SUMER by ANDRE PARROT - 1981

Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1960. Hardcover. Quarto; VG-/G-; black/beige spine with beige and black text; dust jacket shows noticeable wear, mostly toward head and tail edges; also some rubbing to spine edges; mylar wrap to jacket; cloth exterior has light wear, only few, sparse whitish spots; textblock exterior edges have slightly age toned; faint offset to rear endpapers; interior good; profusely illustrated; pp 392; text in French; arts - Ancient. 1365553. FP New Rockville Stock.

Gallimard, 1960. Hardcover. Place & date on fpd, bookplate removed, else very good clean & sound condition without dust jacket. Size: 8.75"x11", 399pp., 416 illustrations, text in French.

Golden Press, 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. Slightly musty, chipped and creased dust jacket.Due to the weight of this book, shipping will cost more than the standard rate indicated on some websites.

New York, New York: Golden Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good (Ex-library with accompanying markers; Dewey decimal in white ink on spine; soiling/marking ifc/ibc and ffep/rfep ). Red cloth over boards, gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover; 394 pp.; 419 figures, mostly bw but a few color with several fold out illustrations. Includes white cloth page marker. The first volume in the "The Arts of Mankind" series by Andre Malraux. Covers art from the years 5000 BC to 1155 BC, including artwork of the Ur, Magash and Mari, the Sargon and Akkadian Empire, the Guti, the Amorites, the Kassites and Elamites, and more. Well illustrated. Includes a glossary of terms. Contents include: Preface / by André Malraux -- History of the discoveries -- The 'Garden of Eden' : from the origins to historical times (5000-2800 B.C.) -- The city states and Sumer's golden age : Ur, Lagash, Mari (2800-2470 B.C.) -- Sargon and the Akkadian Empire (2470-2285 B.C.) -- The Guti and the Neo-Sumerian reaction (2285-2016… Read More

Paris: Gallimard, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Gilt stamped red cloth boards in dust jacket, small quarto, 396pp., illustrated in color and b&w, some of which fold out. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, previous owner's signature and plate to front endpapers, flyleaves off-set, text clean and unmarked. DJ has toning and rubbing, mild peeling to laminate. Text in French.

Golden Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paris: Editions Gallimard, 1981. Book. Fine (Book Condition). Hardcover in Jacket & Slipcase. L'Univers des Formes, collection cree par Andre Malraux. Slight sunning to dust jacket, otherwise near fine. Book is fine, still in publisher's slipcase..

Gallimard, 1960. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback, quarto, 11" x 9", French language text, a very good tightly bound copy in a lightly rubbed pictorial dust jacket, illustrated in colour and b&w, xlviii + 400pp. A heavy volume which may attract a request for additional postage if ordered from certain locations outside the United Kingdom..

Paris: Gallimard, 1960. First. hardcover. very good(+). Illustrated with over 400 images, mostly gravure, some in color. 399 pages with text in French. Thick 4to, red cloth. (Paris): Gallimard, (1960). A very good(+) copy.<br/><br/> L'Univers des Formes. Collection dirigee par Andre Malraux et George Salles.<br/><br/>

Munich: Beck, 1960. hardcover. very good(+)/very good(+). Profusely illustrated in color and black & white, some folding. 392pp. Thick 4to, gilt-lettered blue cloth, d.w. Munich: C.H. Beck, (1960). A very good(+) copy.<br/><br/>