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Algeria:

Haspel, Aug. M.D. . MALADIES DE L'ALGERIE DES CAUSES, DE LA SYMPTOMATOLOGIES, DE LA NATURE ET DU TRAITEMENT DES MALADIES ENDEMEDPIDEMIQUES DE LA PROVINCE D'ORAN.
Paris 1850 1st Bailliere. In French. 8vo., 400pp., rebound in later buckram. Inscribed and signed by Haspel. First volume of a projected 2 volume work, complete in itself. Institution bookplates. Good, some foxing. (om87)
$65.00 Grant, Cyril Fletcher . AFRICAN SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
NY 1912 McBride, Nast. Mainly on Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. Hardcover. Large octavo, 504pp., photo illustrations, folding map, index, boards. VG in new glassine cover. Nice book. (a4685)
$75.00 Isnard, H. . ALGERIA
Trans by O.Warden. Paris 1955 Arthaud. Square 8vo. 156 photo gravures. Color illus frontispiece. Dust jacket by Yves Brayer.235p.G-VG DJ-minor edge wear. Fine. (a7111)
$45.00 Belloc, Hilaire . ESTO PERPETUA ALGERIAN STUDIES AND IMPRESSIONS
NY 1926 McBride. Hardcover. Octavo, 191pp., cloth. VG, mounted spine label toned but legible, head of spine lightly worn. (a10331)
$50.00 Leeder. S.H. . DESERT GATEWAY BISKRA AND THEREABOUTS
London no date (preface dated 1910) Thomas Nelson. 12mo., 250pp., hardcover. Owner signed. Good. (a11219)
$23.00 Powell, E. Alexander . IN BARBARY TUNISIA, ALGERIA, MOROCCO AND THE SAHARA
NY 1926 Century. 483pp., index. G-VG in Fair DJ, worn, stained and chipped. (a11574)
$35.00 Campbell, Thomas . LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE) (ORIGINAL EDITIONS, NOT MODERN REPRINTS)
London 1837 Henry Colburn. Algeria. Hardcovers. 2 volumes. Octavo, 354pp., 358pp., 10 engravings and woodcuts, some foldout, plan of Algiers, original boards with paper spine labels (possibly later endpapers). Good, several engravings foxed and spotted, edges worn. (a13556)
$300.00 Quandt, William B. . REVOLUTION AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP: ALGERIA 1954-1968
Cambridge 1969 MIT. 8vo., 313pp., index, hardcover. VG in Fairly Good DJ-dj has a few small chips and tears, some soiling. (a23017)
$35.00 Alger, Algeria . ALGER 18 POSTCARDS
Paris n.d. (c. 1910) Levy Fils. Oblong 12mo., album of 18 colored postcards of Algeria. VG. (a24006)
$65.00 Silvestre de Sacy, Baron Antoine Isaac . GRAMMAIRE ARABE TOM I
Paris 1831 Second Edition. Significant Arab grammar in French, published when France was colonizing Algeria. in French. 8vo., 608pp., several foldout plates (8 at rear plus several more in text). Owner name stamp on half title. Some pencil notes (in Russian) on verso of title page. A few ancient stains, some foxing, some soiling and wear throughout. Lacking boards and backstrip, opens to half title. Scarce. Volume I only of two volume set. (a24400)
$350.00 (algeria) . ALGERIA (title in Arabic)
c. 1974 (from owner inscription.) Entire text in Arabic. 4to., color and monochrome photo illustrations, Includes small map (in French) of Takerbous, hardcover. Owner inscribed. VG, no DJ. (a25779)
$39.00 (post cards, algeria) . ALBUM SOUVENIR DE BU-SAADA CARTES DETACHABLE ALGERIE
No date. c. 1915. Edit Sellem Bedji. Cliches rouho. 5th serie. Phot. Comber, Macon. 20 detachable post cards, each with monochrome photo illustrations. In original orange printed wraps. VG. (a26099)
$55.00 McLaurin, Hamish . WHAT ABOUT NORTH AFRICA? TRAVEL IN MOROCCO, ALGERIA AND TUNISIA
NY 1927 1st Scribners. Sm.8vo., 362pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Good plus, light cover soiling and wear, no DJ. (a26113)
$30.00 Shoemaker, M. M. . ISLAM LANDS NUBIA, THE SUDAN, TUNISIA, ALGERIA
NY 1910 1st Putnam. 251pp., 44 photo illus., index. Pictorial cloth. Ex-library. VG, no DJ. (a26153)
$30.00 Baraudon, Alfred . ALGERIE ET TUNISIE RECITS DE VOYAGE ET ETUDES
Paris 1907 Plon. 12mo., 324pp., wraps. In French. Good, cover a bit worn and chipped, initial pages foxed. (a28446)
$45.00 Boulanger L. . ALBUM NATIONAL FRANCE, ALGERIE, COLONIES VOYAGES A TRAVERS LA FRANCE ET SON EMPIRE COLONIAL
