‎Middle east‎

‎James, T. G. H.‎

‎Egypt revealed : artist-travellers in an antique land‎

‎Large blue quarto in red slipcase ; 224 p : illus (some color), maps ; 27 cm Egyptologists -- Biography -- Archaeological illustration -- Egypt -- History‎

‎Jamil Rouhi‎

‎DAMASCUS PALMYRA BAALBEK‎

‎Damascus: Librairie Universelle. Very Good. 1941. First Edition. Softcover. Soft boards have some toning. Pages unopened ; The Green Guide Books; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 260 pages . Librairie Universelle paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 17184

‎Jan Goodwin‎

‎Caught in the Crossfire -‎

‎Dutton Publishing- 1987. Hardcover/1987/Gd. condition/331 pages - A journey with the Afghan Freedom Fighters. TA8243z. Hard Cover. Good. Dutton Publishing- Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 243z

‎Janet Wallach‎

‎Arafat -‎

‎Carol Publishing - 1990. Hardcover/pub.1990/Gd.condition/465 pages - In the eyes of the beholder. A story about Yasser Arafat. HA437802. Hardcover. Good. Carol Publishing - hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 37802

‎Jansen Michael‎

‎The Battle of Beirut: Why Israel Invaded Lebanon‎

‎Boston: South End Press 1982. Paper bound first edition 142pp includes chronology at back. Near fine. 215 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. Boston: South End Press, 1982 unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 23960 ISBN : 0896081737 9780896081734

‎Jastrow Jr., Morris.‎

‎THE SONG OF SONGS Being A Collection of Love Lyrics of Ancient Palestine. A new Translation Based on A Revised Text Together with the Origin, Growth and Interpretation of the Songs.‎

‎pp. 246 +Plus frontis. 12mo. 210mm. Original publisher's full peach cloth binding lettered and decorated in green. Cover depicts an island scene set in a green frame. Spine lettered in green. Cover is clean and color is bright. Spine slightly faded but color is good. Corners sharp. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good.Morris Jastrow Jr. (1861-1921) was a Polish-born American orientalist and librarian associated with the University of Pennsylvania. NW60‎

‎JAUBERT (Amédée)‎

‎Voyage en Arménie et en Perse. Précédé d'une notice sur l'auteur par M. Sédillot.par M. Sédillot‎

‎Paris, Ducrocq, (1860) in-8, XXVII-368 pp., portrait, demi-chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs orné Qqs rousseurs. Coins usés. Fer du lycée de Vesoul sur le premier plat. Bon exemplaire. (reliure de l'époque).‎

‎Nouvelle édition qui reprend le texte de 1821 sans en reprendre les illustrations. Elle est augmentée d'une notice biographique sur Jaubert par M. Sédillot.L'orientaliste Jaubert (1779-1847), un des élèves les plus distingués de Silvestre de Sacy, fut envoyé en mission par l'Empereur en 1805 pour négocier un traité d'alliance avec le shah de Perse. Fait prisonnier sur le chemin, il ne parvint à Téhéran qu'en 1806. Il en repartit, vers Constantinople, accompagné d'un ambassadeur. Sa relation, d'abord nourrie de détails de sa détention, est émaillée de descriptions et d'observations variées aussi bien sur les mœurs, les usages, la religion que le climat, la population ou la situation militaire de la Perse.Chahine, 2318. LIVRE NON DISPONIBLE À PARIS, VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT‎

Bookseller reference : 217612

‎Jaussen, Antonin / Savignac, Raphael.‎

‎Mission Archéologique en Arabie I, II & III. Paris, Ernest Leroux / Paul Geuthner, 1909-1922.‎

