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104376
DODSON & HILTON, Aidan & Dyan

THE COMPLETE ROYAL FAMILIES OF ANCIENT EGYPT:
London, Thames and Hudson, 2004. 320pp. Large Octavo. Hardcover in dustwrapper. A good copy. Profusely illustrated.Click here to order
$50

106421
Bank, Alice

BYZANTINE ART IN THE COLLECTIONS OF SOVIET MUSUEMS:
Leningrad, Aurora Art Publishers, 1985. 338pp. 4to. Original cloth with wrapper and slipcase. In excellent condition. Profusely illustrated in colour.Click here to order
$100

106518
HAAS, Antonio

MEXICO:
New York, Scala Books, 1982. 175pp. Quarto. Original cloth with wrapper. Dustwrapper a little chipped and worn otherwise a good copy. Illustrated.Click here to order
$50

106490
ROTHBERG, Beno

TIMNA: Valley of the Biblical Copper Mines.
London, Thames & Hudson, 1972. 248pp. 19x25cm. Original cloth in dustwrapper. An excellent copy. 25 colour plates, 128 monochromes and 77 line drawings.Click here to order
$50

106399
SHUHONG & CHENGXIAN, C & L

THE FLYING DEVIS OF DUNHUANG:
New York, Alpine Fine Arts Collection, 1983. Unpaginatedpp. Folio. Original cloth with wrapper. In very good condition. Colour plates throughout.Click here to order
$150

105584
ROEHRIG & SERINO, Catherine H. & Franco

ANCIENT EGYPT: Artists and Explorers in the Land of Pharoahs.
Vercelli, Italy, White Star, 2003. 328pp. Folio. Hardcover in dustwrapper. An excellent copy. Colour and black and white illustrations.Click here to order
$80

104388
MANGO, Cyril

THE OXFORD HISTORY OF BYZANTIUM:
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002. 334pp. Octavo. Hardcover in dustwrapper. An excellent copy. Illustrated.Click here to order
$50

106515
WILSON, David

THE NORTHERN WORLD: The History and Heritage of Northern Europe AD400-1000.
London, Thames & Hudson, 1980. 248pp. Quarto. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy. Colour and black and white plates. Text by Christine Fell, H Ament, Catherine Hills, James Graham-Campbell, Else Roesdahl, David Wilson, Joachim Herrmann, Joran Mjoberg Click here to order
$50

109771
ZERI, Federico

FEDERICO ZERI: Diario marchigiano 1948-1988.
Torino, Umberto Allemandi and Banca Delle Marche, 2000. 295pp. Quarto. Hardcover in dustwrapper. A near mint copy in slipcase. Illustrated profusley with beautifully taken images of icons and paintings as well as other historical artifacts . Text written in ItalianClick here to order
$75

108676
ANDREWS, F.H.

WALL PAINTINGS FROM ANCIENT SHRINES IN CENTRAL ASIA:
SDI Publications, 1998. 302 (1) 128 (2)pp. 44 x 34 cm (1) 31 x 22 cm (2). Full vinyl with a paper inlay on the front cover, and gilt title and single line border on the front cover. Spiral binding, covered by vinyl spine. (1) Full vynil with gilt lettering and embelishment on the front cover and spine. (2). Very light foxing throughout and light offsetting on the paste-down front endpaper. Right bottom corner rubbed and there is a 2 cm crack on in the spine. Otherwise a very good copy with vibrant photographs. (1) A very good copy. (2). Each page contains a black and white or colour photograph of portions of wall paintings. (1) This volume is consists of mainly text with a black and white fold-out map.. This is a two volume set, the first volume consisting of the plates and the second, the text volume. Scarcely found set of both volumes, this second edition of the original published in 1948 is limited to 999 copies.Click here to order
$200

104397
KILBRIDE-JONES, H E

CELTIC CRAFTMANSHIP IN BRONZE:
London, Croom Helm, 1980. 266pp. Large octavo. Hardcover in dustwrapper. A good copy, some foxing. Illustrated.Click here to order
$50

106517
MARCHALL, Henri

LES TEMPLES D' ANGKOR:
Paris, Albert Guillot, 1955. 175pp. Quarto. Original cloth with wrapper. Dustwrapper a little chipped and worn otherwise a good copy.Click here to order
$90

