Search Results: Afghanistan from Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB

New York: New York Public Library, 2008. Paperback. 48p., wraps, very good condition, 8x10 inches, heavily illustrated in black & white. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at New York Public Library, Nov. 7, 2008 - Jan. 25, 2009.

Chicago: Call Publications, 1980. Pamphlet. 32p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.75 inches, illus., very good condition. "These first-hand reports and editorials have been reprinted from The Call. It is the weekly newspapers of the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)." Articles in support of the Mujahideen. Almost as embarrassing as the author's support of Pol Pot.

San Francisco: Line of March Publications, 1980. [ii], 31p., staplebound pamphlet, minor wear and soiling.

New York: International Publishers, 2001. Paperback. 283p., wraps, very good condition. Expanded from the first edition.

San Francisco: Socialist Viewpoint Publishing Association, 2016. Pp.38-39, illustrated with a current photoportrait of Castro (he's frail), about 1200 words, article reprinted from voltairenet org; a postitive and indeed grateful appraisal of the then-president. Very good copy, clean and sound. Singleton issue of the glossy magazine, published by the Trotskyist group led by Nat Weinstein that split from Socialist Action. Very high production quality, which they could afford due to a supporter's early and rewarding affiliation with Apple computers.

Kabul: Pushto Tolanah, 1948. Paperback. Single 78-page issue of the Afghan government-published Pashto / Pushto language reader in wraps with tears along the spine; issued in 1327 (1948), 7x10.5 inches. On the cover, the last "i" of Kili is turned into a key.

Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2007. Paperback. 192p., very good softcover, text in Polish. Political anthropology study of Afghan customary law.

Pittsburgh: Self-published by the author, 1979. Pamphlet. 32p., stapled wraps, 9x6 inches landscape format, illus., wraps lightly soiled else very good condition; price list and diagram of knots in Uzbek rugs laid in. Rug dealer's catalog.

San Francisco: DF Pub. (self-published), 2001. 153p., introduction, preface, very good signed first edition in original pictorial wraps. Author is a San Francisco educator who lived in Afghanistan 40 years ago while working for the Peace Corps.

Moscow, 1988. Ephemera. Approximately 6x8.5 inch folder containing a Gramota (certificate) issued to "internationalist warriors," very good (without any name of recipient); also included is the relevant medal made of enameled brass.

Lahore: Punjab Educational Electric Press, 1933. Hardcover. xiv, 232p., numerous illus., folded map, very good hardcover. A Kabul professor of history describes the reasons for the revolution of 1928-1929 and the subsequent changes undertaken by the new ruler. Nadir Khan, whose reforms are so effusively praised in this book, was assassinated only months after it was published.

San Rafael CA: Self-published by the author, 2012. Hardcover. xviii, 432p., illustrated with professional-level b&w snapshot photography, hardbound self-published first edition in red cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. An as-new copy: perfectly sound, clean and unmarked. Quite a lot of the activity occurs in the Bay Area, in Suisun marsh, wetlands that nowadays are being restored. Autobiography of a retired CIA agent.

Tübingen: Ernst Wasmuth, 2000. 182p., 11x15 inches, new in wraps, text in German with transcriptions of the original inscriptions. XIVc Hurasan III. Large, thoroughly illustrated catalog of the coinage of the Balkh region of Afghanistan and Transoxiania, from throughout the Islamic period.

Tübingen: Ernst Wasmuth, 1994. 106p., 11x15 inches, new in wraps, text in German with transcriptions of the original Arabic inscriptions. XIV d Hurasan IV. Large, thoroughly illustrated catalog of the coinage of the Kabul region of Afghanistan, from throughout the Islamic period. Includes minor mints in the vicinity. Especially useful for the Ghaznavid period.

Moscow: Foreign Languages Pub. House, 1956. 126p., wraps. Owner's label inside front wrap. Diplomatic documents and other materials revealing dimensions of the Soviet-Afghan relationship in the 1950s. Also includes material on India and Burma.

Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004. xiii, 273p., illustrated with a line map and tables, softbound in 9x6 inch glossy wraps; nice copy, looks to be unread, and is certainly clean, sound and unmarked. A project of the International Peace Academy.

London: Arms and Armour Press, 1989. 128p., 7.5x10 inches, introduction, sources, index, illustrated throughout with photos, maps and figures, very good first edition in dj.

New York: Pathfinder Press, 1980. Pamphlet. 29p., wraps, very good condition, line map and press photography, 8.5x5.5 inch pamphlet.

New York: Pathfinder Press, 1980. Pamphlet. 29p., line map and press photography, staplebound, 8.5x5.5 inch pamphlet, minor damp stain on bottom cover, pen notation on page 6, else good.