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New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York: D. Appleton, 1888. First American edition. 12mo. Hard cover binding. Unidentified translator. Earliest edition in English. First published in German as "Memoiren einer arabischen Prinzessin" in 1886. Earliest known account of harem life by an Arab woman. The author was borm a princess of Zanzibar and Omân, and fell in love with a German buyer, with whom she fled to Yemen and eventually to Germany. A very lively impression of the people in Zanzibar and the details of daily life of the women in the sultan's harem. A rare and extremely interesting book. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate, minimal markings, no pocket. Boards scuffed and soiled, occasional foxing, particularly to endpapers. Very good condition..

New York: Pegasus, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Pegasus, c. 1969. Reprint. 8v. Hard cover binding, 477 pp. Anthology. A concise and impartial introduction to some aspects of Middle Eastern history, with particular emphasis on the United Arab Republic, Syria, Iraq, and Israel. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York, NY: Pegasus, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Pegasus, 1969. First edition. 8vo. Light brown cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, illustrated with maps, 477 pp. Anthology. A concise and impartial introduction to some aspects of Middle Eastern history, with particular emphasis on the United Arab Republic, Syria, Iraq, and Israel. Near fine in a very good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo. Reprint. 8vo. Cloth binding, 650, xxxi pp. including index. Map endpapers. No dustjacket. Light soiling to boards. Solid, otherwise clean book. Very good..

Amherst, New York, U.S.A.: Prometheus Books, 2005. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 560 pp. In this history of the discovery, development, and exploitation of Middle Eastern oil, a former Arab Gulf reporter for Time and Fortune tells a largely unknown story rich in drama, conflict, and comic interludes, revealing how even as late as the end of World War I experts insisted "there is no oil in Arabia." Indeed, the fabulously rich oilfields of Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia remained untapped for years after they were discovered by a New Zealander named Frank Holmes, a figure still downplayed in the West, but who has been honored by Arabs in the Gulf since the 1920s as Abu al-Naft "the Father of Oil." Aileen Keating explodes many myths here, including the notion that oil companies and geological experts knew there was oil in Arabia but kept it quiet to keep competitors away. New in new dustjacket..

New York: Hill and Wang, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. New York: Hill and Wang, 1991. First edition, stated. 8vo. 183 pp. Book written jointly by a brave and embattled Palestinian philosopher and a touch-minded Israel political scientist shows that antagonists of equally strong patriotic feelings and equal goodwill can cooperate. This book, still sadly apropos, examines a two-state settlement, examines the issues, and finds sensible solutions. No writing inside, appears unread. Faint soil spot on endpaper from manufacturing and inadvertent fold to dust jacket flap. Very good in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

Paris: Gallimard, 1985. Paris: Gallimard, 1985. Reprint. IN FRENCH. 12mo. Trade paperback, 163 pp. The relationship between the colonizer and the colonized. Memmi was a Tunisian Jew. New.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. New. 12 mo..

New York: Praeger, 1961. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Reprint. 12mo.. Reprint. 12mo. Trade paperback, very good condition. 342 pp. With 15 maps, bibliography, index. No marking inside. Very good..

New York: Putnam's, 1965. Book. Illus. by Graham, Ian, Photographs. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. New York: Putnam's, 1965. Folio. Blue cloth binding, 288 pp. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. Light shelf wear to dust jacket at extremities. Fine in very good dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

New York: Macmillan, 1959. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Macmillan, 1959. Stated first American edition. 8vo. Cloth binding. "It has been said about Vietnam that it became important mainly because the Americans decided to send an army there. The same applies to the Middle East: the Soviet advance now gives it a significance it would not otherwise have....It would be a great contribution to peace in the area if the world's attention was not permanently focussed on it." Near fine in a near fine dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..