106162
CARTER, Howard

THE TOMB OF TUT.ANKH.AMEN: Discovered bythe late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter.
London, Cassell and Company, 1923 and 1927 both first editions. 231 & 277pp. 17 x 24 cms. Original cloth. Volume one is clean and tight with the gilt lettering and front cover design all bright. Volume two has a small bump to the front cover and a very small tear top the top of the spine (about 3 mms or one tenth of an inch).. Still very good copies. Rare to find in first edition and in this condition. A third volume was issued in 1933 and this is not hereClick here to order
$2000

105540
MAXWELL, Jack

AH FANG THE RUTHLESS:
London, Amalgamated Press 4d Champion Library No 180, 1936. 64pp. 14 x 17.5 cms. Pulp paperback. Very good copy. Terrific pulp cover art Story of a sinister Chinese pirate and a dare devil BritisherClick here to order
$35

106095
BROADMAN, GRIFFIN & MURRAY, John, Jasper & Oswyn

OXFORD HISTORY OF THE CLASSICAL WORLD:
London, Guild Publishing, 1986. 882pp. Quarto. Hardcover in dustwrapper. A excellent copy. Very heavy. Please ask about postageClick here to order
$50

100714
COTTON, M Aylwin

THE LATE REPUBLICAN VILLA AT POSTO, FRANCOLISE:
London, The British School at Rome, 1979. 198pp. Quarto. Original Cloth. Excellent condition. 3 fold-out diagrams and 18 black and white plates at rear of book.Click here to order
$40

106508
SPRENGER, BARTOLONI, HIRMER, Maja, Gilda, Max & Albert

THE ETRUSCANS: Their History, Art and Architeture.
New York, Abrams, 1983. 176pp. Quarto. Cloth in dustarwpper. An excellent copy. Illustrated with colour and black and white photography.Click here to order
$150

106510
de PALOL, Pedro

ARTE PALECRISTIANO: En Espania.
Spain, Ediones Poligrafa, 1983. 176pp. Quarto. Cloth in dustarwpper. An excellent copy. Illustrated with colour and black and white photography. Text in Spanish, English, French and GermanClick here to order
$150

106190
BANDINELLI, Ranuccio Bianchi

ROME THE LATE EMPIRE: Roman Art AD 200-400.
London, Thames & Hudson, 1971. 463pp. Quarto. Hardcover in dustwrapper. An excellent copy. Black and white photographs ; some colour; colour maps at rear.Click here to order
$200

106511
WOOD & WHEELER, Roger & Mortinmer

ROMAN AFRICA IN COLOUR: Sudan Egypt Tripolitania Tunisia Algeria Morocco.
London, Thames & Hudson, 1973. 160pp. Quarto. Cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy. 59 tipped in colour plates.Click here to order
$90

106389
HAMPE & SIMON, ROLAND & ERIKA

THE BIRTH OF GREEK ART: Form the Mycenaean to the Archaic Period.
London, Thames & Hudson, 1981. 316pp. Large Quarto. Original cloth with wrapper in slipcase. With 504 illustrations, 60 in colour. Foreword by JOhn BoardmanClick here to order
$150

103134
STEIN, Sir Aurel

ON ANCIENT CENTRAL-ASIAN TRACKS: Brief Narrative of Three Expeditions in Innermost Asia and North-Western China.
London, MacMillan, 1933. 342pp. Octavo. Original cloth with gilt details and decoration on spine and front cover. Minor foxing, previous owners inscription on front endpaper, boards worn around the edges. A very good copy with the images in very good condition. . Numerous illustrations, colour plates, panoramas and map from the original surveys.. This is a very good copy of a vaulable and rare book. A collection of personal stories this publication discusses the exploration and geographical characteristics of little known inner parts of Asia "Chinese Turkistan" Click here to order
$2000

106434
CASSON, Stanley

THE TECHNIQUE OF EARLY GREEK SCULPTURE:
Oxford, At The Clarendon Press, 1933 1st edition. 246pp. 17.5 x 25 cms. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Many pages have ink underlining but it is still a very well presented copy. Black and white plates.Click here to order
$50

