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BADRAWI, MALAK ISMA'IL SIDIQI, 1875 - 1950 Pragmatism and vision in twentieth century Egypt. 1996. (xiv, 221 p., b/w photogrs., bibl., ind.) ; cloth. (Copy in mint condition). NEW.

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BAKER, COLIN RETREAT FROM EMPIRE Sir Robert Armitage in Africa and Cyprus. 1998. (xiii, 414 p., maps, notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth. (Mint). The author traces Armitage's outstandingly successful career in Kenya and on to his fateful governorships in Cyprus and Nyasaland. NEW.

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BAKER, RANDALL KING HUSSAIN AND THE KINGDOM OF HIJAZ 1979. (xiv, 243 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in mint condition).

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BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL THE ARMED PROPHET A biography of Ben Gurion. Transl. from the French by LEN ORTZEN. 1967. (viii, 315 p., b/w frontisp., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper only slightly frayed from the edges).

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BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL THE ARMED PROPHET A biography of Ben Gurion. Transl. from the French by LEN ORTZEN. 1967. (viii, 315 p., b/w frontisp., ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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BARAK, FADHIL AL- [DR.] MUSTAFA AL-BARAZANI Al-'ustoura wa al-haqiqa. Baghdad, 1989. (353 p. Arabic text, b/w photogrs., bibl.) ; paper. (Copy in mint condition).

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BARAK, FADHIL AL- [DR.] MUSTAFA AL-BARAZANI Al-'ustoura wa al-haqiqa. 2nd. ed. Baghdad, 1989. (353 p. Arabic text, b/w photogrs., bibl.) ; paper. (Copy in mint condition).

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BARNEA, AMALIA MINE ENEMY Co-author AHARON BARNEA. Transl. from the Hebrew by CHAYA AMIR. New York, 1988. (x, 225 p., b/w photogrs.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy almost as new).

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BARNEA, AMALIA MINE ENEMY Co-author AHARON BARNEA. Transl. from the Hebrew by CHAYA AMIR. New York, 1989. (x, 225 p., b/w photogrs.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy almost as new).

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BASRI, MEER 'A'ALAM AL-SIYASA FI AL-'IRAQ AL-HADEETH 1987. (288 p., bibl.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in mint condition). Contains a chronology of public positions held by Iraqi officials at end of book.

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BEATTY, CHARLES FERDINAND DE LESSEPS A biographical study. 2nd impr. 1956. (334 p., b/w frontisp., chrono., 2 maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (A nice, clean and tight copy).

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BEGIN, MENACHEM THE REVOLT Transl. by SAMUEL KATZ. N.d. (ca. 1951). (xiii, 386 p., b/w frontisp., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper slightly frayed).

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BEIN, ALEX (ED.) ARTHUR RUPPIN: MEMOIRS, DIARIES, LETTERS Transl. from the German by KAREN GERSHON. Afterword by MOSHE DAYAN. Jerusalem, 1971. (xix, 332 p., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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BELFOUR, F.C. (TRANSL.) THE LIFE OF SHEIKH MOHAMMED ALI HAZIN Written by himself: Translated from two Persian manuscripts, and illustrated with notes explanatory of the history, poetry, geography, etc. which therein occur. Oriental Translation Fund, 1830. (xl, 316 p. [some Persian text], [8 p. adverts. at end], notes) ; new cloth. (A very good, clean and tight copy).

[25757] GBP 550.00

BELHAVEN, THE MASTER OF [LORD] THE UNEVEN ROAD 1955. (viii, 335 p., 15 b/w photogrs., 2 maps, ind.) ; cloth; d/w slightly soiled and frayed.

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BELL, GERTRUDE THE LETTERS OF GERTRUDE BELL Selected and edited by Lady BELL. 2 vol. 7th impr. 1927. (xiii, 402 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., map/ vii, 389 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., fold. map at end, ind.) ; cloth. (Ex-lib. with few marks).

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BELL, GAWAIN [SIR] SHADOWS ON THE SAND The memoirs of Sir Gawain Bell. 1983. (xiv, 258 p., 15 b/w photogrs., 2 maps, ind.) ; cloth, d/w. (Copy in mint condition).

[15627] GBP 32.00

BEN-GURION, DAVID ISRAEL: YEARS OF CHALLENGE 1963. (v, 240 p., b/w photogrs., map) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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BENTWICH, NORMAN MY 77 YEARS An account of my life and times 1883-1960. Philadelphia, 1961. ([10], 344 p., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (A very good copy in a slightly frayed dust wrapper).

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BERNADOTTE, FOLKE [COUNT] INSTEAD OF ARMS 1949. (vii, 200 p., b/w frontisp.) ; cloth.

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BIDWELL, ROBIN L. (INTROD.) ARABIAN PERSONALITIES OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY Repr. of the 1917 ed. 1986. (viii, 362 p., fold. map, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in mint condition). A primary sourcebook of British intelligence material gathered by such authorities as T.E. LAWRENCE, RONALD STORRS, BOYLE, CRAUFURD, BRAY, GARLAND, PARKER, DAVENPORT, COX, DOUGLAS CARRUTHERS, C.E. WILSON and GERTRUDE BELL. NEW.

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BIDWELL, ROBIN L. (INTROD.) ARABIAN PERSONALITIES OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY Repr. of the 1917 ed. 1986. (viii, 362 p., fold. map, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition). A primary sourcebook of British intelligence material gathered by such authorities as T.E. LAWRENCE, RONALD STORRS, BOYLE, CRAUFURD, BRAY, GARLAND, PARKER, DAVENPORT, COX, DOUGLAS CARRUTHERS, C.E. WILSON and GERTRUDE BELL.

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BINUR, YORAM MY ENEMY, MY SELF New York, 1989. (xix, 215 p., b/w photogrs.) ; cloth. (Copy almost as new).

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BIRD, MICHAEL SAMUEL SHEPHEARD OF CAIRO A portrait. 1957. (238 p., b/w frontisp., 9 b/w ill., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper frayed from the edges).

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BIRDWOOD, LORD IN MY TIME Recollections and anecdotes. N.d. (ca. 1940s). (112 p., b/w frontisp.) ; cloth. (VG). Mainly memoirs of India.

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BLITZER, WOLF TERRITORY OF LIES The exclusive story of Jonathan Jay Pollard: The American who spied on his country for Israel and how he was betrayed. New York, 1989. (xxvii, 336 p., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy almost in mint condition).

[13751] GBP 28.00

BOLITHO, HECTOR BESIDE GALLILEE A diary in Palestine. 1933. (183 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs.) ; cloth. (Covers slightly soiled).

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BOLITHO, HECTOR JINNAH Creator of Pakistan. 1954. (x, 244 p., ill., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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BORDEAUX, PAULE HENRY- THE CIRCE OF THE DESERT N.d. (ca. 1920s). ([6], 246 p., b/w frontisp.) ; cloth. (Copy in very good condition).

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BOUSTEAD, HUGH [COLONEL SIR] THE WIND OF MORNING Autobiography. 1971. (240 p., b/w photogrs., maps, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Ex-library with few marks).

[43197] GBP 16.00

BOWLE, JOHN JOHN EVELYN AND HIS WORLD A biography, 1981. (xvii, 277 p., b/w photogrs., notes, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

[38814] GBP 22.00

BOYD, H. KEOWN- SOLDIERS OF THE NILE A biographical history of the British officers of the Egyptian Army 1882 - 1925.

[34758] GBP 27.50

BOYLE, CLARA A SERVANT OF THE EMPIRE A memoire of Harry Boyle. With a preface by The Earl of Cromer. 1938. (xxvi, 337 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth. (A very good copy, clean and tight).

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BRENT, PETER T.E. LAWRENCE Intr. by ELIZABETH LONGFORD. 1975. (232 p., col. frontisp., numerous photogrs., [some col.], maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (VG/VG).

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BROWN, MALCOLM (ED.) THE LETTERS OF T.E. LAWRENCE 1988. (xxxi, 568 p., maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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BROWN, MALCOLM (ED.) T.E. LAWRENCE The selected letters. New York, 1989. (xxxvi, 568 p., maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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BROWN, FRANCIS YEATS- BLOODY YEARS A decade of plot and counter-plot by the Golden Horn. New York, 1932. ([8], 312 p., b/w frontisp., 2 sketch plans) ; cloth. (Covers soiled).

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BROWN, FRANCIS YEATS- GOLDEN HORN 1932. (287 p., b/w photogrs., plan) ; cloth. (Foxing on approx. first 30 pages).

