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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
New York: Howard Books, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Orange paper boards. xvii, 334 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Fine condition. More
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
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
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1943. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. maroon cloth. Genealogical chart to endpapers. xi, 410 pp. [8] B&W plates. Cloth is stained, spine sunned, corners bumped, a few small spots of wear. Toning to interior, some light sporadic soiling. Light wear to front pastedown. More
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. orange cloth. xxv, 456 pp. Copious B&W photos and maps in text. Very light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, lightly bumped and rubbed to spine ends and corners. Professor Finegan's vivid and accurate..... More
Athens: (s.n.), 1971. First Edition. Soft cover. 12mo. Orig. pictorial wrappers, limited edition of 5,000 copies. 95pp. Illustrated. Front inner hinge cracked, light foxing to title page and endpapers, name on title-page with some underlining of passages, light wear and fading to wrappers o/w very good. Contains an overview of..... More
London: A.R. Mowbray & Co., 1936. Soft cover. 18mo. Orig. stiffened card wrappers. ix, 100 pp. Spine sunned and creased. Light rubbing to edges. Damp staining to top corner. Ink ownership inscription. Rust staining from paper clip to head of first few pages. More
Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. xi, 252 pp. Sporadic pencil notations to text. Fine condition. In this new book, influential archaeologist Ian Hodder discusses our human "entanglements" with material things, and how archaeological evidence can help us to understand the direction of human social and technological..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Original jacket and publishers quarter-cloth blue boards and orange spine. Bline device on front board. Blue endpapers. xii, 279 p.p. Frontispiece, plus [5] leaves of photographs. A fascinating biography of Arthur Evans and his discovery of the labyrinth Palace at Knossos..... More
Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1992. Hardcover. 8vo. [xvii] 397 p.p. Original black cloth with gilt titling on spine, in dust jacket. Minor creasing to jacket.This is a survey of religious beliefs in the British Isles from the Old Stone Age to the comming of Christianity, one of the least familiar but..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1890. Hardcover. 8vo. ix, 205 p.p. Cloth. 20 illustrations throughout book excluding frontispiece. Marks throughout boards, some markings to endpapers. Very light rubbing to extremities. Bumping to extremities. Bruising to right edge of rear board. Hinges tight. Otherwise, book is in near..... More
Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. xx, 284 pp. Small scuff to foot of text block. Else fine. More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1964. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine and vignette to lower front board. Top edge blue. 349 p.p., [16] p.p. B&W plates. B&W illustrations in-text. Sunning to spine and edges. Bookplate to ffep. Dust jacket sunned at spine, chip to spine head, one inch..... More
