Ithaca Press Reading Uk (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 340 pages. foreword by James Piscatori. ; 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 ".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 308pp., chapter endnotes, bibliography, index. Slightly rolled. Minor edge wear and creasing to Dustjacket.(BH) 1/2026.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Stated "paperback edition." Foreword by Ursula Franklin. Tall octavo. xxvi, 526pp. Ownership signature (in one hand) of George and Jean Houser on the front fly (see below). Light wear, near fine. "[P]resents the voices of over 100 practitioners and theorists of nonviolence, the vast majority either Palestinian or Israeli, as they reflect on their own involvement in nonviolent resistance." (from the wrapper). George Houser was a minister, Civil Rights activist, and activist for the independence of African nations. In 1942, with James Farmer and Bernice Fisher, he co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in Chicago.…

Condition: good, ex-lib., fair. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 287, maps, glossary, chronology, pencil erasure residue on front endpaper, library stamps, DJ soiled with tape at bottom. Foreword by Ambasador Richard Murphy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Near Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Reading [UK]: Ithaca Press , 1997. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (£35.00). No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Many tables and figures. A history of the party, with detailed looks at Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, etc. From the Dust Jacket: "This book analyses the development of the Labour Party from its origins in the Israeli labour movement at the turn of the century up to the present day [i.e. 1996]. The book is lucid and well-researched, drawing on an extensive range of personal interviews with major political figures. and on previously unpublished documents to which Dr. Lochery gained access through his extensive work in the Knesset." Ten appendices. Glossary. List of interviews. Bibliography. Index. Original black cloth. Keywords: Palestine, PLO, Mapai, Zionism, Zionist priorities, Jews, Arabs, Israel, Israeli political parties, elections . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xx, 355pp .…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First English Language Hardback Edition. 240 x 165mm. pp. 168. English text. A detailed volume on technology, image and perception relating to the Arab media. Bound in original pictorial boards. Boards and pages clean and tight. Binding strong. No ownership inscription or underlining.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First Hardback Edition. 245 x 165mm. pp. 390. English text. A detailed volume on the political role of Islamist Movements in the contemporary Arab world. Bound in original black boards. Housed in green pictorial dust jacket. Library marks to f.e.p and base of spine of dust jacket. A little light wear and bumping to edges of dust jacket. Binding strong. No underlining. 1.1 kg. extra postage overseas. Ex-Library. …

Original Cloth w. Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. XIV+217pp. Edges with insignificant foxing.A very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 474pp; Illustrated boards clean & bright, a few bumps at top of front board, a few small creases in text, text unmarked, binding is tight, appears unread, Near Fine condition. Throws new light on the subject of slavery in Middle Eastern societies, using British documents kept at the India Office Library Records and at the National Archives in London and Kew, as well as slaves' statements made at the British Agencies in the Gulf between 1906 and 1949. Illustrated with maps. …

orig. boards. 24x16cm, x,288 pp. Contents: British Arabists in the third millennium -- British Arabism in 1900 -- Prelude to war: Enter Lawrence of Arabia . and oil -- World War I: The Arab Bureau and other trendsetters -- Britain's moment in the Middle East -- 1939-1945: Fortunes of war -- 1945-1960: Britain looks East--again -- 1960-1975: From Hayter to OPEC -- 1975-1990: Arabic on the world stage -- The 1990s: Arabists go to war--again -- British university Arabism at the Millennium -- Envoi: Reflections of an Arabist. ["This book appears at a time when the United Kingdom is heavily involved in the first war of the twenty-first century, a war of the most direct concern to all Arabs and Muslims." "Presently, no country on earth can match the United Kingdom for the concentration of Arab-world expertise and for opportunities to study the Arabs and the Arabic language. How did this come about?" "This study looks at the remarkable story of British Arabists from 1900 to the new millennium. Lawrence of Arabia is examined and so is Abdullah Philby (the father of the spy Kim), and the lady who knew them both well, Getrude Bell.Women Arabists appear at many stages of the story as do an extraordinary range of characters, from diplomats and archaeologists to journalists and explorers." "After examining the roles of British Arabists throughout the century, the author provides much food for thought by showing how closely involved Arabs and Muslims have become in British life in the third millineum" - publisher's description]. Some small light spots to cover. Some soil to top page-edge. VG., dustwrapper. …