‎Small folio (190 x 270 mm). 5 vols. (I:) XIV, (4), 507, (3) pp., final blank leaf. With 30 plates, 5 of which folding. (II:) XV, (1), 689, (3) pp. With numerous illustrations in the text. (Atlas:) XI, (1), pp. With 155 (instead of 153) plates. (Supplement:) (4), 98, (1) pp., final blank page. (III:) 2 vols. (text and atlas) bound as one. (6), 134, (2) pp. with 21 text illustrations. III-VII, (1) pp., 58 plates and plans (some folding). Contemporary full cloth with giltstamped calf title label. Vol. III in mid-20th century green cloth with giltstamped spine. Edges of three volumes sprinkled red. First edition of this classic of archaeology, documenting expeditions to Northern Arabia undertaken by the French orientalists Jaussen (1871-1962) and Savignac (1874-1951) prior to World War I. "Still indispensable" (Bowersock), the work is particularly remarkable for its epigraphical observations. Many ancient Arabic inscriptions were reproduced, translated and analysed here for the first time. - The set was published by the Societé des Fouilles Archéologiques between 1909 and 1922 in three parts. Parts I and II (the latter comprising a text volume, an atlas and a supplemental volume) describe the expedition from Jerusalem to Mada'in-Salih in the Hejaz in the spring of 1907, as well as the exploration of the ancient cities of Dadan, Teima and Harrah de Tebouk in 1909 and 1910. The plentiful illustrations include plans of the itinerary as well as photographs of archaeological sites and inscriptions, including impressive depictions of the monumental rock-cut tombs at Mada'in Salih, just north of the oasis Al-'Ula. The archaeologists also mapped the Arabic old town of Al-'Ula on the site of the biblical Dedan in order to localize a wealth of ancient Dadanitic inscriptions that were used as spolia in the Arabic houses. Jaussen and Savignac thus achieved the first systematic archaeological documentation of Mada'in Salih and Al-'Ula. Part III is dedicated entirely to the famous Umayyad desert castles Quseir Amra, Qasr Al-Kharanah, and Qasr Tuba in present-day eastern Jordan. - Volume I with a hole in the right margin throughout the second half, the hole fading to a tear throughout the first half, resulting in flaws to the covers, repaired with brown tape. Volume II has small flaws to extremities of boards; small tear in spine label. Atlas volume lacks plate 132, but includes duplicate plates of nos. 17, 131 and 137, further showing three small piercings to the lower board. An advertisement for the "Oeuvre catholique international pour la protection de la jeune fille", an organisation founded in Fribourg in 1897, is loosely inserted in vol. I. Rarely seen at auction. Bowersock, Roman Arabia 4 (note). OCLC 1204802.‎

‎Jawhari, Isma'il ibn Hammad / Muhammad al-Wani (ed.).‎

‎[Sihah al-Jawhari - Turkish: Kitab-i Lughat-i Vanqulu]. Constantinople (Istanbul), Dar üt-tibaat ül-cedidat ül-mamure (New Government Printing House), [1802-1803 CE =] 1217-1218 H.‎

‎Folio (210 x 310 mm). 2 vols. (5), 650 pp. (2), 764 pp. Text printed within rules, typographic headpieces. Contemporary Islamic brown goatskin with fore-edge flap, boards stamped in silver ornamental borders and central arabesque, flap with ornamental rule. Uncommon second edition of this classic Arabic dictionary, al-Jawhari's "Tag al-luga was-sihah al-'arabiya" (The Crown of Language and the Correctness of Arabic), translated into Turkish by Muhammad al-Wani (d. 1592), deriving its title from the Turkish genitive form of the author’s name, Wangulu or Vankulu. - Jawhari himself reached only the letter Dad before he died in an unsuccessful attempt at human flight from the roof of a mosque in 1003 AD (the work was subsequently completed by his student Ishaq Ibrahim bin Salih al-Warraq). To this day the dictionary remains an indispensable companion of Arabic philologists in both the East and the West; "manuscripts are to be found in almost every library" (Brockelmann). "In this great dictionary [the author] codified pure Arabic as based on the criticism of his predecessors' preparatory studies as well as his own experiences and collections. The 'As-sihâh’ is arranged in an alphabetical order, according to the final, and not the first, rooter of the words [...] This system, which was later adopted by other large Arabic dictionaries, attempts to supply those in search of rhyming words with a handbook" (Goldziher, A Short History of Classical Arabic Literature, 1966, p. 70). - Dampstains at end of vol. I and intermittently to vol. II, minor staining to fore-edge. A few scuffs and rubs to binding, but a sound and imposing set, generally clean internally. - Provenance: from the library of the British diplomat and linguist Sir Gore Ouseley (1770-1844), first baronet, with his contemporary signature to the front flyleaf of each volume. Ousely travelled to India in 1787 and established a cloth factory. He lived a relatively solitary existence and spent his leisure time studying Persian, Bengalese Hindi, Arabic, and Sanskrit, becoming an elegant speaker and writer of Persian. An acquaintance of the oriental scholar Sir William Jones, Ouseley was named ambassador extraordinary to the court of Fath Ali Shah in Persia in 1810, negotiated several treaties, and returned to England. He was one of those responsible for the founding of the Royal Asiatic Society in London in 1823 and was associated with the formation of the oriental translation committee, of which he was elected chairman. He became president of the Society for the Publication of Oriental Texts, formed in 1842. Özege 22504. OCLC 773846601 (a single copy, BnF). Cf. GAL I, 128.‎

