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North Africa/ Arabia - Travel:
Prime, William C. . BOAT LIFE IN EGYPT AND NUBIA
NY 1857 first edition Harper. Hardcover. Octavo, 498pp., illustrations, brown cloth. Fairly Good, spine tearing, cover edges worn, spine end worn down. Binding secure; text clean. no ownership marks. (a12053)
$34.00
Buchanan, Angus . SAHARA
London 1926 John Murray. 301pp., photo illus., map, index. Pictorial cover a bit worn. Good, no dj (a12991)
$75.00
Vernon, Paul E. . MOTORING IN NORTH AFRICA
NY 1923 1st Author. 72pp., numerous photo illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed. VG plus, slight cover wear, in Fine later glassine removable jacket. (a26102)
$75.00
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
Wright, Dr. William. AN ACCOUNT OF PALMYRA AND ZENOBIA WITH TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN BASHAN AND THE DESERT (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
NY 1895 (1894) Thomas Nelson. Hardcover. Octavo 8vo., 394pp., photo illustrations and woodcuts, index, dark green cloth with gilt design. Top edge gilt. Institution bookplate. Near VG. (a29004)
$35.00
Zwemer, Samuel M. . THE MOSLEM WORLD
NY 1908. 12mo., 239pp., photo illustrations, index, foldout map at rear, wraps. Good, spine repaired, wraps a bit chipped. (a33215)
$25.00
Kamil, Murad . DAS LAND DES NEGUS
Innsbruck 1953 Inn-Verlag. In German. 8vo., 116pp., photo illustrations, index., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a37984)
$22.00
(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
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
Gers, Jose. TERRE MOZABITE RHAPSODIE SAHARIENNE (signed)
Brussels 1933. In French. **Number 13 of 53 copies signed by Gers on the verso of the title page (limitation page), with an original photograph of Gers in North Africa and an original leaf from the manuscript for the book, tipped in. **Also inscribed and signed by Gers on the title page. Sm.8vo., 212pp., wraps in DJ. Uncut. Fine in VG DJ, foxed on the front and rear panels. Very scarce. (a41468)
$390.00
Abulfeda (1273-1331) . DESCRIPTIO AEGYPTI ARABICE ET LATINE
Goettingae 1776 Christian Dieterich. Ex Codice Parisiensi edidit Latine vertit notas adiecit, Ioannes David Michaelis. Description and travel in Egypt. Octavo, 36pp. in Arabic, 134pp. of notes in Latin, later black paper-covered boards with white and gilt spine label. Small owner signature on front blank. Small institution name on title page and two institution names on verso. Near VG, corners worn, a bit of light foxing on initial and final pages. Rare. (a41574)
$950.00
Matthias, Leo . GRIFF IN DEN ORIENT EINE REISE UND ETWAS MEHR
Leipzig 1931 1st Bibliographisches Institut. Travel in Persia, Syria, Palestine, etc. In German. Sm.4to., 318pp., monochrome photo illus., map, later wraps. Date stamp on front. VG, light wear. (a41973)
$35.00
Rutter, Owen . TRIUMPHANT PILGRIMAGE AN ENGLISH MUSLIM'S JOURNEY FROM SARAWAK TO MECCA
Philadelphia 1937 1st Lippincott. Hardcover. Octavo, 296pp., portrait frontispiece of the English Muslim David Chale, original orange cloth. VG, no DJ. (a57760)
$24.00
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
Woodberry, George E. . NORTH AFRICA AND THE DESERT
NY 1914 first edition Scribners. Travel in Tunisia and Tripoli. Hardcover. Octavo, 364pp., cloth. Top edge gilt. VG plus, no ownership marks; no dj. (a62517)
$40.00
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. Fair to Good, spine quite toned; spine ends chipped and worn down; cover tips rounded; hospital library name and stamp on end paper (no other library marks); rear inner hinge cracked. Top edge gilt. Text slightly toned; binding secure. (a65478)
$200.00
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
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
Furlong, Charles Wellington . THE GATEWAY TO THE SAHARA OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES IN TRIPOLI
NY 1909 first edition. Scribner's. Hardcover. Octavo, 306pp., color illustrations, monochrome photo illustrations, gilt printed blue cloth with gilt. Good, inner hinges cracked; no dj. (a72246)
$28.00
Rolt-Wheeler, Francis . THE SAHARA HUNTERS
Boston 1923 1st Lothrip Lee. Hardcover. Small octavo, 329pp., illustrations, pictorial orange cloth. VG, light wear, mounted picture illustration on front is lightly stained and chipped. (a72257)
$27.00
de Monfried, Henri and Ida Treat . PEARLS ARMS AND HASHISH, PAGES FROM THE LIFE OF A RED SEA NAVIGATOR
NY 1930 1st Coward-McCann. Adventures include gun smuggling, prison, pearl diving, drug running and conversion to Islam. Hardcover. Octavo, 356pp., photo illustrations, endpaper maps, brown cloth with gilt lettering. VG plus, fainting soiling on cover, no DJ. No ownership marks. (a73061)
$65.00
Meyers, Jeffrey . T. E. LAWRENCE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. ISBN 0-8240-1052-3
NY 1974 1st Garland. ISBN 0-8240-1052-3. Hardcover. Small octavo, 48pp., red cloth. Fine. (a73163)
$20.00