London: The Athlone Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 194pp. Red cloth. Bibliography, appendix, index. 'London School of Economics, Monographs on Social Anthropology No.53.' A few light bumps to edges and spine ends, otherwise a clean, VG+ copy in near-VG dust jacket (panels scuffed & chipped, spine faded..... More
New York, NY: Payson & Clarke, 1928. Hardcover. Small quarto. 86pp. Quarter purple cloth, purple papered boards, illustrated front board. Spine rubbed & discolored, large tide-mark on rear board, boards discolored, faint tide-marks affecting top margins of some pages, otherwise a solid Good+ copy (no dust jacket). As is. More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 328pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine. Overall, a tight and bright Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. (Dust jacket spine slightly darkened, not price clipped.). More
Lahore, Pakistan: Ahmadiyyah Anjuman Isha'at Islam, 1968. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 188pp. Spine darkened, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed and creased. Overall, a solid and unmarked VG copy. More
Lahore, Pakistan: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, 1981. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii + 224pp. Quarter beige cloth and blue papered boards with titling to upper board. Index. Top of page edges lightly foxed, damp discoloration along upper board edges, paper slightly faded, a few pencil marks in margins, otherwise a solid..... More
Amman: Dar Al-Nafa'Es, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 60pp. Some text in Arabic and reads from rear to front. Small crease to upper corner. Otherwise, a tight and bright near-Fine copy. More
Lahore, Pakistan: Ashraf Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 136pp. Red cloth spine, blue printed papered boards. Spine ends rubbed, boards rubbed & faded around edges, slight bumps to corners of boards, else a solid, clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly discolored & rubbed, short..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1907. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. ii + 76pp. Original blue wrappers with black lettering to upper cover, b&w frontis, appendix. Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sulayman, or Al-Jazuli (died 1465), was a Moroccan Sufi leader of the Berber tribe of the Jazulah, and is one of the..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1974. Hardcover. Octavo. lxxii + 516pp. Grey textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine & front board. Bibliography & index. Bottom of spine rubbed, top-edge foxed, bumps to top of spine & top-corners of boards, otherwise a clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped..... More
Columbus, OH: Ahmadiyya Anjuman, 1992. Softcover. Octavo. viii + 156pp. Small crease to corners, othewise a tight and bright near-Fine copy. More
Delhi, India: Motilal Banarsidass, 1994. First Indian edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xxxvi + 618pp. Green boards with gilt titling to spine and upper board. Corners lightly bumped, bookseller's sticker on front pastedown, otherwise a tight and bright Near-Fine copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket rubbed, two seven-inch creases on..... More
Kabul: [The author], 1970. Softcover, tall 8vo, [ix]+42 pp, map, black and white plates, genealogical table. Frontis portrait of HM Mohammed Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan. Original covers faded, lightly marked with a couple of small coffee drops; creases to corners. All else VG. More
Secaucus, NJ: University Books, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo. 14pp. plates + 704pp. Gold papered boards lettered in green on spine, b/w illustrations & plates. Index. Sir E. A. Wallis Budge's transcription and translation of the Papyrus of Ani, the extraordinary papyrus preserving a version of the Theban recension of..... More
London and New York: British School of Archaeology in Egypt / Macmillan, London, 1933. December 1934. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto. [62pp]. Printed wrappers with red paper spine. B/w illustrations, fold-out, illustration with clear imprinted overlay. Frontis. A single issue of this journal of new discoveries and research relating to..... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 11.5 inches). xxii + 266pp. + 13 plates. Heavy twentieth century brown buckram binding, with gilt titling to spine. 13 plates (frontispiece and 12 at rear). Ten of of the plates are by George Cruikshank..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1925. First Edition. Hardcover, folio, xii + 78 pp + 36 coloured plates. Original green cloth with brown leather spine label with gilt titling, 48 b&w text illustrations plus 36 color plates with tissue guards. Corners and spine ends bumped and a...... More
Napa, CA: Ansari Publications, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xviii + 142pp. B/w illustrations. Bibliography. A synthesis of Sufi wisdom for the Western reader. Covers lightly rubbed otherwise a tight, clean near-Fine copy. More
Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1964. Hardcover, no dust jacket, large 8vo, xii + 194 pp, very good condition. Green publisher's cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover. Light soiling to cover, minor wear to cover. More
New York, NY: MacMillan Company, 1958. First edition. Hardcover w/ dust jacket, 8vo, 464 pp, very good - condition. Maroon publisher's cloth, silver title, etc. to spine, yellow dust jacket. Significant soiling to dust jacket, moderate wear to dust jacket, light soiling to page edges, minor browning to pages. More
London: Octagon Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 224pp. Brown cloth, gilt titling to spine. Included articles by Robert Graves, Indries Shah, Father F.X. O'Halloran, Major Desmond Martin, Dr. Selima Isfandiari. Slight rubbing to edges and spine ends, very light foxing to top edge of pages. Overall, a tight and..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 380pp. Original cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Index & bibliography. B/w illustrations. Two fold-out color plates. Robert Ardrey ( 1908 - 1980 ) was an American playwright and screenwriter who returned to his academic training in anthropology and..... More
Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Square 8vo. xxvi + 230pp. Original black cloth with white titling to spine. Frontis, illustrated in b&w, appendices, glossary of Shona terms. A first edition of this comprehensive study of Shona sculptures, which was originally submitted to the University of South Africa..... More
Miami, FL: Sema Institute of Yoga, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 311pp & adverts. b&w illustrations. Dr. Muata Ashby founded of the Miami-based "Sema Institute of Yoga, Temple of Aset" whose goal the dissemination of "Ancient Kemetic Teachings" through books & tapes written by Ashby and produced by the Institute..... More
Miami, FL: Sema Institute of Yoga / Cruzian Mystic Books, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Large quarto. 242pp. Glossy pictorial wrappers. B&W illustrations. The second volume in this series by Dr. Muata Ashby, founder of the Miami-based "Sema Institute of Yoga, Temple of Aset" who publish work on the "Ancient Kemetic..... More
Copenhagen: Prostant Apud Munksgaard, 1965. First English language edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 294 pp. Original red cloth with white title, etc. to spine. A scarce scholarly study. Boards lightly chafed with a bit of discoloration to cloth, spine darkened, edges lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Paper slightly browned, but text is..... More
