Category: Archaeology & Ancient History

The 'Maison Carree', one of the finest Roman Temples extant - Nimes, France [Stereoview]

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Underwood & Underwood : 1907

Seller ID: 052028

Condition: Near Fine

Underwood & Underwood stereo viewcard - 9592. Sepia toned photographs. Very sharp and clear. Curved card. Title in six languages on reverse. Full description in English only. No wear present. Weight, 19g.
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An Introduction to Greek Sculpture

By: UPCOTT, L. E.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press : 1899

Seller ID: 19593

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Giide to understanding the sculptural art of Ancient Greece. 159pp. Bright, clean interior. Sound binding. Very minor wear to cloth. old bookplates to front endpapers. Weight, 300g. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific destination and weight. Online estimates by the Listing Site may not be correct and either additional, or...
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Among Stone Giants: The Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition to Easter Island (Lisa Drew Books)

By: VAN TILBURG, Jo Anne

Price: $9.95

Publisher: New York, Scribner : 2003

Seller ID: 056381

ISBN-13: 9780743244800

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

A portrait of the first woman archaeologist to work in Polynesia documents Routledge's experiences on Easter Island, beginning with the launch of the 1913 Mana Expedition and continuing with her immersion into local customs and beliefs and battle with schizophrenia. Katherine Routledge [1866-1935]. "A Lisa Drew book." xvi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Book is 'as new'. Unclipped dustjacket is nearly so except for a tiny patch of surface loss where a price sticker removed. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rates. We use Cana...
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The Curse of the Pharaohs

By: VANDENBERG, Philipp

Price: $15.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Barnes & Noble : 1992

Seller ID: 050453

ISBN-13: 9781566190077

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Translation of - 'Der Fluch der Pharaonen', from the original German edition of 1973. Translated by Thomas Weyr. 252 pages : illustrations. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no wear to the boards. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 419g.
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Knossos: Mythology, History, Guide to the Archaeological Site

By: VASSILAKIS

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Athens, Adam Editions,Greece : 1994

Seller ID: 052589

ISBN-13: 9789607188427

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: Fine

Guide to the archaeological sites at Knossos, Crete. Translated from the Greek. 89pp, [5pp] : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. Excellent quality production. Bright, fresh and unmarked. Jsut about 'as new'. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 335g and qualifies for inexpensive Lettermail postagewithin Canada. Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific destination and weight.
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Olympia - The Archaeological Site and the Museums (Archaeological Guides)

By: VIKATOU, Olympia

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Athens, Ekdotike Athenon : 2006

Seller ID: 2290

ISBN-13: 9789602134184

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: About Fne

Ancient Olympia is a sacred place. Civility, quiet concentration, a smiling plain amidst low peaceful hills, protected from the savage north wind, from the hot south wind, and below, the sea, from which flows the moist maritime air, rising up along the valley of the Alpheios.'Ekdotike Athenon travel guides'. 173pp, profusely colour photo illustrated. High quality colour photos. Bright, clean and unmarked, inside and outside. Almost 'as new'. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. ...
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The Eclogues

By: VIRGIL (Publius Virgilius Maro)

Price: $14.50

Publisher: New York, Heritage Press : 1960

Seller ID: 27745

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Translated by C.S.Calverley, Introduction by Moses Hadas, illustrated by Vertes. Small folio, 96pp, color illus. Hardcover, green cloth and paper boards with gilt illus. Includes a sound, card slipcase. Atttractive. Heavy, oversize book, weight, 1.15kg
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The Cities of the Ancient Andes

By: VON HAGEN, Adriana; MORRIS, Craig; Morris, Raig

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Londfon, Thames & Hudson : 1998

Seller ID: 1036

ISBN-13: 9780500050866

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Reconstructs how life was in the ancient cities of the Andes including how village settlements gave way to religious centers, how city-states became empires, and the importance of Machu Picchu. 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy - still quite fresh. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth. Price clipped dustjacket is nearly similar with just a couple of tint faults present. Weight, 840g.
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The J. Paul Getty Museum and Its Collections: A Museum for the New Century

By: WALSH, John: GRIBBON, Deborah

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Malibu, California, U.S.A., J Paul Getty Museum Pubns : 1997

Seller ID: 34276

ISBN-13: 9780892364763

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: About 'As New'

Wonderfully illustrated, lively description of the J. Paul Getty Museum in California, and its Collections. 288pp, profusely photo illustrated, the majority in color. Bright, fresh copy, about 'as new' except for a light corner crease tyo the lower corner on the back panel. Heavy book weighing 1.64kg.
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Pompeii A.D. 79

By: WARD-PERKINS, John Bryan; CLARIDGE, Amanda

Price: $12.50

Publisher: U.S.A., Knopf : 1978

Seller ID: 1335

ISBN-13: 9780394504919

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Treasures from the National Archaeological Museum, Naples, and the Pompeii Antiquarium. Published in conjunction with the International 'Pompeii A.D. 79' Exhibition. Essay and catalogue by John Ward-Perkins and Amanda Claridge with additions by the Department of Classical Art Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 215 p. : illlustrated ; 30 cm. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. No wear to the cloth. The price-clipped dustjacket is also bright and clean but with some small amount of edge wear. Weight, 1.115kg.
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The Greek Myths: Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold

