Leo Africanus Tapa dura - 1989

W W Norton and Company , 1989 . Hardback. . 8vo hardback in dustwrapper. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. VG++ hardback (light edgewear, head and tail of spine lightly bumped, page edges spotted) in VG++ dustwrapper (light edgewear).

W. W. Norton & Company, 1989. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York Norton, 1989, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing in U.S. -- Novel based on the 16th century geographer Hasan al-Wazzan. Translated from French by Peter Sluglett. -- Hardcover. Condition: near fine (owner name) with fine dust jacket. -- Author born 1949, Lebanese historian, journalist, novelist, moved to Paris 1976. ISBN 0393026302

W. W. Norton & Company, 1989-01-17. First U.S. Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

W. W. Norton & Company, 1989-01-17. Hardcover. Very Good. stated 1st American edition, hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders

New York.: W. W. Norton & Company., 1989. First edition. ! st American edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Save for slight spine tilt.. Rubens, Peeter Pauwel ("Malay Ahmad" portrait reproduction by; Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts).. 1 Cloth and paper over boards. 360 p. Audience: General/trade. Literary biography of geographer Hasan al-Wazzan who became known as Leo Africanus or Leo the African. This is written as an imaginary autobiography of al-Wazzan, born at the end of the 15th century in Grenada from where he and his family fled with other Muslim and Jewish families. The Christian conquest was advancing, and soon the Inquisition would mark the times. Settling in Fez, as a youth he worked in the public baths, in an insane asylum, and on a long journey with his uncle across the Atlas. And this is only the beginning. Author Amin Maalouf had been a journalist in Lebanon.