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1896185041896. German colonial forces operating in German South West Africa present day Namibia execution photograph documenting colonial military punishment of African prisoners during the early period of German imperial rule circa 1896. The image records a scene of public hanging in which numerous African men appear suspended from a gallows while German soldiers stand nearby. The photograph emerges from the violent regime of colonial control established after Germany declared the territory a protectorate in 1884. Armed resistance against German occupation began during the 1890s including uprisings among communities identified in colonial records as Herero and Nama. German authorities responded with punitive campaigns intended to suppress rebellion and enforce imperial authority. The photograph preserves visual evidence of colonial execution practices and racialized violence used by imperial administrations to control subject populations.<br /> <br /> Albumen photograph approximately 6 x 4 inches black and white circa 1896. Caption beneath the image reads "German So. W Africa Hanging Party. 312 Negroes Hanged." The photograph depicts a gallows structure with numerous bodies visible while soldiers stand in the foreground observing the execution site. Several African men appear present among the assembled personnel alongside European soldiers illustrating the complex composition of colonial forces that often included locally recruited auxiliaries. The composition presents a stark view of the aftermath of execution and the organized display of punishment within the colonial military environment of German South West Africa.<br /> <br /> German colonial warfare in the region escalated during the following decade culminating in the Herero and Nama wars beginning in 1904 during which German forces carried out systematic campaigns of killing forced displacement and imprisonment against indigenous populations. Historians widely recognize these events as one of the earliest genocidal campaigns of the twentieth century. Photographs documenting punitive executions from the earlier phase of German rule provide visual context for the structures of coercion and racial hierarchy that defined colonial governance in the territory. Minor paper loss at the lower left corner and a closed tear measuring approximately three quarters of an inch repaired on the verso; image largely unaffected and overall condition very good. unknown
1941175891941. Langwill J. P. and Mrs. J. P. Photo album and travel scrapbook 1941 to 1952 a multi format record of civilian travel through southern Africa during and immediately after World War II preserving firsthand observations of colonial infrastructure landscape and local communities. Compiled by an American couple residing in Cape Town and Paarl the album documents movement across South Africa the Bechuanaland Protectorate and Southern Rhodesia at a time when wartime restrictions shaped mobility and access. The inclusion of typed journals alongside photographs and printed ephemera provides a narrative account of travel conditions tourist sites and cross regional routes linking British colonial territories in southern Africa.<br /> <br /> Photo album and scrapbook containing 55 small format black and white photographs 13 larger photographs 15 real photo postcards 79 magazine clippings including photographic reproductions and maps 2 pamphlets 1 folding map 2 newspaper clippings and 8 pages of original typed journal entries housed in a 10 x 13 inch cloth album with a world map affixed to the front cover. Photographs are corner mounted and ephemera tipped or taped to the leaves. The material documents residence in Cape Town beginning in 1941 a July 1944 यातà¥à¤°à¤¾ to Victoria Falls and Southern Rhodesia a 1946 visit to Oudtshoorn and a return to Victoria Falls in 1952. The typed journal titled "Trip to Victoria Falls and Southern Rhodesia July 2 to 25 1944" opens with the statement "Month after month we had postponed our long planned trip because of war restrictions on travel. At last however we decided to go in spite of everything" and proceeds to describe travel through Mafeking the Bechuanaland Protectorate and onward to Victoria Falls including observations of baobab trees the Victoria Falls Hotel and the descent to view the falls and lunar rainbow. Additional entries describe visits to Salisbury and Bulawayo and to gold mining regions near Johannesburg. Photographs include landscapes tourist sites and local scenes including images of Black South African children outside a school documenting colonial educational conditions.