Eugene, OR: Principality of An Tir, 1982. 62p., 8.5x11 inches, staplebound wraps. Rear cover has a corner crease, otherwise very good. Collection of articles on themes of ancient sciences and craftsmanship, selected from the first ten issues. "Not an official publication of the Society for Creative Anachronism" More about The Elf Hill Times. No. 11 (Jan. 1982). The best of Scientiae Draconis
Cat.No: 223190
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 about Horyu ji kenno homotsu zuroku Illustrated catalogue, treasures originally from the Horyu-ji
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 about Japan Art Auction 1, '71
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 about Judische Kult- und Kunstdenkmaler: aus der Geschichte der Juden im Rheinland
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 about Polska; Przedruk hasla z 9 tomu
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 about Venice; pure city
Cat.No: 173398
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 about The Jewish Printed Book in India; Imprints of the Blumenthal Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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 about Documentary history of Eastern Europe
Cat.No: 170280
Lisboa: Portugália Editôra, 1965. 182p., mildly shelfworn wraps; text in Portuguese. More about A Revolução de 1383: tentativa de caracterização, impôrtancia histórica
Cat.No: 189519
Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2011. 106p., wraps, illustrated in a variety of approaches including comix panels. Clean and sound, a very good copy. More about Robin Hood, people's outlaw and forest hero, a graphic guide. Illustrations by Chris Hutchinson,...
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 about Kristian von Troyes, Erec und Enide: Textausgabe mit Variantenauswahl, Einleitung, Anmerkungen...
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 about Apparitions in Late Medieval and Renaissance Spain
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 about Mamluk Studies Review Volume IV
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 about The Fires of Excellence; Spanish and Portuguese Oriental Architecture. Photography by Matthew...
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 about The Annals of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., Vol. V-VI, No. 4 (18)-1, 2...
Cat.No: 230255
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 about Dunhuang Mogao ku [five volumes]
Cat.No: 170143
New York: Columbia University Press, 1974. Hardcover. 269p., first American edition black cloth boards gilt, mild edgewear to casing, no dj. clean sound copy. More about Studies in medieval Jewish philosophy
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 about De Argento Vivo: historic documents on quicksilver and its recovery in California prior to 1860,...
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 about Saladin
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 about Ennin's diary: the record of a pilgrimage to China in search of the law
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 about Invasió dels Alarbs en la Cerdanya y reconquista d'aquesta a comarca per los Cristians
Cat.No: 207417
Stony Brook: State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1995. Paperback. ix, 242p., gloss-white trade-size wraps titled black, a very good copy. Filibrary no. 9, supplement. More about Dante: summa medievalis; proceedings of the symposium of the center for Italian studies SUNY...
Cat.No: 169625
Berkeley: University of California, 1998. Paperback. xxix+416p., later printing; preface, introduction (AGF feels this to be his best book), references, index; 9x6 inch wraps, nice and clean and free of markings. A very good copy. Per back-wrapper text, "the rise of the West as a mere blip in what was... More about ReOrient: global economy in the Asian Age
Cat.No: 84255
Paris: NEL Nouvelles Editions Latines, 1980. Paperback. 124p., softbound in 7.5x5 inch bright glossy wraps. A former owner made a few notes to himself on the half-title; a small but thorough bump to lower corner-tip affects covers and every leaf in textblock, no impact on readability; a good clean copy. More about A Short History of Literary Croatian
Cat.No: 227325
New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1966. Paperback. x, 206p., illustrated with b& period images and a doublespread line map, first Torchbook printing: trade-size decorated wraps, faintest exterior dust-soil, remainder marks on bottom edge, a clean, sound, very good copy. More about Byzantine east and Latin west: two worlds of Christendom in middle ages and renaissance....
Cat.No: 173067
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