Pierre Watt (44 results)

Condition: 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.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Anchor #A601. 183pp. Spine a little cocked, some chips on corners, a crease on front panel. Good+.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Soft cover. Condition: Good. Anchor #A601. 183pp. Very Good Some rubbing and staining to cover. Illustrated throughout with B/W photos. Binding square and tight. Text Block clean bright and free from markings. Originally published by Aldine Publishing in 1965; this 1967 Anchor Books Paperback was by arrangement with Aldine. W. Montgomery Watt was a Professor of Arabic at the University of Edinburgh from 1964 to 1979. In addition to being an Anglican Priest he was one of the foremost non-muslim interpreters of Islam and a prominent contributor to the field of Quranic studies. His works from the 1950s are considered classics in their field. Pierre Cachia, also at the University of Edinburgh was a Senior Lecturer in Arabic, among the first generation of post-War American and European Arabists and Orientalists who made tremendous strides in fashioning academic studies of modern Arabic literature into what it is today: grounded in native fluency of the Arabic language, informed by real experiences lived in close proximity with Arab writers and storytellers, and took seriously the concerns and priorities of Arab scholars, critics and intellectuals. Born in Faiyum (Fayyum) on 30 April 1921 to Maltese father and Russian mother, Pierre grew up in Upper Egypt. He successively attended French, Italian, Egyptian and American schools before he enrolled at the American University in Cairo, where he earned his BA degree. After war service with the British 8th Army in North Africa, Italy and Austria, he moved to Scotland. He received his doctorate at the University of Edinburgh in 1951 and joined its Faculty. He was appointed Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at Columbia University in 1975 and would remain there until he retired in 1991.…

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1965 first edition hardback, lacks dustjacket. Interior has remains of ex pencil price mark, otehrwise clean interior with all pages tight in binding. Some minor blemishes to rear cover.

Condition: 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. xi, 226 pp. Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies / Medieval Confluences: Studies in the Intellectual History and Comparative History of Ideas of the Medieval World. Volume 388 / Volume 1. LCC: 2011020924.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Mass market paperback. Clean and sharp, no marks noted to text. Light edgewear and age-toning. 183 pp w/ index. Book.

Teal Cloth Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback Edition. 1977. xi, 210pp. B&W images. With additional sections on literature by Pierre Cachia. Part of the Islamic Surveys series. Crease to front cover. Pages browning. Otherwise in excellent condition with no inscriptions. "This short history of Islamic Spain covers the period 711-1492. It deals with the Muslim conquest, with the growth and grandeur under the Umayyads, with the decline of Arab rule, and finally with the Reconquista. There are special sections dealing with poetry and belles lettres, philology, and philosophy".…

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Fifth Edition. Grey duodecimo, smaller than octavo, 209 pages, b&w maps; 18 cm. In Spanish. Spain -- History -- 711-1516. Series: El libro de bolsillo, 244. Slightly loose binding, extremely mild wear to spine head and foot, extremely gently rubbed corners, very small tear to title page, very gentle rubbing to front-top edge, book info paper slip to front free endpaper, extremely mild rubbing to rear-top edge, else Good to Good(+).…

gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 210 Seiten; Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten Bibliothek und kann die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen aufweisen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.); der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 400.…

Tapa blanda. Condition: Buen estado. PEINTURE ET THÉORIE DE L'IMITATION EN ALLEMAGNE ET EN ANGLETERRE. Libro en francés. Colección: Champs arts, nº 652. Fotografías en color fuera de texto. Buen estado PEINTURE ET THÉORIE DE L'IMITATION EN ALLEMAGNE ET EN ANGLETERRE. Libro en francés. Colección: Champs arts, nº 652. Fotografías en color fuera de texto. Buen estado 318+ 8 pp. 11x18. Fotografías en color fuera de texto (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 320 pages. French language. 6.85x4.25x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Text in French. Minor curling to wrapper corners, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. x, 210pp. B/w plates throughout, blue cloth gilt-stamped spine lettering. Some toning to endpapers, edges lightly dusted, otherwise a sharp, unmarked copy.

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Condition: New. pp. 220 Illus.

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Condition: Good. Alianza Editorial. Encuadernación en tapa blanda. Watt, W. Montgomery; Cachia, Pierre Historia de la España islámica Tapa deslucida. Tapa ilustrada. Pags.253. Volúmenes.1.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 256 pages. French language. 11.02x8.66x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 183 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. Matthias Haentjens is Professor of Law and Director of the Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He also serves as a deputy judge in the court of Amsterdam.Pierre de Gioia Carabellese is a fello.

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