AIDS IN AFRICA
Raven Press, 1993. Octavo. In Very Good condition, still in publisher's plastic wrap. Bound in tan cloth with red and blue text. Shelved ND-B. More
A catalog of books on the history of various cultures of the world, including African, Middle Eastern and Latin American
Raven Press, 1993. Octavo. In Very Good condition, still in publisher's plastic wrap. Bound in tan cloth with red and blue text. Shelved ND-B. More
Beirut, Lebanon: IPPF Middle East and North Africa Region, 1974. First Edition. Octavo, 2 Volumes. In Good minus condition with Good minus condition dust jackets. Light green spine with black lettering. Dust jackets have moderate shelving wear, , moderate wear along edges, along spines, a small tear on front cover of Vol. 1, and a small tear along rear head joint corner. Boards have moderate shelving wear, mild staining on front and rear boards, warping on Vol. 2 head corners, and mild wear along head edges of both spines. Textblock Vol. 1 has highlighter on some pages, adhesive staining on front and rear pastedowns of both volumes, mild age-toning, mild foxing on head edge, and mild wear along tail edges. CONTENTS: Vol. 1, xxvi, 346 pages - Vol. 2, 558 pages. Shelved MV shelves in Locked Annex. More
Boulder: Westview Press, 1991. Reprinted. Octavo, three volumes. In Very Good condition. Paperback bindings. Spines blue, red and green with white lettering. Covers have very light wear with minor soiling, mild edge wear and lightly bumped head fore corners to volume one. Text blocks have very faint ivory toning to the edges. Illustrated. Reprinted. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Quarto and Folio Case. CONTENTS: Vol. One, "The Arab-Israeli Conflicts, 1973-1989", ix, xii, xiii, xvi, 394 pages, ISBN 0813313295 -- Vol. Two, "The Iran-Iraq War", xii, xv, xvii, xxii, 647 pages, ISBN 0813313309 -- Vol. Three, "The Afghan and Falklands Conflicts", ix, xii, xiii, xvi, 471 pages, ISBN 0813313317 Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size weight restrictions. For international expedited customers, please inquire for rates. More
Beirut: Center for Arab and Middle East Studies, The American University of Beirut, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, vi, viii, x, 195 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine off-white/rust orange with off-white and black lettering. Exterior shows mild age toning to the edges and few chips to the head/tail edges. Light foxing interiorly. Boards have faint sunning exteriorly, minor bumping to the spine edges and cocking to the spine. Text block shows moderate age toning to the edges. Gift inscription to the front free end paper. Light age toning interiorly. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F, ND-F. More
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1967. Fourth Impression. Thick Octavo, 664 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine pictorial black/orange with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price clipped front flap. Exterior shows slight age toning/foxing with minor wear to the head/tail edges. Mild foxing interiorly and reddish offsetting to the head spine area. Boards have extremely light wear and minor edge wear. Text block shows some foxing to the edges and slightly interiorly. Previous owner's name to the front free end paper. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Fourth impression. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F, ND-F Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. More
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956. First Edition. Octavo, 627 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine black and orange with white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "75s net." Moderate shelf wear. Chipping along edges of dust jacket. Closed tear to on rear cover at bottom edge, measuring about 2 inches. Closed tear to tail of spine, measuring about 1.5 inches. Foxing to flaps and inside jacket. Rubbing to cloth on spine. Age-toning and foxing to textblock. Features illustrations throughout. Includes three fold-out maps (lacking fourth map) and two genealogical trees in end-pocket. Shelved in Case 8 1/2. More
San Diego, New York, London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1985. First Edition. Octavo, 152 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine gray with red lettering. Dust jacket shows slight wear including slight age toning and minor wear to head/tail edges. Boards show very slight wear with age toned head/tail edges. Text block has mild foxing to the edges. Faint offsetting to the end papers. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F, ND-F. More
Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1990. First Edition. Octavo, x, xi, xiv, 320 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine orange with white and black lettering. Exterior has mild wear including faint rubbing and small ink mark to the rear. Boards show minimal wear. Text block has slight age toning/foxing to the edges. Mild age toning interiorly. Frontispiece. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. More
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. First Edition. Octavo, xii, xv, xxii, 438 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's black cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards show light wear with previous bookshop's sticker to the rear and very minor edge wear. Text block has minimal wear to the edges. Illustrated. Volume two only. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 2000. First US Edition, First Printing. Octavo, ix, x, xiv, xvi, xx, 297 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine blue with white lettering. Exterior has mild wear including light soiling to the rear, light edge wear, faintly age toned flaps and previous bookshop's sticker to the rear. Light damp staining interiorly. Boards have extremely light wear with very minor edge wear. Text block shows minimal wear to the edges. Illustrated. First US edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. More
