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We bring out full English translations of works that had previously been available in English only in part, or not at all. Each edition we stock is set out below together with its price.

Front cover of Volume One: gold line-work on deep navy

Shams al-Maʿārif al-Kubrā

Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Būnī, died c. 1225

The foundational work of Islamic letter mysticism, complete in English: four parts in two volumes, 1,446 pages, with all 479 figures reproduced on 225 facsimile plates.

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Gold lettering on a dark navy background, with an open book, a lamp and a brass astrolabe, features on the front cover of this edition

Mujarrabāt al-Dayrabī

Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar al-Dayrabī, died 1151 AH (1738 or 1739 CE)

A Cairo manual of tested remedies, charms and magic squares, written by an al-Azhar jurist and, to the best of our knowledge, translated into English for the first time, with the Mujarrabāt of al-Sanūsī printed in the margin.

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Cover of Possessed: the Memoir of the Nun of Loudun, showing Jeanne des Anges's handwriting

Possessed: The Memoir of the Nun of Loudun

Jeanne des Anges

The complete autobiography of the prioress at the centre of the Loudun possessions, complete in English: her whole account, her later letters, an introduction, a timeline, notes and a glossary.

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Cover of The Book of the Cook: a woodcut of a cook stirring a pot over an open fire, with the title in black capitals on a cream ground

The Book of the Cook

Mestre Robert (Rupert de Nola)

The first cookery book printed in Catalan, published in Barcelona in 1520, now rendered into English from the Catalan, complete with a foreword, over two hundred notes and a glossary.

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Front cover of Volume One: gold line-work on deep navyGold lettering on a dark navy background, with an open book, a lamp and a brass astrolabe, features on the front cover of this edition

Both digital editions

Shams al-Maʿārif al-Kubrā and Mujarrabāt al-Dayrabī

The PDF and EPUB of both titles in one purchase. Bought separately they total $22.98.

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Where to buy

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In Catalan

Classic novels and stories in Catalan

Each title listed here is a classic work of fiction in a full Catalan translation, with a new foreword. The digital editions are sold here, while Amazon.es sells the Kindle and paperback editions.