Hassan, Zaky A.
Hunting as Practised in Arab Countries of the Middle Ages. Bulaq, Government Press, 1937.
8vo. (2), 15, (5) pp. With 12 plates. Original printed wrappers. Study of Mediaeval Arabic hunting methods, by the curator of the Museum of Arab art, Cairo, and published by the Egyptian Ministry of Education. Well-preserved copy. OCLC 67900862.
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Hasselquist Frederick.
Voyages and Travels in the Levant; In the Years 1749 50 51 52. Containing Observations in Natural History Physick Agriculture and Commerce . Published . by Charles Linnaeus.
London: L. Davis and C. Reymers 1766. Pp. viii viii 456 i.e. 380 pp. 269-72 & 308-79 omitted in the printing folding map contemporary calf. Covers scuffed and rubbed edges browned minor stains else contents very good of this important work edited by his teacher Linnaeus after his death on the eve of his return to Sweden. The first part contains an account of his travels in the Middle East particularly Egypt Palestine and the Greek Isles followed by the natural history materia medica commerce and concluding with his letters to Linnaeus. First English edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Octavo. L. Davis and C. Reymers Hardcover
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: S5935
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Hatem M. Abdel Kader
Information and the Arab Cause
London: Longman Group 1974. Index. Frontispiece photo. Dust jacket. xiv 320 pages. 24 cm. Hardcover. Condition Book/Dj: VG/VG. ISBN: 0-582-78040-3 . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. London: Longman Group, (1974) hardcover
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: 7211 ISBN : 0582780403 9780582780408
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Hatem I. Hussaini
The Palestinians - Selected Essays
Palestine Information Publishing - 0002. PB/Fair condition/72 pages - Contains selected essays. AI329075. Soft Cover. Good. Palestine Information Publishing - Paperback
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: 29075
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HATHAWAY Jane
The Politics of Households in Ottoman Egypt: The Rise of the Qazdaglis
Cambridge University Press 1997. hbk 198pp ISBN: 0521571103 excellent in dj in protective sleeve as new Cambridge University Press, 1997, unknown
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: Egy24 ISBN : 0521571103 9780521571104
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Hatifi, 'Abdallah.
Timur-nama [The History of Timur]. Herat, Khorasan (Eastern Persia, now Afghanistan), [1569 CE =] 977 H.
4to (170 x 240 mm). Persian manuscript on polished paper. 137 (instead of 143) ff. (lacking ff. 97-102) in elegant black nasta'liq script, 14 lines, 2 columns. With an illuminated shamsa on fol. 1r (specifying the name of the sponsor Khawaja Nasir as well as the place and date of production) and an illuminated 'unwan headpiece on fol. 1v. Light brown full morocco with blindstamped borders, corners and central ornaments. An elegantly executed Eastern Persian manuscript that chronicles the epic life and victories of one of history's most famous emperors and military leaders, Timur Leng (Tamerlane), from his birth near Samarqand in modern-day Uzbekistan in 1336. "Certainly the most famous of Hatefi’s poems [... The work] extols Timur’s deeds in accordance with the main works of Timurid historiography such as Sharaf-al-Din Yazdi's Zafar-nama [...] Hatefi’s Timur-nama became a model for subsequent poems. It certainly introduced a new genre which was developed further by Hatefi himself [...] Written in 1498, the Timur-nama has been published twice in India (1869, 1958)" (Encyclopaedia Iranica XII, 55-57). - Abdallah Hatefi (Hatifi) was the nephew of 'Abd-al-Rahman Jami, one of the greatest Persian poets and composers of Sufi mystical works. The Timur-nama, modeled after Nizami's "Iskandar-nama", appears to be his only completed work. The oldest extant copy was completed the year after Hatifi's death, 927 H (1521 CE), and was stored in the India Office Library. - Descended from the Mongol hordes of Genghis Khan, Timur participated in various military campaigns from a young age, and his victories quickly made him known as a highly skilled military leader. After a decade of internal political wrangling, he became ruler of the Timurid Empire in 1369. For the next 35 years, until his death in 1405, Timur continued to lead a number of great expeditions and wars; his conquests stretched as far west as Baghdad and the Black Sea, the shores of the Arabian Gulf, and far into modern Afghanistan and northwestern India; he took Herat, where this manuscript is written, in 1381. Timur began military campaigns against the Ottoman ruler Bayezid I and the Mamluks in Syria, as well as expeditions to Armenia and Georgia. His final campaign was in the winter of 1404, but he was stricken with fever and plague and died in February of the following year. His line continued through the glory of the Timurid period under his direct descendants, including Babur (1483-1531), the famous founder of the Mughal dynasty in India, who continued to rule until 1857. - An beautiful manuscript containing an illuminated headpiece of the greatest refinement; the illuminated border of the shamsah on fol. 1r. is a hallmark of Herati work. Surrounding the shamsa are several stamped waqf seals and various inscriptions by previous owners; fol. 140v has an inscription by Muhammad Taqi Qarakuzlu, dated 1237 H (1821 CE). - Provenance: Arts of the Islamic World, Sotheby's, 5 April 2006, lot 30. Sam Fogg, 2009.
