Royal Automobile Club Year Book 1923
Pall Mall, London: Royal Automobile Club, 1923. 1st. Hardcover. 12mo. xxxii, 338pp + 234 pages advertisements; 6pp Index. Blue cloth; blind stamped lettering and decoration to front board and spine. More
World History
Katchi Abadis of Karachi: Documentation of Sewerage, Water Supply Lines, Clinics, Schools and Thallas (Two Volumes)
Karachi: Orangi Pilot Project, 2002. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. Oblong 8vo. Vol I: 507pp, +7pp survey guidelines; Vol II: 472pp. Black and grey-tone illustrations throughout; city layouts. Color illustrated boards. Light wear to extremities; small previous school label in each volume else a fine set. Volume One: The First Hundred..... More
Papua New Guinea Law Citator: The Constitution and the Organic Laws Cited in Papua New Guinea Judgments: 1983 - early 1990
Papua New Guinea: University of Papua New Guinea, 1990. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 49pp. Light blue wraps in near fine condition. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. More
Front Page Israel: Major Events as Reflected in the Front Pages of the Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Post, 1987. Fourth edition. Hardcover. 14 1/2" x 10 1/2." 376pp. Illustrations. Black glossy illustrated boards in fine condition. Includes front pages for major events from the years 1932 - 1987. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking..... More
Akhenaten, the Heretic King (INSCRIBED by the author)
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984. 1st. Hardcover. Quarto; (xxvi), 255 pages. INSCRIBED on half title 'To Noel/with best wished/Don Redford'. More
Boswell: Laird of Auchinleck, 1778-1782
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1977. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 570pp. Index. Illustrations. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (light fading to spine; minor wear to extremities). Although not noted, from the library of Richard Hamming, an American mathematician whose work had many implications for computer science and telecommunications. Volume eleven in..... More
Entrees episcopales, royales et princieres dans les villes du Centre-Ouest de la France XIVe-XVIe siecles (Travaux d'Humanisme Renaissance No.DVIII)
Geneva: Librarie Droz, 2013. 1st. Paperback. Large octavo; 276pp. First Edition; Fine unread copy. Recent research on the communicational systems of the European States between the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period has shown the importance of the solemn entrance ceremonial. Although often considered as a means of..... More
The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici, Called the Magnificent (2 volumes)
London: Printed by J. M'Creery and Sold by J. Edwards, 1795. First Edition. Leather bound. Two volumes. Vol.I: Frontispiece engraved portrait with tissue guard, [2], [1], (ii- xxvi), 320 pp; 136 pp Appendix. Vol. II: [3], 4-312; BOUND With 'Poesie Del Magnifico Lorenzo de Medici, Tratte da Testi a Penna..... More
The History of Modern Europe. With an account of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, and a view of the progress of society. From the rise of the modern Kingdoms to the peace of Paris, in 1763. In a series of letters from a nobleman to his Son. (Complete in 5 volumes)
London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, J. Robson, A. Hamilton, 1786. First Edition thus. Octavos; (40), 560; [30]-552, (40), 527; (34, 2 bl); 530; (44), 516 pp. Contemporary calf ruled in gold, flat spines gilt in six compartments, red leather label in second compartment. Near fine (small chips to 3 ffeps);..... More
Arab Learning Enlightens the West
Birzeit, Palestine: W.I.S. Arab Society Establishment, 2009. Third edition. Softcover. 8vo. 79pp,.Pale blue wraps in new condition. The impact of Arab learning on Western European society that consequently led to the 15th century Renaissance. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images..... More
Scholars of the Arab Empire
Birzeit, Palestine: W.I.S. Arab Society Establishment, 2009. Third edition. Softcover. 8vo. 70pp. Cream wraps in new condition. The history and philosophy of Arab scholars from the 7th century to the 12th century. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon..... More
Entre Belles-lettres et Disciplines: Les Savoirs au XVIIIe Siècle
Paris: Centre International d'Etude du XVIIIe Siècle, 2011. First Edition. 8vo. 201 pp. Index. Stiff color illustrated softcover in fine condition. The studies brought together in this work describe a certain functioning of knowledge and underline the importance of discursive models and collective practices in the formation of disciplines and..... More
German Essays on History (German Library)
New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; (xx), 289 pages. More
Staat und Nation : Die Theorien der Nationalismusforschung in der Diskussion
Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2011. First Edition. Octavo; 241pp. As New copy in German. Staatsdiskurse Band 13. Is the concept of the nation on the verge of decline or a renaissance? Will the international politics of the coming decades be determined by national or post-national concepts, what role does the..... More
L'assedio di Alesia. Giulio Cesare alla Conquista Delle Gallie
Torino: Seneca, 2009. First Edition. Octavo; 144pp plus 10-page Bibliography of classical and modern authors consulted. Color illustrated paperback in fine condition. More
Esther's Children: A Portrait of Iranian Jews
Beverly Hills, CA: The Jewish Publication Society / The Center for Iranian Jewish, 2002. First Edition. Large 4to. xxii, 457 pp. Bibliography; Index. Lavishly illustrated with more than 500 images collected from international private and public archives (both color and black & white). Publisher's single page prospective laid in. A...... More
Manual of Artillery. Vol II: Notes on Artillery
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1918. 1st. Boards. Small octavo. Orange-red boards with black lettering to front cover and spine. A United States Army manual published in Paris specifically for the AEF and a direct translation of the French manual used at the Saumur Artillery School. Includes chapters on Ballistics and Dispersion;..... More
Structural Adjustment and its impact on Women
Karachi: PILER, 2001. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto; 13 pages. Color printed boards. Small library label to ffep else fine. Working Paper No. 1. More
Household Characteristics, Poverty and Indebtedness among Women Workers in Urban Pakistan
Karachi: PILER, 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Quarto; 16 pages. Color printed boards. Small library label to ffep else fine. Working Paper No. 3. More
Income Patterns and Contractual Arrangements of Women Workers in Pakistan’s Urban Manufacturing Sector
Karachi: PILER, 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Quarto; 14 pages. Color printed boards. Small library label to ffep else fine. Working Paper No. 2. More
Hundert Jahre Saalburg: Vom Romischen Grenzposten Zum Europõischen Museum.
Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1997. 1st. Hardbound. Quarto, 196pp. Maps; numerous illustrations (some in color). More
Asia Major: New Series Vol. I Part I
London: Taylor's Foreign Press, 1949. First Edition. Octavo; frontis of Henri Maspero (to whom the volume is dedicated); 138pp. Spine chipped, erasure to front cover, bookseller sticker inside front cover otherwise a Very Good copy in grey printed wrappers. 'A review devoted to the study of the languages, arts and..... More
Zensur im Iran: Das Erzwungenge Schweigen
Berlin: SEMT, 1978. 1st. Paperback. No date; [1978]? First edition. 8vo. 148pp. Illustrated white stiff wrappers. Minor wear to extremities; light rubbing to covers; near fine. Contents include: censorship in Iran; introduction to documents; chronology of political events; the last ten months in Iran. More
Expectation of the Millennium: Shi'ism in History
Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo; xxxiii, 460pp. Near Fine copy in publisher's red laminated boards. More