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
Chester, England: Cheshire Community Council, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 122 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board; index, frontis, b&w illustrations and diagrams, map, fold out map. Corners and spine ends lightly rubbed and bumped; inner hinge a little loose, but holding firmly. Otherwise, a...... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover, large 4to, 224pp. Original half beige cloth with gold papered boards, red titling etc to top board and spine, b&w illustrations, alphabet charts, glossary of Hebrew, index. Boards lightly worn edges, some light thumbing to preliminary pages, all else VG+ in good..... More
Andover, MA: Mark Newman, 1832. Third edition. Hardcover. Tall thick Royal octavo. viii + 574pp. Blue cloth spine with paper title-label, brown papered boards. Fold-out color map. Index. Vertical split up length of spine (binding just holding by threads), spine & boards very worn, chipped & discolored, page-edges browned, occasional..... More
Louisville, KY: Westminster / John Knox Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 524pp. Brown boards gilt-lettered on spine. Index & bibliography. From the publisher: "This companion to "Prologue to History: The Yahwist as Historian in Genesis" continues the argument that the Yahwist was an antiquarian historian concerned..... More
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1930. New Edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi + 460pp. Printed papered boards. Map. B/w plates & line illustrations throughout. Index. Comprehensive illustrated guide to the British Museum's Egyptian holdings c.1930. Includes a list of 'the Principal Kings of Egypt' and illustrated 'Cartouches..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 222pp. Black cloth spine, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine & front board. Index. B/w plates. Spine ends chafed, bumps to top-corners of boards, page-edges lightly browned, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, name blacked out on front free endpaper, else..... More
New York: Eastern Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 152 pp. Olive green cloth with gilt titling to spine; blind stamped illustration to upper board; frontis, b&w and color illustrations, bibliography, index. A study of Charles Bird King (1785 – 1862), the artist, best known for his portraits of significant..... More
London: Book Club Associates, 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. 346 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; b&w and color illustrations; index, bibliography. Spine ends lightly bumped; foxing to page edges; red ink stamp on front paste down. Otherwise, a tight and bright VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Dust jacket..... More
New York, NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 320 pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine and blind stamped illustration on upper board; map on end papers; b/w illustrations and 4 maps; index, bibliography. The rediscovery of the centuries old road system which extended throughout..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 196pp. Original green cloth lettered in silver on spine. Index. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Small bumps to bottom corners of boards & bottom of spine, light foxing to top-edge, else a tight, clean VG+ copy in Good dust..... More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. Hardcover. 8vo. viii + 280 pp. Tan cloth with blue titling to spine; frontis; index. Lower edge of cloth darkened; page edges browned. Otherwise, a tight and unmarked VG copy in VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket spine slightly faded; small tears and crease..... More
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. Revised. Hardcover. large 8vo, 448 pp. + adverts at rear. Original blue cloth with gilt title and author to spine, top edge gilt, b&w illustrations. Another of Weigall's immensely popular studies, which helped flame the fires of interest in ancient Egypt. Spine slightly..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, nd (circa 1950). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 286pp. Beige cloth with red titling to spine and upper board, b&w illustrations throughout, index. Cloth lightly rubbed, spine a bit darkened , some flecking and faint spots to cloth on upper board, spine very slightly canted, contemporary owner's..... More
Newton Abbot, Devon: Readers Union, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 224pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w plates. Bibliography & index. Bumps to top-corners of boards & bottom of spine, top-edge foxed, otherwise a clean, tight unmarked VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket slightly rubbed, creased and..... More
London: Thames & Hudson, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 288pp. Original black cloth gilt-lettered on spine. 88 photographic illustrations. B/w line drawings & tables in text. Glossary of terms. Bibliography & index. Volume 37 in the Series - 'Ancient Peoples and Places'. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine..... More
Philadelphia, PA: The American Philosophical Society, 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. xii + 180pp. Original blue cloth gilt-lettered on spine & front board. Index & bibliography. Top-edge foxed, edges slightly browned, corners bumped, boards slightly rubbed & discolored, minor foxing to endpapers, else a solid near-VG copy in Good+ dust jacket..... More
London: East and West Library, Horovitz Publishing, 1962. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 296pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. List of manuscripts. Indexes. A clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket lightly worn, slightly discolored). More
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 450 pp. Green cloth with gilt titling to spine, gilt top edge of pages, frontis with tissue guard, b&w illustrations, index. Edges, spine ends and corners bumped. Owner's details on front free end paper, less than a dozen..... More
New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xix + 180pp + vpp maps, 29 figs., 17 tables, xxxi plates. Original brown cloth illustrated in black on upper cover, titled in black on spine. Columbia Studies in Archeology and Ethnology, Vol. III. An archeological study of..... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover, Large Octavo, viii + 560pp, Rust coloured cloth with titling and decorations to spine. B&W photos, maps, diagrams. The first part of Volume 2 of this series, a series of essays. Contents: Archaeological Synthesis of the Guatemalan Highlands by Stephan..... More