<br /> <br /> The album provides a civilian perspective on wartime and postwar travel within the British colonial network of southern Africa where infrastructure such as rail lines and hotels facilitated movement even under wartime constraints. The juxtaposition of personal narrative commercial imagery and photographic documentation illustrates how travelers encountered and recorded colonial spaces natural landmarks and local populations. The presence of American travelers marking events such as the Fourth of July abroad further situates the album within transnational wartime experience. Light wear to covers; clippings show moderate toning; ephemera with light soiling; photographs remain clean and well preserved. Overall good to very good condition. unknown
18414735London: John Murray 1841. First Edition. Soft cover. VG. Volume the Eleventh. Parts I and II. Part 1. LXXX pp 1-120. 1 folding plate 2 large folding maps publisher's ads and catalogue of Grattan and Gilbert Maps bound in rear. Text uncut. Part II. IX pp. 121-269. Index of books relating to the East title page table of contents 3 folding and 1 single page map in rear. Text uncut. Both in original printed wraps. Obviously meant for purchaser to bind to their taste. VG condition. John Murray unknown
1806216804Uhlmannsche Buchhandlung Amberg 1806. Hardcover kartoniert. Zustand: Exemplar einer Privatbibliothek mit Kennungen Rücken Ecken Kanten berieben/bestoßen. Innen gut. Uhlmannsche Buchhandlung, Amberg, hardcover
189152605London & New York: Frederick Warne 1891. 2 volumes 8vo pp. xxi 1 376; xv 1 347 1; 4 folding color maps 3 printed in color inside back cover pockets 60 photographic or wood-engraved plates some tinted a few in color; original pictorial maroon crocodile-patterned cloth stamped in gilt silver and black; contemporary prize label Camden Road Collegiate School Cambridge on front pastedown of volume I; small breaks in the cloth at the top of both spines rear hinge on volume II starting; all else very good bright and sound. Frederick Warne unknown
188652566London: Kegan Paul Trench and Co 1886. First edition 8vo pp. xxviii 338; xv 1 572 36 ads; gravure frontispiece portrait wood-engraved vignette title page 6 maps 2 folding some in color 14 plates numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original pictorial red cloth stamped in black white and gilt on upper cover and spine; the spine is a mess: old long cracks chipped at extremities and sunned but the book is surprisingly sound clean and the covers quite bright. Not a common book. Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co unknown
186852527London: Cassell Petter and Galpin 1868. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 397 1 2 ads; 8 wood-engraved plates; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; binding a bit soiled and small cracks at the spine extremities but generally a good sound copy or better. Henry Aaron Stern 1820-1885 was an Anglican missionary and captive in Abyssinia. "In August 1842 he was admitted into the Hebrew College of the London Jews' Society with the ultimate intention of becoming a missionary to the Jews." He was sent first to Jerusalem then Baghdad and Istanbul where he stayed for nearly six years. "The London Jews' Society then directed Stern to travel to Ethiopia to preach to the Beta Israel Jews arriving on March 10 1860. Tewodros II of Ethiopia initially welcomed Stern and Stern fixed his headquarters at Gondar. "Following various slights by Lord John Russell of the British Foreign Office and others the Ethiopian emperor's attitude to the British changed. Stern was summoned to appear before the emperor at Gondar in October 1863 where Stern was beaten and imprisoned together with a Mr. Rosenthal his LJS assistant. By the time they were transferred to prison at Amba Magdala in November 1864 they were joined by the British consul Charles Cameron and other Europeans. Stern's situation was made more difficult by the fact that the emperor was made aware of uncomplimentary material in Stern's book - including having stated that the emperor's mother was a vendor of kosso - in Wanderings among the Falashas in Abyssinia: together with a description of the Country and its various Inhabitants 1862" Wikipedia. This lead to the British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia under the command of Robert Napier who captured the Ethiopian capital and rescued the prisoners. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin unknown
