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Etruscan Tomb-Groups Ancient Pottery and Bronzes In Chicago's Field Muaeum Of Natural History
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Ancient & Classical Art Books & Ephemera
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Russia. Fascicule VIII. The State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg. Lucanian Vases. Fascicule I.
by Ananich, Elena
Roma: L'Erma Di Bretschneider, 2005. This is a very good hardcover copy in the publisher's original cream-colored paper-covered boards printed in black and red with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out, but the private owner we acquired them from removed their bookplates from the inside front pastedown, so a ghost of a removal there, otherwise fine. No other marks of any kind. Text in English and Russian. This is Fascicle 1 in the monumental Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum series, this...
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A$224.66
Trade and Transcendence in the Bronze Age Levant
by Merrillees, R. S
Goteborg, Sweden : Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology, 1974. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Binding firm. This is volume 39 in the series 'Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology'. Typed sheet 'Addenda et Corrigenda' laid in. Illustrated in black & white with photographs, drawings and maps. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 81 pages. . Soft Cover. Fine.
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A$77.47
Companions in Clay: Figurative Sculptures from the Ancient Americas from the Collection of Gene Isaacson
Fullerton College, 2004. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 1st, black glossy wraps, vg (bowed; edgeworn; covers rubbed and worn). Scarce. INSCRIBED on the title page by Gene Isaacson, author of the Preface, to Santa Fe gallery owner Ron Messick; he also SIGNED at the close of the Preface. Includes beautiful color plates. 94pp.
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A$54.23
ANCIENT GREEK PORTRAIT SCULPTURE. Contexts, Subjects, and Styles
by Dillon, Sheila
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine./Near fine.. First edition. Hardcover. 11 1/4'' x 8 3/4''. Corner bumped, otherwise clean bright copy.
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A$69.72
Domestic Architecture, Ethnicity, and Complementarity in the South-Central Andes
by Aldenderfer, Mark S. (Edited by)
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-. First Edition, complete number line starting at 1; 4to, rust cloth, no dj; vg- (boards bowed; stray pen mark on front board; spine ends and corners bumped and worn; tiny spot on top edge; fingersoiling to side edge; large owner's name on ffep); 178pp incl. index.
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A$23.24
Ancient Burial Patterns of the Moche Valley, Peru
by Donnan, Christopher B. and Carol J. Mackey
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. First Edition, no additional printing stated; REMAINDER copy, red mark on bottom edge; 4to, brown cloth; vg- (remainder mark on bottom edge; shelfworn; spine ends bumped and rubbed; eps and pages toning; owner's name on ffep) in vg- dj (panels rubbed and scratched; edgeworn; spine sunned; top edge torn and creased; chip to bottom edge of front panel); 412pp.
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A$193.68A$164.62
Micro Sculptures. Idols of the Stone Age to the Helix of Contemporary Genetics
by Tsoukopoulou, Ioanna Lalaounis
Athens: Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum , 2001. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket has a little wear to the edges and spine. Completely clean inside and very clean outside as well. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Onassis Cultural Center in New York in the winter of 2001-02. All the works in this catalog were produced between 1970 and 2000 by Lalaounis, the reknowned Greek jewelers. The museum's holdings are over 3000 objects and...
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A$23.24
Aboriginal Paintings from Australia
by Not Stated
Mentor-UNESCO, New York, 1964. First American Paperback Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. IV, 24 pages of text then 28 pages of reproductions of aboriginal paintings, and after the illustration plates there is a fold out page, in three sections, dealing with the contents of the book and a bibliography, introduction by Charles P. Mountford. The text is illustrated with three black-and-white photographs and 28 coloured photographs, three which foldout, of various...
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A$15.02
Volterra nell'antichità.
by Consortini, P. Luigi
Volterra : A Cura dell' Accademia dei Sepolti , 1940. This is a very good softcover copy in the original illustrated covers, with just light toning to the covers. Completely clean inside and out, save for handstamp of a prominent art historian in New York, the previous owner, on front free endpaper. Text in Italian. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photographs, drawings, plans, etc. 10" high X 7" wide, 300 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking....
