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Wallisch, Freidrich . NEULAND ALBANIEN
Stuttgart 1931 Franckh'sche. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 161pp., 45 photo illustrations, cloth. VG. no DJ. (a10251)
$32.00 Beltchev, Dr. Koitcho . DER TABAK IN BULGARIEN (signed)
Sofia 1950. Jubilaumsausgabe der firma Marco Beltchev Sohne A.G. 1880-1950. In German. Hardcover octavo., 166pp., maps and color photos of tobacco leaves, hardcover. ** Inscribed and signed by Beltchev. VG light cover wear; hinges secure and text clean, no DJ. (a13362a)
$75.00 Katz, Leo . SEED TIME A NOVEL
NY 1947 1st Knopf. Translated by Joel Ames from the German. Historical fiction about agrarian revolt in Rumania in 1907 and anti-semitism in Rumania and austro-Hungarian empire. 8vo., 381pp., hardcover. VG in Fair DJ, worn. (a14452)
$24.00(near east). THE NEAR EAST: THE PRESENT SITUATION IN MONTENEGRO, BOSNIA, BERVIA, BULGARIA, ROUMANIA, TURKEY AND MACEDONIA
NY 1907 first edition Doubleday Page. 'The present situation in Montenegro, Bosnia, Servia, Bulgaria, Roumania, Turkey and Macedonia...The reason of the anonymity of this book is obvious. Revealing as it does the actual state of affairs in the Balkan Peninsula in this present year of grace 1907.' Hardcover. Large octavo, 309pp., interesting monochrome photo illustrations, cloth. Photographs by author and Princes Zenia of Montenegro. Top edge gilt. Owner name stamp on front free blank. Good , faint foxing on fore-edges, occasional light foxing throughout, some cover wear, corners worn. (a15011)
$52.00Strong, Richard M.D. et al. TYPHUS FEVER WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE SERBIAN EPIDEMIC
Cambridge 1920 first edition Harvard. Hardcover. 4to., 273pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Small library name stamp on front end paper, no other library marks, no pocket. VG plus. Original printing, not modern remake. (a16327)
$40.00Beaver, S.H.. RAILWAYS IN THE BALKAN PENINSULA
London 1941. Article in The Geographic Journal Volume at pp. 273-295, photo illustrations. Included in a complete issue of this journal for May 1941. Octavo, wraps. VG plus. (a17875)
$35.00 Mucke, K. E. . HISTORISCHE UND VERGLEICHENDE LAUT UND FORMENLEHRE DER NIEDERSORBISCHEN (NIEDERLAUSITZISCH-WENDISCHEN) SPRACHE
Leipzig 1891 Hirzel. Preisschriften Gekront und Herausgegeben von der Furstlich Jablonowski-schen Gesellschaft zu Leipzig. Serbo-Croatian philology. In German. 4to., 615pp., original wraps. Uncut. VG, light wear on edges. Scarce. (a18035)
$220.00Strupp, Karl. LA SITUATION JURIDIQUE DES MACEDONIENS EN YOUGOSLAVIE (hardcover)
Paris 1929 Les Presses Universitaires.Hardcover. In French. Octavo, 139pp., maps, foldout charts, 3/4 cloth. VG, small chip on inner margin of halftitle, title and dedication pages. no ownership marks. (a18411)
$45.00 Jagica, Vatroslava . KORESPONDENCIJA VATROSLAVA JAGICA KNJIGA 1
Zagreb 1953. In Serbo-Croatian. 8vo., 482pp. VG, minor cover wear in Good DJ, light wear, soiling. Volume 1 only. (a18740)
$60.00 Gusic, Marijana . COMMENTARY ON THE EXHIBITED MATERIAL
Zagreb 1955 Ethnographical Museum. Folkore, folk costumes, baskets, native artwork, etc, of Croatia.Text in English. 4to., 207pp. of text plus 46 photo illustrations, hardcover. VG in Good DJ, a few tears and small chips. (a19259)
$35.00 Messer, Thomas M. (Forward) . DAMIAN: THE HILL
