Middle Eastern / Arabic & Persian from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Vintage Books, 1979. xi, 368 pages; 21 cm. An acceptable reading copy, unmarked. Browning. Classic book by Edward W. Said. . Paperback. Fair. 8vo.

New York: George Braziller, 1977. Cloth, 158 pages, colour illustrations; 30 cm. Translated from the French. Firm binding, unmarked. Age toning, edges & endpapers lightly soiled. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates from Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (Manuscrit supplement Turc… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 2006. xxvii, 447 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Engrossing read, fascinating character. "Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince… Read more about this item

New York: Basic Books; Perseus, 2009. vii, 553 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. CONTENTS: From Cairo to Istanbul; The Arab challenge to Ottoman rule; The Egyptian empire of Muhammad 'Ali; The perils of reform; The first… Read more about this item

New York: Harper; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2010. xvii, 762 pages [24] pages of plates, illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "Michael Korda's Hero is the story of an epic life on a grand scale: a revealing, in-depth, and… Read more about this item

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2011. xxiv, 657 pages; 25 cm. Words Without Borders Series. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine rolled at the crown, lower right corners bumped. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket with light edgewear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Spans a century of poems, short stories, novels, memoirs, and essays… Read more about this item

Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2000. Cloth, 223 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Originally published in London, Great Britain by Reaktion Books, 2000. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Lisa Jardine and Jerry Brotton raise questions about the formation of cultural identity in Western Europe. Through an… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993. xiv, 189 pages, illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. First paperback edition. A history of nine centuries of Islamic rule in Spain, beginning in the year 711. CONTENTS: 1. Romance and reality; 2. The secret of the tower; 3. The curve of conversion; 4. The caliphate of Cordoba;… Read more about this item

Cologne: Konemann, 2000. Cloth, 319 pages, colour illustrations; 33 cm. Translation of: Die Levante : Geschichte und Archaeologie im Nahen Osten. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio.

Istanbul: NET Turistik Yayinlar, 2011. 120 pages, colour illustrations, colour maps; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Guidebook.

Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973. 232 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Good+. Firm binding, gently creased spine. Clean inside copy. Wraps lightly soiled, age toning. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Foreword, by Kenneth Donahue; Introduction, by Pratapaditya Pal; The art of ceramics, by Katharina Otto-Dorn: Introduction; Catalog; The art of… Read more about this item

New York: Heritage Press, 1946. 1 volume (unpaged), [8] leaves of plates, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Text and plates printed on folded leaves in Japanese style. Colour plates on glossy paper. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards, age toning. "The illustrations for this edition were drawn in colour and gold by Arthur Szyk, and engraved in London… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 2000. xvi, 364 pages, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "At its peak, the Ottoman empire stretched from Hungary to the Gulf of Aden to the Caspian Sea. Informed by a lifetime of travel and exploration, Eastward to Tartary… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1997. 144 pages, illustrations, maps; 29 cm. Exhibition held at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, January 29 to May 31, 1998; University of New Mexico Art Museum, October 13 to December 13, 1998; St. Louis Art Museum, February 23 to May 23, 1999. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/air,… Read more about this item

New York: Thames & Hudson; World of Art Ser., 1998. 288 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Reprint 2016. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. Another copy available. "Covering one thousand years of history and an area stretching from the Atlantic to the borders of India and China, Robert Hillenbrand incorporates all the latest discoveries and interpretations… Read more about this item

New York: Picador, 2010. xii, 358 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. CONTENTS: Dubai stirs. The sands of time; A free port grows in the desert; Oil, slaves, and rebellion; Dubai emerges. It's Sheikh Rashid's world, we just live in it; The road to dominance; Sprinting the marathon; Almost famous; Spreading out… Read more about this item

Montreux, Switzerland: Arabesque, 1989. Cloth, 128 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 x 31 cm. First published 1978. Revised Edition. Near fine. Gently browsed, clean copy. Dust jacket, with a closed tear/back cover, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong.

Beirut, Lebanon: Arab Image Foundation: Mind the Gap: The Photographers' Gallery, 2004. Cloth, 128 pages, illustrations, portraits; 22 cm. Published to coincide with the exhibition 'Hashem El Madani' at The Photographers' Gallery, 14 October to 28 November 2004. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

Munich: Prestel, 2008. 143 pages. illustrations (chiefly colour); 23 cm. English Edition. Tight, clean copy. "This is the first book to present the architecture and treasures of the world's premier museum of Islamic art. With architecture designed by I. M. Pei, an interior by J.-M. Wilmotte, and one of the world's finest collections, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha,… Read more about this item

London: Sotheby's, 1998. 46 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Sale code: LN3812 "EGRET". Auction held London, Thursday 12 March 1998. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. 299 lots,. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.