Callcott, John Wall (1766-1821).MareMagnum
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pp. (8). (13)-267, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. Collates Complete. Typographically printed music throughout. Very light foxing. 16mo. 155 mm. Original leather spine over orange paper covered boards. Callcott was one England's most celebrated composers of songs and vocal harmonies; and, through this text, a great teacher of the principles of musical notation, melody, harmony, and rhythm. This 1806 text was probably first published in the U.S. around 1810. S&S/AI 18082. Hardbound. Very good. Scarce. AI BX 8
48 p. + Frontis Portrait Silhouette. Needs to be resewn. 195mm. Best to be considered disbound, though the original cloth covered boards are present. Includes pieces on: The Pleasures of Fishing; The Miseries of Fly Fishing; Lawyer's Songs; Etc. This original edition is quite scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POETRY BX 3
RARE collection of 55 papers in Hebrew and West Semitic epigraphy by Frank Moore Cross, Jr. (1921-2012), the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages Emeritus at Harvard University, notable for his work in the interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls, his 1973 magnum opus 'Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic', and his work in Northwest Semitic epigraphy. Many of his essays on the latter topic have since been collected in 'Leaves from an Epigrapher's Notebook', revised especially for this book. The papers are divided into five sections: Palaeography, Transjordanian Epigraphy, Hebrew Inscriptions, Aramaic Texts, Old Canaanite and Phoenician Inscriptions. Contains many b&w plates, indices of modern authors and of texts (Biblical references, Targumic literature, Greek and Roman authors, texts from the Judaean Desert, Arrowheads and other inscriptions). 280x220mm. XX+371 pages. Green cloth Hardcover with gilt front cover and spine. Cover corners rubbed. Front cover bottom edge bumped. Spine wrinkled. Spine edges bumped. edges and hinges rubbed. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare collection of papers by one of the leading biblical scholars and one of the founders of Qumran studies is otherwise in very good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
RARE facsimile edition of a Sumerian lexicon listing the Sumerian words found in several religious texts in their cuneiform and phonetic forms compiled by Anton Deimel (1865-1954), the renowned German orientalist, Jesuit and theologian, professor of Assyriology at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. 335x250mm. 107 pages. Grey board Hardcover with cloth spine. Cover yellowing and slightly stained. Cover edges and corners bumped, corners peeling. Spine, spine edges and hinges peeling. Sticker on spine upper edge. Library stamp and previous owner's name written in pencil on title page. Text block edges yellowing. Pages upper corner bumped, bottom corner slightly bumped. Some page edges slightly wrinkled. Pages yellowing and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare copy of the most important work by one of the founders of Sumerology is in good condition.
245x180 mm. XVIII+512 pages. Hardcover. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
250x165 mm. XVI+233 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. DJ yellowing. Cover upper edges slightly bumped. Spine edges bumped. Front inner cover and few page edges slightly stained. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
VOLUME TWO ONLY. 21x14.5cm. 725 pages. Gilt hardcover. Pages printed on one side only. Cover and spine slightly rubbed. Cover and spine edges worn. Spine corners slightly cracked. Binding visible between front inner cover and first page. Ex-library copy with usual marks. Title page edges moisture stained. Few pages age stained. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
VOLUME THREE ONLY. 21x14cm. 572 pages. Gilt hardcover. Pages printed on one side only. Cover and spine slightly rubbed. Cover and spine edges worn. Hinges cracked. Spine upper edge slightly bumped. Ex-library copy with usual marks. Binding slightly visible between inner cover and first and last pages. Title page edges slightly damp-stained. Few pages slightly age-stained. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
RARE TWO VOLUME SET of "Nichtandalusische Poesie Andalusischer Dichter aus dem Elften, Zwölften und Dreizehnten Jahrhundert" by Saul Isaac Kaempf (1818-1892), an eminent Austrian rabbi and Orientalist. The second volume contains ten chapters from what is considered one of the masterpieces of medieval literature "Tahkemoni". 235x155mm. [XXVIII+247] + [XXIV+294] pages. Maroon cloth rebound Hardcover with gilt spine. Cover slightly stained. Pages yellowing and age-stained. [VOL.I]: Cover slightly rubbed. Cover upper corners, bottom edge and spine edges bumped. Several wormholes on cover edges. Spine hinges wrinkled. Spine faded. Binding slightly visible between pages 240-241. Some pages bottom corner slightly wrinkled. Text block edges age-stained. [VOL.II]: Wormholes on cover. Worm-mark on introduction pages with damage to four letters of the text, the rest of the text is untouched. Spine slightly rubbed. Spine edges bumped. Inner cover age-stained. Pages yellowing and age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare two volume critical edition of classic Andalusian Hebrew poetry, edited with commentaries and introduction by one of the foremost authorities on medieval Hebrew is otherwise in good condition.