NY 1976 Guggenheim. Sm.4to., 60pp., illustrated, wraps. Limited to 2,500 copies. Exhibition catalogue. Rumanian artist. VG. (a20407)
$30.00 Rudolf, Francek . CARTES BROUILLES
Paris 1990 Stock Nouveau Cabinet Cosmopolite. Fiction. Translated from the Slovene. In French. 8vo., 537pp., stiff wraps, illustrated DJ. VG Plus. (a22183)
$22.00Ukraine and Serbia. GEBIRGSJAGER ERLEBEN SERBIEN UND DIE UKRAINE
Munchen 1942 Herausgegeben von Ic der Enzian-Division in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Stellv. Generalkommando XVIII. A.K. Verantvortlich: Oberleutnant H. Manz und Haptmann E. Starkl. Hardcover. Sm.4to., about 200 sepia-toned photos and a few color drawings., cloth. Views identified. Ukraine and the Balkans under German occupation in WW2. VG, lightly rubbed, some spotting, some wear. (a22263)
$120.00 Karaslavov, Georgi . HRISTO SMYRNENSKY
Sofia 1953 Dimitrov. Biography of Macedonian poet. Some of his poems are included. In English. Octavo, portrait frontis, wraps. Good, text browned but not brittle. (a22376)
$30.00 Mlynk, Jurij . SERBSKA BIBLIOGRAFIJA 1945-1957 Z DODAWKAMI DO 1945
Budysin 1959 Ludowe Nakladnistwo Domowina. Octavo, 287pp. VG, text browned but not brittle. (a22481)
$45.00 Vishinski, Boris . LA CORONA DI SABBIA
1995 Editrice Sanit Quaranta. Italian translation of book first published in Skopje, Macedonia in 1992. Octavo, 227pp., wraps. VG. (a27645)
$75.00Romania. ATLASUL LINGUISTIC ROMAN SERIE NOUA VOL III
1956 Editura Academiei Republicii Pupulare Romine. Vol III. Oblong folio, full page maps numbered from 623-909, a few pages with photo illus. Phonetic charts in rear pocket. VG, front hinge just beginning to crack. Fragments of DJ. (a28336)
$85.00Romania. ATLASUL LINGUISTIC ROMAN SERIE NOUA VOL V
1956 Editura Academiei Republicii Pupulare Romine. In Roumanian. Vol V: Fire, caracter, sentimente, petreceri, distractii, muzica, jocuri de copii, salutul, varia, nume de persoana, superstititii. Oblong folio, full page maps numbered from 1237-1570, additional maps in rear pocket, hardcover. VG Plus in Good DJ. (a28346x)
$85.00 Koytcheff, P. . BULGARIAN ARCHITECTURAL ART (BULGARSCKOVO ARCHITEKTURNO ISKUSTBO)
Sofia 1925. In Bulgarin and French. Lg. 4to., 38pp., drawings by P. Tzvetkoff, wraps. Good, some soiling, wear. (a28393)
$65.00 Zhivkov, Todor . TRIUMFU LA POLITIKO DE PACO KAJ PACA KUNEKZISTADO ONI METU FINON AL LA KOLONIA JUGO
Sofio 1960 Eldonejo de Fremdlingva LIteraturo. Communist dictator of Bulgaria. 8vo., 168pp., wraps. Good, cover worn. (a28511)
$45.00 Mozsolics, Amalia . DER GOLDFUND VON VELEM-SZENTVID
Basel 1950 Prometheus. Ein Beitrag zur Metallkunst der alteren Hallstaffzeit. Eastern European prehistoric gold jewelry. In German. 4to., 44pp., 17 photo plates, wraps. Good, some spine wear. (a30880)
$35.00Rosetti, Dinu V.. CIVILIZATIA TIP BUCURESTI DIE BUKARESTER KULTUR
Bucuresti 1936 Regale Gobl. 4to., 30pp. plus 16 plates, wraps. Good, some pencil underlining in text. (a30910)
$59.00 Radonits, Jovan . RIMSKA KURIJA Y YUJNOSLOVENCKYE ZEMLYE OT XVI DO XIX BEKA (THE ROMAN CURIA AND THE YUGOSLAV LAND FROM THE XVI TO THE XIX CENTURIES)
Belgrade 1950. Text in Serbo-Croatian. Writings of the Academy of Science. Sm.4to., 746pp. Red cloth. Owner signed on front free bkank.VG, leaves a bit browned. (a34076)
