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CHATEAUBRIAND
Itin?raire de Paris ? J?rusalem. Sans date.
Broch?. 566 pages.
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Chateaubriand (M. le Vicomte de).
Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem précdé de Notes sur La Grèce et suivi des Voyages en Italie et en France.
Ensemble de deux volumes de format petit in 8° de volume I:faux titre, frontispice, titre, 378 pp.; et pour le volume II: faux titre, titre, 420 pp.; étiquettes de prix au contreplat de chaque volume; reliure uniforme en demi chagrin rouge; caissons dorés; titres dorés; armes dorées du Lycée Lamartine de Macon sur le premier plat de chaque volume. Discrètes piqures; sinon bel ensemble en parfait état pour ce précurseur des "Voyages en Orient" des grands auteurs du 19e. Voir les photos.
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Chateaubriand De, François-René
Opere di F. A. De Chateaubriand. Volume I: Itinerario da Parigi a Gerusalemme e da Gerusalemme a Parigi, andando per la Grecia e tornando per l'Egitto, la Barberia e la Spagna. Dissertazione di D'Anville sull'estensione dell'antica Gerusalemme e sulle mi
25 cm, 3 Vol. legati assieme, ril. coeva in mezza pelle, piatti marmorizzati, titolo e fregi al dorso, p. X, 333 (1); 173, (3); XVI, 253. Ritratto dell'autore inciso da Innocenzo Migliavacca, all'antiporta del primo e del secondo volume. Testo su due colonne. Piatti con ordinari segni del tempo, leggeri aloni marginali lontani dal testo alle prime 25 carte, per il resto esemplare bello dagli ampi margini
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Chatelain, (R. J.).
Mémoire sur les chevaux Arabes. Projet tendant à augmenter et à améliorer les chevaux en France. - Notes sur les différentes races qui doivent être préférees à ce sujet. - Réflexions sur l'adminstration des Haras, leur utilité. - Instruction pour les propriétaires qui sont des élèves. - Connoissance nécessaire pour faire un bon choix d'étalons et de chevaux de guerre. - Beautés et défectuosités. - Tableaux, recettes, dépenses et réformes. Paris, Madame Huzard (née Vallat la Chapelle), 1816.
8vo. 158 pp. With frontispiece of a 'Cheval Arabe' after C. Vernet. Contemp. red half morocco with giltstamped spine and covers. Interesting work on the Arabian breed of horses, especially the military horses in France. - A fine copy. Boyd 26. Mennessier de la Lance I, 263. OCLC 4337831.
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Chatelain, Henri Abraham.
Carte de l'Empire des Turcs en Asie & en Afrique. Paris, 1720.
425:525 mm. Engraved map. Shows the Arabian Peninsula in great detail and includes "a detailed diagram of the caravan routes to Mecca and Medina from across the Ottoman Empire" (Al Ankary). - With traces of fold. Al Ankary 132. Tibbetts 220. Not in the Al-Quasimi collection.
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Chatelain, Henri.
Carte de la Turquie, de L'Arabie et de la Perse avec leurs dependances dressée sur les observations les plus nouvelles & les Memoires les plus recens. Amsterdam, ca. 1720.
Copper-plate engraving (515 x 415 mm). Superbly engraved map of region from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, based upon Guillaume de l'Isles map of the same title. The scientific information for this map was taken from the maps of Guillaume de l'Isle. It shows a detailed diagram of the caravan routes to Mecca and Medina from across the Ottoman Empire. A note on the lower left corner gives a description of Turkey, Arabia and Persia. Tibbetts 221. Al-Qasimi 124. Al Ankary 287.
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Chauveau Michel. Translated By David Lorton
Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra
Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press. 2000 First printing in trade paperback. 226 pp. Illustrations notes glossary index. Hinf of shelfwear otherwise Fine. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Cornell University Press. paperback
Bookseller reference : 238128 ISBN : 0801485762 9780801485763
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Chauvin, Victor.