182067095London: printed for Edwards and Knibb 53 Newgate-Street 1820. First edition 8vo pp. xvi 144; original blue paper-covered boards tan paper shelfback printed title on spine; boards somewhat soiled spine toned extremities rubbed text clean; good an sound or better. Later inscription on flyleaf "Sir Matthew Nathan from L. A. Barker." Nathan was colonial governor serving in Sierra Leone Gold Coast Hong Kong Natal and Queensland. Contemporary signature on title page of "F. Cotton." "Issued with a view of affording information respecting the country reserved for the 1820 settlers which the editor asserts is not to be found in other works of South Africa" Mendelssohn. Most of the material appeared earlier in Narrative of the Loss of the Ship Hercules 1798 where Stout encountering a gale which rendered the ship unmanageable ran the ship ashore on the African coast. Remarkably all the crew reached the shore safely and the native Caffres were friendly and led the crew to Dutch settlements. Mendelssohn p. 445. printed for Edwards and Knibb, 53, Newgate-Street unknown
1943000062North Africa. Good. 1943. Softcover. SUPER WORLD WAR II NORTH AFRICA ROYAL AIR FORCE HANDWRITTEN MEMOIR: "This is an exercise book" which it is stated in the first line of the first entry: 22/2/43 9 pages; "I bought this book yesterday and am just taking a few spare moments to jot down some of the happenings and events of the last few months. This book is not intended to be a diary as such as I have found that a day to day record of events becomes monotonous; but rather a medium that permits me to express myself on paper at thise inevitable times in the service when due to ones surroundings and situation there is nothing else to do. I shall also include such events as seem worthy of record and which I may like to preserve for the future in a clear cut form than memory alone provides. So I am now on the threshold of Operational Flying there should be much of interest and amusement which will be of interest and amusement." He then summarizes his Air Force Career and details what I assume is the "happenings of the last few months" as detailed at the beginning of this entry. This includes Scotland and Durban South Africa and Egypt. The rest of the journal is concerned with life and training in Africa and finishes abruptly on 21st July 1943. One week after he makes his first Operational flight over the Mediterranean. Dated 5/2/43 - 6.5 pages Dated 19/3/43 - 4.5 pages Dated 29/3/43 - 8.5 pages Dated 4/4/43 - 4 pages Dated 10/4/43 - 3 pages Dated 19/4/43 - 4 pages Dated 03/5/43 - 7 pages Dated 25/5/43 - 10 pages Dated 08/6/43 - 5 pages Dated 13/6/43 - 5 pages Dated 20/6/43 - 6 pages Dated 22/6/43 - 2 pages Dated 09/7/43 - 9 pages Dated 14/7/43 - 3 pages Dated 16/7/43 - 5 pages - This entry starts " I have now done my first operational flight 4.5 hours in duration and this involved patroling the Med." Dated 21/7/43 - 3.5 pages.; Manuscript; 5.5.x 8.5 Inch; RAF ROYAL AIR FORCE NORTH AFRICA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL PERSONAL HISTORY MEMOIR MEMORIAL DIARY JOURNAL DIARIES JOURNALS LOG LOGS KEEPSAKE WORLD WAR II WWII . paperback
1909219314J. Lindauer`sche Univers.-Buchhandlung München Schöpping 1909. Softcover Zustand: mit Kennungen einer Privatbibliothek. Rücken Ecken Kanten größtenteils gut bis sehr gut. Vielfach sind die Druckbögen noch geschlossen. Die Beiheftungen sind unberührt vollständig. J. Lindauer`sche Univers.-Buchhandlung, München (Schöpping), paperback
1900112577London: WardLock & Co 1900. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. the richest architectural heritage of the British nation. Their history and architecture from their Circa 1900's .foundation to modern times with special accounts of modern restorations. Illustrated Volume 1-2-3- .with steel engravings by Winklesafter original drawings by Hablot K.Garlandand other artistsand many original wood engravings in the textthus fully illustrating all the cathedrals from many points of views. The whole carefully compiled and revised with the aid of dignitaries of the Anglican Church <br/> <br/> Ward,Lock & Co hardcover
