Secaucus, NJ: University Books, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Large octavo. 14pp. plates + 704pp. Gold papered boards lettered in green on spine, b/w illustrations & plates. Index. Sir E. A. Wallis Budge's transcription and translation of the Papyrus of Ani, the extraordinary papyrus preserving a version of the Theban recension of... More about The Book of the Dead: The Hieroglyphic Transcript of the Papyrus of ANI
London and New York: British School of Archaeology in Egypt / Macmillan, London, 1931. December 1931. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. [32pp.] Beige printed wrappers with spine reinforced with red paper. Index. A single issue of this journal of new discoveries and research relating to Egyptian archaeology. Includes essays: "Monotheism of... More about Ancient Egypt: 1931 December Part IV
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 about Ancient Egypt and the East: 1934 December Part II
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 11.5 inches). xxii + 266pp. + 13 plates. Heavy twentieth century brown buckram binding, with gilt titling to spine. 13 plates (frontispiece and 12 at rear). Ten of of the plates are by George Cruikshank... More about A History of Egyptian Mummies; And An Account of the Worship And Embalming of The Sacred Animals...
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii + 248pp. Yellow cloth lettered in black on spine. Index. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Maps. Reprint of the 1934 edition. A popular summary of numerous scientific monographs published by the National Geological Survey of China in its Bulletin; Memoirs; and... More about Children of the Yellow Earth: Studies in Prehistoric China
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1925. First Edition. Hardcover, folio, xii + 78 pp + 36 coloured plates. Original green cloth with brown leather spine label with gilt titling, 48 b&w text illustrations plus 36 color plates with tissue guards. Corners and spine ends bumped and a.... More about Coloured Ceramics from Ashur; And Earlier Ancient Assyrian Wall-Paintings from Photographs and...
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 422pp. Charcoal cloth with silver titling to spine, b&w illustrations, extensive List of Sources, index. "A surprisingly detailed work.. drawing on forty years of knowledge and experience, Henry N. Andrews examines the history of paleobotany with an eye for..... More about The Fossil Hunters. In Search of Ancient Plants
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 chafed). More about Modern Ideological Struggle for the Ancient Philosophical Heritage of India; [ Soviet Indology...
Washington, D.C. Pan American Union, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo, 16 pp. Brightly illustrated stapled wrappers. b&w illustrations & photos. Published by the Pan American Union in 1955 now "The Organization of American States" (OAS, or OEA) which is an international organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., Its members are now..... More about The Aztecs
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. 140pp. Original brown cloth with gilt titling to spine. 130 color illustrations, many full-page. A book published to accompany the "Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids" exhibition of 1999 /... More about When the Pyramids Were Built: Egyptian Art of the Old Kingdom
Copenhagen: Prostant Apud Munksgaard, 1965. First English language edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 294 pp. Original red cloth with white title, etc. to spine. A scarce scholarly study. Boards lightly chafed with a bit of discoloration to cloth, spine darkened, edges lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Paper slightly browned, but text is... More about Studies in Manichaeism
New York, NY: Causeway Books, ND ( Circa 1974 ). Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 232 pp. Teal cloth board with blue titling to spine; map frontis; b&w illustrations and maps. The author James Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence (1874 - 1955) was a Scottish journalist, folklorist, and prolific author of... More about Atlantis Discovered
London: A. & C. Black, 1920. Third Edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo. xiv + 276pp. Blue cloth lettered on spine, decorations on front board. Index. B/w frontis. & plates. Fold-out plan at rear. Spine ends chafed, spine scuffed & faded, some fading to boards, page-edges discolored, endpaper gutters split (but holding)... More about The Sea-Kings of Crete
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1973. First US Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 350 pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine, pictorial front and end papers, frontis, b&w illustrations, index, bibliography, appendix. The author uses archaeology, comparative mythology, etc. to reinforce his theory that voyagers from the old-world landed on... More about The God-Kings & the Titans. The New World Ascendancy in Ancient Times
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 414pp. + 6pp. ads. Original brown publisher's cloth lettered in gilt on spine, blind-stamped design on boards. Index. Cloth a bit rubbed overall, a little darkened at spine and edges, spine ends and corners chafed, page-edges browned & foxed, owner's... More about Pre-Historic Nations; or, Inquiries Concerning some of the Great Peoples and Civilizations of...
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 about Rome: The Late Empire - Roman Art AD 200-400
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 about Seven Bronzes from Southeast Asia and Indonesia. Part One: Two Khmer Bronzes
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi + 260pp. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Index. several small marks on bottom-edge of front board, front board slightly discolored, else a tight, internally-clean near-VG copy (no dust jacket). More about Slavery in the Roman Empire
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 about Hittite Studies, Nos. 1 & 2. No. 1: Part I, A Hittite Manual for Beginners, Part II, The...
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 dustjacket. More about Contributions to the Study of the Palaeolithic Patjitan Culture Java, Indonesia. Part I
London: British Museum, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. x + 74pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Index. Five plates. Spine ends chafed, spine faded, corners of boards bumped, slight foxing to page-edges, prelims & last pages, otherwise a solid, internally-clean near-VG copy (no dust jacket). More about Fragments of an Unknown Gospel and other Early Christian Papyri
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. xiv + 212 pp. Bibliography, index, b&w illustrations. Lower spine end bumped. Otherwise a tight and bright Near Fine copy. More about Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984. First American edition. Hardcover. large 8vo, 160 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w illustrations, biblio and index. Fine condition in near fine dust jacket. More about The Tomb-Builders of the Pharaohs
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Paris: Didot Freres, (1831) 1846 & 1853. First Editions. Hardcover. Small quarto. 165 pp [ 5 folding diagrams ] & 162 pp [ 3 folding diagrams ] & 130 pp [ 4 folding diagrams]. Bound in later scarlet half leather with marbled boards and endpapers, decorative gilt tooling, gilt title... More about Recherches sur L'Année Vague Des Égyptiens; [AND] Mémoire sur divers points D'Astronomie...
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 about The Development of Palestine Exploration, being the Ely Lectures for 1903