Bibliographie des ouvrages arabes ou relatifs aux arabes publiés dans l'Europe chrétienne de 1810 à 1885. Liège, H. Vaillant-Carmanne, 1892-1922.
Large 8vo. 12 vols. Original printed wrappers. Monumental, exceedingly useful bibliography of Arabic literature and works relating to Arabia published in the West in the 19th century. Arranged by subject covering the Quran and its tradition (an entire volume), the Proverbs, Kalîlah, Loqmân, Barlaam, ´Antar, Syntipas, Oriental Tales, Mahomet, etc. Four volumes are dedicated to the 1001 Nights alone. - Edges slightly brittle as always, but very well preserved. Untrimmed, uncut copy in the publisher's original wrappers. Besterman 455.
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Chayes Sarah
The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban
U.S.A: Penguin Press 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Type: Remainder First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Remainder mk else Fine. 16 page Illustration section monochrome on coated paper. Green half cloth with black titles gray boards very clean and unmarked tight solid and square. Internals as new. An eyewitness account of the return to violence and corruption of warlordism in Afghanistan in the wake of the defeat of theTaliban. A powerful disturbing narrative of misguided U. S. policy and of how the deeply entrenched centuries-old tradition of tribal warlordism abides to this day. The author was an overseas correspondent for National Public Radio NPR on assignment in Afghanistan covering the last stand of theTaliban from their home base in Kandahar. When her tour ended in 2002 her commitment to help rebuild a broken nation was so deep that she accepted a job running a nonprofit founded by President Karzai's brother. She has witnessed the Afghanistan story unfold and this book tells her story and the story of what happened in Afghanistan. 386 pages. Chapter Notes and Index. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 2006 Penguin Press USA Penguin Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023617 ISBN : 1594200963 9781594200960
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Chayes Sarah
The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban
New York: The Penguin Press 2006. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards pale green spine black titles xi 386 pp map 8 ff b & w photo plates notes index. Top corners bumped else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Chayes was sent to Afghanistan by NPR to report on the war in 2001. When her assignment ended in 2002 she resigned and stayed on to work on rebuilding witnessing over the next few years the ascent of corrupt tribal warlords and reinfiltration by bands of the Taliban. Shipping weight 3 lbs. International 2 lbs. 4 oz. First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm. The Penguin Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : HIME00009 ISBN : 1594200963 9781594200960
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Cheesman, Major R. E.
Arabia. Routes between ‘Oqair and Jabrin Oasis in Eastern Nejd. London, 1925.
Colour-printed map (51 x 48 cm). Al-Qasimi 285.
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Chehab Zaki
Inside Hamas: The Untold Story of Militants Martyrs and Spies
London: I.B.Tauris 2007. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. I.B.Tauris Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040193 ISBN : 1845113896 9781845113896
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Chehabi H. E.
Li Kulli Fir'awn Musa: The Myth of Moses and Pharoah in the Iranian Revolution in Comparative Perspective
Waltham MA: Brandeis University. Very Good. 2010. Softcover. Crown Center for Middle East Studies Crown Paper 4 November 2010. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 42 pages . Brandeis University paperback
Bookseller reference : 32196
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Chelkowski Peter J. and Robert J. Pranger eds.
Ideology and Power in the Middle East: Studies in Honor of George Lenczowski
Durham: Duke Univ. Press 1988. Trade paperback 530pp inc references & index highlights to few passages in mid-chapter on Iraq short tear to cover at back else Very good in card covers. Durham: Duke Univ. Press, 1988, paperback
Bookseller reference : 3096
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Chenu, Jean Charles / Des Murs, Marc Athanase Parfait OEillet.
La fauconnerie ancienne et moderne. Paris, Hachette, 1862.
8vo. 176 pp. Half-title, wood-engraved illustrations. Original printed wrappers bound within. First edition. - Occasional spotting, a little soiled and creased. Harting 200. Schwerdt I, 109. Thiébaud 192.
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Chenu, Jean Charles / Des Murs, Marc Athanase Parfait Oeillet.
