Search Results: Africa, Asia, & Middle East from Classic Books and Ephemera

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. Paperback. Near Fine. x, [4], 262 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback. "In the first book to focus on African American attitudes toward Japan and China, Marc Gallicchio examines the rise and fall of black internationalism in the first half of the twentieth century. . . . Black internationalism emphasized the role of race or color in world politics and linked the domestic struggle of African Americans with the freedom struggle of emerging nations 'of color,' such as India and much of Africa." -- back cover. In Near Fine Condition: back cover slightly rubbed; former owner's name on half title page; otherwise, clean and bright.

Paris: Bureau de Courval, et Compagnie, 1826. Hardcover. Good +. Vol. 1 of Bibliothéque Universelle des Voyages, only. [2], 527, [1] p., handcolored frontispiece and 3 leaves of handcolored plates; 21 cm. Contemporary full speckled calf with gilt-tooled spine labels and spine decoration; gilt-rolled border on each board, which have gilt-rolled edges. All edges marbled. Marbled endpaper. No year of publication; 1826 is the year assigned in library records. Very scarce. In Good+ Condition: joints are cracked; edges rubbed; loss at edges of spine labels and along joints; foxing, heavy on some pages; otherwise clean; plates are clean and bright.

'S-Gravenhage, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1932. Very Good +. [4], 27, [1] p., 16 leaves of plates: illustrations; 41 cm. In a portfolio with black cloth spine and corners; light grey paper over boards with black cover title. Tissue guards between leaves of plates. This is part 14 of a description of the Egyptian Collection in the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, covering the monuments of the New Empire and of the Saite Period or 26th Dynasty. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have to be sent by priority international. In Very Good+ Condition: creasing of some page edges; leaves of illustrations are clean and bright. Portfolio is in Good- Condition: separating along spine; boards are lightly soiled; lower flap is detached but present; ties are present.

London: R. Bowyer Historic Gallery, 1802. Very Good. 1 aquatint engraving 439 x 317 mm. (image is 221 x 312 mm.). In Very Good Condition: minor soiling in right margin; minor loss at lower right-hand corner; otherwise, clean and bright.

Munich: Hermann Lukaschik, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good -. [4], 39, [1] p.: in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Leather spine with dark brown pebble-grain paper over boards. Green leaf-pattern endpapers. Austrian Arabist and archeologist Eduard Glaser (1855-1908) was one of the first Europeans to explore South Arabia and is still considered the most important scholar to have studied Yemen. Very scarce. In Very Good- Condition: leather lacking along spine, but boards are still attached; edge of boards rubbed; scattered page soiling; solid.

London: Hering & Remington, 1848. Near Fine. 1 hand-colored lithograph 400 x 475 mm. (image is 276 x 318 mm.; mat is 19.5 x 20 inches). The lithograph was created by Edmund Walker (1813 or 1814-1882) of Day & Son, after James Rattray's drawing. James Rattray (1818-1854) was a lieutenant in the British Bengal Army during the first Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842. The sketches he produced were published in 30 plates in Scenery, Inhabitants, & Costumes of Afghaunistan (1847-48). This is plate no. 2, a portrait of Dost Mohammed, who had been deposed as Emir of Afghanistan. In January 1841, when Rattray was granted an audience with him in Peshawar, Dost Mohammed was a prisoner, on his way to exile in Calcutta. Rattray wrote that since Dost Mohammed had been "a ruler just and merciful and attentive to affairs of state" the people of Peshawur thought that he had been unjustly treated by the British. Green dealer's label on back of mat from Harold T. Storey, London. Very… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good/good. [6], 101, [1] p.; 20 cm. Beige cloth spine with grey paper over boards. Paper labels on spine and front board printed in black with red borders. Dust jacket printed in red and black with advertisement for War Savings Stamps on back section. Advertisement for the YMCA on back flap. First edition. The first state with "recuiting depot" on p. 78, line 1. These stories framed as letters from Indian and Afghan soldiers were first published in the Saturday Evening Post in May and June 1917. Contents: A Retired Gentleman -- The Fumes of the Heart -- The Private Account -- A Trooper of Horse. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Frank P. Hadley. Book is in Very Good Condition: corners rubbed; head of spine starting to fray; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: rubbed and soiled; old repair to inside; minor loss at ends of spine and flap folds.

London: R. Bowyer Historic Gallery, 1801. Near Fine. 1 aquatint engraving 320 x 467 mm. (image is 223 x 312 mm.). In Near Fine Condition: minor soiling on reverse; otherwise, clean and bright.

