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HISTORICAL RELICS UNEARTHED IN NEW CHINA

By: (Anonymous)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1972.: 1972.

Seller ID: 25618

Condition: Very good

Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1972.. 1972.. Very good. - Quarto [12-3/4 inches high by 10-1/2 inches wide], white buckram, in a dust wrapper. The book is housed in a gray cardboard slipcase. The binding is lightly bumped. There is a small dent to the spine & the tail of the spine & the bottom corner of the front cover are lightly stained. The dust jacket is rubbed & lightly chipped. The slipcase is darkened with some light staining. [v] & 217 illustrations, most of them full- or double-page in color and black & white. A folding list of the illustrations in Chinese is tipped onto the rear en...
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THE DAWN OF CIVILIZATION: The First World Survey of Human Cultures in Early Times

By: (Clark, Grahame; Aldred, Cyril; Wheeler, Sir Mortimer). Piggott, Stuart; editor

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc., (1961).: (1961).

Seller ID: 5103

Condition: Good

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc., (1961).. (1961).. Good. - Quarto, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with short tears & pieces out. There is a long tear to the rear panel & a large piece out of the tail of the spine. 403 & [1] pages. The page edges are darkened. Profusely illustrated in black & white & color. Ex-library with a book label stamped "withdrawn" on the front pastedown & another stamp on the half-title. Good. Dust jacket present.
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ARCHAEOLOGIA / Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity / Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London. Vol. XCVII (Second Series, Volume XLVII)

By: (Matthews, Derek; Waterman, Dudley M.; Wagner, Anthony R.; London, H. Stanford; Summerson, Sir John; et al)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Oxford, U.K.: The Society of Antiquaries, 1959.: 1959.

Seller ID: 23421

Condition: Very good

Oxford, U.K.: The Society of Antiquaries, 1959.. 1959.. Very good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 9-5/8 inches wide] rust brown cloth. The covers are very slightly bumped with some rubbing to the rear cover. xii & 242 pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations, including folding architectural plans & genealogical tables. The endpapers are slightly darkened with an owner's ink name on the front endpaper. Very good.

Among the articles in this volume are "The Monastery of Debra Damo, Ethiopia" by Derek Matthews, "The Swan Badge and the Swan Knight" by Anthony R. Wagner and &...
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ART TREASURES OF TURKEY. Circulated by the Smithsonian Institution 1966-1968. (Catalog)

By: (Mellink, Machteld; Young, Rodney S.; et al)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1966.: 1966.

Seller ID: 11834

Condition: Fine

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1966.. 1966.. Fine. - Small quarto [9 inches square], cloth, in a dust wrapper. xiv & 120 pages plus section of profuse black-and-white illustrations. Also with a color frontispiece. Lightly soiled, else near fine. Dust jacket present.
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NEOLITHIC CULTURE IN GREECE

By: (Papathanassopoulos, George A.)

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Athens: Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation, Museum of Cycladic Art, 1996.: 1996.

Seller ID: 22533

ISBN: 9607064151

Condition: Fine

Athens: Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation, Museum of Cycladic Art, 1996.. 1996.. Fine. - Quarto, 11-1/4 inches high by 9 inches wide. Tan cloth titled in white on the front cover & the spine in a color pictorial dust wrapper. 352 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white throughout. Near fine.

Published in conjunction with the museum's 10th anniversary exhibition "Neolithic Culture in Greece", organized by the Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation - Museum of Cycladic Art. Includes archaeological and anthropological material on the Cyclops Cave at Youra Alonnissos, Thessal...
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OBRAS SELECTAS DEL ARTE PREHISPANICO (Adquisiciones recientes)

By: Arroyo de Anda, Luis Aveleyra

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Mexico, D.F.: Museo Nacional de Antropologia, (1964).: (1964).