185345888New York: George P. Putnam & Co 1853. Presumed Third Printing First Issue. Octavo 19.25cm; brown vertically-ribbed cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine triple-ruled border and decorative centerpieces stamped in blind to covers; pale yellow endpapers; iiviii1793pp. Inscribed in pencil on the front flyleaf: "Hon. J. Collamer / With respects of The Author" possibly Jacob Collamer judge and U.S. Senator from Vermont. Tiny chip to upper left corner of rear endpaper handful of dog-eared pages smoothed out else very Near Fine. `. Handsome copy of this volume Hawthorne edited for his friend and patron Horatio Bridge 1806-1893 a United States Navy officer. First printed in wrappers in 1845 Journal is the narrative of Bridge's trip on the USS Saratoga "the flagship of Commodore Matthew Perry with the mission to stop and search all American ships on the west coast of Africa that might be carrying slaves. That mission was fruitless they saw none but Bridge's comments on the efforts of the American Colonization Society in Liberia and on Africa in general were vivid" Moore Margaret B. the Salem World of Nathaniel Hawthorne p.135. An interesting printing not noted by BAL - "What appear to be first-issue sheets with the Putnam title page intact gathered in the same form as the Putnam publication are also found in a typical Ticknor format A binding.When Ticknor and Fields bought the Putnam plates for Mosses and Cruiser at the Bangs Bros. Trade Sale in New York March 1854 they may have acquired some Putnam sheets that were later bound up in Ticknor style and distributed in an effort to recover some of the purchase costs" Note: CLARK A14.1.c1. Presentation copies uncommon with only two noted in Rare Book Hub PBA 2019; Goodspeed 1910. cf.BAL 7597. George P. Putnam & Co unknown
1954232801954. English woman's photo album documenting a year of work and travel in Apartheid era South Africa and Southern Rhodesia in 1954-1955 during a time when white colonies were well established during the consolidation of apartheid. Compiled by an English woman attached to the Over-Seas League Torquay branch and employed for a year in physiotherapy the album moves from Union-Castle sea passage to Cape Town hotels mountain excursions resort and garden visits Rhodesian travel and repeated encounters with African people framed as "native" villages "war dances" and ethnographic spectacle. This album was assembled in the middle of the National Party's early apartheid decade after the Population Registration Act and Group Areas Act of 1950 the Bantu Authorities Act of 1951 the pass law consolidation of 1952 and the Bantu Education Act of 1953 had deepened racial classification territorial segregation labor control and state supervision of Black life while resistance accelerated through the 1952 Defiance Campaign and the 1955 Freedom Charter. <br /> Photo archive of approximately 225 silver gelatin photographs and real photo or printed postcards various sizes South Africa and Southern Rhodesia 1954-1955. Housed in a 12.5" x 9.5" album with black leaves most cornered in with extensive white manuscript captions throughout. The compiler's route is legible page by page: "Off to South Africa. July 1st 1954" beside ship and shipmates; "First Views of Cape Town" "My Hotel in Sea Point" and "Going up Table Mountain"; urban views of Cape Town civic buildings and streets; scenic excursions to Table Bay the Hottentots Holland mountains Ceres and Oudtshoorn; "Coon Carnival on New Years Day" using outdated racialized language with Black performers in racially exaggerated costume makeup; Bulawayo and Southern Rhodesia pages naming hospitals villages roads and grave sites; "Native War Dances" "Bantu villages" "On the road to Pretoria" and "Zulus! In the Valley of a Thousand Hills" where African subjects are repeatedly isolated as performers or spectacle. Other leaves record Groote Constantia Rhodes Memorial Groote Schuur the Malay Quarter and a "Malay Wedding" Kruger National Park Durban Royal Natal National Park sugar plantation scenes Victoria Falls including aerial views brochures menus ship material and invitation ephemera all arranged in a clear chronological travel sequence. Cape Town one of the album's main settings was already a segregated city by the 1940s and 1950s making the compiler's easy movement through hotels gardens roads and viewpoints part of the racial ordering that structured urban South Africa. <br /> The album plainly records colonial hierarchy as everyday practice rather than abstract policy. A white British woman could arrive by imperial shipping line enter professional placement through an elite exchange network rent rooms drive tour monuments to settler power such as Rhodes Memorial and traverse Cape Town Natal Pretoria Kruger and Rhodesia while African people appear in the album largely through the language of tribe village dance labor and spectacle. That contrast places the photographs inside the social order built by apartheid and older settler colonial rule. Light general wear to album scattered corner wear and handling to photographs and postcards some items loose captions clear and legible and photos mostly clean and clear. Overall very good condition. A substantial and thoroughly captioned record of British female travel inside the racial geography of apartheid era southern Africa. unknown
