Rambles and studies in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Dalmatia with an account of the Proceedings of the Congress of Archaeologists and Anthropologists held at Sarajevo, August 1894. by Munro, Robert - 1900

IN: Indiana University Press, 1982. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1982. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. AS NEW, bound in mahogany cloth with embossed Winged Devil and white titles. Wrapped in paprika colored elaborately illustrated dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, dust jacket not clipped. Light edgewear to wraps, else FINE. 324pp. Illustrated with maps and seventy-seven color and black and white photographs.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

[4]+xlii+373+[4] pages with folding map, 10 plates, appendix and index. Royal Octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and stamping to spine in original jacket. Edited by Ralph Piddington. First edition.Dr Williamson left, on his death, a collection of manuscripts dealing with a variety of Polynesian problems. Most of these manuscripts have been published previously. The remainder of of his unpublished manuscripts have been brought together and edited by Ralph Piddington, who has also reviewed material published since Williamson's death The first part of the book deals with particular topics: Warfare, the Drinking of Kava, the Society known as the Arioi, and customs relating to Sex, Courtship and Infanticide. The second part deals with problems of historical reconstruction in Polynesian Culture, theories of Origin, the Relation between Polynesia and Melanesia and an appendix on Assam parallels, with an analysis of recent studies in Polynesian History by… Read More

Hartford, Conn.: O. D. Case & Co.. Very Good+. 1868. First American Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in green buckram cloth, clean with gilt lettering on spine. Text tight, clean & intact Pictorial frontispiece. Illustrated with engravings and maps. The sources, supply and overflow of the Nile; the country, people and customs. Africa ; Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 608 pages .

London [and] New York: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co [and] Reprinted for the Booksellers Fourth Edition, Complete in One Volume. Published the same year as the first edition. London [and] New York: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co: Reprinted for the Booksellers, 1832. 8vo., 5 1/2" x 9", 325pp, illustrated with 8 plates. Bound in brown linen cloth, backstirp missing, wear at the tips and along edges, fading to the cloth, name/date on title page, foxing on endpapers, mild toning along edges. Internally very good, paper bright, binding tight, all plates present. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Babar and Father Christmas (Babar et le Pare Noel). By Jean DeBrunhoff. Childrens Book. Random House 1st Edition, 1940 FIRST EDITION. In RARE original, unclipped dust jacket that shows price 1.00/1.00. Used. Very Good/Good. A nice clean copy. Please see our photos.

New York: The Century Co., 1892. PLAY IN PROVENCE- Joseph & Elizabeth Pennell- Illustrated by Joseph & Elizabeth Pennell- The Century Co.- NY- 1892- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo- VG/ no dj as issued- original publishers beige cream cloth illustrated and titled in red and brown- book is tight, somewhat soiled, but a desireable copy of a scarce book nonetheless- 202pp are clean, no tears or writing-no loose pages- some adhesions to endpapers, probably from PO bookplate which was removed- "Over 100 b&w illustrations-Notable sketches of southern France and the "country of Mireio"; particularly interesting for Pennells drawings of the pageantry of a Provencal bullfight."- Non-fiction-France-travel-stories-anecdotes-illustrated (1387). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Illustrated Cloth. VG/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Joseph & Elizabeth Pennell. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 1- xviii + 529 pages + 40 pages of publisher's list of works. Vol. 2- xiv + 525 pages. 6 x 9 in. Each volume in green cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine. Condition of the volumes is VERY GOOD: Spines faded, light wear and soiling to covers and spines, covers have spotty fading, top edge of text block darkened, pages very clean, binding fine except front hinge cracked on Vol. 1. Signature in ink on second ffep. in Vol. 1 of David B. Ogden.

London: Methuen & Co., 1916. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. [8], 248, followed by 31, [1] pages of adverts. Includes a photo frontispiece of the author. Bound in green publisher’s cloth. No dust jacket. The binding contains a shelf lean; minor rubbing and bumping are present; the spine and edges are lightly faded. A note is handwritten on the verso of the frontispiece (dated Sept. 1916). The title page shows some age-toning. Minor spots of foxing are present on the prelims and on the outer edge of the title. Interior pages are otherwise clean.

London: Hurst & Blackett, Ltd. Good with no dust jacket; Boards scuffed, hinges cracked, pages toned and foxed, shaken. 1912. First Edition. Blue cloth stamped in blind and with two color center cameo of man in loincloth looking at house on stilts stamped on front boards. Titles in gilt on spine. xvi, 334pp. Bibliography, index, glossary. Folding map of the British Somaliland protectorate and adjacent lands at rear. Many illustrations and photo reproductions. The author spent ten years in the Colonial Medical Service in British Somaliland and describes the people, geography, wildlife, livestock, and other topics. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Philadelphia: William B. Evans & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edges slightly rubbed, small bookseller . label on front endpaper, owner name on front flyleaf.. 1872. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth decorated in gilt and black. A beautiful copy of this 1860s French travelogue. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 302 pages .