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Features: The Singing Tree - a story from the Bushveld of South Africa; The Road to Romanc - Part I of the amazing round-the-world travels of Cyril Holloway; Photo of ice-fishing in Vladivostock Harbour; Timber-Laden Round Cape Horn - a windjamming tale; An Aeroplane Adventure in Waziristan - the story of a British officer who was captured by the Wazirs; A Tenderfoot in Canada, Part II - a disastrous season on a prairie farm; Trapped in the Volcano of Kilauea, in the Hawaiian Islands; The Hundredth Chance - a story from the Union-Castle cargo-steamer Ripley Castle; What Happened to Ah Fong? - an unsolved Chinese mystery; Monasteries in Mid-Air - the remarkable monasteries of Meteora, in Greece - article with excellent photos; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy story from Wyoming; The Rogue - a rogue elephant in central Africa; Bakhai, the Rebel of Babban Kurmi; The Mountain of Gold - conclusion of the author's journey to Canada; Nice vintage ads, including photo of Earle E. Liederman, the Muscle Builder. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Plon 1977, In-8 broché. 249 pages + photos. Bon état.
M., 1926, 24,5 x 17 cm., 20 págs. + 10 láminas facsimiles.
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 18 plates, 24 illustrations in the text, and 3 large folding plans and 5 maps all on japon, half-title and title lightly spotted; original series binding of decorative buckram, sides with multiple frame border enclosing title all in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. With publisher's 4pp series catalogue in red and black, and 40pp general catalogue bound in at rear. Abbot Gasquet's comprehensive study was first published in the previous year. Published in Methuen's fine 'Antiquary's Books' series.
2 tomes (ouvrage complet): xxxvi,450 + 521pp., br.orig. (dos restaurés), 22cm., texte en bel état
2 tomes (ouvrage complet): xxxvi,450 + 521pp., 2e éd., br.orig. (dos restaurés), 22cm., texte en bel état
2 tomes (ouvrage complet): xxxvi,450 + 521pp., 1e éd., reliures cart. (dos en toile), 22cm., bel état, (Traduction française… par J.Lugné Philipon en collaboration avec le r.p.du Lac S.J.)
The Early Christian Monastery of Alahan occupies a terrace high in the mountains of Isauria in southern Asia Minor. Constructed din the second half of the fifth century, Its remains include three churches, a baptistry,a colonnaded walkway running the full lenght of its site, and several subsidiary buildings. It was almost certainly founded by the Emperor Zeno,[474-491] who was a native of the region, and is stands as the finest acheivment of the Isauran stone-masons and sculptors. Alahan is a key site in the history of early Byzantine architecture. The site was excavated and studied by Michael Gough, but publication was delayed by his early death in 1974; this full report has been completed by his collaborators. Edited by Mary Gough with contributions by Gerard Bakker and Jonathan Coulston. XVIII-235p. diagrams bibliography, index fold out plan + 24 pages of plates. Text neat and unmarked, but some scuffing to wraps, else fine.. Book
8vo., First Edition, with 4 plates, and a full-page map in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, staples mildly rusted else a very good, clean copy.
Complete series in 13 volumes (in 16 physical parts), 21cm., illustrated softcovers, introduction in English and text in Latin, very good condition, weight: 3.2kg., [CONTENT: Volume 1: Provincia Sancti Brunonis. Ordinations, Dispositions, etc., 1301-1450 (173pp.), Volume 2: Idem, 1451-1566 (177pp.), Volume 3: Idem, 1567-1934 & Necrology 1469-1741 (232pp.), Volume 4: Certosa di Serra San Bruno. Ordinations, Dispositions, etc. 1487-1934, Necrology 1517-1772 (193pp.), Volume 5-1: Certosa di Trisulti, Ordinations, dispositions, etc. 1297-1563 (110pp.), Volume 5-2: Certosa di Trisulti, Ordinations, dispositions, etc. 1564-1934 & Necorlogy 1281-1772 (115pp.), Volume 6-1: Certosa di Padula, Ordinations, dispositions, etc. 1321-1650 (105pp.), Volume 6-2: Idem 1651-1843 & Necrology 1316-1771. Necrologium domus Sancti Laurentii de Padula ex chartis capituli generalis (by dom Palemon Bastin) (142pp.), Volume 7: Certosa di Napoli, ordinations, dispositions, etc. 1338-1530 (166pp.), Volume 8: Certosa di Napoli, Ordinations, Dispositions, etc. 1531-1837 (132pp.), Volume 9-1: Certosa di Napoli, Necrology 1332-1772 (80pp.), Volume 9-2: Certosa di Napoli. Kalendarium Domus Cartusiae Sancti Martini supra Neapolim. Ms. Archives de la Grande Chartreuse A-5/166a (pp.81-178), Volume 10: Certosa di Guglionesi, Certosa di Catania, Certosa di Capri (152pp.), Volume 11: Certosa di Santa Croce, Roma. Ordinations, dispositions, necrology, 1370-1561 (117pp.), Volume 12: Certosa di Santa Maria degli Angeli, Roma. Ordinations, dispositions, necrology. 1561-1796 (102pp.), Volume 13: Certosa di Chairamonte (143pp.)], R104566
Belin 2016, In-8 broché, 380 pages. Parfait état.
