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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

New York: Munn & Co, 1895. Paperback. Near Fine. 16 pages (paginated [1], 16568-16582 p.): illustrations; 41 cm. Front illustration is the Queen of Madagascar. Contains illustrated articles about Alpha, the educated horse; the Barrows electric tricycle; a hydraulic steam lifeboat; and a sea water distiller. Also, The Human Races of Madagascar by E. T.… Read more about this item

Berlin: Paul Cassirer, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good +. Third edition. 134, [6] p., color frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates (3 in color): full-page illustrations; 20 cm. Calf spine with gilt spine title; color decorated paper over boards. Top page edges red. White ribbon bookmark. Plates tipped in on light green paper. Title… Read more about this item

'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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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.

Boston: Otis, Broaders & Co, 1839. Hardcover. Good -. 160 p.; 24 cm. Black (dark green?) cloth with gilt-stamped spine title "Hill's Poems" and gilt-stamped center-medallion harp on both boards; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Pale yellow endpapers. Includes Errata slip tipped in following Contents. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: A.E. Phillips.… Read more about this item

London: R. Bowyer Historic Gallery, 1801. Very Good. 1 aquatint engraving 316 x 460 mm. (image is 235 x 313 mm.). In Very Good Condition: minor soiling in margins; light creasing along lower edge; otherwise, clean and bright.

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.

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item