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Amsterdam: North-Holland Pub Co. 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. 341 pp. Hardcover, 8vo., no DJ. Pages have age-toned; light soil of front board; else clean, bright and unmarked. Tight copy. 8vo. ... more information

Delhi: Oxford Univ Pr. 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 1976, First edition. 665 pp. Hardcover, blue cloth, 8vo. Very Good+ copy in a Good dust jacket. Covers show light shelfwear; front hinge starting; unmarked text. DJ edgeworn, with some shallow tearing near the head of spine; lightly rubbed. Scarce. ... more information

London: Oxford University Press. 1938. 1st edition, 8vo, cloth, very good copy, spine faded, minor discoloration to bottom of front board, top of spine and text slightly bumped, photos, map. ... more information

Paris: Maison Mazarin. 1905. Hardcover. Very Good+. 333 pp. A very good+ copy in brown leather with gilt decoration and pasted on medal. Light wear to upper and lower edges of spine. Other minimal corner and edgewear. Slight fading of outsides of pages but text is clean, bright and unmarked. Gilt fly leaves and upper text blocks and beautiful, colorful publisher's certificate. Frontispiece portrait of author. Book in mylar wrap. Volume from The Immortals series. ... more information

NY: Henry Holt. 1908. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.. Slight wear & soil to cover. Owner inscription and/or Previous Seller notation to front endpaper or inner cover. Corners lightly bumped. All pages clean, crisp and unmarked . Tight spine. There are pieces of tape present on the boards from where a DJ had been attached at some point. Clean boards. Pages lightly tanned. Boards lightly sunned. The top 2" of the Contents page has been excised - no text missing. Front boards & c... more information

Philadelphia: Robert Bell. 1772. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition, 1772. the 5th part (Furneaux) states Second Edition with Additions on its title page. 6 parts on one volume, 8vo (225 x 148 mm). Main title-page and separate title-pages for parts I-V, one-page advertisement at end. Early quarter sheep, paper covered boards, various paginations. Minor rubbing to binding, contents good to very good with some tanning and occasional stains to foredge, outermost leaves both front and... more information

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition, 1973, hardcover, octavo, 305pp., not illustrated. Book fine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG+ with some light edge wear, light rubbing. "Negritude has been defined by Leopold Sedar Senghor as 'the sum of the cultural values of the black world as they are expressed in the life, the institutions, and the works of black men.' Sylvia Washington Ba analyzes Senghor's poetry to... more information

New York, NY, U.S.A.New York, NY, U.S.A.: Springer-Verlag New York, Incorporated, 2003. Mint. Trade paperback in mint condition in original shrinkwrap, new copy, unread, without marks of any sort. Binding is Trade Paperback. ... more information

Berlin: Akademie Verlag. 1966. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Softcover, 267 pp., Very Good copy, owner's signature in ink and ink- underlining to one word of the table of contents, also light pencil- underlining to some pages of the text, a bit of soil/discoloration to the text, light soil and rubbing to the covers, bumping to the bottom outer corner. Text in German. ... more information

Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press. 2003. Paperback. Fine. Softcover. c.2003. 4to. 1192pp. Fine. Contents unmarked. ... more information

New York: FR. Pustet & Co.. 1898. Hardcover. Very Good-. Second edition. 492 pp. A very good- copy in red cloth with black decoration. Light soiling and discoloration of boards and spine, gilt title on spine has been rubbed but is faintly readable. Spine is lightly shaken. Fading/discoloration of page outsides due to age, but text is bright, clean and unmarked. Church's stamp on title page. ... more information

Cambridge, MA: Center for Middle Eastern Studies. 2004. Paperback. Fine. 195 pp. Softcover, 2004. Fine copy, like New. Fiftieth anniversary Volume. ... more information

New York, NY, U.S.A. Springer-Verlag New York, Incorporated 1996.. Large 8vo, softbound, 379 pp. Near Fine. ... more information

Washington DC: National News Bureau. 1884. Second. Paperback. Very Good. 135 pp. + ads. Softcover, 8vo., travel guide with pictorial wraps. Very Good copy: wear, including light loss at spine; wraps show minor fading and soil. Pages have age-toned no more than expected; text and illustrations have remained bright and unmarked. Binding is secure. Comes in mylar sleeve. This is the second edition, copyright 1884, stated that it is revised annually. A well-preserved 19th century travel guide covering attractio... more information

New York: Assoc. of the 310th Infantry. 1919. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 1919, First Edition, 265 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover, gray cloth, 8vo. Very Good+ copy: Cloth lightly worn at corners and spine ends. Clean and unmarked contents. ... more information

Tucson: The University of Arizona Press. 1986. Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second printing, 1986, hardcover, tall octavo, 201pp., illustrated in b&w and color. Book near fine with some light wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG with sun to spine and top of front panel, price-clipped, in protective mylar wrap. "Two time-honored American Indian traditions, telling stories and working with ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. Stated first edition, 1931, hardcover, octavo, 227pp., illustrated in b&w. Book good+ with some toning and soil to spine, rubbing and soil to boards, light edge wear, binding slightly tender, some damp-staining to text block and endpapers at tops that does not affect the text, previous owner's signature to front endpapers, text clean unmarked and lightly age- toned. No DJ. ... more information

Tucson: The University of Arizona Press. 1986. Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second printing, 1986, hardcover, tall octavo, 201pp., illustrated in b&w and color. Book near fine with some light wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG with general loose feel. "Two time-honored American Indian traditions, telling stories and working with clay, have merged in modern times into an art form that ha... more information

Paris: Ernest Leroux. 1912. First printing. Hardcover. good -. First edition, 1912. Tall hardcover folio, 430pp. With an engraved frontis portrait of a young Napoleon, as well as illustrations of over 200 coins from Napoleon's reign. A mild ex-library copy with plain stamps to prelims. In half-cloth binding with original cover wrapper bound-in. In good- condition, with chipping and wear to the edges of the boards and the spine ends. Hinges are cracked, a few pages are loose with loss to their fore... more information

Paris: Hachette. 1886. Paperback. Good+. French text. 2 volumes. Good+ copies. Front wrap of volume 1 has been expertly reattached, rear cover is very loose. Wraps of volume 2 are secure. Heavy wear and soiling of wraps. PAge outsides frayed and faded. Foxing throughout both volumes, text is unmarked. ... more information