Antiquities
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Iraklion Arch�Ologisches Museum Corpus Der Minoischen Und Mykenischen Siegel Band II Teil 1
by Nikolas Platon
History Of Mankind Volume I Prehistory and The Beginnings Of Civilization
by Jacquetta and Sir Leonard Woolley Hawkes
Bronzes, Marbres, Agenterie Naples 1910
by Fonderie Artistiche Riunite J Chiurazzi S De Angelis and Fils
Antiquities Books & Ephemera
An Inventory Of the Historical Monuments In the City Of Cambridge
by Monuments, Royal Commission On Historical
L'Asie Ancienne Centrale et Sud-Orientale d'apres Ptolemee. Avec 23 cartes en noir et 1 en couleur
by Berthelot, Andre
Paris: Payot, 1930. Hardcover. 426p., maps as called for, all fold out, all presswork clear, none damaged save for a half-inch tear at the stub of the color item stubbed-in at rear, this a really superb map with several onlay colors. Book, or this exemplar anyway, originated as a paperback and was hardbound (expertly) in Hong Kong by one Sam Ying, his odd seller's fiche on the pastedown. Unfortunately, Sam left out the printed wraps, otherwise we have no objections. Sound copy, with a little abrasion...
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€37.81
Ancient Tahitian canoes
by Jourdain, P
Paris: Société des Océanistes, 1970. Pamphlet. 25p., find diagrams, and period and contemporary images along with analytic text; staplebound booklet, 5.5x7.5 inches, staples heavily rusted else very good. Dossier 4.
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€11.34
Life and loyalty; a study in the socio-religious culture of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Graeco-Roman period based on epigraphical evidence
by Dijkstra, Klaas
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995. xii, 375p., first edition bright green buckram boards gilt-titled and -ruled in the usual impressive Brill manner; a fine unblemished copy just out of publisher's original shrinkwrap. Epigraphical wisdom incised in the Syrian-Mesopotamian desert during first three centuries CE. Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, volume 128.
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€94.52
Beyond Babylon - Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C.
by Aruz, Joan, Kim Benzel, and Jean M. Evans, editors
New York / New Haven: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2008. Hardcover. xxiii, 524p., a splendid large book hardbound in 12.5x9.5 inch blood-orange openweave cloth boards lettered gilt and enclosed in the strong dust jacket. Faintest signs of any handling or age, entirely sound, clean and unmarked. Some images are of objets d'art retrieved from ancient shipwrecks.
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€70.89
Formaciones Precapitalistas
by Dierchxsens, Wim
Mexico D.F.: Editorial Nuestro Tiempo, 1983. Paperback. 210p., softbound in 7x4 inch glossy decorated wraps, has a small splash-stain to bottom edge, an otherwise clean copy: absolutely sound and unmarked, a very good copy that is inscribed and signed (in Spanish) by Dierchxsens (as 'Wim').
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€20.79
Ceylon and the Cingalese their history, government and religion; the antiquities, institutions, produce, revenue and capabilities of the island with anecdotes illustrating the manners and customs of the people. In two volumes / vol. I, vol. II
by Sirr, Henry Charles
New Delhi / Madras: Asian Educational Services, 1991. xv, 381, vii, 367p., photolitho'd from the original (1850) edition; original plates also reproduced, modern reprint in matched-format casings, 7x4.7 inch red oilcloth gilt. Slightest signs of handling, very good set. Caveat emptor, bindery appears to have omitted frontis plates in each, so do not expect to find "View of Colombo" and "Lake of Kandy
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€37.81
Supplement to the Journal of the American Oriental Society, Number 9, July-September 1948. Discoveries at Karatepe - A Phoenician Royal Inscription from Cilicia
by Obermann, Julian
Baltimore: the journal, 1948. Paperback. 49p., plus VII plates on glazed inserted stock, softbound in 9x6 inch plain printed buff wraps. In-text copy is shown in "square Hebrew" rather than the cuneiform, the cuneiform photocopied and diagrammed in the terminal plates section. A fine copy, pace a faint misfolding to the back cover. "This Supplement Issued with Volume 68, number 3 of the Journal
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€14.18
![Latinitas. Commentarii Periodici Linguae Latinae Excolendae Provendae Cura Operis Fundati. Cui Nomen Latinitas, Auspice Sede Apostolica Editi. [broken run:] MCMLXXXX, n.I,II,III,Iv - MCMLXXXXI, n.I,II III,IV - MCMLXXXXI, n.I,II,III,IV - MCMLXXXXIII, n.I,II,III,IV - MCMLXXXXIV, n.I,II,III,IV - MCMLXXXXV, n.i,II,III,IV - MCMLXXXXVI, n.i,iii,iv [note absences] - MCMLXXXXII, n.I,II - MMI, n.I,II,III,IV - MMII, n.I,II,IV - MMIII, n.I,II,IV [41 unduplicated issues]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/319/339/1388339319.0.b.jpg)
Latinitas. Commentarii Periodici Linguae Latinae Excolendae Provendae Cura Operis Fundati. Cui Nomen Latinitas, Auspice Sede Apostolica Editi. [broken run:] MCMLXXXX, n.I,II,III,Iv - MCMLXXXXI, n.I,II III,IV - MCMLXXXXI, n.I,II,III,IV - MCMLXXXXIII, n.I,II,III,IV - MCMLXXXXIV, n.I,II,III,IV - MCMLXXXXV, n.i,II,III,IV - MCMLXXXXVI, n.i,iii,iv [note absences] - MCMLXXXXII, n.I,II - MMI, n.I,II,III,IV - MMII, n.I,II,IV - MMIII, n.I,II,IV [41 unduplicated issues]
by moderator; officeholder varies
Vatican: the church, 2003. Paperback. Plain printed journal wraps with mild variation in cover stock (mostly matte grey; glossy colors for the millennium), 9.5x6.5 inches, averaging just under 100p. each, one issue bears a holograph comment relating to content, else very good to fine copies: perfectly sound, clean, and else unmarked.
