London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1879. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [1879-1886]. Complete in 5 Vols. Polished brown calf, marbled edges and gilt compartments, xvii, 647; xvii, 705pp; xxiv, 679pp; xxii, 611pp; xvi, 560pp. Eratta slip tipped-in vol. 3, light foxing throughout; wear to calf but otherwise near fine. Walpole [1839-1907]..... More
Vienna, Austria: Adolf Holzhauzen, 1882. Hardcover. Brown paneled calf, 1384pp [text in Hebrew, printed from right to left]. Light wear to boards, otherwise about fine. More
Philadelphia: Uriah, Hunt & Son, 1854. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown boards, 33pp. Illustrated with lavish fonts, including "Egyptian block letters, ornamental German and Old English text, Italian print or Stump Writing and Gothic Figures." Rebacked spine, otherwise very good. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Princeton Oriental Studies, Vol. 14. Green cloth, vii, 59pp. Light rubbing to edges, otherwise fine in a very good but somewhat soiled d/w. "Preserved in this work is a description of the religious practices of the Arabians before Muhammad, together with..... More
Toronto: J.A. Nichols & Co., 1896. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 4to. [...New Methods of Penmanship; Law Without a Lawyer; Business Forms and Business Laws. A complete treatise on vegetation. How to breed, how to train, and ow to doctor horses; how to doctor cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry. A complete set..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth, purple paper boards. vi, 89 pp. Light bruising to upper corners, else fine. More
New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1971. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. xi, 103 pp., [10 pp. publisher ads]. B&W photos in text. Spine and rear joint sunned, else fine. More
In the Savoy [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot...For J. Worrall...and W. Owen, 1758. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. leather boards, new leather spine, orig. spine label laid down. [x], 347 + [47]. Recently professionally rebacked. Covers scuffed, soiled, and rubbed. Paper repair to head of title page. Ink ownership inscription..... More
Vancouver: Arsenal Editions, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black paper, grey paper boards. 314 pp. Minor chafing to spine foot, else fine. More
Homewood, IL: The Dorsey Press, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First printing stated. Quarter tan cloth, orange cloth boards. x, 495 pp. Spine tilted and sunned, light chafing to extremities. Damp stain to fore edge of text block. Some sporadic pencil marginalia. More
London: The Southwark Press. Soft cover. 8vo. N.d. Orig. green wrappers 14 pp. Two bi-fold supplementary type-lists and specimens laid in. Ink ownership inscription inside front cover. About fine. More
Edinburgh: Philosophical Library, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. burgundy paper boards. 70 pp. Light chafing to extremities, light bruising to lower corners. Dust jacket is sunned to spine and edges, age toned, chipped to spine ends, short tear to foot of front joint..... More
London: Millington, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full blue paper boards. 142 pp. Spine tilted. Bumped to spine ends. White scuffs to front board. Dust jacket is age toned, sunned to extremities, short tear to head of front cover. More
New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1969. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. xvii, 354 pp. [8] pp. B&W photos. Spine sunned, covers toned, price sticker to foot of front cover. More
Glasguae: Jacobus Mundell, 1800. Hardcover. 32mo. Full contemporary calf, gilt compartments and borders. Speckled edges. 375 pp. Joints cracking, rubbing to extremities. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Chipping and toning to edges of free endpapers. Damp staining to outer margin to first 50 pp. An ancient Roman poet, Publius Virgilii..... More
London: K. Rustem & Brother, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full navy paper boards. xv, 426 pp. B&W illustration in text. Slight bowing to front board, light bruising to upper rear corner. Dust jacket is sunned to spine and flaps, else fine. More
Chicago: Melvin J. Evans, 1942. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 6" x 9" Orig. blue card wrappers, staple bound. 64 pp. Sunned to extremities. Interior edge toned. More
Brooklyn, NY: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1923. Hardcover. 4to. Orig. brown cloth. Patterned endpapers. xv, 256 pp. Spine tilted. Chafed to extremities, some spotting to boards Tipped in frontis. has detached and is laid in. Light foxing to edges and interior. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1953. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. navy cloth. viii, 378 pp. Spine tilted and darkened, rubbed to extremities. Interior age toned. Some pencil marginalia and underlining. More
Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2000. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter burgundy cloth, pictorial paper boards. xxxii, 588 pp. 160 figures, several fold-outs. Notes and views in Egypt and Nubia, made during the years 1825-28: Chiefly consisting of a series of descriptions and delineations of the monuments, scenery, &c. of..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1962. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. maroon paper boards. xiv, 210 pp. Spine tilted. Light sunning to spine ends. Interior age toned. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to extremities, chipped to spine head, bumped to top edges. More
New York: Time Incorporated, 1963. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. xiv, 241 pp. Spine faded and creased, else fine. More
London: Constable & Co., 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Orig. grey cloth, printed paper title labels to spine and front board. ix, 160 pp. Spine cocked and sunned, light sunning to edges. Light edge toning to endpapers. Dust jacket is chipped to spine ends, edge worn, a few open tears..... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black paper boards. xiv, 489 pp. [16] pp. B&W photos. Sticker ghost to head of front cover of dust jacket, else fine. A stirring story of daring, fortitude, and outright lunacy. More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription to half-title. Soft cover. 383 pp. Fine condition. With program laid in for the Wadie Jwaideh Memorial Lecture in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Indiana University, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Middle Eeastern and Islamic..... More