Jerusalem: The Franciscan Press, 1941 & 1950. First Edition. Softcovers. Three Large Quarto volumes in original printed wrappers. Vol. I: [viii] + 370pp.; Vol. II: [160 b/w plates]; Vol. III: xiv + 146pp. Index. Frontispieces (one colour). Maps - some folding, plans, diagrams etc. No.1 in the Publications of the..... More
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1955. Second printing. Hardcover. Large octavo. xx + 234pp. Green cloth lettered in silver on spine. Top-edge browned, spine ends rubbed, else a solid, internally-clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, slightly rubbed & discolored, small hole near top of spine)..... More
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1906. Ninth impression of second edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 160pp. Brown linen lettered in gilt on spine & upper board. B/w frontis. Index. The author, Rev. Archibald Henry Sayce (1846 - 1933), was a pioneering British Assyriologist who held the chair of Professor of Assyriology..... More
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1892. Seventh edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 160pp. + 2pp. ads. Ad endpapers. Brown linen, black-lettered on spine & upper board, gilt title & design on upper board. Frontis. Index. B/w plates. 'By-Paths of Bible Knowledge II'. Comprehensive and detailed overview of the decipherment of cunieform..... More
Edinburgh, Scotland: T. & T. Clark, 1913. Second edition. Hardcover, 8vo, 256 pp + 8 pp of adverts. Brown cloth with gilt title and author to spine, index. Boards lightly chafed at edges, spine lightly sunned, previous owner's name, page edges lightly foxed, otherwise a sound, unmarked VG+ copy. More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1915. Eighth Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 608pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine, index, beveled edges. With a new preface. The author, Rev. Archibald Henry Sayce (1846 - 1933), was a pioneering British Assyriologist who held the chair of Professor of Assyriology at..... More
Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 1993. Hardcover. Large octavo. 196pp. Orange cloth gilt-lettered on spine. "How the Dead Sea Scroll Discoveries have Influenced Modern English Translations." Bibliography. B/w plates. A tight, clean VG+ copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket has small top-edge tear & creases to front panel). More
New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 542 pp + 16 pp of color photographs. Quarter brown cloth with gilt titling to spine; gray papered boards; b&w and color illustrations; maps, glossary, notes, references, index. From the publisher: "The recent interpretation of Maya..... More
Francofurti ad Moenum: Typis Johannis Jacobi Hennëi, 1612. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick Folio. [viii], text [498pp.], + Rasch Theboth & Index [152pp]. Text in double columns. Late (eighteenth century?) paper covered boards with worn leather tips, recently rebacked in leather, with raised bands. Woodcut head and tail pieces, ornaments and..... More
New York: Arno Press, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. Royal octavo. lvi + 392pp. + 36pp. b/w plates. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. B/w text illustrations. Facsimile offset reprint. Spine ends slightly rubbed, hint of foxing to top-edge, else a tight, clean VG+ copy (no dust jacket - none..... More
New York: Arno Press, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. Royal octavo. lxiv + 386pp. + 14pp. b/w plates. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. B/w text illustrations. Facsimile offset reprint. Slight bumps to top-corners of boards, else a tight, clean VG+ copy (no dust jacket - none issued?). More
New York: Arno Press, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. Royal octavo. xl + 434pp. + 6pp. b/w plates. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. B/w text illustrations. Map frontis. Facsimile offset reprint. Slight small wrinkles in spine cloth, else a tight, clean VG+ copy (no dust jacket - none issued?)..... More
New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1947. Third edition. Green stapled pamphlet, sm. 4to, illustrated, 32 pp, good condition, significant wear to cover, moderate soiling to cover, slight staining to cover, minor browning to pages, one inch closed tear on the bottom of spine. More
London: Edward Moxon, 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xii + 152 pp + 16 pp plates. Original plain publisher's cloth. Rebacked, expertly laid down over later boards, fresh endpapers, 16 full page plates printed on one side only depicting Egyptian hieroglyphs. A significant early study by Samuel Sharpe, 1799..... More
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. viii + 130pp. Tan textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. 'The Haskell Lectures delivered at the Graduate School of Theology, Oberlin College 1956.' Index. Top-edge a little dusty, else a clean VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket..... More
Middlesex, UK: Penguin Books/The Pelican History of Art, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover, large 8vo, xxviii + 302pp. Original red cloth, black spine label with gilt titling, gilt device to upper board, well illustrated in b&w, list of plates, list of figures, index. Cloth slighly faded, bottom of spine a bit..... More
New York, NY: Bell Publishing Company, 1978. Hardcover. Large 8vo, xviii + 676 pp, Original textured green cloth with gilt titling to spine, index. With 25 Explanatory Plates, Giving Maps, Plans, Elevations, and Sections of all the more Difficult and Crucial Parts of the Structure. Inspired by the work of..... More
New York, NY: Grossman Publishers, 1971. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xii + 256 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; index; b&w illustrations. Edges lightly rubbed; upper corner of half-title page clipped. Otherwise, a tight and bright VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket lightly rubbed, a few small..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick Royal octavo. xxiv + 728pp. Blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Color & b/w map plates, including several fold-out. Index. Presentation inscription by the author on front free endpaper. The author, Rev. Archibald Henry Sayce (1846 - 1933), was a pioneering British..... More
New York, NY: American Museum of Natural History, 1946. Third revised. Hardcover. 8vo. 272 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt illustration and rules to upper board; frontis, b&w illustrations, index; fold-out maps. Spine and ends, edges and corners lightly rubbed and bumped; foxing to page edges;..... More
New York, NY: American Museum of Natural History, 1948. Hardcover. 8vo. 272 pp. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt illustration and rule to upper board; frontis; maps; fold outs; diagrams; b&w illustrations. Spine ends, edges and corners lightly rubbed; upper board a little chafed; page edges slightly..... More
London: Rivingtons, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Slim octavo. 88pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on front board, blind-stamped decorations on boards. B/w frontis. & one other b/w plate. An unusual early nineteenth century work of Biblical archaeology. The author focusses his researches on the river Pison (Pishon) one of four..... More
New York: Hacker Art, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xx + 408pp. Grey cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. B/w frontis. & plates. Spine ends rubbed, bumps to corners & edges of boards, top-edge foxed, several minor marks to rear endpapersm else a solid, internally-clean near-VG copy (no..... More
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xx + 479 pp. Orange cloth with gilt titling to spine; b&w line illustrations, index. Twenty-three scholars in linguistics, folklore, English, and anthropology--among them Dennis Tedlock, John Bierhorst, Dell Hymes, Judith Berman, Miguel Leon-Portilla, and Louise M. Burkhart--provide a working..... More
Geneva: Nagel, 1970. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 264pp. Original synthetic boards decorated with gilt lettering on spine. Translated by James Hogarth. In the Archaeologia Mundi Series (also published in the 'Ancient Civilizations' series - same book). Appendix, tables, bibliography & index. Many color & b/w illustrations. Maps on end paper. Bottom..... More
