The Malayan Nature Journal. 13 issues dated between 1968 and 1978
Kuala Lumpur: Malayan Nature Society, 1968-1978. Paperback. Original wrappers. Most issues 25cm. Generally sound and clean although the covers are worn on a few issues. More
Kuala Lumpur: Malayan Nature Society, 1968-1978. Paperback. Original wrappers. Most issues 25cm. Generally sound and clean although the covers are worn on a few issues. More
New York: Alma Egan Hyatt Foundation, 1935. Paperback. ills, photos, plan, sections, time-charts, [103]- 232p. Wrapper. 27cm. Moderate wear. More
Washington, D.C. 1917-1918. Paperback. illustrations. Original wrappers. 31cm. Large format periodical. Library stamp ("Iowa College" -- better known as Grinnell College) embossed on covers and first leaves. Covers rather soiled and worn on earliest issue; other issues much better although a large rectangular piece (7 x 14cm.) has been cut..... More
Washington: Middle East Institute, 1997. Paperback. Wrappers. 25cm. Published quarterly. More
n.p. [Philadelphia?]: L. L. Chapman, c. 1857. 4-page leaflet.19cm. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Stitch marks, etc. along left side. No separate wrapper present. Chapman appears to have believed that sickness, eathquakes, storms, etc. were caused by excess electricity resulting from currents of light that struck the earth at..... More
London: The Shenval Press, 1965. Paperback. illustrations, photos, 103p. Softcover in original wrapper. 31 cm. Modest cover wear and soiling. Backstrip somewhat browned. Former owner's name inside front cover and stamped on page edges. More
Encino, CA: Natoinal Negro Press Magazine, 1975. Paperback. photos, illustrations, 40p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. "Equal Opportunity Edition" on cover. This magazine shows up in the 1978 "Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy & Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services on S. 2543 to amend Title 39 of the..... More
St Louis: Sodality of St. Peter Claver, 1923. Paperback. [33]-48, [49]-64p. Softcovers in original wrapper. 17 cm. Published for the African missions of the Catholic Church. It seems likely that at least was of these issues was misnumbered. More
Washington: Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1940-1941. Hardcover. photos, 216p. plus index (3p.). Black cloth. original wrappers (included in pagination) bound in. 28 cm. Moderate cover spotting. Lettering on backstrip mostly gone. Internally sound and clean. No jacket (as published). Published nine times yearly -- no..... More
New York: Negro World Digest, 1940. Small broadside flyer 14 x 19 cm. Later horizontal crease. Top half browned -- probably the portion exposed to light. Promotional item. Negro World Digest used the image of a globe instead of the word for World in the magazine's title. Only six monthly..... More
Osaka: Mainichi, (1947). Paperback. Illustrated (mostly black & white on newsprint but there are 3 color plates), 175, [1]p. Softcover in original wrapper. 27cm. Cover scuffing and wear. Content moderately browned. This uncommon volume appears to constitute the first issue of New Japan (1948-1974), a glossy annual volume, full of..... More
London: Henry Colburn, [1844]. Hardcover. illustrations, iv, 616, 424p. Contemporary 1/4 leather. 23cm. Cover darkened. Lightly scuffed. Plates foxed and browned; contents otherwise sound with some soiling and wear. No title-page, Contents List or Index is present for Part Two; we assume that part is otherwise complete. More
New York: 1924. Hardcover. viii, 96, [ix]-xvi(p.). Wrapper. 26cm. Cover somewhat worn. Bottom margin torn on one text leaf. An Asia-oriented bi-monthly periodical. Edited by Syed Hossain who was from a Muslim family in Indiaa and was a strong supporter of Gandhi and the Indian National Congress. More
Edinburgh: Hookham and Sons, (1852-1855). Hardcover. 4 volumes. indexes, 442, 512, 548, 565p. Contemporary 1/2 leather. 25 cm. Edges and corners lightly scuffed. Modern bookplate in each volume. More
New York: New Theatre League and New Dance League, 1935. 1st ed. Paperback. [3]-34p [front cover included in pagination], Vertical crease. Staining in lower right corner. Contents generall sound. Includes an interview with Paul Robeson by Julia Dorn and "Trouble with the Angels," a short story by Langston Hughes about..... More
S. Peterburg: Marks, 1911. Hardcover. Old soiled buckram with original wrappers preserved. 23 cm. Ex lib. (Boston Public Library, including a letter to a former owner in which BPL advises that this volume was legitimately discarded although not so stamped). Russian text. Bound volume containing two issues of a popuklare..... More
[Boston]: 1842. Paperback. Wrapper. 23cm. Cover has some foxing and browning, and there is some chipping and wear at bottom of backstrip. More
[Boston]: 1822. Hardcover. [6], 252, [3], [254]-499p. Contemporary 1/4 leather which has been neatly but inexpensively rebacked in a modern lighter brown leather (or possibly just a leather-like material). 22cm. Corners worn. This volume contains two quarterly issues (L and LI) for January and April of 1826. More
[Ghana]: (1960). Paperback. 64p. Wrapper. 29cm. Relatively minor edge-wear & browning. This initial issue of this literary magazine was published by The Ghana Society of Writers. The title actually begins with a backward "C" which is usually reproduced as an "O." More
Leiden: Brill, 1955. Paperback. 194, 9p. Original wrapper. 27cm. Wear at base of backstrip. Unopened. Scholarly articles about the Middle East and the Orient in a variety of Western languages. More
New York: Orient Society, 1923. Paperback. photos, 32p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Cover is edge-worn and also partially split and detached along fold. An uncommon bi-monthly that seems to have ceased publication after its fourth issue. More
New York: Orient Society, 1923. Paperback. 59p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Splitting along edges of backstrip. Edges chipped and worn. More
New York: 1906. Paperback. [pp. 537-586] plus a total of [20] unnumbered pages of advetisements before and after text. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Cover has edge-wear. Small sticker on front cover. A few leaves have a short tear in right margin. One of the articles in this issue is..... More
[Tokyo]. Paperback. photos, [20]p. Wrapper. 36cm. Issued to commemorate the first year of Occupation of Japan. More
Cambridge: Fairbank Center for East Asian Reseach at Harvard University, 1983. Paperback. 128p. Wrapper. 26cm. Short-lived periodical published by the Fairbank Center. More