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In Two Parts: pp. 288; 455 + Portrait Frontis. All edges marbled. Text in double columns. 4to. 270 mm. Original leather spine over cloth covered boards. Spine worn with loss of leather at joints. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA SHELF 012B x3
866 pages, Chinese words, Italian defenitions. Small format "concise" edition. Publisher and edition information in Chinese, but appears to be modern, and perhaps current edition.
Four volume set in blue cloth. Books are 5 1/2"w x 8 3/4"h and around 800 pages each. Small tears to edge worn price-clipped dust jackets. Rendered into English from literal and complete French translation of Dr. J.C. Madrus.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 149 pages with 67 b&w illustrations. This is 2nd volume in a series of works on Egyptian religious texts. Contents includes Amon-Re, god of Thebes, Theology of Aton, Maat, Goddess of truth, Funerary ceremonies, Mummification, The viscera, The heart, Nut, the coffin, The book of the dead, The watery abyss, Nun, Book of the divine cow. Contains the first translation of the hieroglyphic text inscribed on the four shrines that enclosed the tomb of King Tut, including rituals and devotional inscriptions and fragments of sacred books.
294 pages including glossary. Translation of: Memleketimden insan manzaralari. Prior owner's name and date atop half-title page else clean and unmarked with light to moderate wear. Binding solid. Nice copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rubbing and bumping to corners and light tanning to pages. 344pp. Translated from the original Russian, this guide comprises more than 200 languages in which nearly all of the world's printed matter is published including the ancient languages which played an important part in developing national cultures and lettering. Scarce. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.
Very Good English Original cloth bdg. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script. 2 volumes set (475, [1] p.; 527, [1] p.). Özege; 18233. First Edition. Sosyalist meslekleri. Translated by Hüseyin Cahid [Yalçin]. 2 volumes set.
Fine English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In French. [4], 166, [4] p. Habitus dans le champ de la traduction. Infiltration des traductions de romans popularies Français "Rosérotiques" dans l'espace culturel Turc entre, 1950-1975.
pp. x, (1) [Contents], 339, (1) [Publisher's catalogue]. Uncut. Early manuscript ownership of John Parry on front fly leaf. 12mo. 180 mm. Original publisher's full black cloth binding. Boards ruled and embossed in blind. Front board decorated with two gold gilt hands passing a torch. Corners worn with slight loss. Small loss at head and tail of spine. Old repair on joints. Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach (1775-1833), was a German legal scholar. His major work was a reform of the Bavarian penal code which became a model for other European countries. The translator, Lucie Duff Gordon (1821-1869), was an English travel writer and translator, whose home became a magnet for many of the leading literary lights of her day. Hardbound. Very good. AI BX 8
pp. 880. (6) [Publisher's catalogue] + Portrait Frontis Engraved by J. B. Mould + Full page plates. Double column. Age stained. Frontis very foxed. Inked inscription on front fly leaf "From the Library of John Y. Daten hoping that this book will prove useful, John Daten, Jr". Rear fly leaf penciled inscription "When on this Page You chance to look Just think of me and shut the book, William". 235 mm. Original full cloth binding. Boards elaborately decorated in gold and with a portrait of Flavius Josephus in center. Spine faded and worn. Some loss at extremities. Hardbound. Very good. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SE 2/1
New Azerbaijani Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Texts in entirely in Azerbaijani and Persian; bilingual title in English and Azerbaijani. 557, [4] p. 2 volumes set in one issue. Safî: Socio-cultural magazine No: 6. Special issue: Azerbaijan novel. A novel about Shah Ismayil Safavi's life and activity. Vol. I: Khudafarin Bridge. Vol. II: Chaldron War. Translator: Bijan A. Moghadam.
New Kurdish Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Kurdish with Arabic letters. 611 p. Gulistan. Translated by Mola Ibrahim Sedekli.
Very Good French Paperback. 4to. (25 x 20 cm). In French. 20 p. L'introducteur de Moliere en Turquie: Ahmet Vefik Pacha. First Numbered copy: 000001. Rare.
Very Good Turkish Original typescript invitation signed by Bedrettin Tuncel. 13,5x21,5 cm. In Turkish. Six lines. 1 p. A formal invitation for the general director B. S. Hollinshead's visit to Turkey with the letterhead of "UNESCO Turkey Commission of the United Nations Science and Culture Foundation in Ankara". Bedrettin Tuncel was a former academic and a politician in Turkey. Born in 1910 in Tirebolu of Giresun Province, he graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1932. For higher education, he went to France to study French literature. He graduated from the Lumière University Lyon 2 in 1936. In Turkey, he served at Ankara University for 35 years. He also lectured on the history of Art in the conservatory of Ankara for 10 years. After 27 July 1963, he served as the speaker of the Turkish National Committee of UNESCO. After the 1960 Turkish coup d'etat in addition to his academic works, he was also appointed as the representative of universities in the Constituent Assembly of Turkey. In the 24th government of Turkey, he served as the Minister of National Education. But during the democratic regime after 1961, he returned to his academic life.
