Madrid: Fundacion Amigos del Museo del Prado, 1986. Paperback. 317p., alkaline cream-colored paperstock throughout, fine exhibit photography in color, each fullpage plate facing a page of extensive comment. Large paperbound in 11.5x9 inch frenchfold wraps, we see a dealer's faint pencillings on the first blank (partially erased), an else clean... More
Cat.No: 237228
Tokyo: Tokyo Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 1959. 6, 110 p, very good hardcover with edgeworn dj, 8.5x12 inches, edges lightly foxed, thoroughly illustrated with B&W photos. Text mostly in Japanese, with English list of exhibits. More
Cat.No: 139575
Tokyo: Nihon Bijistsuhin seri-u shushiki kaisha, 1971. Unpaginated paperback catalog for an auction, mostly Western artists, photos mostly b&w, some in color. Many prices realized are hand-written on the plates. Titles and artists in English, most other text in Japanese. More
Cat.No: 232024
Dusseldorf: L. Schwann, 1931. 208p., paperback, spine ends chipped. Black and white photographs, a simple map. On Jewish artifacts and sites in the Rhineland. Rheinischer Verein fur Denkmalpflege und Heimatschutz, 1931 Heft 1. More
Cat.No: 219689
Warszawa: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1967. 230p., illustrated with numerous folded maps, b&w rotogravures and some color photos; hardbound in dark blue cloth boards spine-titled gilt; sound, clean and unmarked, an unmolested copy with maps in perfect shape. Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN. More
Cat.No: 236051
New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2009. Hardcover. xii, 403p., inserted plates sections in color and b&w, line map, first US edition laminated decorated boards in a colorful "half-jacket" dj. A fine unblemished copy. Involves only a minuscule number of indexed entries on homosexuality. More
Cat.No: 173398
New Delhi: Kitab Bhavan, 1993. Hardcover. ix + 190p., cloth boards with dj, text in english, very good copy. More
Cat.No: 227617
Berkeley: Judah L. Magnes Museum, 1992. Pamphlet. 46p., 5.5x8.5 inches, preface, foreword, bibliographical note, bibliography, title index, illustrated with vignettes from original publications, very good booklet in stapled gray wraps. More
Cat.No: 218828
New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc., 1970. 392p., red cloth boards with spine titling in black. Slight edgewear and handling soil, a good copy. This is a compendium for students (compilers were teaching at University of Dayton) that "tries to be interesting. If this collection seems a bit irreverent at times... More
Cat.No: 170280
Paris: Bibliotheque Nationale, 1969. Paperback. 558p. plus contents section, illustrated with a few tables, facsimiles and line maps. Massive paperbound in 11x9 inch plain printed wraps, substantial alkaline paperstock with signatures unopened. Heel of spine panel bears a small nick and front cover has sustained a two-inch vertical tear next... More
Cat.No: 242623
New York: Monthly Review Press, 2001. Paperback. 256p., prefaces to English and French editions, introductions to first and fifth [this] editions, illustrated with tables and graphs, softbound in clean, sound, unmarked wraps. A very good copy. More
Cat.No: 141388
Lisboa: Portugália Editôra, 1965. 182p., mildly shelfworn wraps; text in Portuguese. More
Cat.No: 189519
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1944. Paperback. 32p., wraps, 5 x 7.5 inches, wraps worn else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 239008
Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2011. 106p., wraps, illustrated in a variety of approaches including comix panels. Clean and sound, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 162855
Halle: Niemeyer, 1909. xlviii, 273p., paperback, second edition; untrimmed edges, covers worn. Translation of the work by the 12th-century French poet. Romanische Bibliothek 13, Ed. 2. More
Cat.No: 219076
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981. Hardcover. ix, 349p., introduction, notes, documentary appendix of Spanish texts, index, illustrated with figures and maps, very good first edition in cloth boards and price-clipped dj with closed tear. More
Cat.No: 213103
Chicago: the Review, 2000. Hardcover. vi, 278p., alkaline paperstock, elegant largepoint text, hardbound 10.2x7.1 inch grey cloth boards gilt. A fine clean copy. Contents commence with an obit for Ulrich Haarmann 1942-99, touch on Storytelling in Cairo, Silver coins of Mamluk Sultan Qalawun, Nile irrigation in 15thC, Qaytbay & Sufis... More
Cat.No: 181897
Reading UK: Garnet Publishing, 1997. 236p., heavy coated paperstock with profuse vignette and fullpage color photography throughout a running text; first edition in 13x9.5 inch black boards gilt and colorphoto dust jacket. Faintest edgewear, slightly sunned areas on jacket, a really nice copy with no markings of any kind. More
Cat.No: 224203
New York: The Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., Inc., 1957. Paperback. 456p., softbound in journal wraps with a plain printed cover; a little edgeworn with mild handling wear, textblock bears a few faint pencillings, a previous owner has written author's name on spine, an otherwise clean... More
Cat.No: 230255
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Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1999. Complete five volume set, all very good hardcovers in original slipcases, thoroughly illustrated in color; text in Chinese. Zhongguo shi ku. Beautifully produced set illustrating and explaining the Mogao Cave grottoes, in Gansu on the Silk Road. More
Cat.No: 170143
New York: Columbia University Press, 1974. Hardcover. 269p., first American edition black cloth boards gilt, mild edgewear to casing, a clean sound copy. More
Cat.No: 173737
San Francisco: State of California Dept. of Natural Resources Division of Mines, 1953. 144p., 6x9 inches, map, illustrated with numerous period figures and facsimiles; the heavily coated paperstock is not fully alkaline and is slightly toned throughout. Good in original wraps with binder's tape spine, as issued. More
Cat.No: 89359
Albany NY: State University of New York Press, 1972. [xiii], 290p., endpaper maps and a genealogical chart; hardbound first edition in mustard yellow cloth boards and dust jacket. Casebinding is near fine; dj is mildly edgeworn and its spine panel is sunned, no markings or ownerships, a good clean sound copy. More
Cat.No: 231441
New York: Ronald Press Co., 1955. xvi, 454 pages, very good hardcover. Very important work on a Japanese Buddhist's travels in Tang China. More
Cat.No: 229444
Barcelona: Estampa de la Renaixensa, 1878. 30p., 5.5x8.5 inches, text in Catalan, one unopened page, inscription in Catalan dated 1878 [signed with a flourish by the author?] worn covers otherwise very good first edition booklet in sewn yellow printed wraps. A brief history of the Muslim invasion of Christian Cerdanya... More
Cat.No: 207417