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BROWN, FRANCIS YEATS- GOLDEN HORN 1932. (287 p., 3 b/w photogrs., text plan) ; cloth.

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BRUCE, IAN (ED.) THE NUN OF LEBANON The love Affair of Lady Hester Stanhope and Michael Bruce. 1951. (415 p., frontisp., b/w ill., ind.) ; cloth.

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BRUCE, IAN (ED.) THE NUN OF LEBANON The love Affair of Lady Hester Stanhope and Michael Bruce. 1951. (415 p., frontisp., b/w ill., ind.) ; cloth.

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BRUCE, IAN (ED.) THE NUN OF LEBANON The love affair of Lady Hester Stanhope and Michael Bruce. 1951. (415 p., b/w frontisp., b/w ills., ind.) ; cloth. (A good reading copy).

[30883] GBP 8.00

BUCHAN, JOHN MEMORY HOLD THE DOOR epr. 1943. (327, b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth. (Slight rubbing to edges).

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BUCHAN, JOHN MEMORY HOLD-THE-DOOR [The Autobiography of JOHN BUCHAN]. Repr. 1944. (327 p., b/w frontisp., b/w ills., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. Contains several references to T.E.LAWRENCE.

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BULLARD, READER [SIR] LETTERS FROM TEHRAN A British Ambassador in World War II Persia. Introduction by FITZROY MACLEAN. Edited by E.C. HODGKIN. 1991. (300 p.) ; cloth; d/w. Sir Reader Bullard played a major role in some of the most momentous events of modern history. A keen observer of the politics and society of Iran, this collection of Bullard's private letters represents a document of major importance in the study of modern Iranian history. NEW.

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BULOS, NASSIB D. A PALESTINIAN LANDSCAPE Beirut, 1998. (177 p., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). The author was a witness to and a participant in the events leading to the partitin of Palestine in 1948. He gives an acerbic view of Arab leadership during that period. His personal opinions regarding the Oslo peace process are forthright and balanced and reflect accurately the opinions of Christian Palestinians in general. NEW.

[37092] GBP 13.00

BURNS, E.L.M. [LIEUTENANT-GENERAL] BETWEEN ARAB AND ISRAELI Beirut, 1969. (336 p., b/w photogrs., maps, bibl., ind.) (I.P.S., Beirut. Reprint Series, No. 2) ; paper.

[33468] GBP 12.00

BUSTANI, LAURA A MARRIAGE OUT OF TIME My life with and without Emile Buistani. 1994. (xiv, 305 p., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). NEW.

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CAMERON, A.J. ABU DHARR AL-GHIFARI An examination of his image in the hagiography of Islam. Repr. 1982. (xv, 176 p., bibl.) ; cloth. (Copy in mint condition). In this study Dr. Cameron has assembled and critically analysed a formidable corpus of traditions and reports relating to Abu Dharr. Considered within the context of our understanding of the political, social and religious tensions which divided the Islamic community after the rise to power of the Umayyad dynasty, they have enabled him to distinguish the reality of Abu Dharr and the problems which concerned him from the image which later generations projected on to their particular concept of proto-Muslim society. NEW.

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CAMPBELL, ROBERT B. (ED.) CONTEMPORARY ARAB WRITERS: Biographies and autobiographies. 2 vols. Stuttgart, 1996. (1420 p. Arabic text) ; paper. (Copy in mint condition). NEW.

[34844] GBP 138.00

CANDLER, EDMUND THE LONG ROAD TO BAGHDAD 2nd impr. 2 vols. 1919. (xiii, 294 p., b/w frontisp., maps and plans [one fold.], b/w photogrs./ vii, 311 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., maps, ind.) ; original cloth. (Copy in very good condition).

[35178] GBP 125.00

CANDLER, EDMUND YOUTH AND THE EAST An unconventional autobiography. 1924. (231 p.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition). Edmund Candler is also the author of THE LONG ROAD TO BAGHDAD, THE MANTLE OF THE EAST among others.

[31274] GBP 28.00

CARMAN, BARRY (ED.) BIMBASHI MCPHERSON Co-ed. JOHN MCPHERSON. Preface by LAWRENCE DURRELL. 1983. (313 p., b/w photogrs., gloss., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (VG/VG). As Durrell remarks, "there have been many books of political analysis and of gossip but nothing (that I have seen) which bears the authentic stamp of first hand knowledge as this one". Joseph McPherson, arrived in Egypt in 1901. He fell in love with the country, its people and customs and stayed there until his death in 1946. This volume presents an edited version of thousands of letters he wrote home during this period.

[43127] GBP 22.00

CARMAN, BARRY (ED.) BIMBASHI MCPHERSON: A LIFE IN EGYPT Co-ed. JOHN MCPHERSON. Preface by LAWRENCE DURRELL. 1983. (313 p., b/w photogrs., gloss., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy almost as new). As Durrell remarks, "there have been many books of political analysis and of gossip but nothing (that I have seen) which bears the authentic stamp of first hand knowledge as this one". Joseph McPherson, arrived in Egypt in 1901. He fell in love with the country, its people and customs and stayed there until his death in 1946. This volume presents an edited version of thousands of letters he wrote home during this period.

[7218] GBP 28.00

CARR, WINIFRED HUSSEIN'S KINGDOM Foreword by HM KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN. 1966. (176 p., b/w frontisp., b/w potogrs., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy signed by the author).

[13147] GBP 28.00

CARTER, JIMMY KEEPING FAITH Memoirs of a president. 1982. (xvi, 622 p., ill., ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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CASEY, [LORD] PERSONA EXPERIENCE: 1939 - 46 New York, 1962. (xi, 256 p., b/w photogrs., sketch map, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Minor fraying to edges of dust wrapper. Otherwise, copy in very good condition).

[39642] GBP 24.00

CHALFONT, [LORD] BY GOD'S WILL A portrait of the Sultan of Brunei. 1989. (200 p., col. photogrs., map, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (VG/VG).

[43091] GBP 10.00

CHENEY, MICHAEL SHELDON BIG OIL MAN FROM ARABIA 1958. (320 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., endp. maps) ; cloth. (Cover slightly soiled). The author writes of his experiences as a public relations and personnel worker for the big oil and construction companies in the Middle East. He describes the sudden transformation of a feudal nation under the impact of modern technology, and the role of ARAMCO. This book is primarily an entertaining and colourful account of the kind of life that thousands of American men and women have lived (and are now living) overseas.

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CHENEY, MICHAEL SHELDON BIG OIL MAN FROM ARABIA 1958. (320 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., endp. maps) ; cloth; d/w. (VG). The author writes of his experiences as a public relations and personnel worker for the big oil and construction companies in the Middle East. He describes the sudden transformation of a feudal nation under the impact of modern technology, and the role of ARAMCO. This book is primarily an entertaining and colourful account of the kind of life that thousands of American men and women have lived (and are now living) overseas.

[42934] GBP 22.00

CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL Vol. I: Youth 1874 - 1900. 1966. (xxxvi, 608 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., 2 fold. genealogical charts at end, ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

[31017] GBP 22.00

CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL Vol. II: Young Statesman 1901 - 1914. 1967. (xxix, 775 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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CLARK, PETER MARMADUKE PICKTHALL: BRITISH MUSLIM 1986. ([12], 156 p., b/w photogrs., notes, a Pickthall bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in mint condition).

[8889] GBP 12.00

CLAYTON, GILBERT [SIR] AN ARABIAN DIARY Introd. and ed. by ROBERT O. COLLINS. Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1969. (xiv, 379 p., 2 b/w photogrs., 2 maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (A very good copy).

[6173] GBP 125.00

CLOT, ANDRE SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT The man, his life, his epoch. 1992. (viii, 399 p., maps, gloss., chrono., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). NEW.

[42126] GBP 35.00

COHEN, ROGER IN THE EYE OF THE STORM The life of General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. Co-author CLAUDION GATTI. 1991. ([6], 342 p., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in mint condition).

[22549] GBP 16.00

COLES [PASHA], C.E. RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS N.d. (ca. 1918). (xv, 208 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth. (Covers slightly rubbed. Otherwise, a very good copy).

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COLES [PASHA], C.E. RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS N.d. (ca. 1918). (xv, 208 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth.

[41647] GBP 14.00

CONNELL, JOHN WAVELL SCHOLAR AND SODLIER To June 1941. 1964. (574 p., b/w frontisp., many b/w photogrs., 6 maps, endp. maps, chrono., gloss., notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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CONNELL, JOHN WAVELL SCHOLAR AND SOLDIER To June 1941. 1964. (574 p., b/w frontisp., many b/w photogrs., 6 maps, endp. maps, chrono., gloss., notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w only soiled and frayed.