La fauconnerie ancienne et moderne. Paris, L. Hachette, 1862.
8vo. (4), 176 pp. With woodcut title-vignette, 45 numbered and several unnumbered woodcut illustrations in the text. With the original printed wrappers bound in at the end. Later half calf over marbled boards with giltstamped spine-title. First edition. - A classic of falconry, this pocket-sized manual is a supplement to the second volume of the ornithological textbook "Leçons élémentaires sur l'histoire naturelle des oiseaux" (1862-63) by the French zoologist Chenu (1808-79) and the ornithologist Des Murs (1804-94). The illustrations show various kinds of falcons, as well as their training and typical flight paths, sometimes displaying specific parts of the birds' bodies like wings and claws in detail. Figure no. 5 ("Faucon sur une Gazelle") is copied from the plate of "Goshawk and Gazelle" by Joseph Wolf, which forms the frontispiece to Richard F. Burton's 1852 work "Falconry in the Valley of the Indus". - Ownership of Charles Henry Stanley Garton (b. 1920), dated Kingswood, 13 October 1943, to front pastedown. Occasional light spotting; traces of the title-page being glued to the first page near the gutter. Harting 200. Schwerdt I, 109. Thiébaud 192. Souhart 100. OCLC 944664144.
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Chenu, Jean Charles / Des Murs, Marc Athanase Parfait Oeillet.
La fauconnerie ancienne et moderne. Paris, L. Hachette, 1862.
8vo. (4), 176 pp. With woodcut title-vignette, 45 numbered and several unnumbered woodcut illustrations in the text. Later half calf with giltstamped spine and spine-title. First edition. - A classic of falconry, this pocket-sized manual is a supplement to the second volume of the ornithological textbook "Leçons élémentaires sur l'histoire naturelle des oiseaux" (1862-63) by the French zoologist Chenu (1808-79) and the ornithologist Des Murs (1804-94). The illustrations show various kinds of falcons, as well as their training and typical flight paths, sometimes displaying specific parts of the birds' bodies like wings and claws in detail. Figure no. 5 ("Faucon sur une Gazelle") is copied from the plate of "Goshawk and Gazelle" by Joseph Wolf, which forms the frontispiece to Richard F. Burton's 1852 work "Falconry in the Valley of the Indus". - Ownership of Charles Henry Stanley Garton (b. 1920), dated Kingswood, 24 February 1942, to front pastedown. Paper evenly browned throughout; tiny marginal tear to p. 29f. Partly uncut copy. Harting 200. Schwerdt I, 109. Thiébaud 192. Souhart 100. OCLC 944664144.
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Chertok Haim
We Are All Close: Conversations with Israeli Writers
New York: Fordham University 1989. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Fordham University hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004170 ISBN : 0823212238 9780823212231
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Chesney, [Francis Rawdon] / Plate, W[illiam] H[enry].
A Map of Arabia and Syria Laid Down Chiefly From Original Surveys [...]. London, engraved by J. & C. Walker for Longman, Brown & Co., 1849.
Hand-coloured engraved map (scale: 70 miles to 1 inch). 692 x 668 mm, including fold-out section at right edge showing Ras al-Hadd. Matted. Exceedingly rare, large map of the Arabian Peninsula, based on surveys conducted under General F. R. Chesney (1789-1872), the explorer of the Euphrates and founder of the overland route to India. Drawn by W. H. F. Plate. This is a second, improved edition of a map that had previously appeared in 1847 under the simple title "Arabia" (kept at the British Library, referenced as IOR/X/3205 within the Qatar Digital Library). "Mesopotamia and its rivers are laid down from Surveys made during the Euphrates Expedition. The Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Southern Coast of Arabia are from those made by the Officers or the Indian Navy. The interior of the peninsula is from various sources, particularly materials furnished for the accompanying work by Aloys Sprenger M.D. and from documents obtained by Dr. Plate" (note). Finely preserved. No copy known outside the British Library. OCLC 556388606. Not in the Al-Qasimi Collection.
