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Akishev, K. A ISSYK MOUND - The Art of Saka in Kazakhstan
Moscow Iskusstvo Publishers 1978 Hardcover Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket Folio 13" - 23" tall
130 pages; Tall narrow folio in original green cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine in original green slipcase. 88 b&w illustrations throughout the text, plus 46 full page colour photographs. Former owner's brief inscription on front endpaper, otherwise clean and tight, slipcase is edgeworn. Descriptive text primarily in Russian, illustration captions in both Russian and English. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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49.95 USD
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Alsop, Joseph; [SIGNED] FROM THE SILENT EARTH A Report on the Greek Bronze Age
New York Harper & Row 1964 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket 1.4 x 8.2 x 6.2 Inches Signed by Author
Autograph; xviii, 296 pages; SIGNED by the author on the title page. Clean and tight in original blue cloth binding in very good dustjacket. This vivid narrative reveals one of the earliest chapters in the history of Western man, lost to human knowledge for millenia. More than three thousand years ago, several great and wealthy kingdoms flourished on the Greek mainland and the island of Crete, only to fall with catastrophic swiftness.; Signed by Author; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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Anonymous ANTONIA LITHOSTROTOS - A GUIDE FOR THE VISITOR
Franciscan Printing Press 1973 Pamphlet Very Good 16mo
Clean and tight in original printed wrappers; wrappers toned at edges. Photographs and folding plan at rear. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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Anonymous EXPOSICION DE ARTE PRE-HISPANICO TRES MIL AÑOS DE ARTE EN EL PERU
Lima, Peru Museo De Arte 1965 Paperback Very Good+ 8vo
63 pages; I: Arte Pre-Hispanico Desde sus Orígenes hasta 1532. II: Arte Hispanico Incluye el "Arte de Transición". III: Arte Religioso. IV: Arte en la Republica 1821-1965. 15 illustrations on 13 plates. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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Anonymous Guide to Visit the Archaeological City of Teotihuacan
Mexico Talleres Graficos De La Nacion 1928 Paperback Very Good- 8vo
12 pages; Pencil signature of Baron Stackelberg on front wrapper, photograph illustrations, toned. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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Association, Southwest Parks and Monuments WHITE HOUSE TRAIL GUIDE
Canyon de Chelly Southwest Parks and Monuments Ass c1965 Pamphlet Very Good
c. 1965, no date , but no zipcodes on address. A pamphlet guide to the archeological remains known as the White House in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. Wrappers rubbed at edges. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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Beaufort, Emily A EGYPTIAN SEPULCHRES AND SYRIAN SHRINES INCLUDING SOME STAY IN THE LEBANON, AT PALMYRA, AND IN WESTERN TURKEY - Volume 2 only
London Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts 1861 First Edition Hardcover Good
(vi), 484 pages; Volume 2 only. Textblock clean and tight, all three beautiful color lithographic plates present and in very nice condition; endpapers toned, binding of half red leather with marbled boards quite worn, beginning to split along front hinge, lower corner of rear board missing. Plates include: Our Last Encampment in Syria, Camp of the Jelaheen Arabs, and A Street Near the Haram near Jerusalem
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Boardman, John GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND SOUTH ITALIAN VASES FROM CASTLE ASHBY
London Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd 1980 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket 4to
Printed on heavy gloss paper. Heavily illustrated with colour and b/w photographs. The catalogue for the sale of the Marquess of Northampton's remarkable collection of Greek vases, formed in Italy in the 1820s, and described as 'the richest in Britain'. 99 lots, some illustrated from several angles. An important reference work. Prices realized list laid-in; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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Boulat, Pierre A CLOSE UP OF EGYPT
Aladin Publications 1949 Stiff Wrappers Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket Folio 13" - 23" tall
135 pages; Brief gift inscription on ffep. Clean and tight in original stiff boards in pictorial dustjacket. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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19.95 USD
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Capart, Jean THEBES - The Glory of a Great Past
New York Lincoln Mac Veagh 1926 Hardcover Near Fine Folio 13" - 23" tall
362 pages; Clean and tight in original blue cloth pictorial binding with beautiful decorative stamping in gold, red, and white. Very large heavy book. Overseas shipment can be arranged. Book is large and heavy and will require extra postage; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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149.95 USD
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Chaco Culture CHETRO KETL TRAIL GUIDE + PUEBLO DEL ARROYO
Southwest Parks & Monuments Assoc. 1984 Pamphlet Near Fine
Two pamphlet guides to Native American archeological remains in Chaco Canyon; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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Clark, Edward L DALETH - OR THE HOMESTEAD OF THE NATIONS EGYPT ILLUSTRATED
Boston Ticknor & Fields 1864 Hardcover Very Good 8vo Illustrated by lithographs
x, [2], 289 pages; Tight in original cloth binding. Some wear at head & tail of spine, foxxing to plates. Bound in original publisher's deep green cloth with gilt lettering & decorations. Top edges gilt, engraved title, 80+ illustrations in the text, 15 plates (11 of them lithographs, most in color, several tinted). ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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Cucchi, Franco ; e Santo Gerdol I MARMI DEL CARSO TRIESTINO / The Marbles of Carso Triestino
Trieste CCIAA 1985 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket Folio 13" - 23" tall
Red cloth tall quarto. Text in Italian and English. The Marbles of Carso Triestino beautifully documents the history and activities of the Trieste Carso marble quarries. The text coprises two major sections -- one examining the historical and architectural activities; and the other discussing the technical and commercial aspects of the marble quarries. Profusely illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings. Contributing authors include Luisa Bertacchi, Sergio De Pauli, Rosella Fabiani Padovini, Paola Lopreato, Franca Maselli Scotti, Gino Pavan, Marco Pozzetto, Riccardo Sisto. Photographs by Donato Riccesi ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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Dauelsberg, Paul ; et al. CHUNGARA ARICA - The Universidad de Tarapaca, Instituto de Antropologia, Diciembre, 1985, No. 15
Arica, Chile Universidad de Tarapaca 1985 Paperback Very Good+ 8vo
229 pages; Clean and tight in original printed wrappers. Articles include: San Lorenzo: Testimonio de una Comunidad de Agricultores y Pescadores Postiwanaku en el Valle de Azapa by Ivan Munoz Ovalle and Guillermo Focacci; La Formacion del Actual Pueblo de Toconce (siglo xix); etc. All text in Spanish. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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Deverdun, Alfred Louis THE TRUE MEXICO, MEXICO - TENOCHTITLAN
Menasha George Banta Publishing 1938 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ in Good dust jacket 8vo
SIGNED by the AUTHOR on halftitle, otherwise clean and tight in original blue cloth binding with pictorial onlay at front cover and gilt lettering at spine. Dustjacket soiled and chipped at edges (now in mylar cover). ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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Ekholm, Gordon F. PRE-COLUMBIAN ART JANUARY 10 - FEBRUARY 1, 1953
Palm Beach Society of the Four Arts 1953 First Edition Paperback Very Good 8vo
An 24 page exhibition catalogue for the show Pre-Columbian Art - The native art of America before the Conquest. Original stiff brown wrappers with photograph of a Totonac sculpture mounted on front wrapper. Illustrated with photographs of eight additional objects on 7 plates. Two page map showing distribution of archeological sites. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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