The Passing of the Shereefian Empire
Westport, Ct: Negro Universities Press, (1970). Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, 2 folding maps, xii, 532p. Red cloth. 22cm. No Jacket. Reprint of the 1910 Edinburgh edition. More
Morocco
Fighting the French in Morocco
London: Alston Rivers, (1932). 1st ed. in English. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), photos, 255p. Blue cloth. 21cm. WWI item. Translated by H. J. Stenning. More
La Religion Musulmane en Berberie: Esquisse d'Histoire et de Sociologie Religieuses. Tome I: Etablissement et Developpement de l'Islam en Berberie du VIIe au XXe Siecle
Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1938. Paperback. 411p. Original wrapper. 26cm. From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana with his bookplate inside front cover. French text. Appears to have been the only volume published. More
The Franco-Moroccan Conflict, 1943-1956
New Haven: Yale University Press, (1968). 1st ed. Hardcover. 5 maps, index, xxxv, 680p. Original cloth. dj. 24cm. Translated by Marianna Oliver, Alexander Harrison and Bernard Phillips of Vols. I and II of Le Conflit Franco-Marocain, 1943-1956 (1963). More
Notes d'Ethnographie et de Linguistique Nord-Africaines Publiees par L. Brunot et E. Laoust
Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1924. Paperback. iv, 272p. Original wrapper. 26cm. Cover rather foxed and worn (chipping, cellophane tape reinforcement around front joint, etc.). Former owner's name. Moderate browning. French text. Publications de l'Institut des Hautes Etudes Marocaines, tome XII. More
Sources inedites de l'Histoire du Maroc. 1ere serie. Dynastie Saadienne. Archives et Bibliotheques de France. Tome 3: 1617-1665 et Addenda 1533-1591
Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1933. Deuxieme edition (Reimpression photomechanique). Paperback. This volume only. facsimiles, folding map, cvi, 769p. Original wrapper. 29cm. Backstrip split vertically and reglued (but without hiding the split). Corner heavily creased on back cover. Contents sound, clean and unopened, From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana with..... More
Notes Taken during Travels in Africa
London: J. L. Cox and Sons, 1839. 1st ed. Hardcover. 3 plates (including frontis), 217p. Original brown cloth competently but not artistically rebacked in maroon buckram. 28cm. Edges or original cover rather heavily rubbed. New endpapers (probably when rebacked). Bookplate (Burke Casari). Foxing (especially heavy on frontis) and some staining..... More
What a Woman Saw in South America
Boston: Roxburgh Publishing Company, (c. 1913). Hardcover. 219p. Original cloth; gilt illustration on front cover. 20vcm. No Jacket. INSCRIBED on endpaper by DeZeng Foster. The last part of this book finds the author in Portugal, Morocco and Spain. More
The Literary Remains of the Late Charles F. Tyrwhitt Drake. Edited with a Memoir by Walter Besant
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1877. 1st ed. Hardcover. photographic frontis (portrait of Drake), 320p. Recently rebound in inexpensive black 1/2 leather over marbled boards. 22cm. All edges red. The Memoir by Besant (at pages 1-44) reproduces a long letter from Richard F. Burton (pages 14-22). The Memoir is followed..... More
Narrative of a Journey to Morocco
New York: Arno Press, 1971. Hardcover. frontis, xii, 183p. Original red cloth. 23cm. No Jacket. Physician Travelers (Arno series). Reprint of the 1866 London edition with the addition of a brief "Note about the Author" by Robert M. Goldwyn. Physician Travelers (Arno series). Reprint of the 1866 London edition with..... More
The Tour of Africa. Containing a Concise Account of All the Countries in that Quarter of the Globe, Hitherto Visited by Europeans; with the Manners and Customs of Inhabitants. Selected from the Best Authors and Arranged by Catherine Hutton [Vol. III]
London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1821. Hardcover. Volume III only (of 3). viii, 536p. Original cloth, rebacked with perhaps 80% of original backstrip mounted. Original endpapers preserved. 23cm. Minimal foxing. Light soiling. No map present in this volume. From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana with his bookplate on..... More
An Account of the Empire of Morocco, and the District of Suse; Compiled from Miscellaneous Observations Made During a Long Residence in, and Various Journeys through, Those Countries. To Which is Added an Account of Shipwrecks on the Western Coast of Africa and an Interesting Account of Timbuctoo, the Great Emporium of Central Africa
London: Frank Cass, 1968. Hardcover. plates (several folding), 2 maps (1 folding), xvi, 328p. 25cm. Backstrip lightly faded. Covers somewhat sprung at ends. No Jacket. Reprint of the 1814 Third edition (titled "An Account of the Kingdom of Marocco..."). More
