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... View More...
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 The Greyhound as a Royal... View More...
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. View More...
- 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, Thessaly - The Northern Sporades, The Aegean Islands, Crete, The Haimos Peninsula, The Alepotrypa Cave at... View More...
- 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. The paper on the rear pastedown is partially detached & the rear hing... View More...
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. View More...
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', to e... View More...
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 Oliver, Jr. wh... View More...
- 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. Very good. First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
(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. View More...
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. View More...
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.
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. View More...
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.
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. View More...
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... View More...
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. View More...
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. View More...
- 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. View More...
Perugia: Electa Editori Umbri, (1991).. (1991).. Very good. - Quarto [11 inches high by 8 inches wide], soft covers bound in pictorial dark teal wraps. The rear wrap is rubbed & the front wrap is lightly rubbed with the corners slightly creased. 186 & [1] pages plus colophon. Illustrated in black & white and color. A price-sticker has been removed from the front endpaper. Very good.