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CONNELL, JOHN WAVELL SCHOLAR AND SOLDIER To June 1941. 1964. (574 p., b/w frontisp., many b/w photogrs., 6 maps, endp. maps, chrono., gloss., notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w slightly soiled.

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CONRAD, LAWRENCE I. (ED.) THE WORLD OF IBN TUFAYL Interdisciplinary studies on Hayy ibn Yaqzan. Leiden, 1996. (viii, 304 p.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in mint condition). The book consists of ten essays by scholars in different fields in Arabic-Islamic studies on Ibn Tufayl's Hayy ibn Yaqzan, one of the most extraordinary works of medieval Arabic literature, and a text with important dimentions in social and intellectual history, literature, mysticism, philosophy, medicine and science. NEW. FORTHCOMING.

[30302] GBP 58.00

COOK, MICHAEL MUHAMMAD Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press, 1983. (93 p., ind.) ; paper. (Mint).

[10129] GBP 5.00

CRAWFORD, FRED D. RICHARD ALDINGTON AND LAWRENCE OF ARABIA A cautionary tale. Carbondale, Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1998. (xvii, 263 p., b/w frontisp., notes, bibl. ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). Together with the book review in The Observer of 2/8/1998.

[38660] GBP 35.00

CROMER, [EARL OF] ABBAS II 1915. (xxviii, 84 p.) ; cloth. (Covers soiled and rubbed from the edges).

[27139] GBP 14.00

CROMER, [EARL OF] ABBAS II 1915. (xxviii, 84 p.) ; cloth. (Covers soiled).

[42979] GBP 14.00

CROMER, [EARL OF] MODERN EGYPT 2 vol. 1908. (xviii, 594 p., b/w frontisp., fold. map/ xiv, 600 p., ind.) ; cloth. (Copy in good condition).

[40819] GBP 34.00

CUNNINGHAM, A.B. (ED.) THE EARLY CORRESPONDENCE OF RICHARD WOOD, 1831-1844 1966. (v, 281 p., gloss., ind.) (Royal Historical Society, Camden Fourth Series, Vol. 3) ; cloth.

[6329] GBP 55.00

CURTIS, GEORGE WILLIAM NILE NOTES OF A HOWADJI New York, 1856. (x, 362 p.) ; cloth. (A very good copy).

[8416] GBP 34.00

DALY, M.W. THE ROAD TO SHAYKAN Letters of General William Hicks Pasha written during the Sennar and Kordofan campaigns, 1883. Durham, 1983. (112 p., notes, map) (Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Univ. of Durham. Occasional Papers No. 20) ; wrapps. (Copy in mint condition). NEW.

[15421] GBP 10.00

DAVIS, URI CROSSING THE BORDER An autobiography of an Anti-Zionist Palestinian Jew. 1995. (398 p., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; paper. (Copy in mint condition). Given Uri Davis' international role in defence of human rights, notably the defence of Palestinian rights against Zionist apartheid and Israeli occupation, this volume records important chapters of Palestinian history and the mobilization of Palestine solidarity in Israel and in Europe since the mid-1960s. NEW.

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DAYAN, RUTH OR DID I DREAM A DREAM ? 1973. (275 p., 8 pages of b/w photogr.) ; cloth; d/w. Co- author HELGA DUDMAN. (Copy in very fine condition).

[3780] GBP 16.00

DAYAN, MOSHE BREAKTHROUGH A personal account of the Egypt-Israel peace negotiations. 1981. (368 p., b/w photogrs., maps, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper slightly soiled from the edges).

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DAYAN, MOSHE STORY OF MY LIFE 1976. (530 p., b/w photogrs., maps, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper only slightly frayed from the edges).

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DE GAURY, GERALD ARABIA PHOENIX An account of a visit to Ibn Saud chieftain of the austere Wahhabis and powerful Arabian king. Repr. 1947. (169 p., 64 b/w photogrs., endp. maps, genealogical table, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Minor fading to top of spine).

[37410] GBP 36.00

DE GAURY, GERALD FAISAL King of Saudi Arabia. New York, 1967. (xiv, 191 p., b/w photogrs., map, chart of Saudi Arabian administration, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Ex-lib. copy in very good condition).

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DEEB, MARY JANE HASIB SABBAGH From Palestinian refugee to citizen of the world. Co-ed. MARY E. KING. Lanham [MD], Univ. Press of America, 1996. (viii, 110 p., b/w photogrs.) ; cloth. (Mint). NEW.

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FARWELL, BYRON BURTON A biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton. 1988. ([16], 431 p., b/w photogrs., maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (F/VG).

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FAWZI, AHMAD 'ABD-UL-SALAM MUHAMMAD 'AREF Seeratuhu - muhaakamatuhu - masra'uhu. Baghdad, 1989. (272 p. Arabic text, b/w photogrs) ; paper. (Mint).

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FINKLESTONE, JOSEPH ANWAR SADAT Visionary who dared. 1996. (xxxvi, 297 p., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition). This book tells the story of a life shaped by Egypt's national struggle and dominated by the conflict between the Arab world and Israel.

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FITZHERBERT, MARGARET THE MAN WHO WAS GREENMANTLE A biography of Aubrey Herbert. 1983. (250 p., notes, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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FOOT, HUGH [SIR] A START IN FREEDOM 1964. (256 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy and dust wrapper in very good condition). The author had an adventurous career of thirty years in the British Colonial Service. His early experience was in riot and rebellion in Palestine, and in the turmoil of the war years in the Middle East. He also served in Nigeria, Jamaica and Cyprus.

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FOX, ROBIN LANE ALEXANDER THE GREAT 1975. (568 p., b/w photogrs., maps., bibl., ind.) ; paper. (Copy in very good condition).

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GLYNN, JENNIFER (ED.) TIDINGS FROM ZION Helen Bentwich's letters from Jerusalem, 1919-1931. 1998. (192 p.) ; cloth. (Mint). Living in Palestine as the wife of the British Attorney General, Helen Bentwich was immersed in the politics and society of the early days of the British Mandate. This selection of her letters mix political comment with details of personal life and gossip. NEW. FORTHCOMING.

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GOWERS, ANDREW BEHIND THE MYTH Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian revolution. Co-author TONY WALKER. 1990. (xxv, 356 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., maps, endp. maps, gloss., notes, bibl., chart, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy almost as new).

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HAIKAL, YOUSSEF 'AYAM AL-SIBA Souwar mina al-hayat wa safahat mina al-tareekh. Amman, 1988. (231 p. Arabic text) ; paper. (Copy in mint condition).

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HEIKAL, MOHAMMAD H. AUTUMN OF FURY The assassination of Sadat. 1983. (xiii, 290 p., numerous b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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HELM, A.S. FIGHTS AND FURLOUGHS IN THE MIDDLE EAST A story of soldiering and travel in Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Greece, Crete, Trans-Jordan, Syria, Irak and Iran by a Kiwi of the 2nd N.Z.E.F. N.d. (ca. 1950s). ([10], 301 p., 55 b/w photogrs., endp. maps) ; cloth.

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HENDERSON, EDWARD THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY 1988. ([8], 184 p., b/w photogrs., endp. maps, sketch map, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition and signed by author.).

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HENDERSON, SIMON INSTANT EMPIRE Saddam Hussein's ambition for Iraq. San Francisco, 1991. (xiii, 271 p., b/w photogrs., chrono., notes, bibl., ind.) ; paper. (Red cross mark on half-title page. Good). A history of the rise and rule of Saddam Hussein.

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HERSH, SEYMOUR M. KISSINGER. THE PRICE OF POWER Henry Kissinger in the Nixon White House. 1983. (698 p., ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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HILL, RICHARD (ED.) SUDAN MEMOIRS OF CARL CHRISTIAN GIEGLER PASHA 1873 - 83 Transl. from the German by THIRZA KUPPER. Foreword by the Pasha's Great-Grandfather HEIDI GROHA. 1984. (xxxii, 231 p., b/w photogrs., maps, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in mint condition).

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HIRST, DAVID SADAT Co-author IRENE BEESON. 1981. (384 p., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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HITTI, PHILIP KHURI (TRANSL.) AN ARAB SYRIAN GENTLEMAN AND WARRIOR IN THE PERIOD OF THE CRUSADES Memoirs of Usamah Ibn-Munqidh. 1987. (x, 265 p., b/w frontisp., facs. reproduction of two pages, 1 b/w photogr., map, extensive notes, ind.) ; paper. (Copy in mint condition). Aside from the academic interest of this book, it provides entertaining reading to the general reader with an insight into the way of life at the time of the Crusades.

