London: British Museum Publications Limited, 1978-1949. Later printing. Hardcover. Large octavo (10-1/4" x 7"). Eleven volumes bound in 12 (Vol. III is in 2 parts). Volumes I-VIII are uniformly bound in black cloth with gilt lettered spines, Vols. IX-XI from an earlier printing (1949-1954), are also in black cloth but..... More
London: for F.C. and J. Rivington... and J. Parker, 1813. Third edition. Hardcover. 4 volumes, large quarto (12 x 9.25 in.), published between 1813 and 1820. Vol I: 16, [4], clxxvii pp, 788 cols; Vol. II: [4]pp., 912; 520 cols; Vol. III: [4]pp.,1290 cols; Vol. IV: vi, [2]pp., 1082 cols..... More
Lisboa (Lisbon): Imprensa Nacional, 1858. First edition. Paperback. 25 volumes, octavo. Original publisher’s pale blue wrappers (faded to tan at spines and cover borders). Vol. 19 upper wrapper detached; vol .22 wrapper splitting along spine (cords holding strong), else a nearly fine, unopened, set. Volumes 1-22 (1858-1923), first edition. Three..... More
Hamburg/Leipzig: Chr. Liebezeit, 1713. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Collation: [rev. parens]-2[rev. parens]4, A-4M4, 2[rev. parens (second series)]2, a-b4, c2, d4, e3 (= 351 leaves). [16], 648; [4], 20, 13, [1 blank]pp; title in red and black; additional engraved plate (sometimes appearing as frontispiece) correctly placed as indicated at p. 269..... More
New York: Abbeville Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (15-1/2" x 11" x 3"). 619, (1)pp. Color printed dust jacket over gilt lettered & decorated red cloth, top edge gilt. Housed in a matching color printed, heavy cardboard & cloth slipcase. Illustrated throughout with nearly 600 brilliant enlarged color facsimile..... More
![Item #52395 The Arabic Literature of Africa, Volume 5 [2 VOLS]. The Writings of Mauritania and...](https://klinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/52395_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1776816242)
Leiden: Brill, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 2 vols. xxx, 827; vii, (830)-1716pp. Black boards lettered in white, gray and green. Illustrated with maps. A fine, as new set, still in publisher's shrink wrap Winner of the 2016 Conover-Porter Award. The prize is awarded by the African Studies Association (ASA)..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (11-1/4" x 9"). xxxix, (1), 1444pp. Indices. Blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. An ex-library copy but with minimal markings (rubber stamp on title page and de-acquisition rubber stamp on rear pastedown). Text portions of the original dust jacket..... More
![Item #51392 Bruce Rogers, Designer of Books [SIGNED]. With a List of Books Printed Under Mr....](https://klinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51392_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1765585621)
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. (6), 78pp. Index. Plus 20 examples of Bruce Rogers' work at rear. Tan boards, lightly dusted, with paper spine label. Edition limited to 210 copies (that differ from the trade edition by having 20 examples of Bruce Rogers' work rather than..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. ix, (1), 340, (2)pp. Index. Unopened. Original red cloth with paper label on spine. Edition limited to 530 numbered copies (this is #436). Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Emerson and publisher's device on title page. Spine strip a bit..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1959. Small folio (12-1/2" x 9-1/2"). xiv, 295, (3)pp. Indices and bibliography. Brown morocco with red calf spine label over red cloth, font cover with a round black calf L.E.C. device. Illustrated with numerous color facsimiles. Blue printed leaves at the head of each..... More