Manchester & Oxford: Manchester University Press, 1914--1935. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavos. 8 issues. 102pp; 66pp; 58pp; 60pp; 68pp; 72pp; 62pp; 60pp. Original printed wrappers. Each issue commences with a list of members, a table of contents and a report on the proceedings of the society. Articles by various contributors..... More

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

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

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

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

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 109pp. Bright blue cloth bordered in black with gilt lettering and star/pyramid illustration on upper cover, blind borders on rear board. Two-tone frontis and b&w illustrations. Scarce first edition of Ballard's explanation of his unique theory regarding the original..... 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

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: 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

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 & 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

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