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€189.04
Barahmasa - Twelve Lunar months: Expression Through Miniature Paintings
by Chimanlal Paper Company, designer/creators
Bombay: Directorate of Tourism, Government of Maharashtra, 1970. Portfolio. Twelve folders as called for, each measuring 10x9 inches closed, each opening on a recto color graphic (9x5 inches, well-reproduced) that faces a verso commentary. Different color-themes for each "month". Expect very faint edgewear to folders, which are enclosed in a printed cardstock envelope or portfolio that is thrashed (but not so badly as to be thrown away) with our visible tape-repair. As is. These calendar motifs date...
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Das Kabukitheater; Kulturgeschichte der Anfange
by Ortolani, Benito
Tokyo: Sofia University Press, 1964. Hardcover. 169p., illustrated with many b&w production stills and historical images, a lavishly-bound hardback in 10x7 inch boards covered in green brocade and titled in gilt on a red label, provided with textured tissue endpapers and enclosed in the glossy dust jacket, which is further enclosed in a matte obi sash bearing text and figures. Please note, the book is entirely in the German language with no translation. Book itself is immaculate, the dust jacket...
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Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on the Study of Shamanism and Alternate Modes of Healing; held at the St. Sabina Center, San Rafael, California, September 4 to 6, 1993
by Heinze, Ruth-Inge, conference co-ordinator and editor
San Rafael CA: the Center / Independent Scholars of Asia, Inc, 1993. Paperback. ix, 382p., illustrated with scattered technical images, softbound in 9x6 inch buff wraps with a calligraphic logo. Mild edgewear with corner-tip turnings, a touch of dust, toning to spine, an otherwise perfectly sound clean copy free of any markings (besides an accidental pencil stroke to back cover). We recognize one known-quantity amongst the 40 or so presenters, Stanley Krippner.
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€28.36
![The Acropolis, A New Guide of the Monuments and Museum. With a folded colour map of the monuments [subtitle from cover text]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/970/091/1548091970.0.b.jpg)
The Acropolis, A New Guide of the Monuments and Museum. With a folded colour map of the monuments [subtitle from cover text]
by Papathanassopoulos, Dr. G., archaeologist, former director of the Acropolis
Athens Greece: Krene Editions, 1991. Paperback. 120p., profuse color illustrations both photographic and diagrammatic (floorplans, elevations and pictorials), softbound in 9.5x6.5 inch color cardstock wraps. Book itself has a mildly edgeworn front cover, blank back cover a little rubbed, but the folded map (more of a 3-D reconstruction) is fine. Presentable copy of a Library of Congress Duplicate with LC's rubberstamp to half-title. Otherwise unmarked, and entirely sound and clean.
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€14.18
The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture
by Neer, Richard
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2010. Hardcover. xiv, 262p., numerous b&w plates and vignettes, and a few images in colorphoto; hardbound in 11.5x8.5 inch black cloth boards lettered in silverfoil and enclosed in the dust jacket. An as-new copy, entirely sound, square, clean and unmarked.
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€33.08
Excavation of an Early Shell Midden on Isla Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Preprinted from Publication 31, pages 147-197, Middle American Research Institute Tulane University
by Andrews, E. Wyllys IV, et alia
New Orleans: National Geographic Society - Tulane University Program of Research in Yucatan, 1974. Pamphlet. Offprint, nicely formatted and accompanied by well-reproduced b&w site photos, diagrams and line maps; an oversize pamphlet in 10.5x8 inch plain printed green wraps. Has a little edgewear, very good copy.
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€14.18
Folk Origins of Indian Art
by Maury, Curt
New York: Columbia University Press, 1969. Hardcover. 245p., cloth-covered boards, 11.25x8.75 inches landscape format, profusely illus., very good condition in a price-clipped and lightly edgeworn dust jacket.
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€14.18
Architektur Kleinasiens, von ihren anfangen bis zum ende der hethitischen zeit
by Naumann, Rudolf
Tubingen: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1955. Hardcover. XII, 439p., profulely illustrated with expert sketches both descriptive and explanatory, plus artist's reconstructions (how such & such gate may have looked, &c). Hardbound in openweave blue cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. Nice condition: the book itself has a short bump to tail-rim, the only detraction from crisp squareness, top edge mildly dust-soiled, gilt remains bright, within find a neat small ownership signature. The dj wasn't so...
