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Book is in excellent condition but with a crunch to the back cover at lower edge, causing a wrinkle. This is the only blemish, otherwise as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 145 pages.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 96 pages. Many photos and illustrations.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 361, [1] p., 16 b/w plts., 3 maps. Ligeti's 'Inner Asia'. First Edition. TURKOLOGY Turkish / Turkic history InnerAsia Turkestan Turks Turkic peoples. Bilinmeyen Iç Asya. Translated by Sadrettin Karatay.
Fine/near fine (fine unclipped dj is slightly wrinkled head of spine, a fine crisp tight copy quarto 118pp. First edition. Beautiful colour paintings throughout.
Fine/near fine (fine unclipped dj is slightly wrinkled head of spine, a fine crisp tight copy with a very faint hint of yellowing to page edges) quarto 118pp. First edition. Beautiful colour paintings throughout.
121 pages with index. Covers show wear but contents are quite nice. Seeks to dispel a few myths about the lives of some notable people from Vancouver's past. "The time has come to open the closets and let all our ancestors out"! Covers such topics as: Who kept the city's first house of ill-repute, who was the first man charge with keeping an illegal gaming establishment, etc. This carefully researched book is all absolutely true... and very funny. Book
56 pages. "Alerts the world to the fact that at least 50% of the world's known monsters are indigenous to British Columbia, Canada." - from title page. "Features rare sketches, photos and text concerning mythical monster hunts never previously published. Authentic photos from behind the Iron Curtain... and a rare, rare photo from the Art Jones Collection." - from back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Hardcover New Release item. Pls. allow a minimum of 4 - 6 weeks as this is hi p frombook publishers.
Upper corners bumped else minor shelfwear to book. DJ has minor edgewear. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 320 pages
in-8 (27x18), xii + 278pp.avec 12 cartes et tabelles, stitch., cover. Fine copy. [CA29-2]
Very Good Arabic Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Arabic. 50 p., b/w plates. First edition of this rare excerpt book to "Masâlik al-absâr fi mamâlik al- amsâr" by Arab-Mamluk statesman, geographer and historian Shihâb al-Dîn Ah?mad ibn Yahyâ al-'Umarî al-ma'rûf bi-Ibn Fadl Allâh al-Kâtib al-Dimashqî, (1301-1349). "Masâlik al-absâr fi mamâlik al- amsâr" is an account of the Mohammedan kingdoms of the west, excluding Egypt, by Shihâb al-Dîn, who was descended from an old Arab family. The countries described in the book are Abyssinia, Kanem, Nubia, Mali, the Kingdom of the Berber mountains, Ifriqiya, Morocco, and Andalusia. This rare pamphlet includes North Africa (Maghreb) and Andalusia sections of Shihâb al-Dîn's book with a commentary by Al-Wahhâb. Al-Wahhâb was a polygraph and scholar born into a family of dignitaries and high officials of the Tunisian state. OCLC 78694883, 235966687, 863484408.
New New Turkish Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (32 x 25 cm). In Turkish. 567 p., color ills. 2000 copies were printed. Osmanli hanedan türbeleri. Enlarged and revised new edition. Tombs of Ottoman sultans.
8vo., First Edition; original cloth, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, backstrip lightly frayed at head and tail else a very good, clean copy.
Foxing to textblock. ; 8.4 X 5.3 X 1.1 inches; 496 pages
Mild Foxing to a few pages and textblock. ; 58 illustrations. Standard work on mythology. ; 395 pages
8vo., on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece by Pogany, title in brown and black, and numerous coloured and monochrome plates by Pogany and others; original series binding of green cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in white enclosing title in gilt, gilt back, green top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 2pp series catalogue at end. First published in 1909 as part of the 'Myths and Legends' series.
257 pages. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "J.S. Guard has painstakingly researched published sources and original PRO records to produce an absorbing, definitive story of military opportunism and indiscretion; of extreme endurance punctuated by sudden, sharp action; and of clandestine, courageous enterprise and ingenuity in the idyllic setting of the Greek islands. An intriguing account of one of the least publicised campaigns of the war, this work examines all aspects of the campaign, makes impartial assessments... and dispels some of the myths and misstatements associated with it." Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Dust jacket now in archival-grade Brodart cover. Excellent copy. Book
528 pages including index. Exposes the myths and the realities of the global economy in terms of human struggle. Contends that the global economy is sowing 'creative destruction' everywhere: while making possible great accumulations of wealth, it is also reviving forms of human exploitation that characterized industry 100 years ago. Warms that without reform, social peace and middle-class lifestyles will be threatened. Bright, clean and unmarked but for remainder dot upon bottom edge. Excellent copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, 6 coloured illustrations (2 double-page) and double-page map; pictorial red cloth, boards and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, printed endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case.
2 volumes, Hachette, Pluriel, 1999, 2000, 428 pp. et 446 pp., poches, légères traces d'usage, bon état.
2 volumes, Hachette, Pluriel, 1991, 1992, 2000, 428 pp. et 446 pp., poches, légères traces d'usage, dos décolorés avec plis de lecture, état correct.
2 vols., 8vo., with frontispiece, 15 plates and endpaper maps; pictorial boards, brown cloth backs lettered in gilt, a fine set in publisher's brown board slip-case lettered in gilt.
Presses Universitaires de France, Mythes et religions, 156 pp., broché, couverture un peu défraîchie, coiffe inférieure fendillée avec un petit manque, état correct
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 102, [2] p., b/w ills. Mythology of the Caucasian peoples. Kafkas halklari mitolojisi. [= Mythologie der Kaukasischen Völker]. Translated by Musa Yasar Saglam.
"Cyprus has a long and winding history and as one would expect, this is interwoven with a plethora of legends and traditions" 119p, illus [col] bibliography. New book in shrink wrap. Book
