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Secondhand book for saleUsamah Ibn-Munqidh; trans Philip K. Hitti.
An Arab-Syrian Gentleman and Warrior in the Period of the Crusades: Memoirs of Usamah Ibn-Munqidh.
Published London: I. B. Tauris & Co., 1987 (reprints the 1929 Columbia U.P. edn.)
ISBN 185043056X.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 154x234x17mm.
Page count: text xi,265pp; plates 3pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some mild scuffs and creases on the covers, a bit of wear on the edges and corners, some mild bumping to the lower outside corners throughout; the spine is faded but not creased from reading; previous owner’s inscription on the half-title page, but the main text appears to be free of marking.
This item £12.50
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)[
Columbia U.P. edn. in print at $28.00/£19.50]
Weight without packaging: 379g.
Contents: Wars, travels & other experiences; Rare anecdotes; Usamah's hunting experiences.
Illustrations: 3, monochrome
Maps & plans: 1Introduction: 19pp
Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes[BML/I][PC1]
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