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HAUFF (de)
La caravane
Contes orientaux traduits de l’allemand par A.TALON.In 12 demi-chagrin rouge à nerfs,titre,fers dorés;Faux-titre, titre,296 pages.46 vignettes par BERTALL L.Hachette & Cie 1861,rousseurs plus ou moins fortes
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: 4605
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Hawkins John N. and Jon Maksik
Teacher's Resource Handbook for Near Eastern Studies: An Annotated Bibliography of Curriculum Materials Preschool through Grade Twelve
Los Angeles CA: Gustave E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies 1. x 102 pages. 21 cm. Wrappers Soft cover. Condition: Very Good/none. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. Los Angeles CA: Gustave E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies, 1 paperback
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: 8309
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Hay H. W. & Sidney
By Order Of The Shah
London: Cassell 1937. Good square hardback - 340 pages including index plus dozens of b/w illustrations of old Iran plus map endpapers. Black cloth with gilt lettering and crest to spine. Light wear to spine ends and some bubbling to cloth of rear board and spine strip. Generally clean with spotting to edges and endpapers. Previous owner has inserted a newspaper cutting of a cartoon between two of the front endpapers which have over time discoloured the pages. Hard to find first edition of this early travel book. Prompt dispatch. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Cassell Hardcover
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: 027560
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Hay, Rupert.
The Persian Gulf States and Their Boundary Problems. Reprinted from the Geographical Journal, Vol. CXX, Part 4, December 1954. London, The Royal Geographical Society, 1954.
8vo. (433)-445, (1) pp. With a map in the text. Original printed wrappers. Inscribed by the author. Includes an autograph letter signed by the author (Weymouth, 20 Feb. 1955, 2 pp. 8vo). Rare presentation offprint of this geographical description of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the seven Trucial Sheikhdoms which today form the United Arab Emirates, and their boundary issues in the early 1950s. Signed and inscribed "To Edward + Irene Skinner with compliments" (20 Feb. 1955). Includes an autograph letter signed by Sir Rupert to "Dear Edward" accompanying the presentation offprint: "I enclose a copy of a recent paper of mine which you may be interested to see. I have finished the first draft of my book on the Persian Gulf but still have a good deal of revising to do [...]."
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Hay, Sidney.
Air Over Eden. London, Hutchinson & Co., 1937.
4to. 292, (18) pp. With one folding map. Original giltstamped cloth. First edition, second impression. - Beautifully illustrated travelogue of Iraq's landscapes, peoples and antiquities, including numerous striking views from the air, including the Persian Gulf route via Muscat and Bahrain. The book emphasises Iraq's strategic importance following the recent completion of the Iraq Petroleum Company's pipeline from Kirkuk to the Mediterranean, and the RAF's role in defending it. - With ms. ownership "Thomas Greenwood. June 1937" to front flyleaf.
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HAYATI AYDIN.
