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Libya/North Africa:

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 Buchanan, Angus . SAHARA
London 1926 John Murray. 301pp., photo illus., map, index. Pictorial cover a bit worn. Good, no dj (a12991)
$75.00 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)
$25.00Coke, Richard. THE ARAB'S PLACE IN THE SUN
London 1929 1st Butterworth. 8vo., 318pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Bookplate. VG, no DJ. (a25592)
$45.00 (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 David, Charles Wendell . ANRRATIO DE ITINERE PEREGRINORUM HIEROSOLYMAN TENDENTIUM ET SILVIAM CAPIENTUM, A.S. 1189
Philadelphia 1935. The Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 81 No. 5, pp.591-676, text maps, index, wraps. Text in Latin and in English. VG, small pen number on margin of front. (a28941)
$50.00 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 Benjelloun, Therese . FEMME, CULTURE, ENTREPRISE AU MAROC
Casablanca 1993 Wallada. Preface de K. Mourad. In French. Octavo, 219pp., wraps. VG, light fading of spine. No ownership marks. (a33501)
$45.00Berger, Morroe. MIDDLE EASTERN AND NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES: DEVELOPMENTS AND NEEDS
Princeton 1968. Princeton Near East Paper Number 7. Octavo, 18pp., wraps. VG. (a37879)
$20.00Brown, Leon Carl. COLOR IN NORTHERN AFRICA
Princeton 1967. Princeton Near East Papers Numbers 5. Octavo, pp.464-482, wraps. VG. (a37882)
$27.00 (casablanca) . CASABLANCA ET SA REGION LIVRET GUIDE OFFICIEL DU SYNDICAT D'INITIATIVE
Casablanca 1934. In French. Tall narrow 8vo., 36pp. plus advertisements, photo illustrations, wraps. Foldout brochure on Algeria tipped in. Also included, 3 tourist brochures from the same period on Algeria and Morocco. Good, light wear. (a38484)
$50.00 (archeology) . HISTORIQUE DU BUREAU DES AFFAIRES INDIGENES DE MEDENINE
Bourg 1931 Berthod. Archeology in Tunisia. In French. Small octavo, 36pp., photo illustrated on glossy stock, wraps. Good, leaves lightly, evenly, browned. (a39163)
$39.00 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 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 Arques, Enrique . EL MOMENTO DE ESPA�A EN MARRUECOS
Madrid 1943 2nd Silverio Aguirre. In Spanish. Octavo, 158pp., photo illustrations, double fold map, wraps. Good, cover somewhat soiled and worn. (a70282)
$35.00 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 Bourg de Bozas, Vicomte du . VOYAGE AU PAYS DES AROUSSI (ETHIOPIE MERIDIONALE)
Paris 1902. In French. 4to, pp. 401-430, large color foldout map, sept figures et une carte hors texte, removed from La Geographie Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie, Tome V and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a74392)
$75.00 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 Boyce, William D. . ILLUSTRATED AFRICA NORTH TROPICAL SOUTH
Chicago 1925 1st McNally. Hardcover. Large octavo, monochrome photo illustrations, endpaper maps, cloth. Presentation card signed by Boyce tipped in on front blank; bookplate of owner. Good plus, corners and spine ends frayed. (a80377)
$36.00 Carswell, Catherine . THE SAVAGE PILGRIMAGE A NARRATIVE OF D. H. LAWRENCE
NY 1932 1st Harcourt. Hardcover. Octavo, 296pp., cloth. Good plus, spine toned, no DJ. (a80743)
$20.00 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 Cortier . EXPLORATION AU SAHARA
Paris 1909. Article in French. at pp. 155-165 with one text map in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin. Other articles in this issue as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. Good plus. (a84329b)
$45.00 Courtier, M. . LE PAYS DES TOUAREGS IOULLIMINDEN
Paris 1910. Article in French. at pp. 221-236, one text figure, in single complete issue of La Geographie Bulletin. Other articles in this issue as well. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. Good plus. (a84333b)
$35.00 Dalloni, Marius . MISSION AU TIBESTI 1930 - 1931 DEUXIEME MEMOIRE
Paris 1936 Gauthier. In French. Lg.4to., 458p. plus plus 12 photo plates, removed from the Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences, Tome Soixante-Deuxieme, Deuxieme Series and rebound in later wraps. Includes: "Botanique" par Rene Maire; "Zoologies" par Dalloni and others; "Palethnolgie" and "Ethnologie" by Dalloni. VG. (a86642)
$200.00