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Chesney, [Francis Rawdon].
The Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, Carried on by Order of the British Government, in the Years 1835, 1836 and 1837. London, Longman, 1850.
Large 8vo (175 x 260 mm). 2 vols. XXIII (instead of XXVII, lacking pp. XVII-XX), (3), 795 (instead of 799, lacking pp. 705-708), (1) pp. XVI, 778 pp. With all 49 tinted lithographic plates as well as numerous wood-engraved text illustrations. Contemporary full blue cloth with blindstamped covers and gilt spine titles. Wants the boxed 14 maps. First edition. Chesney (1789-1872), the explorer of the Euphrates and founder of the overland route to India, intended the work to be complete in four volumes, but half the manuscript was lost and only these two volumes were published. The book describes the exploration trip through the Euphrates and Tiber valleys, to the Arabian Gulf, in search of a shorter route to India. "He explored the Euphrates twice, at first alone, on a raft, in secret and at great risk (he frequently came under fire from hostile Arabs) and later by steamer, although the second attempt was no less fraught with difficulty than the first (the 'Tigris' was wrecked and there were numerous physical obstacles to overcome). Chesney was clearly an explorer of the first order and his courage and perseverance were matched only by his attention to detail and thoroughness in the surveys he produced" (Atabey). - Lacking four leaves in the first volume and (as often) the 14 slip-cased maps. Provenance: removed from the library of Hawkesyard Priory, Staffordshire (dispersed in 2008) with their stamps. Latterly in the collection of Roberto Gulbenkian (1923-2009). Atabey I, 234 Blackmer 337. Howgego II, p. 124, C26.
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Chessé.
L'Algérie. Sites & Monuments. Paris, L. Boulanger, [c. 1900].
Oblong folio. (4) pp., 8 printed illustrations in colour after photographs. Original printed wrappers. Fascicule 32 from the "Autour de Monde. Aquarelles, Souvenirs, Voyages", showing eight views from French Algeria (mosques, the ports of Oran and Algiers, Arabic villages, etc.). - Slight edge defects to wrapper covers, otherwise well preserved.
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CHEVALLIER Dominique
Orient d'encre. Entre guerres et pouvoirs.
Broch?. 208 pages. Tr?s bon ?tat.
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Chiara Silvi Antonini, Giorgio Stacul
The Proto-Historic Graveyards of Swat (Pakistan). Part 1: Description of Graves and Finds. Text + Plates (2 volumi)
Collana “Reports and Memories”, VII, 1. 2 volumi, XVI-536 pagine complessive, brossura editoriale. Dimensioni: 24x34 cm. Minime tracce del tempo alla brossura, per il resto ottime condizioni. Volume 1 (Text): numerose figure in b/n nel testo, alcune tavole su foglio ripiegato in b/n fuori testo. Volume 2 (Plates): 1 tavola a colori, CCLXII tavole in b/n e una cartina geografica su foglio più volte ripiegato fuori testo. In lingua inglese. Nonostante la dicitura “Part 1” faccia presupporre altri volumi, questa risulta essere l’unica pubblicata. (N.B. Per peso e dimensioni saranno necessarie spese di spedizione aggiuntive. Additional shipping costs are requested for international shipping of this book. You will be notified by email, or you may email us before you order for a shipping quote).
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Chibwe E. C.
Afro-Arab Relations in the New World Order
New York NY U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press 1978. Publisher: St. Martin's Press 1978 Good HB ISBN: 0-312-01063-X. Hard Cover. Good. Ex-Library. St. Martin's Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008543 ISBN : 031201063X 9780312010638
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Chidsey Alan Lake
Rustam Lion of Persia
New York: Minton Balch & Company 1930. Juvenile. With decorations by Lois Lenski. Map on endpapers. Cover worn; edges chipped; bookplate on front endpaper. xvi 271 pp. 20.5 cm. Hardcover . Catalogs: IRAN. New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1930 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6180
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CHIERICI Maurizio -
Dayan.