1965010861Toronto Canada: Toronto Public Library 1965. This is a fine hardcover 6 volume set complete with almost no wear. Uniformly bound in maroon cloth with green title labels on the spines titles in gilt. Frances M. Staton and Marie Tremaine eds Volume 1: A Bibliography of Canadiana Being Items in the Public Library of Toronto Canada Relating to the Early History and Development of Canada with an introduction by George H. Locke 828 pages reprinted 1965. Gertrude M. Boyle assisted by Marjorie Colbeck eds Volume 2: A Bibliography of Canadiana First Supplement Being Items in the Public Library of Toronto Canada Relating to the Early History and Development of Canada with an introduction by Henry C. Campbell 333 pages reprinted 1969. Sandra Alston assisted by Karen Evans. eds. Second Supplement in 4 volumes volume 1 1512- 1800 353 pages published in 1989. Volume 2 1801- 1849 839 pages published in 1985. Volume 3 1850- 1867 910 pages published in 1986. Volume 4 Index 777 pages published in 1989. first printings Completely clean inside and out. A beautiful set.10" high X 7" wide. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Fine. Toronto Public Library Hardcover
1929221019J. Lindauer`sche Univers.-Buchhandlung München Schöpping 1929. Softcover Zustand: mit Kennungen einer Privatbibliothek. Rücken Ecken Kanten größtenteils gut bis sehr gut. Die Beiheftungen sind unberührt vollständig. J. Lindauer`sche Univers.-Buchhandlung, München (Schöpping),, paperback
190279601Paris: chez l'auteur 1902. Pappband. chez l'auteur unknown
74583Berlin Haude und Spener 1799. . Erste deutsche Ausgabe. - Aus der Historischen Bibliothek der Familie von Alvensleben. - Der Reisebericht des schottischen Arztes Mungo Park 1771-1806 hier in der nicht für ein wissenschaftl. Publikum bestimmten Ausgabe ohne die separat angebotene Karte von Rennel erregte seinerzeit großes Aufsehen u. ist noch heute eine wichtige Quelle zur Geschichte u. Kultur Schwarzafrikas. - Einband berieben oberes Kap. beschädigt; leicht gebräunt u. stockfleckig gegen Ende wasserrandig. Blasser Stempel Ex Libris Alvenslebianis. Berlin, Haude und Spener, 1799. unknown
26975EDINBURGH BELL AND BRADFUTE 1798 . THE TITLE PAGE OF THIS BOOK IS MISSING SO I CANNOT VOUCH FOR THE PUBLISHER OR THE DATE BUT THE FIRST EDITION WAS PRODUCED IN EDINBURGH BY BELL AND BRADFUTE IN 1798. LARGE FOLIO 28 BY 42 CM LATER REBINDING IN HALF LEATHER RAISED BAND GILT DECORATION TO THE SPINE RED TITLE LABLE MARBLED ENDPAPERS. BOUND INTO THE FRONT IS A FOUR PAGE HAND-WRITTEN INDEX IN 19TH CENTURY COPPERLATE. THE BINDING IS ATTRACTIVE TIGHT THE PAGES VERY CLEAN. BOOKPLATE OF WILLIAM HENRY MASON TO THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. SOME COPIES REFER TO ARMORIAL PLATES IN THE TEXT BUT NOT IN THIS COPY. 562 pp. EXTRA POSTAGE FOR OVERSEAS. EDINBURGH, BELL AND BRADFUTE, 1798 (?) hardcover
30033PARIS DEBURE AND BARROIS 1802. COMPLETE IN NINE OCTAVO VOLUMES. FRENCH TEXT. FULL LEATHER WHICH IS WORN WITH SOME EVIDENCE THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN RECASED PERHAPS WITH THE ORIGINAL BOARDS. EACH WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH BISHOP OF LINCOLN 1869-85. NICE TIGHT BINDINGS WITH FRESH PAGES. POSTAGE AT COST. PARIS, DEBURE AND BARROIS, 1802 hardcover
1837biblio280<p><em>First edition. Longman et al. London. 1837. 8vo. 300 297-299 bl. 301-338pp. 341pp: complete as published. Lithographic frontispiece and 19 further plates from Hoskins own drawings 3 of them folding folding map at rear. Recent half calf marbled boards. Raised banding to spine gilt rules and lettering. New endpapers. Occasional spotting/foxing. Short closed marginal tear to edge of frontis. Erased stamp to top corner of title page. Initials to verso of frontis. Half title not called for Blackmer 833</em></p><p><strong><em>George Alexander Hoskins</em></strong><em> <strong>1802-1863 </strong>traveller antiquary and artist. Secretary and Treasurer of the White Nile Association in 1839. </em></p> Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman. hardcover
