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Condición: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Condición: New. Facsimile of 1885 ed. The foreword to this work, first published over a century ago, provides the following recommendation: 'The narrative of Simon Ockley, which Edward Gibbon characterised as instructive, and his translation of Arabic MSS as 'learned and spirited', make his 'History of the Saracens' a fitting sequel to what has been offered in this volume from Gibbon's great work.' The combined essence of the writings of these two historians on Saracenic history, is here combined in a single volume of unsurpassed scholarship. Its republication will be welcomed by a wide readership.Simon Ockley (1678-1720) was born in Exeter and educated at Cambridge where, in 1711, he became Professor of Arabic at the University. His great work on the Saracens, published between 1708 and 1757, was the result of years of study in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The second part of the present volume is an abridgement of this work.Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) is best known for his monumental history 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. He was an admirer of Ockley's early translations from Arabic sources. Gibbon's own work forms the first part of the present work.…

Condición: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 450 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Ink stamp and pen inscriptions to free endpapers, pastedowns, title page and first and last pages of textblock. Ownership plate stuck to front pastedown. Moderate crinkling to pages. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Noticeable splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Hardcover. Condición: New.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. An overview of the context in which forensic mental health practitioners work, with a focus on bridging the gap between different approaches taken by the health and criminal justice sectors. In immaculate condition throughout. All our UK orders are posted First Class. All profits to Amnesty International.…

Reprint (first published in 1885). Hardcover. Top edge foxed, otherwise fine in fine dustjacket.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Cloth, paper label; sl worn. Reprs Decline and Fall ch.50-52, & History of the Saracens (3rd edn 1757).

Reprint. weight:1.1 lb. Very good, spine lightly sunned, bookplate to pastedown. Series: The Chandos Classics. 8vo., 19.5x13 cm. 450 pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine title on leather label.

Condición: New.

Condición: New. pp. 240.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condición: New.

Einband - fest (Hardcover). Condición: New. The combined essence of the writings of these two brilliant historians is contained in this single volume. It traces the Saracenic history from its beginnings to its decline.

Hardcover. Condición: VG+. First Thus. Spine darkened, covers slightly bowed and soiled, but a scarce reprinting from Gibbons great work focusing on the period of history from " the death of Mahomet, 632, to that of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, 705." Ockley was the original author and his work was"based upon a manuscript in the Bodleian Library ascribed to the Arabic historian El-Wâkidî, with additions from El-Mekîn, Abû-l-Fidâ, Abû-l-Faraj, and others. Hamaker, however, has proved that the manuscript in question is not the celebrated 'Kitâb el-Maghâzî' of El-Wâkidî, but the 'Futûh esh-Sham,' a work of little authority, which has even been characterised as 'romance rather than history'".…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 7.25 x 4.75", gilt-ruled and gilt-pict red leather, 450pp with Index, covers rubbed, extremities lightly worn, spine quite sunned, minor spotting to prelims. PRIZE BINDING from the "Bolton Church of England Educational Institution" with the gilt seal on front cover, and a presentation bookplate (dated 1910) inside front cover, also SIGNED BINDING by James Galt. Decorative leather binding. …

broschiert/Taschenbuch. 5 Bände. je ca. 110 S. (24x20 cm) OBrosch. Außen deutlich gealtert, berieben u. teils knickspurig, ein Band mit Aufkleber am Vorderdeckel, anderer Band am Vorderdeckel rotfleckig; in 3 Bänden Eintragungen (teils farbig); sonst ordentlich. /// /// intern4a9s0k /// /// Sprache / Language: Englisch.…

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 178 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardback. Condición: New. Facsimile of 1885 ed. The foreword to this work, first published over a century ago, provides the following recommendation: 'The narrative of Simon Ockley, which Edward Gibbon characterised as instructive, and his translation of Arabic MSS as 'learned and spirited', make his 'History of the Saracens' a fitting sequel to what has been offered in this volume from Gibbon's great work.' The combined essence of the writings of these two historians on Saracenic history, is here combined in a single volume of unsurpassed scholarship. Its republication will be welcomed by a wide readership.Simon Ockley (1678-1720) was born in Exeter and educated at Cambridge where, in 1711, he became Professor of Arabic at the University. His great work on the Saracens, published between 1708 and 1757, was the result of years of study in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The second part of the present volume is an abridgement of this work.Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) is best known for his monumental history 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. He was an admirer of Ockley's early translations from Arabic sources. Gibbon's own work forms the first part of the present work.…

Condición: New. pp. 240.

Condición: New.

Condición: New. pp. 240.

Condición: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 224 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Good with no dust jacket. Verso of title page reads "This composite volume contains the graphic pages of Gibbon, and the quaint details of Ockley -- authorities on the subject, and carefully edited by A. Murray." 450 pages, unopened pages. Covers darkened, spine ends chipped, cloth at gutters splitting, foxing throughout.; 5 x 7 1/2 ". …

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Condición: New. pp. 240 This item is printed on demand.