The self of Muslim and its inner peace.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In English. 96 p. First section of the book focuses on the self and related concepts as a Sufi phrases. This study is a comparative analysis between Islam tradition and Western psychology on this issue. We selected this subject for this reason, to make a good comparison between the Qur'anic verses and scientific knowledge. Because, in the Qur'an explaining that the truth of Self does not run counter to the evidence of science at all, this shows us that Qur'an can be a guide to science and enlighten pioneer scientists about the recognition of Nafs and its mysteries. The second part of the book focuses on the effect of faith and Islamic virtues on the inner peace of the believers and by this way to show the majesty of Islamic faith and rituals in the spiritual happiness of man. Believing, worshipping and spending in charity are the core of Islam as well as the basis of spiritual presence. In the Holy Qur'an, it is explained that man who realises those three elements are those who believe and behave conscientiously. For this reason, in the Qur'an world when Islamic virtues and rituals are carried out, the spiritual context of soul calms down and gets peace. Faith gives internal presence to man, and worshipping gets man closer to the divine existence and giving in charity leads to harmony between man and environment and makes him follow the co-operative law of the cosmos.
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Haydar Jamal Hassan
Ugarit
Lattakia Syria: Almersat Publishing House 2009 A short but well described and illustrated local guide to the site at Ras Shamra in Syria where the extinct city of Ugarit the oldest human settlement on the Syrian coast was excavated. 63p. Ilus col bibliography. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Almersat Publishing House unknown
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: 30771
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Haywood, John A.
Modern Arabic Literature 1800-1970. An Introduction, With Extracts in Translation. London, Lund Humphries, 1971.
4to. XIII, (1), 306 pp. Publisher's green cloth with original dustjacket. First edition. - A useful reference work aiming to familiarize students of Modern Arabic literature with the leading authors and essential dates in this field, including 12 extracts in translation, as well as numerous quotations within the text. - In very good condition. OCLC 379738.
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Haywood, John Frank.
Head study of a falcon. [London, ca. 1960].
Watercolour, signed "Haywood" at bottom right. 220 x 203 mm.
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Haz: R. B. SERJEANT.
Islâm sehri. Translated by Elif Topçugil.
Fine English Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 271 p. Islâm sehri. ISLAM Islamic world Society Sociology.
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Hazard Harry W. compiler
Atlas of Islamic History
Princeton: Princeton University Press 1954. Maps executed by H. Lester Cooke Jr. and J. McA. Smiley. Third edition Revised and Corrected. Includes a Conversion Table of Dates and an index of place names. Chipped wrappers attached to plastic spiral page holder. 49 pages. 27 cm x 37 cm oblong. Wrappers. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1954 unknown
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: 6069
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Hazrat Inayat Khan
The Sufi Message Of Hazrat Inayat Khan -
Alameda California U.S.A.: International Headquarters Of The Sufi Movement Publishing - 1981. Hardcover/Gd. condition/262 pages - Sufism religion Islam. K1262HR4. Hard Cover. Good. International Headquarters Of The Sufi Movement Publishing - Hardcover
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: K1262 ISBN : 9060775694 9789060775691
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Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
The Philosophy O The Teachings Of Islam -
The London Mosque Publishing - 1979. PB/pub. 1979/Gd.condition/115 pages - The philosophy of the teachings of Islam is discussed in this text. K101HT5. Soft Cover. Good. The London Mosque Publishing - Paperback
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: K101
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Hazzard Harry W.
Arabian Peninsula
Garden City NY: American Geographical Society / Nelson Doubleday 1959 The American Geographical Society "Around the World" series described countries in a a standard format for American schools. Each booklet was issued with coloured stickers to illustrate the text. 64p. Stickers have already been inserted in appropriate spaces. Original Wraps. Near Fine. American Geographical Society / Nelson Doubleday paperback
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: 31272
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Heber-Percy, Algernon.
Argob and Bashan. Moab and Gilead. Photographs from Syria and Jordan. Syria & Jordan, 1894-1895.
