THE SACRED JOURNEY. Being Pilgrimage to Makkah (the Pilgrimage to Mecca)
by Kamal, Ahmad
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/fair
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (c. 1961). hardcover. Fine/fair. "The Traditions, Dogma, and Islamic Ritual that govern the lives and destiny of more than five hundred million who call themselves Muslim: one seventh of Mankind... The complete text, in English and Arabic, has the unqualified endorsement of the two great schools of Islam, Shi'ah and Sunni, a fact of unique and unprecedented importance." Octavo, green cloth covers. The book is in fine condition. Dust jacket has a heavily sunned spine and edges,with chipping, only fair. 020117A
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000018858
- Title
- THE SACRED JOURNEY. Being Pilgrimage to Makkah (the Pilgrimage to Mecca)
- Author
- Kamal, Ahmad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (c. 1961)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Sunned
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- Spine
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- Fair
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
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- Jacket
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