Middle Eastern / Ancient Near Eastern from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Cloth, 140 pages, colour frontispiece, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust spotting/edges, pronounced on the top edge, age toning. A solid copy, lacking the DJ. . Hardcover. Good/No DJ. 4to.

New York: Nan A Talese; Doubleday, 1996. xxv, 425 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Turning her back on her privileged life in Victorian England, Gertrude Bell (1868-1926), fired by her innate curiosity, journeyed the world and became fascinated with… Read more about this item

New York: Rizzoli, 1981. Cloth, 567 pages, chiefly illustrations; 22 cm. Translated from the French. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top edge lightly soiled. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Beaux Arts Editions, 1995. Cloth, 320 pages, illustrations (some colour); 34 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "This magnificent volume is the first major survey of Jewish art to be published in thirty years. Superbly illustrated, Jewish Art presents a sweeping panorama of… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. xiv, 464 pages, illustrations, maps; 22 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Foreedge lightly soiled. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1989. Cloth, 322 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. "In this fascinating work, H. W. F. Saggs presents a wide-ranging survey of the greatest achievements of the ancient civilizations of the Near and Middle East - from the… Read more about this item

Antalya, Turkey: Graphics, 1987. 91 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour maps; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. . 3rd. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Cologne: Konemann, 2000. Cloth, 319 pages, colour illustrations; 33 cm. Translation of: Die Levante : Geschichte und Archaeologie im Nahen Osten. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio.

Antalya, Turkey: Guney Books, 2012. 72 pages, colour illustrations, maps; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Guidebook.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992. xlvi, [330] pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. "This volume presents the most important portions of Erwin Goodenough's classic thirteen-volume work, a magisterial attempt to encompass human spiritual history in general through the study of Jewish symbols in particular. Revealing that the Jewish religion of… Read more about this item

New York: Vendome Press in association with the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 1994. Cloth, 210 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 33 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Jerusalem has captivated the world for over 2000 years. This book surveys the revered… Read more about this item

Edison, NJ: Knickerbocker Press, 1996. Cloth, 259 pages, chiefly illustrations (some colour); 33 cm. Text in English, German, and French. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971. 211 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 22 x 28 cm. Edition of 5000 copies. Catalogue of the exhibition held March 9 to May 30, 1971 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Objects divided into 7 sections: 1. Mesopotamia, The Levant,… Read more about this item

San Francisco and New York: HarperSanFrancisco; American Museum of Natural History, 1993. Cloth, 239 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour maps; 32 cm. Illustrated History of Humankind, Vol. 1, Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Cloth, xii, 216 pages, illustrations, map; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Foreedge/text block lightly bumped. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "On April 10, 2003, as the world watched a statue of Saddam Hussein come crashing down in the heart of Baghdad, a mob of looters attacked the Iraq National… Read more about this item

Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 1997. Pictorial boards, xv, 366 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps, plans; 29 cm. British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara Series, vol. 22; Catalhoyuk Project Series, vol. 1. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's name/front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Bumped edges. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Beaux Arts Editions; Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1992. Cloth, 384 pages, illustrations (some colour); 34 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards. Dust jacket nicked at the crown/spine. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates (art, Judaica).. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1995. Cloth, 240 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top corners lightly bumped. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Synagogue architecture -- History. "An engaging exploration of synagogues, their history and decoration, representing an illuminating record of the cultural and… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996. 400 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. An illustrated history of Jewish culture and society including short stories, essays, novels, biographies, memoirs and other first-person accounts.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Jewish Museum, under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary, 1982. 136 pages, illustrations (some colour), map, plans; 28 cm. Exhibition Catalogue. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. CONTENTS: The Iron Age; The Second Temple Period; Epilogue: Early Synagogues and Jewish Symbols. Profusely illustrated with ancient ceramics and other archaeological artifacts from the Ratner collection..… Read more about this item