FIRST EDITION in Catalan of one of Cervantes' Exemplary Novels. Edition limited to 359 numbered copies, of which this is one of 300 printed on fine laid paper. With a view of Barcelona laid in at the front, as issued. 12mo. Original wraps. Minimal foxing to wraps, else uncut, unopened, fine, and bright.
Paris, Corrêa, 1947. Fort in-12, broché, non coupé, 328 pp. Edition originale de la traduction française. Un des 25 exemplaires numérotés sur Alma du Marais, seul tirage en grand papier. N° 5 en parfait état. Le livre est paru aux U.S.A en 1933.
Paris, Emile-Paul, 1927. In-12, broché, 187 pp. Edition originale de la traduction française. Un des 1000 exemplaires numérotés sur Alfa. « Inspiré par la beauté des paysages et par la profonde spiritualité du peuple russe, qu’il découvre lors d’un voyage en 1900, Rilke est convaincu de la présence de Dieu à chaque instant de sa vie et dans chacun de ses gestes, « sanctifiant » son travail. C’est cette conviction qu’illustrent les nouvelles de ce recueil. »
Paris, Librairie L. Hachette et Cie, Impr. de Ch. Lahure et cie, [1857]. In-12 ; 2 ff. n. ch. (faux-titre et titre) ; préface et 248 pp. Demi-chagrin noir, pièces de titre (rel. époque). Edition originale de la traduction.
1168 pages. Gift greetings abound on front and rear flyleaves. Some page corners bent. No writing noticed in text. The New Living Translation is easy to understand and accurate for study. It is perfect for devotional reading, in-depth study, reading aloud, and memorization by people of all ages. Book
x, 429 pages. Index. Footnotes. Bibliography. "William Tyndale (1494-1536) was the first person to translate the Bible into English from its original Greek and Hebrew and the first to print the Bible in English, which he did in exile." - dust jacket. Few library markings. Moderate lean to spine. Average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reading copy. Book
24 pages. "This is Friedrich Engels' draft, in question-and-answer form, of what later became the 'Communist Manifesto", of which Engels was co-author with Marx... Perhaps the simplest authoritative statement of the fundamentals of Marxism that has ever been written." - from Introduction. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
215 pages including exercises and vocabulary. "No writer put more of himself into his work than did Loti. The notes and references put Loti back into his story, infusing it with something of his own strange personality... Peculiar constructions and oddities of translation, so frequently explained in notes are, in this book, consigned to the vocabulary and exercises. The foot-notes (found on the very page) are thus limited to explanations destined to clarify or heighten the interest in the story." - from Preface. Average wear. Binding intact. Good working copy. Book
150 pages. Contents/Features: Some Thoughts around Ethics, Research, and Aboriginal People; Contaminants in the Circumpolar North - the Nexus between Indigenous Reproductive Health, Gender, and Environmental Justice; Expanding Knowledge through Dreaming, Wampum and Visual Arts; Cardiovascular and Respiratory Health Risks in Canada's Aboriginal Population; Translation of Fixed-Response Questionnaires for health research with Aboriginal People; Healthy Communities through Consultation - an Australian experience; Creating Healthy Communities - a Conversation about Australian Experiences; Abolishment of ATSIC - a New Era... or back to the Way We Were?. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
62 p. Early penciled ownership of Isaac Kulp on title page. Another ownership clipped from top of title page with loss. Dampstained. Foxed. Lacks fly leaves. Bookseller's label of Leary, 5th & Walnut, Phila. on front paste down. 235mm. Original silk spine over paper covered boards. Binding very stained and worn. Inked signature of Isaac Ress and Isaac Kulp on rear board. The Council of Nicaea was a council of Christian bishops convened in Nicaea in Bithynia (present-day I.znik in Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine, held in 325 to combat the heresy of Arius (Arianism). AI 36335. RELIGION BX 11
pp. (20) [Facsimile], 14 [English Translation]. Facsimile woodcut illustrations. XLib. 12mo. Wraps, soiled. An OCLC entry says: "the Albany imprint did not appear on the facsimile as originally issued, but was added to the copies of a 'remainder' purchased by Joseph McDonough. The facsimile differs in several particulars from the copy of the original in the Lenox library, New York, making it probably that it was printed from the imperfect copy in the Library of the British Museum." Scarce. VOYAGES BOX 1