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HOCKING, JENNY LIONEL MURPHY A political biography. Repr. Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997. (xii, 359 p., notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy almost as new).

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HODGKIN, THOMAS LETTERS FROM PALESTINE Ed. by E. C. HODGKIN. 1986. (202 p., b/w ills.) ; cloth; d/w.

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HODGKIN, THOMAS LETTERS FROM PALESTINE, 1932-36 Ed. by E.C. HODGKIN. 1986. (xx, 202 p.) ; cloth; d/w. (Front bottom cover grazed and same with d/w). (Otherwise, copy in very good condition).

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HODGKIN, E.C. (ED.) TWO KINGS IN ARABIA Sir Reader Bullard's Letters from Jeddah 1923-5 and 1936-9. Foreword by Sir MICHAEL WEIR. 1993. (xiii, 289 p., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in mint condition). NEW.

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HOFFMAN, RUTH OUR ARABIAN NIGHTS New York, 1940. (307 p., b/w text ills.) ; cloth. ((Copy in very good condition). An entertaining book of Baghdad days.

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HOFFMANN, PETER STAUFFENBERG A family history, 1905 - 1944. Cambridge, 1997. (442 p., 43 ills.) ; paper. (Mint). NEW.

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HOGARTH, DAVID GEORGE THE LIFE OF CHARLES M. DOUGHTY Garden City, NY, 1929. (viii, [2], 216 p., b/w frontisp., fold. map at end., ind.) ; cloth. (Copy in very good condition. Dust wrapper available but in poor condition).

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HOGARTH, DAVID GEORGE THE LIFE OF CHARLES M. DOUGHTY Oxford Univ. Press, 1928. (viii, [4], 216 p., b/w frontisp., b/w ills., fold. map at end, ind.) ; cloth.

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HOLDEN, DAVID FAREWELL TO ARABIA 1966. (268 p., b/w frontisp., 16 b/w photogrs., 3 maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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HOLDEN, DAVID THE HOUSE OF SAUD Co-author RICHARD JOHNS. Foreword by LORD TREVELYAN. 1981. (xiv, 582 p., b/w photogrs., maps, bibl., ind.) ; paper. (Copy in good condition). A highly informed, balanced assessment of the kingdom and its ruling family - from the emergence of this desert dynasty on the world stage to its current key position in oil and Arab politics.

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HOLDEN, DAVID THE HOUSE OF SAUD The rise and rule of the most powerful dynasty in the Arab World. Co-author RICHARD JOHNS. Foreword by LORD TREVELYAN. New York, 1981. (xiv, 569 p., b/w photogrs., maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper slightly soiled). A highly informed, balanced assessment of the kingdom and its ruling family - from the emergence of this desert dynasty on the world stage to its current key position in oil and Arab politics.

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HOLLIDAY, EUNICE LETTERS FROM JERUSALEM DURING THE PALESTINE MANDATE Co-ed. JOHN C. HOLLIDAY. 1997. (176 p., ills., maps, notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth. (Mint). NEW.

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HOLT, PETER M. (ED.) THE MEMOIRS OF A SYRIAN PRINCE Abu'l-Fida, Sultan of Hamah (672-732/1273-1331). Transl. with an introduction. Wiesbaden, 1983. (xi, 99 p., map, genealogical table, notes, ind.) ; wrapps. (Copy in mint condition).

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HOMERIN, TH. EMIL FROM ARAB POET TO MUSLIM SAINT Ibn al-Farid, his verse, and his shrine. Univ. of South Carolina, 1994. (xii, 162 p., gloss., notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in mint condition).

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HOPKINS, JOHN THE TANGIER DIARIES 1962-1979 1997. (200 p., ills.). paper. (Mint). American novelist Hopkins arrived in Tangier at the age of 24 and ended up spending almost two decades in Morocco, mixing with a wide cast of characters, Jane and Paul Bowles, David Herbert and Malcolm Forbes among them. NEW.

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HOSKINS, ALAN A CONTRACT OFFICER IN THE OMAN 1988. (192 p., bibl.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in mint condition). The author provides an honest, often amusing account of four years as a staff officer with the Ministry of Defence (Oman). His story centres on the day to day running of affairs in a "closed" country whose culture was so alien to those Britishers contracted to the Sultan's Armed Forces.

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HOUT, BAYAN NUWAIHID AL- SITTOUN 'AAMAN MA'A AL-QAFILAH AL-'ARABIYYAH Muthakarat 'AJAJ NUWAIHID. Beirut, 1993. (548 p. Arabic text, b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth. (Copy in mint condition).

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HOUT, MAHMOUD SALIM AL- SHAIKH BEIRUT AL-'ALLAMAH AL-IMAM MUHAMMAD AL-HOUT 1209 - 1276 A.H. (1794 - 1860 A.D.). Beirut, 1994. (340 p. Arabic text, b/w facs. reproductions of documents, notes, bibl., ind.) ; paper. (Copy in mint condition).

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HOWARTH, DAVID THE DESERT KING A life of Ibn Saud. 1st ed. 1964. (251 p., b/w photogrs., endp. maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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HOWARTH, DAVID THE DESERT KING A life of Ibn Saud. 1964. (251 p., b/w photogrs., endp. maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth.

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HOWARTH, DAVID THE DESERT KING A life of Ibn Saud. 1964. (252 p., b/w photogrs., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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HOWE, MARVINE ONE WOMAN'S MOROCCO 1956. (240 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth.

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HUGESSEN, H. KNATCHBULL- DIPLOMAT IN PEACE AND WAR 1st ed. 1949. (x, 270 p., b/w frontisp., b/w ills., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition). The author served in the Diplomatic Service at The Hague (1919-1923), Paris (1923-1930), Baltic States (1930-1934), Persia (1934-1936), China (1936-1937), Turkey (1939-1944), finally ending his career as Ambassador in Belgium and Minister in Luxemourg (1944-1947).

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HUGHES, JEAN GORDON QUEEN OF THE DESERT The story of Lady Hester Stanhope. 1967. (160 p., text ill., map) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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HUSEINI, ISHAQ MUSA THE LIFE AND WORKS OF IBN QUTAYBA Beirut, 1950. (xx, 106 p., notes, bibl.) (American University of Beirut, Oriental Series No. 21) ; paper. (VG).

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HUSSAIN, [BIN TALAL] UNEASY LIES THE HEAD An autobiography by His Majesty KING HUSSEIN of Jordan. 1962. (x, 233 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs.) ; cloth. (Copy in very good condition).

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HUSSAIN, KHALIL 'IBRAHIM AL-LUGHZ AL-MUHAYYER 'Abd al-Karim Qassem. Bidayat al-so'oud. Part 6. Baghdad, 1989. (405 p. Arabic text, b/w photogrs.) ; paper. (Cover slightly soiled. Otherwise, copy as new).

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I.P.S. WHO IS MENAHEM BEGIN? A documentary sketch. Comp. by the International Studies Section of the I.P.S. Beirut, 1977. (72 p.) (I.P.S., Beirut. Memoranda Series No. 13) ; paper.

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IMBER, COLIN EBU'S SU'UD The Islamic legal tradition. Edinburgh Edinburgh Univ. Press, 1997. (xii, 288 p., gloss., notes, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). The Jurist Ebu's-su'ud (c.1490-1574) occupies a key position in the history of Islamic Law. He was a scholar who, for forty years, occupied successfully the senior judicial positions in the Ottoman Empire. Confronting the problem of reconciling classical Islamic jurisprudence with the day-to-day legal needs of an empire, he earned an enduring reputation as the jurist who harmonised the Holy Law of Islam with secular practice.

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INNES, NEIL MCLEOD MINISTER IN OMAN A personal narrative. 1987. (ix, 292 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., map, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in mint condition). [Memoirs of the Minister of Foreign and External Affairs, Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1953 - 1958]. NEW.

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IRVING, WASHINGTON LIFE OF MAHOMET Ed. by ERNEST RHYS. Introd. by E. VERNON ARNOLD. N.d. (ca. 1911). (xx, 265 p., ind.) ; cloth. (Everyman's Library. In good condition).

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IRVING, WASHINGTON LIVES OF MAHOMET AND HIS SUCCESSORS Paris, 1850. (xi, 384 p.) ; new quarter leather binding. (A nice copy, well bound, intact and tight).

