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2026Best.-Nr. x-0197835643Oxford University Press Inc 2026. Paperback. New. 320 pages. 5.59x0.89x8.28 inches. Oxford University Press Inc paperback
1830Best.-Nr. ABC_483971830. Contemporary navy blue morocco with the title lettered in gold on spine marbled endpapers. 4to 21.5 x 27 cm. With 2 folding tables 17 lines to the page written in red and black ink. A unique handwritten vocabulary and phrasebook of English and Arabic from the first half of the 19th century. This meticulously prepared manuscript is written in the fashion of a printed book opening with a title page and ending with an index of topics. It is divided into four main sections: nouns adjectives verbs and example sentences. The vocabulary especially in the nouns section is arranged by subjects which include such interesting headings as "Druggist" "Painter" "Merchant" "Cities" "the Bride's Paraphernalia" "Precious Jewels" "War" "The Church" "Clerical Vestments" "Ecclesiastical Degrees & Kinds of Sin" "Festivals" and "Monks their prayers and their dress". Presumably the dictionary was created to help a traveller or merchant who may have had an association with the Church. The final section offers an interesting selection of phrases and sheds some light on the experience of foreign language learning in the early 19th century. The phrases are a mixture of sentences that would be useful in daily life and such as would be included to practice the words from the vocabulary. Examples include: "We roasted a lamb and ate the whole of it and drank wine with it"; "I descended from above with the youth my enemy"; "I shot the bear in the water and he sank"; and "Why dost thou scratch thy head and spit in fire". As a cheat sheet for Arabic grammar the author includes two folding tables of Arabic verb tenses and conjugations. Overall a curious example of a 19th-century Arabic vocabulary and phrasebook.With a presentation note in English indicating it was a Christmas gift in 1881 presented by G. W. Bernard Esq. Binding and spine worn some browning and staining throughout. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
1995Best.-Nr. x-0750704888Falmer Pr 1995. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 304 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. Falmer Pr paperback
1995Best.-Nr. x-075070487XFalmer Pr 1995. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 297 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. Falmer Pr hardcover
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1947Best.-Nr. 184799London: Geographical Section General Staff 1947. Arabic and military cartography Rare first and only edition of this Arabic glossary for use on foreign maps produced by the British War Office. It explains the use of Arabic terms on maps covering territories to the east of the Libyan-Egyptian border and was part of an extensive series published in the 1940s. The spelling and transliteration follow the RGS II System conventions devised by the Royal Geographical Society's Permanent Committee on Geographical Names in 1921 updating those used by the War Office and Admiralty after 1885. The introduction includes a survey of the history of the Arabic language its alphabet pronunciation and dialects in view of instructing soldiers pilots and surveyors on how to read and pronounce names on maps of the Middle East. "An Arabic word may appear on European maps in numerous transliterated forms each depending upon the national authority of the map and the principle of transliteration applied to the names on it" p. 2 due to the "considerable play" between a e and i and other such alternative renditions of specific letters and sounds. The four-column table provides abbreviations transliteration the Arabic-script version and the meaning of Arabic words commonly found on maps. For instance aqra' is rendered as "without vegetation" ashqar as "reddish" ghurd as "sand dune" and zallaq as "slippery place" specifying if a noun is a plural and/or in a different grammatical case. Words originating from other languages Berber Hebrew Greek Latin Turkish and Persian are also identified. Octavo 270 x 185 mm. pp. 28 2. Text in Arabic and English. Original printed brown paper wrappers three punch holes. Wrappers lightly waterstained along lower edge foot of spine rubbed traces of adhesive at foot of front wrapper contents toned but clean: a very good copy. unknown
Best.-Nr. 182523Sidney Ohio: Chaplin Editorial Services; R. Howard Courtney Peoria Illinois 1972-82. The birth of Arab philately First editions a complete run. Chaplin was the first to devote a journal to the stamps of the entire Arab world stretching from Libya to the peninsula and as far north as Syria. We have traced one set of Chaplin's journals at the National Postal Museum and none of Courtney's. Mervin Chaplin's Journal of Arabian Philately was published at a time when Arabian stamps were unpopular amongst Western collectors a viewpoint that Chaplin aimed to counteract. His journal covered topics such as mosques featured on stamps and those issued in the Hejaz and Nejd. It also included a list of new issues in the first half of 1972. The journal only lasted for two volumes both released in 1972. Six years later stamp collector Robert Courtney decided to continue Chaplin's work with the Arab World Philatelist. He copied the design and layout of the Journal of Arabian Philately and produced six volumes. Courtney also included a list of recent auction results in every volume. 8 vols octavo. Many halftone photographic illustrations and maps; advertisements throughout. Original mixed wrappers lettered and decorated in black to recto and verso stapled as issued. Housed in a grey archival box. Some ink tick marks to the Journal of Arabian Philately. Wrappers a touch toned at extremities as expected occasional foxing and offsetting internally: a very good collection. Robert Courtney "The Arab World Philatelist 1978-1982". unknown
