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Arab cdam Campbell, Donald, 1883-
Arabian medicine and its influence on the middle ages. (Trübner's oriental series). Two volumes. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & co., ltd., 1926, xv, 208; 235p, bib, index. front. (map). Cover damage Books are bound in green cloth, lettering on spines have pretty much faded away. Back cover of Volume II probably had some type of staining (water?). The two volumes: NOT A REPRINT. $65.00 Box 27

Religion 113fek Fowden, Elizabeth Key. The Barbarian Plain: Saint Sergius between Rome and Iran. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999, xix, 227 pages: illustrations, maps, bib, index. Very good in dust jacket. $25.00 Box A 113
Contents: 1. Portraits of a Martyr -- The Passio of SS. Sergius and Bacchus -- History in the Passio: The Emperor -- The Hagiographic Milieu -- Alexander of Hierapolis and the Early Cult of S. Sergius -- Images of S. Sergius -- 2. Martyr Cult on the Frontier: The Case of Mayperqat -- Relics and Defense -- At the World's Center -- The Ecumenical City of Martyrs -- The Iranian Viewpoint -- 3. Rusafa -- The Frontier Zone -- A Place of Convergence -- The Fortress-Shrine -- Pilgrimage to Rusafa -- 4. The Spread of the Sergius Cult in Syria and Mesopotamia -- The Hawran -- West of the Steppe -- Northern Syria and Mesopotamia -- The Iranian Empire -- 5. Frontier Shrine and Frontier Saint -- Justinian, Theodora, and S. Sergius -- Iranian Interest in S. Sergius -- The Ghassanid… Read More

Ancient world 1394 Wiener, Leo, 1862-1939. Contributions Toward a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture. Four Volumes. New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1917 & 1919, Volumes I & II; Philadelphia: Innes & Sons, 1920 & 1921, Volumes III & IV: Vol. I: xxxvi + 301; Vol. II: xii + 400; Vol. III: xi + 328; Vol. IV: xi + 328. Good, clean tight copies. A study of early examples of medieval literature and their linguistic roots including Latin, Gothic and Arabic. Leo Wiener argues that Germanic languages have arisen by a sudden influx of Low Latin and Arabic. He demonstrates that they arose from the Graeco-Latin glossaries through Gothic interpretations, which themselves owe their origin to the Graeco-Arabic learning of Spain. $60.00

Middle East 107b23d Bianquis, Thierry. Damas et la Syrie sous la Domination Fatimide (359-468/969-1076): Essai d'Interpretation de Chroniques Arabes Medievales. Volumes I and II.Damascus, Syria: Institut Francais de Damas, 1986-1989, xxii, 387 pages; pages 391 to 800, maps, bib, index, errata. Paperbound volumes. A few of the top edge pages have been carelessly opened. The cover to Volume II, which is in paperback but with a plasticized coating, has a small blemish where a sticker was removed. The books are in very good condition, attractively bound with red and black lettering on the covers. The volumes are Bianquis's thesis from the Sorbonne. Bianquis was a noted scholar on Islam. The two volumes: $45.00 Box 399.

Ancient world 393 Beazley, C. Raymond, 1868-1955. The Dawn of modern geography, a history of exploration and geographical science, from the conversion of the Roman empire to A. D. 900, with an account of the achievements and writings of the early Christian, Arab, and Chinese travellers and students. Three volumes. New York: Peter Smith, 1949, xvi, 538p, index, illus; xix, 651 p, appendix, index, illus; xvi, 638p, appendix, index, illus. This is a photographic reprint of the 1897 edition. The volumes are bright, in fine shape with no marks. The spines have tanned a bit but a nice set. The three volume set: $100.00
Contents: Volume 1. From the conversion of the Roman Empire to A.D. 900, with an account of the achievements and writings of the Christian, Arab, and Chinese travellers and students. Volume 2. From the close of the ninth to the middle of the thirteenth… Read More

Middle East smal Steinschneider, Moritz. Die Arabische Literatur der Juden: Ein Beitrag zur Literaturgeschichte der Araber, grossenteils aus handschriftlichen Quellen. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1986, liv, 348, 32 pages. index. Reprint of 1902 Frankfurt publication. Very nice copy, bright orange cover, crisp black lettering. Fine copy. $40.00 Box 70 2.1

Africa 100Mössner, Jörg Manfred. Die Völkerrechtspersönlichkeit und die Völkerrechtspraxis der Barbareskenstaaten (Algier, Tripolis, Tunis, 1518-1830). (Neue Kölner rechtswissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Heft 58). Berlin: Walter De Gruyter, 1968, xxxi, 170p, bib, illus. Paperback, some pencil notations, good copy.

Islam diwz Die islamische Welt zwischen Mittelalter und Neuzeit. Festschrift fur Hans Robert Roemer. (Series: Beiruter Texte und Studien, Band 22)Beirut, 1979, FranzSteiner, Wiesbaden, xvi, 702 pages, There are 41 essays in this festschrift, with individual notes. Originally bound in wrapper now rebound in hardcover. Green cover with gilt lettering. There are some small dings to the cover, the book is actually too heavy for the binding. Very good condition otherwise. Assume that the book was bound in Beirut Very uncommon book.

