David Rakia
Tel Aviv: Massada Publishing Company, 40n.d. (c. 1984). 1st ed.(?). Hardcover. frontis, illustrations (several color), 80p. dj. 28cm. INSCRIBED by Mendelson. From the library of Professor Thomas M. Greene. More
Tel Aviv: Massada Publishing Company, 40n.d. (c. 1984). 1st ed.(?). Hardcover. frontis, illustrations (several color), 80p. dj. 28cm. INSCRIBED by Mendelson. From the library of Professor Thomas M. Greene. More
Warminster: Aris & Phillips, (c. 1978). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, xiv, 296p. Original red cloth. dj. 30 cm. Minor cover spotting. Some foxing on page edges. 28 essays. "Palestinian" and other Middle Eastern and North African archeology. More
Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich, 1830. 2nd ed. (with some changes). Hardcover. 408p. Original cloth backed boards. 20 cm. Backstrip has vertical crease. Significant foxing throughout text. A couple of signatures pulled (one of which is partially detached at bottom). Parsons, born in Massachusetts and a graduate of Middlebury College and Andover..... More
1871-1884. Hardcover. Uniformly bound in old 1/2 leather (marbled boards with leather backstrips and corners). Original wrappers not bound in. 21cm. Some foxing (mostly on page edges and at beginning and end of volumes). Old price written heavily on verso of free endpapers. An attractive set. Quarterly Statement was first..... More
New York: American Friends of the Middle East, Inc., (1955). 3rd printing. Paperback. 21p. Wrapper. 22cm. Minaret Series, Number 4. The President of American University of Beirut opines that peace in the Middle East depends upon resolution of the Palestine Problem and suggests six steps that should be taken. More
n.p. n.d. [ca. 1920]. 28 photos pasted on the stiff card leaves. Many approximately 8 x 11cm.; 3 are smaller and 11 are larger. Almost all photos captioned in ink on the album leaf or on mounted slips of paper. Quality varies, but photos generally above average. 5 photos, all..... More
London: Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society, 1894. Paperback. index, v, 52p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm.Modest chipping and browning around cover edges. Unopened. Edited by Titus Tobler and translated from Tobler's text by Aubrey Stewart. More
Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1927. Paperback. 2 vols. 83, 40p. Original gray wrappers. 23cm. Recent label mounted on title-page identifying this as from the library of H. A. R. Gibb. German text. Das Land der Bibel, Band IV, Heft 5/6 & Band V, Heft 1. More
Frankfurt am Main: Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science, 1995. Hardcover. 487p. plus some botanical illustrations. Original yellow hardcover binding. 24 cm. No Jacket (as published). The Islamic World in Foreign Travel Accounts (series), Volume 54. German text. Added title-page in Arabic at end. Reprint, limited to 80 copies..... More
London: Day & Son, 1855-1856. 1st quarto edition. 6 vols. in 3. Complete with 2 maps, 242 tinted litho plates (including a portrait of Roberts) and 6 tinted litho title-pages. Original gilt armorial blue cloth binding. 29 cm. This set was recently resewn and recased with hinges reinforced with modern..... More
Cairo: Centro di Studi Orientali della Custodia Francescana di Terra Santa, 1954. 1st ed. Paperback. map and a couple of illustrations, xxvi, 118p. Original wrapper. 28cm. Unopened. Text browned. Italian text. Biblioteca Bio-Bibliografica della Terra Santa e dell'Oriente Francescano, Serie 4, Tomo I, Vol. I. More
Beyrouth: Dar Al-Kalima, 1972. Paperback. xiv, index, 220p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. Minor cover foxing and soil. A few corner creaed. Former owner's name in ink on copyright page. French text. At head of front cover and title-page: Archives de l'Eglise en Orient. More
Jerusalem: Ariel Pub. House, 1980. Hardcover. 151p. Original brown hardcover. 28 cm. Modest cover warping. No jacket. More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, c. 1888. Hardcover. color frontis, color illustrations (watercolors by Skelding and Harry Fenn), 111p. Original brown and white cloth, with gilt illustration and decorations. Oblong 23 cm. Ends of backstrip and corners frayed; splitting along front joint; otherwise an attractive copy. No jacket..... More
London: 1851. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, v, 214p. Cloth. 17cm. A few small spots on an otherwise bright cover. Spine slightly sloped. Gift inscription. Scattered foxing. More
London: George Virtue, n.d. [1847?]. Hardcover. frontis (map), engraved 2nd title, 78 plates (including a double-page plate of Jerusalem), [2], iv, [2], 234p. Contemporary 1/2 leather. 28cm. Extremities rubbed (some fraying). Scuffing. Minor foxing (including some on the double-page plate). Armorial bookplate (Henry Parsons). More
Undated but early [1860s?]. Appears to utilize albumen photographs in a light orange card. No name on card. Photo clear but not sharp. Small tear in lefthand image. Two pieces missing from back panel on mounting. View looks from a distance directly at one of the corners so that you..... More
London: Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society, 1894. Paperback. index, 85p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Cover edges darkened and chipped, especially along fore-edge. Unopened. More
Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1822. Paperback. 52p. Disbound pamphlet (removed from a bound volume). 21 cm. Includes at the end several shorter pieces from the same occasion including the Constitution of the Palestine Missionary Society which was apparently set up to sponsor Temple's work. Temple and Bird were Protestant missionaries..... More
Torino: C. Crudo & C., 1922. Hardcover. 18p. text plus 166 leaves of plates. Plates individually stubbed when this thick volume was rebound in modern pebbled black buckram. Folio (48 cm.). Occasional minor wear. Original front cover (wrapper) bound in and dated 1922. No separate title-page present. Domestic orders only..... More
(Tel Aviv): The Tel Aviv Museum, (1975). Paperback. [Exhibition Catalog] frontis, (45)p. Softcover in original wrapper. Square 22 cm. Bergner was born in Vienna, served in the Australian army during World War II and ended up in Israel around 1955. This is a catalog for an exhibition in the Helena..... More
Washington: GPO, 1944. Paperback. index, 512p. Original wrapper. 24cm. Foxing and some wear on cover and title-page. More
Toronto: Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto & the International Development Centre, April 1994. Paperback. index, xxiii, 283p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Dark green plastic comb binding. More
New York: D. Appleton, n.d. [ca. 1881]. Hardcover. An incomplete volume which consists of a vignette title-page, followed by 6 steel engravings (with blank interleavings) and pages 1-16, 57-64, 81-88, 121-136 and 145-152. Original reddish brown cloth. Gilt lettering and decorations on front cover. 33cm. Extremities worn. Corners bent. Two..... More
New York: American League for a Free palestine, Inc., n.d. [1947?]. 18p. Softcover in original wrapper. 21 cm. Keynote address delivered at the opening session of the Conference on Hebrew Liberation sponsored by the American League in New York on Feb. 8, 1947. Ziff and Bernard Davis founded the book..... More