The Islamic World (sale catalogue)
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London: 1687. Hardcover. Prelims lacking 1 leaf from preface. pp [2] 291, [2] 200, [2] 114 [4 alphabetical table] Three parts. Frontispiece portrait laid down with early script in the margin. Original front board detached, back board and spine attached. Complete work with portrait and 3 plates. First English edition.....
London: Charles Knight & Co, 1842. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Vol 1. xxiv, 472 pp, 61 illustrations; Vol II. vi, errata, 450 pp, 67 illustrations. Neatly re-cased with original green cloth boards and spine, with gilt title and image of a crocodile, laid down. Internally very good. Edward Lane (1801-1876) was.....
London: T Fisher Unwin, 1908. Orig. Cloth. Complete with plates. Original cloth. Neat gilt crest to front board. A very good, complete copy of this rare work.
London & Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1892. Hardcover. ix, 288 pp, [16] adverts. Original dark green cloth.Translation of the original German edition. Noldeke (1836-1930) was an important German orientalist, notable for his work on semitic languages, religion and middle east history. The book collects a number of articles previously.....
London: Methuen & Co, 1907. Original Cloth. pp x, 559, [40]. Frontis, plates. Blue cloth with gilt borders and titles. Neat gilt crest on front board. Small stamp to tp Some foxing to prelims and page edges.
Heathfield: Proud-Bailey, 1985. Hardcover. pp. 305, illustrations include air mail carriers, post offices, plus post marks. Covers British Palestine 1918-1948.
USA: Public Affairs. paperback. In Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history as it looks from a new perspective: with the evolution of the Muslim community at the center. His story moves from the lifetime of Mohammed through a succession of far-flung empires, to the tangle.....
London: Knapton, 1711. Hardcover. 2 vols. Complete with 9 maps (mostly folding) & 11 plates (1 folding). Contemporary full calf. A very nice set in full early calf.
Oxford: Clarendon, 1809. Hardcover. 2 vols. pp xxii 378 pp.; vi, 346 [index] Complete with 17 fold-out plates (13 maps, 4 diagrams). Contemporary diced calf. A fine early set containing interesting maps of the Middle East.
London: Virtue & Co, 1889. Half Morroco. Frontispiece, Illustrations in text and 3 engraved plates. Contemporary half morocco. Neat gilt crests on spine & front board.
London: James Nisbet & Co, 1913. Hardcover. viii, 308 pp, adverts, coloured and B&W plates. original pictorial cloth, surface discolouring on front board (tissue stuck down probably removable). spotting on spine. Colourful account of 2 years spent in the Middle East in various battles. Scarce first English Edition...