Spine has sunned and there is a one inch chip to paper over spine at crown, but otherwise this one is pristine. No names or writing. Measures 9"x11" and has 245 pages. Illustrated with black and white plates. Among the many articles are: The Pregnancy of Isis; A Bibliography of Jeroslav Cerny; Four Hieratic Ostraca of the Old Kingdom; An Early Middle Kingdom Account; A Reconsideration of the Middle Kingdom Cairo Letter; A New Wisdom Text From a Writing-Board in Oxford; and Two Monuments of the Rein of Horemheb, as well as one on the length of Horemheb's reign. Other issues available... View More...
Spine has sunned, but otherwise this one is pristine. No names or writing. Measures 9"x11" and has 192 pages plus black and white plates at back of book printed on coated paper. A sampling of article topics include: Observations of a collection of crania from the Mastabas of the Reign of Cheops at Giza; two lute players of the Amarna Era; Historical observations of the military reliefs of Abu Simbel and other Ramesside Temples in Nubia; an accounts papyrus from Thebes; and adaptation of the ancient Egyptian texts to the the temple ritual at Philae. Other issues available. View More...
Spine has sunned, but otherwise this one is pristine. No names or writing. Measures 9"x11" and has 207 pages plus black and white plates at back of book printed on coated paper. Among the many articles are: Two Old Kingdom Tombs at Giza; The Conclusion to the Testament of Ammenemes, King of Egypt; An Eighteenth-Dynasty Linen in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston; Egypt, Samos and the Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture; Ancient Egyptian Silver; and The Rev. Dr. Anthony J. Arkell. Other issues available. View More...
Very nice book. Mild sunning to spine and a couple small faint spots to cover are oinly faults. Tightly bound with no names or writing. Measures 9"x11" and has 317 pages plus black and white plates at back of book printed on coated paper. A sampling of article topics include: automated analysis of predynastic cemeteries, three monuments from Memphis in the Fitzwilliam Museum; the origin of the Blue Crown; the original version of the Royal Canon of Turin; the Rendells mummy bandages; eight funerary paintings with judgement scenes in the Swansea Welcome Museum; and gift giving in ancien... View More...
Spine has sunned faintly, but otherwise this one is pristine. No names or writing. Measures 9"x11" and has 211 pages plus black and white plates at back of book printed on coated paper. A sampling of article topics include: status symbols in the architecture of El-'Amarna; reflections on the reign of Ramesses VI; the identity of the Ramesside Queen Tyti; the camel in dynastic Egypt; and Anubis and the lunar disc; and the composition of a military work party in Roman Egypt. Other issues available. View More...
Very nice -- no sunning, no writing, no tears. Measures 9"x11" and has 300 pages plus black and white plates at back of book printed on coated paper. A sampling of article topics include: domestic shrines and the Cult of the Royal Family at El-'Amarna; remarks on the trial of Mose; a Theban tomb and its tenants; Takeloth II a king of the Theban 23rd dynasty?; an Old Kingdom expedient for anchoring inliad eyes; and Christian paintings from Tebtunis. Other issues available. View More...
Crisp as new. No names or writing. Pages and cover pristine. Measures 9"x11" and has 260 pages plus plates. Illustrated with charts and black and white plates on glossy paper at back of book. Among the many articles are: The Origin of the Pyramid Texts Found on Middle Kingdom Saqqara Coffins; Crime, Cult and Capital Punishment; Interpreting the Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor; Crown Prince Djhutmose and the Royal Sons of the 18th Dynasty; The Death of Niphururiya and Is Aftermath; Hogs and Hygiene; The Temple of Apis in Memphis; The Egyptological Bibliography of Percy Edward Newberry;... View More...
ITEM 8122 THE CRUSADES AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ALN MURRY EDIROR PUB 2006 BY ABC CLIO 290 PGS PLUS INDEX AND APPENDEX 8 1/2 X 11 1/4 HARD BACK VOL. 3 ONLY OF A 4 VOL SET AS NEW CONDITION [ WORLD HISTORY ] View More...
ITEM # 8121 THE CRUSADES AN ENCYCLOPEDIA VOL 1 A-C ALAN V. MURRAY EDITOR PUB BY ABC- CLIO, 2006 ,326 PGS PLUS APPENDEX AND INDEX, 8 1/2 X 11 1/4 , VOL 1 ONLY OF A 4 VOL SET NEAR NEW CONDITION CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT NO MARKS OR TEARS , NOT X LIB [ WORLD HISTORY ] View More...
