Middle East from Karen Wickliff - Books

Mage Publishers, 2016. 187pp. White hardback glossy boards, b&w photo on front cover, VG, no DJ, appendices, footnotes, b&w photos and illustrations, A Moslem Woman's Rare Memoir of Her Life and Partnership with the Editor of Molla Nasreddin, the Most Influential Satirical Journal of the Caucasus and Iran, 1907-1931, . Hard Cover. Very Good.

Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1999. 124pp. Over sized paperback, VG, index, b&w photos, generously illustrated book, the first ever devoted to Sevruguin and his singular work, six distinguished authors explore the photographer's life and career, . Paperback. Very Good.

Random House, 1992. 263pp. Brown cloth spine with light brown boards, DJ VG, c.10pp highlighting, slight ink marks on upper page edge, index, footnotes, Explores the human dynamics and political ramifications of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, and offers troubling new insights into the chances for lasting peace in the Middle East, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.… Read more about this item

Richard Bentley & Son , 1886. 232pp. Gold colored cloth hardback, few smudges on covers, b&w illustrations, published for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, chronological list of work done by the fund, . Hard Cover. Very Good.

Cambridge, 1999. 244pp. Brown hardback with DJ, VG, index, works consulted, footnotes, maps, b&w photos, The Ottoman City Between East and West : Aleppo, Izmir, and Istanbul, study of modern Middle Eastern cities, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

University of Wisconsin Press, 1966. 226pp. Red cloth hardback, DJ has cjips and small tears, price clipped, owner name on front end page, bilingual Hebrew and English, index, glossary, math equations, The Algebra of Abu Kamil : Kitab Fi Al-jabr Wa'l-Muqabala in a Commentary, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+.

World Organization for Islamic Services , 1991. 404pp. Trade paperback, corner tips slightly bumped, slight reading crease in spine, tiny brown stain on outer page edge, index, Outlines general rights of women with special emphasis to marriage. Some of the areas covered are marriage proposal, engagement, temporary marriage, modernity, dowry, inheritance, divorce and polygyny, . Trade Paperback. Good +.

Oxford / Clarendon, 1968. 265pp. Dark blue cloth hardback, DJ has light rubbing and wear and price clipped, index, chapter notes, foldout map, b&w illustrations, Letters that give a unique picture of Turkey in the 16th century, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+.

Lutheran Augustana Book Concern , 1899. 300pp. Blue cloth hardback with gold type and black decorations, very light rubbing at corner tips, no DJ, light brown foxing spots on outer page edge, paper has turned light brown, b&w photos, About Persia and Its People : A Description of Their Manners, Customs, and Home Life, . Hard Cover. Very Good.

Pantheon, 1969. c.32pp. Tall thin hardback with illustrated covers, no DJ, translated from the Italian, crease in one page, slight wear along edge of one page, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, retold and illustrated by Emanuele Luzzati, . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Emanuele Luzzati .

SIJ Books, 2014. 159pp. over sized hardback with glossy illustrated boards, no DJ, upper corner tips slightly bumped, inscribed and signed by author, endnotes, bibliography, maps, b&w and color photos and illustrations, Moen Jo Daro : Metropolis of the Indus Civilization (2600-1900 BCE), a Personal View, . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Paulist Press, 1978. 233pp. Hardback with orange cloth spine and illustrated covers, index, bibliography, chapter notes, Writings of two sufi, one Persian, the other Egyptian, on prayer, . Hard Cover. Very Good.

Paulist Press, 1982. 178pp. Trade paperback, VG, no names or markings, index, bibliography, footnotes, Mystical philosophy of the Divine Flashes, The life of 'Iraqi, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Trustees of the British Museum , 1949. c.64pp. Thin tan cloth spine with white boards hardback, DJ very worn and torn and tucked in rear of book, b&w plates, footnotes, few pencil marks in margins, Islamic Metalwork in the British Museum, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor.

Bel Moroon Publishers , 1987. 335pp. Maroon hardback with DJ, VG, bibliography, b&w photos, glossary, Includes : The Roots, Between East and West, Modern Times and the Impact of the West, Identity and Challenges, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Paulist Press, 2004. 434pp. Trade paperback, VG, indices, bibliography, chapter notes, culled from the great Sufi manuals of spirituality, on the theme of the complex and multi-faceted role of knowledge in relation to the spiritual life, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.

University of Michigan Press, 1931. 376pp. Over sized green cloth hardback, no DJ, very light rubbing at corner tips, EX-LIB, minimal markings, tears on three pages, Commentary on Letters 1-1471, additional corrigenda for parts I & II, Volume XIX - Part III, . Hard Cover. Very Good.

Rutgers University Press, 2004. 297pp. Trade paperback, VG, no names or markings, index, bibliography, b&w photos, chapter notes, During the nineteenth century, the figure of the passive, oppressed, yet highly sexualized female of the Muslim harem became the pivotal figure of Western orientalism. Despite recent challenges to orientalist thinking, however, an enduring mystique continues to surround Western perceptions of Eastern… Read more about this item

Society for Publication of Classical Works on Iran , 1975. 412pp. Red hardback with embossed covers and bright gold type, DJ has a few small chips and tears along edges, few color illustrations, The Shah Nameh of the Persian Poet Firdausi, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+.

Seven Stories Press, 2005. 303pp. Black hardback with DJ, VG, b&w photos, maps, Personal stories of people coping with the terrors and hardships of a country constantly at war, . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.