Frankfurt a. M. Hermannschen Buchhandlung, 1820. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. VIII, [2], 766pp. Decorative paper covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Fourth volume of Pfister's monumental work on criminology, focusing on strange criminal cases. Some age-wear on binding with rubbing along edges with minor abrasion on covers. Upper corners... More
Beyrouth: Printed by the Imprimerie Catholique for the République Libanaise - Ministère des Travaux Publics, 1951. First edition. Softcover. Small folio (12 x 9"). VIII, 102, [2]pp (Text), XL (40) leaves (Photographic plates), V (5) multi-folded leaves (Maps), [8]pp (Title and Preface in Arabic). Uncut. Original printed wrappers, with publisher's... More
Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1855, 1885. Hardcover. 2 volumes bound in one, with volume one being the first edition, volume two the second edition ("Zweite Auflage") 8vo. viii.. 733pp. Followed by errata page. viii. 403pp. 3/4 Leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Raised bands. Printed on high quality cotton... More
![Maadi I: The Pottery of the Predynastic Settlement [Archäologische Veröffentlichungen, 87 - Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Abteilung Kairo]. Ibrahim Rizkana, Jürgen Seeher.](/pictures/thumb/43369.jpg?v=1512778482)
Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (14 x 10"). 112, [2]pp (Text). 79, [1]pp (Illustrated plates), x (10)pp (Photographic plates). Original brick cloth, with brown lettering to spine and front cover. Publisher's device on title page. Splendidly illustrated throughout with 9 in-text figs, 79 full-page... More
Jerusalem: Franciscan Press, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 371pp. 160pp. Brown cloth with black lettering to cover and spine. Color frontispiece in Vol. I. "The excavations at Siyagha (Mount Nebo) were undertaken primarily as part of the program of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, which aims at giving both professors... More
Tel Aviv: Israel Bar-Publishing House, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 308 pp. Blue paper covered boards with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Includes essays on a myriad of topics concerning Israeli law. Author is professor of Family and Private International Law at Tel Aviv University and a faculty... More
Berlin: Walter De Gruyter & Co., 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Lg. 4to. xii. 264pp. of text followed by 103pp. of plates. Red cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Minor scuffing to boards. A beautiful catalogue of terra-cotta sculptures from "Pergamon". Wonderfully... More
Moscow: Verlag für Fremdsprachige Literatur, 1942. First edition. Softcover. Sextodecimo. 78 (2)pp. Original tan printed wraps with green lettering on cover. Pamphlet on the subject of Germany planning to rearrange the European status quo. Scathing critique of the imperialistic politics of Nazi Germany elaborating on Germany intend to conquer and... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, Printed by Horace Hart, 1907. Ex-Library First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. xii, 142pp., 96 plates, 1 folding map. Modern green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece lithograph. Title page printed in red and black with publisher's device. "This report does not pretend to be a finished... More
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto. XXI, [1], 632, [2], 287, [3]pp. Original illustrated dust-jackets over turquoise cloth with gold lettering on spines. Half-title of first volume inscribed and signed by Robert L. Welsch. Photo-illustrated title pages. This two-volume work, based around the field diaries and... More
London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. viii, 39pp., xxxviii plates. Original black cloth over tan boards with black lettering on cover, red on spine. Thirty-First Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund. "El Mahasna... after a cursory examination, we found that the place had been badly plundered, yet... More
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
New York: Hacker Art Books, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. Sm. 4to. xvi. 352pp. of text followed by 42pp. of plates. Illustrated sienna cloth. Minor bumping to head and tail of spine. An extensive look at Etruscan Vase painting. Wonderfully illustrated with 42 full page b/w plates. Includes list of plates, list... More
Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, 1962. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1/3000 copies. 4to. xvi. 634pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering and illustration to cover and spine. Ex-libris plate to inside of front board. Title page in red and black lettering with red illustration. Bibliographical work on Archaelogy and Ethnography... More
Hardcover. Signed. 4to. 286pp. Original brown half cloth over blue cloth boards with red lettering on the spine and gold lettering on the cover in original printed illustrated dust jacket. Frontispiece illustrated plate depicting a cultic image from New Ireland with breasts and a phallus. Dr. Bruno Bettelheim was one... More
New York: Industrial Extension Institute, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper. Octavo. xvi, 445pp. Bound in modern green cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Factory Extension Institute title page with logo. Factory Management Course volume 7. Early work on "man-management" covering employment... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XIII, 194pp, 36 plates. Original half buckram over cloth boards, with gold lettering on spine. Fascination work displaying for the first time the Aramaic texts found during the excavation of Persepolis in the years 1936 through 1938. It is... More
Munich: Verlag der K.B. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1916. Hardcover. 4to. 200pp. Brown cloth over illustrated boards. Rebound. Head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Corners bumped and worn. Heavy staining and discoloration to boards. Ex-Library stamp to inside of cover. Tape from rebinding along spine on inside. "Festrede gehalten in... More
Honolulu: Bishop Museum, 1936. Ex-Library. Softcover. Quarto. 239 [11] pp. Original brown wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 138. Bishop Museum's survey of Polynesia features the little know island of Futuna. Consists primarily of detailed ethnographic materials on all phases of the culture... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Lrg. 4tp. (7) 110pp. Half cloth over gray boards. Gilt decorated spine. Head and tail of spine and upper corners rubbed. Lower corners bumped and rubbed. Minor staining to back board. Five pages of analysis of contents in regards to... More
![L'Autel Monumental de Baalbek [INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D'ARCHÉOLOGIE DE BEYROUTH, BIBLIOTHÈQUE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE ET HISTORIQUE, T. LII]. Paul Collart, Pierre Coupel.](/pictures/thumb/41563.jpg?v=1475278531)
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1951. First edition. Softcover. Quarto (11 x 9"). VI, 153, [1]pp (Text), XCVIpp (Plates). Original printed wrappers. This scholarly work provides a valuable contribution to the study of ancient Syrian religion. The authors, continuing the researches of the German excavators of Baalbek, discovered before the... More
New York: Exposition Press, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo. 96 pp. Brown cloth with gold writing on front cover and spine, original dj. Inscription by author on front endpaper reads: "August XXIV 1950 To Rabbi Kramer: Let us hope that this little volume will find its way into the hearts of many... More
Berlin: Verlag von Otto Janke, 1879. Hardcover. 8vo. iv. 220pp. 3/4 blue leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine. Raised bands. Work on reason in law, written by renowned German historian, jurist and poet Felix Dahn (see below). Age wear to binding, especially at spine and edges, with... More
Dublin: Printed by Peter Hoey, at the Mercury (No. 1) in Skinner-Row, 1776. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. ix, 253, [1]pp. Original calf. Raised bands. De Britaine's work on the virtue of social behavior and etiquette (with a heavy emphasis on Christian ideals) was first published in the late 17th century... More
St. Louis: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co., 1888. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, 182 pp. Maroon cloth binding. With an appendix containing the proceedings of the committee on notification, organization of the National Democratic Committee of 1888, the presentation of the resolutions to Hon. F. O. Prince, and the letters of acceptance... More