Folio (ca. 490 x 610 mm). (86 + 88 =) 174 large black-and-white photographs (14 ca. 95 x 120 mm, the rest ca. 250 x 300 mm). Mounted on cardboard leaves on cloth tabs. Handwritten English captions throughout. Bound for the photographer in two monumental full red morocco albums with giltstamped titles to upper covers. All edges gilt. Two monumental albums with photographs from travels undertaken to Bashan, Argob, Moab and Gilead, presently Jordanian and Syrian territories, in the years 1894-95. Mounted on the album leaves are 174 photographs taken by the British officer Algernon Heber-Percy (1845-1911), recording two of his expeditions to the Levant. Most of the photographs show archaeological sites, ancient ruins, structures, Druze and Bedouin villages and the residents of the villages that Heber-Percy visited in the course of his travels. - The first album, entitled "Argob and Bashan", contains 86 photographs of sites that are today in Syrian territory, specifically Trachonitis, Bashan and Jabal al-Druze, which the photographer visited together with his spouse and two sons in 1894. The sites include villages in the Trachonitis region (the Lajat) as well as in the cities of Qanawat, As-Suwayda, Bosra and other cities, and the road from Damascus to Beirut. The album also includes photographs of the region's Druze inhabitants. - The second album, entitled "Moab and Gilead", contains 88 photographs from sites that are today in Jordanian territory, visited by the photographer in 1895, including Beth Ba'al Ma'on, Dhiban, Umm ar-Rasas, Amman, Salt (Al-Salt) and Jerash. The album also includes photographs of the region's Bedouin inhabitants and three photographs showing a travelling circus of trained animals (a monkey, a goat and a bear) encountered by the photographer in the Madaba area. Heber-Percy also published on the expeditions recorded in these photographs: his account of his travels appeared in two books, "A Visit to Bashan and Argob" (London, 1895) and "Moab Ammon and Gilead" (1896), and some of the photographs in the albums were reproduced in these books. - Bound for the owner by Bennion & Horne, Market Drayton (their label to pastedown). Some foxing, mainly confined to flyleaves; occasional slight edge flaws. Bindings slightly scuffed at the extremeties, but in all a finely preserved, impressive set.
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HEBERER VON BRETTEN (Michael)
Voyages en Egypte de Michael Heberer von Bretten. 1585-1586. Voyageurs Occidentaux en Egypte n°18.
Le Caire, IFAO, 1976. In-8 carré br., couverture rempliée, XXVII-147 pp., un plan dépl. in fine, index.
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: 590013
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Hechaluz Deutscher Landesverband.
Arbeiterinnen Erzählen: Kampf und Leben in Erez Jisrael.
Berlin Kedem 1935. Royal octavo. Pp. xii 323. Plus folding map bound at rear. Footnotes glossary. Hardcover original buckram printed in brown. In a very good condition internally bright. ~ First edition. Berlin, Kedem, 1935. hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 1077
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Hechaluz Deutscher Landesverband.
Tatsachen und Probleme Palästinas Palaetinas: Plan für 10 Heimabende.
Berlin Hechaluz 1934. Small octavo. Pp. 48. Bibliography. Original printed wrappers neat repair to cover corner of some leaves chipped. In a very good condition. ~ Materialiensammlung Heft 4. Berlin, Hechaluz, 1934. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 1418
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Hedenborg, Johan.
Turkiska nationens seder, bruk och klädedrägter. Stockholm, L. J. Hjerta, 1839[-1842].
Large 4to. 216, (2) pp. With lithogr. portrait frontispiece, map and 47 plates (46 of which are costume lithographs in original colour). Original illustrated wrappers bound within contemporary brown cloth with giltstamped front cover illustration (spine rebacked with giltstamped label). First edition. - When Count Loevenhjelm was appointed Swedish ambassador to the Porte, the naturalist Hedenborg (1787-1865) accompanied him as his medical attendant. He published another work on Egypt and died in Rhodes. The attractive plates in this present work depict the costumes of a wide range of the inhabitants of Constantinople. - Binding rubbed; interior browned, showing the occasional fingerstain. Rare. Atabey 567. Blackmer 800. Howgego II, E5 (p. 195). Göllner 40. OCLC 34458777. Not in Lipperheide, Colas or Hiler.
