Oxford: Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Elephant Folio. (6)pp., 10 plates, 33 (8)pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece collotype. "The Ashmolean ostracon of the Story of Sinuhe has been more fortunate than some other important texts from Egypt in that its two halves, discovered..... More
Oxford: Printed for the Griffith Institute at the University Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. xv, 44pp., 25 plates. Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on spine. "The history of the group of papyri to which the texts published in this volume belong has been recounted so fully by Sir..... More
np: np, 1968. Second printing. Softcover. 8vo. 22pp. (36-58pp.) Original printed wrappers. Medieval heritage and modern realities in the relations between Jews and Protestants. Deals with the Protestant revolution, politics, Martin Luther, church reform and the Jews and Judaism in Europe as well as conversions to Christianity and the Inquisition..... More
New York: NP, 1935. Softcover. 8vo. 113pp. Original printed wrappers. Some water staining along edges on front- and back cover. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, vol. VI, 1934-1935. Wraps in good, interior in very good condition. Salo W. Baron was a pioneering figure in..... More
Jerusalem: American Academy for Jewish Research, 1980. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. 638pp. English, 120pp. Hebrew. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Binding in very good, interior in near fine condition. Salo W. Baron was a pioneering figure in 20th century Jewish studies. When he took a position teaching Jewish..... More
Jerusalem: American Academy for Jewish Research, 1980. Hardcover. 8vo. 638pp. 120pp. 2 volumes, blue boards in cardboard sleeves. Includes some texts in Hebrew. Tail of spines slightly bumped. Minor wear on slipcase. Very good to near fine condition. Salo W. Baron was a pioneering figure in 20th century Jewish studies..... More
New York: The Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation, 1935. Hardcover. 8vo. xciii,614pp. (English section). 148pp. (Hebrew section). Gold decorated blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Letters on spine faded. Spine sunned. Minor staining to boards. Frontisportrait of Kohut with his signature in facsimile. Includes Bibliography of G. A. Kohut. A...... More
New York: The Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XCIII, [1], 61pp (English and German), 148pp (Hebrew). Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and printer's device in gilt on front cover. Frontispiece portrait of George A. Kohut with his signature in facsimile. Printer's device on..... More
New York: The Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XCIII, [1], 614pp (English and German), 148pp (Hebrew). Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece portrait of George A. Kohut with his signature in facsimile. Printer's device on title page. A commemorative volume of scholarly essays. Includes..... More
Jerusalem: Keter Publishing House, (1975). First edition. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. xii, 304pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Detailed work on the economic history of the Jews showing the impact of economic factors as well as describing the economic and demographic life of the..... More
London: Arthur Hall & Co., ca. 1864. Fifth edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Blind-embossed brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. All gilt edges. Frontispiece & half-title page engravings. Fascinating account by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) of his forty day journey in the late 1840's from Cairo to Petra. Bartlett was a...... More
London: Arthur Hall & Co., ca. 1864. Fifth edition Ex Library. Hardcover. Quarto. iv, 206, 8pp., 25 plates with tissue guards, 1 folding map. Gilt-embossed brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece and half-title engravings. Fascinating account by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) of his forty day..... More
London: George Virtue, 1844. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (10) 224 (8)pp. Original color illustrated blue paper-covered boards with black lettering on cover. Frontispiece steel engraving with tissue guard. Title page steel engraving. Foreword: "...a clear, connected, and accurate view of the City, by gradually tracing its progress from the earliest..... More
London: George Virtue, 1844. Hardcover. 4to. 224 pp., 8 pp. ads. Half leather over blue and gold decorative boards.Forty-four b&w illustrations, including fold-out map w/colored walking paths. Corners bumped, some chipping, covers faded. Fair condition. More
Le Caire (Cairo): Imprimerie de l'Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (13 1/2 x 10"). xii, 252, [2]pp (Text), 8 leaves of plates (Plate 1 misbound and placed between plates vii and viii). Modern full brick cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Title page in red and..... More
Köln: Gauverlag Westdeutsche Beobachter, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 242 (16), 263 (20)pp. Original three quarter red buckram over gray cloth with heraldic image with Swastika. Red endpapers. Elaborate propaganda publication pointing to injustice perpetrated by the allies in Versailles Peace Treaty forcing Germany to abdicate its colonies in favor..... More
Genova: Associazione Fotografica Ligure, 1958. Limited First edition. Softcover. 1/1500. Large octavo (8 3/4 x 6 1/4"). 41pp (Text), [24] leaves (Photographs), [10]pp (Advertisement). Original illustrated wrappers, with brown lettering to both covers. Official catalogue of the first International Photography Exhibition of Genova, which was held in the Ligurian city..... More
Albany: J. Munsell, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. Sm. 4to. 489pp. Red cloth, black and gold embossed decoration on front and spine. Full title expressed as "The Indian Miscellany; Containing Papers on the History, Antiquities, Arts, Languages, Religions, Traditions, and Superstitions of The American Aborigines; with Descriptions of Their Domestic Life..... More
Ciba-Geigy, 1977-78. First edition. Elephant portfolio. Fascinating work containing 10 original colored prints from 10 internationally known artists who have portrayed their own interpretations of depression. Each original print is laid in a double sheet containing a picture and a biography of the artist. Portfolio slightly soiled and sunned along..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1882. Seventh edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxi, 535 (1)pp. Original full Morocco with gilt-stamped illustration and ruling on cover, gilt tooling and ruling with gilt lettering on black label of spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Contains advertisement to second edition, translator's and author's preface, Roman life..... More
NP: NP, 1946. New edition. Softcover. Quarto (11 3/4 x 8 1/4"). 7, [3]pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Frontispiece portrait of Werner A. Beckert wearing his inmate uniform with the identification # 986. Illustrated with 40 b/w photographic reproductions (including front cover), this gripping work is one of the first eyewitness..... More
New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1937. Softcover. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History; Volume XXXVI, Part II. pp.69-137. (Reprint). 8vo. All glossy. Original wrappers. Some discoloration to wrappers. With the signature of Bruce Bryan, the noted author and long time curator of the Southwest..... More
Buenos Ayres: Published by the authors, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [18], 972, [4]pp. Original brown and black cloth, with gold lettering on spine and red and silver lettering on front cover. Decorative endpapers. Ribbon marker. Additional illustrated title page. Extensively illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions, this yizkor book..... More
San Diego: Mesa College Art Gallery, 1990. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 47 (1)pp. Original black wrappers with silver lettering on cover. Transparent half-title. Exhibition catalog of African art forged into metal curated by Barbara W. Blackmun and Jacques Hautelet. Illustrated with distinctive full-page b/w photographs of African blades with an..... More
New York: Columbia University Press and The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1963. Hardcover. 3 volumes. 4to. xxxv, x, xi, 1034pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Red top edge. Collection of official documents, business and personal correspondence detailing Jewish life in America in the late eighteenth and..... More