GO STRONG INTO THE DESERT: THE MAHDIST UPRISING IN SUDAN 1881-85
Written by Mike Snook. Illustrated by Michael Perry.
Stock no. 1828171
Published by Perry Miniatures. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

A military history and uniform guide. Following the string of disasters which befell the Egyptian military in the Sudan from 1881-1884, the Mahdist Uprising obliged a relctant London government to deploy an array of distinguished officers and regiments. The ensuing string of battles proved to be herculean struggles encompassing some of the most fascinating episodes in nineteenth century military history. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780956184214. A few minor marks to rear cover else a lovely copy.

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THE KNIGHTS OF ISLAM: THE WARS OF THE MAMLUKS
Written by James Waterson.
Stock no. 1828159
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book sheds light on the deadly conflict between Christendom and Islam; analyses the Mamluk-Mongol War and the reasons for the Mamluks' eventual victory; explores the distinctive military society of the Mamluks. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781853677342. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a crease to lower front edge, has teh remains of a price-label to rear panel and is scuffed.

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HOMAGE TO AL-ANDALUS: THE RISE AND FALL OF ISLAMIC SPAIN
Written by Michael Barry.
Stock no. 1828088
Published by Andalus Press. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Centuries of Islamic presence in Spain and Portugal left an indelible stamp, like the wonders of the Alhambra and the Great Mosque of Cordoba. This is the story of al-Andalus, its rise to splendour and sophistication and its decline. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780956038302. Light scuffing to dustwrapper else a lovely copy.

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CRUSADER WARFARE VOLUME II: MUSLIMS, MONGOLS AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE CRUSADES 1050-1300 AD
Written by David Nicolle.
Stock no. 1828039
Published by Hambledon Continuum. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This second volume of Crusader Warfare focuses on those non-Christian cultures that were most directly involved in the crusades. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781847251466. A lovely copy.

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BEYOND THE PALACE WALLS: ISLAMIC ART FROM THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM
Written by Mikhail B. Piotrovsky; Anton D. Pritula.
Stock no. 1827711
Published by Nmse Publishing. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Islamic Art in a World Context. Exhibition at National Museums of Scotland Edinburgh 14 July to 5 November 2006. Edited by Piotrovsky and Pritula. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781905267040. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

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ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
Written by Bianca Maria Alfieri.
Stock no. 1820096
Published by Laurence King Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The history of Islamic architecture in India from its beginnings in the thirteenth century until its decline in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Encompassing the whole sub-continent to cover Pakistan and Bangladesh. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 1856691896. Slight fading to top edge of front endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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ISLAM AND THE ARMY IN COLONIAL INDIA: SEPOY RELIGION IN THE SERVICE OF EMPIRE
Written by Nile Green.
Stock no. 1818887
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A ground-breaking study of the cultural world of the Muslim soldiers of colonial India. Set in Hyderabad in the mid nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the book focuses on the soldiers' relationships with the faqir holy men who protected them and the British officers they served. Black boards, silver title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780521898454.

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ISLAM VOLUME I EARLY ARCHITECTURE FROM BAGHDAD TO CORDOBA
Written by Henri Stierlin.
Stock no. 2115903
Published by Taschen. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Taschen's World Architecture Series. Colour photos and diagrams throughout. ISBN: 3822885614. Bumping to corners and edges. A few marks to covers. Some pencil and erasing to front endpaper. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing and a few nicks and a couple of closed tears.

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THE LANGUAGE OF THE BIRDS
Written by Marie G. Lukens; Ernest J. Grube.
Stock no. 2114965
Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Pale damp marking to edges of some pages.

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PAPER BEFORE PRINT
Written by Jonathan M. Bloom.
Stock no. 1204478
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2001. As new condition.

The history and impact of paper in the Islamic world. Large format. Black cloth spine, glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300089554.

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