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Creative Reckonings. The Politics of Art and Culture in Contemporary Egypt

Winegar, Jessica · 2006

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Stanford, Stanford Univ. Press, 2006. First edition. Paper wrappers. xxi, 377 pp. Illus. with 16 color plates and 32 b/w figures. 8vo. Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Culture. A fine copy. As new.

The Disowned. By the Author of "Pelham. " in Two Volumes

[Lytton, Edward Bulwer] · 1831

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, J. & J. Harper, 1831. Mixed American editions. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards. [2], 279 pp; 225 pp. Sm. 8vo. Provenance: H. W. Brinton (his signature and rubber stamp). Good copies, scuffed boards, chips and tears at joints, labels lacking, title and volume ...

Kate Bouverie, and Other Tales and Sketches, in Prose and Verse. By the Hon. Mrs. Norton, Author of "the Wife," "Woman's Reward," &C. &C

Norton, [Caroline Sheridan] · 1835

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

Philadelphia, E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1835. First American edition. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards. 208 pp.; 189 pp. 8vo. Published earlier in England as "The Coquette: and other tales and sketches in prose and verse." Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808-1877) was an ...

Devereux. A Tale. By the Author of "Pelham" and "the Disowned. " in Two Volumes

[Lytton, Edward Bulwer] · 1829

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

New York, J. & J. Harper, 1829. First American edition. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards. [8], 231 pp.; 204 pp. Sm. 8vo. Good copies with chipped paper labels, torn joints, front board to Volume I nearly detached, boards scuffed, scattered foxing, occasional pencil nota...

The Last Days of Pompeii. By the Author of "Pelham", "Eugene Aram", "England and the English", Etc. In Two Volumes

[Lytton, Edward Bulwer] · 1834

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1834. First American edition. Original cloth. 240 pp.; 201, 28, [8] pp. Sm. 8vo. Provenance: John Conrad Weiser (bookplate). Tape repaired spines, boards rubbed, paper labels chipped, spine ends worn, armorial bookplate on front pastedowns, moderat...

The Bubbles of Canada

[Haliburton, Thomas Chandler] · 1839

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Philadelphia, Lea & Blanchard, 1839. First American edition. Cloth stamped in blind. [2], viii, [9]-262 pp. Sm. 8vo. By the author of "Sam Slick," "The clockmaker," &c. One ad leaf bound in at front. Provenance: John Henry Thomas, Maryland (bookplate) Sabin 29683. Goldsmiths'-...

Anno Regni Georgii Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, Quinto. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster, the Seventeenth Day of March, Anno Dom. 1714. In the First Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George... And from Thence Continued by Several Prorogations to the Eleventh Day of November, 1718. Being the Fourth Session of This Present Parliament. [an Act for Continuing an Act Made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Her Late Majesty Queen Anne, Intituled, an Act for Encou

[British Parliament] · 1719

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London, Printed by John Baskett, and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1719. First edition. Disbound. [2],[p.185]. Sm. 4to. Anno Regni Georgii Regis . quinto. At the Parliament begun . the seventeenth day of March, anno Dom. 1714. And from thence con...

[Caption Title] Message of the President

Davis, Jefferson. Memminger, Christopher Gustavus · 1864

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Richmond, n.p. 1864. First edition. Broadsheet. [2] pp. 8vo. "Richmond, Va. January 7, 1864." Davis recommends payment "on the removal and subsistence fund due the Cherokee Indians of North Carolina." Includes a brief accounting of the fund dating back to 1861. Parrish & Willi...

M'Carty's American Primer. Being a Selection of Words the Most Easy of Pronunciation. Intended to Facilitate the Improvement of Children in Spelling

M'Carty & Davis · 1828

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

Philadelphia, M'Carty & Davis, 1828. First edition. Illustrated blue-gray paper wrappers, woodcut eagle on front cover. 36 pp. Illus. with woodcuts. 24mo. A well executed and illustrated primer by the Philadelphia firm started by William McCarty and Thomas Davis in 1816. Amer....