Ancient world 554 Dilmun discovered: the early years of archaeology in Bahrain. Edited with introductory text by Michael Rice. [Manama]: Dept. of Antiquities and Museums, State of Bahrain; London; New York: Longman, 1984, 206p, index, illus. There is evidence of water staining to dust jacket but very little -if any- on book. Larger volume in good, solid, clean shape. Rice edits segments of photo-reproductions of six works dealing with Bahrain. $15.00 Box 26

Ancient world 1379Wevers, John William. Essays on the ancient Semitic world. Edited by J. W. Wevers and D.B.Redford. [Toronto]: University of Toronto Press, 1970, vii, 112 p. illus. Very good in dust jacket. $14.50

Islamic fant The Fihrist of Al-Nadim: A Tenth-Century Survey of Muslim Culture. Bayard Dodge, editor and translator. In two volumes. New York: Columbia University Press, 1970, pages 571 to 1149, bibliography, glossary, (biographical index pages 931 to 1135), general index. This is the SECOND VOLUME ONLY of the two volume set, very good condition of the hardcover in original glassine dust jacket. $35.00 Box 70 II, 1 'Al-Fihrist by al-Nadim is the most important and ground-breaking bibliographical work to survey in an unprecedented way the authorship in the Islamic World. The author in the first ten articles - methodically presents the intellectual production of the Arabic-Islamic world and the contribution of Muslim scholars to human civilisation until the end of the tenth century A.D. (fourth century A.H.). This unique piece of work presents us with a comprehensive review of Arabic culture which was open to all schools of thought. It can be said that, historically, the West had never come across a… Read More

IS 1000 Gabrieli, Francesco And Umberto Scerrato. Gli Arabi in Italia: Cultura, Contatti E Tradizioni. Milan, Italia: Libri Schweiwiller, 1979. 763 pages, index. Very large and heavy volume, illustrated throughout in color. . In Italian. A fabulous study of the impact of Arab culture not only in Italy and Sicily, but throughout Europe. Fine in fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. First Edition. Cloth. Fine in dust jacket. Over 9¾" - 12" tall. Will need extra postage. $65.00

Turkey ssjI Shaw, Stanford Jay and Ezel Kural Shaw History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey. Vol. 1, Empire of the Gazis: the rise and decline of the Ottoman Empire, 1280-1808. Cambridge University Press, 1976 [i.e. 1977], xv, 351 pages, bib, index. Very good in like dust jacket. Volume 1 only of the two volume set. $25.00 Box B50
Summary: This is the first book of the two-volume History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. It sweeps away the accumulated prejudices of centuries and describes the empire of the sultans as a living, changing society, in which the sultan's subjects were able to carry on their lives, religions, and traditions with little outside interference.

Arabic cjda Cantineau, J. Le dialecte arabe de Palmyre. Two volumes. (Series: Mémoires de l'Institut français de Damas). Beyrouth: Institut français de Damas, 1934, Tome. 1. Grammaire, x, 287 pages, index; Tome. 2. Vocabulaire et textes., vii, 149 pages, index, illus, maps, folding plan. Paperback volumes, very good. $57.50 Box A 118

Arabic Studies 003 Metlitzki, Dorothee. The Matter of Araby in Medieval England. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977, xi, 320 pages, illus, maps, notes, index. From the library of a well-known medieval scholar. $12.50 Box 10
Contents: Part I. Scientific and Philosophical Learning; Part II. The Literary Heritage.
Publisher blurb: "The author deals with Arabian source books, with Araby in history and romance, and with Mandeville's Travels. She concludes with a general assessment of the cultural force of Araby in England during the Middle Ages."

Middle Ages 274j5 Geanakoplos, Deno John. Medieval Western Civilization and the Byzantine and Islamic Worlds: Interaction of three Cultures. Lexington. MA: D. C. Heath, 1979, x, 513 pages, maps, illus, index. Good, solid copy. $14.50

Philosophy 113mei American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. Medieval Islamic Thought.
Edited by Therese-Anne Druart. Washington, D. C.: American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Volume LXXIII, Winter 1999, Issue No.1, 230 pages, bib, notes. Paperbound. Some shelf wear, good to very good copy. $12.50 Box A 113
Eight essays by specialists.

Islamic Studies 001 Hurgronje, C. Snouck (Christiaan Snouck), 1857-1936. Minor German correspondences of C. Snouck Hurgronje: from libraries in France, Germany, Sweden, and The Netherlands. Published by P. Sj. van Koningsveld. Leiden: Documentatiebureau Islam-Christendom, Faculteit der Godgeleerdheid, Rijksuniversiteit, 1987, x, 248 p, index. Paperback, the page block has some minor waviness, would probably be eliminated by placing heavy books on it. $50.00

Middle East 104 Hourani, A. H. Minorities in the Arab World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1947, viii, 140 pages, maps, index. Blue cloth; spine with gilt lettering; offsetting from dust jacket on endpapers. Tip of top corner of front free endpaper clipped off, maybe ½" tall by 1" wide. Dust jacket has some minor chipping, which is protected by plastic. $20.00

Islamic Studies 002 Hurgronje, C. Snouck (Christiaan Snouck), 1857-1936. Mohammedanism; lectures on its origin, its religious and political growth, and its present state. (American lectures on the history of religions; series of 1914-1915). New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons,1916, 154 p, index. The book is in overall good condition but there is some fraying to the top of the spine and a touch to the bottom. There is penciling in the text, mostly lines in margins but some underlining too. The corner of one page has been bent over at one time. Because of penciling will call it acceptable and not good. $25.00