$75.00 Veselica, Dr. Marko . THE CROATIAN NATIONAL QUESTION-YUGOSLAVIA'S ACHILLES HEEL
London n.d. (c.1976). Translated by Dr. M.M. Mestrovic. Small octavo, 39pp., wraps. VG. (a36684)
$43.00 Moore, Frederick . THE BALKAN TRAIL
NY 1906 1st Macmillan. Bulgaria, Turkey, Salonica, Albania. Hardcover octavo, 296pp., photo illustrations, large folding map in rear. Good, end papers foxed, spine ends a bit worn and frayed. Original book not a remake. (a37634)
$40.00 Camariano, Nestor . ATHANASIOS CHRISTOPOULOS SA VIE, SON OEUVRE LITTERAIRE ET SES RAPPORTS AVEC LA CULTURE ROUMAINE
Thessalonika 1981. Institute for Balkan Studies 192. In French. Sm.4to., 340pp., color frontis, plates, wraps. Good, light wear and soiling. (a38516)
$35.00Martinus Nijhoff. BOOKS AND PERIODICALS ON HISTORY AND ETHNOGRAPHY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA POLAND HUNGARY THE BALKANS
The Hague 1966. Book catalogue. 12mo., 51pp. (721 items listed and described), wraps. VG light wear. (a41042)
$20.00 Neskovic, Predrag . ZABELESKE STATEMENTS
no date, no place (Belgarde 1989?) Serb artist explains his theory of art and his artwork, in Serbo-Croatian and Hungarian. 4to., 192pp., monochrome and a few color illustrations, wraps. Good, light wear. (a42217)
$28.00 Parry, Milman . SERBOCROATIAN HEROIC SONGS I NOVI PAZAR: ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
Belgrad 1954. Preface by John H. Finley, Jr. and Roman Jakobson. Edited by Albert Bates Lord, and musical transcriptions by Bela Bartok. In English. Sm.4to., 479pp., photo illustrations, music, foldout map, original printed wraps. A few pen or pencil notes in margins, a few words underlined. Partially unopended. Good, light wear, one or two signatures loose. (a46539)
$120.00 Moore, Wilbert E. . ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE
Geneva 1945 League of Nations. 8vo., 299pp., index, wraps. Good. (a50054)
$29.00 Snaffle (Robert Dunkin) . IN THE LAND OF THE BORA OR CAMP LIFE AND SPORT IN DALMATIA AND THE HERZEGOVINA 1894-5-6
London 1897 1st Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. Hardcover. Octavo, 406pp., illustrations by Harry Dixon from sketches by the author, cloth. VG, cover somewhat worn and soiled. (a50658)
$140.00Asboth, J. de. AN OFFICIAL TOUR THROUGH BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, AGRARIAN CONDITIONS, RELIGION, ETHNOLOGY, FOLK LORE AND SOCIAL LIFE OF THE PEOPLE
London 1890 Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Authorized English ed. Hardcover 4to., 496pp., large foldout color map, many monochrome illustrations, original green cloth. Bookplate (Ruth and Frederick Fischer). VG, hinges tender but not cracked through, spine ends slightly frayed. Text slightly toned. (a51968)
$320.00 Dordevic, Purisa . PISMA IZ MALE VAROSI
Belgrade 1977. In Serbo-Croatian. Sm.8vo.,194pp., photo illustrations, illustrated wraps. VG, light wear. (a53790)
$45.00 Partsch, Dr. J. . MITTELEUROPA DIE LANDER UND VOLKER VON DEN WESTALPEN UND DEM BALKAN BIS AN DEN KANAL UND DA KURISCHE HAFF
Gotha 1904 1st Perthes. In German. octavo., 463pp., mit 16 farbigen Kartenbeilagen und 28 schwarzen Karten und diagrammen im Text, foldout color maps, hardcover. Good plus, cover rubbed. Binding secure; text clean. (a54149)
$40.00 Thomazi, A. . LA MARINE FRAN�AISE DANS LA GRANDE GUERRE 1914-1918. LA GUERRE NAVALE DANS L'ADRIATIQUE. PR�FACE DU VICE-AMIRAL LACAZE.
