The Athenian Agora: A Short Guide
Athens: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1986. Soft cover. 5.5" x 8.5" Blue card wrappers. 32 pp. Illustrated in B&W. Fine. More
Archaeology
South Sea Folk: Handbook of Maori and Oceanic Ethnology
Auckland, NZ: Unity Press Ltd., 1967. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (medium). Tan wrappers lettered in red on front cover, 74pp, with [12] plates of B&W photographs, and numerous in-text line drawings depicting artifacts and Maori and Moriori lifeways. Wrappers sunned, lightly foxed, a small tear at foot of spine..... More
The Art Journal - New Series
London: J.S. Virtue & Co. Ltd., 1888. Hardcover. Folio (small). vi, 384 p.p., [1 plate], 32 p.p. Half bound, black morocco spine and black pebbled cloth boards. Dentelle detailing to spine and corners, and gilt titling to spine. Shelf number inked to spine. Joints cracking and worn. Chip to spine..... More
Hidden Treasures from Central Africa, Selected from the Collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, January 10-31, 1973
Toronto: Art Gallery of York University, 1973. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 72 pp. B&W illustrations. Errata slip tipped in. Slight age toning and curling to covers, about fine. More
Stonehenge and Avebury and Neighboring Monuments: An Illustrated Guide
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1959. Soft cover. 16mo. Pictorial softocver with image of Stonehenge on front cover, 63pp, [1], illustrated throughout with photos of the monuments and their artifacts. Light edge wear, some fading and scuffs on covers. Near Fine. More
The Explorer of Machu Picchu: A Portrait of Hiram Bingham
Greenwhich, CT: Triune Books, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (tall). Green softcover, 381pp. Illustrated. Fine.owners inscription on half-title page. A biography oF explorer Hirman Bingham III, his expeditions and discoveries including Machu Picchu. "His adventurous character is brought to life in all its human complexity." More
Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1992. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. x, 311 pp. B&W maps in text. Fine. More
Pioneer to the Past: The Story of James H. Breasted
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Original black cloth boards. x, 436 pp. B&W frontis + map. Dust jacket sunned at spine, a few small chips to spine ends and edges. DJ is price clipped. Pioneer to the Past tells the intensely human, often poignantly moving..... More
A Guide to the Collections in the British Museum
London: Printed By Order of the Trustees, 1909. Hardcover. 12mo [tall]. Original paperboards, quarter bound with later spine. xiv, 325 p.p., [2] ads. Features a preface by E.A. Wallis Budge, prolific scholar and author on Egyptology, who worked in the Department of Assyrian and Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum..... More
African Histories: New Sources and New Techniques for Studying African Pasts
Boston: Pearson, 2012. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to. Soft Cover, xviii, 284pp. Fine. A thorough examination of early written evidence of state and society, as well as perspectives on the transatlantic slave trade, linguistics, decolonization, anthropology & more. More
Andas y Literas De La Costa Peruana
Lima: Compania De Impressions y Publicidad, 1940. Soft cover. 8vo (square). Reimpreso de "Chaski", Vol. I, No. I, Lima 1940. Orig. tan wrappers. 24pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs and line drawings of pre-columbian pottery and artifacts. A small stain to lower margin on pp. 11; wrappers browned, with soiling to..... More
Gold and Silver Treasures of Ancient Italy
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Orig. grey cloth. xxxiii, 85 pp. Fully illustrated, mostly in colour. Foxing to cloth, spine tilted. Dust jacket is price clipped, edge worn with a few small chips and short tears, 1.5" tear..... More
Minoans. Life in Bronze Age Crete
London: Routledge, 1993. Soft cover. 8vo. 210 p.p. Paperback. No marks, as new. This book presents how life was in the Bronze Age, with pictures, and illustrations by the author. More
Babylon
London: Elek Books, 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. Ancient Cities and Temples Series. Translated from the French. 184 p.p. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Spine heel lightly bumped, else a fine copy. Dust jacket Bookplate of C.B. Farrar. Endpapers are B&W maps of the cities of Ancient Mesopotamia. Ink..... More
Seahenge: A Contemporary Chronicle
Aylsham, Norfolk: Barnwell's Timescape Publishing, 2000. First Edition. Soft cover. Paperback. Pictorial covers. 115 p.p. Illustrated throughout with colour and black and white photos of archaeologists examining the four thousand year old timber circle which was discovered on the North Norfolk coast in 1998. Light rubbing to covers and spine..... More
Lost Cities of China, Central Asia & India
Stelle, IL: Adventures Unlimited, 1991. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (crown). Third, Revised Edition. Soft cover, 410pp, ads, in-text maps, photos and illustrations, some bruised bottom corners of pages, corners and tips at covers gently creased. Near Fine. More
Antioch on the Orontes
Istanbul: A Turizm Yaynlari, 1994. Soft cover. 8.5" x 7.75" Oblong, soft cover. 79 pp. Colour photos in text. Toning to edges, sticker ghost to rear, else fine. More
By Their Works: Illustrated from the Collections in the Buffalo Museum of Science
Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 1941. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. maroon cloth. xxi, 236 pp. Colour frontis. w/ tissue guard. Copiously illustrated in B&W. Spine cocked, bruising to corners, a few small spots of soiling. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar. More
The Cave Beneath the Sea: Paleolithic Images at Cosquer
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Full black cloth, white stamped titles to spine. 200 pp. Full colour illustrations. One tiny spot of staining to both front and rear boards, else fine in fine jacket. In 1991, a professional..... More
The Maya
Villalongin, Mexico: Ediciones Lara, 1966. Soft cover. 12mo. Ancient People and Places Series. Paperback. 252pp. Illustrated. Light wear and fading to covers, scoring to spine, o/w very good. History of the Earliest Maya, Rise of Mayan Civilization, Maya Life and Thought and other information on Maya culture. More
The Bull of Minos
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1962. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full blue cloth. Map endpapers. 254 pp. [15] B&W plates. Ex-library stamps of Thomas L. Kenney Secondary School to endpapers and History Dept. to top edge of text block, but no other library markings or stickers. Small..... More
An Archaeology of Elmina: Africans and Europeans on the Gold Coast, 1400-1900
Washinton: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth, 286pp. Illustrated. Fine in fine d/w. This work explores the complex Elmina settlement, from the 15th to 19th centuries in Ghana, using archaeological record. More
Easter Island: Island of Enigmas
New York: Doubleday, 2004. Soft cover. 8vo (crown). Pictorial soft cover, xi, 150pp, illustrated with [46]pp of B&W photos. Fine. More
The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. Hardcover. 4to. xix, 318 p.p. Cloth. Coloured photographs throughout. Geomorphology by John A. Gifford. Photo of Crete stamped to front board. Some wear to jacket. No marks to boards or interior. This book notes new achievements in ancient Greek archaeology. Using twin cameras suspended..... More
The Egyptian Museum, Cairo: A Brief Description of the Principal Monuments
Egypt: General Egyptian Book Organization, 1983. Soft cover. 5.5" x 8" Soft cover. 386 pp. B&W illustrations. Covers are rubbed, a few small stains. More