Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab World
New York: Interlink Books, (1990). 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrations (some color), 207p. Original cloth. dj. 29cm. More
New York: Interlink Books, (1990). 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrations (some color), 207p. Original cloth. dj. 29cm. More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1875. 2nd edition. Hardcover. viii, 283p. Original green cloth. 23cm. Bookplate. Former owner's name. Extremities moderately worn. A few cover spots and some rubbing. Endpapers browned. The first edition was published in 1830. More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877. Third Edition. Hardcover. 2 vols. mounted oval photographic portrait of author as frontis in Vol. I, 3 folding maps, xxxii, 352, xix, [1], 399p. Contemporary (or a bit later) green 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering and decorations on backstrips (which..... More
London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875. 1st ed. Hardcover. photographic frontises (Isabel in Vol. I and Richard in Vol. II), 2 chromolithographic plates, folding map, x, 376, 340p plus [3]p. publisher's advertisements. Rebound in modern 1/2 leather (marbled green boards backed in darker green leather with matching corners). Map..... More
London: Kegan Paul, 1879. 1st ed. Hardcover. 2 vols. 16 plates (6 of which are colored lithographic plates, including the frontises), folding map, xxviii, 338, vii, 319p. Original plum-colored cloth. 22cm. Internal library marking (Garrett Biblical Institute). Recent owner's bookplate in each volume. Penzer did not note this variant binding..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1901. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), ills, xiii, 313p. Original cloth. 21cm. Hinges reinforced with binder's tape. Bookplate. Backstrip faded and scuffed. Minor cover soil. No Jacket. Edited by W. H. Wilkins. More
New York: Putnam, 1856. 1st American edition. Hardcover. frontis, vignette second title, folding map, xv, [17]-492p. Rebound sometime in the 19th century in 1/2 leather (marbled-paper backed in leather with matching leather corners). 19 cm. Endpapers and page edges also marbled. Ends of backstrip lightly chipped (with some glue repair)..... More
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1874. Hardcover. 3 vols. frontis (sketch-map), index, xx, 274, vi, 294, [vi], 270p. Rebound (not recently) in plain blue cloth. 15cm. Corners lightly bumped and there is a touch of fraying here and there along extremities. Half-titles present. Circular stamp on half-title in Vol. I: "The Colonial..... More
London: Published for the Anthropological Institute by Trubner & Co., 1872. Hardcover. illustrations, [4], 427p.Original dark green cloth. 22cm. A few holes and splits in joint cloth. Includes some contributions by Burton or mentioning him [See pp. 300-345 with 6 plates and pp. 418-421] relating to anthropological collections from the..... More
Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing and Voyager Press, 2005. Hardcover. 141p. Original blue cloth. 28cm. No Jacket. Reprint of the 1872 edition. More
n.p. n.d. [1988]. Hardcover. 141p. Blue cloth. 29cm. No Jacket. Bound photocopy of the original 1872 edition held at the Public Record Office in the United Kingdom along with a few bits of correspondence arranging to purchase the photocopy in 1988. Former owner's bookplate and embossed name stamp. More
Le Caire: Imprimerie Nationale Boulaq, 1937. Paperback. 3 photos, folding plans, xiii, 88p. text and 161 plates (photos). Original wrapper. 22cm. Some cover soil and wear. Blurry library stamp (and a clear discard stamp) on title-page. French text. More
London: John Murray, (1960). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, double-page map, vii, 209p. Original blue cloth. dj. 22cm. Jacket has light edge-wear and the backstrip panel is moderately browned. Minor foxing. More
Cambridge: Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, 1839. 1st separate ed.(?). Hardcover. map, 80p. Rebound in modern boards. 20cm. Paper splitting along front joint. Minor browning. More
n.p. n.d. [Preface dated 1992]. Hardcover. photos (many color), index, 218p. plus several folding maps & charts. Original blue boards. dj. 30cm. Gift inscription. More
London: Suter and Co., Printers, 1872. Paperback. 15p. Original wrapper. 22cm. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Lacks stitching. Additional printed appeal on a smaller sheet tipped in seeking donations toward erection of Azariah Smith Memorial Hall for use by the Medical Department of the Central Turkey College. Smith, a...... More
Limassol: James Bendon, (1991). Hardcover. frontis (portrait), photos, illustrations, maps (on endpapers), index, 6, 2, xix, 456p. plus (3)p. original publisher's advertisements. Original red cloth. dj, 23cm. Minor wear on back panel of jacket. Reprint of the 1878 New York edition. Cesnola fought on the Union side in the American..... More
Paris: Librairie Alphonse Picard et Fils, 1912. Hardcover. lxiii, 709p. Contemporary 1/2 leather. 25cm. Moderate cover scuffing and other wear. French text. Les Comnene Etudes sur l'Empire Byzantin au XI et au XII Siecles, II. More
Paris: Eugene Figuiere, 1926. Hardcover. illustration, map, index, 204p. Later blue cloth. 22cm. Extremities scuffed (minor fraying). Page edges browned. No Jacket. INSCRIBED on half-title by Chapman. More
New Delhi: Abhinav, 1973. 1st ed. Hardcover. 2 vols. maps, indexes (each volume indexed separately), viii, 466, (6), viii, 442p. djs. 22cm. Covers spotted. Slipcase (moderately soiled & worn). "For Review" stamped on half-titles and title-pages. A history of the Middle East from the early 19th century to 1972. More
n.p. c. 1893. Paperback. 24p. Wrapper. 17cm. Light vertical crease. [Accompanied by] Program [folded, 4p. 16cm.] for the March 27-28, 1900 presentation of this opera at Kingston Opera House [Kingston, NY?]. Old Testament Moses. More
New York: Greenwood Press, (1969). Hardcover. 2 vols. illustrations, folding maps, index, xxvii, 799, xvi, 778p. Original brown cloth. 24cm. Minor foxing and wear. No Jackets (as published). Reprint of the 1850 London edition. The maps contained in the separate atlas volume of the 1850 edition have been bound into..... More
Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1971. Paperback. 21 plates, index, xxxix, 309p. Wrapper. 29cm. Minor soiling and wear. Several modest brown spots on backstrip. French text. Institut Francais D'Archeologie de Beyrouth. Bibliotheque Archeologique et Historique, tome XCI. More
New York: Arno Press, 1973. Hardcover. index, viii, 300p. Original purple cloth. 22cm. Corners bumped. Foxing on page edges. No Jacket. The Middle East Collection (Arno series of reprints). Reprint of the 1862 London edition. More
New York: Zionist Organization of America, 1937. Paperback. 16p. Pamphlet. No separate wrapper. 23cm. Pro-zionist play set in Palestine. More