Seller ID: 9347

Condition: Good

Mexico, D.F.: Museo Nacional de Antropologia, (1964).. (1964).. Good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 9-3/4 inches wide], gray buckram titled in black on the front cover, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped & the tail of the spine is faded. The dust jacket is rubbed, darkened & chipped with pieces out of the head & tail of the spine & the top edges of the panels. Several tears have been repaired with scotch tape internally. Unpaginated. Prelims & introductory material plus profuse black-and-white plates from photographs by Irmgard Groth-Kimball, with captions on the facing pages....
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DIGGING FOR HISTORY: Archaeological Discoveries Throughout the World, 1945 to 1959. With an Introduction by William Foxwell Albright

By: Bacon, Edward

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York: The John Day Company, (1961).: (1961).

Seller ID: 5104

Condition: Very good

New York: The John Day Company, (1961).. (1961).. Very good. - Squarish octavo [10-1/4 inches high by 7-5/8 inches wide], brown cloth. The spine is faded. [x] & 318 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. There is staining to the front pastedown with an ink name & address along the top edge & with some light staining to the front endpaper, else a very good copy.
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ROMA: Studio per la sistemazione dell'area archeologica centrale

By: Benevolo, Leonardo; editor

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Roma: De Luca Editore/Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma, (1985).: (1985).

Seller ID: 803

Condition: Fine

Roma: De Luca Editore/Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma, (1985).. (1985).. Fine. - (Lavori e Studi di Archeologia No. 7). 4to, gray cloth (bumped) titled in red, in dw (lightly soiled). 117 pp. Illustrated with 2 folding B&W plates [maps] & with full-page & textual illustrations, maps & charts in B&W & color. Near fine in very good dw.

Text in Italian by L. Benevolo, A. Cagnardi, F. Castagnoli, V. Gregotti, I. Pizzetti, C. Podesta and G. Zambrini.

In January 1979 a national commission was created to study the deterioration of the architecture and monuments in Rome's 'zona archeologica'...
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ANCIENT GLASS in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh.

By: Bergman, Sidney M.; Oliver, Andrew, Jr.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Institute), (1980).: (1980).

Seller ID: 35702

Condition: Very good

SIGNED BY SIDNEY M. BERGMAN - Quarto [11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in dark gray wrappers titled & decorated in gilt. There is some light rubbing to the wraps & the spine is sunned. 155 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white, with photographs by Stanley L. Franzos. Very good.

A catalog inscribed on the front endpaper by Sidney Bergman, Honorary Curator of Ancient Glass at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and signed "Sidney". The text includes an essay by Bergman who organized and enlarged the collection, and an introduction by Andrew O...
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THE CAVES AT AURANGABAD. Early Buddhist Tantric Art in India

By: Berkson, Carmel

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd. / New York: Mapin International Inc., (1986).: (1986).

Seller ID: 24066

Condition: Very good

Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd. / New York: Mapin International Inc., (1986).. (1986).. Very good. - Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide. Black boards titled in white on the front cover and the spine, in a pictorial black dust wrapper. The dust jacket and the edges of the covers are slightly rubbed. xvi & 238 pages, profusely illustrated throughout with textual and full-page illustrations and a folding "site plan". A number is stamped in blue at the top corner of the front endpaper. A previous owner's name is partially erased from the top corner of that same endpaper....
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THE NEW WORLD

By: Bray, Warwick M.; Swanson, Earl H.; and Farrington, Ian S

Price: $20.00

Publisher: (New York): Elsevier Phaidon, (1975).: (1975).

Seller ID: 3692

Condition: Fine

(New York): Elsevier Phaidon, (1975).. (1975).. Fine. - Quarto, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed with a light stain to the front panel & 2 small score marks to the rear panel. 151 pages. Profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

Series title: The Making of the Past. Dust jacket present.
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MEGALITHS AND MASTERMINDS

By: Brown, Peter Lancaster

Price: $12.50

Publisher: NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1979).: (1979).

Seller ID: 14411

Condition: Very good

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1979).. (1979).. Very good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt, in dw (rear wrap lightly soiled; top edge of rear flap creased; owner's blind stamp on front flap; price- clipped). [viii] & 246 pages (owner's blind stamp on title) with 16 full pages of illustrations plus textual illustrations. Very good.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. With Translations by the Author

By: Burrows, Millar

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: The Viking Press, 1955.: 1955.

