Iraqi, Mystic Poet of Iran
London: 1939. Paperback. [32]-45p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. Small tear in upper right corner of front cover. Proceedings of The Iran Society, Vol. II, Part 3. More
London: 1939. Paperback. [32]-45p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. Small tear in upper right corner of front cover. Proceedings of The Iran Society, Vol. II, Part 3. More
London: Luzac, 1937. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, index, 291p. Original brown cloth. dj. 25cm. Jacket has only light wear. Luzac's Oriental Religions Series, Volume VII. More
London: J. Murray, 1808. 1st ed. (?). Paperback. xv, [1], 68p. plus 8p. publisher's advertisements. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Half-title present but no separate wrapper. 23cm. Preface mostly devoted to attacking critics of this "opera." More
London: Allen & Unwin, (1951). 2nd ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, illustrations, index, 664p. 5 (of 8) folding maps and 6 genealogical charts in pocket strap inside back cover. Original cloth. dj. (some chipping). 23cm. Jacket has a chip at base of backstrip and some other relatively minor wear. Every copy..... More
London: H. K. Lewis, 1914. 2nd ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, 36o, Thin red cloth. 22cm. Contents poorly stitched and almost detached. No Jacket. Issued to promote Luxor for invalids and those suffering from a wide variety of complaints. More
Paris: Association Francaise d'Action Artistique [and others], 1993. Paperback. illustrations (some color), maps, 219p. Softcover in original wrapper. 27cm. French text. Most of the volume is devoted to a French translation by Philippe Noble of "Le Journal de Voyage de Willem de Famars Testas 1888," including a new Introduction and..... More
Halis Saxonum: Schwetschke et Filium, 1837. Hardcover. 694p. Attractive modern quarterbinding (marbled boards backed in brown leather. 29cm. Two circular stains on title-page. Scattered foxing. Abridged from his similarly-titled four volume work published 1830-1837. More
Paris: College de France, 1957. Paperback. black & white plates, 277p. Original wrapper. 28cm. Former owner's name. French text. More
Munchen: Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1923. Paperback. 3 vols. 75, 56, 96p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Covers moderately worn (some chipping, soiling, etc.). "Hopkins Marine Station Library" stamped on front covers (we see no other library markings). Contents sound. German text. Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Philologische und..... More
Baltimore: John S. Horton, 1836. First American, from the Last London Edition. [ststement on title-page]. Hardcover. title vignette, woodcut illustrations (we counted 40, all half- or quarter-page), 90p. Original brown cloth. Printed title label on front cover. 15cm. Imperfect -- lacks one leaf (pp. 81-82). Backstrip crudely replaced with modern..... More
London: Zeno Booksellers & Publishers, 1971. Hardcover. index, vi, 199p. Original blue boards. dj. 22 cm. Reprint of the 1909 Second edition of Claude Delaval Cobham's translation. More
New York: University Press Book Store, n.d. [1929?]. Paperback. illustrations, 100p. Original stiff wrapper backed in black cloth. 28cm. Cover untitled. Text printed on one side. Former owner's name. Several dozen rather grainy illustrations have been added, presumably by the publisher, to many of the blank pages in this volume..... More
New York: AMS Press, 1978. Paperback. Folding map on 4 sheets in cloth slipcase. 22 cm. No Jacket (as published). American Geographical Society. Oriental Explorations and Studies series. Reprint of the 1928 edition. This portfolio of maps was issued to accompany Musil's four works on northern Arabia (Arabia Deserta, Middle..... More
New York: American Geographical Society, 1927. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (map), photos, index, xvii, 631p. Original gray cloth. 26cm. Moderate cover soil. No Jacket. American Geographical Society. Oriental Explorations and Studies, No. 2. This copy issued without the pocket map (or the cover pocket in which it should be found)..... More
Dublin: Printed for J. Smith, 1757. Hardcover. This volume only (of 4). folding map, 287p. Old leather (probably later). 17cm. Cover scuffed and worn. Front cover and adjacent free endpaper detached. Contents sound. This volume contains no plates other than the folding map and is a smaller (and presumably abridged)..... More
London: Printed for the editor by Cooper and Graham; and to be had of them in Bow Street, Covent Garden, 1797. Hardcover. 17plates (languages, music, etc. and including 2 hand-colored plates titled The Fighting Bulbil and Musk Deer of Nepal), xii, 92, viii, [1], 94-196p. Contemporary 1/4 leather (with very..... More
Calcutta: Published by the author, 1914. Hardcover. vi, 361p. Later Middle Eastern leather. 23cm. Covers scuffed. Backstrip frayed at ends and faded. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1955. 1st ed. Hardcover. index, xxv, 107p. plus illustrations and plates. Original cloth. dj. 34 cm. Jacket browned around edges and on backstrip. More
New York: Published for the Society by George P. Putnam & Co., 1855. Paperback. folding facsimile (of an inscription), ii, 274, xxii[p.]. Original wrapper. 24cm. Foxing on cover which is missing the upper left quarter of rear panel. This is actually Journal of the American Oriental Society. Fifth Volume, Number..... More
Washington: GPO, 1884. Hardcover. illustrations, plates, maps, 164p. Original blue boards. 23cm. Spine somewhat darkened with modest chipping at ends. A few small cover spots, one of which is quite visible. More
New York: Barnes & Noble, (1973). 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, index, 192p. Original blue boards. dj. 22cm. More