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Hedenborg, Johan.
Turkiska nationens seder, bruk och klädedrägter. Stockholm, L. J. Hjerta, 1839.
Large 4to. 216, (2) pp. With title page, portrait, map, 47 plates (46 coloured), and illustrated endpapers, all lithographed. Publisher's original cloth gilt. First and only edition. Hedenborg spent many years in Asia Minor, Egypt, and Arabia as physician to the Swedish embassy. "His costume plates are charming depictions of the residents of Constantinople, court functionaries, and street traders" (Atabey). - Endpapers and title page stamped "Trolleholms Bibliotek"; lithographed bookplate of Count Carl Trolle-Bonde (1843-1912). Last in the Ottoman collection of the Swiss industrialist Herry W. Schaefer (his autograph pencil ownership, dated London 1992, to pastedown). Atabey 567. Blackmer 800. Not in Lipperheide or Colas.
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Hedin Sven.
Jerusalem.
Leipzig Brockhaus 1918. Royal octavo. Pp. vi ii 342. Plus frontispiece and many other plates. Two maps. With numerous text illustrations many of which are full-page. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover recased in the original publisher's quarter cloth and paper-covered boards printed in red and black. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Drawn primarily on George Adam Smith's "Historical Geography of the Holy Land." In German. Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1918. hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 3531
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Hedley V. Cooke
Challenge and Response in the Middle East The Quest for Prosperity 1919-1951
<p>Hardback 366 pages ex-library book with rubber-stamp marks. Tight binding clean pages cover with wear corner slightly bumped. </p> Harper & Brothers, hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 1196
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Heerma van Voss M. S. H. G. Ph. H. J. Houwink ten Cate N. A. van Uchelen Editors.
Travels in the World of the Old Testament: Studies Presented to Professor M. A. Beek on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday.
Assen Van Gorcum 1974. Royal quarto. Pp. 281 4. Plus frontispiece portrait. With text figures. Hardcover bound in the original publisher's green full cloth gilt lettering to cover and spine with near fine dust-jacket. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ First edition. Assen, Van Gorcum, 1974. hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 7589
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Heikal Mohamed
The Sphinx and the Commissar: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Influence in the Middle East
New York: Harper & Row 1979. Photos. Index. Dj. 304 pages. 8vo. Hardcover. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. New York: Harper & Row, (1979) hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 5536
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Heikal Mohamed
The Sphinx and the Commissar: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Influence in the Middle East
New York: Harper & Row 1978. Photos. Index. Dj. 304 pages. 21 cm. Hardcover. . Catalogs: MIDDLE EAST. New York: Harper & Row, (1978) hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 6077
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Heine, Maurice.
L'Islam sous la cendre. Paris, (colophon: Frazier-Soye), (19 February) 1918.
Square 4to (250 × 260 mm). With the frontispiece in three states: a lithographed plate, a hand-coloured miniature painting on vellum, highlighted with gold, and an engraved plate; and with the half-title printed in blue and several words in the text printed in green and blue. Original green cloth. One of six copies (numbered 4) of a sumptuous publication of poems on Islam by the French poet, writer and publisher Maurice Heine (1884-1940). The entire edition consists of 77 copies, of which only the first six (numbered 1-6) were printed on dyed Japanese paper and included the frontispiece in three states, of which one painted and highlighted with gold on parchment. The frontispiece, an Arabic text surrounded by flowers, was designed and drawn by the Algerian miniature painter Mohammed Racim (1896-1975), founder of the Algerian school of miniature painting that still exists. The included poems are: La demeure harmonieuse; Dans la maison moresque; Palais d'Islam; Le voyage en faience; Le cyprès; Alger-aux-barbares; and La mort d'Alger. The work opens with a half-title printed in blue, followed by a blank leaf, a leaf with the privilege, another half-title, three frontispieces, the title-page, and a dedication, followed by the prologue and the seven poems. It closes with a colophon, mentioning the different copies of the book. Below the colophon is the print number: "Exemplaire no. 4. Imprimé pour le docteur Pierre Astruc". - With a presentation inscription to Pierre Astruc: "à Pierre Astruc, avec toute l'affection de ton ami dévoué, Maurice Heine". In very good condition. C. Tailliart, L'Algérie dans la littérature française 123. WorldCat (3 copies).
