Al-Hikmat, Vol. I, No. 2
Lahore, Pakistan: Department of Philosophy, University of the Punjab, n.d. [probably 1960s]. Paperback. 103p. Wrapper. 25cm. Publisher's stamp on title-page. A research journal. More
Islam
The Cambridge History of Islam. Volume 1: The Central Islamic Lands
Cambridge: University Press, (c. 1970). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, xviii, 815p. Green cloth. dj. 23cm. Jacket has some edge-wear. Cover has minor rubbing and a couple of small spots. Edited by P.M. Holt and others. More
International Journal of Islamic and Arabic Studies, Two issues: Volume IX, Nos. 1 & 2
Bloomington, Indiana: International Institute for Islamic and Arabic Studies, (1992). Paperback. 119p. (each issue). Wrappers. 23cm. More
Les Derviches-Tourneurs de Turquie: The Whirling Dervishes of Turkey, Salle Wilfred-Pelletier, 22 Octobre 1972
[Montreal?]: 1972. Paperback. photos, (12)p. Softcover. 27cm. Performance presented by Canadian Concerts & Artists Inc. Mel Howard & Nion Tallon Karlweis in Cooperation with the Turkish Ministry of Tourism & Information. More
Sharq al-Andalus: Estudios Arabes, No. 6
Alicante: Anales de la Universidad de Alicante, 1989. Paperback. 261p. Wrapper. 24cm. Harvard Gifts and Exchange stamp. Articles in Spanish and other European languages. More
Ahmadiyyat or the True Islam
Qadian, Punjab, India: Talif-o-Ishaat, n.d. [Publisher's Note dated 1924]. Hardcover. portrait, ii, 429p. Original dark green cloth. 20cm. Extremities frayed and worn. A couple of minor cover spots. No Jacket. More
Studies: Islamic & Oriental
Lahore: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, (c. 1945). Hardcover. ix, 224p. plus (2)p. errata. Original orange cloth. Moderate cover soil and wear. No Jacket. Neat ink corrections in an unknown hand of textual errors on about a dozen pages. More
Les Statuts Gouvernementaux or Regles de Drout Publics et Administratif. Traduits et Annotes par E. Fagnan.
Alger: Typographie Adolphe Jourdan, 1915. Paperback. index, xiii, 584p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. Cover chipping and wear. Front cover re-attached. Text moderately browned. From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana (and Islam) with his bookplate on first blank page. French text. More
Medieval Islamic Medicine: Ibn Ridwan's Treatise "On the Prevention of Bodily Ills in Egypt." Translated, with an Introduction, by Michael W. Dols. Arabic Text edited by Adil S. Gamal
Berkeley: University of California Press, (c. 1984). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, xv, 186, 63p. Original blue cloth. dj. 23cm. Text in English and Arabic. More
L'Islam Noir: Contribution a l'Etude des Confreries Religieuses Islamiques en Afrique Occidentale suivie d'une Etude sur l'Islam au Dahomey
Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1924. Paperback. folding table, 129p. Wrapper. 19cm. Foxing on cover. Contents lightly browned. Last portion of book is partially unopened. From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana with his bookplate on first blank leaf. French text. More
Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200-1350 A.D.) -- (Mainly Based on Islamic Sources).
1935. Hardcover. index, pp. 103-359. Later red buckram. 24cm. Front cover (chipped, worn and repaired) of the original wrapper bound in at the end. Bookplate. No Jacket. This is an offprint from the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Letters. Vol. I, 1935, Article No. 4. More
The Conference of the Birds: A Sufi Allegory being an Abridged Version of Farud-ud-Din Attar's Mantiq-ut-Tayr.