Seller ID: 8390

Condition: Very good

New York: The Viking Press, 1955.. 1955.. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are very lightly bumped & the head & tail of the spine are slightly creased. The top & bottom edges of the dust jacket are chipped with short tears & pieces out. xv & 435 pages. 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations, including a map. There is some light staining to the front pastedown & endpaper & to the fore- edge. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

Fifth printing. Dust jacket present.
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THE DISCOVERIES IN CRETE And Their Bearing on the History of Ancient Civilisation

By: Burrows, Ronald M

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Port Washington, NY/London: Kennikat Press, (1969).: (1969).

Seller ID: 4878

Condition: Very good

Port Washington, NY/London: Kennikat Press, (1969).. (1969).. Very good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in black on the spine. The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped with areas of light staining to the front cover. xvi & 244 pages. Illustrated in black & white. Very good.

Originally published in 1907.
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THE DISCOVERIES IN CRETE / And Their Bearing on the History of Ancient Civilisation

By: Burrows, Ronald M

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Port Washington, NY/London: Kennikat Press, (1969).: (1969).

Seller ID: 5124

Condition: Fine

Port Washington, NY/London: Kennikat Press, (1969).. (1969).. Fine. - Octavo, green cloth titled in black on the spine. The covers are very lightly bumped & rubbed. xvi & 244 pages. Illustrated in black & white with 1 full-page illustration & 3 plates. Near fine.

Reprint of a work first published in 1907.
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THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN

By: Carter, Howard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1972).: (1972).

Seller ID: 24197

ISBN: 0214654281

Condition: Very good

London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1972).. (1972).. Very good. - Small quarto [10 inches high by 8 inches wide], boards in a price- clipped dust wrapper. The binding is bumped & the dust wrapper is rubbed with the edges of its flaps darkened. 236 & [2] pages. Full-page illustrations in color and black & white and black-and-white textual illustrations. The bottom page corners are lightly bumped. Very good.

Howard Carter led the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamen, which was discovered in 1922. Dust jacket present.
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FOUR FACES OF SIVA: The Detective Story of a Vanished Race

By: Casey, Robert J

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1929).: (1929).

Seller ID: 3238

Condition: Good

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1929).. (1929).. Good. - Octavo, orange cloth backed with black cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on the spine & with a vignette stamped in black on the front cover. The covers are bumped & soiled. The head & tail of the spine are chipped & slightly frayed & the gilt is completely faded. xii & pages [13]-373. There is an ink name & date on the front endpaper. The page edges are slightly darkened; there is occasional soiling & very light foxing & the front edges of a few pages are roughed. Black-and-white frontispiece & 31 black-and-whit...
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ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE MAKING

By: Cleator, P. E

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London: Robert Hale Limited / New York: St. Martin's Press, (1976).: (1976).

Seller ID: 12388

ISBN: 0709155344

Condition: Fine

London: Robert Hale Limited / New York: St. Martin's Press, (1976).. (1976).. Fine. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The binding is very slightly rubbed & there is some slight soiling to the rear panel of the dust jacket. 238 pages. Illustrated in black & white with diagrams & maps by the author & with photographic illustrations. Near fine.

First American edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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MEXICO

By: Coe, Michael D

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York/Washington: Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, (1969).: (1969).

Seller ID: 11215

Condition: Good

New York/Washington: Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, (1969).. (1969).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial orange wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed & soiled with the corners slightly creased. The spine is spotted & slightly faded with the head lightly chipped. 244 & [1] pages. The fore- edge & bottom edge are foxed & there is occasional light foxing to the margins of the pages. Photographic illustrations, line drawings, maps & a table in black & white. Good.

Volume 29 of the "Ancient Peoples and Places" series.
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ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE BIBLE: BOOK BY BOOK.

By: Cornfeld, Gaalyah.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1976).: (1976).

Seller ID: 36317

Condition: Good

- Small quarto [9-5/8 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide], maroon cloth in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped. [viii] & 334 pages plus index. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First American edition.

David Noel Freedman, Consulting Editor. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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