Gustave Grunebaum, Signed (1 results)

Hardcover. First edition, second printing. SIGNED by author on half-title. Hardcover, index, annotated 365 pp. Very good+, no dustjacket. Corners rubbed, spine faded with a few approximately 1/8th inch nicks at head and foot, some scuffing, irregular approximately 4x4 inch faded area on front board. Internally, faint whiff of tobacco, paper lightly age yellowed, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp and unmarked. An examination of the world and self view of the medieval Muslim, religious attitudes, interactions with Christendom, law. Politics, literature, including chapter on influence of classical Greek literature in the "Arabian Nights", etc. History; sociology; comparative religions; Islam; literary criticism. *****************************************************.