London: Thames and Hudson, 1976. First Edition. Octavo. 216 pages. Black and white photographs, line drawings, and maps. Number 85 in the Ancient Peoples and Places Series. Photographic dust jacket is faded along front panel, spine, and top edge and near spine of rear panel. Creased along top and..... More
C. Whymper. New York: United States Book Company / John W. Lovell Company, [1892]. Stated Authorized Edition. Octavo; xxxii + 455pp + plus two-part pasted-in three-color fold-out map of the Congo river, each part 29" long, forming the continuous route Jameson took. B&W line drawings and photo illustrations by C...... More
First Edition. Paperback. Benin City: Ethiope Publishing Corporation, 1974. First Edition. Octavo; 111pp. Illustrated green paper wraps. Covers lightly edgeworn with a slight curve along spine and a few scratches and scuffs. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Omotoso's fourth novel, claimed to be the first Nigerian detective novel. More
Istanbul: Kader Basimevi, 1947. Side-stapled printed wraps. Tall Octavo. 21 pages. Scarce scholarly monograph of the itinerant 11th-century polymath. "To Dr. Maurice Pechet," handwritten at top of wrapper title. Pechet was an inventory, scientist, doctor, and professor at Harvard. Uzman, known for his research into Gargoylism at Harvard..... More
![Alger et ses Peintres 1830-1960 [Painters of Algiers 1830-1960]. Marion Vidal-Bué](/pictures/thumb/5525.jpg?v=1570562132)
Paris: Éditions Paris-Méditerranée, 2000. First Edition. Folio; 286pp. Text in French. Pictorial dustjacket over textured deep ochre boards with gold stamping on spine. Jacket lightly rubbed along top edge, but with no chips or tears. Binding tight and square. The first in a series of three volumes by Vidal-Bué..... More
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1937. First Edition. Inscribed by author (but not signed) on front free endpaper: "To Kariuki K. Njuri with all good wishes from the Author, July 3 1958." Octavo; vii + 296pp, including bibliography and index. Green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2002. First Edition. Octavo. 681 pages. Signed by author on title page with inscription, "To Paul Nelson - / With best regards, / Rick Atkinson / 8 Nov. 2002." Unclipped photographic dust jacket is rubbed and creased along edges, but no chips or..... More