Hoffmeier, James KarlMareMagnum
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23.5X16 cm. XV+281 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Spine edges slightly bumped. Pages slightly yellowing. Pencil inscription on front inner cover. Else in good conditions.
RARE FIRST EDITION of a monograph on law in ancient Israel by eminent German historian Karl Dietrich Hüllmann (1765-1846), Professor of History in the universities of Frankfurt (Oder) from 1797, Königsberg from 1808, and Bonn from 1818, where he also served as the first rector in the then newly established University of Bonn. 215x130mm. VI+227 pages. Brown rebound Hardcover with cloth spine. Cover slightly stained and rubbed. Cover edges rubbed. Cover upper corners bumped, front cover upper corner also peeling. Bump-mark on rear cover outer edge. Spine edges slightly bumped. Sticker residues and black inscription in felt-tip pen on spine. Several wormholes and worm-marks on front cover upper edge and corner, rear cover, spine, and inner cover. Several worm-marks on front whitepage, introduction and 7 first pages outer and bottom edge - NO damage to text. Ex-library copy with stamp and small ink and pencil inscriptions on whitepage, pre-title and title pages. Pre-title upper corner slightly tattered. Some page edges slightly water-stained - NO damage to text. Pages browning and slightly wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book on ancient Israelite law is in good reading condition.
RARE first issue of a public organ of the Jewish National Fund, IN YIDDISH. The issue features articles on geography and the Zionist project. The issue includes 6 b&w photographs, and a map of Jewish settlements in Palestine. 240x160mm. 160 pages. Quarter-cloth rebound Hardcover. Cover slightly scratched and slightly loose. Cover edges worn. Cover corners bumped. Spine edges bumped and peeling. Spine hinges upper part cracked. Sticker and sticker residues on spine. Title page partly rubbed and partly detached from binding. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This rare periodical is otherwise in good condition.
VOLUME TWO ONLY. This volume includes an introduction and translation of Assyrian prayers addressed to the Assyrian sun god and still is one of the most important reference books in the field of Babylonian and Assyrian studies. Also included is a transcription of the original text, as well as annotations. 167x239mm. VII+339 pages. Red quarter cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and marbled boards. Front cover detached. Cover corners bumped. Spine loose from binding, but still attached to rear cover. Spine broken in the middle and dirty/stained. Spine edges bumped. Text block edges yellowing. Top page edges very slightly age stained. Pencil underlining on several pages. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book is in good reading condition. PLEASE NOTE: This book's cover is very worn, loose or missing. If you'd like, we can send this book to be rebound for an extra charge.
RARE collection of 27 studies on various aspects of Palestine's history in the late Ottoman period by the leading scholars in the field. The studies are grouped in four sections: 1) Government and Administration; 2) Society and Economy; 3) Foreign Involvement; 4) Sources for the History of Ottoman Palestine. The authors are: Carter V.Findley, Haim Gerber, Ruth Kark, Robert Eisenman, Engin D.Akarli, Butrus Abu-Manneh, Uri M.Kupferschmidt, Alexander Schölch, Ruth Roded, C.Ernest Gilbar, Fred M.Gottheil, Shmuel Avitsur [Avitzur], Daniel Crecelius, Yair Hirschfeld, Isaiah Friedman, Moshe Rinott, Alex Carmel, David Kushner, Caesar E.Farah, J.C.Hurewitz, 'Adel Manna', U.O.Schmelz, Mordechai Eliav, Nathan Schur, Geoffrey Lewis. 250x175mm. XII+434 pages. Purple cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. White lettering on front cover and spine. Jacket spine yellowing/faded. Jacket edges and corners rubbed. Jacket spine upper edge wrinkled. Cover slightly curved. Cover edges slightly bumped. Spine edges bumped and faded. Previous owners' name written in pen on front whitepage. Front whitepage and pre-title page bottom corner wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely collection of historic, economic, sociological and geographical articles by the leading authorities on Ottoman Palestine is in good condition.
RARE! This book includes 23 b&w tablets found in the ancient city of Drehem in Mesopotamia, translated with commentaries and introduction by Stephen Herbert Langdon (1876-1937), the renowned American-born British Assyriologist. 286x230mm. 25+XXIII pages. Softcover. Cover detached and slightly yellowing. Cover edges and corners worn. Spine torn and partly missing. Book partly disbound - pages 1-24 and XVII-XXIII still attached to each other but detached from the rest of the book. Pages clean. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book is otherwise in good condition.
21x27 cm. xxii+293 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly dirty. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
THREE VOLUMES BOUND TOGETHER. 170X240 mm. 393+305+182 pages. Hardcover. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
RARE book on Jerusalem written by the chief doctor of "Mayer Rothschild" hospital in Jerusalem. This book is a rare testimony on 19th century Jerusalem by a local resident as well as a comprehensive natural, cultural and social history of the holy city. 215x140mm. 512 pages. Rebound Hardcover. Gilt spine. Cover scratched, cover edges and corners peeling. Front and rear cover upper edge peeled. Spine detached and worn, spine edges peeled. Spine bottom corner partly broken. Inner cover somewhat stained. Dedication written in pen on whitepage. Pages yellowing, few pages slightly age-stained. Otherwise all pages clean. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book on Jerusalem has unfortunately suffered damage to cover, but is still in good reading condition
RARE monograph on the role of Old Testament Shechem traditions and its sacred enclosures in the formation of the twelve-tribe amphictyony of Israel on Canaanite soil, written by the renowned biblical scholar Eduard Nielsen (b.1923), Old Testament professor at the University of Copenhagen. 235x150mm. 384 pages. Red cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt lettering on spine. Jacket edges worn and partly tattered and taped. Jacket slightly worn. Jacket spine stained/yellowing. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Spine upper edge peeling. Inner cover and whitepages age-stained. Pages and text block edges slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare biblical study is in good condition.
SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 22x17 cm. 208 pages. Softcover. Cover corners and spine edges slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
280x220 mm. 163 pages. Hardcover with dust-jacket. Stamp on few pages. In good condition.
RARE classic photo-album of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the second half of 19th to beginning of 20th centuries. Includes an introductory essay in Hebrew and English about "The Pioneers of Photography in the Holy Land, 1840-1930" by Dan Kyram. 280x220mm. 238 pages. Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and illustrated dust-jacket. Jacket edges partly tattered. Spine bottom edge bumped. Hebrew text (15) pages slightly wavy. Small stain on text block outer edge - NO damage to plates. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This rare album of classic early photographs of the Holy Land is else in very good condition!
24x16.5 cm. XXVI+771 pages. Gilt hardcover. Spine slightly chafed, Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
RARE Italian translation of "The Holy Vessels and Furniture of the Tabernacle" by Henry William Soltau (1805-1875), a biblical scholar renowned for his studies on the Tabernacle. Contains many fold-out b&w plates. 235x160mm. 146 pages. Softcover. Front cover upper edge and corner partly missing. Cover slightly stained and tattered. Binding loose - some pages and 4 plates detached from binding and split into two between pages 80 and 81. Page edges slightly worn. Pages upper corner near binding bumped/wrinkled. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare monograph on the Tabernacle has sustained some damage, but is still in fair reading condition. PLEASE NOTE: This book's cover is very worn, loose or missing. If you'd like, we can send this book to be rebound for an extra charge.
TWO VOLUME SET. Contains b&w plates. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 245x175 mm. [249]+[331] pages. Hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket yellowing. Jacket edges worn. Spine edges bumped. Stamp on first white page. Pages slightly yellowing. [VOL.II]: Gilt spine. Last white page edges torn. [SUMMARY]: Else both volumes in good condition.
TWO VOLUME SET. 240x190 mm. 916+871. Hardcover. Cover and spine yellowing and stained. Cover rubbed/scratched. Cover corners bumped and worn. Cover edges worn. Ex-library copy with usual marks. Sticker on front inner cover. Inner cover and pages age-stained. Pages slightly yellowing. Else both volumes in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
315X245 mm. 369 pages. Hardcover. Spine edges slightly stained. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
RARE monograph on early Biblical narrative in the light of contemporary (late 19th-century) science, mainly geology. Contains full-page b&w genealogical tables and color fold-out plate. 250x165mm. XXXVIII+344 pages. Brown cloth rebound Hardcover. Gilt lettering on spine. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners and edges, spine edges and hinges rubbed. Spine lettering rubbed/faded. Fold-out plate torn and split into two parts.Text block edges and few pages age-stained. Pages yellowing and slightly age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book, an historical testimony to the struggle of scientific interpretation of the Old Testament, is in good condition.
23.5X16 cm. XIV+352 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good conditions.
RARE critical inventory of recent species diversity of lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi found in Israel up to 2005. Includes 112 genera, 335 species, and infra-specific taxa. 100 species are recorded for the first time for Israel. For each species, the information given provides synonyms, descriptions, data on habitat, distribution in Israel and worldwide, with references to relevant literature, and a brief outline of the history of the lichenological survey of Israel.Contains many numerous color illustrations (25 full-page plates). 245x175mm. 384 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated Hardcover. Cover corners slightly bumped. Cover bottom edge and spine edges bumped.
325X250 mm. No pagination. Hardcover. Yellowing pages. Else in good condition.
TWO VOLUME SET. RARE account of the ancient cultures of Musair, Meluhha and Maeen (Minaeans) in the Arabian peninsula by the renowned German archaeologist and Assyriologist Hugo Winckler (1863-1913), who uncovered the capital of the Hittite Empire (Hattusa) at Boğazkale, Turkey. Includes transliterations of ancient texts, b&w figures and a fold-out sheet containing a copy of a Minaean inscription. The second volume is an appendix, published shortly after the main paper. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 250x160mm. [56]+[10] pages. Grey Softcover. Cover detached from binding. Cover wrinkled. Cover edges tattered. Previous owner's name on front cover. Binding loose. Some pages detached from binding. Humidity stains on extreme pages. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: Despite the damage it has sustained, this rare archaeological analysis of the findings in Arabia and Yemen are is still in good reading condition.
TWO VOLUME SET. [ALL VOLUMES]: 27.5x22.5 cm. [X+361]+[VIII+84] pages. Gilt hardcover. [VOL. I]: Spine edges slightly bumped. Spine upper edges chipped. [SUMMARY]: Else both volumes in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
In-4, 196p. Avec de nombreux dessins in- et h-texte de l'auteur. Exemplaire en parfaite condition.