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2025réf. Manohar-9781009254298Cambridge University Press 2025. Paperback. New. Cambridge University Press paperback
réf. B9781009254298Paperback / softback. New. Paul M. Love Jr. explores the history of the minority Ibadi Muslim community in Cairo from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. Using a unique range of sources Love both illuminates the events of Egyptian history and highlights the role of the Ibadis in shaping political religious and commercial life in Ottoman-era Cairo. paperback
2025réf. x-1009254294Cambridge University Press 2025. Paperback. New. 250 pages. 6.00x0.53x9.00 inches. Cambridge University Press paperback
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réf. A9781009254281Hardback. New. Paul M. Love Jr. explores the history of the minority Ibadi Muslim community in Cairo from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. Using a unique range of sources Love both illuminates the events of Egyptian history and highlights the role of the Ibadis in shaping political religious and commercial life in Ottoman-era Cairo. hardcover
189914 leaves on glossy white paper. Pen and ink style illustrations and marginal decorations. 4to. 300 mm. Numerous tip-ins of supposed originals = handwritten notes, telegrams, letters, envelopes, drawings, a flower, a hair pin, and newspaper clippings, etc. All of these documenting the course of a Victorian romance between a discreet young woman and a discreet young man. There is a brief introduction, but the rest of the tale is told solely in these artifacts dropped from Cupid's diary. The padded faux leather binding is quite soiled and the spine is worn, with some loss. An unusual and scarce production. WOMEN 1
2003réf. k2150U S Games Systems 2003-04-01. misc_supplies. Very Good. 5x2x7. Hobbs Michael. VG cards are still sealed in Like New box book is like New fold-out case has light wear. U S Games Systems unknown
1989267 pages including appendices and index. The Omnipotent Child is a realistic and practical guide to remedial parenting, based on the author's forty-plus years of experience as a child psychiatrist. "Parents today recognize that discipline is as important as love in child rearing. What they need is help with setting the limits and expectations that generate adaptive growth." - from page x. Above average wear. Pages 179-210 bound upside down. Highlighting and marking to contents. A sound copy. Book
1849114 p. + Frontis. All edges gilt. **Early manuscript ownership and love poem of Daniel Hockman, 1849 on first fly leaf. 32mo. 110 mm. Original cloth binding. Boards embossed in blind. Hardbound. Good. PAIMP 25
1948réf. 443529London : Rupert Hart-Davis 1948. 1st edition. Hardcover. Peter Porter's copy inscribed to him. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Hinge starting. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxii 982 pages 21 cm. Subjects: Peacock Thomas Love 1785-1866. Humorous stories English History and criticism. English literature 19th century. London : Rupert Hart-Davis hardcover
1891réf. 443933London : Dent 1891. 1st and later editions. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Richard Garnett to General Strachey. Good set in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 10 voll. London : Dent hardcover
1910réf. 2349HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE" SHIPPED FROM THE UK Edition: Reprint. Date of Publication: Undated but pre 1932. Publisher: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. Ltd. Binding and cover condition: Orange cloth black title with design panel to spine and face. Somewhat bumped & rubbed to edges and corners lightly frayed at head and tail of spine. Small split at base of rear hinge. Generally faded with most fading to spine. GOOD FOR AGE. Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean and tight. Text block with no foxing in excellent condition no splits or breaks to stitched carcase. Minor offsetting to fep and index pages. Pages cornered up to page 17 but from thereon un-creased. VG Illustrations: B/w print portrait of author to frontis. Pages: 958 pp. text. Description: An unique novelist of the first half of the 19th century Peacock's novels are long on satire and dialogue exchanging ideas rather than the more traditional action oriented novels of the time. Thomas Love Peacock 1785 - 1866 was a satirical novelist and poet. In the early twenty-first century he is widely regarded as the most distinctive prose satirist of the Romantic period and one of the most perceptive commentators on English intellectual life in his time. A GOOD copy with some faults. No dust jacket. Simpkin Marshall hamilton Kent No date (c.) hardcover
1895réf. PEACOCKT025163Macmillan London. 1895-1897. First edition thus. George Saintsbury introduces each volume. Octavo. Five volumes. Illustrations by H.R. Millar and F. H. Townsend. Fine period bindings by Zaehnsdorf of three quarter green calf with raised bands floral decorations gilt marbled boards and endpapers morocco title-labels top edges gilt.A fine set. Very attractive bindings. Macmillan, London. hardcover
1948réf. 944T59London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1948. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smart copy of this collection of novels from English writer Thomas Love Peacock published here in one volume. The seven novels of Thomas Love Peacock including: Headlong Hall Melincourt Nightmare Abbey Maid Marian The Misfortunes of Elphin Crochet Castle and Gryll Grange. Written in his satirical style with the same basic setting of a group of characters sitting at a table to discuss and criticize the philosophical opinions of the day. Written by Thomas Love Peacock an English novelist poet and official for the East India Company. A close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley they often influenced each others works. Edited by David Garnett an English writer and publisher. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear. Minor sunning to the spine with the odd small crease. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Near Fine Rupert Hart-Davis hardcover