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Antique Rugs from the Near East. Third revised edition with contributions by Ernst Kuhnel. Translated by R.M. Riefstahl
by Bode, Wilhelm
New York: E. Weyhe, 1922. Hardcover. 65p. followed by 95 "figures", i.e. plates, usually one fullpage figure each, one color image set as the frontispiece, the b&w reproduced clearly (at best) accompanied by a few diagrammatic images. The color frontis is quite vivid. Hardbound in grey papered boards with a grey cloth backstrip (spine-titled in legible white) and a simple cover label. All paperstock within, whether matte (text) or glazed, is alkaline, while the boards are a bit toned. This is a very...
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Manche and Peten; The Hazards of Itza Deceit and Barbarity. Translated by Charles P. Bowditch and Guillermo Rivera, With Additional Comments by Adela C. Breton. Edited and With Notes by Frank E. Comparato
by Cano, Fray Agustin. Frank E. Comparato, editor
Culver City CA: Labyrinthos, 1984. Pamphlet. vi, 26p., illustrated with three facsimiles, two of which maps including a central double-spread , an aerial view dated to 1735. Softbound, a large pamphlet stapled into 11x8.5 inch yellow wraps, an entirely sound, clean and unmarked copy.
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€11.34
Decimal Tables for the Reduction of Hindu Dates, from the Data of the Surya-Siddhanta
by van Wijk, W.E
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1938. Paperback. vii, 33p. (text and tables, one folding) plus two more very large folded tables bound in at back. An elegant production on fine alkaline paperstock, rubricated cover and title page, complex handset presswork, softbound in 11x7 inch buff wraps in very good condition pace a few mild corner-tip turnings (no sharp creasing) and a couple of flecks of soil. Otherwise clean, and quite sound and unmarked.
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€23.63
La Historia Linguistica de "Peon
by Malkiel, Yakov
Bogota: Instituto Caro y Cuervo, 1952. Pamphlet. 46p., softbound in plain printed 9x6 inch stapled wraps, inscribed neatly on the cover to Joaquin Nin-Culmel (Anais Nin's brother) and signed with Malkiel's initials. Item has a bad bump to the head of the spinefold affecting all leaves, and a little edgewear, and staples are rusting (no migration). Clean copy, otherwise sound.
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€18.90
Buyo, The Classical Dance, by Masakatsu Gunji; translated by Don Kenny with an introduction by James R. Brandon. A Weatherhill Book
by Gunji, Masakatsu. James R. Brandon, prefatory material
New York / Tokyo: Weatherhill / Tankosha, 1970. Hardcover. vii, 207p., profusely illustrated in both b&w (reproduced in rotogravure) and colorphoto (very clear). Hardbound first American edition in 8.5x6 inch openweave raw linen boards decorated in gilt and blind, and enclosed in its glossy blue dust jacket. As new; obtained from a collector who had purchased multiple copies when issued. Perfectly sound, clean and unmarked. Performing arts of Japan: III.
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€11.34
Underground Christians in the earliest church
by Grassi, Joseph A
Santa Clara CA: Diakonia Press, 1975. Paperback. 142p., text reproduced from double-spaced typescript, first edition plain printed blue wraps, 8.5x5.5 inches. A very good copy. Grassi does not mean "Christians who lived in caves or in hiding, or groups that held secret meetings to escape the supervision of an 'institutional church' of the time," but the non-canonical, "whose views and life-styles were a striking contrast to much that we find in the canonical," which views were not recorded (merely...
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How the World Worked; From the Pharaohs to Christopher Columbus
by Bessmer, Sue
Pacifica, CA: Old Tree Books, 2013. Paperback. 397p., pictorial wrappers, small damp stain on bottom fore-edge corner. Signed and inscribed by the author.
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€14.18
The Roquefort Adventure. Translated from the French by Mary Mian; Illustrations by Yves Brayer; Wood Engraving by Gerard Angiolini
by Pourrat, Henri
Coulouma, France: Societe Anonyme des Caves et des Producteurs Reunis de Roquefort, 1956. Paperback. First edition of the "original English edition of this book", numerous illustrations (exceptional conception & coloring), No.3242 of a run of 5000 copies, 237p., fine presswork on lovely watermarked paperstock, softbound in 9.5x7 inch buff wraps titled in brown and black. Faint-ish dustsoil and faint irregular sunning, within expect a few flecks otherwise near-new, sound and unmarked (no ownerships,...
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Ancient Walls of East Anglia
by Beckley, Rene
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1979* Publisher: Terence Dalton Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: White cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, boards a little grunny. VG* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight ageing to page margins. VG+* Illustrations: B/w photos, prints and line drawn maps throughout.* Pages: 128 pp. text....
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![Hakluytus Posthumus, or Purchas His Pilgrimes; Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and others. Volume I [continuous through] Volume 20 [complete set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/236/975/1434975236.0.m.jpg)