2026Best.-Nr. x-0197835635Oxford University Press Inc 2026. Hardcover. New. 320 pages. 5.50x0.75x8.25 inches. Oxford University Press Inc hardcover
1945Best.-Nr. 190746London: Director-General of Army Education 1945. First edition of this primer for British servicemen posted to North Africa and the Middle East. Lessons centre on the story of two soldiers called Bill and John interspersing linguistic content with cultural notes. The pronunciation and dialect follow Egyptian usage although Syrian and Iraqi alternatives are sometimes discussed. The content suggests that the anonymous compiler relied on earlier British publications including naval intelligence handbooks issued during the First World War. Octavo. Map in text. Text in English and romanized Arabic. Original blue card wrappers wire-stitched as issued front cover lettered in black. A few annotations in text. Wrappers lightly marked and toned: very good. unknown
1994Best.-Nr. x-9004095683Brill Academic Pub 1994. Hardcover. New. 250 pages. 10.00x6.75x1.00 inches. Brill Academic Pub hardcover
1971Best.-Nr. 171721al-Khobar: The International Publications Industries 1971. Keep the following in mind and everything will be easy Fourth printing of this institutionally rare phrasebook which adopts "a short cut method simple and easy enough for a businessman to teach himself the spoken Arabic while relaxing in the Aircraft or in his Hotel room. Many of the oil industry people in Arabia owe their local friendship to this book". Arranged by topic the book has sections on greetings shopping food and drink and other practicalities such as taking one's car to a mechanic. The unnamed author places a premium on language as a key to understanding local culture: "you will find the Gulf Arabs intensely loyal to their friends as well as to their families. Most of them are blessed with a keen sense of humor. For these and other reasons such as their hospitality and courtesy you will enjoy getting acquainted with them". Further sections discuss the etiquette of being a guest at a traditional wedding and how to behave if invited to a private house as a guest. WorldCat lists only four copies in institutions Oxford National Library of Wales National Library of Israel Bilkent University. Small octavo 115 x 117 mm. Wire stitched in the original printed wrappers spine lettered in black. Minor wear to wrappers contents lightly toned not affecting text. A very good copy. unknown
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1990Best.-Nr. 13327Le Caire: Institut français d'archéologie orientale 1990. Broché. Etat satisfaisant. in-4. Pages 326-645. Etudes urbaines T. I/2 1990. Rencontre d'Aix-en-Provence 6-8 juin 1984. Jaquette piquée. Institut français d'archéologie orientale unknown
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1991Best.-Nr. 103758Fondationdu Roi Abdul-Aziz/Institut du Monde Arabe 1991. paperback. Bueno. París 1991. Fondationdu Roi Abdul-Aziz/Institut du Monde Arabe. Rústica. 457 FRANCÉS 135 ÃRABE pp. 27x21. Fondationdu Roi Abdul-Aziz/Institut du Monde Arabe paperback
1991Best.-Nr. 97500Fondationdu Roi Abdul-Aziz/Institut du Monde Arabe 1991. paperback. Bueno. París 1991. Fondationdu Roi Abdul-Aziz/Institut du Monde Arabe. Rústica. 457 FRANCÉS 135 ÃRABE pp. 27x21. Fondationdu Roi Abdul-Aziz/Institut du Monde Arabe paperback
Best.-Nr. ria9781399542708_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This is the third edition fully revised and updated of this indispensable introduction to Arabic linguistics. paperback
1770Best.-Nr. ABC_48344Probably Egypt 1770. Near-contemporary brown leather with a blind-stamped oriental rosette as a center piece and similar style corner pieces on both boards a partial manuscript title label on the spine. 4to ca. 17 x 22 cm. Arabic and Italian manuscript on paper 19 lines per extensum paginated throughout from right to left. Manuscript dictionary comprising some 9000 Arabic terms and their Italian translations. It was formerly owned by the German oriental scholar and Franciscan priest Arsenius Rehm 1738-1808 who lived in Cairo between 1769 and 1776 building a large collection of manuscripts which he brought with him when he worked for some time at the Franciscan abbey of Frauenberg at Fulda Hesse. After his death his collection remained at the monastery until it was purchased by the Benedictine Abbey of St Boniface Munich in 1852. The present volume which had not been part of the collection proper remained in Frauenberg whose library was dispersed in 2021 by the Franciscan Province. "The library includes a fairly extensive Arabic dictionary of his though not written by him. It offers only the Italian translation of the Arabic words. In the Arabic style it begins from our perspective at the end" cf. Bihl.With old stamps of the Frauenberg Abbey library on the final leaf with attribution to Arsenius Rehm in indelible pencil ca. 1900. The binding is somewhat rubbed and scuffed; remains of old spine labels. Interior shows only occasional light staining; very well preserved.l Michael Bihl Geschichte des Franziskanerklosters Frauenberg Fulda 1907 p. 137. hardcover
