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(kosovo) . THE KOSOVO ISSUE-A HISTORIC AND CURRENT PROBLEM
Tirana 1996. Institute of History, Symposium held in Tirana on April 15-16, 1993. In English. 8vo., 230pp., wraps. Long inscription by previous owner on the front free blank.VG. (a43095)
$50.00 (Nedic, Martin) . RATOVANJE SLOVINSKOGA NARODA PROTI TURCIMA GODINE 1875-1877 UZ GUSLE SKITIO ZALOVAN
Dubrovniku 1881 1st Nakaldom tiskare D. Pretnera. In Serbo-Croatian. Small octavo, 168pp., black cloth with striking gilt floral end papers. Epic poem: Ballads of the Slav Wars with Turkey, in gilt on spine. Bookplate of Mary Edith Durham, 1924, traveller and author of several books on Serbia, Balkans, and Albania.VG, slight soiling on margins on a few pages and light cover wear. Very scarce. (a77947)
$550.00 Albania . THE KINGDOM OF ALBANIA
New York August 1939 Italian Library of Information. Business and Financial Report for Albania as of June 1939, prepared in connection with the Italian invasion of Albania of April 1939. 4to., 33 leaves (rectos only), 2 maps, original printed stapled wraps. Good, a bit toned, wraps faded and some small chips on edges. Scarce. (a77998)
$400.00 Armstrong, Hamilton Fish . THE NEW BALKANS
NY 1926 1st Harper. Introduction by Archibald Cary Coolidge. Octavo, 179pp., 12 maps,hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a69403)
$45.00 Brewer, Bob (editor) . MY ALBANIA: GROUND ZERO
NY 1992. 4to., 75pp., 11pp., photo illustrations, wraps. near Fine. Fascinating for showing a bit of what the process of change from Communist despotism to democracy was like. Published in the year the Communists lost in free elections , this booklet has several eyewitness accounts of the difficulties facing Albanians in adapting to entirely new political and economic systems and opportunities. (a33772)
$25.00 Bumci, Zef . MASKA TE CJERRA/ TORN DOWN MASKS
Tirana 1976. In Albanian and English. 4to., 100pp., many color cartoons and caricature, wraps. Good, spine a bit worn. (a50546)
$70.00 Griffith, William E. . ALBANIA AND THE SINO-SOVIET RIFT (hardcover)
Cambridge 1963 MIT. Octavo, 423pp., index, hardcover. VG in Fair DJ. (a17507)
$20.00 Hartleben . HANDBOOK OF DALMATIA
Vienna and Leipzig 1913 Hartleben. Abbazia, Lussin etc. The Austrian Riviera including the Albanian Coast, the Jonian Islands, Corfu, Patras, Athens. 12mo., 187pp., 87 illustrations, 20 maps, and 12 plans, red cloth cover. VG in VG DJ, light wear. (a44554)
$125.00 Louis-Jaray, Gabriel . L'ALBANIE INCONNUE
Paris 1913 1st Hachette. Preface de M. G. Hanotaux. In French. 12mo., 239pp., illustre de 60 gravures tirees hors texte et d'une carte en noir, half leather with gilt printed green boards and raised spine bands. VG plus. No ownership marks. (a73155)
$225.00 Mackenzie, G. Muir and A. P. Irby . TRAVELS IN THE SLAVONIC PROVINCES OF TURKEY-IN-EUROPE
London and New York 1866 1st Alexander Strahan Travel in Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria and Montenegro. Large octavo, 688pp., 19 illustrations by F. Kanits, 2 foldout maps, original royal blue cloth qith black line trim and gilt spine lettering. a few pages as yet uncut. Bookplate of George Macdonald Major. Book signed by W. Wright. Near VG, spine ends a bit frayed, corners worn, front hinge beginning to crack. Scarce. (a77934)
$600.00 Magnani, Dott. M. . BIBLIOGRAFIA GEOLOGICA E GEOGRAFICO-FISICA DELLA REGIONE ALBANESE
Roma 1939. In Italian. Lg.8vo., 66pp., original printed wraps. Unopened. 2 digit ink number on front. VG. (a56357)
$75.00 Pipa, Arshi . CONTEMPORARY ALBANIAN LITERATURE. ISBN 0-88033-202-6
Boulder 1991 1st East European Monographs. Distributed by Columbia University. Hardcover. Octavo, 175pp., cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a72983)
$45.00 Praschniker, c. und A Schober . ARCH�OLOGISCHE FORSCHUNGEN IN ALBANIEN UND MONTENEGRO
Wien 1919 Alfred Holder. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. In German. Lg.4to., 104pp., photo illustrations, map, original printed wraps. Word stamped on front. Good, wraps worn and chipped, spine taped. (a56434)
$240.00 Raditsa, Bogdan . VENIZELOS AND THE STRUGGLE AROUND THE BALKAN PACT
1965. Offprint from Balkan Studies. Octavo, pp. 119-130, original wraps. Sibgned by Radits? Good, light wear. (a73105)
$25.00 Sugarman, Jane . THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE PARTRIDGE: SINGING AND GENDER AMONG THE PRESPA ALBANIANS
Urbana 1989. In Ethomusicology, Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology at pp. 191-216. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., wraps. VG. (a33550a)
$35.00 Swire, J. . KING ZOG'S ALBANIA
NY 1937 1st Liveright. Hardcover. Octavo, 302pp., maroon-brown cloth. Institution blind stamp on title page, stamp on title verso and numbers on dedication page - no other marks. Lacks map. VG, new endpapers, no DJ. (a72759)
$145.00 Wallisch, Freidrich . NEULAND ALBANIEN
Stuttgart 1931 Franckh'sche. In German. 8vo., 161pp., 45 photo illustrations, hardcover. VG. no DJ. (a10251)
$39.00