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ISRAELI, RAPHAEL (ED.) THE PUBLIC DIARY OF PRESIDENT SADAT 3 parts. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1978/9. Part 1. The Road to War (Oct. 1970 - October 1973). (xii, 442 p., notes). Part 2. The road of diplomacy. The continuation of war by other means (November 1973 - May 1975). (pp. viii, 443 - 896, notes). Part 3. The Road of Pragmatism (June 1975 - October 1976). (viii, pp. 897 - 1425, notes, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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ISRAELI, RAPHAEL MAN OF DEFIANCE A political biography of Anwar Sadat. 1985. (xix, 314 p., chrono., notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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ISSAM EL-SAID FOUNDATION ISSAM EL-SAID Artist and Scholar. 1989. (120 p., 115 col. plates) ; cloth. (Copy in mint condition). Containing over a hundred colour plates illustrating El-Said's work, including many of his own paintings and drawings, and with written contributions from members of his family and colleagues in the art world, this book is a celebration of Issam El-Said's life and art. NEW.

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JABRA, JABRA IBRAHIM SHARI' AL-AMIRAAT Fusul min seerah thatiyyah. Beirut, 1994. (261 p. Arabic text) ; paper. (Copy in mint condition).

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JAMES, LAWRENCE THE GOLDEN WARRIOR The life and legend of Lawrence of Arabia. 1991. (xii, 404 p., b/w photogrs., maps, notes, bibl., ind.) ; paper. A controversial and provocative biography of T.E.LAWRENCE. The author reconstructs Lawrence's wartine career and analyses how it was translated into legend in the 1920s and 1930s. He traces how Lawrence used and contributed to this legend, and how the myth of the so-called betrayal of the Arabs by the British has coloured the subsequent history of the Middle East.

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JAMES, LAWRENCE THE GOLDEN WARRIOR The life and legend of Lawrence of Arabia. 1995. (xx, 508 p., b/w photogrs., maps, notes, bibl., ind.) ; paper. A controversial and provocative biography of T.E.LAWRENCE. The author reconstructs Lawrence's wartine career and analyses how it was translated into legend in the 1920s and 1930s. He traces how Lawrence used and contributed to this legend, and how the myth of the so-called betrayal of the Arabs by the British has coloured the subsequent history of the Middle East. Revised and updated edition.

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JARVIS, H. WOOD FROM PHARAOH TO FAROUK Repr. 1956. (viii, 299 p., ind.) ; cloth. (Missing front free endpaper).

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JARVIS, C.S. [MAJOR] ARAB COMMAND The biography of Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Peake Pasha. Repr. May 1946. (158 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., endpaper maps, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Minor fraying to edges of dust wrapper. Otherwise, copy in very good condition).

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JARVIS, C.S. [MAJOR] HAPPY YESTERDAYS Illustrated by ROLY. 1948. (184 p., many b/w ills.) ; cloth. (Front of dust wrapper pasted on inside paste down front free endpaper). One of the lesser known books of the author but equally entertaining.

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JAZA'IRI, MUHAMMAD 'IBRAHIM 'ATHAR AL-ZA'EEM SA'AD ZAGHLOUL 'Ahd wazarat al-sha'ab. Vol. 1 (probably all published). Cairo, 1927. (424 p. Arabic text, b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs.) ; paper. (Back cover missing. No other loss).

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JEFFERY, ARTHUR (ED.) ISLAM: MUHAMMAD AND HIS RELIGION New York, 1958. (xviii, 252 p., gloss., ind.) ; paper.

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JORDAN, RUTH DAUGHTER OF THE WAVES Memories of growing up in pre-war Palestine. New York, 1983. (213 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition). The Jewish view point of life in Palestine during the Mandate period.

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JUDD, D. LORD READING Rufus Isaacs, First Marquess of Reading, Lord Chief Justice and Viceroy of India, 1860 - 1935. 1982. (x, 316 p., b/w photogrs., notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy almost as new).

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KAMAL UD-DIN THE IDEAL PROPHET 1986. (312 P. p.) cloth; d/w. (Copy in mint condition).

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KANOO, KHALID M. THE HOUSE OF KANOO A century of an Arabian family business. 1997. (xviii, 323 p., b/w photogrs., gloss., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint).

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KATOUZIAN, HOMA SADEQ HEDAYAT The life and legend of an Iranian writer. (352 p.,) ; paper. (Mint). The book is the first comprehensive study of Hedayat's life and works set against the background of literary and political developmants in Iran. NEW. FORTHCOMING.

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KATOUZIAN, HOMA SADEQ HEDAYAT The life and literature of an Iranian writer. 1991. (x, 306 p., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). The first comprehensive biography of twentieth-century Iran's most famous writer, this book sets Sadeq Hedayat's work in its literary and political context. NEW.

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KEDOURIE, ELIE ARABIC POLITICAL MEMOIRS AND OTHER STUDIES 1974. (viii, 327 p., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). NEW.

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KEENAN, BRIAN AN EVIL CRADLING 1992. (xv, 296 p.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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KENRICK, ROSEMARY SUDAN TALES Recollections of some Sudan Political Service wives 1926 - 1956. 1987. (xvi, 158 p., b/w photogrs., maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). NEW.

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KERR, ANN Z. COME WITH ME FROM LEBANON An American family odyssey. Foreword by Albert Hourani. An American family's involvement in the Mideast from 1950 to 1990. Syracuse Univ. Press, 1996. (384 p.) ; paper. (Mint). The story of ANN ZWICKER KERR's life in Lebanon and the events that led to her husband's assassination. NEW.

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KHADDURI, MAJID ARAB CONTEMPORARIES The role of personalities in politics. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1973. (x, 255 p., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper slightly frayed from the edges). Presentation copy to Dr. Henry Kissinger from the author.

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KHALAF, SALAH (ABU IYAD) FILASTINI BILA HAWIYYAH Liqa'aat ma'a al-kateb al-Faransi Eric Roulou. Transl. by NASEER MRUWEH. Kuwait, n.d. (ca. 1980). (333 p. Arabic text) ; paper.

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KHORSHEED, 'ITIMAD SHAHIDAH 'ALA 'INHIRAFAT SALAH NASR Cairo, 1988. (318 p. Arabic text, b/w photogrs.) ; paper.

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KIERNAN, R.H. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Repr. September 1945. (198 p., b/w photogrs., maps, bibl.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper frayed from the edges).

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KIERNAN, R.H. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 1935. ([ix], 198 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., maps, bibl.) ; cloth. (Part of dust wrapper pasted to front and back endpapers).

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KIERNAN, THOMAS YASIR ARAFAT The man and the myth. 1976. (223 p.) ; paper. (Cover slightly frayed).

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KING, MARY MAHATMA GHANDI AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR The power of nonviolent action. 1999. (xvii, 529 p., b/w photogrs., bibl.) ; paper. (Mint). This book looks at nonviolent political strategy and change in the twentieth century by chronicling some of its theorists, their strategies and their struggles, and by comparing the words of Ghandi and King. The author is a political scientist and herself a participant in the American civil rights movement. In 1988 she was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award for her book "Freedom Song". NEW.

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KIRKBRIDE, ALEC [SIR] A CRACKLE OF THORNS Experiences in the Middle East. 1956. ([10], 201 p., b/w photogrs., map, ind.) ; cloth. (Back inner hinge split).

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KIRKBRIDE, ALEC [SIR] FROM THE WINGS Amman memoirs 1947 - 1951. 1976. (194 p., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). NEW.

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KIRKBRIDE, ALEC S. A CRACKLE OF THORNS Experiences in the Middle East. 1956. (viii, 201 p., ill., ind.) ; cloth.

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KNIGHTLEY, PHILLIP THE SECRET LIVES OF LAWRENCE OF ARABIA 2nd impr. 1969. (ix, 293 p., b/w photogrs., map, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. Copy in very good condition.

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KNIGHTLEY, PHILLIP THE SECRET LIVES OF LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Co-author COLIN SIMPSON. 1969. (x, 293 p., b/w photogrs., bibl., ind.) ; cloth. (A very good copy).

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KNIGHTLEY, PHILLIP THE SECRET LIVES OF LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Co-author COLIN SIMPSON. 2nd impr. 1969. (x, 293 p., b/w photogrs., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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KNIGHTLEY, PHILLIP THE SECRET LIVES OF LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Co-author COLIN SIMPSON. 1971. (331 p., b/w photogrs., bibl., ind.) ; paper. (Copy in good condition).

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KNIGHTLEY, PHILLIP THE SECRET LIVES OF LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Co-author COLIN SIMPSON. 1969. (x, 293 p., b/w photogrs., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper frayed from the edges).

