Paris: Maisonneuve Freres, 1930 & 1931. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Lrg. 8vo. ix. vii. 796(1)pp. Green cloth with gilt lettered leather title plate on spine. Some chipping and abrasions to title plates. Some age wear and sunning to binding. Spine sunned. Tiny black spot to front cover of Vol.I...... More
Chalon-sur-Saône; Paris: J. Dejussieu; Maisonneuve et Cie. 1870-1873. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 1/4 x 7"). [6], 285, [3]pp (Vol. 1); [2], ii, 317, [1]pp (Vol. 2). Uncut. Modern olive cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Publisher's logo to each title. Lavishly illustrated throughout with 30 plates..... More
Cincinnati: Applegate & Co., 1862. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi, 8-284 (24)pp. Original brown cloth with blind-stamped emblem and ruling on cover, blind-stamped lettering and ruling on spine. Tan endpapers. "One of the most unfortunate and grievous mistakes of modern literature is the pro-slavery interpretation which has been given to..... More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1893. New edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 x 7"). [4], xxxviii, 630pp. Modern green cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Vignette to title page. Originally published in 1890, this 1893 new edition of Emile Amélineau's masterpiece on the Geography of Coptic Egypt has never ceased to be a...... More
Paris: Eugene Pick, 1858. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 398pp. Original red cloth with gold decoration and title on spine. Fascinating account of the French conquest of Algeria from its beginning in 1830 until the latest military operations of 1856. Book illustrated with 8 engraved plates. Very light foxing throughout. Some..... More
London: John Murray, 1879. First UK edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 6"). xliv, 486pp (Vol. 1); xiv, 364, [2], 16pp (Publisher's catalogue) (Vol. 2). Original black stamped burgundy cloth, with gold lettering to spines. Colored lithographic frontispiece in each volume. This work undertakes the Herculean task of weaving the testimony..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xv, 328, xv, 424pp.; plates. Original brown cloth with black lettering and ruling on covers and spines, in original illustrated dustjackets with lettering and illustrations on spines. Two color frontispiece map, vol. 1, frontispiece jewelry, vol. 2..... More
London: John Murray, 1881. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XLII, 526, [2], XVIII, [2], 469, [1], 32pp. Original black-stamped burgundy cloth with gold lettering on spines. Remarkable history of Egypt under the Pharaohs according to the evidence of the monuments, so far as they have been preserved, from the remotest ages..... More
New York: Raw Books & Graphics, 1983. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 44pp. Original color-illustrated wraps with red, black and yellow lettering. Four chapters of dramatically illustrated, critical documentation of the South African struggle in the 20th century. Wraps with light wear along edges and lightly rubbed. More
Barcelona: Plaza & Janés Editores, S.A., 1990. First Spanish edition. Hardcover. Folio. 479, [1]pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Color frontispiece. Fascinating work covering 3000 years of history and culture in the land of the Pharaohs through 512 color photographic reproductions and 22 illustrations. Minor..... More
Leiden/Köln: E.J. Brill, 1968. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. xii, 291,8pp. Original green wrappers. Small residue of price sticker on cover and spine. Spine sunned. Slight creasing to outer edges of wrappers. Pages unopened. Part of a series "Handbuch der Orientalistik". Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten. Erster Band..... More
London: Cassell and Company, ltd., 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Small Quarto. xviii, 317pp. Original blue cloth with gilt-stamped emblem and red ruling with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece fold-out map. "The German Chancellor Caprivi, who succeeded Bismarck, on one occasion stated that it would be the greatest misfortune..... More
Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 x 8 1/4"). Contemporary quarter blue cloth over cardboard, with handwritten lettering to spine. Original printed wrappers bound in. 19th volume of "Urkunden der 18. Dynastie," a collection of hieroglyphic texts from the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, whose first sixteen volumes..... More
Jerusalem: Mosad Byalik, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 407, 52 pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over turquoise paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Ten distinctive b/w photographs. Imprint in Arabic, Hebrew, Hebrew transliteration and English. The Mukadimah, Prolegomena to History was written originally in Arabic by Abed al..... More
New York: Hudson Hills Press, (1996). First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 235pp. Maroon cloth, gold lettering on spine. Gold colored end papers. Profusely illustrated with 117 color plates and 112 black and white illustrations. Front flap explains "This magnificent volume explores the full spectrum of women's lives and pursuits throughout three..... More
Boston: C.H. Pierce and G.C. Rand, 1848. Hardcover. 12mo. 336pp. Blue buckram. With b&w illustrations. Corners bumped. Spine sunned. Book part of Parley's Cabinet Library, as printed in gilt on spine. Minor scuffing to cover. Frontispiece. Minor foxing, not affecting text. Book covers ancient Egypt up to present time (mid-19th..... More
Cairo: R. Schindler, 1939. Softcover. Sm. quarto. 162,[1]pp. Wraps covered with color-illustrated faux-suede. Inside of front and rear cover in gold. Illustrated endpapers and title-page. Lacking half-title page (?). Fascinating work on the history of Egypt profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of drawings and tipped-in reproductions of photographs in sepia-tone..... More
Naples: Istituto Universitario Orientale, 1996. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. [3] 86pp. Beige heavy stock textured paper wrappers, with black lettering on the front cover and spine. One from the large series of monographs published by University of Naples "L'Orientale", this intriguing scholarly work surveys the environment and culture landscape of..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. IX, [1], 341, [1]pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering and publisher's logo on spine. The purpose of this remarkable study is to reach some explanation of British policy which will take into account the realities of South African history..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1906. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xii. 266pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Spine sunned. Corners bumped and rubbed. Small stain to bottom right corner of cover. Fore edge untrimmed. With the bookplate and signature of Bruce Bryan, the noted curator of the..... More
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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1986). Second edition. Softcover. Sm. quarto. xiii,187pp. Original photographic wraps. Inscribed on free front endpaper by H. Kuper to Wolf Leslau and his wife: "To Wolf & Charlotte, With love & respect, Hilda." Part of the series "Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology." "This book..... More
Lawrenecville, NJ: The Red Sea Press, Inc., (1994). First edition. Softcover. 8vo. xii,1329pp. Original wrappers. Minor creasing and scuffing to wraps. Papers of the 12th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Michigan State University, 5-10 September 1994. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs and paintings as well as tables. Top right..... More
[Tunis]: Editions S.E.A.C.I. - C.D.N., 1969. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 269, [7]pp. Original printed wraps with red and black lettering on front cover and spine. Scarce and fascinating work on the early years of the Tunisian nationalist movement under the French protectorate. Minor rubbing and soiling on wraps. Ex-library stamp..... More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XI, [1], 280pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Color frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering. This remarkable work provides a handy introduction to the study of Egyptian history. The first six chapters are..... More
London: Chapman, 1909. Hardcover. 8vo. x, 340 pp. Blue buckram binding. Worn. Corners bumped. Head and tail of spine bumped. Spine sunned. Hinges starting to crack. Spotting to front and back. Some staining to top edge. Light foxing to endpapers. Fold out map. In good condition. More