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No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and some bumping to upper edges. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 180pp. A very lavish publication of the French region around Burgundy, comprising sumptuous captioned colour photographs taken from the sky of cities, towns, villages, rural areas and also of detailed architectural feature . Some photos are fold-out pages, up to thirty-seven inches wide. All text in French.
Folio, 159pp., illus. Paperback Very good condition
FIRST EDITION, TWO VOLUMES BOUND TOGETHER. This is a detailed survey of the city of Jerusalem during the start of the British Mandate in Palestine. Includes a large number of drawings, photographs, schematics and fold-out maps of the city, accompanied by essays in English and French. Editor Charles Ashbee was an architect, and paid close attention to the many religious edifices in the city. 285x230mm, XV+87+XVI+109 pages (only text pages are numbered). Brown Quarter-leather hardcover with large black illustration on front board. [CONDITION:] Cover edges and corners worn. Cover boards slightly dirty. Previous owner's inscription in Hebrew (dated 1969) on front endpaper. Some pages slightly age-stained. [SUMMARY:] This tandem-bound copy of a fascinating collection of textual and visual information is overall in very good internal condition; good external condition.
Contains b&w plates. 165x115mm. VIII+244+16 pages. Dark-blue embossed cloth Hardcover. Gilt spine. Rear cover stained. Cover and spine dirty. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Previous owners names written on front whitepages. Pages slightly yellowing and slightly wavy. Else in good condition.
RARE illustrated collection of papers on Catalan Jewry published in conjunction with an exhibition on this subject in the Museum of Catalan History. This book/catalog contains numerous color plates. 295x210mm. [20]+272 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Cover corners slightly wrinkled. Spine upper edge bumped, bottom edge rubbed. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare richly illustrated album of an important exhibition on Catalan Jewry, with essays by the leading scholars in the field, is otherwise in very good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
IN HEBREW. 230X160 mm. 235 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Spine slightly bumped. Stamp on inner cover. Else in good condition.
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 235X165 mm. 208 pages. Softcover. In good condition.
RARE publication of an open letter IN HEBREW WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION to the renowned British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, FRS (1784-1885) on the occasion of his visit in the Holy Land, together with an account IN ENGLISH of his visit by Montefiore himself. 250x160mm. 148+40 pages. Blue cloth embossed gilt Hardcover. Gilt text block edges. Cover stained and rubbed. Cover edges and spine rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges bumped and peeling. Spine partly tattered, hinges rubbed. Text block edges stained/dirty. Ex-libris sticker on inner cover. Inner cover, whitepages, title pages and several extreme pages slightly stained/dirty - NO damage to text. Binding slightly visible between several pages. Binding visible between pages 80-97. Pages 81-96 partly detached from binding. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book has sustained some wear, but is still in good reading condition.
17X24 cm. XXIII+332 pages. Softcover. Includes colorful maps and pictures. Front covers edges slightly folded. Spine's top and bottom slightly chafed. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
TWO VOLUME SET. RARE most detailed survey ever published of Jerusalem (or any Middle Eastern city) which comprehensively cover the political, social and religious history of the period, Ottoman Jerusalem's intellectual and commercial life, its university, libraries, hammams and sufi monasteries, its costumes, songs and music, s pair of essays contrasting Ottoman Jerusalem in Islamic and western travel accounts, and a detailed architectural survey of every significant Ottoman feature in the entire city, from tiny pieces of decorative tilework and carved and painted ceilings to entire systems of fortification. The result of a major international project, these richly illustrated volumes bring together the work of a team of 33 scholars in what has become a grand historical landmark. Includes separate folding maps of Jerusalem Old City walls and a large-scale map of the city of Jerusalem. 310x230mm. XXII+1168 pages. Red leather Hardcover laid in red leather slipcase. Gilt emblem on both sides of the slipcase. Gilt lettering and decorations on front cover and spine. Slipcase slightly rubbed and dirty. Slipcase edges/corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly rubbed. Spine edges slightly bumped/wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare two-volume large-scale work on Ottoman Jerusalem, prepared by an international team of the foremost authorities in the field, is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
300x200mm. 121 pages. Spiral-bound Hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed and slightly bumped. Page 121 slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
v, 203 one-side pages. "Lists names of the inhabitants, businessmen and professional men, in the cities, towns and villages throughout the province of Ontario in 1851. A digitally enlarged reprint of the Ontario portion of The Canada Directory (1851) to which has been added a new index to the cities, towns and villages." - title page. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy of this valuable Ontario geneaological reference. Book
29x20 cm. 431 pages. Gilt hardcover. Contains black & white plates and folded maps. Cover is slightly worn. Spine of book is worn. Spine is visible between a few pages. Slight discoloring of the upper, external part of pages. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
Contains b&w plates. 21x27.5 cm. 72 pages. Softcover. Cover and spine edges slightly torn. Library stamp on page 47 - minor damage to text. Else in good condition.
Contains b&w plates. 21x27.5 cm. 72 pages. Softcover. Cover and spine slightly stained. Ex-Libris on front inner cover. Else in good condition.
IN HEBREW. 21x26 cm. 23+é pages. Paperback. Cover yellowing and slightly stained. Cover corners slightly chafed. Top and bottom of spine are worn - Binding visible on top of spine. English title page is missing. Else in good condition.
300x210 mm. IV+207 pages (pagination: IV/168-374). Softcover. Pencil marks on few pages. Else in good condition.
Includes map. 24x17 cm. 154+98 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly yellowing and rubbed. Else in good condition.
270x210 mm. V+232 pages. Softcover. Cover and spine edges slightly worn. Pen inscription on first whitepage. First whitepage corners slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
Includes colored plates. 20x27 cm. 129 pages. Softcover. In good condition.
IN HEBREW AND YIDDISH. RARE memorial book dedicated to the Jewish community of Molchad, a village located on the Molchad River in the Baranovichy District of the Brest Region, Belarus. 3600 Jews from Molchad and the surrounding area were massacred by the native Polish population with the support of German troops, with many Jews buried alive. Contains a list of pictures, an introduction by editor and two prefaces in English. 240x170mm.460+12 pages. Black leather embossed Hardcover with gilt front cover and spine. Cover slightly curved. Several small paint stains on rear cover and spine. Single small stain on front cover. Cover edges slightly bumped. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Inner cover age-stained near binding and slightly wrinkled. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare Yizkor Book is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish and facsimile of Ottoman documents. [xiv], [2], 310 p. Population status in Kesap Province of Cerasonte City (in Black Sea Region) in the Ottoman Empire based on Ottoman demographic archival documents. Kesap kazasi nüfus defteri (1251 / 1835).
New English Paperback. Oblong large 8vo. (23 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 72 p., color and b/w ills. Zerzevan Castle (Samachi): Roman border garrison.= Zerzevan Kalesi: Roma'nin sinir garnizonu. Diyarbakir was ruled by the Roman Empire for 700 years and we do not have enough information about the long time slice from the Roman rule in 69 BC until the conquest by the Islamic armies in 639 AD. The city maintained its economic, political and strategic important during this period and so as to gain dominance there were great wars between Rome and Parthians / Sassanids the great powers of the period. The Zerzevan Castle, which is the military settlement of Rome located in the Çinar district of Diyarbakir province and protects the border line, has an important place in illuminating the history of the region together with boosting the tourism.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In German. 165, [9] p., color plts., b/w ills. Uncommon German Edition of Erhat's 'Mavi yolculuk'. First and only German Edition. Die blaue Fahrt. Von Karien nach Pamphylien.
