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Beirut: Distributed by Khayats, Beirut; Publication subsidized by the University of Baghdad, 1967. Hardcover. Good+. Stated First Edition. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. General soiling to covers. Soiling to fore-edge of text block. Previous owner's name and some paper abrasion on ffep. 23- page bibliography. Index. xvi, 586 pp. 8 x 6 inches. A scholarly and comprehensive introduction to Islam, treating its history, spread, theory and practice, system of government and administration, moral ideals, the rights of the individual, the family and the community, economic structure of the community, daily life, agriculture, industry and trade. The author, Hassan Ibrahim Hassan (1892-1968), was a well-respected historian, author, and professor of Islamic History at the University of Cairo and as Rector of the University of Assiut. He had also taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Rabat and lectured at many other universities. He received one of his doctorates from… Read More

Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1983. Soft cover. Good. Book has very light edge / shelf wear. Introduction is heavily highlighted and notated, but rest of book is clean except for one line highlighted in last chapter. Previous owners blind stamp on half-title page. Second printing, 1983. 183 pages.

Rosario, Argentina: [ARICANA / Grafica Amalevi], 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Glossy boards. Very slight wear to covers. Business card of ARICANA Presidente Dr. Angel A. Cesaretti Monti affixed to ffep, otherwise clean. DJ in archival sleeve. 165, [16] pp. 12 x 8.5 inches. No copies noted on OCLC. 16 pages at conclusion featuring photos, newspaper clippings, fliers/programs, and posters. Spanish language. History of La Asociacion Rosarina de Intercambio Cultural Argentino Norteamericano (ARICANA), which was organized in Rosario in 1943 by a group of artists, writers, journalists, university professors, industrialists, merchants and other professionals. with the objective to facilitate the exchange of ideas between Argentine and American culture.

New York: Avalon Books, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Edrien King. First Edition. Ex-library. Green cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Bit of black near board edges from earlier jacket protector. Front and rear endpapers are glue-stained and stamped ''withdrawn.'' Name of library rubber stamped on title page. Some light soiling on a few pages. 222 pages. Dust jacket spine faded; no call number; edges of the inner flaps glue-stained; not price clipped ($2.75), in a new archival mylar sleeve. Dust jacket art by Edrien King (1903-2003), wife of illustrator Charles Zingaro. A vintage nurse romance set in the Florida Keys. Written by Jean Francis Webb III (1910-1991) using the pseudonym Ethel Hamill. He was the author of many romance and detective novels and often used the pen names Roswell Brown, Roberta Morrison, and Ethel Hamill.

[Paris]: Librairie Hachette, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Edition Petite Bibliotheque Blanche. Ivory boards stamped in a brick-red pictorial design. Some wear to board edges at the fore-corners. Rear board shows spots of soiling. Illustrated endpapers. Pages a bit toned, but clean. Previous owner's name on verso of flyleaf. 112 pp. 7.5 x 5.5 inches. Pierre Henri Cami (1884-1958) was a French comedic author who Charlie Chaplin declared to be "the greatest humorist in the world.

St. Louis, Missouri: Frances Terry Ingmire, 1984. Soft cover. Very Good-. Brown cloth spine, card covers. Small ink mark on front cover. Short note written on inside of front cover; title underlined on title page; a couple pages have a name or two underlined. Index. i, 112 pp. 11 x 8.5 inches. Wills recorded between September 1808 and March 1876. Franklin County, Tennessee, was created in 1807 from the counties of Bedford and Warren.

Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1933. Hardcover. Good+. Frances Beem. Edition of 1933. Illustrated boards. Boards show some rub spots; a tad of wear at corners and head and foot of spine. Previous owner's name at foot of front paste-down. Some foxing at foot of pages and rear paste-down; a few minor spots of soiling. pp. 64. 6.75 x 5.25 inches.

New York: Random House, 1969. Hardcover. Fair/Very Good. Ex library book has tape stains on boards and end papers. Stamp on ffep and half-title page. Pocket on rear fep. Pages are unmarked. Binding is tight. Dust jacket has light wear to top and bottom edges. Slight fading on spine. Price clipped. No library marks on labels on dj. Fourth printing, May, 1969.140 pp. 12cm x 18.5cm.

New York, NY: AMS Press, Inc., 1965. Hardcover. Fair. Ex-college library book has bookplate on front paste down. Blind stamps on half-title page and introduction page. A few marks on title page. Pocket & plate in rear. Head and tail of spine are bumped and worn. Rubbing to spine edges as well as board edges. Fore edge corners are bumped. Rubbing & fading on spine where it looks like a call number label has been removed. Some ink underling to pages. Binding is sound. 1965 printing of original 1850 work. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 192 pages.

Portland, Oregon: Portland Community College, 1981. Soft cover. Good. Staple-bound in card covers. A bit worn. Some spots of soiling on covers; rear cover has a small corner chip. Interior is clean and unmarked. [60] pages. No copies noted on OCLC. A dozen refugee memoirs written by Vietnamese students at Portland Community College. Most of these essays are efforts to either record the experience of escaping from Vietnam (1975-1978) or to analyze the reasons for escaping. However, the first and the last essays in the volume are recollections of travel in Vietnam during and after the war.

Firenze: Edizioni Polistampa, 2009. Soft cover. Fine. Softcover. Clean and unmarked. Color illustrations throughout. 51 pages. 9.25 x 8.4 inches. Chimaera of Arezzo exhibition book. The Chimaera of Arezzo is a large Etruscan bronze, discovered at Arezzo in Tuscany, which dates from the fifth century B.C. It presents as a tripartite mythical beast, part lion, part goat, and part snake. It was the centerpiece of an exhibition at the Getty Villa, Los Angeles, from July 16, 2009 to Feb 8, 2010. The book features an 11-page section devoted to the chimaera sculptue itself, but also features illustrations of a variety of other Etruscan, Faliscan, Greek, and Corinthian objects. The exhibit traced the myth of Bellerophon and the Chimaera over five centuries of classical art.

London: Bell & Daldy, 1864. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards in full calf leather with an ornately gilt-tooled spine; spine with raised bands; gilt emblem of the Liverpool Institute Schools emblazoned on the front cover; edges of boards gilt tooled. Covers have some damp-spotting; darkening along top edge. All text block edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. School gift plate dated 1867 on front paste-down, else interior is clean and unmarked. pp. xii, 242. Biography of Oliver Goldsmith, the author of The Vicar of Wakefield and a close friend of Samuel Johnson's, by Washington Irving (1783-1859). Includes Irving's preface for his revised edition of 1849.

Vienna, Austria: Buchgemeinschaft Jung-Donauland, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. Kurt Tessmann. Book has staining to spine. Tape stains to end papers. Not an ex-library book. Name and date on half-title page. All other pages are clean and binding is tight. 13 x 20 cm. 186 Pages. German Language.

International Solidarity Front for the Defense of the Iranian People's Democratic Rights, 1982. Soft cover. Good+. Book is very lightly worn at the corners and fore edges of the wraps. Wraps are age toned. One crease down spine. Less than a dozen pages have minimal underlining or marks. Binding is sound. Second edition, May 1982. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 189 Pages.

New York: Cambridge University Press / Macmillan, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good+. First edition, 1939. Book has bumping to head and tail of spine. Periodic pencil check marks in margins. About 5 instances of pencil underlings. Dust jacket is heavily faded along spine and top edge; lightly chipped at spine ends; in an archival mylar sleeve. 548 pages. A description and analysis of the working of Parliament.