325x240 mm. 366 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine worn. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
In plain green wrappers (as issued? ) with tears and chipping to plain wrappers. Dampstaining/browning to upper edges of last few pages. Some pencil marginalia and underlining. ; 406 pages
12mo. Original boards. Taped spine. German manuscript notations. Published at the press of the Orphan's House in Halle founded by Franke. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
163 p. + Nine plates. Woodcut vignette illustrations in the text. Foxed and age stained. 12 mo. 20 cm. Original full cloth binding, decorated in gold. Illustrations by John Leech, see: John Leech and the Victorian Scene, 41-2. W140. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
RARE collection of papers on the period of changes that occurred in the Land of Israel during the Persian and early Hellenistic periods - form the 6th through the 4th centuries BCE. This volume includes 10 studies, most of which were originally presented at the 14th World Congress of Jewish Studies, held in Jerusalem in 2005. The authors are: Yigal Levin, Einat Ambar-Armon, Amos Kloner, Avaraham Faust, Diana Edelman, Rona S. Avissar, Joe Uziel, Aren M. Maier, Hanan Eshel, Bezalel Porten, Ada Yardeni, Esther Eshel, Lisbeth S. Fried, Ian Stern. The volume is divided into three sections - Archaeological, Epigraphic and Historical Studies, and includes indices of references and authors. 240x160mm. XX+260 pages. Hardcover. Cover edges, front cover upper corner and spine edges bumped. This extremely rare volume, of immense importance to scholars of the Second Temple Period, is otherwise in very good condition.
RARE collection of studies published on the occasion of 62nd birthday of Dr.Adnan Bounni, an eminent scholar of the ancient Near East and major authority on Palmyra, who excavated Tell Fray in 1972 and 1973 with Paolo Matthiae, the excavator of Ebla. [AUTHORS]: Adnan Bounni, Ali Abou Assaf, Jean Ch. Balty, Giorgio Buccellati, Jacques Cauvin, Paul Courbin, Jean-Marie Dentzer, Rudloph H. Dornemann, Michel Gawlikowski, Barthel Hrouda, Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati, Evelyn Klengel-Brandt, Hartmut Kühne, Elisabeth & Jacques Lagarce, Dittmar Machule, Stefania Mazzoni, David & Joan Oates, Winfried Orthmann, Paolo Emilio Pecorella, Nassib Saliby, Eva Strommenger, Roland Tefnin, Thilo Ulbert, Marguerite Yon, Paolo Matthiae, Maurits van Loon, Georges Tate, Harvey Weiss. Contains 140 b&w plates. 265x195mm. XXXVI+407 pages & 140 b&w plates. Softcover. Cover slightly scratched. Spine front hinge rubbed. Spine creased. Spine upper edge bumped. Bump-mark on spine near rear hinge. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare 'Festschrift' dedicated to an eminent archaeologist and historian of the ancient Near East is in good condition.
