Londyn: Instytut Historyczny im. gen. Sikorskiego. 1950. Three volumes plus maps in box. Large 8vo. Vol I: Kampania Wrzesniowa 1939 (1951), xxx, 494 pp; 24 Tabelas; several maps, some folding. Vol II: Kampanie Na Obczyznie (1959), xxi, 412 pp, 20 maps (some folding) in rear pocket. Vol III: Armia Krajowa..... More
London: George Allen & Unwin, (1923). First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Mrs Vernon Kellogg, with kindest regards and as a token of gratitude, Jean Capart, October 1924 - January 1925". No doubt the inscribee was wife of Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867 - 1937), an American entomologist, evolutionary biologist, and science administrator..... More
paris: Payot Editions, 1968. First French Edition. 8vo. 420 pp. Bibliography; Index. Text in French. Translated from German by L. Jospin. Illustrated wrappers in very good condition. Geo Widengren (1907 – 1996) was a Swedish historian of religions, professor of history of religions at Uppsala University, orientalist and Iranist. He..... More
Sofia: Arhäologisches Institut mit Museum der Bulgarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2004. First Edition. 8vo. 279 pp. Articles in German with a few in English. Bibliography. Illustrations (1 in color); maps. Brown illustrated softcover in fine condition. More
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1946. First Edition. Small 8vo. 56 pp. Gilt& green United Nations logo on title page; 2 folding plates. Red cloth in publisher's cream, red and black dustjacket. A near fine copy. Recounts the printing of the charter in five different languages. More
London: I. B. Tauris, 1998. First Edition. 8vo. xiv, 434 pp. Bibliography; Index. Photo-illustrated plates. A fine copy in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. "... a compellingly written and thoroughly researched work of narrative history. His detailed account of the period from the 1919 Agreement with Britain, instigated by Lord Curzon, to..... More
Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 1998. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author. 8vo. 393 pp. Index. Text in English and some Farsi. A fine copy in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. Bibliotheca Iranica: Literature Series No. 5. Between 1475 and 1675, Persian poetry achieved an extraordinary range and popularity. In cities..... More
Munster: LIT Verlag, 2003. First Edition. Large 8vo.362; [6pp publisher's advertisements] pp. Illustrations. Text in German. Red and white glossy boards in fine condition (previous owner name stamp). More
Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2011. First Edition. 792 pp. Glossary. Glossy color illustrated boards. Small institutional barcode inside rear cover else fine. This is a heavy volume and may require additional shipping. This is the third thematic volume of Brills Encyclopedia of Hinduism, which deals broadly with Hindu society. Readers will..... More
[Sweden]: Latvian National Foundation, 1962. First Edition. 4to. [56] pp. Photo-illustrations of scenes of buildings, people, landscapes in Latvia during the early part of the 20th Century. Red wrappers in very good condition. "This book is written in the name of all those millions of people who live in the..... More
[Genova]: Regione Liguria. Servizio Parchi e Aree Protette, 2008. First Edition. 4to. 175 pp. Text in Italian. Color illustrations; Large folding color map of Liguria Geositi laid in (map on one side and descriptions of the identified sites on the verso). A fine copy. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Revised Edition. Large 8vo. 836; 775 pp. Index. Illustrations. Color foldout titled "Imperial Worship of Shangti on the Altar of Heaven at Peking"; black & white foldout titled "Signing of the Treaty of Peking by Lord Elgin and Prince Kung"; large folding map in..... More
Madison WI: Baltic Studies Center, 1984. First Edition. Quarto; xlvi, 632pp.; 125 maps in text. Near Fine copy (pon stamped to top page edge, a few dogeared pages) in olive leatherette lettered at spine. More
London; Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1893. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Octavo; (iv), 4, 497, xiv pp. Index. A Very Good to Near Fine copy in black cloth lettered in gold; 'Kelly and Walsh Booksellers & Stationers' sticker to front pastedown. Ball was considered the most capable and..... More
Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, Ld. 1903. Fourth Edition Revised and Enlarged. Octavo; (xii), 816pp. Index. Photograph (2 1/2" x 4") of Chinese outdoor merchants tipped to loose sheet of paper, laid in. A Very Good copy in yellow cloth with hanging lantern illustration toi fron board, which is lettered..... More
London; Hong Kong: Sampson Low, Marston and Company; Kelly & Walsh, Ld. 1892. First Edition. Octavo; (iii), 419, xiii pp. Index. A Very Good copy in brown cloth lettered in gold; errata slip tipped in at rear. Ball was considered the most capable and knowledgeable European speaker of Cantonese of..... More
Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1919. First Edition. First Edition. 8vo. iv, 185-630 pp. General Index; Botanical Indes; Index of Words. Field Museum of National History Publication 201. Anthropological Studies Vol. XV., No. 3. Later black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Born in Cologne in 1874, Dr. Berthold..... More
Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1921. First Edition, Limited to 750 copies. INSCRIBED "With best wishes/Frederick Starr;Chicago, July 28, 1921." Small 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of Starr. Personalized bookplate for Sam Putnam and designed by (?) Bahnc, dated 1920. Brown wrappers with cream printed label on front cover. Lacking rear cover; front cover..... More
Shanghai: Chinese National Committee on Intellectual Co-operation, December, 1936. First Edition. Large 8vo. [205] - 263 pp. General Bibliography and Index. Text in English and Chinese. Grey printed wrappers in very good condition. Includes Notes & News; Selected Publications, Books in Chinese and Books in Foreign Languages; Index and Postscript..... More
Shanghai: The Commercial Press, 1926. First Edition. 8vo. 48 pp, Introduction and Method in English; [25] pp, 12 specimens in English and Chinese. Brown leatherette in fine condition. The Four-Corner Method is a character-input method used for encoding Chinese characters into either a computer or a manual typewriter, using four..... More
Los Angeles; London: The Science Society; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1931. First Edition. 8vo.40 pp. Illustrations. Blue cloth in very good condition. Japan adopted the practice of using year names of "Nengoh" during 645 A D (the first year of Taikwa). Since then the accession of a new..... More
Hsien-hsien: Catholic Mission Press, 1927. Second Edition, Enlarged and Revised according to the fourth French edition. Complete in one volume. 8vo. 820 pp. Text in English and Chinese. Illustrations. Later brown leatherette. A very good copy. Dr. Wieger, renowned French Sinologist, gathers together and integrates the traditional Chinese research on..... More
Waverly, NY: Mei Foo, 1940. First Edition, Limited to 5000 copies. 8vo. 104 pp. Text in English and some Chinese. Illustrations. Accompanying the book are 4 large (11" x 17") puzzle sheets (pink, goldenrod, blue, & white) titled Arithmetic, Timetable, Man, and Zoology (2 sheets). Publisher's order sheet laid in..... More