Toronto: Published for The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, 2003. Octavo, xiv, 576 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white print. Dust jacket has light edge wear. Boards in brown cloth with gold print. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Illustrated: b&w plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. More
London: Edward Arnold, 1896. Octavo, xviii, 636 pages + 32 page publisher catalog. In Fair condition. Ex-library with call number in ink on title page, surface tears from removed bookplate on front pastedown and removed library pocket on rear pastedown. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth with gilt illustration on front, mitred edges. Wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, light soiling, shelf wear. Text block has has gilt top edge. Cracked hinges, note in ink on half-title page, long note in ink on verso of frontispiece with bottom portion clipped, intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1966. Octavo, 383 pages. In Very good condition. Green spine with gilt lettering. Full binding in green cloth. Boards show mild shelf wear. Text block has slight age-toning to endpapers. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column B, ND-B. More
Boston: The Beacon Press, 1957. First Edition. Octavo, 166 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine tan with black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$4.00." Mild shelf wear. Age-toning and soiling to dust jacket, with chipping along edges. Light foxing to edges of textblock. Age-toning to interior pages. Shelved in Philosophy. More
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1931? Octavo, ix, 274 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is brown with black print. Boards in orange cloth. Wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, mottled blemishing, cocked spine. Text block has light spotting to edges and endpapers, surface tear to front flyleaf, name in ink on title page. Illustrated: b&w plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More
Panama: Imprenta Nacional, 1926. First Edition. Octavo, 476 pages. In Good condition with Good paper dust jacket. Dust jacket shows minor rubbing and scratching to front and back boards, rubbing and bumping to fore edge corners. Dust jacket shows minor tearing to head and fore edges. Dust jacket shows sunning to spine, rubbing and bumping to headcap and tail, minor creasing to spine. Dust jacket shows minor tearing near head and tail edges of front and back board hinges. Author signature on title page, author ink stamp on front free end paper and head edge of most pages. Some ownership pencil emendations throughout text. Text in Spanish. Textblock shows age toning, minor deckled edges, minor scratching. RWO Consignment. More
Buenos Aires: Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club by Guillermo Kraft, 1943. Limited edition 45/1500. Octavo, xiv, 306 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is tan with letter “H” in gold. Boards bound in cowhide, the lower portion of undressed leather, with laced edges.Top portion is cracking at hinges, light smudging, small stain on rear. Text block has leather doublures [endpapers], cracked front hinge, broken rear hinge exposing binding, light age-toning to paper, tissue plate guards are tanned and brittle. “With 32 full page illustrations” ( b&w ) with tissue guards. Signed by both the book designer and the illustrator on limited edition page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #1. More
London: The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, c.1858. Small quartos, Three volumes. In Good condition. Half-bound green leather and marbled green boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Boards show light plus shelf wear overall with bumping to corners, sunning (moderate in Vol. III), rubbing to spine and chipping to spine heads and tails, and signs of work damage to boards and spine (moderate in Vol. I). Text block shows light age toning to interior and edges, light foxing to interior and fore edges (occasional light plus), and ownership stamp to front end page and front paste down of Vol. I. Marbled paste downs and blue end pages. CONTENTS: Vol. I "History, Topography, Population, Government, Finance, Commerce, and Staple Products". (vii, [5], 582 pages, [3]) -- Vol. II. "The Mutiny of the Bengal Army; Insurrection in Western India; and an Exposition of the Alleged Causes" (504 pages, vii) -- Vol. III. "India Delineated, In a Series of Engravings Exhibiting the Scenery of the Himalaya Mountains, and Views of the Principle Places in India; With Letterpress Descriptions, By Miss Emily Roberts" (192 pages). SH Consignment. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1947. Reprinted. Octavo, 256 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth. Light wear to spine caps, edges, corners. Text block has date in ink on front flyleaf, tanning to endpapers, cracked front hinge, penciled marginal notation throughout. More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1968. Octavo, 427 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good plus dustjacket. Black spine with yellow and gray text. Dustjacket has mild edgewear and shelfwear and slight tearing to corners and spine edges. Boards have mild edgewear and rubbing to corners. Textblock clean. More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. First Edition. Octavo, viii, 168 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine tan with black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: '$5.50'. Mild shelfwear. Creasing and chipping along edges and spine. Scuffing and rubbing to front and rear covers. Textblock clean. Shelved in Case 5. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1964. Octavo, xiv, 374 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is tan with black print. Dust jacket has light edge wear, smudging/shelf wear. Price unclipped: “$7.50”. Boards in grey cloth. Wear to spine caps and corners, slightly cocked spine. Text block has spotting to edges. More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1949. First Edition. Octavo, 238 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair dust jacket. Age toned beige spine with black lettering. Dust jacket has moderate age toning with missing lower portion to dust jacket and few chips to edges. Boards show noticeable sunning with slight foxing and some rubbing wear to edges. Text block has age toning to edges, several instances of foxing to few pages, previous bookshop's small sticker to front pastedown,former owner's notation in ink to front end paper, and pencil marginalia throughout text. First Edition. More
