Seattle: Cune Press, 2002. Paperback. 2002. This is the Advance Proof edition of this book. Softcover, in Near Fine condition, with light shelf wear to the exterior, the interior is in Fine, unmarked, condition.
New York: McGraw-Hill (World), 1960, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 3 books by Yael Dayan, all First Editions. Death Had Two Sons and Israel Journal are both inscribed by Dayan on the fly leaf. Hardcovers. Near Fine to Fine copies in Very Good dust jackets. 3 books: Death Had Two Sons.....
Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif, 1957. First printing. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, good with some wear, soil and darkening to covers, contents very good. Text in Arabic. 271 pp. Daif was a very important historian of Arabic Literature, with a magnum opus on the history of the literature over 100 volumes, 30 plus.....
New York: Roy Publishers. Hardcover. Publication date and edition not stated. This appears to be the 1950 edition. Hardcover, with Dust Jacket. In Very Good condition, with light edge wear. The neatly price clipped Dust Jacket is also in Good+ condition, with light edge wear and light tanning.
London: Rivingtons, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 1902, First Edition, 539 pp. Hardcover, orange cloth, gilt title and design, 8vo. Heavy foxing to endpapers and text-blocks, and occasionally throughout the text (all as usual). Previous owner's signature on fly leaf. Light wear to corners and spine ends; light soil to rear.....
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1970. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition, 1970, hardcover with red cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 247pp., illustrated with b&w maps. Book fine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG with toning, rubbing, hint of edgewear.
Cairo: Dar Al-Kutub al-Hayyat al-Misriat al-'Amat, 1989. Second edition. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, good to very good, some light stains, pen marks and soil to covers, text very good. 192 pp, text in Arabic. Drioton was considered one of the greatest Egyptologists of all time (d. 1961).
London: Macmillan, 1915. Second Printing. Hardcover. 8vo, cloth, good copy with light wear and spottiness, deep musty odor from barn storage. 84 pp, ads. Abbas II (1874-1944) was the last Khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt and Sudan, ruling from 8 January 1892 to 19 December 1914. In 1914, after the.....
New York: Macmillan, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1923, hardcover with blue cloth boards, octavo, 364pp., sparsely illustrated with b&w maps. Book VG with spine sunned, edgewear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, previous owner's plate, inscription, and blindstamps to front endpapers, otherwise text clean and unmarked. No.....
New York: Columbia University Press, 2016. Hardcover. Inscribed by Edwards! Blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 268pp., illustrated in b&w. Book as new, feels unread. DJ fine.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1867. First edition. Hardcover. 1867, First Edition. Hardcover. 286 pp., plus ads. Rebound in recent blue buckram with title label. Half-title present, but lacks original blanks. Tissue-covered frontis. Good. Spine cocked. Previous owner's signature and namestamps to half-title and verso of the frontis. Minor foxing to.....
Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Committee, 1944. Hardcover. Second printing. Cloth, clean unmarked text, good copy, a bit of a strain to the front inner hinge, faint number written on the spine, some soiling or discoloration to the covers, rubbing and wear to the covers, no dust jacket. Uncommon in this early.....
np: Egypt Promotion Association, c. 1920. Paperback. No date, c. 1920. Stringbound pamphlet (5 inches wide x 8 tall). Pasted-on illustration of a camel infront of the pyramids on the front wrap, and a map of Egypt on the rear wrap. Illustrated throughout with b&w photos and drawings; mounted portrait.....
np (Egypt): np, c. 1910. Paperback. C. 1910. Softcover, original stringbound decorative wraps with cloth spine. Title page plus 30 plates in brilliant color, printed on rectos only. Captions in English and French. No publisher information, or introductory text. Near Fine. Light shelfwear to the extremities of the covers. Bold.....
Cairo: 1974. Wraps. 9.5 x 7 inches, wraps, very good, some fading and discoloration to covers. Mainly in Arabic but some articles in French and English. Articles on a range of subjects of Middle East, Islam and African concern. See pics of the table of contents for more information.
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1939. First edition. Paperback. 1939. First edition. Paperback, 8vo. 129pp. illustrated. Good+. Chipping, mellowing, and edge wear to wraps. Wrinkling to spine. Soil to edges. Internally unmarked.
Pittsburgh: No To War, ca. 2010s. First edition. Paperback. ca. 2010s. First edition. Printed yellow wraps, square 8vo. 28pp. illustrated. Very good. Light soil and foxing to wraps. Contents bright and unmarked. 1 on OCLC.
New York: Russell and Russell, 1969. Later printing. Hardcover. 1969, reprint. 335 pp. Hardcover, brown cloth, 8vo. Very Good copy in a homemade dust jacket. Foxing to text-blocks; previous owner's signature on fly leaf. Else, a tight, clean copy.
Cairo: Elias' Modern Press, 1965. Hardcover. 9.75 x 7 inches, leather backed cloth boards, good to very good, some rubbing and wear to binding, previous owner's name written in red ink on fore-edge of text block, pages toning. With little illustrations next to many of the words.
Istanbul: Turkiye Yayinevi. Paperback. No date, ca. 1950s. Small paperback, 133 (6) pp. VG, light wear, tanning. 2 photo illustrations. RARE tale featuring Karagoz, the buffoon of many a Turkish pantomime play. Text in Turkish.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 1982. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo. in brown cloth, dust jacket. 339pp. illustrated, text in German and English. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Edges, margins toned, else internally unmarked.
Peshawar, Pakistan: Government Printing and Stationery Office, 1930. Hardcover. Hardcover with green cloth boards in dust jacket, 1930, octavo, 90pp., illustrated with b&w photographs. Book good with moderate rubbing and soil to boards, binding tight, previous owner's signature to front flyleaf, otherwise text clean and unmarked with some toning. DJ.....
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1990. First edition. Paperback. 1990, First Edition. All volumes are Softcover, in Near Fine condition, with light shelf wear.
Baghdad: Ministry of Culture, 1965. Paperback. Early issue of this important Iraqi cultural journal. Very good in wraps. Published on occasion of the 5th Literary Festival and 6th Poetry Festival in Baghdad, 1965. As a result, there are several articles but more than 2 dozen poems in this issue. in.....
Baghdad: Ministry of Culture, 1964. Paperback. First issue of this important Iraqi literary and cultural journal. 9 x 7 inches, wraps, very good, light wear and soil. Contents include Mustafa Jawad and Fadel Zaki Muhammad Kalima on theories of social justice, Mrs. Al-Jundi's "Ask the Ashes, Moroccan Heritage and Soil.....