London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1875. Third edtion, with numerous additions. Hardcover. Large octavo. xx + 528pp. + 44pp publisher's catalog. Original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine, black decorative border on boards. List of illustrations, bibliography. Index. B/w frontis. & plates. One fold-out. Cloth a bit rubbed overall..... More
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1930. Second edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 336pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. B/w map frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine ends rubbed, page-edges & endpapers foxed, previous owners' names on front free endpaper, otherwise a solid, internally-clean near-VG copy (no dust jacket). More
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1929. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small quarto. xvi + 348pp. Original beige cloth lettered & decorated in gilt on spine, urn design on front board. Index. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Moderate overall shelf-wear and darkening to cloth, spine darkened and spine lettering dulled, page-edges..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. xiv + 320pp. Bibliography & index. B/w diagrams. Top-edge a little discolored, minor rubbing to wrappers, otherwise a clean, tight VG+ copy. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xii + 232pp. Black boards gilt-lettered on spine. Maps including large foldout in pocket inside rear board. B/w plates & illustrations. Tables, bibliography, index. Clean Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. More
Paris, France: Libraire Plon, 1930. First Edition. Softcover, 4to, 136pp, Original grey printed paper wrappers over plain paper boards, 38 plates with printed tissue guards, (color and b&w) 61 figures. Bibliography, index. Light offsetting to endpapers; uniform, pale, offsetting to margins throughout. Rear hinge cracking at index page, but holding..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1991. Hardcover. small 4to, 216 pp. Original black cloth with gilt titling and device to spine and upper board, 140 illustrations, 11 color illustrations, chronology, biblio and index. A hint of shelf wear - otherwise Near Fine in VG+ dust jacket. (Very light rubbing to dust..... More
New York: Arno Press, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. Two volumes in one, xii + 428pp & iv + 462pp + fold-out. Light green boards with dark blue titling to spine and upper board. Text in FRENCH (with some GREEK - parallel text). Thomas-Henri Martin's renowned edition of the Timaeus of..... More
np. Penerbit Djambatan, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Small quarto. vi + 104pp. Maps, plan & b/w plates. Bibliography. Parallel Indonesian & English texts. Wrappers rubbed, spine faded, foxing to page-edges, inside covers & endpapers, else a solid, internally-clean near-VG copy. More
Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1915. Softcover. 8vo, 40 pp + 18 pp of adverts at rear, Original printed wrappers. FRENCH text, b&w illustrations. Wrappers very darkened and chipped at edges, covers detached, spine missing, paper uniformly darkened. A complete copy in Fair condition. Scarce. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1962. First US Edition. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. xii + 474pp. Grey cloth lettered in black on spine, design on front board. B/w plates, map & illustrations. Index & bibliography. Top-edge browned, spine ends rubbed, page-edges dusty, otherwise a solid, internally-clean near-VG copy in Good+..... More
London: Luzac, 1928. Hardcover. Octavo. 144pp. Chronology & index. 'The Oriental Research Series'. Top-edge browned, small discoloured spot on front board, bookplate on front pastedown, else a VG copy (no dust jacket). More
London: Thames & Hudson, 1976. Hardcover. Quarto. 332pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Color frontis. B/w plates, illustrations & diagrams. Bibliography. Commemorative collection of archeological papers by various writers. Faint tide-mark on rear board, boards a little edge-worn, page-edges toned, else a near-VG copy in Good+ dust jacket (dust jacket..... More
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1975. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. xliv + 182pp. B/w maps & illustrations. The Civilization of the American Indian series. Wrappers slightly rubbed & discolored, top-edge foxed, else a solid VG copy. More
London: Luzac & Co., 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. large 8vo. viii + 184 pp. Original green cloth with gilt title, etc. to spine, blind rules, glossary. Boards chafed and rubbed at edges, corners bumped, and a couple of snags in the cloth a the bottom edge. Endpapers lightly spotted, paper..... More
London: Luzac & Co., 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xii + 106pp. Original navy cloth, spine titled in gilt, blind borders to both boards. Text in FRENCH. The author, Newfoundland-born Samuel A. B. Mercer (1879-1969) studied at Harvard, Heidelburg, and Munich universities, before taking a post as Professor of..... More
New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1969. First US Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 206 pp. Burgundy cloth with white titling to spine; blind stamped Incan mask; frontis; b&w illustrations; chronology; bibliography. Published previously, entitled, "The Incas". Small red publisher's stamp on lower page edge. Otherwise, a tight and bright Near Fine copy..... More
Cambridge, England: University Press, 1891. First edition. Hardcover, sm.4to, xvi + 158pp + 38pp of Appendix (Catalogue of the Gems in the Fitzwilliam Museum), Original blue cloth, with gilt title, etc. to spine, b&w illustrations and plates, index. Boards lightly chafed, very light shelfware and rubbing to extremities, endpapers lightly..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Slim octavo. xii + 216pp. Dark blue boards gilt-lettered on spine. Bibliography & indexes. 'Cambridge Classical Studies.' A clean, sharp Fine copy in very lightly rubbed near Fine dust jacket. More
Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. xvi + 422pp. Brown cloth lettered on spine & front board. Indices. B/w frontisportrait. B/w illustrations. Maps (some fold-out) at rear. A comprehensive study of all known inscriptions from the ancient city of Kourion on the island of Cyprus..... More
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. 4to. Text in French. xxxii + 598pp. Original printed wrappers, bibliography, indexes. An important and scarce study of the religion and cosmology of Ancient Iran, with specific reference to some of the historical problems concerning Zoroastrianism and the worship of Mazda..... More
London: R. Royston, 1683 & 1682. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small octavo. Two volumes in one, each with separate title page. [xii] + 308pp. + [xvi] + 128pp. Later full leather binding with gilt lettering & rules on spine. Fresh endpapers. Two books in on volume, each separately paginated and..... More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1932. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. small 8vo. viii+ 124 pp. Original beige cloth with gilt title to spine, black title and rules to upper board, fold-outs at rear. Cloth lightly smudged, otherwise a sound and unmarked copy. Near Fine condition without dust jacket. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick quarto. xvi + 252pp. + 66pp. b/w plates. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Bibliography & index. B/w illustrations. Hint of spotting to top-edge, bottom of spine slightly rubbed, previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, else a solid..... More
London: MacDonald, 1954. Hardcover. Octavo. 176pp. Red cloth gilt-lettered on spine. B/w plates & maps. Recounts the tale of a famous expedition to Mt Ararat. Minor bumps to top of spine & edges of boards, top-edge foxed, else a solid, internally-clean VG copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped..... More
