Search Results: Authors starting with A from Bibliope by Calvello Books

San Francisco: A. Carlisle & Co, 1950. Paperback. Lightly foxed ; else Near Fine.. Green printed wrappers with approx 24 p; folding charts. A printer's informational / advertisement package; type specimen; typography; printing history;.

University, Alabama [sic]: University of Alabama Press, University, 1967. Hardcover. Slight must; else very good in very good(-) price-clipped jacket in mylar.. Smal quarto in black and yellow jacket; 208 pages 21 cm. "Paul Jules Antoine Meillet (1866-1936) was one of the most important French linguists of the early 20th century. He began his studies at the Sorbonne University, where he was influenced by Michel Bréal, Ferdinand de Saussure and the members of the L'Année Sociologique. In 1890, he was part of a research trip to the Caucasus, where he studied the Armenian language. Meillet completed his doctorate, Research on the Use of the Genitive-Accusative in Old Slavonic, in 1897. In 1902, he took a chair in Armenian at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales and took under his wing Hrachia Adjarian, who would become the founder of modern Armenian dialectology. In 1905, he was elected to the Collège de France, where he taught on the history and structure of… Read More

[New York]: [A.S. Barnes], 1902. Paperback. About very good with minor edge-wear. Octavo in red printed wraps; 200p, b&w illus. Scarce. Contents: Lessons in Leaves, Plants & Fruits; Lessons in Animals ; School Museum, Rainy Day Lessons, Lessons in the Schoolyard ; Walks with Children ; Collections During Vacation ; Devices and Helps in Nature Study. || "For the Professional Teahcer" || Nature Education -- Periodicals. Education.

London: Arcadia, 1998. 3rd impression. near fine to very good+. 413 pages; 22 cm.

Milano: Rosellina Archinto, 1987. Mild pen underlines throughout; else Very Good(+). Binding tight.. Octavo in off-white illus wraps ; 92 p. In Italian. Uncommon. Women in Italy,

Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Universitaria, 1955. Paperback. Very good(-) wraps with fine pages. Fine closed tears around edges and spine of wraps due to them being slightly bigger than pages; sunning to wraps; three small, light tears at center of rear cover; else very nice copy; pages are fine and unopened; binding is tight and square.. Octavo in tan wraps; illus.; 225 p., 24 cm. In Spanish.

Baghdad: Jami`at Baghdad, Markaz Ihya al-Turath al-`Ilmi al-`Arabi, 1984. Paperback. Mild soiling to covers. About 4 mild scuffs to front cover. One very small punctured hole to front cover. Else pages clean and binding tight. Very good.. Paperback light blue quarto. 168 pages ; 24 cm. In Arabic. Uncommon. || Series: Jami`at Baghdad, Markaz Ihya al-Turath al-`Ilmi al-`Ilmi al-`Arabi ;; 5; || "Ramadan 1404/Haziran 1984." || Sallami, Muhammad ibn Rafi`, 1305-1372. Wafayat. Biographies. Islamic Empire -- Biography. Islamic Empire.

Boston: Branden Press, 1966. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, exceedingly mild rubbing to rear corners, extremely gentle bumping to top corners, crossed out signature to front free endpaper, bright pages, tight binding, light half cup-ring to front DJ, half cup-ring leaks through to inside DJ, quarter-inch tear to front DJ-top corner, quarter-inch tear to DJ spine head, less than quarter-inch tear to DJ spine foot, less than quarter-inch tear to rear DJ-top edge, faint soiling to DJ, moderate fading to front DJ, else Near Fine(-) in Very Good DJ.. Octavo in brown DJ, white spine, 306 pages, b&w frontispiece, 23 cm. Cool illustration of sword-weilding, lute-playing angel meeting a blindfolded, naked man. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. Two handsome illustrations by Kent: dust acket and frontispiece. || Abbe, George, 1911-1989. Autobiography.

New York: Dodd & Mead, 1874. Presumed First edition. Hardcover. Mild chipping to head of spine. One small chip to foot of spine. Spine is moderately faded with rubbing to gilt. Very mild rubbing to corners of boards. Mild damp stain to top edge of back cover. Very small 5 cm crack down back cover hinge with spine. Very small date and previous owners name stamp to front and back cover verso. Else pages clean, crisp, and exceptionally bright. Binding tight and hinge is uncreased. Overall good(+) to very good(-).. Hardcover octavo in decorated red cloth boards with faded gilt spine and gilt front cover. viii, [7]-350 pages : b/w frontispiece, plates ; 19 cm. Scarce || Series: His American pioneers and patriots; || Contents: Parentage and childhood -- Youthful adventures -- Marriage and settlement -- The soldier life -- Indian warfare -- The camp and the cabin -- The justice of the peace and the legislator -- Life on the Obion -- Adventures in the forest, on the river, and in the city -- Crockett's tour… Read More

Kenosha, Wisconsin: Abbott Publishing Company, N.D.. Unknown edition. Hardcover. Mild fraying to spine head and foot, gently bumped corners, very minor wear to top edges, three small rubbing marks to front board, light soiling to boards, else Very good(-).. Yellow multicolored quarto, blue plastic spiral-bound, 24 p, color illus. Children's Books, Fairy Tales. || No records found in WorldCat.

