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Dust jacket: Good; shows some fraying, wear and fading of spine. Volume itself: near fine, with a very little bumping of head and heel of spine.From the library of the distinguished medievalist Prof. K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, whose signature it bears.Prof. Le Strange (1854 - 1933) was the leading British Orientalist of his time who specialized in the historical geography of the premodern Middle East and eastern Islamic domains. This is the first edition of the reprint by Khayats Beirut of his classic 1890 anthology and translations of contemporary writings of Islamic scholars and travelers about the lands, architecture, geography and peoples in the region, particularly in Syria and Palestine. Includes map of Syria and Palestine in the Middle Ages times according to the descriptions of Arab geographers.Original publication date 1890, Publisher A.P. Watt, London

Vol 128 of the Memoirs. First edition.Moderate tanning of spine and slight tanning mark on front cover, very small imperfection on head of spine; otherwise unmarked, undamaged, and virtually as new, apparently never been opened.Prof. Jones's introduction and notes provide excellent context to this fascinating series of letters from pioneering American physician Jonathan Warren, probably the first to administer anesthetic during pediatric surgery and a leader in reconstructive surgery techniques. He studied in Paris with the leading medical practitioners of the day, and his letters provide valuable information on the state of medicine at the time and on the development of American medicine in the years leading up to the American Civil War.

Very Good; some fading of dust jacket, a little wear at corners of jacket, one corner of volume slightly bumped, spine of jacket tanned. Bears name and bookplate of K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Very Good +. No dust jacket, but volume is unmarked except for stamp of former owner, Prof. K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (he was then Curator of the Henry Charles Lea Library at the University of Pennsylvania). Binding tight, all pages bright, clean and intact. Except for lack of dust jacket, tiny tear on flyleaf, and some tanning of spine, the volume is like new.Probably the first treatment in English of the considerable influence toward reform of penal institutions inspired by the enlightened practices of two major houses of correction in Amsterdam. The distinguished Swedish-American sociologist and penologist Thorsten Sellin (1896–1994) was one of the pioneers of scientific criminology.

307 pages. Binding is a little cocked, but solid and tight. Shows some rubbing, fraying at head and heel of spine, flyleaf cut out; hinges solid, all pages tight, unmarked, intact, with very little age-darkeningNorval Richardson (1877-1940), author and former United States diplomat, wrote a number of popular thrillers in the pre-WWll era; Pirate's Face, a well-written romantic adventure, was among the most popular and is hard to find today. He in died in October 1940 in Bermuda of a heart attack at the age of 63 after escaping Nazi-occupied France.

85 pages. In Catalan and English. Translation by the Irish poet, critic, editor and broadcaster Pearse Hutchinson (1927-2012).Corners bumped, spine of dust jacket tanned and a little soiled; spine of volume also slightly tanned, Binding tight and sound, volume unmarked.Josep Carner i Puig-Oriol (1884-1970) was a Catalan poet, diplomat, journalist, editor, playwright, linguist and nationalist who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature 7 times.

Volume is completely solid, binding undamaged in any way, all pages tight and bright, with perhaps a touch of age-darkening. Has some staining on endpapers. Spine appears faded, even though it has been protected by an untorn, unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket shows some soiling, tanning of spine.A publication of the Rosenbach Fellowship in Bibliography.

First Edition, 2nd printing. One map. Two corners slightly bumped, very slight fraying of head and heel of spine, no dj. Binding entirely sound, all pages unmarked, undamaged, tight and bright.Part of the Princeton History of New Jersey series. Prof. Pomfret outlines the history of what became a major part of southern New Jersey from Henry Hudson's arrival in the Delaware Bay to the merger of the provinces of East and West New Jersey as a royal colony in 1702.