Paris 1925 Payot. In French. 8vo., 247pp., blue cloth with spine label. VG, no DJ. (a58044)
$45.00Hristov, Prof Hristo; Arch. Georgi Stojkov and Acad. Krastju Mijatev. THE RILA MONASTERY - HISTORY - ARCHITECTURE - FRESCOES - WOOD-CARVINGS
Sofia 1959 1st. Studies in Bulgaria's Architectural Heritage Volume VI. small folio., 319pp., monochrome and a few color photo illustrations, floor plans, hardcover. VG plus, in Fairly Good dj (dj is faded; has one inch chip from lower spine end and one 4 inchlong closed tear.) (a58689)
$55.00 Roucek, Joseph S. Ph.D . THE POLITICS OF THE BALKANS
NY 1939 1st McGraw. Foreword by Fritz M Marx. 8vo., 168pp., hardcover. Owner signed. Near Fine, no DJ, (a59858)
$29.00 (judaica) . BULLETIN OF THE ASSOCIATION OF YUGOSLAV JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES
NY 1954-1956. Issues 15-16 though 33-34, February-March 1954 through February-March 1956. Some are single issues, some are double issues, In Serbo-Croatian. Octavo, about 200pp., photo illustrations, bound in cloth hardcover. VG, spine rubbed. (a64024)
$250.00 DeVine, J. F. . BEATING WINTER
Goshen (1938) Goshen Democrat Printing Company. This is an account of the principal rovings of a Mediterranean Cruise party, and an added appendix of a tour into sixteen countries in Central Europe. Sm.4to., 366pp., 66 photo illustrations, 7 maps, hardcover. **Signed by DeVine. VG plus in Good DJ. (a64872)
$45.00Tsourkas, Cleobule. LES DEBUTS DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT PHILOSOPHIQUE ET DE LA LIBRE PENSEE DANS LES BALKANS - LA VIEW ET L'EURVRE DE THEOPHILE CORYDALEE 1570-1646 (hardcover)
Thessalaonique 1967 deuxieme ed, revisee et complete. Institute for Balkan Studies. In French. 4to., 441pp., avec 28 planches hors text, hardcover. Owner signed. VG plus in VG d j. Text clean; binding secure. (a65813)
$75.00Vopicka, Charles J.. SECRETS OF THE BALKANS SEVEN YEARS OF A DIPLOMATIST'S LIFE IN THE STORM CENTRE OF EUROPE
Chicago 1921 1st McNally. Author was U.S. envoy to Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria 1913-1920. Octavo, 330pp., photo illustrations, maroon cloth hardcover, Top edge gilt. Author's name stamp on title page. VG plus, small nick in top edge of rear cover. (a68147)
$45.00 Leger, Louis . SERBES CROATES ET BULGARES ETUDES HISTORIQUES, POLITIQUES ET LITTERATAIRES
Paris 1913 Maisonneuve & File. In French. Sm.4to., 223pp., original wraps. Uncut. VG plus, light fading. (a72755)
$45.00 Raditsa, Bodgan . NOTES ON THE CROATIAN AND SERBIAN LITERATURES
1963. Offprint from Jounal of Croatian Studies. Octavo, pp. 65-90, original printed wraps. Appears to be signed by Raditsa. VG. (a73109)
$25.00 Jones, Prof. P. . THE POBRATIM: A SLAV NOVEL
London 1895 First edition. H. S. Nicols. Novel about Vampires set in Montenegro/Hungary area of Balkans. Hardcover . Octavo, 398pp., half red cloth with full gilt trim, half pink cloth, gilt lion on rear cover. Two owner signatures on front end papers. VG, endpapers toned, rear hinge just beginning to crack. VG. Very scarce first edition, especially in this nice condition. (a74550)
$1800.00 Burkhart, Dagmar . UNTERSUCHUNGEN ZUR STRATIGRAPHIE UND CHRONOLOGIE DER S�DSLAVISCHEN VOLKSEPIK
Munchen 1968 Verlag Otto Sagner. In German. Octavo, 549pp., original wraps. VG. (a77175)
$43.00 (south europe) . ACTES DU IIe CONGRES INTERNATIONAL DES ETUDES DU SUD-EST EUROPEEN TOME I CHRONIQUE DU CONGRES RAPPORTS
Athenes 1972 Association Internationale des Etudes du Sud-Est Europeen. Athenes, 7-13 Mai 1970. Almost all articles in French, a few in German or in English. Articles on History, Literature, Art, Archeology, Linguistics, Folklore and Ethnography of Eastern Europe. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 609pp.,. photo plates, white textured cloth with blue lettering on front. Owner signed. VG a few pages faintly rippled. (a77242)