Paris n.d. (c.1875) Boulanger. In French. 3 volumes. Oblong 4to., 1184 full page photo illustrations (each identified), index, 3/4 leather with raised bands and gilt decoration. Near VG, some of hinges tender and some bubbling in cover cloth. 3 volume set: (a29790)
$425.00 Wysner, Glora M. . THE KABYLE PEOPLE
NY 1945 Private Printing. Kabyle are a mountain people of Algeria. Author lived with them for eleven years. 8vo., 223pp., index. VG, no DJ. (a29892)
$55.00 Gordon, David C. . WOMEN OF ALGERIA AN ESSAY ON CHANGE
Cambridge 1968 Harvard Middle Eastern Monograph Series. 8vo., 98pp., wraps. Good, lower half of book a bit water-wrinkled throughout. Good. (a33714)
$30.00 Guyotat, Piere . EDEN, EDEN, EDEN
San Diego 1985. In Fiction International 16: 1 at pp. 80-92. In English. This stream of consciousness rant was banned by the French when it first appeared in 1970. Whole issue has several titles. Lg.8vo., 124pp., wraps. VG. (a33922c)
$30.00 Favrod, Charles-Henri . LA REVOLUTION ALGERIENNE
Paris 1959. In French. 4to., 233pp., wraps. Good, pages browned and fragile (must be handled gently), chipped at margins. (a35156)
$40.00 Bastien-Thiry, Colonel . DECLARATION DU COLONEL BASTIEN-THIRY 2 FEVRIER 1963
n.p. (Paris?) 1963. French Officer, executed by France in 1963 at age 36 for part in attempted assasination of De Gaulle. In French. 4to., 55pp., wraps. Unopened. VG, light soiling. (a36826)
$85.00 Duparc, Louis and Francis Pearce (etude petrographique); Ritter, Etienne (etude geologique) . LES ROCHES ERUPTIVES DES ENVIRONS DE MENERVILLE (ALGERIE) ETUDE PETROGRAPHIQUE, ETUDE GEOLOGIQUE
Geneve 1900. Memoires de la Societe de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve, Tome XXXIII, No. 2. Lg.4to., 139pp., plates, wraps. In French. Inscribed and signed by Duparc on the front. Unopened. Good, wraps a bit chipped and worn. (a37544)
$65.00 Phillipps, L. March . IN THE DESERT
London 1905 1st Edward Arnold. Algeria and Arab civilization. 8vo., 288pp., photo illus. Good plus,titlepage and frontispiece tissue (but not frontispiece itself) lightly foxed, one page (p.271) has edge margin chip not affecting text, one plate(p. 245) has closed tear halfway into image. (a37712)
$55.00 Frison-Roche, Roger . MISSION TENERE
Paris 1960. In French. 4to., monochrome photo illus., boards. VG in Good DJ, worn, chipped on edges. (a39823)
$40.00 Lilliehook, John . TVENNE AR BLAND ZOUAVERNE MINNEN OCH ANTECHNINGAR
Stockholm 1862 Bonniers Forlag. Fran Falttaget uti Italien och Expeditioner uti Afrika aren 1859 och 1860. In Swedish. 8vo., 290pp., 4 foldout maps (one colored), 8 plates (5 monochrome, 3 in color), index, originsl boards. Plates by Grumbach, Leipzig.) Good, later end papers, text foxed throughout with some old dry water staining on first 34 pages; later end papers. (a40791)
$165.00 Hopkins, J. F. P. (translator, annotator) . LETTERS FROM BARBARY 1576-1774 ARABIC DOCUMENTS IN THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
1982 1st Oxford. 8vo., 112pp., illus., index, hardcover. VG in Good DJ, a few chips. (a41956)
$60.00 Betham-Edwards, Miss . IN FRENCH-AFRICA SCENES AND MEMORIES
Chicago no date (late 19thc?) McClurg. 8vo., 324pp., hardcover. Insititution blind stamp on titlepage and small circulation note tipped to titlepage. Goods, new end papers, backstrip and head of spine a bit worn, rear outer hinge splitting. (a42785)
$35.00 Kerr, Alfred . DIE ALLGIER TRIEB NACH ALGIER
Berlin 1929 1st Fischer. In German. 16mo., 124pp., pictorial paper-covered boards. VG, some wear on spine. (a45386)
$29.00 Richardson, Jacques (editor) . SCIENCE AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD
1976. Entire issue of UNESCO Impact of Science on Society, Volume 26 Number 3, May-September 1976. 8vo., 231pp., wraps. VG. (a47172)
$45.00 (mining) . ANNALES DES MINES OU RECUEIL DE MEMOIRES SUR L'EXPLOITATION DES MINES ET SUR LES SEIENCES ET LES ARTS QUI S'Y RATTACHENT...
