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Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. x, 260. With 8 full-page maps and many text illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's brown cloth, map endpapers. In fine condition (ownership signature on title-page). Excellent copy, practically unused. ~ The rare original first edition in a book form of Watson's groundbreaking 1974 Journal of Economic History's article. Y-2 OUT

The Hague & Paris, Mouton, 1970. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Crown quarto. Pp. 119. Bound in the original stiff wrappers with integral dust-jacket; ownership signature to title-page. In good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Janua Linguarum. Studia Memoriae Nicolai van Wijk Dedicata. Series Practica, 59. ~ ADDED: The Akkadian of Alalah, Reviewed by Erica Reiner, University of Chicago, reprinted from Language, (1973). G-4 IN

Cambridge, ITS, 2013. Soft cover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. x, 205. Original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First published 1992. 010-8

Berlin, Akademie-Verlag, 1973. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Royal quarto. Pp. 12, plus 50 plates. Bound in the original printed wrappers. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. O-7

Milano, Felice Rusconi, 1822-26.. Hardcover. .. Twelve volumes. Complete. Royal octavo. Pp. xvi, 536; 495; 512; 528; 534; 599; 582; 592; 552; 568; 568; viii, 150, (2). Tables. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in blue full cloth, spines gilt, cloth inner-hinges. Each volume has the original printed upper wrapper bound-in; bit dusty in places, edges bit darkened. In fine condition. Excellent set, entirely uncut, partly still unopened. ~ Giovanni Battista Rampoldi's (1761-1836) mammoth work on the Mohammedan Empire, 578-1453. Contains: Volume I: 578-632; Volume II: 632-661; Volume III: 661-750; Volume IV: 750-870; Volume V: 870-974; Volume VI: 974-1099; Volume VII: 1099-1187; Volume VIII: 1187-1258; Volume IX: 1258-1340; Volume X: 1340-1402; Volume XI: 1403-1453; Volume XII: Concordance. Formerly in the collection of the New York Historical Society, with stamp to that effect in each volume. Important work on the history of Islamic civilization, from Muhammad's early life till the destruction of the… Read More

The Hague, 1955-56.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Six volumes in one. Paginated consecutively. Square royal octavo. Pp. 522. Profusely illustrated. Numerous tipped-in plates. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's decorative full cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. 010-01

Cairo, Société de la géographie d'Egypte, 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Crown quarto. Pp. xxix, 319. Plus 12 folding maps printed with additional colours. Half-title present. Bibliography. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome three-quarter polished brown calf and matching marbled boards, spine with raised bands, direct gilt lettering between gilt rules, speckled edges, silken ribbon marker. With the original stiff wrappers bound in, bearing the Coat-of-Arms of the Kingdom of Egypt on the upper wrapper, and the emblem of the Société de la géographie d'Egypte on the lower wrapper. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION thus. Revised and enlarged edition of the Huzayyin's thesis "The Arabian East and the Far East" (Liverpool, 1933). From the private library of noted collector A. Pascalis, with his charming bookplate inside cover. A-3

Amsterdam, G. & J. Blaeu, 1635. Hardcover. .. 24mo. 110x60 mm. Pp. 247. Engraved plate as title-page. HARDCOVER, bound in most attractive full vellum with overlapping edges, spine with delicately gilt-tooled raised band, gilt brown morocco lettering-piece, compartments with gilt fleurons, date stamped in gilt at foot, sides paneled in gilt and with gilt corner-pieces, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; occasionally trimmed somewhat close, very small, vague stamp to bottom verso of title-page. A splendid copy. ~ Second edition. First appeared in 1633. D-1

Berlin, Klaus Schwarz, 1984. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 375. Original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Islamkundliche Untersuchungen, 98. 010-10

Antwerpen, Museum Plantin-Moretus, 2001. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Large quarto. Pp. 132, plus pp. 40 in Arabic. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour, including numerous full- and double-page plates. Bound in the original pictorial stiff wrappers, with flaps; signature on title-page. In fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused. ~ FIRST EDITION. Beautifully illustrated. ENTRY-1