‎Jean Lacouture / Ghassan Tueni / Gerard D. Khoury‎

‎Un siecle pour rien - Le moyen-orient de l'empire ottoman a l'empire americain‎

‎Albin Michel, collection "itineraires du savoir", 2003. Format 14x23 cm, broche, 367 pages.Etat neuf.‎

Bookseller reference : 24941

‎Jed Babbin‎

‎In The Words Of Our Enemies -‎

‎Regnery Publishing - 2007. Hardcover/Gd. condition/273 pages - Discusses the many enemies of the United States. K1486HR6. Hard Cover. Good. Regnery Publishing - Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : K1486

‎Jeffries, David.‎

‎A treatise on diamonds and pearls. In which their importance is considered: and plain rules are exhibited for ascertaining the value of both: and the true method of manufacturing diamonds. London, C. & J. Ackers, for the author, 1750.‎

‎8vo. (6), IV, (16), 69, (3) pp. With 30 engraved plates (some depicting cuts of diamonds) and tables. Contemporary mottled calf with gilt dentelle border and corner fleurons (rubbed); modern spine on 5 raised bands. Rare first edition of the "first book in English to describe how diamonds and pearls can be evaluated on the basis of the factors of size (or weight) and style of cut" (Sinkankas). The London jeweller Jeffries is also the first author to provide "a clear statement of the principle that the value of pearls should be calculated to the square of their weight [...] This principle is implicit in the valuation tables given by earlier authors, including Tavernier and others, but Jeffries is the first to state it explicitly. At the back of his book, he provides tables allowing the calculation of the value of individual and batches of pearls of different size or quality. This is effectively a 'chau' book, as used by merchants in the Gulf and India until the mid-20th century, and fulfils exactly the same function" (Carter). - "The text explains the [diamond] cutting procedure, how the evaluation rules were derived, the importance of imperfections and flaws as affecting price, notes on rough diamonds [...] and finally, a somewhat similar procedure for the valuation of pearls, with highest values accorded to pearls of closest approach to spherical perfection, luster, etc. The mathematical rule used for the pearl is known as the 'square of the weight' multiplied by a per-carat base price" (Sinkankas). - Includes a list of subscribers in the preliminaries. Occasional spotting, a few small stains. Small tape repair to title, plates 5 & 6 with short repaired tears (no loss). Professional repairs to corners; modern spine (repairs including the first inch of the covers); modern endpapers. Removed from the Library of the Birmingham Assay Office, one of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom, with their library stamp to the title-page. Sinkankas 3195. Carter, Sea of Pearls, p. 83, 125f., 251 (with illustrations). Goldsmiths' 8500. Hoover 453 (note). Cf. Roller/G. II, 10.‎

‎Jeffries, David.‎

‎Traité des diamants et des perles, où l'on considère leur importance, on établit des règles certaines pour en connoître la juste valeur. Paris, Debure & N. Tillard, 1753.‎