1948réf. 892T65London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1948. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A smart copy of this collection of novels from English writer Thomas Love Peacock published here in one volume. The seven novels of Thomas Love Peacock including: Headlong Hall Melincourt Nightmare Abbey Maid Marian The Misfortunes of Elphin Crochet Castle and Gryll Grange. Written in his satirical style with the same basic setting of a group of characters sitting at a table to discuss and criticize the philosophical opinions of the day. Written by Thomas Love Peacock an English novelist poet and official for the East India Company. A close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley they often influenced each others works. Edited by David Garnett an English writer and publisher. In the original red cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear and a small light mark to the front board. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed Rupert Hart-Davis hardcover
1984176 pages including index and an abundance of black and white illustrations. A collection of stories about the Canadian North. These stories chronicle the real-life adventures of Gerald Malaher, pioneer conservationist, who following Ernest Thompson Seton, influenced the course of northern wildlife preservation and development in Manitoba in this century. Prior owner's details neatly atop front free endpaper else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
2005réf. Q-0758212143Kensington 2005-10-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Kensington paperback
2006réf. Q-0758212151Kensington 2006-10-01. Mass Market Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Kensington paperback
1990réf. 2080702109501247Not Available 1990. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
197440 pages. Features: The Waning Reign in Spain - Generalisimo Francisco Franco - article with photos; Howard Cosell - The Man They Love to Hate - article with photos and one-page caricature; The Price of Purity - Fat cats are fading but special interest groups are spending more and more on political contributions; Cocaine - The Champion of Drugs; Recipe for the Ultimate Cheesecake; Photos of fashion for kids; Parliament cigarette ad on back cover features French Impressionist August Tonne; and more. Average wear. Faint library stamp on each cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
1964144 pages. Features: China's 'Manhattan Project', or, How Mao Learned to Love - and build - the Bomb; Communists of the World, Unite? - Richard Lowenthal concludes that Communism cannot put it right even with Krushchev out of the way; The Kremlin Plays Russian Roulette - Krushchev's ouster points to the Soviet's inability to transfer power without a self-destructive power struggle; When Man Steps out into Space; The Case Against Goldwater's Economics; Cassius Clay, Cassius X, Muhammad Ali; How an Advertising Agency handles the White House Account; How Big is the Bloc Vote (Re: the LBJ vs. Goldwater election); Vision of a Crashproof car - as the slaughter on our highways mounts; The Negro's Middle-Class Dream; Scenes from Mao's Chinese movies; Japan's birth rate turns lower; The American Communist Party Still Functions; Nice colour Cadillac ad; Playwright John Osborne of England looks forward in Anger. Crossword completed in pencil. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1965Features: The village of Kibweta in the war-torn Congo; The hard limits of government by consensus - LBJ is up against it; Daily Dilemmas of the Attorney General - Nicholas deB. Katzenbach; Commuters of Rio de Janeiro gripe but they love their city on its 400th anniversary; The American Dream and the American Negro; Venezuelan artist Marisol (includes picture of her with Andy Warhol); New York's street gangs no longer 'Bop,' they 'Jap'; Playwright Neil Simon's Prescription for Comedy. Crossword completed otherwise unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
198080 pages. Features:; Great Jamaica tourism ad; Safire on Sneer Words; Little Red Riding Hood Revisited; Love and Sex in China - The wall of puritanism the Communists built around China's sexual mores shows signs of crumbling, but a traditional Chinese reticence still remains - color-photo illustrated article; Past Master of Posters - A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron) - with beautiful colour examples of his work; Two-page color-photo ad for Jordache Jeans features topless gents with lady; Pianist Peter Serkin; Kirin Beer ad with Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympic Games theme; With the Afghan Rebels - article with photos; The Dark Roots of Violence; Nostalgic color-photo centerfold ad for Trissi features model at Walt Disney World; Six pages of *Gorgeous* color photos of 'Bathing Beauties of 1980';Amarone; Real estate and Camp ads; and more. Small library stamp on front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
197288 pages. Features: Dual turntable ad inside front cover; Many lovely color fashion ads; Vantage cigarette ad features photo of Lester Schreiber of Tampa; Nixon, Kissinger and the Peking (Beijing) Summit - Is This Trip Necessary?; What Women Phychoanalysts Say About Women's Liberation; The Snowmobile is an American Dream Machine - article with photo of Bill Ward and his family of Steep Falls, ME; "Writing Plays is Absolutely Senseless - But I Love It" - Arthur Miller; How Rich is a Rich Apache? - they have transformed themselves from a primitive, defeated people to a modern cooperative commonwealth; One-page ad for the 3,000 Acre Smallwood Estates development; Photo of poor black mother and children in NAACP Emergency Relief Fund Food Coupon ad; Roman Star - fashion photos; Elegant Austerity - photos of a project by architect Gae Aulenti in Milan; Many camp ads. Four-inch taped repair and faint ink stamp to back cover. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book