Leipzig: Friedrich Christian Wilhelm Vogel, 1848. Softcover. 8vo. viii, 80pp. Original wrapper missing. Most pages unopened. Work complete, with a few pages missing from annotations at end. Translation of a work by Medieval Turkish Sufi (Islamic Mystic) Omar ben Suleiman, who lived in the 16th century. Translated and annotated by... More

Leiden: Brill, 2001. Hardcover. 8vo. xi, 205pp. Followed by 3 page catalog of other works from the same series (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History). Illustrated white cloth. Work on renowned Muslim Iranian Sufi (Islamic Mystic) theologian Abu Hamed Mohammad ibn Mohammad al-Ghazzali (1058-1111), who is is considered a pioneer of... More

Hamburg: Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei A.-G. (vorm. J. F. Richter), 1889. Softcover. 8vo. 74pp. Original wrappers missing. Work on the Prophet Muhammad and the Quran, the Holy Book of Islam. Written by renowned Orientalist and scholar of Islamic thought, Alois Sprenger (1813 - 1893). As pointed out by Amin Kamaruddin (in... More

Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. xiv,110pp. Original wrappers bound in modern three-quarter cloth over marbled boards with gold lettering on spine. Modern endpapers. Rare edition of a study by H. Steiner on the distinct Islamic school of Mu'tazilah. This speculative theology flourished during the 8th-10th centuries..... More

Halle: Verlag von Max Niemeyer, 1917. Softcover. 8vo. x, 120pp. Original wrappers. Pages unopened. Annotated translation of part of a major work by renowned of Iranian Muslim jurist, mystic, philosopher, psychologist and Sufi theologian, Abu Hamed Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali (1058-1111), a.k.a. Al-Ghazali or Algazel (see below). The book is..... More

New York: Barnes & Noble, n.d. Softcover. Octavo. 196pp. Original decorative wrappers over red cloth with silver lettering on spine. Top edge red. Frontispiece. This work is the English translation of the German "Mohammed, Sein Leben und sein Glaube" by professor Tor Andrae, published in 1932. It is a thorough... More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxx, 176 pp. + 1 oversize, fold-out map at rear. Blue cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Extremely interesting and insightful resource concerning the: view, relationship, holiness and history between Palestine, (Israel) and Islam. Scuffing and age... More

New York: Jewish Institute of Religion Press, 1933. First edition. Quarto. (vii), [1], 164 pp. Grey paper wrappers, black lettering on covers and spine. The author, Charles Cutler Torrey (1863-1956) was an American historian, archeologist and scholar who presented manuscript evidence to support alternate views on Christian and Islamic religious... More

Rome: Istituto per L'Oriente, 1963. Reprint. Softcover. 8vo. 104pp. 100pp. Illustrated wrappers with red and black lettering. Reprint of 1893 Leipzig-edition of Qur'an (sometimes spelled Koran) with additional commentary. In Arabic, with commentary in Italian. Minor age wear. Very good condition. Part of a series: Publicazioni dell'Istituto per L'Oriente. 55. More

Wiesbaden: Kommissionsverlag Franz Steiner GmbH, 1953. Softcover. 8vo. 38pp. Original wrappers. Collection of essays on "Islamkunde" (Orientalism) and "Kulturwissenschaft" (cultural studies). With contributions by renowned Orientalists Gustav E. von Grunebaum (see below), Hans Joachim Kissling, Wenrner Caskel and Berold Spuler. Age wear and fading to wrappers, with minor creasing and... More