Paris 1859. Cinquieme Serie Memoires Tome XV. In French. Hardcover. Octavo, 608pp., 13 foldout plates, one foldout color map (Carte geologique de la subdivision de Dellys (Algerie)), 1/2 leather and marbled boards. VG, some foxing, edges, corners and spine ends lightly worn, leather a bit rubbed (a54239)
$275.00 Falck, F. . ALGERIA AN UP TO DATE HAND-BOOK FOR TOURISTS
Paris 1927 1st Horizons.8vo., 248pp., photo illustrations, maps, printed hardcover. Good, new end papers, light wear, leaves lightly browned. (a55268)
$75.00 Belloc, H . ESTO PERPETUA - ALGERIAN STUDIES AND IMPRESSIONS
New York 1925 1st McBride. Small octavo.,191pp., illustrations, original lime-green cloth hardcover. VG, some browning on mounted paper spine label. Scarce. (a61558)
$50.00 Workman, Fanny Bullock and William Hunter Workman . ALGERIAN MEMORIES A BICYCLE TOUR OVER THE ATLAS TO THE SAHARA
New York no date (c.1900) Anson Randolph. Small octavo, 216pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Hospital name in ink and hospital stamp on end paper. Good, heel of spine chipped, head of spine worn, corners worn, rear hinge cracked, cover faded. In later clear protective glassine jacket. Scarce. (a65478)
$295.00 Cook's . THE TRAVELLER'S HANDBOOK FOR ALGERIA AND TUNISIA
London 1923 Thomas Cook. 12mo., 428pp., illustrations, maps, original red cloth. One map has tape along two inch tear at fold. Another map wrinkled and torn along one fold. A few pencil notes in text and on rear blank end page. Good.. (a65830)
$38.00 Algeria . ATLAS P. L. M. ALGERIA - ALGERIA, ALGIERS, ORAN, CONSTANTINE
Paris (1918) J. Barreau. In French. 4to., 16pp., two full page color illustrations, text illustrations, double page map of Algeria, original blue and gilt decorated pictorial wraps. VG, light wear. (a67525)
$25.00 Bridgman, Frederick Arthur . WINTERS IN ALGERIA
NY 1890 Harper. 4to., 262pp., monochrome drawings, original gilt printed green cloth hardcover. Good plus, rear hinge just beginning to crack, some light cover wear. (a69959)
$99.00 Monmarche, Marcel (editor) . ALGERIA AND TUNISIA
Paris 1926 Hachette. Travel guide in English. Small octavo, 340pp., 77 illustrations, 22 maps, 20 plans, original printed orange cloth hardcover. Owner signed. Good, light wear. (a70030)
$35.00 Thomas-Stanford, Charles . ABOUT ALGERIA ALGIERS, TLEMCEN CONSTANTINE BISKRA TIMGAD
London 1912 1st John Lane. Hardcover. Octavo, 306pp., 32 illustrations from drawings by F. Dorrien Thoroton and from photographs, map, brown cloth. A few institution markings, name cut from free blank. VG. (a70921)
$44.00 Morell, John Reynell . ALGERIA: THE TOPOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND NATURAL OF FRENCH AFRICA
London 1854 1st Nathaniel Cooke. Illustrated London Library. Hardcover. Octavo, 490pp., frontis, several full page plates, text illustrations, large foldout map, original gilt illustrated brown cloth. VG, several pages have small areas of soiling. (a71059)
$188.00 Campbell, Thomas . LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE) (ORIGINAL PRINTINGS, NOT MODERN REPRINTS)
London 1837 1st Henry Colburn. Travel in Algeria. Hardcover. Octavo, 358pp., three full page engravings, blue cloth with later paper spines. Bookplate and blind stamp (on title page) of Silas Bronson Library with withdrawn stamp on title page. Good. Two volumes, complete. (a71764)
$200.00 Brunhes, Jean . LES OASIS DU SOUF ET DU M'ZAB COMME TYPES D'ETABLISSEMENTS HUMAINS
1902. In French. Octavo, pp. 5-20, 175-195, map and 19 illustrations. Removed and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a74393)
$85.00 (Algeria) Defense Mapping Agency . ALGERIA OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER
Washington 1972 Defense Mapping Agency. 4to., 754pp., original decorated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. VG. (a76230)
$75.00 Figueras, Andre . LES PIEDS NOIRS DANS LE PLAT
Paris 1962 Les Presses du Mail. In French. Small octavo, 218pp., photo illustrations, original wraps. VG, light wear. (a77721)
$24.00 Gentil, Louis . L'AMALAT d'OUJDA. ETUDE DE GEOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE
Paris 1911 Mason. In French. 4to., pp. 17-38, two text illustrations, removed from the La Geographie, Bulletin de la Societe Geographique and rebound in later wraps. Uncut. VG. (a78172)
$40.00 Jesioran, Docteur R. . LA DENGUE DANS LE BASSIN MEDITERRANEEN
Alger 1933 1st La Typo-Litho. In French. Octavo, 116pp., original printed wraps. Owner name stamp on cover. VG Plus. (a80379)
$75.00 Sullivan, Antony Thrall . THOMAS-ROBERT BUGEAUD FRANCE AND ALGERIA 1784-1849 POLITICS, POWER AND THE GOOD SOCIETY
Hamden 1983. Hardcover. Octavo, 216pp., index, cloth. VG in Good DJ.. (a81860)
$180.00