| 1.
| Abu Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa
History of Eastern Arabia 1750-1800: The Rise and Development of Bahrain and Kuwait
Beirut: Khayats, (1965). Portrait and five maps on plates. Bibliography. Index. xix, 213 pages. 22.5 cm. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/none.
Inventory #8590.
Price: $50.00 |
| 2.
| al-Rashid, Ibrahim, ed
The Struggle Between the Two Princes: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Final Days of Ibn Saud
Chapel Hill NC: Documentary Publications, 1985. Index. Dj. ix, 219 pages. 8vo. Hardcover.
Inventory #4947.
Price: $20.00 |
| 3.
| Bisch, Jorgen
Behind the Veil of Arabia
New York: E. P. Dutton, (1962). Color photos. Map. 148 pages. 24 cm. Hardcover.
Inventory #6243.
Price: $15.00 |
| 4.
| Botting, Douglas
Island of the Dragon's Blood
New York: Wilfred Funk, (1958). A description of the island of Socotra and its inhabitants. Maps. Photos. Sketches. Chipped dj. Newspaper clipping relating to the book attached to front flyleaf. 251 pages. 8vo. Hardcover.
Inventory #5177.
Price: $15.00 |
| 5.
| Buckingham, Naida & Ingrid Etter
Straw in My Camel's Hair
New York: Dutton, 1961. Illustrated by Anne Cleveland. Chipped dj. Adventures of two secretaries in Arabia. 214 pages. 8vo. Hardcover.
Inventory #3627.
Price: $10.00 |
| 6.
| Cole, Donald Powell
Nomads of the Nomads: The Al Murrah Bedouin of the Empty Quarter
Arlington Heights IL: AHM Publishing, (1975). Photos. Bibliography. Index. Worlds of Man Studies in Cultural Ecology. Fourth printing. 179 pages. 21.5 cm. Wrappers. ISBN: 0-88295-605-1
Inventory #6248.
Price: $10.00 |
| 7.
| Cottrell, Alvin J., et al eds
The Persian Gulf States: A General Survey
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (1980). C. Edmund Bosworth, R. Michael Burrell, Keith McLachlan, & Roger M. Savory, editors. Photos. Map. Index. Condition (Book/Dj): Very Good/Good. Worn dj has some tears. xxxiv, 695 pages. 26 cm. Hardcover. ISBN: 0-8018-2204-1.
Inventory #5499.
Price: $29.95 |
| 8.
| De Gaury, Gerald
Rulers of Mecca
London: George G. Harrap, (1951). Photos. Plans. Map. Bibliography. Index. 317 pages. 22 cm. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/none.
Inventory #7097.
Price: $22.00 |
| 9.
| De Gaury, Gerald
Faisal: King of Saudi Arabia.
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, (1967). Second printing. Photos. Map. Tables. Index. Dj has chips and tears at edges. xiv, 191 pages. 24.7 cm. Hardcover. Condition (Book/Dj): Very Good/Fair.
Inventory #8557.
Price: $17.50 |
| 10.
| De Gaury, Gerald [deGaury]
Rulers of Mecca
New York: Roy, n.d. Photos. Plans. Map. Bibliography. Index. 317 pages. 8vo. Hardcover.
Inventory #5867.
Price: $30.00 |
| 11.
| Doe, Brian
Southern Arabia
New York: McGraw-Hill, (1971). Dj. 8 colour plates, 134 monochrome plates, 41 line drawings. Bibliog. Index. 267 pages. Tall 8vo. Hardcover.
Inventory #5172.
Price: $45.00 |
| 12.
| El Mallakh, Ragaei
Saudi Arabia: Rush to Development
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (1982). Dust jacket. Maps. Bibliography. Index. 472 pages. 22.2 cm. Hardcover. Condition (Book/Dj): F/F. ISBN: 0-8018-2783-3
Inventory #7183.
Price: $12.50 |
| 13.
| Esin, Emel
Mecca the Blessed, Madinah the Radiant
New York: Crown, (1963). Color and monochrome illustrations. Photos by Haluk Doganbey. Maps. Index. Worn dj. 222 pages. 27.5 cm. Hardcover.
Inventory #6124.
Price: $25.00 |
| 14.
| Gaafar Ibrahim al-Tai
Reference Sources on the History of Arabia
Riyad: University of Riyad Libraries, 1977. . 83 pages. 27 cm. Wrappers (Soft cover). Condition: Very Good/none.
Inventory #8979.
Price: $25.00 |
| 15.
| Hansen, Thorkild
Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767
New York: Harper & Row, (1964). Translated by James and Kathleen McFarlane. Partially faded dust jacket. Illustrations. Maps. Index. First edition. An owner's name and address rubber stamp on flyleaf. 381 pages. 24 cm. Hardcover.
Inventory #6235.
Price: $15.00 |
| 16.
| Hansen, Thorkild
Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767
New York: Harper & Row, (1964). Translated by James and Kathleen McFarlane. Chipped dj. Illus. Maps. Index. First edition. 381 pages. 8vo. Hardcover.
Inventory #5188.
