Reflection On The Fundamental of Saudi Policy.
Riyadh. Dal Al-Uruq. 151pp, very good paperback copy with a touch of rubbing on the extremities. 24.5 x 17.5cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173235. More
Middle East & Africa
Turkey Today. A Preview.
London. Office of the Press Counsellor to the Turkish Embassy. 1968. Third Edition. Maps, black and white illustrations, 18pp, reference books, corners a little rubbed, stapled paperback covers a little faded, still a good copy. 19 x 21.5cm. Contents include: The Ataturk Era; The Government; The World Around; The Arts;..... More
Islam and the West. Reflections from Australia.
Sydney. UNSW Press. 2005. xvii + 186pp, glossary, bibliography, index, light wear paperback extremities, a good copy. "Islam and the West presents a multi-layered approach to the relationship between Muslims and Western states. At the global level, it investigates the impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, along with the implications..... More
Change and Persistence of Turkish Culture.
Melbourne. Australian-Turkish Friendship Society. 1984. 61pp, ex library, catalogue sticker upper cover, cancelled library stamp on dedication page and lower paste-down endpaper, library slip and cancelled barcode lower free endpaper, wrappers very slightly worn. Seminar Papers, 14 April 1984, Monash University, Melbourne. "Turkish Culture through the Ages", "Influences on Turkish..... More
Modernity and Tradition. The Saudi Equation.
London. Kegan Paul. 1991. Reprint. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, diagrams, tables, xiii + 337pp, bibliography, index, quarto, dustjacket, very nice copy. Looks at the judicial and political systems, the petroleum industry, the economy, industrial and agricultural development, infrastructure, education, health, foreign policy and aid to the developing world..... More
Saudi Arabia. A Case Study in Development.
London. KPI. 1988. Reprint of the revised edition. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, tables and figures, 264pp, glossary, bibliography, index, dustjacket, compliments stamp contents leaf. A good copy. Study of the political and administrative development of Saudi Arabia. When referring to this item please quote stockid 316... More
Saudi Arabia. A Case Study in Development.
London. Stacey. 1978. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, tables and figures, 220pp, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index, compliments stamp title page, covers patchily faded, edges lightly foxed, minor wear and foxing dustjacket. A good copy. Study of the political and administrative development of Saudi Arabia. When referring to this item..... More
Arab Women in Arab News. Old Stereotypes and New Media.
London. Bloomsbury. 2012. xxvi + 446pp, index, bibliography, appendices, notes, very good paperback copy. "This book addresses east-west understandings of Arab women as portrayed through translated media. The vast majority of media studies on Arab women are western-based. They study the effect of western stereotypes in western media depictions of..... More
Crusade. The Untold Story of the Gulf War.
London. HarperCollins. 1994. Maps, black and white illustrations, xii + 575pp, chronology, notes, bibliography, index, edges lightly soiled, otherwise good copy in protected dustjacket. Definitive chronicle of the Persian Gulf War. When referring to this item please quote stockid 63625. More
Underdevelopment and Rural Structures in Southeastern Turkey: The Household Economy in Gisgis and Kalhana.
London. Ithaca Press. 1986. 301pp, bibliography, appendix, index, type script, covers trifle worn extremities. Chapters cover: The Turkish agrarian debate; regional underdevelopment; the structure of southeastern Anatolia; physical environment, population and agriculture; land and stock ownership; relation of production outside and within the household; credit mechanisms; marketing structures and patterns..... More
The Qashqa'i People of Southern Iran.
California. UCLA Museum of Cultural History. 1981. Map, black and white photographic illustration, 31pp, selected bibliography, slight rubbing along extremities, stapled stiff card covers, very good copy. 28 x 22cm. From an exhibition at the Museum of Cultural History from April 29-June 7, 1981. When referring to this item please..... More
Les Arabes d'hier a demain.