$75.00 Niculescu-Varone, G. T. . COSTUMELE NATIONALE DIN ROMANIA INTREGITA
1937 1st Editura si Tipografia Ziarului Universul. In Rumanain. Sm.4to., 260pp., doublepage color photo frontis showing nine people in native dress, monochrome photo illustrations, original wraps. Owner signed on top of title page. Good, text lightly toned (not brittle), light wear and browing. (a78146)
$225.00 Djordjevic, Dimitrije . REVOLUTIONS NATIONALES DES PEUPLES BALKANIQUES 1804-1914
Beograd 1965 Institut d'Histoire Beograd. Octavo, 250pp., original wraps. Owner signed. A few tiny marks in text. VG. (a78486)
$39.00 Niederle, Lubor . MANUEL DE L'ANTIQUITE SLAVE TOME I: L'HISTOIRE TOME II: LA CIVILISATION (2 VOLUMES)
Paris 1923, 1926 1st Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion. In French. 2 volumes. Hardcovers. Sm.4to., 246pp., two foldout maps, brown cloth with original printed wraps mounted on the cover; 260pp., color frontis, photo plates, text illustrations, original wraps. Owner signed. VG, top corners bumped in Volume I. 2 volumes. (a78488)
$225.00 Lunt, Horace G. (editor) . HARVARD SLAVIC STUDIES VOLUME III
's-Gravenhage 1957 1st Mouton. Includes: Marko Marulic by Mirko Usmiani, Denisov Brothers by Serge Zenkovsky; Russian Bible Society by James Clarke; Imagery in Dostoevsky by Ralph Matlaw; Battle for LItertaure in Ukraine by George Luckyj; Prague by Svatava Pirkova Jakobson; Sad Armchair by Vera Sandomirsky. Hardcover. Octavo, 327pp., cloth. Owner signed and just a handful of owner marks in text. VG, very little wear, in VG DJ. (a78491)
$48.00 Hitchins, Keith . ORTHODOXY AND NATIONALITY: ANDREIU SAGUNA AND THE RUMANIANS OF TRANSYLVANIA 1846-1873
1977 1st Harvard. ISBN 0-674-64491-3. Hardcover. Octavo, 332pp., cloth. Small remainder mark. Fine in Near Fine DJ. (a78658)
$35.00 Megas, Georgios A. . DIE BALLADE VON DER ARTA-BRUCKE EINE VERGLEICHENDE UNTERSUCHUNG
Thessaloniki 1976 1st Institute for Balkan Studies 150. In German. Octavo, 204pp., photo illustrations, one foldout map, original printed wraps. VG. (a78898)
$23.00 Bozhilov, Bozhidar . AMERICAN PAGES
1980 Byblos Editions. Translated by C. Bozhilova. Poetry by famous Bulgarian. Ltd to 200 copies. 8vo., 72pp., hardcover.VG, no DJ. (a8567)
$25.00 Astalos, George . CONTESTATORY VISIONS FIVE PLAYS
Lewisburg 1991 1st Bucknell University.Translated by Ronald Bogue. Romanian playwright. Octavo, 207pp., hardcover. Good, corners bumped, in Fair DJ, worn. (a8840)
$25.00 Prpic, George . CROATIAN PUBLICATIONS ABROAD AFTER 1939 A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cleveland 1969 John Carroll University. 4to., 66pp., plastic spiral bound wraps. Brief annotations for each item. VG cover lightly soiled . (a9802)
$65.00Aman, Theodor. THEODOR AMAN MASTERS OF RUMANIAN PAINTING
Bucharest 1954 first edition. Publishing house of the Rumanian Institute for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. In English. Hardcover. Large 4to., 14p. of text in English plus 70 plates of which 4 are in full color, a few more text illustrations as well., cloth. Good, some light cover wear, cover cloth unevenly faded, inner hinges secure and unbroken; text clean and near fine; no DJ. (f4)
$33.00 Comarnescu, Petru. . TUCULESCU
London 1973 Abbey Library Murrays. Translation of 1967 book published in Bucharest. Hardcover. 4to., text plus 66 color and monochrome plates of work of modern Rumanian painter Ion Tuculescu, cloth. VG in Good DJ, chipped. (f65)
$22.00Poulik, Josef. STAROSLOVANSKA MORAVA
Pragae 1948 Sumptibus Instituti Archaeologici. Articles in several languages including English, Greek, Czech. Lg.4to., 213pp., monochrome plates, several folding maps, hardcover. Good, light wear. (s189)
$29.00