8vo. publisher’s original wrappers, cover of some parts loose & their hinges weak, published by the Royal Asiatic Society & Cambridge University Press, 1923-2002.

Synopsis

The set is not complete, it comprises the following volumes with highlights of some of the contents:
1923: 2 Volumes: July & October
1924: Complete set of 4 volumes: January, April, July & October
1925: 3 Volumes: April, July & October
1926: Complete set of 4 volumes: January, April, July & October
1927: Complete set of 4 volumes: January, April, July & October
A Gold Coin (Dinar) of Mustanjid. (D S Margoliouth) / A new kind of old Arabic writing from Ur (Eric Burrows) / The “Shalamians” of Arabia (S Langdon)
1928: 1 Volume: April
1963, parts 3 & 4.
1993: Volume III, Third Series, Part 1, 2 & 3, April, July & November
Fact & Fiction in Richard Burton’s Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah & Meccah (1855-6), (Jon Godsall) / Tribes & States in the Middle East, (R C C Fynes) / Note on al- Tabari’s History, (Lawrence I Conrad).
1994: Volume IV, Third Series, Part 1, 2 & 3, April, July & November
The Mercantile Community of Mecca during the Late Mamluk Period, (Richard T Mortel) / Jazirat al-Hulayla early Julfar. derek Kennet with a historical commentary, (G R D King) / Kinda on the Eve of Islam & during the Ridda, (Michael Lecker) / An arabic Legal Document from the Umayyad Period, (Geoffrey Khan).
1995: Volume V, Third Series, Part 1, 2 & 3, April, July & November
The Rise of Timur & Western Diplomatic Response 1390-1405, (Adam Knobler) / The Use of Sources in Mughal Historiography, (M Athar Ali).
1996: Volume VI, Third Series, Part 1, 2 & 3, April, July & November
Ibn Al-Azraq, His Tarikh Mayyafarakin & Early Islam, (Chase F Robinson) / The Mamluks & the Seljuks: Islam’s Military might at the crossroads, (David Ayolon)
1997: Volume VII, Third Series, Part 1, 2 & 3, April, July & November
The Construction of an Islamic City in Palestine: The Case of Umayyad al-Ramla, (Nimrod Luz) / The Arabic Inscriptions of Dayr Dubban, (Moshe Sharon) / Knowing the Enemy: Western Understanding of Islam at the Time of the Crusades, (Bernard Hamilton) .
1998: Volume VIII, Third Series, Part 1, 2 & 3, April, July & November
The Abbasid Abna’ & Sasanid Cavalrymen, (Patricia Crone) / The Legacy of the Timurids, (Stephen Frederic Dale) / Liberty & Licence in the Constitutional Revolution of Iran, Homa Katouzian) / Arab Textiles in the Near East, (Lee Eiland III).
1999: Volume IX, Third Series, Part 1 & 2, April & July
The Sada in History: a Critical Essay on Hadrami Historiography, (Alexander Kynsh) / Edward Lane’s Surviving Arabic Correspondence, (D S Richards).
2000: Volume X, Thirs Series, Part 2, July
2001: Volume XI, Third Series, Part 1, 2 & 3, April, July & November
Richard Burton’s Somali expedition 1854-55: its Wider Historical Context & Planning, (J R Godsall).
2002: Volume XII, Third Series, Part 1, 2 & 3, April, July & November
“Ingrams Peace” Hadramaut 1937-40 Some Contemporary Documents, (Rex Smith) / Historical Representations of Ya’qub b. al-Layth: a Reappraisal, (D G Tor) / A Bronze Weight of Sa’id b. ‘Abd al-Malik from bet Sheam Baysan, (Elias Khamis).
Plus list of fellows, 1994 & 1997 and Bylaws, 1998.
Some other Highlights:
– Islam and the divine comedy (M Asin).
– Carved plaster in Umayyad architecture (R W Hamilton).
– The identity of the Camel on the Khurab pick (F E Zeuner).
– South Arabian gold jewellery ( Geoffrey Turner).