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Hejaiej Monia
Behind Closed Doors : Women's Oral Narratives in Tunis
Piscataway NJ U.S.A.: Rutgers University Press 1996. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Rutgers University Press paperback
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: 302269 ISBN : 081352377X 9780813523774
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Held Jean Francis
La d�chirure: Voyage au coeur d'Israel
Paris: Editions Ramsay 1983. Paper bound/broch� 371pp avec glossaire. Remainder marks bottom edge. Very good/bon �tat. 575 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg Manitoba. Paris: Editions Ramsay, 1983 unknown
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: 21366 ISBN : 2859563385 9782859563387
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HELD, Suzanne (Photographies) - RACHET, Guy (Textes et légendes)
Syrie Liban Jordanie. Vision de l'Orient antique
1998 Editions Hermé - 1998 - In-4, cartonnage toilé sous jaquette illustrée de l'éditeur - 246 pages - Très nombreuses reproductions photographiques en couleurs in et hors texte
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: 116393
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Helena Cobban
The Palestinian Liberation Organisation -
Cambridge University Press - 1984. Hardcover/pub.1984/Gd. condition/302 pages - People Power and Politics. TN54487z. Hard Cover. Good. Cambridge University Press - Hardcover
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: 4487z
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HELLENLKEMPER (Hansgerd)
Burgen der Kreuzritterzeit in der Grafschaft Edessa und im Königreich Kleinarmenien. Studien zur historischen Siedlungsgeographie Südost-Kleinasiens. Geographica historica Band. 1.
Bonn, Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1976. In-8, paperback, XIX-303pp, 88 B/W illustrations plates and a folio with the plates 79 and 85 corrections; at rear, 4 fold-out maps.
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: 557418
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Heller Mark A
A Palestinian State: The Implications for Israel
Harvard Univ. Press 1983. Hardback. Very Good/Worn. Harvard Univ. Press hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 015157 ISBN : 0674652215 9780674652217
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HELLFRITZ Hans
Au Royaume de Saba : Yemen et Hadramaout, le pays sans ombre.
Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1936. 14 x 19, 318 pp., broché, bon état (sauf couverture défraîchie).
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: 100.108
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HELLFRITZ Hans
Au royaume de Saba. Le pays sans ombre. Yemen et Hadramaout. Photos hors texte.
Broch?. 318 pages. Couverture l?g?rement d?fra?chie.
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Helms S. W.
Jawa Lost City of the Black Desert
London: Methuen 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 270 pages. Hardcover with a gray pictorial dust jacket. Jacket is lightly worn with the edges bumped and a small tear at upper rear edge. Original owner's stamp and name/address on flyleaves. Hinges are sound and text is clean. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. <br/> <br/> Methuen hardcover
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: 027491 ISBN : 0416740804 9780416740806
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Henderson Kathy Illustrated by Jane Ray
Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up in a War: An Epic Tale From Ancient Iraq
Cambridge MA: Candlewick Press 2006. First American edition. Hardback. Fine. Age Level: 8 and up Grade Level: 3 and up Series: Aesop Prize Awards Found in Iraq and older than the Bible the Koran or the Torah this stirring epic - the world's oldest written story - now becomes available to a general readership for the very first time. Lugalbanda woke with a jolt. He opened his eyes and what did he see but the terrible Anzu bird beating its wings in its nest high above. . . . Did he quake Did he quail No. Lugalbanda the Brave sat and stared and into his head came a brilliant idea. Before the Bible and the Koran before even the Greek and Roman myths there came a story from the land we now call Iraq. Speaking across five thousand years in a voice so fresh and timeless it could have been written yesterday this tale tells of an extraordinary journey of a magical bird of a battle that wouldn't end and of wisdom gained. It is the story of Lugalbanda a boy in a time of war. Etched on clay tablets in cuneiform lost underground for thousands of years and rediscovered just 150 years ago this account of the epic adventures of a loyal resourceful boy is renarrated in lyrical prose by