106352
Hodjash & Berlev, Svetlana & Oleg

THE EGYPTIAN RELIEFS AND STELAE IN THE PUSHKIN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, MOSCOW:
Leningrad, Aurora Art Publishers, 1982. 312pp. Quarto. Original cloth with wrapper. A good copy. Small pieces missing from folds of wrapper, else clean.. Illustrated throughout.Click here to order
$100

105296
WILLARD, T.A.

THE CITY OF THE SACRED WELL: Being a Narrative of the Discoveries and Excavations of Edward Herbert Thompson in the Ancient City of Chi-Chen Itza with some Discourse on the Culture and Development of the Mayan Civilization as Revealed by their Art and Architecture, here set down and illustrated from photographs by T.A. Willard.
London, William Heinemenn, 1926. 293pp. Octavo. Original cloth with gilt decorations and title on front cover and spine. A little wear to the top and bottom of the spine, some foxing. A good copy. Printed in the US from the US sheetsClick here to order
$60

104733
PERCY, Thomas

RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of our Earlier Poets; Together with Some Few of Later Date. New Edition in Three Volumes.
London, Henry Washbourne, 1844. 376, 419 & 420pp. 12 x 17 cms. Contemporary half leather and marbled boards. This is a very good and attractive set. Although Percy has his name on this work it was a collaboration with Samuel Johnson and ShenstoneClick here to order
$300

105372
BARTLETT, W H

FORTY DAYS IN THE DESERT: Or The Track of the Track of the Israelites or a Journey From Cairo By Wady Feiran, To Mount Sinai and Petra.
London, Arthur Hall, No date c 1850s (Inscription dated 1863). 206pp. 17 x 25 cms. Contemporary full gilt decorated leather with all edges gilt. An attractive production. Complete with a folding map of Arabia Petrea, 26 full page steel engraved plates and 20 textual illustrations.Click here to order
$300

101468
HONE , William

ANCIENT MYSTERIES DESCRIBED, ESPECIALLY THE ENGLISH MIRACLE PLAYS, FOUNDED ON APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT STORY, EXTANT AMONG THE UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM; INCLUDING NOTICES OF ECCLESIASTICAL SHOWS, THE FESTIVALS OF ; FOOLS AND ASSES, THE ENGLISH BOY-BISHOP, THE DESCENT INTO HELL, THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW, THE GUILDHALL GIANTS, CHRISTMAS CAROLS, ETC. :
London , Privately Published , 1823, catalogue bound at rear is dated 1893. 300pp. 8vo . Original cloth . Book plate on the pasted down endpage, otherwise very nice . G. Cruickshank illustrationsClick here to order
$50

106514
BRAUNELS, Wolfgang

MONASTERIES OF WESTERN EUROPE: The Architecture of the Orders.
London, Thames & Hudson, 1972. 264pp. Quarto. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A very good copy. Beautiful black and white plates.Click here to order
$75

106528

THE ART OF MEDIEVAL SPAIN: A.D. 500 - 1200.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993. 358pp. 4to. Original soft covers. A very good copy. Illustrated throughout in colour and b.w.Click here to order
$150

106282
HEREDOTUS

THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS IN FOUR VOLUMES: Translated into English by George Rawlinson Assisted by Col. Sir Henry Rawlinson and Sir J G Wilkinson.
London, John Murray, 1862. 568, 508, 455 & 449pp. 15 X 23 cms. Original green cloth with a couple of wrinkles on the spine of vol. 1. New endpapers. A very good and attractive copy with gilt lettering to the spine. Fold out maps. Four volume setClick here to order
$200

103320

THE IMPACT OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES ON ARCHAEOLOGY : A Joint Symposium of the Royal Society and The British Academy. Organized by a Committee under the Chairmanship of T.E. Allibone.
London, Oxford University Press, 1970. 185pp. 4to. Original cloth with dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has a few stains and a closed tear, otherwise a very good copy . Black and white plates.Click here to order
$75

106759
BERIDZE , ALIBEGASVILI , VOLSKAJA , XUSKIVADZE

THE TREASURES OF GEORGIA:
London, Century, 1983. 239pp. 24x31cm. Hardcover in dustwrapper. A good copy. Profusely illustrated in colour.Click here to order
$100

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