‎8vo. (8), XXXXV, (1), 104 pp. With engraved dedicatory headpiece and 8 (instead of 10) engraved plates (some depicting cuts of diamonds) and tables. Contemporary smooth calf with gilt cover borders and red spine label. First edition in French of this early book describing "how diamonds and pearls can be evaluated on the basis of the factors of size (or weight) and style of cut" (Sinkankas). The London jeweller Jeffries is the first author to provide "a clear statement of the principle that the value of pearls should be calculated to the square of their weight [...] This principle is implicit in the valuation tables given by earlier authors, including Tavernier and others, but Jeffries is the first to state it explicitly. At the back of his book, he provides tables allowing the calculation of the value of individual and batches of pearls of different size or quality. This is effectively a 'chau' book, as used by merchants in the Gulf and India until the mid-20th century, and fulfils exactly the same function" (Carter). - "The text explains the [diamond] cutting procedure, how the evaluation rules were derived, the importance of imperfections and flaws as affecting price, notes on rough diamonds [...] and finally, a somewhat similar procedure for the valuation of pearls, with highest values accorded to pearls of closest approach to spherical perfection, luster, etc. The mathematical rule used for the pearl is known as the 'square of the weight' multiplied by a per-carat base price" (Sinkankas). - This French edition is much scarcer than the expanded second English edition, on which it is based. It is dedicated by the translator (the Royal librarian Chappotin S. Laurent) to the sixteen-year-old Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé, on the occasion of his marriage to Charlotte de Rohan. - Hinges weak, corners and spine-ends bumped and chipped. Lacks the final two plates (showing the cuts of the largest diamonds). Provenance: 20th century handwritten ownership to title-page. Removed from the Library of the Birmingham Assay Office, one of the four assay offices in the United Kingdom, with their library stamp to the flyleaf. Sinkankas 3198. Cf. Carter, Sea of Pearls, p. 83, 125f., 251. Goldsmiths' 8500. Hoover 453. Roller/G. II, 10.‎

‎Jenkins Marilyn‎

‎The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin Spring 1983 Vol. XL No. 4; Islamic Pottery: A Brief History‎

‎New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1983. Soft Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Tightly stapled binding minor shelf wear to wraps. Clean and bright pages. ; Publication focusing on pottery from the Muslim world. ; 11.0" 28 cm tall; 52 pages. Metropolitan Museum of Art unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 3530011

‎JERNAZIAN (Ephraim)‎

‎Judgment unto truth. Witnessing the armenian genocide. Transl. by Alice Haig.‎

‎New Brunswick, Transaction Publ., 1990. In-8 broché, 163 pp., ill. en noir. (Zoryan Institute Survivors' Memoirs, 4).‎

‎Bonne condition. - Frais de port : -France 4,95 € -U.E. 9 € -Monde (z B : 15 €) (z C : 25 €)‎

Bookseller reference : 556336 ISBN : 88738823

‎Jerrold S. Cooper‎

‎Sumerian and Akkadian Royal Inscriptions Volume I: Presargonic Inscriptions‎

‎<p>Near Fine HC in Good DJ. Red cloth over boards gilt stamped titles on spine. Bright clean square covers and spine; dust spotting on text block top edge; tightly bound; bright crisp clean interior; publisher's corrigenda sheet laid in. DJ is clean and complete with some scuffing. 8vo 118 pp; index. See OCLC #715149156.</p> New Haven CT: American Oriental Society hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 18436 ISBN : 094049082X 9780940490826

‎JG. DUNCAN J. G.‎

‎Digging Up Biblical History. Recent Archaeology in Palestine and its Bearing on the Old Testament Historical Narratives. The Croall Lectures for 1928-1929 amplified.‎

‎SPCK 1931. 2 vols 8vo. First Edition with frontispieces and very numerous plates and illustrations in the text some light occasional and inoffensive spotting; original blue cloth gilt backs a remarkably bright clean copy. A comprehensive and detailed survey with a wealth of valuable period photographs. A prominent Egyptologist of his day Duncan worked with Flinders Petrie on Hyksos and the Israelite cities and excavated at Nippur in Babylonia. A lovely copy and uncommon in this condition. SPCK, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 17102

‎JIDEJIAN (Nina)‎

‎Lebanon anthe Greek world. 333 to 64 B.C. - Le Liban et le monde Grec. 333 à 64 av. J.C. Illustrated by Coins in the Michel Eddé Collection. Translated into French by Jenri Jalabert s.j.‎

‎Beirut, Dar el-Machreq, s.d. [1988]. In-4, cart. éd. vert sous jaquette ill. en coul., 144 pp., très nb. reprod. photogr. en n/b. et en coul. de médailles, texte bilingue (anglais-français) sur 2 colonnes , résumé chronologique et tableaux généalogiques in fine.‎

‎Dos de la jaquette insolé, bon ex. par ailleurs. - Frais de port : -France 4,95 € -U.E. 9 € -Monde (z B : 15 €) (z C : 25 €)‎

