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An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior In The Period Of The Crusades: Memoirs of Usamah Ibn-Munqidh
by Usamah Ibn-Munqidh - Translated by Philip K. Hitti
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0691077460
- ISBN 13
- 9780691077468
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About This Item
Princeton University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine. FIRST Edition THUS. Fabulous facsimile Edition of the 1929 issue. A Near Fine hardback volume. Tan cloth (no dust jacket). A scholarly text, with fourteen pages having just a few lines of (very neat) highlighting. Translated from the original manuscript by Philip K. Hitti. Author lived during 'the early crusading period on Syrian soil'. He died in the year 1098. This memoir 'is considered a unique piece of Arabic literature'. A small owner name on inside front cover and a 1" Calvin College tiny label. No other markings. Map and Index at rear. Also includes a section of "Rare Anecdotes' at rear. Scholarly text. 265 pages. No jacket. Hard to find title. Protected in a mylar slip.
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- 001068
- Title
- An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior In The Period Of The Crusades: Memoirs of Usamah Ibn-Munqidh
- Author
- Usamah Ibn-Munqidh - Translated by Philip K. Hitti
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0691077460
- ISBN 13
- 9780691077468
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- World History; Autobiography; Damascus; Kurds; Syria; Sultans; scholarly text ; medieval West and East; Christian and Muslim societies; Philip Hitti; translation;
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