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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 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)
$75.00 Abubequer 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)
$295.00