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Published by E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1970
Seller: The Book Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
Includes black and white plates. Includes a folded map. 16x23 cm. vi+309 pages. Gilt hardcover. Ex-Library book - with all the usual marks. Stamp on outer page edges. Pen writing on first white page. Else in good condition. The book is in : English.
Published by Brill, Leiden, 1970
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ex-library, with library markings limited to tape residue to head of spine and adjoining 1/2 inch of front and rear boards, ghost of a label to foot of spine, property stamps to top-, fore-, and bottom-edges of textblock, property stamp (canceled) to front pastedown, cancellation stamp to front free endpaper, location stamp to verso of title page, call number in pencil and accession number in ink to recto of following leaf, circulation slip to rear free endpaper, and barcode label (blacked out) to rear pastedown. vi, 313 p. 20 p. of photos., fold. l. Photomechanical reprint of the 1931 ed., being a translation of v. 2 of the author's Mekka. Binding square, moderate rubbing to boards and wear to corners and to head and foot of spine; library markings as enumerated above else contents clean, photographic plates fine, folding map excellent. 730 grams.
Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2006
ISBN 10: 9004154493ISBN 13: 9789004154490
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book Print on Demand
Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. slightly rev. 2nd ed edition. 326 pages. 9.75x6.75x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this travel work on Mekka in the nineteenth century. Looking at the daily life and customs of the individuals of East-Indian-Archipelago. Illustrated, with many photographic portraits and two maps, one folding. Written by the Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages and Advisor on Native Affairs. Translated by J H Monahan. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine. book.
Published by Late E. J. Brill Ltd, 1931
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Hard cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. First edition. Partial detachment at front board from main text block in one spot, but still well attached overall. Clean and unmarked throughout. Some light rubbing on spine and corners. Overall very good condition.
Published by Late E.J. Brill Ltd, and London, Luzac & Co, Leyden, 1931
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Leyden, Late E.J. Brill Ltd, and London, Luzac & Co, 1931 (first English-language edition, and first thus). Large octavo, vi, 309, [3] (blank, errata, blank) pages plus 20 plates, a folding plan of Mecca and a ground plan of the Haram; an 'Additional Errata' slip is loosely inserted. Blue cloth rubbed, flecked and sunned, with a little wear to the head of the spine and one corner; top edge foxed; endpapers offset; early ownership signature on the front flyleaf; a very good copy. Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936) 'was a Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and languages and Advisor on Native Affairs to the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)' (Wikipedia). In 1884-85 the author 'had an opportunity to stay for a year in Arabia, about half the year in Mekka, where he lived as a student of Muhammadan learning, and half the year in Jeddah. The result of his experiences is given in a work in German in two volumes, under the title "Mekka", published in 1888-1889. His chief object was not to study the Hajj, an accurate knowledge of which is easier to obtain by reading some of the innumerable pilgrims' handbooks (manâsik) than by attending the ceremonies in the fearful crowd gathering yearly in the Holy Town, in the Valley of Mina and on the Plain of Arafât, but rather to become intimately acquainted with the daily life of the Mekkans and of the thousands of Muhammadans from all parts of the world living in Mekka for material or spiritual purposes. For the present [translation] we have restricted ourselves to the second volume, which seems likely to appeal to a wider public. This volume deals with the social and family life, marriage and funeral customs, and the learning of the Mekkans and their foreign guests . The present translation has been revised by the author' (introduction).
Published by Leyden & London, E. J. Brill & Luzac, 1931., 1931
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
First Edition
Large 8vo. VI, 309, (3) pp. With 20 half-tone plates, folding plan of Mecca, and plan of the Haram. Original blue cloth. First edition of the English translation of a book on the holy city of Mecca by the Dutch orientalist and professor Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936). The book is divided into four large chapters, dealing respectively with daily life, family life, learning and the Jâwah in Mecca. Each chapter is illustrated with several photographs, mostly portraits, depicting among others a physician, a merchant with his slave, a bride and groom, pilgrims and the doorkeeper of the Kaabah, and also including a view of the Masjid al-Haram mosque. The book closes with an index and two maps, one showing Mecca. During his travels Snouck Hurgronje took many pictures of the holy city and its inhabitants, which made him the first western photographer in the city. In 1888 he published two volumes in German entitled "Mekka" describing his travels, to which a "Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka" was added in 1888. The present translation is based on the second of the two German volumes from 1888, "which seems likely to appeal to a wider public" (p. V), thus representing a Mecca from nearly fifty years earlier. The two maps included in the first German volume are included here as well, and the 21 reproductions of photographs are a selection from the photographs in the "Bilder-Atlas". - Binding only slighty worn at the top and bottom of the spine. Interior slightly browned, but otherwise a very good copy, clean and well-preserved, with both the text and plates in very good condition. - Macro 1238. D. van der Wal, Christiaan Snouck Hurgonje: the First Western Photographer in Mecca, 1884-1885 (2011). OCLC 1088989. Cf. Fück 231.