London: Hering & Remington, 1848. Near Fine. 1 hand-colored lithograph 430 x 527 mm. (image is 264 x 372 mm.; mat is 19.5 x 23.25 inches). The lithograph was created by Robert Carrick (1820-1905) of Day & Son, after James Rattray's drawing. James Rattray (1818-1854) was a lieutenant in the British Bengal Army during the first Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842. The sketches he produced were published in 30 plates in Scenery, Inhabitants, & Costumes of Afghaunistan (1847-48). This is plate no. 14, showing two falconers from Kohistan, Khudadard and Guldin, with their hawks. Rattray saw them in September 1841 when they were part of the cavalry escort of his brother, Captain Rattray. Green dealer's label on back of mat from Harold T. Storey, London. Very scarce. In Near Fine Condition: lithograph is clean and bright; minor soiling to mat.

London and New York: London Printing and Publishing Co, 1858. Hardcover. Very Good +. "Illustrated with Battle Scenes, Views of Places, Portraits and Maps, Beautifully Engraved on Steel." 2 volumes: [8], 2, vii, [1], 647, [1] p.; [4], viii, 663, [1] p., frontispiece and added engraved title page in each volume and 77 leaves of additional engraved plates (including double-leaf map); 28 cm. Modern leather rebacking with gilt-tooled spine titles; original maroon pebble-cloth over boards. No date of publication; History of the Indian Mutiny was issued in parts in 1858 and 1859. Each volume contains the London Printing and Publishing Co. title page (with, as appropriate, vol. I or vol. II); vol. 1 also contains a title page for S.D. Brain, stating "Copyright Edition." Inscription on blank leaf preceding vol. 1 frontispiece indicating that this was given by James W. Leonard to John H. Bowman in 1939. Heavy; for international shipping, they will have to be sent by international… Read More

Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1978. Paperback. Very Good. vi, 721 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with salmon cover printed in black. The Subcommittee on International Organizations examined "allegations of wrongdoing in the conduct of relations between the Republic of Korea and the United States." In Very Good Condition: lower corner of front cover slightly creased; closed 1-cm. tear from upper edge of front cover; a few pencil notations; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1930. Paperback. Very Good. 279, [3] p.: music; 19 cm. Paperback with purple and blue wrapper; illustrated endpapers designed by Rockwell Kent. The Rockwell Kent-designed emblem originally of Charles Boni Paper Books on the title page and wrapper. List of Bonibooks through number 33 on unpaginated page following text; this title is number 3. Former owner's name on front free endpaper: Sara F. Bodine. First published in 1925. Lewisohn examines the failures of Jewish assimilation and the potential offered by Zionism. In Very Good Condition: wrapper lightly soiled and rubbed; lower wrapper corners creased; pages clean and tight.

Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. Revised April 1955. [2], 147 p., [24] p. of black-and-white photographs: maps; 19 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Illustrated dust jacket. Publisher's catalog on front dust jacket flap. Commercial advertisements on front endpapers and back fixed endpaper. Gift inscription on half title page, dated 1957, to Dave Corbin and Mary Corbin from Lucille Wilhelm and Jim Wilhelm. Address labels for "Mrs. David C. Corbin," Akron, Ohio, on front free endpaper and half title. The recipients were Mary and David Corbin, founders of the Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation of Akron, Ohio. Book is in Near Fine Condition: front free endpaper scraped; otherwise, clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: lightly soiled; spine is rubbed and scraped, with some loss; corners are rubbed; back flap is price-clipped.

Japan, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good -. 15 x 20 cm. album containing 52 postcards, 47 of them hand-colored. Black lacquer boards; front board illustrated with scene of a woman and a man painted in gilt and red. None of the postcards have been used and none have dates of publication. Some of the cards were produced by Tonboya in Yokohama; the firm was actively publishing hand-colored postcards from about 1910 to about 1930. The first postcard is a view of Mt. Fuji with a foreground illustration painted in gilt and black. The next two are portraits of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken in black with a gilt emblem above each of their heads. The hand-colored views are of streets scenes, temples, and parks in Yohohama, Kamakura, Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, and Kamata; a number include geishas. There are two views of women in Yoshiwara. A complete list is available on request. In Very Good- Condition: front board is detached and is chipped along the lower edge and upper corners; color is bright on front… Read More

