraying at the top of the hinges, but a clear mylar dustjacket is protecting it from deteriorating. Illustrated by 16 photos or woodcuts. Stated third edition. Pages (x), 388.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London Arrowsmith 1924.. The binding isgood only with bumps & spine some faded. Gilt mosque on front. However, very tight & clean inside, with no foxing or browning . Pages 307 with index. The author was a noted nature photographer and he illustrated the book with 60 pp pages of old photos. first edition.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. This might be 25 years old, but it is most pertinent to today's debate and concern on whither go the Arabs, in the context of the restraints of culture and religion. Pages (xii), 332 with index and chapter notes. Dustjacket is fine and not price clipped. The book is fine inside and out, with no prior owner marks, or other blemishes. . First U.S.. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Boston Little Brown 1966.. Vry good original Bedouin pattern boards/ dj good with wear. Classic book on Libyan people, pre Ghadafi. Illustrated by endpaper map, author sketches. 1st,stated.. (more information)

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Boston Little Brown 1966.. Near fine original Bedouin pattern boards/ dj near fine with the slightest edgewear. Classic book on travel in Libya and the Libyan people, pre Ghadafi. Illustrated by endpaper sketch map, author sketches. 1st,stated.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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