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Published by New Amsterdam Books March 1998, 1998
ISBN 10: 1561310220ISBN 13: 9781561310227
Seller: The Book Garden, Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.
Book
Trade Paperback. Condition: Good - Trade. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
Published by New Amsterdam Books, Lanham, Maryland, 1992
ISBN 10: 1561310220ISBN 13: 9781561310227
Seller: Books of the World, Arlington, VA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Paperback Edition. New Amsterdam Books, 1992. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition (stated). Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Very slight wear to bottom front corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 360 pages. This fictional autobiography of the famous geographer, adventurer, and scholar Hasan al-Wazzan. Born in Granada in 1488, his family fled the Inquisition and took him to Fez, in North Africa. Hasan became an itinerant merchant, and made many journeys to the East, journeys rich in adventure and observation in a world in a state of religious flux. He was captured by a Sicilian pirate and taken back to Rome as a gift to Pope Leo X, who baptized him Johannes Leo. While in Rome, he wrote the first trilingual dictionary (Latin, Arabic and Hebrew), as well as his celebrated Description of Africa, for which he is still remembered as Leo Africanus. In re-creating Hasan's extraordinary experiences, Amin Maalouf sketches an irrisistible portrait of the Mediterranean world as it was nearly five centuries ago - the fall of Granada, the Ottoman conquest of Egypt, Renaissance Rome under the Medicis: all contribute to a background of spectacular colour, matched only by the picaresque adventures of Hasan's life.
Published by London, UK, Abacus / Little, Brown & Co. (UK), 1994, 1994
ISBN 10: 0349106002ISBN 13: 9780349106007
Seller: The Warm Springs Book Company, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Trade paperback, Very Good Plus to Fine Minus/pictorial wraps, later printing; slight browning to pages, light wear to covers and cover edges, no names or markings inside. The book is based on the true life story of Hasan al-Wazzan, the sixteenth century traveller and writer who came to be known as Leo Africanus, or Leo the African, 8vo., 360 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.
Published by Abacus 2006, 2006
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0393026302ISBN 13: 9780393026306
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First U.S. Edition. First US edition, hardcover, has a minor skew to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, a tiny hole to the cloth over the front hinge, a hint of smudging to the covers, and a touch of shelfwear to the cover edges, otherwise a solid, tight Very Good+ copy in a like unclipped dust jacket, which has mild bumps to the spine ends and corners, and a touch of rubbing. Jacket is wrapped in a Mylar cover.
Published by Quartet Books, 1988
ISBN 10: 0704326132ISBN 13: 9780704326132
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. The book has slightly loose hinges and gentle creases to the corner of pages 119-122, otherwise the book is in excellent, like new condition with crisp, unmarked pages, a tight binding, and a clean cover. The dustjacket has minor rubbing and surface scratching to both covers, otherwise it is in excellent, like new condition, intact and attractive, and is now in an archival protective mylar.
Published by New Amsterdam Books, 1992
ISBN 10: 1561310220ISBN 13: 9781561310227
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 360 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Published by W W Norton and Company, 1989
ISBN 10: 0393026302ISBN 13: 9780393026306
Seller: High Barn Books, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardback. First edition. VG++ hardback (light edgewear, head and tail of spine lightly bumped, page edges spotted) in VG++ dustwrapper (light edgewear). 360 pp 8vo hardback in dustwrapper. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1989
ISBN 10: 0393026302ISBN 13: 9780393026306
Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Very light bumping on spine tail. Else binding clean. Pages clean. Just a bit of light surface rubbing on rear DJ panel. Else DJ clean. ; FFH21D; 360 pages.