Paris. Editions Du Seuil. 1969. 252pp, index, glossary, covers a little worn and bumped, good paperback copy. Text in French. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173014. More
A Taste for Adventure.
Newton Abbot. Readers Union. 1979. Reprint. Maps, black and white photographic plates, 192pp, chronology, index, good in slightly worn and spine-sunned dustjacket. The second volume of Blashford-Snell's autobiography recording the explorer's exploits in Southern Arabia, Zaire, Ulster, Nepal, and Darien. When referring to this item please quote stockid 69283... More
Palastina. Land und Wirtschaft.
Berlin. Josef Singer Verlag A.G., 1935. 3rd Edition. Maps, tables, 329pp, index, bibliography, dustjacket browned and worn, a sound copy. Text in German. When referring to this item please quote stockid 94215. More
General Gordon's Letters from the Crimea, the Danube, and Armenia.
Elibron Classics. Reprint. 205pp, paperback. Reprint of book first published in 1884. When referring to this item please quote stockid 132758. More
Suez: Splitting of a Nation.
London. Collins. 1973. 253pp, notes, index, upper edge and front free endpaper little marked. A history of the conflict over the Suez crisis, incorporating the views of such players as Nikita Khrushchev, Krishna Menon, Johannes Strijdom, Robert Menzies, Christian Pineau, President Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles, Gamel Abdul Nasser, Anthony Eden..... More
March Arabesque.
London. Hale. 1963. Second edition. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 211pp, index, dustjacket soiled and little worn with sellotape repair, upper corner little bumped, neat name front free endpaper, otherwise clean and sound copy. "Here is no academic treatise, but a vibrant analysis of the Arab mind and soul..... More
Who's Who in the Arab World. 1981-1982. Sixth Edition.
lebanon: Publitec Publications. 1981- 1982. Revised sixth edition. 1367pp, hardback in cloth binding, gilt lettering, good condition. 17.5 x 24.5cm. Revised and released biannually by the Biographical Dictionary. Chapter headings include: The League of Arab Sates, Arab Petroleum, and The Palestinian Problem. When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Forbidden Frontiers.
London. Hale. 1958. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, x + 188pp, index, light foxing edges and first few leaves, price-clipped worn dustjacket. Account of a journey along the invisible line between Arabs and Jews. When referring to this item please quote stockid 2636. More
Politics of Law and the Courts in Nineteenth-Century Egypt.
Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press. 1988. xv + 329pp, selected bibliography, index, notes, pictorial upper cover, covers trifle rubbed, a good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 94217. More
The Tears of Isis. The Story of a New Journey from the Mouth to the Source of the River Nile.
London. Chatto & Windus. 1959. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 256pp, bibliography, index, stamp bottom corner front free endpaper, good copy in worn and now protected dustjacket now protected. "The ancient Egyptians used to believe that the rising of the Nile was caused by the tears of Isis. So..... More
Around the World and Other Places.
Allen. 1971. Illustrations, 300pp, dustjacket worn and foxed. Account of travels in North Africa and Middle East. When referring to this item please quote stockid 3121. More
Islamic Economic Co-operation.
New York. St. Martin's Press. 1989. Graphs, tables, index, 447pp, tail of spine bumped, good copy in dustjacket. In this book the principles of Islamic economic theory are rigorously applied to the models, quantitative aspects and analysis of issues related to Islamic development co-operation. When referring to this item please..... More
Arab Border-Villages in Israel. A Study of Continuity and Change in Social Organization.
Manchester. Manchester University Press. 1965. Map, tables, folding genealogy table, xiv + 194pp, bibliography, index, appendix, dustjacket browned and little worn, good copy. The 1948-49 Arab-Israeli War brought sudden political and economic upheavals to the life of Arab villages in the area which came to be known as the Israeli..... More
Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum. Part XI I.
Trustees of the British Museum. Reprint. 1962. 50 plates, ex library with neat cancelled stamps endpapers, tall quarto, very good and clean. When referring to this item please quote stockid 162203. More