Price: $20.00 |
| 17.
| Heller, Mark & Nadav Safran
The New Middle Class and Regime Stability in Saudi Arabia
Cambridge: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, (1985). Harvard Middle East Papers, Modern series: No. 3. 36 pages. 22.5 cm. Wrappers. ISBN: 0-932885-00-4
Inventory #6119.
Price: $25.00 |
| 18.
| Hogarth, David George
The Penetration of Arabia: A Record of the Development of Western Knowledge Concerning the Arabian Peninsula
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, (1904). Photos. Maps. Index. Wear at tips of spine. Some discoloration on cover. Arabic bookplate on front pastedown. xiii, 359 pages. 19.7 cm. Hardcover. Condition: Good/none.
Inventory #7098.
Price: $200.00 |
| 19.
| Holden, David
Farewell to Arabia
New York: Walker and Company, (1966). Photos. Maps. Index. Chipped dj. 268 pages. 21.4 cm. Hardcover.
Inventory #6410.
Price: $15.00 |
| 20.
| Holden, David
Farewell to Arabia
New York: Walker and Company, (1966). Photos. Maps. Index. Dust jacket. 268 pages. 21.4 cm. Hardcover. Condition (Book/Dj): VG/VG.
Inventory #7233.
Price: $10.00 |
| 21.
| Kelly, J. B
Arabia, the Gulf and the West
New York: Basic Books, (1980). Maps. Dj. Bibliog. Index. ix, 530 pages. 8vo. Hardcover.
Inventory #5333.
Price: $15.00 |
| 22.
| Kelly, J. B
Arabia, the Gulf and the West
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1980). Maps. Dust jacket. Bibliog. Index. Inscription signed by the author. Ink underlining on a few pages. ix, 530 pages. 24 cm. Hardcover. Condition (Book/Dj): VG/VG. ISBN: 0-297-77759-9
Inventory #7180.
Price: $15.00 |
| 23.
| Kelly, J. B
Arabia, the Gulf and the West
New York: Basic Books, (1980). Maps. Dj. Bibliography. Index. ix, 530 pages. 24 cm. Hardcover. Condition (Book/Dj): VG/VG. ISBN: 0-465-00415-6
Inventory #6775.
Price: $10.00 |
| 24.
| Kheirallah, George
Arabia Reborn
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1952). Map on endpapers. Photos. Drawings by Charles O. Naef. Chipped dj. viii, 307 pages. 23.5 cm. Hardcover.
Inventory #6258.
Price: $20.00 |
| 25.
| Lunt, James
The Barren Rocks of Aden
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, (1967). Maps. Photos. Condition (Book/Dj): Very Good/Good. Price-clipped dust jacket has small tears at edges and back. 196 pages. 22.3 cm. Hardcover.
Inventory #6788.
Price: $59.95 |
| 26.
| McDonald, John with Clyde Burleson
Flight From Dhahran: The True Experiences of an American Businessman Held Hostage in Saudi Arabia
Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1981). Dust jacket. xii, 260 pages. 23.5 cm. Hardcover. Condition (Book/Dj): Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 0-13-322453-8
Inventory #7124.
Price: $15.95 |
| 27.
| Montgomery, James A
Arabia and the Bible
Ktav Publishing House, 1969. Index. Originally published in 1934. Prolegomenon by Gus W. van Beek. Library of Biblical Studies. xxxv, 207 pages. 23.5 cm. Hardcover.
Inventory #6787.
Price: $30.00 |
| 28.
| Peters, F. E
The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places
Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1996). Photos. Maps. Bibliography. Index. xxvii, 399 pages. 23.4 cm. Wrappers (Softcover). Condition: Very Good/none. ISBN: 0-691-02619-X
Inventory #8029.
Price: $8.95 |
| 29.
| Philby, H. St. John B
The Heart of Arabia: A Record of Travel & Exploration
London: Constable and Company, 1922. Photos. Plan. Glossary. Index. The folding map of Central Arabia has a closed tear. The called-for map of Southern Najd is missing. Bottom corners bumped. Some light spotting on covers. Frontispiece in volume I present, but detached. xxiii, 386; vii, 354 pages. 2 volumes. 22.5 cm. Hardcover. Condition: Good/none. Includes a 1-page typed letter signed by Philby dated May 1,1958, in which he gives his opinion of the works of Philip Hitti [very positive] and mentions his own move from Lebanon to Saudi Arabia and his plansfor a future book. Includes envelope in which the letter was mailed, including stamps. On the envelope his return address is given in English: "Philby, Riyadh" and in Arabic: "Abdallah Philby [illegible], Riyadh".
Inventory #8362.
Price: $875.00 |
| 30.
| Philby, H. St. John B
Sa'udi Arabia
New York: Praeger, (1955). Photos. Folding map. Chipped and worn dj. Index. Printed in Great Britain. Nations of the Modern World series. xix, 393 pages. 8vo. Hardcover.
Inventory #4639.
Price: $90.00 |
| 31.
| Philby, H. St. John B
Arabian Oil Ventures
Washington: The Middle East Institute, 1964. Dust jacket. Photos. Maps on endpapers. This was Philby's last book. xiii, 134 pages. 23.5 cm. Hardcover.
