Harem: The World Behind the Veil.
New York: Abbeville, 1989. Profusely illustrated in color & b/w. 224pp. Tall 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Abbeville Press, (1989). Near fine. More
New York: Abbeville, 1989. Profusely illustrated in color & b/w. 224pp. Tall 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Abbeville Press, (1989). Near fine. More
Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2009. A few illustrations. xiv + 416 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2009. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Oxford UP, 1984. vg. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000. Illustrated in black and white. xi, 164 pages. Slim 8vo, tan cloth-backed boards, d.w. (sunned at spine, dampstain at head and rear). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000. Upper corners lightly bumped, otherwise fine. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Rio de Janeiro: Distribuidora Record / Continental News, 1965. A classic work on Brasil, richly illustrated with facsimiles of all the lithographs -- 156 colored plates and maps on 143 leaves. Three elephant folios. [6], [8], XVI, 17-56; [2], [6], 162; [2], [4], XVI, 252 pages. Unbound text gatherings and plates loose in wrappers as issued, protected in the original red cloth dropback boxes, held closed with imitation bone clasps. Rio de Janeiro & New York: Distribuidora Record / Continental..... More
128 double-columned pages. Slim 8vo, later plain paper wrappers. N.Y., 1844. Takes place near Washington, DC and is said to be a good picture of white slavery in Virginia, a system encountered by one of DeFoe's sons in America. More
Macon: 1932. frontis., map. 47pp. 12mo, printed wrappers. Macon, GA, 1932. A novel. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. Illus. 38pp. 8vo, 1/2 green cloth, cloth lightly soiled, edges of boards worn. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1940). A novel. More
12pp. 8vo, disbound, last page torn and crudely repaired with tape with no loss of text. N.p., n.d., circa 1853 Speech before the American Colonization Society in Washington with many references to the slave trade in West Africa. Everett also praises the Society's work in Liberia. More
New York: Macmillan, 1971. General editor Paul Freund. Some illustrations printed on blue paper. 1540 pages. Very thick 8vo, gilt-lettered two-toned cloth; uncut edges, top edge gilt. New York: Macmillan, (1971). First edition. Near fine. More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1996. Illustrated. xvi + 326 pages, 8vo, red cloth, d.w. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (1996). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Signed by author. More
New York: Random House, 2010. Illustrated in black and white. xlvi, 958 pages. Thick 8vo, black boards, d.w. (head and corners bumped, small scratch at rear). New York: Random House, (2010). First American Edition. Corners, head, and tail bumped -- internally clean and tight. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Caldwell, 1888. Frontispiece, and fully illustrated in b/w by Charles Copeland and Mary Hallock Foote. Thick 8vo, rebound in full orange morocco, gilt-stamped spine with raised bands, t.e.g. New York and Boston: Caldwell, (1888). A fine copy. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 455 pages. 8vo, white boards with black spine, dust wrapper. New York: Oxford University Press, (1999). A very good copy, foxing on page edges, in a very good dust wrapper, but flaps glued down to endpapers. More
Philadelphia: William Stavely, 1838. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 359pp. 12mo, original brown cloth, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped, scattered light foxing. Philadelphia: William Stavely, 1838. Author was a rector of St. David's Church in Philadelphia and an abolitionist. There are several chapters in favor of the colonization of Liberia. More
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2007. Illus. 450pp. 8vo, yellow boards, d.w. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, (2007). Near Fine. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1873. 202pp.+ 32pp. of ads. 8vo, decorated cloth; (lower 1 and 1/2 inches of spine rebacked in modern cloth, head of spine repaired, cloth soiled, endpapers soiled, a contemporary newspaper article pasted in over 3 pages of ads at back). London: Chapman and Hall, 1873. First Edition. Narrative of an Italian journalist in Cuba. Chapters include the Insurrection of 1868, Cuban slaves and sugar plantations, Havana, and the subject of emancipation. Also there is a chapter..... More
New York: Scribner, 1888. 131pp. 12mo, original decorated buckram-backed cloth; (very slightly worn at spine ends and edges of lower corners, othewise very good). New York: Scribner's 1888. Limited Edition. A. C. Gordon's first book. Thomas Nelson Page's second book. "A volume of verse." Work p. 291. One of 1500 copies. BAL 15362. More
New York: Scribner, 1889. 131pp. 12mo, original decorated buckram-backed cloth; (slightly rubbed at spine ends). New York: Scribner's 1889. Very good. A. C. Gordon's first book. Thomas Nelson Page's second book. "A volume of verse." Work p. 291. More
Clark: Talbot, 2013. With some black and white illustrations throughout. xx, 120 pages. Slim 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. Clark, NJ: Talbot Publishing, (2013). A near fine copy. Signed by the author on the half-title page. More
New York: Metropolitan, 2014. Illustrated. xiv + 360 pages, 8vo, boards, d.w. New York: Metropolitan Books, (2014). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
New York: Pantheon, 1976. 664 pages. Tall 8vo, brown cloth (a bit scuffed and faded at edges; top outer edge spotty). New York: Pantheon, (1976). Very good. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. 254 pages, short 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1993). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
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