Novara, De Agostini, 1976, 8vo legatura editoriale cartonato telato con titoli dorati al piatto anteriore e al dorso e sovraccopertina illustrata a colori (piccoli strappi) pp. 190 completamente illustrato da fotografie e tavole fotografiche in nero e a colori (I condottieri) .
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CHIESA BRUNO - COLOMBO VALENTINA - CRESPI GABRIELE - GARBINI GIOVANNI - NOJA SERGIO - PIOTROVSKI MICHAIL B.
PRIMI (I) ARABI
A Cura: Noja Sergio . Prefazione: Gabrieli Francesco . Pagine: 272 . Illustrazioni: Disegni in bianco e nero nel testo e tavole a colori fuori testo . Formato: 4° . Rilegatura: Cartonato telato con sovracoperta originale . Stato: Buono . Caratteristiche: In buonissimo stato. . Collana: Corpus arabicum .
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Chihuly
CHIHULY JERUSALEM 2000
2000 . Chihuly. CHIHULY JERUSALEM 2000. Seattle WA: Portland Press c2000. First edition. 234pp illustrated in color. 4to. As new hardcover copy with as new dust jacket $50.00 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 69928 ISBN : 157684014X 9781576840146
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Chikhani Nacouz Lela; Aractingi Philip
Les M�res: A l'�preuve du Liban. Essai
Beyrouth Beirut: FMA 1993. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Book is in the French language. Sound binding. Clean pages with light reading wear. Wrappers have light handling wear. ; Examination of the condition of women in Lebanon. 8.5" tall; 215 pages. FMA unknown
Bookseller reference : 5190058
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Chogyam Trungpa
Shambhala -
Shambhala Publishing - 1988. PB/pub.1988/Gd.condition/202 pages - Dragon editions the sacred path ofthe warrior. A guide to enlightened living. TN436875. Soft Cover. Good. Shambhala Publishing - Paperback
Bookseller reference : 36875
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Chomsky Noam
Middle East Illusions: Including Peace in the Middle East Reflections on Justice and Nationhood
Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc 2003. clean unmarked copy. Hardback. Very Good/Lightly Worn. Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 350389 ISBN : 0742526992 9780742526990
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Chomsky Noam
Peace in the Middle East
London: Fontana 1975. Book. Good. Paperback. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Fontana Paperback
Bookseller reference : 059757 ISBN : 0006339182 9780006339182
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Chomsky Noam
Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order
Cambridge Massachusetts U.S.A.: South End Pr 1996. PB/Gd. condition/244 pages - Discusses politics and power. K1162HR3. Soft Cover. Good. South End Pr Paperback
Bookseller reference : K1162 ISBN : 089608535x 9780896085350
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Chomsky Noam
The Fateful Triangle: The United States Israel and the Palestinians
Boston: South End 1983. Paper bound later printing 481pp inc. references & index. Front cover creased else very good. Two copies available. 605 grams. Boston: South End, 1983 unknown
Bookseller reference : 14624 ISBN : 0896081877 9780896081871
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CHOMSKY Noam, ACHCAR Gilbert
La poudrière du Moyen-Orient
Fayard, 2007, 391 pp., broché, pli de lecture sur le dos, légères traces de mouillure sur la tranche latérale, état correct.