Kathy Henderson and set against Jane Ray's glorious images glinting with gold. "Both timely and timeless Lugalbanda is the oldest-known written story predating even the epic of Gilgamesh who may be Lugalbanda's son. The cuneiform tablets on which this Sumerian legend was inscribed were discovered during 19th-century excavations but not deciphered until the 1970s. Henderson's vivid yet stately words and Ray's Sumerian-inspired watercolor ink and collage illustrations bring immediacy to this story of a boy caught up in wartime. Lugalbanda's courage native kindness and prescience contributed to his heroism. Grievously ill he is left behind in the wilderness while his brothers' army marches to war. Upon his recovery Lugalbanda tames the fearsome Anzu bird with its teeth of a shark and talons of an eagle and persuades the monster to grant him supernatural strength and speed. In return the prince promises that his people will venerate the Anzu bird in perpetuity. With the publication of this beautiful fascinating book modern readers can come to appreciate a compelling narrative from a civilization about which we are still learning." -- Miriam Lang Budin Chappaqua Public Library School Library Journal. Book is fine. No dust jacket. Candlewick Press unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 110516 ISBN : 0763627828 9780763627829
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HENRI BRESC.
Arabes de langue, juifs de religion: L'evolution du judaisme sicilien dans l'environnement latin, XIIe-XVe siecles.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. 349, [2] p., 1 folding map. Arabes de langue, juifs de religion: L'evolution du judaisme sicilien dans l'environnement latin, XIIe-XVe siecles.
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Henri Pirenne
Mohammed and Charlemagne
New York: Barnes & Noble Inc 1992. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Small label to ffep. Date to front paste down. Light rubbing to edges and corners of D/J. Barnes & Noble Inc Hardcover
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: 050776 ISBN : 088029857X 9780880298575
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Henry Bordeaux Paule
The Circe of the Deserts
London: Hurst & Blackett 1925. With a b/w illustrated frontis of Lady Hester Stanhope. Clean bright copy in red boards showing small signs of fraying to corners/spine - 246 pages. Prompt dispatch. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hurst & Blackett Hardcover
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: 064181
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Henry Maundrell
A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem in 1697
Beirut: Khayats 1963. 1st Edition Thus . Very Good Plus. 5.75 x 8.75 inches 14 x 22 cm. Lacking jacket. Reprint of the edition of 1810. Grey cloth binding with a couple of small marks. Good solid binding. Very clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches 14 x 22 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: xxv vii xi 214 xlviii Khayats hardcover
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: 1176E554
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Henry Munson Jr.
Islam and Revolution in the Middle East -
Yale University Press - 1988. Hardcover/pub.1988/Gd. conditionex-lib/180 pages - Why did an Islamic revolution occur only in Iran C8v2993z. Hard Cover. Good. Yale University Press - Hardcover
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: v2993z
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Henry Munson Jr.
Islam and Revolution in the Middle East -
Yale University Press - 1988. Hardcover/pub.1988/Gd. conditionex-lib/180 pages - Why did an Islamic revolution occur only in Iran C82993z. Hard Cover. Good. Yale University Press - Hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 2993z
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Henry Spencer Palmer
Sinai. From the Fourth Egyptian Dynasty to the Present Day.: Ancient History from the Monuments
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1878. 1st Edition . Very Good. 4.25 x 6.5 inches 11 x 17 cm. Brown cloth binding illustrated in black and gilt. Mark to rear board otherwise in excellent condition throughout. Fold out colour map. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe �11.55; USA �16.68; Oceania �15.13; Rest of World �14.56. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 6.5 inches 11 x 17 cm. Hardback. Printed pages: viii 216 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge hardcover
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: 1176E023
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Henry, Marguerite
Il re del vento
Un classico della letteratura per ragazzi.
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