23 x 18 cm. Broadside. An organization established in 1906 by the British School of Archaeology and based in University College London. It apparently functioned irregularly into the 1920s. More
![Engishiki kenkyu = Studies for the Engishiki. Vol. [or No.] 1 (1976](/pictures/thumb/83075.jpg?v=1446666831)
n..p. 1976. Paperback. 105p. (many folding). Softcover in original blue wrapper. 26cm. Japanese text; brief summary in English on two unnumbered leaves at end. We don't know how often or how long this unusual periodical was published. More
Kuala Lumpur: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia), (c. 1978). Hardcover. photos, 268p. Hardcover in full leather. 22 cm. This specially bound copy was INSCRIBED to a Heinemann executive in an unknown hand. Based on articles that had appeared in The Star. More
Lake Gardens, Calcutta: Writers Workshop Saffronbird Book, (c. 1976). Limited Hardbound Edition. Hardcover. 124, 20p. Original red cloth. Wrap-around band present under clear plastic protective cover. 22 cm. Cover slightly warped. INSCRIBED on title-page by Aveling (as "Harry") who translated these poems from Indonesian. More
London: n.d. [ca. 1851?]. Paperback. 38p. Original wrapper. 22cm. Modest gnawed (or torn) area at center of top edge of front cover and first few pages. Laid in is an orange pasteboard ticket ("Lecture on the Lands of the Bible. Admit the Bearer"). An illustrated 66-page version was also published..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (c. 1942). Virginia Lee Burton. 13th printing. Hardcover. color illustrations (by Virginia Lee Burton), 28p. Pictorial boards. dj. Oblong 22cm. Jacket rather stained and worn. Name on endpaper. SIGNED on title-page by Bontemps (in 1969). Children's book. More
London: H. Grevel & Co., 1905. Hardcover. illustrations, photos, index, xx, 304p. plus (4)p. undated adverts. Original maroon cloth. 25cm. Corner bumped. Extremities rubbed. Hinge-paper split along front hinge. No jacket. "Translated from the revised and augmented edition by A. S. Griffith." More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1937. Hardcover. frontis, xiii, (1), 240p. Original cloth-backed boards. 24 cm. Edges of spine label and cover corners rubbed. No jacket. Edited by Francis P. Farquhar. Third Series of Rare Americana, Number 5. Edition limited to 550 copies. More
Calcutta Center: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1971. Hardcover. 280p. Original cloth-backed boards. 24cm. Cloth portion of cover sound but spotted and faded. No jacket. More
[Ivory Coast?]: n.p., 1972. Paperback. 88p. Softcover in original wrapper. 30cm. Cover edges lightly browned. Text printed on one side. French text. More
Boston: Department of Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art, Museum of Fine Arts, 1978. Paperback. xv, 78p. plus 37 with photos of objects -- each photo, mostly less than full-page, individually numbered as a plate (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIIa, VIIb, VIIIa, VIIIb, VIIIc, and so on, up..... More
Abidjan: Universite d'Abidjan. Institut de Geographie Tropicale, 1973. Paperback. 2 vols. First volume: map, [7], 93p. Second Volume (Annexes et Cartes): 21p. plus 10 folding maps. Both volumes softcover in original wrapper with a red plastic comb binding. Almost all text printed on one side. French text. Yamoussoukro has been..... More
n.p. Alice N. Heeramaneck, (c. 1979). Hardcover. Illustrated (including 16 color), unpaginated. Original blue cloth. dj. 33cm. More
London: Simpkin, Marshall Hamilton, Kent & Co., (1923). 1st ed. Hardcover. xiv, 57p. Original cloth-backed boards. 19cm. Sound copy with some cover rubbing and other wear. No Jacket. INSCRIBED on endpaper by Chalmers-Hunt, the translator and an Egyptian-born mystic poet. More
London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1901. 1st Ed. in English. Hardcover. photos, maps (including 3 color, one of which is folding), index, xiii, 242p. Cloth. 24cm. Scuffing and minor fraying along extremities. "H-58" lightly inked in white on backstrip. Translated by H. A. Nesbitt. More
Beyrouth: Imprimerie Catholique, 1926. Troisieme edition. Hardcover. xviii, 325, 190p. Original light blue cloth. 21cm. Modest cover soil. Backstrip darkened. Text moderately browned. A few pencil markings. Former owner's name stamp on verso of title-leaf. No jacket. French text. More
Flushing, NY: The Nubian Poet, I, Inc., (ca. 1979). 1st ed. Paperback. 69p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22cm. INSCRIBED on title page by McRae to ... May 21, 1979 Attn: Pg 21-22"). Yellow stain (faint and small) on title page. Poetry. Pages (21-22), referenced in inscription, contain a love poem..... More
Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1861. 1st Edition. Hardcover. folding map, xii, 482p. plus 4p. solicitation of subscriptions to support an expedition by Petherick and Speke to discover the source of the Nile which is tipped to the original front free endpaper and 16p. publisher's advertisements bound in the end after the folding..... More
Hardcover. 40 modest-sized photos, all but 3 of which are mounted 2 to a page on both sides of the 19 album leaves. Generally 8 x 6cm. or a bit larger. Very Good detail. The first 13 leaves have been briefly captioned and decorated in white ink. Small tied oblong..... More
n.p. n.d. [ca. 1942]. Hardcover. 35 good-sized photos, generally ranging from 28 x 21cm. down to 14 x 9cm. Photos date between 1908 and 1942. Most are photos of the missionaries assembled at annual meetings. Most were taken by N (or Nanak) Chand whose name appears along the bottom along..... More
Caracas: Universidad Central de venezuela, Facultad de Humanidades y Educacion, (1966). Paperback. 46p. Wrapper. 19cm. INSCRIBED by Rosenblat. Spanish text. More
Melbourne: The Melbourne University Press, 1925. 1st ed. Hardcover. index, xiv, 235p. Linen backed boards. dj. 22cm. Copy #127 of 250. Pages unopened. Library of Congress "duplicate" stamp on endpaper. Jacket has several chips and is split along front fold. Laid in is the business card of John Gartner presenting..... More
Ulm: Auf Kosten der Verfassers, 1852. 1st ed. Hardcover. xxv, 262p. Old Boards. 22cm. Cover scuffed. Former owner's name. Light foxing. German text. Historical analysis of the conflicts between the Commeni emperors of 12th century Byzantiums and the Normans. More
Washington: GPO, 1955. Paperback. 59p. Original wrapper. 26cm. Modest browning around edges of front cover. DA Pamphlet 39-1. More