TWO VOLUMES BOUND TOGETHER. RARE monograph on biblical poetry and the origins of Semitic poetry by David Heinrich Müller (1846-1912), a renowned Austrian orientalist, from 1881 professor of Semitic philology at Vienna. 270x193mm. [256] + [70] + [68] pages. Black cloth rebound Hardcover. Text block edges marbled. Ex-library copy with stamps. First title-page bottom corner/edge torn and taped - NO damage to text. Ex-libris sticker on front endpaper. Few pages corner/s slightly wrinkled. Fingerprint stain on several pages. Page corners slightly worn. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book on biblical and early Semitic poetry by an eminent authority in the field good condition.
pp. xii, (1)-180. Text very browned, but legible. 12mo. 175 mm. Original full leather binding, worn and scuffed. Hardbound. Good. James Ross was Professor of the Latin and Greek Languages in Philadelphia. S&S/AI 23832. Fourth edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PALIB 4
THIS VOLUME ONLY - Achter Jahrgang. EXTREMELY RARE original edition of the eighth issue of "He-Halutz", a periodical published irregularly between the years 1852 and 1889. Written by many eminent Jewish scholars and in the last issues almost entirely by the editor Osias Heschel Schorr, the periodical offered a scientific and critical approach to Jewish texts, history and tradition. The largest article in this volume deals with Persian influences on Jewish culture. 205x125mm. 177 pages. Black quarter-leather Hardcover. Cover worn and bumped. Cover edges and corners bumped and worn. Cover and spine punctured at several places. Stickers on spine. Pen inscription and stamp on endpapers, whitepages, content and title pages. Ink writing on front inner cover and whitepage. Title page edges tattered. Ink, pen and pencil inscriptions on title page. Page 3 bottom corner missing - no damage to text. Several last page edges slightly worn. Several small wormholes on whitepages. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: Despite the aforementioned external wear, this rare book is internally in good condition.
THIS VOLUME ONLY. RARE collection of texts in the Urmian dialect of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, with Latin transcription and an accompanying Russian translation, the majority of the texts being tales and fables characteristic of Oriental folklore, with specimens of folk poetry. The translator and editor who also recorded the orally conveyed texts - Konstantin Tsereteli (1921-2004), was a major Georgian scholar of Semitic languages, an eminent authority on Aramaic dialects. The Urmia dialect has become the prestige dialect of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic after 1836, when that dialect was chosen by Justin Perkins, an American Presbyterian missionary, for the creation of a standard literary dialect of Assyrian. 260x175mm. XXII+152 pages. Beige cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Black lettering on front cover. Jacket yellowing, rubbed and partly torn. Jacket spine edges torn-out. Jacket edges tattered and partly taped. Rear cover slightly curved. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine edges bumped. Spine upper edge slightly stained. Inner cover yellowing/age-stained. Pages bottom corner water-stained - NO damage to text. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book, of interest to scholars of Semitic languages and folklorists, is otherwise in good condition.
22X15.5 cm. XII+353 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly chafed. Else in good condition.
31X22 cm. 355+IX pages. Gilt Hardcover with dust-jacket. Front cover edges slightly bumped. Spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
Very Good English Original bdg. Hardcover. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 13 cm). [xii], 298, [ii], p. In French and Ottoman. Very good. Grammaire complete de la langue Turque comprenant les troits elements Turc, Persan, Arabe.
IN HEBREW. 5 VOLUMES IN THREE BOOKS [VOLUMES 2-3; 4-5 BOUND TOGETHER]. SIGNED BY EDITOR. 175x245 mm. [156]+[327]+[376] pages. [ALL VOLUMES]: Gilt hardcover. [VOL. I]: Cover corners bumped. Spine edges bumped. Spine edges bumped. Sticker on first white page. [VOL.IV-V]: Cover corners and edges bumped. [SUMMARY]: Else all volumes in good condition.
IN HEBREW. Contains b&w plates. 24x17cm. 367 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. In as new condition.
IN HEBREW AND JUDEO-ARABIC, WITH ENGLISH INTRODUCTION. Includes black and white plates. 17.5x24.5 cm. XI+243 pages. Hardcover in dust jacket. Page edges slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.