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KNIGHTLEY, PHILLIP THE SECRET LIVES OF LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Co-author COLIN SIMPSON. 1st ed. 1969. (x, 293 p., b/w photogrs., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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KOBAK, ANNETTE ISABELLE: THE LIFE OF ISABELLE EBERHARDT The life of Isabelle Eberhardt. 1st ed. 1988. ([14], 258 p., b/w photogrs., maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper slightly worn from the edges).

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KORDI, GOHAR AN IRANIAN ODYSSEY 1991. (141 p., map) ; paper. (Mint). The author was born in a small Kurdish village in Iran. At the age of four, she became blind. She writes of her growing up in the country, the family's move to Teheran and her personal struggle to get an education and become the first woman student at the university.

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KRAUS, HANS PETER A RARE BOOK SAGA The autobiography of H.P. KRAUS. New York, 1978. (xvii, 386 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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LANDAU, ROM HASSAN II KING OF MOROCCO 1962. (95 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs.) ; cloth; d/w.

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LARSSON, THEO SEVEN PASSPORTS FOR PALESTINE Sixty years in the Levant. 1995. (124 p., b/w photogrs.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy signed by the author and in mint condition). Personal account of the writer's interesting life in the Middle East especially Palestine that has many fascinating stories to tell of a world passed away. NEW.

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LAVIE, NAPHTALI LAU- MOSHE DAYAN A biography. 1968. (223 p., frontisp., ill., endp. maps, ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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LAWRENCE, T.E. A'MIDAT AL-HIKMAH AL-SAB'AH SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. Transl. by MUHAMMAD NAJJAR. Amman, 1998. (784 p. Arabic text, b/w photogrs., 4 maps) ; boards. (Mint). NEW.

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LAWRENCE, T.E. THE DIARY KEPT BY T.E. LAWRENCE While travelling in Arabia during 1911. Introduction by ROBIN BIDWELL. Repr. 1995. (xi, [5], 78 p., 13 b/w photogrs.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint).

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LAWRENCE, T.E. THE ESSENTIAL T.E. LAWRENCE Selected with a preface by D. GARNETT. 1951. (328 p., b/w frontisp., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Inner back hinge slightly shaken, otherwise good copy).

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LAWRENCE, T.E. THE ESSENTIAL T.E. LAWRENCE Selected with a preface by D. GARNETT. 1951. (328 p., b/w frontisp., ind.) ; cloth. (Copy in good condition).

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LAWRENCE, T.E. THE MINT Notes made in the R.A.F. Depot between August and December, 1922, and at Cadet College in 1925 by T.E, Lawrence (352087 A/c Ross). Regrouped and copied in 1927 and 1928 at Aircraft Depot, Karachi. Garden City, New York, 1955. (250 p.) ; cloth; slip case. Copy No. 764 of a Limited Edition of 1000 copies. (Copy and slip case in very good condition). According to O'Brien this is the Second American Edition [Limited to 1000 copies], the First being the Copyright edition of which 50 copies only were printed [O'Brien A168].

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LAWRENCE, T.E. THE MINT A day book of the RAF depot between August and December 1922 with later notes by 352087 A/C ROSS. 1955. (206 p.) ; cloth; d/w. (VG/VG).

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LAWRENCE, T.E. ORIENTAL ASSEMBLY Ed. by A. W. Lawrence. 1939. (xii, 291 p., b/w frontisp., 125 b/w photogrs., b/w ills., map, plan, ind.) ; new buckram.

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LAWRENCE, T.E. REVOLT IN THE DESERT New York, 1927. (xvi, 335 p., b/w frontisp., b/w ills., fold. map at end., ind.) ; cloth; d/w soiled, and torn from top and bottom, but complete with no loss of text. (First American ed. O'Brien A107).

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LAWRENCE, T.E. REVOLT IN THE DESERT 5th impr. March 1927. (446 p., b/w frontisp., b/w ills., fold. map at end., ind.) ; cloth.

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LAWRENCE, T.E. REVOLT IN THE DESERT 5th imprs. 1927. (446 p., b/w frontisp., b/w ills., fold. map, ind.) ; cloth. (VG).

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LAWRENCE, T.E. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM The Complete 1922 text. Ed. by JEREMY WILSON. 2 vols. Fordingbridge, 1997. Vol. I: Introduction and books I - V (xii, 433 p., 2 maps in end pocket). Vol. II: Books VI - X (456 p., editorial notes plus a 112 page photographic album reproducing photographs from the collection formed by Lawrence and presented to the Imperial War Museum, paper-bound booklet, containing parallel texts of the first eight chapters of SEVEN PILLARS) ; Oxford-blue Harmatan goatskin. (Mint). This complete 1922 text of T.E. Larence's SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM is first published in 1997 in an edition of 752 two-volume sets, of which 650 sets are bound in quarter-cloth and 80 sets in full goatskin. Twenty sets in a special inlaid binding are accompanied by a parallel printing of Lawrenc's 1922 and 1926 texts. Two sets lettered "A" and "B", are reserved. Each set is numbered in Volume II. This set belongs to the 80 sets bound in goatskin.

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LAWRENCE, T.E. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM The Complete 1922 text. Ed. by JEREMY WILSON. 2 vols. Fordingbridge, 1997. Vol. I: Introduction and books I - V (xii, 433 p., 2 maps in end pocket). Vol. II [FORTHCOMING]: Books VI - X (456 p., editorial notes plus a 112 page photographic album reproducing photographs from the collection formed by Lawrence and presented to the Imperial War Museum) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). This complete 1922 text of T.E. Larence's SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM is first published in 1997 in an edition of 752 two-volume sets, of which 650 sets are bound in quarter-cloth and 80 sets in full goatskin. Twenty sets in a special inlaid binding are accompanied by a parallel printing of Lawrenc's 1922 and 1926 texts. Two sets lettered "A" and "B", are reserved. Each set is numbered in Volume II. This set belongs to the 650 sets bound in quarter-cloth.

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LAWRENCE, T.E. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM A triumph. 1st American ed. Garden City [NY], 1935. (672 p., b/w frontisp., b/w ills., maps, ind.) ; cloth. (Presentation inscription in Arabic on front free endpaper. Copy in very good condition).

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LAWRENCE, T.E. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM Repr. 1943. (700 p., b/w frontisp., b/w ills., maps, chrono., ind.) ; cloth. (VG).

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LAWRENCE, T.E. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM A triumph. 1973. (700 p., b/w frontisp., b/w ills., maps, chrono., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (VG/VG). Book Club Associates edition.

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LAWRENCE, A.W. (ED.) LETTERS TO T.E.LAWRENCE 2nd impr. 1964. (216 p., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy and dust wrapper almost as new).

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LAWRENCE, A.W. (ED.) T.E. LAWRENCE BY HIS FRIENDS By his friends. 3rd impr. 1937. (595 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs.) ; cloth. (A nice, clean and tight copy).

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LENZNER, ROBERT GETTY The richest man in the world. 1985. (235 p., ill., ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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LESLIE, SHANE MARK SYKES: HIS LIFE AND LETTERS With an introduction by The Right Hon. WINSTON CHURCHILL. 1st ed. 1923. (viii, 308 p., b/w frontisp., b/w ills. [cartoons] and one b/w photogr., ind.) ; cloth. (Very slight rubbing to edges).

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LEVIEN, MICHAEL (ED.) THE CREE JOURNALS The voyages of Edward H. Cree, Surgeon R.N. as related in his private journals, 1837 - 1856. 1981. (276 p., half-tone frontisp., col. title vignette, numerous col. ills., col. maps, endp. maps) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition). Although Cree served mostly in the China seas but he also served in the Baltic in actions against the Russians, and was present at the capture of Sebastopol and Kinburn in the final stages of the Crimean War.

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LEVIN, ARYEH ENVOY TO MOSCOW: MEMOIRS OF AN ISRAELI AMBASSADOR 1988-92 1996. (417 p., 26 ills.) ; cloth. (Mint). Mr Levin's four-year tenure is a struggle to establish Soviet-Israeli relations on a solid footing and to facilitate the immigration of almost half a million Russian Jews. It is also a battle against misconceptions and narrow-mindedness on both sides. Mr Levin's story is inextricably entwined with the process of reform and eventual collapse of the Soviet Union. NEW.

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LEVY, ISAAC NOW I CAN TELL Middle Eastern Memories. Privately printed, 1978. ([8], 174 p.) ; cloth; d/w slightly soiled. The author was involved in the controversies between the Jewish Agency involving the recruitment of thousands of Jews into the British Forces during the Second World War.

