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Bangkok, Thailand: Printed by Siva Phorn Ltd. Partnership, 1962. Book. Near Fine. Three-Quarter Leather. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark green 3/4 leather, color floral cloth, spine panel lettered in gilt. Leather slightly rubbed at extremities, otherwise nearly as issued. 16 pp. + [60] b&w plates. Revised 2nd edition: Jan. 1962..

Jamaica Plain, MA: YMAA Publication Center/Yang's Martial Arts Association, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Glossy green illus. boards. viii,246 pp., illus. Slight bump to heel of front joint, slight tanning to back cover near edges. Copyright page states this to be both a 3rd edition and a 3rd printing, which is incorrect: issued in 1991, it is either a 3rd edition, 1st ptg. or the 3rd ptg. of the 1st edition..

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. Book. VG+. Soft cover. First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green stiff paper wraps. Light shelf wear, crease along upper front fore-edge. Light creasing along firm, square binding, spine panel partially sunned. 688 pp., maps..

New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1898. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black cloth, lettered in gilt. Moderate shelf wear, cloth flecked toward edges on both covers, rubbed with exposure/cloth loss at several points along edges (possibly due to insects rather than use, as the binding shows relatively little wear), 1" x 1/4" cloth loss on upper spine panel including "A" in "Africa." xvii,263 pp. Firm binding. Endpapers and text block edges typically somewhat toned by age, interior slightly toned. Minor dampstaining along top edges through about first half of text block. Folding color map in rear pocket is slightly age-toned but otherwise fully intact, solid VG to Near Fine. Very scarce..

Westport, CT: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. Minor shelf wear, foxed text block edges. Firm binding with slight lean, clean and unmarked interior. x,496 pp., folding map. Facsimile reprint of original 1875 edition..

Miami, FL: Mnemosyne Publishing Co., 1969. Book. Fine. Cloth. Facsimile Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Facsimile reprint of 1875 Holt edition. Dark gray cloth, lettered in silver foil. Text block edges very slightly age-toned, otherwise as issued. x,494 pp., illus. Internal "foxing" is actually original to issue, integral to the paper stock used in printing..

Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1929. Book. Very Good. Buckram. 1st Edition. Blue buckram, lettered in gold foil. Review copy with (toned) publisher's slip tipped in on front flyleaf. Mild binding lean, light shelf wear, text block edges toned by age with mild soiling along top edge only. [vii],184 pp., folding map at rear. First several leaves slightly foxed, otherwise clean and unmarked..

New York and London: St. Martin's Press, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth-effect paper covered boards, lettered in gilt. Former owner's signature and date inked on front flyleaf, otherwise essentially as issued. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear with slightly sunned spine panel, now in archival mylar. xii,491 pp., folding maps. Firm binding, clean interior..

New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black cloth-effect paper-covered boards, lettered in gold foil. Slightly rubbed along bottom edge, remainder mark on bottom text block edge, otherwise virtually as issued. Dust jacket shows mild surface rubbing, now in archival mylar. xii,285 pp., illus. w/ color, b&w photographs..

London and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1974. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown stiff illus. wraps. Light shelf wear, light stress creasing along a firm, square binding. [vii],251 pp., maps..

Anderson, IN: The Warner Press, 1928. Book. VG+. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Light brown cloth, illus./lettered in black. An area of lightening to cloth on lower front cover, otherwise only light shelf wear. Front flyleaf shows calligraphic presentation inscription for perfect church attendance, 1934, in red pencil, otherwise unmarked. 192 pp., b&w plates. Juvenile fiction set in the African veldt..

Lausanne, Switzerland: Imprimeries Reunies S. A., 1965. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Black cloth, lettered in orange. Essentially as issued. Color pictorial dust jacket shows small chip along bottom front edge and another at heel of spine, slight chipping to corners, now in mylar..

Washington, D.C. and New York: National Gallery of Art/Harry N. Abrams, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color decorated wraps. Light shelf wear, slightly age-tanned along fore-edges of both covers, otherwise nearly as issued. Square, uncreased binding, fully intact interior. Catalogue to accompany 1987-88 exhibition in Washington D.C., Chicago and New York. 357 pp., fully illus. in color, b&w..

Boston, Tokyo, and Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2001. Book. Illus. by O. Ratti. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff illus. wraps. 7th ptg. thus: 2004. Very slight shelf/handling wear, nearly as issued. Square, uncreased binding, clean and unmarked interior. 375 pp., illus..

Boston, Tokyo, and Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2001. Book. Illus. by O. Ratti. VG+. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff illus. wraps. 4th ptg. thus: 2002. Mild handling wear. Square, uncreased binding, clean and unmarked interior. 375 pp., illus..

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1901. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark green cloth, lettered in gilt. One of several original binding variants, with no gilt illustration on lower front cover. Modest rubbing to spine extremities, rubbed with minor exposure to corners. Light surface rubbing to covers, crease to lower back cover. Former owner's signature on front flyleaf. xxvi,604 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Mild bottom corner crease to the first several leaves, mild soiling to endpapers and a few leaves, interior generally clean and bright, with firm binding. Gilt spine lettering a bit dulled. Wear commensurate with age, still a solid copy..

Skikda, Algeria: Editions Rais, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black textured paper over boards. As issued. Color pictorial dust jacket as issued, now in mylar. 160 pp., illus. w/ sepia tinted plates, maps, period engravings, etc., depicting Algerian life and architecture . 1st edition, apparently published simultaneously in Arabic and French, Dec. 1997. Very scarce original edition..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black cloth, lettered/illus. in gilt, deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt. xii,476 pp., 129 illus., 4 maps. Cloth is significantly flecked on portions of both covers, otherwise only minor shelf wear, with firm binding, clean interior beyond stamped endpapers. 1904 ptg. (first issued 1902)..

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Olive-brown cloth, lettered in gold foil. New/as issued, dust jacket now in mylar. 1st ptg. ix,174 pp., illus..

Beijing, China and New York: Science Press/Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers, 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dark green cloth-effect boards, lettered in gold foil. Slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities, about as issued. Color pictorial dust jacket about as issued, now in mylar. 1st ed. [xii],134 pp., illus..