Search Results: Titles starting with T from Setton Book Collection

In Latin, some French. 381 pages; plus Statutes of the Société for 1881, Number 198 of 500 printed.Very Good: some age-darkening of pages, particularly prefatory section, others quite acceptably bright. Binding completely tight and sound, all pages tight and untorn. Vol. lll des Publications de la Société de l'Orient Latin.. Bears signature and bookplate of Prof. K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Previously from the library of John L. La Monte.Reinhold Röhricht (1842-1905) was arguably one of the most indefatigable, intensive, thorough and meticulous compilers, editors and organizers of materials relating to the history and topography of the Holy Land and the Crusades. Although not an historical synthesizer nor indeed an historian, but perhaps more of an antiquarian and researcher, Röhricht virtually singlehandedly laid the foundation for modern historical research and study of the Crusades.Critical source documents for the Fifth Crusade (1218-1222)… Read More

2024 pages. No dust jacket. book is in Near Fine condition, no tears, stains or damage of any kind, binding solid and tight, one corner very minimally bumped, pages tight and bright, Pelham and Holles pullout genealogical table intact and untorn. BUT frontispiece portrait of the duke has become detached.Still one of the few accounts of the early life of one of the most significant figures in the political history of the 18th century in England.

Very Good; a little soiling of edge of front board, very small amount of foxing on endpapers.One of the original 2000 copies privately printed for collectors of erotica; describes sexual practices, sodomy, pederasty, Ottoman prostitution, adultery, aphrodisiacs, polygamy, "perversions", etc. (See photo of contents page.) Its availability in Turkey in the 1970's provoked riots resulting in considerable damage to US offices in Ankara.