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Washington: U.S. GPO, 1964.
Octavo in gilted olive boards; xii, 291 p. illus., maps, plates. 24 cm. Bibliography: p. 235-239 more information
Price: 17.00 USD
Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1964.
Medium octavo in dark red illus DJ; blind-stamped cloth; xix, 260 p. illus., facsim., maps, plans, ports. 26 cm.; bibliography: p. 247-253. more information
Price: 42.00 USD
London: Watts & Co. ( issued for the Rationalist Press Association, Limited ), 1904.
Hardcover. 8vo. xvi + 168pp. Original olive cloth with gilt title and author to spine, b&w frontis w/ tissue guard, index. A significant early translation of the "Code of Hammurabi" the renowned ancient set of laws promulgated by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, around the eighteenth century, B.C. It includes a history of the discovery of the tablet that preserved them, a study of Hammurabi and his times, the text of the inscription, notes, a comparative study of the laws of Moses, other ancient Babyolnian laws, etc. Cloth lightly rubbed, sine ends and upper corner bumped, all extremities lightly chafed,... more information
Price: 125.00 USD
1927.
2 vols., X, 333 pp. text on architectural and religious history of the sanctuary from the earliest times through the 4th century B.C., notes, indices, 112 text illustrations, 44 fine plates from photographs and measured drawings. Large 4to. Text : Cloth. Plates: Loose as issued in boards portfolio. Berlin (De Gruyter) 1927. more information
Price: 500.00 USD
1955.
2 vols., 364 pp. text on Homeric topics in literature and art, catalogue of vases, urns, steles, sarcophagi, etc., showing the rape of Helena, ext. notes, indices, 105 plates. 4to. Text: Wrpps. Plates: Loose as issued in boards portfolio. Paris (Boccard) 1955. (Ecole Française d'Athènes. Travaux et Mémoires, 10). more information
Price: 275.00 USD
1929.
93 pp. text, bibliography, 205 plates (4 in color) showing ancient wall paintings and mosaics. 4to. Original decorated cloth. Milan (Treves) 1929. (Thesaurus Artium). more information
Price: 250.00 USD
1923.
3 vols., XV, 981 pp. text, ext. notes, bibliographies, indices, 805 illus. on 361 plates (5 plates in color). 4to. Decorated cloth. Munich (Bruckmann) 1923. Chamberlin 1204. Lucas p. 20. more information
Price: 300.00 USD
1949.
XV, 422 pp. text, notes, appendix on the coloring of Old Kingdom hieroglyphs, indices, 239 text illus., numerous illus. on 63 fine plates (3 in color). Large 4to. Cloth. London (Oxford Univ. Press for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) 1946. Arntzen I 46. more information
Price: 150.00 USD
1935.
LXXII pp. text on the character and development of Etruscan art, 93 pp. descriptions, indices, 1431 fine illus. on 326 plates (8 plates in color). Large 4to. Orig. boards. Milan (Treves) 1935. Lucas p. 16. Chamberlin 490. Arntzen I 124. more information
Price: 500.00 USD
1956.
524 pp. study of early Cretan art incl. 92 pp. text, bibliogr. notes, bibliography, index, folding map, 8 color plates, and 807 illus. on 430 plates from striking photographs taken by Jean Lavaud at the Museum of Heraklion and at Knossos, Phaistos, Hagia Triada, Gurnis, the caves at Psychro, etc. Sm. folio. Cloth. Paris (Cahiers d'Art) 1956. more information
Price: 200.00 USD
1954.
2 vols., XII, 355 pp. text on excavations and research in Afghanistan, ext. notes, catalogue of plaster reliefs, ivories, glass, bronzes, jewelry, etc., concordance table, text illus., 668 illus. on plates (1 in color). Sm. folio. Wrpps. Paris (Imprimerie Nationale) 1954. (Mémoires de la Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan. Rencontre de Trois Civilisations: Inde-Grèce-Chine). Rowland p. 39. more information
Price: 600.00 USD
1931.
