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1902 hardcover as pictured. The political history of Egypt from late Roman times to the Islamic conquest. Ex-library with typical markings including pen marks on edges. Binding is intact. Red cloth boards with gold stamping are rubbed, faded and worn with fraying at edges. Text is age tanned but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes two fold out maps, index and bibliography. No dust jacket. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OD3

2007 hardcover as pictured. This is a complete verbatim translation of the works of the Persian poet Hafiz with translation by Henry Wilberforce-Clarke. Considered the most popular translation of Hafiz, this edition is accompanied by extensive notes, a biography, a new introduction and a concordance. Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards with gold stamping are clean with minimal shelf wear. Text appears clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed. Your purchase helps support our small public library. s (AR above T)

1999 softcover as pictured. "You must take these poems as mirrors, a mirror has no form of itself, but rather reflects the face of anyone who looks in it." Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers lightly rubbed, small dent at top of spine. Endpapers and text clean and unmarked. Would be as very good aside from dent. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

2009 softcover as pictureed. This is from The Classics of Western Spirituality series by The Paulist Press. Encompassing popular legends, historical anecdotes, ethical maxims and speculative meditation in thought provoking biographies, the author presents Sufism as a lived experience. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers lightly rubbed. Text appears clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Would be as very good aside from light shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1995 softcover as pictured. Fifty ghazals, comparable to sonnets, in the original Persian with side by side English translation. Hafiz was a 14th century master of this poetic form. This edition also includes two essays on Hafiz by Gray and Daryush Shayegan and notes on the translations. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers show minimal shelf wear. Endpapers and text are clean and unmarked aside from a pencil notation on the final page of text. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OE3

1994 leather bound hardcover as pictured. Binding is firm. Black leather with gilt stamping and raised bands on spine. Boards are clean and show minimal shelf wear. Tan silk endpapers. Gilt edge of text block, ribbon marker. Text itself is clean and unmarked. No dust jacket as published. Would be as new aside from slight shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sOB3

2004 hardcover as pictured. A collection of poems by the 15th century Indian poet Kabir whose philosophy incorporated elements of Islam and Hinduism and was one of the inspirations for Sikhism. Translated/interpreted by Robert Bly. Binding is firm. Black cloth boards with gold stamping show minimal wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows only light shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

2011 softcover as pictured. This a 2011 reissue of the 1975 original which is "considered the most valuable introduction to Sufism." Includes an extensive bibliography and index. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Text appears clean and unmarked. Covers lightly rubbed. A few pages have a tiny fold at upper corner. Would be as very good aside from this. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OF3

1995 hardcover as pictured. A collection of 252 quatrains from Rumi rendered in Persian calligraphy with literal English translations and poetic interpretations. Binding is firm. Black cloth boards show only light edge wear. FEP with a small amount of pencil notations. Rear endpapers and bibliography are extensively annotated. Text itself appears clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is rubbed and worn at edges. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

Six volume 1992 hardcover set as pictured. A collection of sacred writings from each of the listed religions. Bindings are firm. Boards clean with minimal shelf wear. Texts are clean and unmarked. Dust jackets lightly rubbed. Spine of Confucianism is faded. Includes a softcover reader's guide with owner's name on FEP. Price includes extra shipping costs due to weight. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sO A1