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Algeria:

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.Cover cloth unevenly faded. no dj. (a10331)
$29.00 Campbell, Thomas . LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH (2 volume set, complete)
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). Fair, worn; several engravings toned and foxed/spotted; board edges worn , inner hinges secure and unbroken ; text clean. Not a modern reprint. (a13556)
$100.00 Alger, Algeria . ALGER 18 POSTCARDS
Paris n.d. (c. 1910) Levy Fils. Oblong 12mo., album of 18 colored postcards of Algeria. VG. (a24006)
$25.00 (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 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 (3 VOLUMES, COMPLETE)
Paris n.d. (c.1875) Boulanger. First edition. In French. 3 volumes. Hardcovers. Oblong 4to., 1183p. of text in French plus index in one volume and then 1184 full-page photograph illustrations (each identified), index, 3/4 leather with raised bands and gilt decoration, pebbled black matching cloth on boards. Near VG, some of hinges tender and some bubbling in cover cloth. Photographers identified include Varichon-Lamazouere, P. Robert, Chardonnet, Barat, Demay, others. Viewing the volumes is like taking a long trip to France and North Africa. Bindings secure and texts clean. 3 volume set: (a29790)
$220.00 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 (an article about the novel , NOT novel itself)
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 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 Betham-Edwards, Miss . IN FRENCH-AFRICA SCENES AND MEMORIES
Chicago no date (late 19thc?) McClurg. 8vo., 324pp., hardcover. Institution blind stamp on titlepage and small circulation note tipped to titlepage. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, backstrip and head of spine a bit worn, rear outer hinge splitting. (a42785)
$23.00 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)
$45.00 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 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 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
Paris 1902. In French. 4to, pp. 5-20, 175-195, map and 19 illustrations, removed from La Geographie bulletin de la Societe de Geographie, Tome V and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a74393)
$60.00 (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)
$100.00 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 An American Citizen . SHAHMAH IN PURSUIT OF FREEDOM; OR, THE BRANDED HAND (1858)
New York 1858 first edition. Thatcher & Hutchinson. Translated from the original Showiah and edited by an American Citizen. Hardcover. Small octavo, 599pp., frontis portrait of Shahmah Shah, original greenish-grey pebbled cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good, overall moderate wear. Very scarce. (a82264)
$150.00 Belhadj-Kacem, Nourreddine . LE THEME DE LA DEPOSSESSION DANS LA TRILOGIE DE MOHAMED DIB
Alger1983 first edition ENAL. In French. Octavo, 103pp., original printed wraps bound in later gilt printed half black leather with blue paper covered boards. Good plus, light cover wear. (a83328)
$45.00Haspel, 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 (signed)
Paris 1850 1st Bailliere. In French. Hardcover. Octavo, 400pp., rebound in later black cloth with gilt lettering. ** Inscribed and signed by Haspel. First volume of a projected 2 volume work, complete in itself. Institution bookplates. Text Good, some foxing. Cover Fine. (om87)
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