![The Dreadful Day: The Battle of Manzikert 1071. [Signed and Inscribed]. Alfred Friendly](/pictures/thumb/10130.jpg?v=1626192450)
London: Hutchinson, 1981. First Edition. Signed by the author with inscription "For Ed Morgan, with great affection and esteem -- and happiest birthday wishes. Al Friendly. 23 June 1981." Octavo; 256pp. Maps and illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with £10.95 price intact; book in brown cloth with silver lettering..... More
Bayside, NY: Axis Europa Books, 2001. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's boards in yellow pictorial dust jacket; 332pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Light wear from handling, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. "A Study of East European and Middle Eastern Collaboration with Nazi Germany in World War II" -- front..... More
London: K. Rustem & Brother, 1988. First Edition. Octavo; xvii + 329pp, including bibliography and index. Appended section of 16 documentary and photographic illustrations. Teal dustjacket over black boards; gilt spine lettering. Jacket slightly faded along top edge and spine, but with no chips or tears. Boards and..... More
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1954. First Edition. Octavo; 207pp. Illustrated dust jacket with 10s. 6d. net price intact; book in plum cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket edgeworn with a number of tears and shallow creases along edge as well as a small chip at head of spine. Boards..... More
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2003. First Edition. Octavo. 309 pages. Signed by Gold on half title page to William Safire with inscription, "Bill, / Here it is. Thank / you for standing up all / these years for our / Freedom. Hopefully this / will help. / Best wishes, /..... More
![Israel With Love [Inscribed to William Safire]. Dorothy Rice](/pictures/thumb/6600.jpeg?v=1597263852)
Beverly Hills, CA: Glen House Communications, 1992. First Edition. Signed by Rice to William Safire on front free endpaper with inscription, "To William Safire with love Dorothy Rice." Tall quarto. 144 pages. Full color illustrations and photographs. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt... More
[London]: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. but 1914. First Trade Edition. Quarto (28.5cm.); publisher's tan pictorial cloth elaborately embossed in gilt and indigo; [2],vi,7-221pp.; tipped in color frontispiece and twenty-two (22) plates, printed tissue guards, additional half-tone illus. throughout, text printed within gilt and black decorative borders. Light shelf wear, small..... More
First Edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991. First Edition. Inscribed by author to William Safire on front free endpaper. Inscription reads, "To Bill - / A friend, mentor + role model - / Your down-to-earth approach to life + work is an / inspiration. / Thanks for..... More
![Political Theory and Institutions of the Khawārij [Inscribed and Signed]. Elie Adib Salem](/pictures/thumb/9551.jpg?v=1621022704)
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1956. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 117,[1],ixpp. Light shelf wear, cloth rather soiled, brief ink splatters to textblock edges not bleeding into interior; overall Very Good at best. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper. Political and sociological study..... More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1984. First Edition. Octavo; xvi + 693pp, including 27 appendices (on Intelligence structure; U-boats; bombing; air offensive; the Nuremberg raid; etc.) and index. Ten tipped-in fold-out maps or site plans, several in six colors. Coated black dust jacket; hunter green cloth with gilt spine lettering..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. First Edition. Octavo; x + 346pp + bound-in appendix of 32pp of publisher's prospectuses. Eight B&W full-page illustrations by Charles M. Sheldon; one fold-out map of Afghanistan. Three-color pictorial stamping and gilt lettering on front panel and spine. All textblock edges stained shiny green..... More
Worcester, MA: Bennate Publishing, [1998]. First Edition. Quarto (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; xvi,[2],222p.; illus. throughout. Light wear and dust soil to jacket extremities, corners gently bumped, else Very Good or better. More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1901. First Edition. Octavo. 298 pages. Black and white illustrations. Publishers blue cloth stamped in red and gilt. Light wear to extremities with brief exposure. Spine is toned. Some intermittent scuffing. Binding is sound with front hinge starting. Pages unmarked... More
London: Constable & Company, 1933. First Edition. Octavo. 22 cm. 433 pages. 32 black and white plates; 3 color fold-out maps. No dust jacket. Publisher's green olive cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Ownership stamp of George Camp Keiser, founder of the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC, to front..... More
First English Language Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's green printed card wrappers; [4],xv,[3],233pp.; two folding plates, text illus. throughout, including photographs. Wrapper extremities extremely toned and rather foxed, small chip at top spine edge of upper cover, previous owner has written the title at bottom edge of textblock as well as..... More
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. First Edition. Octavo. 210 pages. Signed by authors on front free endpaper to William Safire with inscription, "March 9, 1989 / For William Safire, / Hoping this will make a / small contribution to greater / understanding. / With our love, / Janet and..... More
![The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames [Signed]. Kai Bird](/pictures/thumb/6328.jpg?v=1591732396)
New York: Crown Publishers, 2014. Fourth Printing. Signed by Bird on title page without inscription and dated May 28, 2015. Octavo. 430 pages. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket over black boards white lettering to spine. Jacket is rubbed and worn along edges, but with no chips or tears. Boards..... More
[London]: Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. First Trade Edition. Quarto; publisher's white pictorial cloth stamped in turquoise and gilt, top edge stained turquoise; [6],113pp.; tipped in color frontispiece and nine additional plates accompanied by stiff printed and illustrated paper guards. Cloth dust-soiled, short crack at spine crown and tiny chips at..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. but 1907. Second Edition, with plates bound throughout. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's dark orange pictorial cloth stamped in black and gilt; xvi,132pp.; tipped in color frontispiece and forty-nine (49) plates, printed tissue-guards, collated and complete. Boards a bit scuffed with brief exposure at corners, very minor..... More
![Caucasus, War and Peace: The New World Disorder and Caucasia [Inscribed and Signed]. Mehmet...](/pictures/thumb/7389.jpeg?v=1601577992)
[Haarlem, Netherlands: SOTA, 1998.] Octavo; publisher's yellow printed card wrappers; 221pp. Minor bumping at corners, ownership signature to title page, faint, brief pencil marginalia to a few leaves, else Very Good to Near Fine. Inscribed and signed in year of publication on title page: "With regards / Hoping..... More
Tel Aviv: The Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, 1985. First Edition. Signed by co-author Rabinovich on half title to journalist William Safire with inscription "Sep 25, 93 - For Bill, Despatches or dispatches? A book that has a lot to do with language and politics. Cordially, Itamar..... More
London: Peter Owen, 1973. First UK Edition. Octavo; 151pp. Illustrated dust jacket over blue-gray cloth with silver lettering to spine. Price-clipped dust jacket is lightly shelfworn with a bit of wear to corners, but no chips or tears. Boards clean and square. Boards and pages open a bit easily at..... More
London: Peter Owen, 1989. First UK Edition. Octavo; 125pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with £12.95 price intact; book in red cloth with black lettering to spine. Jacket lightly rubbed along edges, with a bit of sunning to spine. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
![The Red-Haired Woman [Signed and Dated by the Author]. Orhan Pamuk, Ekin Oklap, Chip Kidd,...](/pictures/thumb/7724.jpg?v=1604470160)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket designed by Chip Kidd; [10],253pp. Long closed slash (from exacto knife?) to front jacket panel not quite touching text, slightly affecting front board, else a Near Fine copy. Signed and..... More
New York: The Ecco Press, 1982. First Edition. Octavo; 92pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $12.50 price intact; book in beige paper-covered boards with purple cloth spine and gilt lettering. Jacket shows light rubbing along edges with a few shallow, clean tears at top edge of front flap and a bit..... More