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Paperback. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Not Dated, c. 1920. OWNER name on Title page. Thank you for your purchase from Sunset Books! Help Promote World Literacy, GIVE a Book as a GIFT!! In stock, Ships from Ohio. WE COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!! Item is as received from the estate of Miss Evelyn Davis who worked (I assume for the American Legion Auxiliary Rehabilitation Committee unit) at the Veterans Administration unit at Bedford, Massachusetts in the 1920's-1930's. She was in France and Poland with the Red Cross in the early 1920's. NOTE!! There was moisture to all pages, none are stuck. Rear cover is missing and Front cover has chips and tears. This item will ship FREE within the U.S.A. Any postage collected will be refunded. Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Book.…

Pamphlet. Condition: Fair. Cover discolored, and has a couple spill stains; 36 page pamphlet.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 36 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Paperback, OBroschur, Picture Album, Bildband, GF 21 x 27 cm, BIG BOOK, ART BOOK, 1. Auflage!, enthält Berichte, Dokumente, Analysen zur aktuellen Kunst in China, mit s/w- und Farbfotos, 237 Seiten, sehr gut erhalten, Katalog; sofort lieferbar.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original black titled wraps with b/w photo of the Kaaba during Hajj, set within an ornate geometric gilt design 13x18cm. Printed and made at Ashraf Press, Lahore, by Sh(eikh) Muhammad Ashraf, Publisher, Kashmiri Bazar, Lahore (Pakistan), and published by Jamiatul-Ulama-e-Natal, Wasbank, Natal, South Africa. xxii, 96pp English text with Arabic recitations, translated from the original Urdu by Moulana C.M. Sena of Wasbank, Natal. The author himself is stated as coming from Medina. Wraps very good, foxed. Interiors near fine. To the front blank are the very neat previous owner details (Clive Kessler, Kuala Lumpur, January 1969), and local bookseller's ink stamp (Jubilee (Book) Store, 97 Jalan Tuanku Ab. Rahman, KL). This is the stated 5th edition (1967) with a print run of 3000 copies. The first appeared in 1961. This title however appears to be rare, with Worldcat locating 3 institutions for this edition (OCLC 318174656: BL, University of Toronto, National Library Board Singapore), and 1 for the 1st edition only, with an internet search adding a copy of an unspecified edition at Sunamganj Public Library in Bangladesh. Kessler was very likely the sociologist and anthropologist, at this time in Malaysia conducting fieldwork which resulted in several papers on Muslim identity and political behaviour in the lead up to the historic May 1969 elections, and also his book "Islam and Politics in a Malay State: Kelantan 1838-1969" (1978). This guide would have given a clear idea on the rituals performed and challenges faced by Malaysian Hajjis. The opening section details the direction of Qiblah, and the formalities of prayer under diverse circumstances (when leaving home, when mounting a horse, when boarding a ship (plane or car), before and after entering a town (or village), in mornings and evenings, and in times of fear (horror) and loneliness. Subsequent chapters detail the rituals of Hajj and Umrah.…