London: Humphrey Milford, 1924. Hardcover. index, xi, 128p. dj. 18cm. Jacket has light foxing and other wear. Minor rubbing on bottom edge. Edited and translated by R. P. Masani. More
La Religion Musulmane en Berberie: Esquisse d'Histoire et de Sociologie Religieuses. Tome I: Etablissement et Developpement de l'Islam en Berberie du VIIe au XXe Siecle
Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1938. Paperback. 411p. Original wrapper. 26cm. From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana with his bookplate inside front cover. French text. Appears to have been the only volume published. More
Araby, Islam i Arabskii Khalifat v Rannee Srednevekovye
Moskva: Nauka Glav. red. Vostochnoi literatury, 1965. Hardcover. 3 maps (2 folding), index, 278p. dj. 21cm. Jacket has edge-wear and a few words inked on rear panel. Russian text. More
The Development of Muhammad's Teaching and Prophetic Consciousness: A Public Lecture Delivered at the School of Oriental Studies
Cairo: June 1935. Paperback. 9p. No separate wrapper. 28cm. Curled and a bit ragged along bottom edge. An issue of The S. O. S. Bulletin issued occasionally for those interested in the School of Oriental Studies of the American University at Cairo. More
The Qur'an
Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1937-1939. 1st ed. Hardcover. 2 vols. xii, 343, vii, [1], [346]-697p. Original green cloth. 22cm. A few small white cover spots. No jackets. More
L'Islamisme et le Christianisme en Afrique
Paris: Hachette, 1906. Paperback. vi, 299p. Later plain wrapper with "Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin" label at bottom of front cover. 19cm. Some cover soil. A couple of short tears. From the John R. Willis Library of Africana with his bookplate on the first blank page. French text. More
West African Sufi: The Religious Heritage and Spiritual Search of Cerno Bokar Saalif Taal
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1984). Hardcover. index, viii,215p. dj. 24cm. Text browning. More
The Jew The Gypsy and El Islam
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1898. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, index, xix, 351p. Red cloth. 25cm. Backstrip and cover edges faded. Foxing on page edges. Internally quite nice apart from a bit of foxing on a few leaves. No Jacket. More
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah. [1st ed.] [3 volumes]
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855-1856. 1st ed. Hardcover. 3 vols. 3 folding maps and plans, 15 plates (including 5 chromos and 8 single-tint lithos). Original blue cloth. 23cm. Backstrips darkened and showing some wear at ends. Front free endpaper pasted down in Vol. I. Burton's compelling account of... More
Roots of North Indian Shi'ism in Iran and Iraq: Religion and State in Awadh, 1722-1859
Berkeley: University of California Press, (c. 1988). 1st ed. Hardcover. index, xiv, 327p. Original cloth. dj. 23cm. Near Fine/Near Fine. More
A Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam to 1960
[Cairo]: America University at Cairo Press, 1961. 1st ed. Hardcover. xxv, 1330 columns [i.e. 665p.] plus Index. Red cloth. dj. 35cm. Jacket has a couple of short tears and other minor wear. More
A Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam: Supplement Jan. 1960 to Jan. 1972
[Cairo]: America University at Cairo Press, 1961. 1st ed. Hardcover. xiii, 366 columns [i.e. 183p.] plus Index. Original red cloth. 35cm. A Second Supplement, not present here, was published in 1984 covering material published between 1972 and 1980. More
Biblical Figures in ad-Damiri's Hiyat al-Hayawan
Budapest: 1937. Paperback. pp. 263-299. Original wrapper. 23cm. Recent label mounted on front cover identifying this as coming from the library of H. A. R. Gibb. INSCRIBED to Gibb by Somogyi. Reprinted from the 1937 "Jubilee Volume in Honour of Edward Mahler." More
Les Confreries Religieouses Musulmanes
Alger: Adolphe Jourdan, 1897. Hardcover. photos, 4 chromos, folding map (in cover pocket), xxvii, 576p. Old 1/2 leather (blue cloth with large black leather backstrip and corners). Original wrapper bound in. 28cm. Covers scuffed. Joints quite weak although covers are still attached. Gift inscription on half-title. Contents sound (some age-toning... More