Mid East: World-Center, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. 1st Edition.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1956. Hardcover. Vg/Vg- Dj with light edge and surface wear/8vo./textblock lightly browned/386 pp. Middle East. MID/5212. Very Good. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1956. Hardcover. Vg/Vg- Dj with light edge and surface wear/8vo./textblock lightly browned/386 pp. Middle East. MID/5212. Very Good. More
New York: Harper and Row, 1982. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./contents bright & clean/351 pp. Middle East. MID/5152. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./contents bright and clean/448 pp./Review copy with slip laid-in. Middle East. MID/5212. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
Berlin: Kurt Wolff / Im Schocken Verlag, 1932 / 1936. Hardcover. First volume has 18 full page plates and 8 illustations in text. In black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Light rubbing to boards. Clean, bright interior. In white dust jacket with red spine panel and white title to spine. In original cardboard slipcase with title to spine panel. Minor wear to edges of case. 307 pages. Second volume is also bound in black cloth boards with gilt title to spine, but it's dust jacket is off-white with black title to spine and front panel. The second volume is not in a slipcase. 287 pages plus 15 plates. In German. GER709281 This set may require an extra shipping fee. Near Fine / Fine. More
New York: Ticknor and Fields, 1990. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./contents bright and clean/420 pp. Middle East. MID/5152. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
Falcon Press. 1977. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY, signed by the author in Riyadh, December, 1980. Malin Basel was born in Sweden, and she moved to Saudi Arabia in 1968 with her husband. Because of restrictions on opportunities for women, she began an artistic career. She painted local scenes showing the contrasts between ancient Muslim lifestyle and modern encroachments, as well as the effects of vivid natural light and shadows. "A delightful book with some 80 pages of coloured acrylic paintings and black and white drawings, accompanied by poems written by the artist" (jacket). Octavo. Brown cloth-covered boards with title in white to front cover. Aqua dust jacket with painting on front panel and title in white on front and spine panels. Pages show light smudging, but are otherwise clean. 84 pages. MIDEAST/5202. Very Good / Very Good. More
Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1980. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./contents bright, crisp and clean/399 pp. Middle East. MID/5202. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
Motivate Publishing, 1992. Hardcover. "This Arabian Album is a personal record of the region as it was at mid-century, a brief glimpse at a small segment of history which I was privileged to witness" (photographer). Near fine in black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Gift inscription in pen to half-title page from previous owner. In black dust jacket with orange title to spine and front panels. 224 pages. MID/011817. Near Fine / Fine. More
Washington D.C. Brassey's, Inc., 2002. Hardcover. Mint in mint red and blue dust jacket with white title to front panel and to black spine panel. Like new. 295 pages. Includes section of notes for each chapter. Illustrated throughout with drawings and photos. Middle Eastern History. MID/8132. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. More
Philadelphia: The Chilton Book Company, 1970. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./357 pp. Middle East. MID10/2282. Very Good. More
New York: Modern Age Books, Inc., 1931. Paperback. Very Good+ paperback in mylar with minimal wear to spine. Includes photograph. Middle East. MID/6202. Very Good +. More
New York: Whittlesey House, 1950. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./illus./maps/269 pp. Middle East. MID6/2282. Very Good. More
New York: Putnam, 1965. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./illus./214 pp. Middle East. MID/5152. Very Good. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue paper covered boards with orange title to spine. Interior is clean and bright with illustrations throughout including frontis. Orange and yellow illustrated price clipped dust jacket with yellow title to front panel and orange title to spine. One small open tear to top edge of rear panel and one very small puncture hole to dust jacket. Index, 192 pages. Middle East. MID/5202. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj with light edgewear/8vo./359 pp. Middle East. MID/5152. Very Good. More
Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1972. Hardcover. Fine hardcover with Fine yellow dustjacket. Price sticker on spine. Includes a map. Arab History. MID/6262. Fine. More
Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1984. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior. Blue dust jacket with yellow title to front panel and to spine. Very minor wear to edges of jacket. 186 pages. Middle East. MID/020508. Near Fine in Very Good + DJ. More
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Hardcover. The Suez Company was responsible for managing the Suez Canal for 87 years (under the auspices of Egypt or Britain), from its founding until nationalization of the canal in 1956. Georges-Picot was directon-general and then chairman of the Suez Company for 34 years. The literature about the canal does not usually place the Suez Company in a central role. Georges-Picot attempts to remedy this in his work. He links the loss of Western influence in the Arab world to the canal's nationalization by Egypt. Octavo. Brown paper-covered boards, with white cloth-covered spine. Title in brown to spine. Yellow dust jacket with title in red to front panel and in brown to spine panel. Sunning to spine panel of dust jacket. Pages are slightly yellowed but clean. 200 pages. MIDEAST/7182. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Harper and Row, 1988. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./contents bright and clean/256 pp. Middle East. MID/5162. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
New York: Longman, 1977. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Very slight foxing to title page. Else is very clean and is filled with full color photographic illustrations. Tight binding. Color photographic dust jacket with black title to front board and to white spine. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. Unpaginated. MID/061104. Very Good + in Very Good + DJ. More
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1960. Hardcover. Near fine orange hardcover with Very Good+ dustjacket. Slight wear to dustjacket corners. Price clipped. Egypt. EGY/6272. Near Fine. More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1953. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very good. Peach cloth with little wear. In wraps. No dust jacket. Signed by former owner, but otherwise unmarked. 412 pp. Middle East. MIDE/6272. Very Good. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./356 pp. Middle East. MID7/2282. Very Good. More
Beirut: Almassar, n.d. [ca. 2000]. Hardcover. First Edition. In French. Inscribed by Joublatt's son, Walid Joumblatt: "To Congressman Shays /With all my respect and friendship/ W. Joumbatt 7/7/2007" Kamal Joumblatt was an important Lebanese political leader who headed the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War until he was assassinated in 1977. His son, Walid, is the Lebanese Druze leader. An admiring biography with b&w photographs throughout that document Joumblatt's life as an important world figure. Folio volume bound in black cloth with silver title to spine and blind stamped title and portrait on front cover. In very good plus condition. Pictorial dust jacket with red title to spine and front, which also has photograph of Joumblatt. Invery good condition with slight bumping and minor chips. Interior is in fine condition. 224 pages. Very Good + in Very Good DJ. More
New York: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 1998. Hardcover. Nf/Nf Dj/8vo./illus./292 pp./contents bright, crisp, and clean/an investigation and re-creation of the murder of Rabin on November 4, 1995. Middle East. MID/5152. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. More