The Islamic World (sale catalogue)
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London: William Heinemann, 1908. First Edition. Original Cloth. Pp. 275, first edition, complete with 46 black and white plates and frontispiece, original navy hardcover front board with gilt title and neat stamp. Slight foxing on foredge otherwise very good condition.
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.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. Eric Kennington and Herry Perry. Third Edition. Brown cloth. 454 pp. This work is bound in brown cloth which has been slightly dirtied due to ageing. The contents are slightly faded, but the plate images are in good condition. The lettering of the work is golden.....
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...