Hanoi: Imprimerie d'Extreme-Orient, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Lg. 4to. 370,[2],pp. Brown cloth spine over map illustrated paper-covered front cover, illustration in duo-tone on back board, black lettering on spine. Binding protected by modern mylar jacket. Signature of previous owner on inside of front board. Fascinating study and analysis of French..... More
Milan: Federico Agnelli, 1675. Hardcover. Two parts (the latter in two sections), duodecimo. [sect.]6 A-O12 (= 174 leaves). [12], 168, [1, blank], [1, half title]; 171-275, [1 blank]; 277-336pp. First two parts with half titles; woodcut lettrines, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum over light boards with exposed thongs (lightly soiled);..... More
Cairo: Société Royale de Géographie D'Égypte, 1942. Hardcover. Quarto. xxix, 319pp., 12 folding maps. Bound in red buckram with original tan wraps bound in. Publisher's devices on cover and title page. "The orthodox distinction between "East" and "West" as two contrasted cultural areas is still widely accepted by students of..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 328pp., 52 ill., 3 maps. Original three-quarter red morocco over marbled boards with gilt ruling on cover and spine, gilt lettering and tooling on spine; raised bands. Gilt top edge. Marbled endpapers. 2 Advertisements. Frontispiece photograph, with tissue guard. "My most..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1856. First single volume edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (vii) 624pp. 3/4 green pebbled leather over green marbled paper boards, protected by modern mylar. Spine sunned to a brown color, with gilt lettering, ruling and raised bands. Green marbled endpapers with gilt. Engraved frontispiece. This seminal..... More
Louisville: Pentecostal Publishing Co., 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 4 leaves, xx, 197pp., 2 plates, incl. frontispiece. Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece photograph. A "brief account of the present condition of Persia." (author). Includes chapters on geographical features of Persia, its population, soil and..... More
Kobe, Japan: J. L. Thompson & Co., 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on small plate on inside front cover. 1/500. Quarto. xiv, 431(2)pp., 37 plates, five of them folding, 4 supplements in pocket on inside back cover. Original burgundy cloth with decorative pattern and gilt lettering on..... More
Breslau: Aderholz, 1830. Hardcover. 8vo. llii, 255pp. Paper-covered boards. Age wear throughout binding. Hinges starting. Bookplate, "Presented to the Jewish Institute of Religion from the Library of Gustave Gottheil, Rabbi of Temple Emanu-El, New York," on inside of front board. Library stamp of Institute on free front endpaper and blind-stamp..... More
London: Adam Islip, 1621. Third edition. Folio (13" x 8-1/2") (8), 1280pp. Lacking some leaves of a few gatherings (see notes below) as well as the final 116 pages and the index, but still over 90% present & readable. Original 1/2 calf over boards. Illustrated with an added engraved title..... More
Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 560pp. Original orange cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine in original illustrated dustjacket, white lettering on spine. Brown endpapers. Color frontispiece. Title page printed in white to brown glossy paper. The exhibition "The Circle of Bliss" Buddhist Meditational Art was..... More
Shanghai: Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 1932. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. (11)pp., 24pp with photographs, 207, xv pp. Original illustrated wraps with black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. "The Symposium is an ineradicable record of the "achievements" of a powerful nation which maintains that undeclared war is not war..... More
Wien: Verlag des Institutes für Völkerkunde der Universität Wien, 1935. Hardcover. 4to. ix,350,[52]pp. Two works in one, rebound in olive cloth with brown title-label and gold lettering. Original wrappers tipped-in at rear. Extensive work on the history of Sumatra. Work by R. Heine-Gelderin (28 pages only, complete) looks at some..... More
Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co., 1930. First edition. Softcover. 4to. 308pp. Original wrappers. Discoloration, creasing and minor chipping to wrappers. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Some spotting to page edges. Pages unopened. Illustrated with a fold-out map and a fold-out b/w plate. Papers by Heinrich von Staden about history..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. Major A. C. Lovett. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 224pp. + 2pp. adds. Decorated blue cloth in mylar jacket. Spine edges bumped and chipped. Corners bumped and worn. Two-inch split along tail of spine on front board. Scuffing to boards. Name and place of previous owner..... More
Madras, India: Government Press, 1916. Hardcover. 4to. 76 pp. Blue boards. Produced when India was still a British-held colony. Fort St. George was built in 1639 by the English East India Company, and Fort St. David was acquired in 1690 as British interests and strongholds increased in India. Madras is..... More
Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (9) 303pp. Grey cardboard slipcase with larger reproduction of an original stamp, pasted on the side, in tan and green. Black lettering on the spine of the slipcase. Blue silk-covered boards with blind stamped debossed English lettering & design as..... More
Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (11) 247pp. Grey cardboard slipcase with larger reproduction of an original stamp, pasted on the side, in tan and green. Black lettering on the spine of the slipcase. Tan silk-covered boards with blind stamped debossed English lettering & design as..... More
New York: Underwood & Underwood, n/d. Fourth revised edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 383,[5],pp. Brown cloth with gold decoration and gold lettering. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners rubbed. Remnants of tape residue near tail of spine. Ex-libris of Rabbi Maxwell H. Dubin on inside of front board..... More
Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 212pp. (3). Tan cardboard slipcase, with dark blue lettering in Chinese and English on the cover and spine. Dark blue buckram boards with silver lettering in English and Chinese on the front cover and spine. Beautifully printed orange textured endpapers..... More
Breslau: Aderholz, 1830. 8vo. lxvi, 253pp. Binding missing. Head and tail of backstrip chipped. Sporadic foxing throughout. C. S. Günsburg (1784-1860) was a German author and preacher. He studied philology and philosophy in Berlin. For a few years he also preached at the Jacobson Temple in Berlin and in 1819..... More
Berlin: F. Fontane & Co., 1906. First edition. Softcover. Sm. 8vo. 228pp. Reisebriefe aus dem revolutionierten Russland. Illustrated wrappers. Wear, chipping and discoloration to wrappers. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. In 1905 the author was on business in Russia and experienced the sudden outbreak of the "Revolution." The letters in..... More
Leipzig: Hesse & Becker Verlag, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 215 (1)pp., 18 leaves of plates, incl. frontispiece. Original yellow cloth with modern design and typography on cover and spine. Black top edge and gray endpapers. Frontispiece photograph and drawing on recto of frontispiece. Publisher's device on title page. Cover..... More
Teherân: Regional Cultural Institute, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 170pp. original blue buckram with gilt lettering on cover. Contributions b various scholars on Iranian art and culture, comparative studies of Pakistan, Turkey and Iran, including an essay by Rene Grousset: Celebrations of the 2500th Anniversary of the Iranian Monarchy. Illustrated..... More
Xi'an: Xi'an Administration Bureau of Cultural Heritage, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 197 (1)pp. Blind-stamped bronze paper-covered boards in original pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated title-page. Fascinating look at the Chinese city of Xi'an. "The endless resources of history and culture, the rich and cultural relics make Xi'an's historical sites typical..... More
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1907. Hardcover. Ex library. 8vo. xv,325pp. Gold decorated green cloth. Library inventory number in white on spine. Head and tail of spine chipped and rubbed. Corners and parts of edges bumped and rubbed. Some scuffing and staining to boards. Hinges starting. Ex libris, name in..... More