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Show 19) 16 Goring Road, London : Nc 11, England 18 August, 1961 Director, Middle East Program, University 0f Utah, SaT,t Lake "City, Utah, U. S. A, Dear sir, If your department maintains a libra?y of Arabic worfci this offer may Interest you. I have a personal collection of several thousand books covering practically every field of Arabic and Islamic studio notably law,current affairs and religion. They include many items which are scarce or unobtainable in addition to relative]y recent publications. Occasionally I withdraw a few items that are no longer required for my reading and offer them at a reasonable cost to institutes which I feel might be able to make good use of them. In view of their academic value,rarjtv or particular interest 1 am keen to let them be shared bv a few" centers o-f learning instead of one. ' ' ', If yon so wish I would be glad to send von notice of1 future withdrawals a\iving f^'H description of each work in a manner rendering decision on its acquisition possible within seconds. In that case perhaps you can say how Ions- it takes to reyjew alist of about 30 works. Before expressing interest In this offer please ensure i) the books in this field will in fact be put to active use by vour scholars and ii) lists will be reviewed with reasonable urgency or returned if none of the works is wanted. Yours sincerely, Ahmad Ibrahim CJ |