Journal of the Proceedings of the General Railroad Convention, Held at Springfield, August 24th and 25th, 1852

Convention of Rail Road Officers. [Burrall, William P.] · 1852

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

New Haven, T.J. Stafford, Printer, 1852. First edition. Disbound. 24 pp. Sm. 8vo. To avoid ruinous rate wars, railroads began to collude in earnest in the 1850s, the first recorded meeting being that of the New England railroad companies in the winter of 1850-1851, followed th...

Letters of Sulpicius, on the Northern Confederacy. With an Appendix, Containing the Treaty of Armed Neutrality, Together with Other Documents Relative to the Subject

Sulpicius [pseudonym of Grenville, William?] · 1801

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.44 | ¥27,949)

London, Printed by Thomas Baylis, for William Cobbett, 1801. First edition. Disbound. 48, xxiii pp. Sm. 8vo. Grenville was known to write under the pseudonym of Sulpicius for the Porcupine in which these letters first appeared. "Among the most remarkable works upon internation...

Dictionary of American History [Six Volumes]

Adams, James Truslow, ed. [Nevins, Allan] · 1940

$120.00 (€108.87 | £90.82 | ¥19,165)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition. Blue cloth with gilt titles. xi, 444; 430; 432; 512; 515; 258 pp. Sm. 4to. R.V. Coleman, ed. Signed by Allan Nevins, one of the advisors, on the third volume. Allan Nevins would later title his biography of Adams: "James ...

Map of the South East Part of Asia for Illustrating Dr. Robertson's Historical Disquisition &C

Neele, Samuel John · 1791

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

London, Published as the Act directs.. By T. Cadell Strand, 1791. 35 x 55 cm. Removed from: Robertson, William, Historical Disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India. A good copy, a few repaired tears and a few extra folds, some occasional foxing.

Map of the South East Part of Asia According to Ptolemy for Illustrating Dr. Robertson's Historical Disquisition &C

Neele, Samuel John. [Ptolemy] · 1794

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[London?], [Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell] [Edinburgh] [E. Balfour], 1794. 31 x 52 cm. Removed from: Robertson, William, Historical Disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India. A very good copy, small marginal tear just touching a blank section...

Woman As Heroine

Worcester Art Museum · 1972

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Worcester, MA, Worcester Art Museum, 1972. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 63 pp. Illus. with b/w plates and reproductions. 8vo. Exhibition from Sept. 15 through Oct. 22, 1972. A very good copy with lightly soiled wrappers, contents clean.

The Five Songs

Duncan, Robert · 1981

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

La Jolla, CA, Friends of the UCSD Library, 1981. First edition. Stitched rust-colored paper wrappers. [16 pp.]. 8vo. Keepsake for the Friends of the UCSD Library. Letter g of 26 copies lettered a-z signed, and lettered by the author from the trade run of 2000 copies of a total...

Analysen Antiker Bronzen. [Fortsetzung Und Schluss]

Fellenberg, L.R. v. [von] · 1865

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Bern, n.p. 1865. First edition. Paper wrappers. 20 pp. Sm. 8vo. From: Mittheilungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern aus den Jahren 1860-1865. A very good- copy with mail fold and nearly detached chipped wrappers with soiling, contents clean.

Grant to the Early Christian Church of India," [from] Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. VII, 1843

Royal Asiatic Society · 1843

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

London, Royal Asiatic Society, 1843. First edition. Removed from a larger volume. [343-344] pp. + plates. Illus. with six folding lithographic facsimile plates. 8vo. Facsimiles of a grant made to the Syrian Church in India by one of the early native princes, and rediscovered i...

Bulletin Van de Vereniging Van Vrienden Der Aziatische Kunst Derde Serie, 23, 1975

Vereniging Van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst · 1975

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Amsterdam, Vereniging Van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1975. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 32 pp. Illus. with b/w plates, photos, and drawings. 8vo. Articles include: Een Oostjavaans gouden sieraad, by H.I. R. Hinzler; A Celestial Lady from Mysore, by Pratapaditya P...

Asian Age: Reorient Historiography and Social Theory. The Wertheim Lecture 1998

Frank, Andre Gunder · 1998

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Amsterdam, Centre for Asian Studies Amsterdam, 1998. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 39 pp. 8vo. Invitation to the lecture laid-in loose. A near fine copy with some rubbing on the wrappers.