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Bin Abdul Mohsen Al Obeid, Ibrahim . THKIRT ULI AL-NUHA (TATHKIRAT ULA AL-NUHA WA AL-ARFAN), REMINDER OF THE FIRST DAYS OF PROHIBITION AND GRATITUDE
Riyadh n.d. ( 20thc) first edition. Nour Foundation for Printing and Binding. First printing. History of early twentieth century Saudi Arabia. Hardcover. 4 parts of one work, bound in one volume. Entirely in Arabic. Sm.4to., over 1000 pages, later binding in buckram. The title and author are printed in gilt on the spine. A few University of Riyadh stamps. VG plus, outer corner of one board lightly bumped. Text clean and binding secure. Scarce. (a50925)
$290.00 (islam) . AL-TAWHID A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND CULTURE. 19 ISSUES (1988-1993)
Tehran 1988-1992. Nineteen issues in English of this quarterly Islamic Journal. Vol. V, Nos. 2, 3-4 (single issue); Vol. VI, Nos. 1 - 4; Vol. VII, Nos. 1 - 4; Vol. VIII, Nos. 1 - 4; Vol. IX, Nos. 1 - 4; Vol. X, No. 1. Each octavo, original printed wraps. Near Fine. 19 issues. (a57927)
$340.00 Zwemer, S. M. et al (editors) . THE MOHAMMEDAN WORLD OF TO-DAY BEING PAPERS READ AT THE FIRST MISSIONARY CONFERENCE ON BEHALF OF THE MOHAMMEDAN WORLD HELD APRIL 4TH-9TH 1906
NY 1906 1st Revell. Article on Islam in Arabia by J. C. Young and Swemer; Statistical Survey of Islam in Asia, accompanied by a large foldout chart of extensive statistics by Zwemer; Islam in Turkey by Anatolicus; The New Islam in India by Weitbrecht, and many others. 8vo., 302pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, hardcover. VG, light wear to head of spine. Scarce. (a58317)
$150.00 Avicenna . ABU ALI IBN SINO (AVITSENNA) KANON VRACHEBNOI NAUKI VOLUME IV
Tashkent 1960. In Russian. Canon of Medicine. Hardcover. 4to., 767pp., cloth. VG in Fair DJ, worn and chipped. Volume IV (of X) only. (a59399)
$75.00Abubequer de Tortosa. LAMPARA DE LOS PRINCIPES TRADUCCION ESPANOLA DE MAXIMILIANO ALARCON - 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Madrid 1930, 1931 Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan. In Spanish. Limited to 500 ejemplares. Abubequer de Tortosa travelled and studied in Moorish Spain and the Middle East. Two volumes. In Spanish. Sm.4to., lxiii, 437pp., 546pp., original printed wraps. Uncut. VG, light wear and light soiling. 2 volumes. (a65887)
$250.00 (central asia) . ASIAN AFFAIRS (ROYAL CENTRAL ASIAN SOCIETY) - COLLECTION OF 27 ISSUES `(1968-1999)
London 1968-1999. Journal published 3 times a year. 27 issues during this period, not a run. Octavo, original red printed red wraps. Many important and interesting articles including: Balance of Power in Asia after Vietnam, by Alastair Buchan (1969); Report from Bhutan, by E. Burke Inlow (1978); Islam in Central Asia Since Gorbachev, by Marie Broxup; (1987); Kashmir the Past 10 Years, by Alexander Evans (1999). VG-Fine. Group of 27 issues. (a71670)
$295.00Shareef bin Farid, Abu Alfa Umar Muhammad. ZAMAN 'N - NASAARA THE HOUR OF THE CHRISTIANS - AFRICAN MUSLIM RESISTANCE TO EUROPEAN COLONIALISM
Fairfield 2000 2nd edition. Institute of Islamic-African Studies. Octavo, 214pp., original wraps. VG, a few light spots on rear cover panel. Quite Scarce. (a82251)
$195.00 Gilson, Adrian; Bouvet, Francis . THE CZAR AND THE SULTAN; OR, NICHOLAS AND ABDUL MEDJID: THEIR PRIVATE LIVES AND PUBLIC ACTIONS BY ADRIAN GILSON. TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE TURKS IN EUROPE THEIR RISE AND DECADENCE BY FRANCIS BOUVET
New York 1853 first edition. Harper. Hardcover. 12mo., 195p., 12pp. of book ads, original dark brown embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. Wonderful condition. No ownership marks, almost no cover wear just very light wear on corners and spine ends. NEAR FINE. Scarce in the first edition, especially in this condition. (a82759)
$240.00 Meakin, Budgett . THE LAND OF THE MOORS A COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTION
London 1901 first edition Swan Sonnenschein. Hardcover. Large octavo, 464pp., 83 photo illustrations and a large color foldout map, turquoise blue cloth with full picture in gilt on front of Man entering a large arched passgeway, the Gate of the Citadel in Tangier, gilt lettering and gilt palm trees on spine. VG, cloth on one corner is worn, corners gently bumped, light fraying of spine ends. Lovely condition for this beautiful book. (a83381)
$295.00 Refik, Ahmed . KARL JARNHUVUD I TURKIET. OVERSATTNING FRAN TURKISKAN AV K. V. ZETTERSTEEN (CHARLES XII EN TURQUIE. TRAD. DU TURC PAR K V ZETTERSTEEN)
1922. Sm.4to., pp. 160p., (complete), removed from Le Monde Oriental and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a84677)
$150.00Hyberg, H. S.. LE MONDE ORIENTAL VOL. XXV FASC. 1-3 1931 (one complete issue)
Uppsala 1931 Lundequistska Bokhandeln. Articles in this issue include: Jarl Charpentier "Indra Ein Versuch der Aufklarung; Bernhard Lewin "Zur Sunnitischen Polemik Gegen die Sia"; Axel Moberg "Herodotos and Modern Reconstructions of the Tower of Babel"; H. S. Nyberg "Ein Iranisches Wort im Buche Daniel" and many more. Sm.4to., 327p., original pale yellow printed wraps. Good plus, light wear and light staining. (a85118)
$125.00Mulla Khosro (Khusraw), Muhammad Ibn Foramurz (Faramurz) Ibn 'Ali (d. 1480 ). DURAR AL - HUKKAM FI SHARH GHURAR AL - AHKAM (MANUSCRIPT FULLY IN ARABIC )
Hardcover. Sm.4to., 25x17 cm., 6 cm thick, paginated xx, 323, iv, full calf. Writing area on page is 18x10.5 cm. with 25 lines to a page. Written in clear Naskhi script in black ink with headings, keywords and annotations in red ink on offwhite, slightly glossy paper. Numerous neatly written marginal notes and insertions in different hands,. The manuscript was copied by Murad Ibn Idin al-Kafawi on 15 Sha'ban 939 A H/ 11 March 1532 AD. Leather has been repaired over the centuries but is worn and chipped, outer hinges are cracking. Small gilt medallions on both boards are still present but mostly worn away. Cover is fair; binding however is strong; book is solid and text is near VG, clear and legible. No ownership or institution markings at all. This could well be the most important extant copy of this work as is was written 52 years after the author's death. And of course the extensive commentaries are likely of considerable interest. On Hanafi law. Pictures available on request. (a87251)
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