We rarely offer ex-library books, but this one is worthy of an exception. Very clean and nice with little wear. There is one sticker to spine, a clean card pocket at back, and minimal stamping. Outer edges and spine have been reneforced with a clear tape to prevent excess wear. Pages and page edges are pristine -- clearly this one circulated very little. Illustrated throughout with drawingfs and excellent, large black and white photographs. Vases show a variety of forms and are arranged by geographical area. These include the Greek mainland, the Greek islands, unclassified Eastern Mediterranea... View More...
Beautiful as new copy -- no defect of any kind and dustjacket protected by brand new mylar.. . Recounts the extraordinary life of Frederick Catherwood, the English artist who explored the Central American forest and the Yucatan plateau during the first half of the 19th century in search of Mayan cities. Illustrated with full color art by Catherwood and maps. 193 pages plus back matter.Beautiful fold-out at front too. Exqusite book.Measures 10"x14" View More...
Crisp, BRAND NEW book. A comprehensive study of Sun Watch, one of few thoroughly excavated Fort Ancient soceties inhabiting the Middle Ohio Valley. Focus is on the development of the village social structure within a broad geographic and temporal framework. Illustrated with drawings and charts. 197 pages. Indexed. View More...
Crisp, beautiful book, very gently kept. No spine crease, no names or writing and pages and page edges pristine. Measures 9"x11" and printed on quality paper. Photographs at back of book in both black and wite and color, plus line drawings, for a total of 52 plates. Lengthy introduction at front. View More...
Very nice, clean book with no names or writing, no spine crease and very white pages and page edges. The author traces the development of map-making, beginning in Babylonia and Egypt, through the contributions of Greek scientists and Roman administrators and surveyors, to the Age of Discovery. lllustrated with drawings and photographs in black and white. 224 pages. Indexed. View More...
Crisp as new book. No spine crease, no names or writing, and pages and page edges immaculate. Based on extensive research conducted by the author on Denmark during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages (2300-1300 B.C.); the high Andres of Peru from the early chiefdoms through the Inca conquest (A.D. 500-1534; and Hawaii from early in its settlement to its incorporation in the world economy. (A.D. 800-1824). 250 pages. Illustrated. Indexed. View More...
Here we have two very hard to find (especially the second volume) preliminary archaeological reports on The Lake Pleasant Project which was undertaken by the Arizona State Museum with the cooperation of the Arizona Highway Department in early 1970's. The earlier one focuses on the excavation of the Beardsley Canal Site, a colonial Hohokam village on the Agua Pria River in Central Arizona. The second does likewise but indicates the Lower Agua Pria River. Both booklets are very basic in design, but offer much information, plus photographs and drawings of the excavation and its finds. 35 pages co... View More...
ITEM # 7874 SANTA MONICA BAY THE FIRST 100 YEARS BY FRED BASTEN PUB BY DOUGLAS -WEST 1974 226 PGS 11 X8 1/2 HARD BACK A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF SANTA MONICA ,VENICE , OCEAN PARK ,PACIFIC PALISADES , TOPANGA & MALIBU LIMITED TEXT ,A WEALTH OF B&W PHOTOS OINCLUDING A DOUBLE FOLD OUT 44 " LONG OF THE BEACH AND PIER BOOK IN FINE CONDITION NO MARKS OR TEARS BRIGHT AND TIGHT View More...
Very nice, clean, tightly bound book covered with clear rigid plastic cover for safekeeping. Only fault is sunning to edges of wraps and most especially to spine. Light toning to page edges. Photo illustrated. Concerns the Akkadian tablets purchased shortly after WWI by Lt. Col. J.H. Patterson of the British Army of Occupation in Iraq, which he then dontated to the museum in 1925. The tablets are of historical and anthropological interest, as they were written in a dialect of the Old Akkadian language and date back over four thousand years. With the exception of two letters and some school ta... View More...
Crisp, clean book, very nicely kept. No bumps to boards and pages and pages edges pristine. Jacket shows no tears or chips and is most hndnsome in brand new mylar Only fault is blank bookplate to front pastedown. Book measures 9-1/2"x12-1/4" and is elegantly illustrated throughout with many full page photographs. Fifty-nine funerary memorials from the Classical and Hellenistic periods described and pictured. 158 pages. Indexed. View More...
Book itself is clean and attractive with no names or writing and no bumps to board. Jacket shows just a small wrinkle to top of spine and a few chips to bottom edge, but no price clip. Looks most handsome in brand new mylar cover. Measures 8"x10" and has 162 pages. Indexed. Drawings, pristine fold-outs and black and white photos. Not often found. View More...