Bookseller reference : 595390

‎Jimmy Carter‎

‎The Blood Of Abraham -‎

‎Houghton Publishing - 1985. Hardcover/pub.1985/Fair condition/257 pages - Events in the Middle East can be understood if the history is reviewed this text attempts to review it. TE834662. Hard Cover. Good. Houghton Publishing - Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 34662

‎Jode, Cornelis de.‎

‎Secundae Partis Asiae [...]. Antwerp, 1593.‎

‎20 x 13 inches. Hand-coloured. Fine example of De Jode's modern map of the Middle East, from his Speculum Orbis Terrae, published in Antwerp in 1578 and engraved by Joannes & Lucas van Deutecum. The complete title reads: "Secundae partis Asiae: typus qua oculis subijciuntur itinera nautarum qui Calecutium Indiae mercandorum aromatum caufa fre quentant, ac eorum quoqz qui terrestri itinere ade unt Suacham, Laccam, in domino Praeto Iani, nec non eorum qui Aden et ormum inuifunt, et Balsaram quoque castrum, supra Euphratem fluuium situm, omnia suis gradibus subiecta, cum longitudinis tum latitudinis / Iacobo Castaldo pedemontano authore; Gerhardus de Iode excudebat". As noted in the title, the map was prepared by Gerard De Jode's and is largely identical to Giacomo Gastaldi's highly influential map of 1559. De Jode's delineation of Arabia is vastly superior to the contemporary maps of Ortelius, showing far more accuracy and detail. Extending from the Nile to Afghanistan and centered on the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf, the map depicts what was then still among the most important trading centers of the commercial world. The present example is from the first edition of De Jode's work, which can be distinguished from the second edition by the pagination on the verso (VII for the 1578 edition; 9 for the 1593 edition). The map is drawn from the rare first edition of De Jode's Speculum Orbis Terrarum. At least one commentator has opined that as few as 11 known examples of the first edition are known to have survived, making separate maps from this first edition very rare on the market. - Giacomo Gastaldi (fl. 1542-1565) is widely considered to be the most important and influential of all of the Lafreri School mapmakers. Born in Piedmont, Gastaldi worked in Venice, where he become Cosmographer to the Venetian Republic. Karrow described him as "one of the most important cartographers of the sixteenth century. He was certainly the greatest Italian mapmaker of his age..." While his achievement is obvious, it is hard to quantify. A large number of maps were published throughout this period with the geography credited to Gastaldi, but it is often difficult to know what role Gastaldi played in their creation. As a practice, he did not sign himself as publisher, although his name may be found in the title, dedication, or text to the reader. Frequently where there is no imprint one may assume that Gastaldi was the publisher. A further clue may be that many of the maps attributable to Gastaldi as publisher seem to have been engraved by Fabius Licinius. In other cases, where publication is credited to another, it is not always certain whether Gastaldi was commissioned by the publisher to compile the map, whether another less-enterprising publisher merely copied his work and attribution, or simply added Gastaldi's name in the title to add authority to the delineation. His name clearly commanded the same sort of respect that the Sanson name had in the last years of the seventeenth century, and as Guillaume de L'Isle's had in the first half of the eighteenth century. Gastaldi's first published map was of Spain, engraved on four sheets, and issued in 1544. The following year he published a map of Sicily, among the most widely copied of all his maps. In the course of a prolific career, Gastaldi subsequently produced a number of maps of Italy, and individual parts of the peninsula, with his general map of Italy, and the map of Piedmont also being very influential. Among the most important of his maps, however, were of areas outside Italy. Principal among these was his map of the World, published in 1546, a four sheet map of the countries of south-eastern Europe, published in 1559, and his series of three maps of the Middle East, Southern Asia, and South-East Asia with the Far East, issued between 1559 and 1561. In 1562, Gastaldi issued a two-sheet map of the Kingdom of Poland, and in 1564, a magnificent eight-sheet map of Africa. Karrow, Mapmakers of the Sixteenth Century, 30/91.2. Tibbetts, Arabia in Early Maps 38.‎

‎Johann Alois KALTNER:‎

‎Die erste Deutsche Pilgerfahrt nach Jerusalem und Palästina. Original-Mittheilunge von Johann Alois Kaltner, Mitglied der Karavane, Pfarrkurat des St. Johanns-Spitales zu Salzburg.‎