Berkeley: Univesity of California Press, 1972. Octavo, xvii, 479 pages. In Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine is cream with blue stripe, faded print. Dust jacket in mylar, slight edge wear, toning to spine, smudge from removed label on front mylar. Price clipped. Boards in blue cloth slight wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has bookplate on front flyleaf. Includes frontispiece (b&w portrait). More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1938. First Edition. Octavo, vi, 584 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in red cloth with gilt text on spine. Boards have mild edgewear and shelfwear, partial splitting to front joint, tearing to head edge, and rubbing to corners. Textblock has light age toning, writing in pen on front endpaper and pastedown, bookplate on front endpaper, splitting to multiple gutters, and marking in pencil to many pages. NOTE: Shelved in Front Desk Alcove. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982. Octavo, xix, 307 pages. In Fair plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Ex-library with usual markings, including call number label at bottom of spine, stamps and markings to edges, title and preliminary pages. Spine is grey with black print. Dust jacket in mylar, slight edge wear, affixed to boards with tape. Boards in tan cloth. Tape on edges. Text block has front flyleaf torn away. Illustrated with b&w maps. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. Octavo, 220 pages. In Good plus condition with Good dustjacket. Black spine with white and gold text. Dustjacket has mild edgewear and shelfwear, small open tear to head edge of rear cover. Boards have mild edgewear and shelfwear. Textblock has marking in pencil to margins to many pages and to head edge. NOTE: Shelved in Front Desk Alcove. More
Westminster UK; Baltimore: P.S. King and Son; The Johns Hopkins Press, 1935. Octavo; G+; maroon red spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth exterior shows modest wear; sunned spine; rubbed spot to front toward joint; few scratches to rear toward joint; slight edge wear; decent binding; textblock exterior edges have age toned; former owners' information to ffep; previous bookshop's small sticker to front pastedown; slight toning to most pages; some marginalia to interior; pp 287. More
Abingdon UK and New York: Frank Cass Publishers, 2000. First Edition. Octavo; VG; black spine with white text; first edition; no jacket; cloth exterior has minimal wear; tight binding; textblock exterior edges have minor wear; interior clean; pp 249. More
London: London Printing and Publishing Company, ca. 1858. Octavo; Three Volumes. In Very Good condition. Three-Quarter binding in black leather and brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and front cover. Textblock gilt. All three volumes have creasing along spine and corners, as well as foxing throughout textblock. Vol. I contains ink stain to half-title near fore edge. Shelved above christianity. More
London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1961. Octavo; G+/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, pink with black print; DJ has light edgewear, toning to spine, peripheral toning, else light shelfwear; Boards in blue cloth, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block has light spotting to edges, else clean and tight; ix, 117 pages. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. First Edition. Octavo; 471 pages; VG-; Beige spine with brown and black text; Covers have mild edgewear and shelfwear, bending to corners, creasing along part of spine; Textblock has foxing along edges; Inscribed by R. Buckminster Fuller on front endpaper; Shelved Under Front Counter. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969. Octavo; 416 pages; VG-; Bound in navy cloth with gilt text; Covers have mild edgewear and shelfwear, rubbing to corners; Textblock clean; Inscribed and signed by author on front endpaper; NOTE: Shelved in Front Desk Alcove. More
Lobndon: Frank Cass, 1985. First Edition. Octavo; 253 pages; VG/VG-; Orange spine with red text; Dustjacket has mild edgewear and shelfwear, toning to rear cover; Textblock clean; NOTE: Shelved in Front Desk Alcove. More
London: Frank Cass & Co., 1968. Second Edition. Octavo; 617 pages, folding maps; VG; Bound in red cloth with gilt text; Covers have slight edgewear and shelfwear; Textblock clean; NOTE: Shelved in Front Desk Alcove. More
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univeristy Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; xix, 736 pages; Very Good/Very Good; spine light green with dark green stripes and blue panel with white text; dust jacket protected with mylar; mild shelfwear to dust jacket, including light schmutz to front cover; small yellow stain to bottom edge of textblock, otherwise clean; inscribed by Haines to Steckel and Susan Carter on ffep dated September 7, 2000; black and white charts and maps throughout; shelved Anthropology. More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1963. Octavo; G+/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, grey and brown with white print; DJ has edgewear, with light tears at top of spine and along top edge, else clean and bright; Boards in green cloth, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and tight; Text block has penciled initials on front flyleaf, else clean and tight; 191 pages, illustrated (b&w including b&w plates). More
