No date (19th century). Double sided manuscript sheet in Naskh script from a book of praise poetry most probably from the Eastern Arabic speaking world. Text in black and red ink with gold borders with blue lines. Few small holes, lower edge a trifle chipped and worn, torn along fold... More about 19th Century Leaf from a Book of Arabic Praise Poetry
Octopus. 1972. Trans. Profuse colour illustrations, 158pp, index, dustjacket. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 133). More about Egyptian Art
Sydney. Pan. 2006. Young adult novel, paperback. By the author of Does my Head Look Big in This? "For the past three years Jamie/Jamilah has hidden her Lebanese background from everyone at school. It's only with her email friend John that she can really be herself. But now things are... More about Ten Things I Hate About Me
No publication details. Maps, black and white illustrations, xi + 226pp, appendices, bibliography, index, upper edge and front free endpaper stained, minor wear paperback covers, small quarto. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 63622). More about The Modern History of Kuwait 1750-1965
Elibron Classics. 2005. Reprint. 2 volumes in paperback. Vol I: xiv + 447pp; Vol II: vii + 492pp, appendix, index. Modern paperback reprint. Though a facsimile style reprint it does not include the map which was published in the 1888 edition. Useful for the text. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 151621). More about A Personal Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition
Kegan Paul, Trench. 1888. 2 volumes. Volume I: Folding map, xiv + 447pp, List of Officers Attached to the Euphrates Expedition; Volume II: vii + 492pp, appendix, index, a number of the final gatherings unopened. Recased, modern endpapers and black cloth spines lettered in gilt, original blue boards lettered in... More about A Personal Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition
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 about Islam and the West. Reflections from Australia
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 about Change and Persistence of Turkish Culture
New York. Abrams. n.d. Tipped in colour plates, black and white photographic illustrations, plans, endpapers little browned along edges, a very good copy in a little worn and browned now protected dustjacket. A beautifully illustrated book which traces the history and art of the Hittite people who lived in the..... More about The Art of the Hittites
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 about Modernity and Tradition. The Saudi Equation
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 about 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 about Saudi Arabia. A Case Study in Development
Berkeley. University of California Press. (c.1991). Numerous black and white photographic and line illustrations, xv +153pp, index, notes, dustjacket, large octavo. Samir al-Khalil uses artefacts such as 'The Victory Arch' in Baghdad "to illuminate the nature of dictatorship, the relation between developed and developing countries, and the uses and true... More about The Monument. Art, Vulgarity and Responsibility in Iraq
London. Kegan Paul. 1980. ix + 166pp, notes, index, ex library, front paste down little damaged from removal of label, lower endpapers laid down, library markings neatly removed from tail of spine, good copy. An analysis of Kuwait's oil economy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 34379). More about The Oil Economy of Kuwait
Seattle. Uni. of Washington Press. 1988. xi + 122pp, index, very good in dustjacket. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 42169). More about The Invention of Hebrew Prose
Seattle. Uni. of Washington Press. 1988. xi + 122pp, index, dustjacket spine and upper edge sunned, otherwise a very good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160873). More about The Invention of Hebrew Prose. Modern Fiction and the Language of Realism
Tehran. Institute for International Political and Economic Studies. 1975. vi + 417pp, notes, paperback. 13 papers presented at a conference held at the Institute for International Political and Economic Studies in Tehran in 1974 together with edited versions of the discussions which followed. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 44890). More about The Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean in International Politics
London. Faber and Faber, 1930. 46pp, bibliography, endpapers little browned, light foxing on edges, name prior owner front free endpaper, small bookseller's label upper cover, a good copy in little worn paperback with soiled and worn wrappers. A summary of the history of Persian painting from the time of the... More about Criterion Miscellany. No. 25. Persian Painting
London. George Allen & Unwin. 1963. 252pp, notes, sticker stains endpapers, dustjacket little foxed with single closed tear upper edge lower cover, a good hardback copy otherwise. Professor Arberry continues with the task of putting into clear and rhythmical English the two hundred stories and apologues of the Masnavi of... More about More Tales from the Masnavi
London. Murray. 1964. Maps, illustrations, ix + 457pp, appendix, index, cloth binding little worn at extremities, gilt lettered spine, corners of few internal leaves little creased, edges very lightly foxed, a good copy. Reminiscences and comment on Iran from the late 19th century to the mid 20th century by General... More about Under Five Shahs
London. Penguin. 1973. Reprint. Paperback, 229pp, index, minor wear otherwise sound and clean. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 38910). More about The Jews in Business
London. OUP. Number 75 of 750 copies.1934. Full page black and white plates, 51pp, decorative paper covered boards in two places along lower edge and corner, front free endpaper little creased. Poetry. A dialogue involving Akhenaton, Aspasia, Josephus, Saint Louis, Saadi, Beatrice d'Este and Pierpoint Morgan. (When referring to this... More about Kingfisher Out of Egypt. A Dialogue in an English Garden
London. Johnson. 1969. 4 colour maps, 3 folding, coloured charts, 330pp, index, dustjacket worn, now protected, a good copy. 'This is the story of the Saudi Arabian State from its emergence as a nation down to the present day . . . Full particulars are given of negotiations with the... More about Miracle of the Desert Kingdom
London. HarperCollins. 1994. Maps, black and white illustrations, xii + 575pp, chronology, notes, bibliography, index, edges lightly soiled, otherwise good copy in protected dustjacket. Definitive chroncile of the Persian Gulf War. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 63625). More about Crusade. The Untold Story of the Gulf War
London. Burke Publishing, 1990. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout, 112pp, chronology, index, upper cover slightly lifting, paperback. Biography of Anwar Sadat, aimed at the younger reader. World Leaders, Past and Present series. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 67896). More about Anwar Sadat