‎Erstausgabe dieses Reiseberichts des Geistlichen und Autors religiöser Schriften Johann Alois Kaltner, Pfarrer an der Salzburger Krankenhauskirche St. Johannes (heute LKH), der als Teil einer Gruppe von 18 namentlich erwähnten, aus unterschiedlichen Gegenden Deutschlands und Österreichs zusammengekommenen Männern und unter Vorsitz des Wiener Pfarrers Urban Loritz stehenden Pilgergruppe zwischen 26. Februar und 4. Juni 1855 eine Wallfahrt nach Jerusalem und Palästina unternahm. Gemeinsam u.a. mit anderen Geistlichen, Adeligen (u.a. Graf Hubert Harnoncour-Unverzagt), Handwerkern, einem Kunstmaler, einem Buchhändler und einem Fabriksbesitzer ging es zunächst mit Schiffen der Lloyd über Triest und Izmir nach Jaffa (Tel Aviv), danach auf dem Landweg nach Jerusalem, Nazareth und auf den Berg Karmel, und schließlich über Haifa und Alexandria und Triest wieder per Schiff zurück. Kaltner stellte den hier abgedruckten Bericht in Form von Briefen an seine Schwester zusammen, in denen er beschreibt, was ihm und seinen Mitreisenden „Freundliches und Unfreundliches begegnet ist, oder aber auch, was dieselben an den heiligen Orten gesehen, erlebt und empfunden haben.“ (Vorwort, S. VII). 1860 erschien eine 2., erweiterte und mit einem Stahlstich sowie 2 Karten versehene Auflage. - Buchblock etwas verzogen, Rücken am Vordergelenk etwas eingerissen, Umschlaghinterseite mit einigen kleinen Tintenflecken, einige Lagen lose, sonst sauberes, nicht stockfleckiges Exemplar dieses seltenen Wallfahrerberichts. Gemäß OCLC und KVK ist der Titel nur in 6 institutionellen Beständen weltweit nachweisbar (Diözesanbibliothek Salzburg, UB Salzburg (2x), Stiftsbibliothek Kremsmünster, ÖNB und Zentralbibliothek Zürich). - Hans-Jürgen und Jutta Kornrupf: Fremde im Osmanischen Reich 1826-1912/13, 2. Aufl., 1998 zit. TBA 1.0188.429.‎

‎John Evan‎

‎Time In The East: An Entertainment‎

‎London: William Heinemann 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. Frontispiece Map Color Illustrations By The Author. Xvi 230 Pp. Lightly Used Gilt Bright Small Bump To Spine Corner Of Front Board And To The Lower Tip Of A Few Pages Near End. Dj With Wear Small Losses At Corners Not Price Clipped No Fading. <br/> <br/> William Heinemann hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 033495

‎John Bagot GLUBB‎

‎Britain and the Arabs. A Study of Fifty Years 1908-1958.‎

‎Hodder & Stoughton 1959. 8vo. First Edition with 31 maps several double-page and full-page and front and rear endpaper maps; blue cloth gilt gilt back a very good bright copy. Sold from an institution with its stamp on front paste-down bookplate on front free endpaper verso and small blind stamp on title. First edition of Glubb Pasha's third book and a well-known standard reference. Hodder & Stoughton, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 20550

‎John Bagot Glubb‎

‎The Great Arab Conquests‎

‎<p>384pp. The fantastically short time in which this empire was built up the ludicrous simplicity of its "administration" under the barefoot khalifs these victories won through burning religious zeal and desperate courage by relatively untrained and unorganized armies make for exciting reading. No one-volume history has ever covered this remarkable material before and this is a book made vivid and relevant by General Glubb's knowledge of the terrain and of the Arab character his gift for seeing modern parallels the care he has taken not to assume background knowledge of the period on the part of his readers and the maps he has personally drawn. Includes an Index.</p> Hodder & Stoughton‎

Bookseller reference : biblio889

‎John Cooley‎

‎Unholy Wars - Afghanistan America and International Terrorism‎

‎London: Pluto Press 2002. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Small plain label to inside front cover. Slight crease to foredge of front cover. Pluto Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 056623 ISBN : 0745319173 9780745319179