1855Best.-Nr. ABC_47909London: William Watts 1855. Original elaborately embossed brown calf with the title lettered in gold on the spine red edges. 8vo 22 x 14 cm. Rare edition of one of the best Arabic translations of the Bible. This work is based on the 1671 version from Rome which was the first printed edition of the complete Bible in Arabic. However the version from 1671 was not vocalised written with vowel points but the present edition from London is.The Arabic translation of the Bible from 1671 was done under the direction of Sergius Risi d. 1638 the archbischop of Damascus. It had been requested by the Archbischop of Aleppo and other important figures from the Eastern Church as manuscript copies had become rare and were often found to be incorrect. Risi and his team compared the Arabic manuscripts of the Bible they had access to with Hebrew and Latin versions and then composed their own translation. They first completed the Arabic Pentateuch. The Old and New Testament followed in 1647 and 1650 respectively after Risi's passing. These translations were revised and then finally published in 1671. It was the only Arabic translation of the complete Bible until 1811. Numerous new translations were made in 19th century. The present Catholic edition of the Arabic Bible translation existed alongside the 1860 Protestant translation by Cornelius van Alen van Dyck.According to the title-page this edition of the Old Testament was printed in 1855. However none of the relevant reference works mention an 1855 edition. Since the title-page of the New Testament bears the year 1857 it is possible that the Old Testament was also printed in that year and the date on the title-page is a printing mistake. The 1857 edition is also fairly rare on the market as we have only been able to find it in 1 sales record of the past 100 years.With the label of Watkins' bookbinding factory mounted on the front pastedown and a purple Spanish stamp from the library of someone with a law degree on the final leaf. The edges and corners of the boards are somewhat scuffed the binding is rubbed with some loss of material on the spine. The leaves are somewhat browned mild foxing throughout the back pastedown has a tear in the gutter. Otherwise in good condition.l BM General catalogue vol 2 p. 1276-198/199 other eds.; Darlow & Moule 1684; WorldCat 1402269394 1 copy 1857 ed.; cf. Green Journeymen middlemen: travel transculture and technology in the origins of Muslim printing. In: International journal of Middle East studies vol. 41 2 2009 pp. 203-224. William Watts, unknown
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Best.-Nr. ABC_45853Levant 1290. Contemporary blind-tooled calf mostly covered with later calf leaving only the contemporary back cover exposed. 19th century European paper endpapers. With a loose leaf of 18th century European paper with Arabic manuscript writing on one side. Small 4to in 6s 17 x 14 cm. Arabic manuscript 15 to 17 lines to the page written in clear cursive ta'liq script on brown Middle Eastern paper. With occasional red rubrication. Lengthy and well preserved 13th century Arabic manuscript law book on the fatwa produced in the Levant by an anonymous author. A fatwa is legal advice given by a Muslim authority on request with the purpose of resolving a religious or legal problem that has arisen among members of Islam. The person who gives the legal information is familiar with Islamic jurisprudence fiqh and is referred to as a mufti; the one who asks for legal advice is called Mustafti. According to the famed 13th-century Islamic jurist Ibn al-Qaayyim al-Jawziya mufti were Gods agents". The present anonymous work seems to treat the jurisprudence of the fatwa itself rather than declaring fatwa on something. The title means "The book of kitab analisys or understanding al-waaqi of the fatwa fi'l-Fatawi". As described in the book itself this is the first volume of an unknown total.Fatwas were produced by jurists from the 10th century onward and in the 13th century when the present copy was made several important Islamic lawbooks were compiled in India at the Sultanate of Delhi.Provenance: 1963 Elghanyan to Hagop Kevorkian 1872-1962; sold at Sotheby's 18 April 1983 Kevorkian collection lot 25; private collector.Binding a bit short. Shelf marks on the front pastedown. Later annotations on the 19th century front endpapers. First leaf repaired. A few minor holes throughout paper browned 2 quires in the middle detached. Otherwise in remarkably good condition for its age.l Schoenberg Database: 29775. unknown
Best.-Nr. 14676Late 19th or early 20th century Koummya Arabic dagger with cast brass scabbard. The scabbard has silver engraved motifs and metal accents. The dagger measures 18" along the curve and has a hand carved wood handle with brass encasement rounding the hilt. The blade is curved sharp and slides securely into the sheath. It shows use but no damage. In good condition. unknown