2 vols., XIII, 775 pp. critical catalogue, by Chr. Blinkenberg, of over 3000 objects found on the Island of Rhodes, notes, introd. text, index, 79 text illustrations, 152 plates showing most of the pottery, vases, statuettes, etc. Large 4to. Cloth. Berlin (De Gruyter, for Fondation Carlsberg, Copenhagen) 1931. more information
Price: 850.00 USD
1976.
460 pp. comprehensive survey incl. chronological charts, notes, glossary, bibliography, 8 maps, and 910 illus. on plates (225 in fine color tipped in). Large 4to. Cloth, d.j. New York (Abrams) 1976. more information
Price: 135.00 USD
1959.
XX, 267 pp. study of paintings discovered in southern Africa incl. descriptive text by Elizabeth Goodall, C. K. Cooke, and J. Desmond Clark, notes, bibliographies, indices, map, numerous text illus., and 117 plates (many in color, one with overlay), with descriptive captions, showing photographs of the sites and works, distribution maps, drawings, and reproductions of paintings executed by the authors after the actual works. 4to. Cloth. Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (National Publications Trust, Rhodesia and Nyasaland) 1959. more information
Price: 175.00 USD
1910.
XXIV, 45 pp. text on the discovery and excavations (1907) of the tomb of the wife of Amenothes III, including a sketch of the queen's life and catalogue of 46 found artifacts such as jars, religious amulets, and assorted other objects, 36 fine plates showing photographs (1 in color tipped in) and 3 tinted lithographic plates of the site and contents. Large 4to. Cloth, end-papers discolored. London (Constable) 1910. (Theodore M. Davis' Excavations, Biban el Moluk). more information
Price: 550.00 USD
1967.
349 pp. pictorial and documentary record of Rockefeller's two Oceanic expeditions made in 1961, incl. lengthy introduction by Gerlands, Rockefeller's field notes, and a complete, descriptive catalogue of the numerous objects collected, shields, drums, horns, ancestor figures, daggers, etc., each object illustrated, glossary of Asmat words, index, folding color map of the expedition areas, numerous add. text illus. from photographs of the country and the people (some in color). Large 4to. Dec. cloth, acetate d.j. New York 1967. more information
Price: 400.00 USD
1968.
7 vols. (all published). 335, 418, 364, 454, 518, 334, 492 pp. papers in Polish, Russian, and other Slavic languages, with translations in French, English, or German, and discussions with French summaries, notes, bibliographies, indices, illustrations throughout incl. some foldout maps, plates, and charts. Large 8vo. Cloth. Wroclaw (Ossolien/Polskiej Akademii Nauk) 1968-1972. more information
Price: 475.00 USD
1908.
2 vols., 948 pp. archeological and ethnographic report on findings in northwest Argentina, incl. many of the early accounts of the region by explorers as well as recently discovered evidence, some notes, ext. bibliography, index, many documents of early expeditions, over 200 illus. on 133 fine photogr. plates. 4to. New cloth. Paris (Imprimerie Nationale) 1908. more information
Price: 950.00 USD
1972.
XVIII, 205 pp. report on archeological investigations at the site of a city on the northern coast of the Black Sea, descriptions of architectural, artistic and other cultural and anthropological remains from the Archaic Greek through the Roman periods, ext. notes, bibliography, 2 maps, 40 text illus., 94 fine plates. 4to. Cloth. Leiden (E. J. Brill) 1972. more information
Price: 225.00 USD
1904.
8 yearly fasciscules in 2 vols.: I. 1904/5, II. 1905/6, III. 1906/7, IV. 1907/8, V. 1908/9, VI. 1909/10, VII. 1910/11, VIII. 1911/12, var. pag. (ca. 80 pp. per vol.) collection of papers summarizing the various excavations and discoveries of the various teams, ed. by F. Ll. Griffith, with notes, lists of related publications, etc., bibl., chron., numerous plates throughout, most of site maps and photos. 4to. Bds., sl. chipped, orig. wrpps. bd. in. London (E. E. F.) 1905-1912. Ex-library copy. more information
Price: 350.00 USD