"Narrative description of Saint and Theodore Patroas, our David, who lived in Evia".[The Monastery of Saint David the Elder, also known as the Monastery of Saint David of Euboea, is a Greek Orthodox monastery located near the village of Drimona, near the town of Limni, on the Greek island of Euboea.] 144p + 4 pages of plates Book
Complete series of 3 text volumes (but Indices-volume is not included): 279 + 510 + 657pp. with some bl/w illustrations & 1 loose folding map in vol.2, 25cm., in the series "Archief- en Bibliotheekwezen in België" extranummer 16, text in German, few foxing at edges, luxury edition in editor's grey cloth binding (hardcover), good condition, B89605
279pp. with some bl/w illustrations, 25cm., in the series "Archief- en Bibliotheekwezen in België" extranummer 16, text in German, very good, B88872
107 + [iii] pp., 25cm., in the series "Archief- en Bibliotheekwezen in België" extranummer 18, text in German, softcover, very good, R88874
224 pages including index. "Levi's study of nearly 3,000 years of history combines a deep and unconventional historical understanding with a personal account of contemplative ideals." Only moderate wear. Usual library markings. Binding solid. Decent, clean copy. Book
This Orthodox monastery was first established about 1505. The main church in Byzantine style was finished in 1712. and contains many icons and a distinctive iconostasis.In 1968 it was converted to a Convent. Text in Romanian with summaries in English, French and German. 55p.illus Book
pp. xv, 228. Illustrated. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. OCC 9.
Folio, First Edition, with 376 fine coloured reproductions and several other photographs and maps, patterned endpapers; original tan faux-morocco cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked in gilt and colours, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's illustrated board slip-case.
Features: Brennan goes Trapping - a young Irishman joins a party of trappers setting out for wild country in Canada; A Matter of Command - Master and Mate did not get along; "Chink-Running" - smuggling Chinese into America across the Detroit River; Desert Cities of M'Zab - driven out of North Africa, the Mozabites fled south and settled in the Sahara; A Man of Mettle - a Kashmiri Headsman aids four R.A.F Officers on leave; The White Porpoise - what happened when a couple of youngsters used a home-made harpoon in Loch Long, Scotland; Land Without Women - Greek monasteries where females have not been allowed for almost a thousand years; Boom Boat replaces the famous boom man on the North American West Coast; Muhammad Ali's Quest - a Red Sea Tale; Ten Tragedies - 10 mutilated corpses are found in West Africa; A Witch at Work - African divination; and more. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: Brennan goes Trapping - a young Irishman joins a party of trappers setting out for wild country in Canada; A Matter of Command - Master and Mate did not get along; "Chink-Running" - smuggling Chinese into America across the Detroit River; Desert Cities of M'Zab - driven out of North Africa, the Mozabites fled south and settled in the Sahara; A Man of Mettle - a Kashmiri Headsman aids four R.A.F Officers on leave; The White Porpoise - what happened when a couple of youngsters used a home-made harpoon in Loch Long, Scotland; Land Without Women - Greek monasteries where females have not been allowed for almost a thousand years; Boom Boat replaces the famous boom man on the North American West Coast; Muhammad Ali's Quest - a Red Sea Tale; Ten Tragedies - 10 mutilated corpses are found in West Africa; A Witch at Work - African divination; and more. Backstrip mostly chipped away. Binding intact. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. [xii], 106 p., color ills. Ask bülbülü Hz. Üftâde ve dergâhi. A study on Mehmet Muhyiddin Üftâde, 1489 or 1490-1580 and his dervish lodge in Ottoman Bursa.
New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 128 p., ills. Bursa'nin Yunus'u Âsik Yunus. A biographical study on Turkish sufi / mystic minstrel Asik Yunus of Bursa, (1438-?).
Complete in 2 volumes: 255 + 659pp., with numerous bl/w illustrations, in the series "Analecta Cartusiana" volume 297, 30cm., original softcovers, text in German, text clean and bright, very good, weight: 4kg., R104506
ix, (1), 210 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white diagrams and photographic plates. "Presents a full and factual account of the origins and history of these strangest of monuments." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