Marocco and the Moors: being an Account of Travels, with a General Description of the Country and its People
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, Rivinton, Limited, 1891. 2nd ed., revised and edited by Sir Richard Burton. Hardcover. frontis, map, illustrations, index, xi, 354p. Red cloth. Gilt cover vignette. 23cm. Ends of backstrip chipped. Cover wear. Backstrip darkened. Library gift plate (Tangier American Legation Museum Society). Former owner's bookplate. Seven..... More
Oasis Sahariennes (Gourara - Touat - Tidikelt). Tome I
Alger: L'Imprimerie Algerienne, 1908. Paperback. photos (5p.), folding map, 406p. plus [2]p. Errata & Addenda. Original wrapper. 26cm. Backstrip replaced with rather worn old brown paper which is also glued over adjoining areas of both covers. Moderately browned. Fore-edges chipped on last few leaves. First (half-title) and last leaf glued..... More
La Cuestion de Marruecos desde el Punto de Vista Espanol
Madrid: M. Romero, impressor, 1905. Hardcover. vii, 308p. Later binding. 22cm. Text browned & rather brittle. Booksellers' stamps on title-page. No Jacket. More
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the Kingdom of Morocco
n.p. n.d. [1960?]. Paperback. 2 maps, [8], 58p. Green wrapper. 25cm. About the Western Sahara dispute. More
Les Berberes et le Makhzen dans le Sud du Maroc: Essai sur la Transformation Politique des Barberes Sedentaires (Groupe Chleuh)
Paris: Felix Alcan, 1930. 1st ed. Paperback. folding maps, xvi, 426p. Original wrapper. 26cm. Some cover soiling and browning. Former owner's name. Foxing on several leaves at both ends of text. French text. More
Villages et Kasbas Berberes: Tableau de la Vie Sociale des Berberes Sedentaires dans le Sud du Maroc
Paris: Felix Alcan, 1930. 1st ed. Paperback. folding map and 80 photos (printed on one side) with occasional text (ix, 22p.). Original wrapper. 26cm. Head of backstrip chipped. Minor foxing. Former owner's name. French text. More
Among the Moors: Sketches of Oriental Life
New York: Scribner's, 1894. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), illustrations, index, xxii, 281p. Original green cloth. 25cm. Backstrip chipped at top. Front joint split toward top. Moderate cover spotting. Stain in bottom right corner of margins in last quarter of book. Some foxing. More
The Physical Environment and Agriculture of Libya and Egypt with Special Reference to Their Regions Containing Areas Climatically and Latitudinally Analagous to Israel
Washington: American Institute of Crop Ecology, 1961. Hardcover. maps, xv, 452p. Green cloth. 28cm. Sound copy. Edges rubbed (some minor fraying). Harvard Departmental stamp on endpapers. No Jacket. Volume II of a two volume series titled: Survey of North African Agro-Climatic Counterparts of Israel. More
A Survey of North African Agro-Climatic Counterparts of Israel and a Survey of the Physical Environment and Agriculture of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia with Special Reference to Their Regions Containing Areas Climatically and Latitudinally Analagous to Israel
Washington: American Institute of Crop Ecology, 1961. Hardcover. maps, xxiv, 600p. Green cloth. 28cm. Sound copy. Edges rubbed (some minor fraying). Harvard Departmental stamp on endpapers. No Jacket. Volume I of a two-volume series titled: A Survey of North African Agro-Climatic Counterparts of Israel. More
3926th Air Base Group: For Visit of B/Gen Kenneth Sanborn on 3-4 Dec 58, Ben Guerir Morocco
[Ben Guerir?]: 1958. Hardcover. Consists of photographic front cover, title-page, 3p. text on Marrakech, and 24 glossy photos with printed captions. Softcover. 26cm. Rather curled at ends but otherwise sound and clean. Photos are mostly of scenes in Marrakech and Morocco rather than of the air base. More
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American Military Album, partially about Sidi Slimane in Morocco. [our title]
Hardcover. Undated but probably 1950s. 109 photos. Size varies; many are around 8 x 12cm. Photos glued at corners, mostly 2-4 to a page mounted on both sides. No Captions. Good detail. Tied "Scrap Book" album with red cover. 30cm. Military subjects, on and off duty. Off duty photos are..... More
The Bibliography of the Barbary States: London 1888-1898.
Westmead: Gregg International Publishers, 1971. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Hardcover. No jackets (as published?). 22 cm. The first volume contains a reprint of three separately paginated bibliograhic works: (1) Tripoli and the Cyrenaica, by R. Lambert Playfair (including a folding map); (2) Bibliography of Tunisia from the Earliest Times to the..... More
In the Tail of the Peacock
New York: James Pott & Co., 1903. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, xii, 352p. Original green cloth. 22cm. Moderate staining on lower three-fourths of backstrip and adjacent cover areas. Contents sound and clean. No Jacket. An account of idleness and wandering in Morocco. More