Jerusalem: The Israel Exploration Society, 1957. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine and brown patterned paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 60pp. Numerous maps and floorplans (some foldout), illustrations. Very good/good plus. Jacket rather worn, with couple of edge chips and archivally closed (on verso) edge tears. First separate printing... More about MASADA: Survey and Excavations, 1955-1956
New York: Mason & Lipscomb Publishers, [1974]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 246pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight, nice first edition. More about The Dream of Troy
London: The Folio Society, 1998. Hardcover. Introduction by Kenneth McLeish. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, slipcase. xxv, 254pp. Color illustrations, 4 maps, map endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Tight, quite attractive second printing of this publisher's edition of a biography first published in 1981. A volume in... More about Hannibal
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Hardcover. Translation by E.B. Garside and Sophie Wilkins. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 428pp, xvi. Numerous illustrations, maps, line drawings, floor plans. Near fine/very good. Small engraved bookplate on front pastedown. A tight and handsome later (15th) printing of this popular..... More about Gods, Graves, and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. xvi, 441pp, xiv. Numerous illustrations, maps, line drawings, floor plans. Very good. Bit of age toning to endpapers. Second, revised edition of this popular overview -- tight and nice. More about Gods, Graves, and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology.; Translated from the German by E.B. Garside...
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. 220pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Tight, handsome first edition. More about The Sack of Rome
Chicago: The Nutshell Publishing Co., 1925. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff tan decorative wrappers. 63pp, (1p ad). Numerous line drawings. Very good. Outer wrapper (only) age toned, else internally near fine. Tight, nice first edition of this quickie historical survey in this mini-educational series, touted as "Every Volume a College Education in... More about Evolution of Architecture: From Ancient Temples to Modern Homes
London: The Folio Society, 1999. Hardcover. Complete 4-volume set. Small 4to. Various color cloths (Cook blue, Gardiner burgundy, Gurney brown, Saggs green) with gilt lettering and extensive gilt decorations and pictorial stamping on front boards, slipcase of brown paper over boards with gilt lettering. xxii, 374pp; xxiv, 479pp; xiv, 240pp;... More about Empires of the Ancient Near East
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 278pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/near fine. First edition. More about Realms of Gold: A Journey in Search of the Mycenaens
New York: Pantheon Books, [1985]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth spine and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 155pp. Very good/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn. Just a book club edition, but tight and attractive. Important translation of this medieval manuscript concerning William Marshal, grandson of William the Conqueror and an... More about William Marshal: The Flower of Chivalry.; Translation by Richard Howard
Jerusalem: Reubeni Foundation, n.y., [ca. 1968]. Hardcover. Folio. Green cloth, dust jacket. (Ca. 100pp). Illustrations, maps. Very good/good plus. Some jacket wear, with several edge chips and archivally closed (on verso) edge tears; newsprint text block age toned and slightly brittle as usual. Third printing of the first volume (only)..... More about Chronicles: News of the Past -- In the Days of the Bible (From Abraham to Ezra
Jerusalem: Reubeni Foundation, 1967. Hardcover. Folio. Green cloth, dust jacket. (Ca. 100pp). Illustrations, maps. Near fine/very good. Mildest bit of jacket wear; newsprint text block slightly age toned as usual. Second edition of the second volume (only) of this unusual (and unusually bound!) attempt to report ancient history in modern... More about Chronicles: News of the Past -- Volume II: The Second Temple, Dispersion, Rise of Christianity...
New York: Crown Publishers, [1976]. Hardcover. Translation by Rachel Kendall Gordon. Small 4to. Yellow cloth spine with copper lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 314pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on title page. A tight and handsome first edition... More about An Ancient World Preserved: Relics and Records of Prehistory in the Andes
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with burgundy and black lettering and pictorial/decorative stamping. xvi, 355oo, (4pp ads). Frontispiece, illustrations, foldout maps. Very good. Mild edgewear; delicate inner hinges expertly, archivally strengthened, thus tight. Early printing of this 1885 study, a volume in this publisher's... More about The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic
London: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1821. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Half burgundy leather and blind-embossed burgundy cloth. xv, 449pp; viii, 474pp. Good plus. Hinges tight, but leather spines sunned to a dark gold; minor edgewear; touch of spotting and foxing, mainly to endpapers. Thirteenth edition, a fairly attractive set... More about The History of Rome, from the Foundation of the City of Rome, to the Destruction of the Western...
Columbus, OH: The Book Concern, 1938. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. 391pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket very slightly soiled and edgeworn, but overall attractive. First edition, seldom seen in the jacket. More about The Son of God Rides On: Outlines on the Gospels of the Ancient Church
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. Hardcover. Folio. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 360pp. Numerous illustrations (many color), maps, floor plans. Near fine/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and rubbed, with couple small edge chips. A superb, tight first edition of this fabulously-illustrated volume, with contributions from Grant, George Huxley, A.R. Burn..... More about The Birth of Western Civilization: Greece and Rome
London: The Folio Society, 1998. Hardcover. Introduction by Kenneth McLeish. Small 4to. Green cloth with cooper lettering and decoration, slipcase. xxvii, 222pp. Color illustrations, 9 maps, map endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Tight, quite attractive second printing of this publisher's edition of a biography first published in 1970. A volume in... More about Nero
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1966. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering, dust jacket. liii, 637pp. Foldout map. Very good/very good. Jacket mildly rubbed and edgeworn. A tight, attractive first edition of this thick and detailed account -- No. 9 in the "Joint Publication" series of the... More about A Calendar of the Register of Wolstan de Bransford: Bishop of Worcester 1339-49
New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., [1965]. Hardcover. 4to. Brown decorated cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 415pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), maps. Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn, with several edge chips. Tight, attractive copy of this hefty history, travelogue and compilation of all things Hellenic. Thius publisher does NOT indicate edition... More about The Horizon Book of Ancient Greece
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth, dust jacket. 272pp. Extensive maps and floor plans, line drawings. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight and attractive first U.S. edition. More about Atlas of Ancient Archaeology
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, [1977]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 257pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight, handsome first edition. More about The Early Greeks
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1964. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth, dust jacket. xix, 239pp. Illustrations, line drawings. Near fine/very good. Nonauthorial gift inscription on inner flyleaf; jacket a bit age toned, with spine darkened. Tight, nice first edition. More about Hounds and Hunting in Ancient Greece
Birmingham, AL: Gryphon Editions, [1987]. Hardcover. 8vo. Full gurgundy calf with gilt lettering and decorations, raised bands. xviii, (3pp), 424pp. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers, sewn-in red satin page marker. Fine. A pristine and tight copy of this volume in "The Legal Classics Library" series, a facsimile of the 1904... More about Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Line drawings. Near fine/near fine. Faint abrasion on front flyleaf; circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on title page. Tight, attractive first edition. More about Engineering in the Ancient World