Naples, Italy: Giuseppe-Maria Porcelli, 1786. Hard Cover. Near Fine. One volume containing both books with separate title pages and pagination. 260, 254 p.; 16 cm. 20th-century polished calf spine with five spine compartments between raised bands. Black morocco spine label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; blind-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Marbled paper over boards. Small white oval label in upper right-hand corner of title page of book one with an embossed image of a bird holding a branch. Stamped at head of book one title page: Discarded Sold. The two books of Gierosalemme Libberata make up volumes 13 and 14 of Collezione di Tutti i Poemi in Lingua Napoletana. Torquato Tasso's epic poem Jerusalem Delivered translated into the Neapolitan dialect by Gabriele Fasano. The poem tells a romantically fictionalized story of the First Crusade with Christian knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, fighting to liberate Jerusalem from the Muslims. In Near Fine… Read More

Paris: Ernest Flammarion, 1913. Hard Cover. Very Good. Nouvelle édition publiée par Édouard Rouveyre. 2 volumes: illustrations; 21 cm. Leather spines with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-stamped spine titles and call numbers. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Part of the series Vie Privée des Anciens. No date of publication; library records use 1913. Front fixed endpapers bear bookplate of Free Library of Philadelphia indicating that they were a gift of C. Clark Zantzinger, Jr. Library stamp at head of first page of text and shelf number stamped at foot of that page. Small library pocket on back free endpaper of each volume, stamped "Withdrawn." In Very Good Condition: ex-library as described above; edges rubbed with slight loss of leather at ends of spines; paper over boards slightly rubbed; pages are clean and tight.

London: Hering & Remington, 1848. Near Fine. 1 hand-colored lithograph 429 x 533 mm. (image is 275 x 375 mm.; mat is 19.5 x 23 inches). The lithograph was created by Edmund Walker (1813 or 1814-1882) of Day & Son, after James Rattray's drawing. James Rattray (1818-1854) was a lieutenant in the British Bengal Army during the first Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842. The sketches he produced were published in 30 plates in Scenery, Inhabitants, & Costumes of Afghaunistan (1847-48). This is plate no. 22, in regard to which Rattray wrote: "I sketched this Uzbeg at the Fort of Lughmaunee, Cohistaun." The ambassador represented Mir Wali, prince of the frontier town of Kulum, near Kunduz. In September 1840 the British were negotiating with Wali to transfer his allegiance to Shah Shuja. Green dealer's label on back of mat from Harold T. Storey, London. Very scarce. In Near Fine Condition: lithograph is clean and bright; minor soiling to mat.

Leyden, Neth: Pieter Vander Aa, 1727. Hardcover. Fine. Title continued: "mitsgaders de harde en Slaaffe Dienstbaarheyd des Schrijvers, onder het wreede Jok der Turken in Egypten, en hoe hy eyndelijk, na veele uytgestane ongemakken, in sijn vryheyd is hersteld. Als Mede een Beschrijving van verscheyde Eylande, Steeden, Zee-havens, Oudheeden van Eypten, Turkyen en het Heylige Land: ook de Gewoontens, Zeden en Straf-oeffeningen deser volkeren. Door den Reysiger selfs beschreeven. Met een volkoomen Register en Konst-Printen verrijkt." [72] p., engraved title page vignette, 1 leaf of a copper-plate engraved folded map: 4 in-text engravings; 36 cm. Signatures: A-I4 (4to). Modern grey and brown decorative paper over boards with a modern printed black-on-grey label on the front cover reproducing part of the title page as a smaller scale, within a double-ruled border. Text is in 130 numbered columns. Although there is no date of publication, this appears to be from the series of travel… Read More

New York: John Day Co, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine/good +. xi, [1], 100 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Grey cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles over turquoise background, with gilt-stamped decoration. Illustrationed dust jacket with publisher's advetisements on back section. Signed by the author on front free endpaper, dated Sept. 1955. Contains 21 short stories about the bond between people and animals in India. The author, Pinckney Alston Waring (1895-1978), was a Pennsylvania Quaker who spent part of his life working with American Friends Service Committee in India. The illustrations are by Vera Bock (1905-1973), a Russian-American illustrator and graphic designer. Book is in Near Fine Condition: slight discoloration on fixed endpapers from dust jacket; clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: edges are rubbed; minor loss at ends of spine; several closed tears from edges; color is still bright.

New Haven, Conn: Yale University, 1995. First Edition. Fine/fine. xiv, [2], 235 p.: 49 maps, 42 in-text tables and photographs; 26 cm. Black cloth spine with gilt spine title; black paper over boards. color illustrated dust jacket. Includes bibliographical essay and index. "Drawing on biology, archeology, linguistics, history, anthropology, and demography, as well as geography, Newman describes the richness and diversity of Africa's inhabitants, the technological changes that transformed their lives, the formation of polities, from small kin groups to states and empires, and the influence of external forces, particularly the slave trade" [from the dust jacket]. In Fine/Fine Condition.