Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with gilt spine lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 288pp. Illustrations, 4 maps. Near fine/fine. Circular blind-embossed ownership impress on half-title page and last text page. Superbly tight and bright first printing of the revised edition. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 212pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Fine/fine. Superbly bright, tight and fresh first edition. More
New York: Viking Press, [1993]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Lavender paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxx, 322pp. Illustrations (many color). Near fine/near fine. Underlinings on single preface leaf; circular blind-embossed ownership impress on half-title page. Just a book club edition, but tight and handsome. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1968]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Terra cotta cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 312pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket a tad age toned, with single edge chip at upper left of front panel. Handsome and tight first edition of this survey. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, [1993]. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with gilt spine lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. x, 308pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/fine. Circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on half-title page and last text page. Handsome, tight first printing of the second edition of the second..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1997]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards with red spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxvi, 372pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Just a book club edition, but perfect and pristine. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1989]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter tan cloth with gilt spine lettering and burgundy paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 337pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Just a book club edition of this survey, but wonderfully tight and pristine. More
New York: The Free Press, [1996]. Hardcover. Edited by Robert B. Strassler. Small 4to. Mustard paper over boards with brown spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxxiii, 711pp. Numerous maps and illustrations, map endpapers. Very good/fine. Circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on inner flyleaf; same miscreant owner lightly underlined and made small..... More
New York: Schocken Nooks, [1982]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Giovanni Caselli. Small 4to. Terra cotta clothj with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 156pp. Extensive color illustrations and line drawings. Fine/near fine. Superb first U.S. edition, a volume in the "World Mythologies Series" -- 26 classic mythological tales told in a...... More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, [1995]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 212pp. Fine/fine. Laid in is the business card of a trial lawyer whose circular blind-embossed ownership name appears on a front and rear inner flyleaf. Pristine first edition. More
New York: Thames and Hudson, [1995]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. Extensive illustrations and line drawings. Fine/fine. Circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on front/ rear flyleaves. Beautiful, bright and tight first edition of this heft, intensely scholarly examination of writing systems throughout..... More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, [1969]. Hardcover. Translation by Joan Hussey. Foreword by Peter Charanis. Small 4to. Quarter black cloth with gilt spine lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xl, 624pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on front flyleaf. Handsome, tight sixth printing..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Hardcover. Small 4to. Teal blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. (Ca. 150pp). Extensive maps. Fine/fine. Circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on half-title page. Pristine first printing of the fifth edition of this (to cite front jacket flap) "authoritative atlas [that] surveys more..... More
London: Routledge, [1997]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 271pp. Extensive maps, decorative endpapers. Fine/fine.Circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on half-title page. Pristine first edition of this important and fascinating reference "filled with over 140 maps and commentaries" -- to cite front flap copy..... More