New York: HarperCollins, 2004. 1st ed. Hardcover. Remainder makr to bottom; else Fine in Near Fine faintly edge-worn Near Fine(-) DJ. Octavo in color illus DJ; x, 244 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm. Arab-Americans; Abboud, Joseph; Clothing; Designers; Fashion; textiles.

Amman: Dar al-Shuruq, 2008. al-Tab`ah al-`Arabiyah 1. Paperback. A bright, fine copy with very slight shelf-wear.. White/black octavo; 127 p ; 21 cm. In Arabic. || Fiction.

Hydarabad, Sind: Shah Abdul Latif Bhitshah Cultural Centre, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Ex library sticker to inside of back board as well as front free end paper. Library cards stapled to front free end paper. About 40% of pasted on front cover is still remaining. Gentle bumps to top two corners. Inscriptions in pencil on back free end paper. Pages clean and binding tight. Very good.. 10, 625 pages ; 23 cm. In Sindhi || Variation: Bhita Shahu Saqafati Markazu Kameti.; Publication ;; no. 13. ||.

Bayrut: al-Muassasah al-`Arabiyah lil-Dirasat wa-al-Nashr, 2008. al-Tab`ah 1. Paperback. Fine ; as new. Large octavo in pictorial pale blue wraps; 174 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Arabic. Fikr siyasi =; Politics. Diplomats -- Iraq -- Biography. `Abd al-Wahhab, `Ata. Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003- Political biography, Baghdad - Amman (2003-2006).

al-Dar al-Bayda al-Fanak, 1992. Paperback. As new; very fine.. Octavo in color illus wraps; (dark green spine); 276 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, b& w photo reprods.; 21 cm; bibliographical references (pages 265-271). In Arabic. Uncommon. Series: Maghribiyat muwatinat al-ghad. / Muslim women. Women Studies. Islam. Women, Arab -- Africa, North -- History. Muslim women. Women, Arab. /"Anjuza hadha al-kitab bi-musahamat Mu'assasat Fridrik Ibirt."

New Delhi: Ghalib Institute, 2002. Reprint. Hardcover. Near fine in near fine jacket. Octavo in pale green jacket; 92 pages; 22 cm. Footnotes, bib. Uncommon. Originally published in 1928. Chiefly in English with passages & quotes in Urdu. On the life and poetry of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, 1797-1869; a study.

Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 2002. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Near fine to Very Good(+) copy. Light bumps to corners of boards; soil to boards; gentle signs of use to pages; gift inscription on rear endpaper; bright, clean pages; tight, square binding; very nice copy.. Sextodecimo 163 p., 16 cm.

New York: Random House, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Very mild sunning to bottom edge of front board. Pages clean and binding tight. DJ in great condition. Near fine in near fine DJ.. Hardcover quarto in purple DJ. 233 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents: Prologue: Beginnings and endings -- Preseason: It's that time -- The season: Life in the salt mines" -- Second season: The home stretch. || Abstract: An autobiography of the seven-foot, two-inch Black basketball star whose life has been greatly influenced by his family, basketball, and the religion of Islam.

Saudi Arabia: Abul-Qasim Publishing House, 1998. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Barely worn spine head/foot, faint mark to front cover, bright pages; binding is tight. Very good+.. Orange octavo; 150 p. In English with a few phrases in Arabic. || Islam; Women; Laws.

Princes Risborough: Shire Publications, 2002. Paperback. Extremely gentle rubbing to corners, light soiling to fore-edges, else near fine(+).. White octavo, color illus to front cover, 72 pages, b&w illustrations, 21 cm. Although Britain has nothing of the Roman architecture left that once dominated the islands, there are many museums in which hoards of coins and precious objects can be viewed. Richard Abdy introduces the hoards that remain in this illustrated study. Contents: Preface -- Glossary -- Roman coin hoards from Britain : an overview -- Early roman hoards in Britain -- The age of silver : Denarius-based coinage in Britain during the second and third centuries -- The age of debased silver and extreme hoarding in Roman Britain -- Hoards of the later fouth and fifth centuries : the end of Roman Britain and beyond -- Museums. Coins, Roman -- Great Britain.