London and New York: British School of Archaeology in Egypt / Macmillan, London, 1933. December 1934. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto. [62pp]. Printed wrappers with red paper spine. B/w illustrations, fold-out, illustration with clear imprinted overlay. Frontis. A single issue of this journal of new discoveries and research relating to..... More
Calcutta: Indian Studies Past & Present, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo, 68 pp. Original off-white printed boards. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped and rubbed, endpapers unevenly browned, otherwise a tight and clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket a bit darkened at spine and edges, lightly..... More
London: Thames & Hudson, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick quarto. xii + 474pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine, gilt T&H design on front board. Maps. Color and b/w plates. Bibliography, chronology, glossary, index. Ribbon bookmark. 'The Arts of Mankind' series edited by Andre Malraux and Andre Parrot. A clean Fine..... More
Canberra: Australian National Gallery, 1978. First Edition. Softcover, quarto, x+92pp, glossy pictoral wrappers. Frontis, map, black and white plates, fold-out tables, diagrams. Research monograph No.1. 'Some applications of science in the study of objets d'art'. Small bump to top corner and rubbing on wrappers, otherwise VG+... More
Paris: Libraririe Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1928 & 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. Two volumes bound in one. xl + 84pp. + x + 72pp. Modern grey cloth with gilt-lettered label on spine. Cloth a bit rubbed and darkened - particularly at outer edges of boards and spine, page-edges lightly..... More
Leiden: Brill, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover, quarto, xvi+123, original gilt stamped cloth boards. Black and white plates and text illustrations, maps, appendices, bibliography, index. Studies in South Asian Culture, Volume VI. Rear free end paper corner clipped and slight bruising to base of spine and points, otherwise VG+ with no..... More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, February, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xx + 338pp. + 6pp. ads. Green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. Ex-library copy, extremities chafed, black square on spine, page-edges browned, library labels & pocket on endpapers, library stamp on verso of title-page, else a...... More
New York: Praeger, 1958. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 260pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine, gilt design on front board. Color frontis. B/w plates. Index. Bumps to spine ends, boards a little marked & scuffed, else a solid, internally-clean near-VG copy in Good+ dust jacket (dust jacket has..... More
Washington D.C. Government Printing Office, 1904. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 682 pp. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine; blind rules to upper board; fold out map and illustrations; b&w and color illustrations; index. Twenty-Four papers by Eduard Seler, E. Förstemann, Paul Schellhas, Carl Sapper, and E.P. Dieseldorff. Rubbing and bumping..... More
Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Co., 1957. First US Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv + 210pp. Brown cloth gilt-lettered on spine, black design on front board. B/w plates. Top-edge a little dusty, faint small tide-mark to bottom-corners of pages, otherwise a solid, clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust..... More
New York: McGraw Hill, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. viii + 350pp. Brown cloth spine lettered in gilt, brown papered boards. Map. Index. Top-edge lightly foxed, else a tight, clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket a little rubbed, a few nicks on edges). More
New York & London: Abelard-Schuman, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 298pp. Brown textured papered boards lettered in gilt on spine. Map endpapers. B/w plates. "A woman archaeologist's story of life on a 'dig' in the Kurdish hills of Iraq." Very light shelfwear, light foxing to page-edges, small bumps..... More
Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Press, 1911. First US Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 288pp. Original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index & bibliography. B/w illustrations. Map endpapers. Bottom-edges have previously been damp-affected & bottom margins are now slightly wrinkled with faint tide-marks, top-edge foxed, slightest bowing to..... More
New York: The Literary Guild of America, 1938. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 670pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine, blind-stamped design on front board. B/w illustrations. Pictorial endpapers. A revised and reset edition of this title first published in 1926. Cloth a bit rubbed and darkened, upper..... More
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1921. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 192pp. Printed papered boards. B/w plates & illustrations throughout. Index. Frontis. Comprehensive illustrated guide to the British Museum's Christian and Byzantine holdings c.1921. Spine faded, chipping to edge at bottom of spine, page-edges lightly browned offsetting to..... More
Oxford: The University Press, 1938. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 96pp. Printed papered boards. B/w frontis, map, plates, illustrations & tables. Bibliography & index. Boards rubbed & discolored, otherwise VG (no dust jacket). More
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. [x] + 180pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine, biblio & index. Colour frontis. B/w plates & maps. Exploration of the appearance of animals in ancient monuments, carvings, sculpture, etc. Minor bumps to top-corners, very faint foxing to preliminary..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 358pp. Gilt-lettered black cloth spine, brown papered boards. Index. Several b/w illustrations. An explanation of the claim by geneticists that they have traced mankind to one common ancestor, a woman who lived in sub-Saharan Africa 200,000 years..... More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. viii + 252 pp. Green cloth with black titling to spine; b&w illustrations; map; notes; bibliography; index. Overall, a tight and bright Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. (Dust jacket price clipped.). More
London: Privately Printed, 1906. First Edition. Hardcovers. 2 Volumes. Elephant Folios. (14 inches x 15 inches,) Vol. I: (viii) + lxiv +1 - 243 + cxii interleaved plates (text and plate pages printed on one side only). Vol. II, 244 - 396 + 142pp. Original cloth with blind stamping to..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick octavos. Two volumes (complete), ccvi+ 410pp & 732pp. Original maroon cloth with gilt titles, etc. to spines and front covers, blind rules, b&w fold-out frontis map, index. The complete Syriac text, with English translation, of 'The Book..... More
London: Religious Tract Society, 1926. Revised & enlarged. Hardcover. 8vo, 326 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt title and author to spine, blind stamp title and author on front cover, frontis, 11 b&w plates and 38 illustrations in text, index. Cloth lightly chafed, spine sunned, corners lightly bumped, very light..... More
New York, NY: Bell Publishing Company, nd (circa 1970's). Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, xxii + 160pp, Original red cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine, b&w illustrations, index. A study of Tutankhamen, and the cults of Aten / Amen worship, that was first published in 1923, not long after the discovery of..... More
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. Hardcover. Small Quarto. 270 pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt illustration to upper board; pictorial front and end papers; b&w and color illustrations, bibliography, index. Very light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Overall, a tight and bright Near..... More
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1955. Hardcover, no dust jacket, large 8vo, 24 pp of prelims + 436 pp, very good - condition, red cloth, gilt title, etc. to spine, illustrations, moderate wear and soiling to cover, slight rubbing to corners and edges, light soiling to page edges, minor..... More