By: WATERFIELD,Robin & Kathryn

Price: $39.95

Publisher: London, Quercus : 2012

Seller ID: 31383

ISBN-13: 9780857382887

Binding: Illustrated Hardcover

Condition: As New

The myths told by the Greeks are as important as their history for our understanding of what they believed, thought and felt, and of what they expressed in writing and visual art. Mythology was inextricably interwoven with the entire fabric of their public and private lives. 319 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm. An 'as new' copy of the book - bright, clkean, still fresh and unmarked. The unclipped dustjacket is nearly similar. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. ...
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The Roman Soldier (Aspects of Greek and Roman Life)

By: WATSON, George Ronald

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press : 1995

Seller ID: 049516

ISBN-13: 9780801493126

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: As New

Scholarly view of the Life, Tactics, and Equipment of the Roman soldier and the changes that took place over time. 256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. An 'as new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked. Weight, 293g.
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Cornelius Nepos

By: WATSON, Rev. John Selby - Translator

Price: $18.50

Publisher: New York, Hinds & Noble

Seller ID: 31416

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good, or Better

A volume in the series, 'Handy Literal Translations'. Translation from the Latin, with notes, of Cornelius Nepos' [94-28 BC], 'Lives of Eminent Commanders'. Undated, circa 1900. 143pp, 13pp publisher's ads at rear. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked. Only the endpapers are browned. Tight, square binding. Slight wear to cloth. Attractive copy. Weight, 190g.
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The Chinese exhibition : the exhibition of archaeological finds of the People's Republic of China held at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 8 August-16 November 1974 = L'exposition chinoise : l'exposition des decouvertes Archeologiques

By: WATSON, William: ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM

Price: $9.50

Publisher: London, UK, Times Newspapers : 1974

Seller ID: 038894

ISBN-13: 9780723001072

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: VG+

Text by William Watson ; traduction franc aise de Gerard Bourlier. 159pp, profusely pohoto illustrated in color and in b&w, English and French text.. Clean and unmarked. Tight, square binding. Light crease to rear wrapper. Weight, 552g.
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Alexander And the Hellenistic World

By: WELLES, C. Bradford

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, A. M. Hakkert Ltd. : 1970

Seller ID: 039989

ISBN-13: 9780888665010

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: Near Fine

Political and cultural history of the Hellenistic world and Alexander the Great [356-323 BC]. 265 p. illus., 23 cm. Bright, clean, fresh interior. Ink name/date to inside of front wrapper. Slight wear to wrappers. Very faint, central crease to the spine. Lightly used. Weight, 473g.
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Le Secret de la Pyramide de Khops

By: WERNER, Rodolphe

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Bruxelles, La Flambee : 1943

Seller ID: 053820

Binding: Full Custom Leather

Condition: Fine

Edition Originale Francaise. Justification d'immatriculation No 360. [450 exemplaires sur papier couche, numerotrs de 25 a 475]. 347pp, 22 photo plates, 4 plans, 1 table, 1 folding plate. The book is bound, with its original wrappers & spine, in a custom binding by Vianney Belanger of Montreal Canada. Their label to be found on the verso of the front endpaper. A gorgeous binding in full black leather with gilt titles, brown leather inserts, six raised bands to the spine, marbled endpapers. Pictures available. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and of...
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A Second Book of Archaeology

By: WHEELER, Margaret

Price: $11.00

Publisher: London, Cassell : 1959

Seller ID: 2203

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

A second collection ofarchaeological discoveries. Selected and edited by Lady Margaret Collingridge Whjeeler 237 pages, photo illustrations. 22 cm. Internally clean and unmarked, pages bright white. Tight, square binding, no wearto the blue cloth boards. . The price-clipped dustjacket shows light edg wear in plaaces and a short, closed tear and tiny losr chip near the foot of the spine at the rear panel. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 434g unpacked. Ca...
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Roman Art and Architecture (World of Art)

By: WHEELER, Mortimer

Price: $7.00

Publisher: London, Thames & Hudson : 1989

Seller ID: 1476

ISBN-13: 9780500200216

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: As New

A volume in the 'The world of art library'. 250 pages illustrations (some color) plans; 22 cm. Bright, clean and fesh, unmarked in any way. Tight, square binding, no spine creasing. An 'as new' copy - no signs of use. Weight, 473g.
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Natural history and antiquities of Selborne : with observations on various parts of nature and the naturalist's calendar

By: WHITE, Gilbert

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, George Routledge : 1890

Seller ID: 056537

Binding: Pictorial Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in Hampshire, England, or just The Natural History of Selborne is a book by English parson-naturalist Gilbert White. It was first published in 1789 by his brother Benjamin. Edited, with notes by Sir William Jardine. 475pp : illustrations [some colour] ; 20 cm. Includes index. 8 page Publisher's Catalogue at back.20 Bright, clean interior. School Prize inscription to the fpde dated 1898. Previous owner's stamp to the ffep. Otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, sound hinges. Attractive pictorial cloth boards showing no wear, but a somewhat su...
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Descriptive Analysis of Material Recovered from the Salvage Excavations of Three Archaeological Sites in the Williams Lake Area, British Columbia

By: WHITLAM, Robert

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Victoria, Governemnt of British Columbia : 1976

Seller ID: 29718

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: About Fine

Occasional Papers of the Archaeological Sites Advisory Board of British Columbia, No. 1. Two parts - xi, 101pp & v, 22pp - photo illustrations, diagrams, maps etc. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a tight, square binding. Near 'as new'. Weight, 400g.
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Category: Archaeology & Ancient History