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Chorafas Vangelis & Rizas Lefteris eds
Irak : Ena Deftero Vietnam = Iraq: A Secnd Vietnam
Athens: Monthly Review Imprint /Ellenika Grammata 2005 Translation Michael Panagiotakis Nikos Papapolyzos. "The "Vietnam Syndrome" has had a major impact on US foreign policy for more than 25 years. The first Gulf War the interventions in Yugoslavia and the rapid victories in Afghanistan and Iraq gave the impression that this syndrome had been finally overcome. However the situation has changed and the question marks have begun to increase. Will Iraq become a second Vietnam Can the US wage continuous wars in the future How will the weak resist the powerful The authors of this book provide some first answers to these questions. Questions that will concern us all in the future"126p. NO copies in WorldCat. 1st Greek Edition. French Wraps. Very Good. Monthly Review Imprint /Ellenika Grammata paperback
Bookseller reference : 29302 ISBN : 9608845807 9789608845800
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Choudhury Masudul Alam
Reforming the Muslim World
London United Kingdom: Kegan Paul International 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Printed in Great Britain by Kegan Paul International. Hardcover in very good condition. Green boards with gold colored spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with no writing no markings etc. noted. Papers bright white. Dust jacket in very good condtion bright & crisp with a ghost of shelf & edge wear. Concludes with a section on Notes & References and a comprehensive Index. 269 numbered pages. From the book ""This highly important book will engage the attention of both Muslims and the non-Muslims and is essential reading for all seeking to understand the critical questions underlying the relationships between the Muslim world and global order in the light of the Islamic world view."" Kegan Paul International hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000918 ISBN : 0710305753 9780710305756
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Choueiri Youssef M
Islamic Fundamentalism Twayne's Themes in Right Wing Politics and Ideology Series
<p>Hardback 178 pages ex-library book with rubber-stamp marks and stickers very good condition. </p> Twayne Pub hardcover
Bookseller reference : 291 ISBN : 0805795529 9780805795523
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CHRISTIDES (Vassilios)
The Image of Cyprus in the Arabic Sources.
Politistikon Hidryma Archiepiskopou Makariou 3., Grapheion Kypriak s Historias, 2006 In-8, rel. éd. pleine toile bordeaux, titre doré, XII-209 pp., nb. fig., reprod. photogr., dessins, cartes en n/b. in et h.-t., index des noms, texte en anglais, résumés en grec et en arabe in fine. Rare, épuisé chez l'éditeur. Ex-libris manuscrit Jehan Desanges en pp. de garde.
Bookseller reference : 595265
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Chris Horrie
What Is Islam -
Virgin Publishing - 2007. PB/Gd. condition/324 pages - A comprehensive introduction revised & updated. K1061HR2. Soft Cover. Good. Virgin Publishing - Paperback
Bookseller reference : K1061
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Christian E. Hauer Jr.
Crisis and Conscience in the Middle East
<p>Hardback 159 pages very good condition: tight binding clean pages dustjacket in very good overall condition slightly worn & torn. </p> Quadrangle Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1062
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Christine Moss Helms
Iraq: Eastern Flank of the Arab World
<p>Hardback 215 pages very good condition dustjacket slightly worn & torn. </p> Brookings Institution hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1188 ISBN : 0815735561 9780815735564
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Christine Moss Helms
The cohesion of Saudi Arabia: Evolution of political identity Croom Helm series on the Arab world
<p>Hardback 313 pages tight binding clean pages ex-library book with rubber stamp marks on several pages.</p> Croom Helm hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1520 ISBN : 070990441X 9780709904410
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Christison Kathleen
Perceptions of Palestine: Their Influence on U.S. Middle East Policy
Univ of California Pr 2001 Trade Paperback. Fine. Univ of California Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : 329287 ISBN : 0520217187 9780520217188
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Christoph Gack
Israel & the Occupied Territories -
Lonely Planet Press - 1981. PB/pub.1981/Gd. condition/206 pages - Israel is where the Bible meets the troubles of the Middle East. TH34304z. Soft Cover. Good. Lonely Planet Press - Paperback
Bookseller reference : 4304z
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Christopher Catherwood
The Merchants of Fear -
Lyons Press - 2008. Gd. condition - Egyptian politics and society examined . TR2v7912z. Hard Cover. Good. Lyons Press - Hardcover
Bookseller reference : v7912z ISBN : 1599212811 9781599212814
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Chronographus, Philo.
Arca Temporum Mundi Reserata, Oder: Der Welt eröffnete Zeit- und Geschicht-Beschreibung. Begreiffend: Perspeculatum [...]. Augsburg, Jakob Koppmayer for Jakob Enderlin, 1693.