19091100515.82The Cape Town Section South Africa 1909 - 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo hardcover. 22 bound hardcover volumes. Nearly complete run of the journal's annual volumes from the 1909/1910 issue to the 1965 issue but LACKING only the 1912 issue No. 15. Each volume bound in green or black cloth binding together original paperback issues two or three years in each volume original covers bound in. Incl's bound Cumulative Index volume covering 1894-1968 Nos. 1-71 plus additional unbound issues in paperback binding of: 1968 1969 1970 1971 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1985 1993 1994 last two issued in glossy hardcover. Vg condition overall. Volumes bound by the Appalachian Mountain Club each vol. bearing their name at lower spine w/ small "AMC" stamp on orig. paperback cover of each issue. Aside from missing 1912 issue contents complete clean interior bindings firm. Initially published as "The Mountain Club Annual": first 8 volumes show moderate exterior rubbing 2 with front & rear hinges cracked no loosening of pgs 2 others w/ very neatly cloth-tape-repaired hinge. Remaining later volumes quite bright & clean bindings tight gilt spine lettering bright. 22 bound hardcover volumes each appx. 300 pgs with b&w illustrations some fold-out; plus 14 individual issues in originally issued bindings. The Cape Town Section, South Africa hardcover
1824376899South Afrca 1824. Folio. Very Good a few margin tears 1 closed 2 with holes from seal generally sound some with postmarks. Folio. Report of Arrivals in Simons Bay Cape of Good Hope.which is l on the shores of Simon's Bay in False Bay on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula. For more than two centuries it has been a naval base and harbour first for the British Royal Navy and now the South African Navy. The town is named after Simon van der Stel an early governor of the Cape Colony.<br /> 4 documents. 1823-24. Each SIGNED BY RICHARD WEATHERLEY HARBOR MASTER <br /> <br /> Report of Arrivals and Departures.Algoa Bay. Port Elizabeth. Eastern Cape SA 6 documents to Captain Francis Evatt important Commandant of Fort Frederick at Port Elizabeth. Each document signed by Evatt. 1824. unknown
187961206London: John Murray 1879. First Edition. First printing. Octavo 23cm. Full green calf gilt and blind rules along board edges spine stamped in gilt titled on brown spine label; all edges marbled; marbled endpapers; xxii418pp; 3 maps 1 with color frontispiece and 10 relief plates with tissue guards additional in-text illustrations. Bookplate of the Earls of Derby. Bright and sound mild edge rubbing spine dry and rubbed one tissue guard lacking else Very Good or better. <br /> <br /> "The British consul to Mozambique Elton spent considerable time fighting the slave trade in the region. He explored the region around Lake Nyassa and enjoyed considerable sport.During his return to the coast he contracted fever and died. His journals were arranged edited and completed by his hunting companion H. B. Cotterill." CZECH p.55. John Murray unknown
19153980Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing India 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. VG. Corrected up to 1 January 1915. 121 pp large format many maps some folding. Burrard was surveyor general for this mapping of India. Contents describe the maps shown atlas sheets provincial divisions district and administrations maps etc. On some of the large master maps someone has very neatly written the section numbers and there are a very few neat marginal notations on a few other pages. Small circular half inch piece missing from bottom half title page and a wormhole on first few pages incl. title page. It looks like the original issue was soft covered and that someone put this in a hard covered binding. Gilt printed cloth covers and corners and deco paper on boards. Collated complete. Much nicer than it sounds. Superintendent Government Printing, India hardcover
1938230London: Argonaut Press 1938. First. Hardcover. Near Fine. A journey from Jerusalem to Anaiza in Qasim. Intro and notes by Douglas Carruthers. Ltd to 475 coies on Japon vellum.This copy not numbered 134 pp. Large folding map inside rear board. Former owner's bookplate. Argonaut Press hardcover