Genève, Nagel, 1971. Hardcover. .. Royal quarto. Pp. 230. Profusely illustrated with colour and black & white plates, text illustrations, folding plans. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full orange buckram, gilt lettering embossed on cover cover and spine, with near fine pictorial dust-jacket. A spotless copy in a very fine condition. Excellent. ~ Istituto Internazionale di Arte Liturgica, Rome - Chicago. ENTRY-7

Leipzig, August Pries, 1910. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Octavo. Pp. 115. Without binding. In good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Dissertation. I-4 IN

Gent, Iranica Antiqua, 2004. 1st Edition . Offprint. .. Crown quarto. Pp. 169-190. With figures and tables. Original printed wrappers. In mint condition. ~ FIRST EDITION thus. Offprint from Iranica Antiqua, 2004. Abstract: One of the most interesting issues in Urartian archaeology is the development of a defensive network. The majority of Urartian fortresses have never been excavated though. This article provides an overview of defensive sites with preserved defensive gates in Iranian North-Western Azerbaijan and eastern Turkey. Other parts of the Near East should be studied, but no possibility is offered today. 010-5

Leipzig, Hinrichs, 1921. Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 80. Plus 2 plates. With 59 colour, b&w, and line-drawn illustrations. Title printed in red and black. Set in Gothic type. HARDCOVER, original cloth-backed decorated golden-brown boards. Signature erased from title-page else excellent copy in fine condition. ~ New and revised edition, 1921. 001-01

Gotha, Friedrich Andreas Perthes, 1888. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two parts in one volume. Royal octavo. paginated consecutively. Pp. xiii, 282; vi, 647. Two serial titles, 2 volume titles, and 2 half-titles present; ownership signature, minor underlining in pencil. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt, lacks first free endpaper, head of spine bit worn. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Handbücher der Alten Geschichte. I. Seris, Vierte Abteilung. G-4 OUT

Mainz am Rhein, Philipp von Zabern, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two volumes. Quarto. I. Text: Pp. xii, 553. Frontispiece. Plus 2 folding plans in rear pocket, with 192 illustrations, some which are large and folding; II. Plates: 112 plates with a total of 441 images. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in the original publisher's full cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. In mint condition. Superb set, practically new. ~ FIRST EDITION. HATHOR-1

Berlin, Mann, 1975. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Royal quarto. Pp. 113. Plus large folding plan bound at end. Numerous figures to text, full-page plans. Bound in the original printed stiff wrappers. In fine condition, unused copy, still entirely unopened. ~ FIRST EDITION. Abhandlungen der Deutschen Orientgesellschaft, 18. FOLIO-3 IN

Stuttgart, Kohlhammer, 1952. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Quarto. Pp. 184. Plus 64 photo-plates with multiple images to each, printed on different paper, bound at end. Plus 14 folding maps, printed on 13 sheets, placed in a rear pocket, including a large coloured map of Bogazköy at time of the 1939 excavations. Numerous text illustrations. Bound in the original printed wrappers. A very good copy with fine interior and maps. ~ FIRST EDITION. 75. Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichung der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft. _O-7

Leiden, Reserach School CNWS, School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies, 1998. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Two parts in one volume. Crown quarto. Pp. 203; 204-392. Arabic title-page and pagination. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. Clean, neat copy. ~ FIRST EDITION. Doctoral dissertation. 010-4

Washington, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1985. Hardcover. .. Two volumes. Crown quarto. Text Volume: Pp. li, 394, set in double columns. With 125 maps, plans, and drawings. Plate Volume: xv. Plus about 300 plates with a total of 534 photographs. Plus 3 folded, coloured maps in rear pocket. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in the original publisher's full cloth, gilt lettering, with very good dust-jackets with few tiny nicks at edges. Books are in fine condition. Excellent set. ~ Dumbarton Oaks Studies 20. 006-5