Folio (305 x 190 mm). 2 parts in 1 volume. (4), 31, (1), 64 pp. With 12 (instead of 16) plates containing 24 copper engravings. Modern boards. Fascinating, little-received chronographical study focusing on the history of the Eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor, then under Ottoman rule. The anonymous late 17th-century German author hides behind the name of "Philo Chronographus" and is evidently identical with the "Philo Cosmographus" who produced the similarly themed geographical work, "Trinum Marinum", which is announced on the title page and was often issued together with this, though produced by a different publisher and catalogued separately. The first part of the work contains a general introduction which relates the 24 hours of the day to the time from Creation to the year 1800 (which is conceived of as the end of the world, leaving another mere 107 years of history to come!). The second part features a chronicle of the "Rule of the Ottoman Porte", from Sultan Osman to Suleyman II. - Numerous pages of plates (each page containing two copper engravings) depict costumes, animals and plants, maps and views of towns (Sultan Osman, the Ottoman Residence and a view of Constantinople, dolphins and cranes, Turkish ladies in their various garments, a cypress and a mastix tree, etc.). - The number of plates, and indeed even the arrangement of engravings on a single page, varies from copy to copy, but this wants 4 plates as compared to the table of plates. Well-preserved. VD 17, 12:645730N. Weller, Pseud. 439.
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Chrysanthos, Metropolitan of Durazzo, Brusa, and Smyrna.
[Proskynetarion tes hagias poleos Hierousalem kai pases Palaistines]. Vienna, Johanna Schrämbl, 1807.
Folio (215 x 328 mm). (4), 104 pp. With engraved frontispiece and 51 leaves of plates (8 double-page-sized or folded). Near-contemporary red half morocco with gilt rules and marbled covers, spine richly gilt (loss of label). Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Rare description of the Holy City of Jerusalem and of the whole of Palestine; a reissue (with changed title) of the edition published by Josef Baumeister in Vienna in 1787. Previous editions had appeared in Venice in 1728, then in 1749 and 1781, while the 1787 edition boasted "a new text and different iconography" (Staikos). This latter edition is here reproduced largely unchanged save for bringing the name of the Patriarch of Jerusalem up to date (from Abraham to Anthimus), as well as that of the editor, Apostolas Boras, on the title page. "The engraving of the Patriarch on his throne is unchanged except for the name; it is signed (in Greek): 'engraved by Schindelmayer in Vienna' [...] A large-sized, impressive book" (Staikos). "A portrait of the Patriarch [Anthimus] forms the frontispiece; also, there is an illustration of the Palace of David, and a plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, though the view of its cross-section is quite haphazard [...] The author expands on Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, and the sacred sites of Galilee. The text is apparently more or less that of the Venice 1728 edition; apart from that, it is generously interspersed with highly appealing illustrations in the true taste of modern Greece" (cf. Tobler 135). The Viennese publisher and printer Franz Anton Schrämbl, whose company was continued by his widow Johanna after his death in 1804, specialised in reprints (often of large sets), maps, and books in Greek. Their production was one of the strongest in Vienna (cf. Frank/Frimmel, Buchwesen in Wien, p. 175f.). - Extremeties bumped; spine-ends chipped. Still a beautiful volume from the library of King George III of the United Kingdom (1738-1820) with his royal cypher on the spine. Staikos no. 28 (note p. 94). OCLC 41651327. Cf. Röhricht 1362, 1515. Tobler 124f., 135. Legrand (XVIII) 1208.
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Chu hung
Pure Land Pure Mind -
Corporate Body Of The Buddha Educational Foundation Publishing - 1994. PB/pub.1994/Gd.condition/246 pages - The buddhism of masters. TN436862. Soft Cover. Good. Corporate Body Of The Buddha Educational Foundation Publishing - Paperback
Bookseller reference : 36862
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Chubin Shahram Ed. "
Germany and the Middle East
<p>Hardback 234 pages very good condition.</p> Pinter Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 282 ISBN : 1855670402 9781855670402
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