joseph ascherl (12 risultati)

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Good. Joseph P. Ascherl (Designed by) (illustratore). Anchor Books Edition: 1954. 274 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear and clean text. An Ex-University-Library (Barnard College Library, NY)-Book with all the usual signs (stamps, stickers, envelope, etc.). Cover page with extra tape reinforced.

Mass Market PaperBack. Condizione: Fair. Mostly mild wear, marginal darkening to cover. Edges worn. Spine creased, seemingly likewise mild, but is starting to split at hinge pages 126 & 127, though still intact and sound. There is a rubber stamped name & address of previous owner top right corner of half title page and has been unhelpfully crossed over in ballpoint. Verso of back cover has attractively designed and small (1/2' x 3/4') sticker affixed of a previous dealer: 'The Brown Shop'.

Mass Market PaperBack. Condizione: Fair. Creased spine that has been reglued/repaired, so that it is quite firm & solid. Mildly sunned at spine and cover margins parallel spine edge. Damp stained top textblock edge left side. Dust stained edges. Rubber stamped title page: 'Large Print, Dunwoody Village', though this is certainly not a Large Print edition. (431 pages.).

Mass Market PaperBack. Condizione: Good. Second Edition; Revised & Enlarged. Sunned spine. Stains & darkening textblock top edge. Stained spots to fore-edge. Spine was repaired/reglued (successfully) at some point in its history. A previous owner wrote their name across top of half title page. Later this identification was scribbled over with dark blue ballpoint to cover. (304 pages with four pages listing Anchor previous.).

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Sidney Butchkes (Cover Design); Jean-Paul Tremblay (Maps); Joseph P. Ascherl (Typography) (illustratore). 1st Published 1933. 431 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Mildly indented spine. Front cover page slightly detached from spine. An excellent study/work/research/reading copy. Light shelf wear and edge wear.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Unread. No markings in book. Binding is fine. Sunned spine.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 268 p. maps. 20 cm. ; ISBN: 0061315486 (pbk.); 9780061315480 (pbk.) ; Harper torchbooks ; stiff paper wrappers ; label on back cover ; TB1548; OCLC: 830405 ; LC: D198.3; Dewey: 909.0976 ; originally published by St. Martin's Press in 1968 ; ".provides in-depth profiles of thirteen prominent figures of Islamic history. These eminent Muslims, from Mohammed (PBHN) to Ibn Khaldun, are presented in sketches that personify these outstanding men and profiling them as products of their respective times, rather than merely chronicling their achievements." ; Contents: pt. 1: Religious and political. Muhammad : triple initiator of religion, nation and state -- 'Umar Ibn-al-Khattab : founder of the Moslem empire -- Mu'awiyah : architect of the Arab empire -- 'Abd-al-Rahman I : maker of history on European soil -- Al-Ma'mun : radical caliph and intellectual awakener of Islam -- 'Ubaydullah al-Mahdi : founder of the Fatimid empire in Africa -- Salah-al-Din : hero of the anti-crusades -- pt. 2: Intellectual. Al-Ghazzali : greatest theologian of Islam -- Al-Shafi'i : founder of the science of Islamic law -- Al-Kindi : philosopher of the Arabs -- Ibn-Sina : prince of physicians and philosophers -- Ibn-Rushd : the great commentator -- Ibn-Khaldun : first philosopher of history. ; Philip K. Hitti was educated at the American University of Beirut and at Columbia University in New York. He received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia in 1915, two years after he had settled in the United States. In 1925, following a number of years of teaching at Columbia and at American University of Beirut, he accepted an appointment at Princeton University, where he remained until his retirement in 1954. He became the first director of Princeton's Near Eastern Studies Program. Hitti translated, wrote, and lectured extensively about the Arab world and Islamic civilization. A leading authority in the United States on Arabic and Islamic studies, he promoted and popularized Arabic studies in American educational institutions for nearly half a century. His most famous work is History of the Arabs, published in 1937, today considered a standard in the field. ; VG. Book.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Lee Boltin (Photos); Alvin Grossman (Design); Joseph P. Ascherl (Maps and Line Drawings) (illustratore). 221 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Mass Market PaperBack. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint. Mildly shelfworn mass market paper reprint. [319 pages].

Mass Market PaperBack. Condizione: Good. Cover darkening especially along spine & margins. Dust stains & a few scattered dark spots to textblock edges. Light general wear and creasing. (187 pages plus 4 page list of available Anchor titles.).

First Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. In a worn slip case and including a print. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 191 pages. Notes; Includes a print. Subjects; Norman Rockwell. Album. 20th century paintings. 20th century prints. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. In a worn slip case and including a print. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 191 pages. Notes; Includes a print. Subjects; Norman Rockwell. Album. 20th century paintings. 20th century prints. 1 Kg.