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LEWIN, RONALD THE CHIEF FIELD MARSHAL LORD WAVELL 1980. (282 p., maps.,bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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LEWISOHN, LEONARD THE OCCIDENT OF MYSTERIES Muhammad Shirin Maghribi (d. 1408), his life, literary school and Sufi poetry. 1999. (340 p.) ; cloth. (Mint). NEW. FORTHCOMING.

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LINGS, MARTIN MUHAMMAD His life based on the earliest sources. 1983. (viii, 359 p., genealogical chart, map, ind.) ; cloth. (Mint).

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LINGS, MARTIN MUHAMMAD His life based on the earliest sources. 1983. (viii, 359 p., genealogical chart, map, ind.) ; paper. (Mint).

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LIVINGSTONE, W.P. A GALILEE DOCTOR Being a sketch of the career of Dr. W. Torrance of Tiberias. N.d. (ca. 1923). (ix, 283 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs.) ; cloth. (Copy in very good condition).

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LOCKMAN, J.N. MEINERTZHAGEN'S DIARY RUSE False entries of T.E.LAWRENCE. Grand Rapids [MI], 1995. ([14], 114 p., notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth. (Mint).

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LOCKMAN, J.N. SCATTERED TRACKS ON THE LAURENCE TRAIL Twelve essays on T.E. LAWRENCE. Whitmore Lake [MI], 1996. (xix, 208 p., col. and b/w photogrs., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). NEW.

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LOCKOT, HANS WILHELM THE MISSION The life, reign and character of Emperor Haile Sellassie I. 1992. (vi, 167 p., ind.) ; paper. (Mint). NEW.

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LONGFORD, ELIZABETH A PILGRIMAGE OF PASSION The life of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. 1979. (xi, 467 p., b/w ills. and photogrs., map, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper only slightly faded from the edges).

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LONGFORD, ELIZABETH A PILGRIMAGE OF PASSION The life of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. 1979. (xi, 467 p., b/w ills. and photogrs., map, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Ex-library with usual marks.

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LORD, JOHN DUTY, HONOUR, EMPIRE The life and times of Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen. New York, 1970. ([14], 412 p., b/w photogrs., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. ((VG/VG).

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LOTT, EMMELINE HAREM LIFE IN EGYPT AND CONSTANTINOPLE "The English governess in Egypt". Philadelphia, n.d. (ca. 1867). (357 p., b/w frontisp.) ; cloth. (Re-backed, retaining original covers).

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LOVELL, MARY S. A SCANDELOUS LIFE: THE BIOGRAPHY OF JANE DIGBY 1995. (xvi, 365 p., b/w photogrs., notes, bibl., ind.) ; paper. (Mint). An aristocratic beauty, Jane Digby's divorce from Lord Ellenborough was one of England's most scandalous at the time. Her subsequent lovers included a prince and king Ludvig I of Bavaria before she found the love of her life, Sheikh Medjuel el Mezrab, a Bedouin nobleman 20 years her junior. NEW.

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LUCAS, IVOR A ROAD TO DAMASCUS Mainly diplomatic memoirs from the Middle East. 1997. (ix, 274 p., photogrs., maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). The author spent 33 years as a diplomat, mostly in the Middle East. He served as Ambassador to Oman and to Syria, and after retirement in 1984 he maintained his interest in Middle Eastern affairs in a commercial and then an academic context. NEW.

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LUNT, JAMES HUSSEIN OF JORDAN A political biography. 1989. (xxxv, 278 p., b/w photogrs., gloss., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. The author draws on his long personal experience of Jordan and its King to give an absorbing account of a man admired world-wide for his courage, statesmanship, moderation and magnanimity.

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LUNT, JAMES HUSSEIN OF JORDAN A political biography. 1989. (xxxv, 278 p., b/w photogrs., gloss., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper slightly frayed from the edges). The author draws on his long personal experience of Jordan and its King to give an absorbing account of a man admired world-wide for his courage, statesmanship, moderation and magnanimity.

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LUNT, JAMES HUSSEIN OF JORDAN 1989. (xliv, 402 p., b/w photogrs., maps, gloss., notes, bibl., ind.) ; paper. (Copy in mint condition). The author draws on his long personal experience of Jordan and its King to give an absorbing account of a man admired world-wide for his courage, statesmanship, moderation and magnanimity.

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LUTFI AL-SAYYID, AHMAD SAFAHAT MATWIYYA Min tareekh al-harakah al-istiqlaliyyah fi Misr. Min Maris 1907 ila Maris 1909. 'Asr al-inqilaab al-fikri fi al-siyasah al-wataniyyah. Cairo, 1946. (280 p. Arabic text) ; new boards. (Original cover pasted to new boards).

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MACDONALD, JOHN MEMOIRS OF AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FOOTMAN John MacDonald travels (1745-1779). With an introd. by JOHN BERESFORD. Repr. 1927. (xxiv, 256 p., b/w frontisp., b/w ills., ind.) ; cloth. (Copy in very good condition).

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MACFIE, A.L. ATATURK 1994. (208 p., maps, chrono., bibl., ind.) ; paper. (Mint).

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MACK, JOHN E. A PRINCE OF OUR DISORDER The life of T.E. Lawrence. 1976. (xxviii, 561 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., maps, endp. maps, extensive notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (VG/VG).

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MACKENZIE, N. & J. THE TIME TRAVELLER. 1973 The life of H.G. Wells. 1973. (xiii, 487 p., ill., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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MADELUNG, WILFERD THE SUCCESSION TO MUHAMMAD A study of the Early Caliphate. Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998. (429 p., 2 genealogical tables) ; paper. (Mint). In a comprehensive and original study of the early history of Islam, the author describes the conflict that developed after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, between his family, Hashim, and his tribe, Quraysh, for the leadership of the Muslim community. In contrast to recent scholarly trends, the author brings out 'Ali's early claim to legitimate succession, which gained support from the Shi'a, and offers a radical and convincing reinterpretation of early Islamic history after the death of Muhammad. NEW.

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MAHMOUDI, ABDELRASHID TAHA HUSAIN'S EDUCATION From Al Azhar to the Sorbonne. 1998. (257 p.) ; cloth. (Mint). NEW.

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MAKDISI, GEORGE IBN 'AQIL Life, times and thought. Edinburgh, 1997. (288 p.) ; cloth. (Mint). This biography of the Muslim scholastic and humanist Ibn 'Aqil (AH 431-513/ AD 1040-1119) sheds light on one of the most important periods of classical Islam, one which has had a significant impact on religious and intellectual culture in the Christian Latin West. The century of Ibn 'Aqil is a pivotal period in religious thought and in the development of institutions of higher learning.

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MALAK, HANNA 'ISSA THIKRIYYAT AL-'AI'ILAAT AL-YAAFIYYAH BAYN AL-MADI WA AL-HADER Jerusalem, 1993. (83 p. Arabic text, b/w photogrs., facsimle reproductions of some documents) ; wrapps. (Copy new as published). Contains a listing of some families from Jaffa (probably not exhaustive) together with a lot of information about Jaffa landmarks and facilities etc during the Mandate period.

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MANA', 'ADEL A'ALAAM FILASTEEN FI AWAKHER AL-'AHD AL-'UTHMANI 2nd. ed. Beirut, I.P.S., 1995. (380 p. Arabic text, notes, bibl.) ; wrapps. (Copy in mint condition). NEW.

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MANGO, ANDREW ATATURK 1999. (xiii, 666 p., b/w photogrs., maps, chrono., notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). In this biography, the author strips away the myth to show the complexities of the man beneath - his high ideals and ruthless tactics, his champioship of women's rights and his inability to sustain an equal relationship with women, his nationalism and his belief in a single universal civilization, his regular drinking bouts and the strange theories they produced. NEW.

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MANN, JACKIE YOURS TILL THE END Co-author SUNNIE MANN. Eith TESS STIMSON. 1992. ([10], 256 p., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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MANSOUR, 'ANEES 'ABD AL-NASER Al-muftara 'alyhi wa al-muftari 'alayna. Cairo, 1988. (352 p. Arabic text,) ; paper.

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MANZ, BEATRICE FORBES THE RISE AND RULE OF TAMERLANE Cambridge, 1999. (xiii, 231 p., notes, bibl., ind.) ; paper. (Mint). The first full scholarly study of this extraordinary person, looks at Ta,erlane both as the founder of a nomad conquest dynasty and as a supremely talented individual. NEW.

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MAQRIZI, TAQI AL-DEEN 'AHMAD B. 'ALI B. 'ABD AL-QADER B. MUHAMMAD AL- DURAR AL-'UQUD AL-FARIDAH FI TARAJEM AL-A'YAN AL-MUFEEDAH [QIT'AH MINHU] Ed. by 'ADNAN DARWEESH and MUHAMMAD AL-MASRI. 2 vols. Damascus, 1995. (389 p. Arabic text, notes/ 600 p. Arabic text, notes, extensive indexes) ; paper. (Copy in mint condition as published). NEW.