Inventory #5857.
Price: $95.00 |
| 32.
| Pirenne, Jacqueline
Le Royaume Sud-Arabe de Qataban et sa Datation d'apres L'Archeologie et les Sources Classiques jusqu'au Periple de la Mer Erythree
Louvain: Université de Louvain Institut Orientaliste, 1961. Avec contribution de André Maricq. Bibliothèque du Muséon Volume 48. Maps. Photos. Bibliography. Index. Worn wrappers. xv, 248 pages. 26.8 cm. Wrappers (Softcover).
Inventory #6646.
Price: $115.00 |
| 33.
| Raswan, Carl R
Black Tents of Arabia (My Life Among the Bedouins)
Boston:, 1935. With photographs by the author. Map. Name crossed out on front flyleaf. 159 pages. Hardcover.
Inventory #6420.
Price: $30.00 |
| 34.
| Safran, Nadav
Saudi Arabia: The Ceaseless Quest for Security
Cambridge MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985. Pink highlighting on a few pages. Bibliography. Index. Dust jacket has small tears at edge. xv, 524 pages. 24 cm. Hardcover. Condition (Book/Dj): Very Good/Good. ISBN: 0-674-78985-7
Inventory #7273.
Price: $7.00 |
| 35.
| Sanger, Richard H
The Arabian Peninsula
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1954). Photos. Maps. Bibliography. Index. Chipped dj. xiv, 295 pages. 8vo. Hardcover.
Inventory #5992.
Price: $20.00 |
| 36.
| Sanger, Richard H
The Arabian Peninsula
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1954). Photos. Maps. Bibliography. Index. Minor edge wear. xiv, 295 pages. 24 cm. Hardcover.
Inventory #6547.
Price: $15.00 |
| 37.
| Saudi Arabia
An Introduction to Saudi Arabian Antiquities
Saudi Arabia: Department of Antiquity and Museums, Ministry of Education, 1975. Color and monochrome photos by Roger Wood. Maps on endpapers. Text and captions in English and Arabic. Worn dj. 176 pages. 29.5 cm. Hardcover.
Inventory #6276.
Price: $20.00 |
| 38.
| Schmid, Hagen & Peter Vine
Saudi Arabian Red Sea
Germany: no publisher, n.d. Fifth revised edition. Magnificent color photos of Red Sea denizens. Index. Condition is good, but there is a tear in the cover along the spine, and some edge wear. 112 pages. 34.5 cm. Hardcover.
Inventory #6708.
Price: $20.00 |
| 39.
| Serjeant, R. B
The Portuguese Off the South Arabian Coast: Hadrami Chronicles; with Yemeni and European Accounts of Dutch Pirates off Mocha in the Seventeenth Century
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963. 14 plates. 2 maps, 1 folding. Index. Light wear. x, 233 pages. 22 cm. Hardcover.
Inventory #6046.
Price: $110.00 |
| 40.
| Shaffer, Robert
Tents and Towers of Arabia
New York: Dodd, Mead, (1952). Photos. Glossary. Map on endpapers. Chipped dj. Signed by the author. xi, 276 pages. 20.5 cm. Hardcover.
Inventory #6082.
Price: $35.00 |
| 41.
| Snouck Hurgronje, C
Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century: Daily Life, Customs and Learning; the Moslims of the East-Indian-Archipelago
Leyden: E. J. Brill, 1931. Index. Folding map. Photos. Minor cover stains. Translated by J. H. Monahan. vi, 309 pages. 8vo. Hardcover.
Inventory #4825.
Price: $500.00 |
| 42.
| Tabachnick, Stephen E., ed
Explorations in Doughty's Arabia Deserta
Athens: University of Georgia Press, (1987). Dj. Bibliography. Index. vi, 275 pages. 8vo. Hardcover.
Inventory #3115.
Price: $17.95 |
| 43.
| Tabachnick, Stephen E., ed
Explorations in Doughty's Arabia Deserta
Athens: University of Georgia Press, (1987). Dj. vi, 275 pages. 23.5 cm. Hardcover. Condition (Book/dj): Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 0-8203-0899-4. Bibliography. Index.
Inventory #3013.
Price: $15.00 |
| 44.
| Twitchell, K. S., with the collaboration of Edward J. Jurji
Saudi Arabia, With an Account of the Development of Its Natural Resources
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1953. Second edition, Third printing. Maps. Photos. Index. Ex Library, number on spine, rubber stamp on edges. xxi, 231 pages. 21.5 cm. Hardcover. Condition: Good/none.
Inventory #7648.
Price: $5.95 |
| 45.
| Wheatcroft, Andrew
Arabia and the Gulf: In Original Photographs 1880-1950
London: Kegan Paul International, (1982). Foreword by M. H. Bakalla. Photos. Map. Chipped dj. Two partially removed price stickers on front endpaper. 184 pages. 27.5 cm. Hardcover. ISBN: 0-7103-0016-6
Inventory #6786.
Price: $40.00 |
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