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The Saudis
by Mackey, Sandra
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1987
- ISBN
- 9780395411650
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$15.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987 1st ed. INSCRIBED warmly on half-title p. by author. 433pp. hardback tall 8vo: near Very Good in a Good dj in Brodart poly cover. The author's first book. Mackey (1937-2015) also wrote about Iraq, Lebanon and the Middle East in general. Item Price
$15.00
The Way of the Sufi
by Shah, Idries
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- reprint.
- Published
- 1970
- ISBN
- 9780525472612
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$4.99
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1970 reprint. 288pp. paperback: Good+ [bit of age darkening here and there; few ink names inside back cover; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A well-received title in its field by the India born Sufi writer and teacher Shah (1924-96). Item Price
$4.99
Damascus: Taste of a City (Armchair Traveller)
by Fadel, Marie as told to Rafik Schami translated by Debra S. Marmor & Herbert A. Danner
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 2010 reissue.
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781906598839
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$9.95
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London: Haus Publishing, 2010 reissue. 195pp. illus. paperback: Fine. Item Price
$9.95
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Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations (signed)
by Howell, Georgina
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 2007 1st Am. ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374161620
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$75.00
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New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2007 1st Am. ed. SIGNED on title p. by author. 481pp. illus. hardback tall 8vo: near Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [a rough top front cover corner bump; else a nice crisp copy] A popular bio of the "female Lawrence of Arabia" Bell (1868-1926), an "inventor" of the country of… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
Let My Right Hand Wither
by Spicehandler, Daniel
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1950 1st ed.
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$15.00
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New York: Beechhurst Press, 1950 1st ed. 261pp. navy cloth 8vo: Good/no dj [rubbed @ top corner tips and spine head; brief ink gift inscription; else a nice clean, complete and tight copy. A memoir of the first Arab-Israeli War in 1948 by an American veteran of that conflict and WW2 who died in 2010. Item Price
$15.00
Alexander's Path from Caria to Cilicia
by Stark, Freya
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- c1958 reissue.
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$6.99
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & World Harvest Books, c1958 reissue. 283pp. paperback 8vo: Fine. A journey retracing the route of Alexander the Great in Turkey by the indefatigable British writer Dame Freya Stark (1893-1993), originally published in 1958. Item Price
$6.99
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Third Intifada/Uprising: Nonviolent But with Words Sharper than a Two-Edged Sword: Memoirs, etc. (inscribed)
by Fleming, Eileen w/photography by Meir Vanunu & Debbie Hill
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 2007.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781432702540
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$15.00
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Denver: Outskirts Press, 2007. INSCRIBED on title p. by author. 122pp. illus. paperback 8vo: Fine. "Memoirs of a nice Irish-American 'girl's' life in occupied territory." A printed notice of the book also inscribed by the author is laid in. Item Price
$15.00
Vest Pocket Arabic
by Berberi, Dilaver
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1989 reprint.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780805015140
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$15.00
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Westport, CT: Institute for Language Study, 1989 reprint. 251pp. illus. paperback 16mo: Fine [rem. line top edge; else F] A Henry Holt Owl Book distribution of a title originally published in 1975. Item Price
$15.00
Europe Leaves the Middle East, 1936-1954
by Sachar, Howard M. w/intro. by William L. Langer
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1972 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394460642
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$75.00
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New York: Knopf, 1972 1st ed. 687pp. + 38 (xxxviii) index pp. russet cloth sm 4to: near Fine in a Good dj in Brodart poly cover. Item Price
$75.00
The Unique World of Women in Bible Times and Now (inscribed)
by Price, Eugenia
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1969.
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$25.00
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Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1969. INSCRIBED warmly on title p. by author. 245pp. hardback sm 4to: Fine in a Good+ dj in Brodart poly cover [small ink name on ffep; else F; dj = p-c; some transfer of color of red spine cloth to yellow dust jacket rear fold; else G+] Christian uplift from the writer who went from this sort of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Arabic at a Glance: Phrase Book & Dictionary for Travelers
by Wise, Hilary
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 2001 2nd ed.
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780764112485
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$6.99
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New York: Barron's, 2001 2nd ed. 298pp. paperback: Fine. A handy shirt-pocket sized volume. Item Price
$6.99
Life in Harem
by Bozkurt, K. Erhan translated by Aylin Alkoc
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- Used - Fine
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- 1998.
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9789757559870
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$6.99
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published in Turkey, 1998. 48pp. illus. paperback sm 4to: Fine. A colorfully illustrated short study of the subject. Item Price
$6.99
Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World
by Armstrong, Karen
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 2001 1st ed. thus of reissue.
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780385721400
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$4.99
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New York: Anchor Books, 2001 1st ed. thus of reissue. 628pp. paperback 8vo: Very Good+ [edges are age browned; top edge is foxed; else a nice clean and crisp copy] A well written scholarly consideration of the subject. A. N. Wilson: "Karen Armstrong is a genius." Item Price
$4.99
War Reporting for Cowards
by Ayres, Chris
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 2005 1st ed.
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780871138958
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$4.99
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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005 1st ed. 280pp. hardback tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj [ink surname on front fly leaf; else F] An unlikely candidate for a war correspondent's surprising coverage of the Iraq War. Item Price
$4.99
Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present
by Oren, Michael B
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 2007 1st ed. thus.
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780393330304
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$6.99
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New York: W. W. Norton, 2007 1st ed. thus. 793pp. illus. paperback tall 8vo: near Fine. A well-praised history with cover encomia ranging from Christopher Dickey to Henry Kissinger. Item Price
$6.99
Foundations in the Dust: A Story of Mesopotamian Exploration
by Lloyd, Seton
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- Used - Fair/Poor
- Edition
- 1955 1st ed. thus.
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$4.99
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Harmmondsworth, UK: Penguin/Pelican Books, 1955 1st ed. thus. 256pp. paperback: a good reading copy [text is age browned; wear @ spine strip; else a clean & complete copy] A standard work by the English archaeologist Seton H. F. Lloyd (1902-96). Item Price
$4.99
Engaging the Muslim World
by Cole, Juan
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 2009 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780230607545
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$4.99
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New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 1st ed. 282pp. hardback sm 4to: near Very Good in a Fine dj [text is age browned; edges are foxed; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A thoughtful work praised by Natalie Zemon Davis, Chalmers Johnson, John L. Esposito, et al. Item Price
$4.99
Lebanon: Death of a Nation
by Mackey, Sandra
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1991 1st ed. thus.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780385413817
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$4.99
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New York: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1991 1st ed. thus. 307pp. paperback 8vo: near Very Good [text is age browned; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A popular study of Lebanon’s civil war era that began in 1975. Item Price
$4.99
Istanbul: A Travellers' Companion
by Kelly, Laurence
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1987 1st Am. ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780689707162
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$4.99
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New York: Atheneum. 1987 1st Am. ed. 390pp. illus. paperback 8vo: near Very Good [ink name & address on half-title p.; couple of small faint coffee splashes on fore edge; text is untroubled; else nrVG] An entertaining historical guidebook selected and introduced by the son of a former British ambassador to Turkey. Item Price
$4.99
Fin de Siecle Beirut: The Making of an Ottoman Provincial Capital
by Hanssen, Jens
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 2005 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780199281633
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- 1
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Decatur, Georgia, USA
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$250.00
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Oxford Univ. Press (Clarendon), 2005 1st ed. 307pp. illus. black cloth tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. Item Price
$250.00