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MARLOWE, JOHN LATE VICTORIAN The life of Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson. 1967. (xiii, 418 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., 2 maps, notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth. (Copy in very good condition).

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MARRIOTT, PAUL J. THE LAST DAYS OF T.E.LAWRENCE A leaf in the wind. Co-author YVONNE ARGENT. Brighton, 1996. ([10], 212 p., b/w photogrs., maps and diagrams, notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). Travelling on his Brough Superior motorcycle along a narrow Dorset lane, Lawrence collided with two pushbikes. An official witness told of Lawrence travelling fast, and swerving to avoid a black car coming in the opposite direction. This book painstakingly fits together all the evidence to determine the truth of the motorcycle crash that led to the death of Lawrence of Arabia. For the first time a detailed record is set down covering the last six days before the accident. NEW.

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MASON, HERBERT W. AL-HALLAJ 1995. (xv, 107 p., bibl., ind.) ; paper. (Copy in mint condition). This work focuses on the life and teachings of Islam's most dramatic and controversial mystic, Husayn Ibn Mansur - better knows as al-Hallaj, and includes translations of his poetry and prose which are used to supplement contemporary 10th century accounts of the martyr's life. NEW.

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MAURIZI, VINCENZO HISTORY OF SEYD SAID (1819) 1984. (xxxiv, 174 p.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in mint condition). The first book devoted exclusively to Oman (1819) with a new introduction by ROBIN BIDWELL. NEW.

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MCBRIDE, BARRIE ST.C FAROUK OF EGYPT A biography. New York, 1968. (238 p., bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper frayed from the edges).

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MCCORMICK, DONALD THE WICKED CITY An Algerian adventure. 1956. (232 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs. and ills., endp. plans) ; cloth.

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MCLEAVE, HUGH THE LAST PHARAOH The ten faces of Farouk. 1969. (319 p., b/w photogrs., genealogical table, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (VG/G).

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MCLEAVE, HUGH THE LAST PHARAOH The ten faces of Farouk. 1969. (319 p., b/w photogrs., genealogical table, ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Edges of dust wrapper slightly sunned. Otherwise, a good copy).

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MCLOUGHLIN, LESLIE IBN SAUD: THE FOUNDER OF A KINGDOM 1998. (xvi, 240 p., b/w photogrs., chrono., genealogical table, notes, bibl., ind.) ; paper. (Mint). A clear account with much new detail on the many dramatic episodes in the life of Ibn Saud, from the flight of his family from Riyadh into exile in Kuwait just 100 years ago, through his daring recapture of Riyadh in 1902, the expulsion of the Turks, the capture of the Holy Cities of Islam, the discovery of oil and the creation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. NEW.

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MCLOUGHLIN, LESLIE A NEST OF SPIES 1993. (286 p., chrono., ind.) ; paper. (Copy in mint condition). The story of the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies "MECAS" at Shemlan. Established in Jerusalem in 1944 and moved to Lebanon in 1947 where it survived till 1978. It was unique if only because in the entire Arab world there was no other country where a school run by the British Foreign Office was not only allowed but encouraged, to operate independently. Almost inevitably this unusual status gave rise to ill-informed suspicions of espionage. This book sets the record straight.

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MECHIN, J. BENOIST- MUSTAPHA KEMAL Ou la mort d'un empire. Paris, 1954. (460 p. French text, map, bibl.) ; wrapps.

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MEIER, CHRISTIAN CEASAR Transl. from the German by DAVID MCLINTOCK. 1995. (vii, 513 p., b/w photogrs., maps., ind.) ; cloth.

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MEINERTZHAGEN, RICHARD MIDDLE EAST DIARY 1917 - 1956 New York, 1960. (xi, 376 p., map, ind.) ; cloth. (Copy in very good condition). During the First World War the author was on Lord Allenby's staff in the Middle East; later he was successively a member of the Peace Delegation, Chief Political Officer in Palestine and Military Advisor to the Middle East Department of the Colonial Office. In these various roles he played an important part in the initiation and difficult early evolution of the Palestine Mandate and conceived a strong sympathy towards the Zionist movement.

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MEINERTZHAGEN, RICHARD MIDDLE EAST DIARY 1917 - 1956 1959. (xi, 376 p., map, notes,ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper slightly frayed from the edges, otherwise copy in very good condition). During the First World War the author was on Lord Allenby's staff in the Middle East; later he was successively a member of the Peace Delegation, Chief Political Officer in Palestine and Military Advisor to the Middle East Department of the Colonial Office. In these various roles he played an important part in the initiation and difficult early evolution of the Palestine Mandate and conceived a strong sympathy towards the Zionist movement.

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MEIR, GOLDA MY LIFE New York, 1975. (480 p., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth.

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MEIR, GOLDA MY LIFE New York, 1975. (480 p., b/w photogrs., ind.) ; cloth; d/w.

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MERLE, ROBERT BEN BELLA Transl. by CAMILLA SYKES. Intro. by CLARE HOLLINGWORTH. 1967. (160 p., b/w frontisp., 17 b/w photogrs.) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper only slightly frayed from the edges. Otherwise, a very good, clean and tight copy).

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MEYERS, JEFFREY EDMUND WILSON A biography. Boston, 1995. (xvii, 554 p., b/w photogrs., notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy almost as new).

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MIKDADI, LINA SURVIVING THE SIEGE OF BEIRUT A personal account. 1983. (152 p.) ; wrapps. (Copy in very good condition).

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MINA, HANNA FRAGMENTS OF MEMORY A story of a Syrian family. Transl. by OLIVE KENNY and LORNE KENNY. 1993. (194 p.) ; paper. (Mint). This story of poverty and struggle for existance upholds the author's faith in human endurance and love, and reflects his affinity with all those who are unfortunate in life. NEW.

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MOIN, BAQER KHOMEINI The life of the Ayatollah. 1999. (viii, 352 p., notes, bibl., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Mint). An intriguing study which explores how a frail octogenarian in the traditional robes of a Muslim theologian overthrew the Shah and became the spiritual leader of militant Islam. Much exclusive new material is included to satisfy the continuing fascination with the enigmatic Khomeini. NEW.

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MOLONEY, G.E. [DR.] A DOCTOR IN SAUDI ARABIA 1985. (365 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs., endp. maps, bibl., ind.) ; cloth. (Copy in very good condition). Life and travels of a doctor based at Riyadh University 1977 - 82.

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MOLONEY, G.E. [DR.] A DOCTOR IN SAUDI ARABIA 1985. (365 p., 150 ills.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in mint condition). Life and travels of a doctor based at Riyadh University 1977-82. NEW.

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MONROE, ELIZABETH PHILBY OF ARABIA Foreword by Sir JAMES CRAIG. 1998. (336 p., b/w ills., 2 maps, bibl., ind.) ; paper. (Mint). This is a fascinating biography of a man of extremes whose principle was to speak his mind whatever the cost to himself, and who was at odds with the British Government over broken promises to the Arabs. NEW.

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MONYPENNY, WILLIAM FLAVELLE THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN DISRAELI [EARL OF BEACONSFIELD] Co-author GEORGE EARLE BUCKLE. New and revised edition in two volumes. 2 vols. 1929. (xi, 1668 p., b/w frontisp., b/w ills./ vii, 1622 p., b/w frontisp., b/w ills., ind.) ; cloth. (Covers unevenly faded. Otherwise, a very good, clean and tight copy).

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MORTON, GEOFFREY J. JUST THE JOB Some experiences of a colonial policeman. 1957. (316 p., b/w frontisp., b/w photogrs.) ; cloth. (Copy in very good condition).

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NUTTING, ANTHONY GORDON Martyr and misfit. 1967. (286 p., b/w photogrs., maps) ; cloth; d/w. (Dust wrapper slightly frayed from the edges). A Reprint Society edition.

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TAMIR, AVRAHAM [MAJOR-GENERAL] A SOLDIER IN SEARCH OF PEACE An inside look at Israel's strategy. Ed. by JOAN COMAY. 1988. (viii, 259 p., b/w photogrs., maps, chrono., ind.) ; cloth; d/w. (Copy in very good condition).

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TANAHI, TAHER 'AHMAD AL- 'ALA FIRASH AL-MAOUT (Al-'ayam al-'akheerah li ba'ad 'uthama'a Misr). Cairo, 1939. (172 p. Arabic text, b/w photogrs.) ; wraps.

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