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
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
London: Alston Rivers, (1932). 1st ed. in English. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), photos, 255p. Blue cloth. 21cm. WWI item. Translated by H. J. Stenning. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Madrid: M. Romero, impressor, 1905. Hardcover. vii, 308p. Later binding. 22cm. Text browned & rather brittle. Booksellers' stamps on title-page. No Jacket. More
n.p. n.d. [1960?]. Paperback. 2 maps, [8], 58p. Green wrapper. 25cm. About the Western Sahara dispute. More
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
Paris: Albert Morance, [1927]. 1st ed. Hardcover. 34p. text plus 70 plates. Rebound in later buckram with each plate individually stubbed by the binder. 27cm. French text. One column article about the author clipped from a 1964 issue of "The New Yorker" and mounted on a blank leaf at end..... More