London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, [c. 1856-1857]. Small quarto; 564, ii pages; G+; three-quarters black leather binding with blind rolls over brown pebbled paper boards, paneled spine with red labels and gilt titling; notable shelfwear to covers, including rubbing, scuffing, chipping, cracking, and particularly heavy wear to head of spine; fore edge of textblock mildly wavy and scuffed, black top edge dye, red speckling to fore and bottom edges; black and white illustrations throughout; shelved case 9. More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Publications, 1969. Octavo, 148 pages; VG/VG; black and blue spine with white lettering; dust jacket protected in a mylar covering, price clipped; minor shelfwear including small tears along top and bottom edges of dust jacket; previous owner's name written on ffep, pages otherwise clean; shelved Anthropology. More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1979. Octavo; G+; Hardcover; Spine, blue with silver print; Boards in blue cloth, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; xiv, 147 pages. More
Buenos Aires: Estancia Laguna Blanca, 2016. First edition. Quarto; 2 volumes; 1st edition; VG/VG; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black with white print; DJs are clean and bright; Boards in brown cloth, clean and strong; Text blocks clean and tight; Vols. are unpaged, illustrated (color); CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Farming as if Nature Mattered (ISBN 9789874638120) — Vol. 2. Beauty, Design, and Harmonious Living (ISBN 9789874638144). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Column B. More
London: Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis, 1836. Octavos, 2 volumes; VG-; bound in full contemporary polished calf by Clarke & Bedford, with their stamp, paneled spines with gilt tooling, red and green labels with gilt titling; volume two newly rebacked with spine preserved, volume 1 with front board detached; some rubbing and shelfwear to boards; some water-staining to tail of volume 2, minor to volume 1; marbled endpapers, text blocks; volume 1 with folding map in rear; errata in rear of volume 2; with all 11 full-page plates; shelved case 9. More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 578 pages; VG/VG; spine navy, with white and pale blue lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; mild wear to crown and ail of jacket spine; pages clean; shelved Latin America. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1957. Octavo; VG-/G; green spine with white text; dust jacket has few chips to edges; some rubbing wear to joints; slight spotting inside jacket to spine; otherwise exterior has slight wear; cloth exterior has minor wear to joints; strong, straight boards; binding intact; text block exterior edges lightly toned; deckled fore edge; interior pages very good; pp 324. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1971. Second Edition. 12mo; G/G; yellow spine with black text; second edition; dust jacket mild soiling wear to exterior; open chip to rear head fore edge; other smaller chips to edges; price clipped front flap; Brodart wrap to jacket; cloth exterior has few, faint whitish spots; strong boards; tight binding; text block exterior edges have some foxing; previous owner's circular embossed stamp to ffep; previous owner's name to ffep; frontispiece; illustrated throughout; 24 black and white plates at rear; some underlining and marginalia to mid text; pp 510. More
Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996. Octavo; G; Paperback; Spine, black with blue print; Cover has mild edgewear, creasing on rear, vendor label on rear; Text block has slight curling to fore corners, else clean and tight; xvi, 311 pages, illustrated (b&w). More
Adelaide: Balara Books, 1969. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine, cream with black print; Boards in yellow cloth with red and black print, toning to spine and front bottom edge, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block has slight spotting to endpapers, else clean and tight; 258 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w). More
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1968-1969. Octavo; G; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print; Boards in green cloth with gold print, slight wear to spine caps and corners, spine cloth wrinkled on v. 2, warping, else clean and strong; Text blocks clean and tight, include folded color maps; CONTENTS: Part. 1. The Age of the Caliphs (photomechanical reprint, second impression 1968; “1960” on title page; vi, 138 pages) — Part 2. The Mongol Period (photomechanical reprint, second impression 1963; “1969” on title page; 125 pages). More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Reprinted. Octavo; VG-/G; black spine with yellow text; 1937 edition; dust jacket has slight rubbing wear to exterior; some minor chips to edges; otherwise minor creases to edges; cloth exterior has light wear; slight bumping to edges; clipped corners to flaps; sturdy boards; text block exterior edges have mildly age toned; deckled fore edge; slight marginalia inside; some underlines in red pencil; pp 337. More
Shiraz: Learned Society of Pars, 1956. Octavo; Fair+; Paperback; Spine, tan with black print; Cover has hinge tear at top of spine, light edgewear, toning to spine, peripheral toning, sight creasing to fore corners; Text block has intermittent spine breaks, creasing to top fore corner, clean text; 160 pages, illustrated (b&w plates, folded map laid in). More