Hutchinson & Co., 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition. No dust jacket. Sticker remnants on front cover, pages toned, foxing on page ridges & spine. 1938 Hard Cover. 448 pp, 4-page publisher ad bound in. (Mohammed) Marmaduke William Pickthall, (1875 - May 19, 1936), was a Western Islamic scholar, noted as a poetic translator of the Qur'an into English. A convert from Christianity to Islam, Pickthall was a novelist, esteemed by D.H. Lawrence, H.G. Wells, and E.M. Forst... more information

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Boston: Horace Wentworth. 1852. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. F First Edition. H Hard Cover. Very Good. Hard-to-find first edition of this illustrated world history, including classic European and Middle Eastern history with much emphasis on the Americas and Indian and border wars - King Philip's War and border wars of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee and Louisiana - and a section on New Mexico and California. Illustrated throughout with engravings, plus an en... more information

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Beyrouth [Beiruit], Lebanon: Murex, Printed at L'Imprimerie Catholique. 1950. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. F Limited Edition. S Soft Cover. Fine. In French. Exceptionally clean copy of this monograph on Lebanese artist Omar Onsi (1901-1969), number 206 of an unspecified limited edition. Softcover with tissue overlay, publisher logo printed in black, red and green, loose gatherings (as issued) collected in the covers but not stitched. Includes four pages of text, twelve tipped on plates on fu... more information

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New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1857. Folio. H Hard Cover. Good. Internally very good copy of this school atlas, with hand-colored maps and accompanying text. Maps include: World - Eastern and Western Hemispheres; World - polar projections (not colored); North America; British Provinces of North America (Canada); Principal Cities of the United States (series of small maps, not colored); United States (double page); New England; Northern or Middle States; Southern and Western States (double page, exte... more information

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The Burton Ethnological Society / Burton Club, 1920. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. No jackets as issued. Boards only lightly rubbed, with the typical loss of gilt & silver to which this set is particularly prone, though several volumes have it intact. A better example of this set than we generally see. 1920 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Complete in 16 volumes (10 + 6 supplements). A reissue of the scarce 1885 Kamashastra Society edition (which generally sells for $4000 -... more information

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NY: Macmillan. 1963. The first American edition of his first book on the Caribbean, where he was born. This was Naipaul's first book of nonfiction and, for all the critical acclaim that his fiction has received, it is probably as an observer of Western, Eastern and colonial societies, as reflected in his nonfiction and essays, that Naipaul has gained the stature he is accorded as a literate observer and commentator on contemporary social issues. Mild sunning to top edges; else fine in a very good, price... more information

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London: Hodder & Stoughton. As New in As New dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0340832878 . A beautiful First Edition/First Printing in unread Very Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. This one SIGNED by author John Le Carré directly on the title page; Ted Mundy, son of a British soldier, and Sasha, refugee son of an East German Lutheran minister, are the Absolute Friends of John Le Carre's nineteenth novel. They first meet as students in West Berlin during th... more information

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. First edition / First printing.. Hardcover.. A fine copy in a fine, though price-clipped, dust jacket. Octavo. The author's scarce first book and a prescient thriller about a Middle Eastern terrorist group planning to inflict carnage at the Superbowl with the help of a deranged Vietnam vet. Basis for the 1977 John Frankenheimer film of the same name, starring Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern and Fritz Weaver. ~An especially bright and fresh copy.... more information

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London:: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown., 1811 First Edition. Scott, Jonathan. [1754-1829] The Arabian Nights Entertainments, carefully revised....to which is added a selection of new tales, now first translated from the Arabic originals. Also, an introduction and notes...by Jonathan Scott LL.D in six volumes. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1811. One of the earliest complete translations & rarely offered for sale. Six 12 mo. volumes, half black calf over paper covered boards. Spines... more information

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NY: Harper & Brothers. (1954). His first novel, published just after he returned from Paris, where he helped found the Paris Review. Inscribed by Matthiessen to his brother-in-law, Kennett Love. The book is dedicated to Deborah Love; she and Matthiessen were married from 1963 until her death in 1972. Kennett Love was a former New York Times reporter, specializing in Middle Eastern affairs. His book Suez: The Twice-Fought War is considered the standard work on the subject. This is the issue in blue cloth... more information

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