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A$38.74
L'utilisation de l'histoire par les orateurs Attiques
by Nouhaud, Michel
Les Belles Lettres, 1982. This is a very good or better softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. The spine is not creased, binding firm. Text in FRENCH. Bibliography. 9" high X 6" wide, 406 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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A$116.21
The Play of the Unmentionable; an installation by Joseph Kosuth at the Brooklyn Museum with an introduction by Charlotta Kotik
by Kosuth, Joseph & and Freedberg, David
Thames & Hudson, London, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 1.25 kg; XVI, 152 pages, illustrated with black-and-white plates, black-and-white photographs, and colour photographs. The book and binding and jacket shows no damage. The artists started work on a project which reflected his passionate opposition to censorship and the arts. The resulting installation was one of the best attended, most widely reviewed and most controversial...
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A$40.04
Recueil Historique de la Vie et des Ouvrages des Plus Célébres Architectes
by Félibien des Avaux, Jean Francois
(XIV), 249 pp. text by J. F. Félibien, the son of the early art historian André Félibien and a noted architect and architectural historian in his own right, presenting a systematic approach to the history of European architecture through the 14th century, heavily annotated throughout. 4to. Early calf, rubbed, spine chipped. Paris (Denys Mariette) 1696. Second edition, the first published in 1687. Félibien praised the Gothic style, which at the time was held in disrepute.
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A$1,355.73
The Tomb of Queen Tiyi
by Davis, Theodore, Gaston Maspero, G. Elliot Smith, et al
XXIV, 45 pp. text on the discovery and excavations (1907) of the tomb of the wife of Amenothes III, including a sketch of the queen's life and catalogue of 46 found artifacts such as jars, religious amulets, and assorted other objects, 36 fine plates showing photographs (1 in color tipped in) and 3 tinted lithographic plates of the site and contents. Large 4to. Cloth, end-papers discolored. London (Constable) 1910. (Theodore M. Davis' Excavations, Biban el Moluk).
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A$852.17
The Later Greek and Graeco-Roman Reliefs, Decorative and Architectural Sculpture in the British Museum
by Smith, A.H
London: British Museum Press, 1904. This is a very good softcover copy in the original pale blue, printed wrappers with only light wear and some creasing to the covers. Very clean inside and out. Binding firm. 2738 antiquities catalogued here. 76 black & white drawings in the text + 6 black & white photographic plates. 7" high X 5" wide, 481 pages. . Original Wraps. Very Good.
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A$27.11
Les Protomes Feminines Archaiques
by Croissant, Francis
Paris: Bibliotheque Des Ecoles Francaises d'Athenes et de Rome , 1983. This is a very good softcover copy of this two volume set with only light wear. This set belonged to the classical art scholar B.S.Ridgway and both volumes bear her signature. The text volume additionally has various annotations to the text in light pencil and one bibliographic notation to the front inside cover. Otherwise very clean both text and plate volumes. Laid-in is an annotated tear sheet of the review of the book that...
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A$387.35
Antiquites Africaines. Tome 1, 1967
by Collectif
Paris: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, 1967. This is a very good softcover copy of this journal with only light wear and cover soil. Spine not creased, binding tight. Very clean inside. Text in French. Articles by 9 scholars on African antiquities. Illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 8" wide, 144 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.
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A$30.21
Chronique Des Fouilles et Decouvertes Archeologiques En Grece En 1965
by Daux, Georges
Athens: Ecole Francaise d'Athenes, 1965. This is a very good softcover copy with only very faint cover soil and edge-wear. Very clean inside. Text in French. This copy belonged to classical art scholar B.S.Ridgway, and her signature is on the front cover. Essays and articles on the year's archeological discoveries. Illustrated in black & white with photographs, plans and fold-outs. 10" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very...
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A$38.74
The Ancient Future of the Itza: The Book of Chilam Balam of Tizimin
by Edmonson, Munro S., trans
Austin: U of Tex., 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1st, 4to, red cloth, vg (reddish erasure stain on ffep; spine ends bumped and worn; corners worn) in good dj (rubbed and faded spine; water stain on front panel, soiled rear panel; edges worn, torn, and chipped). 220 pp. incl. index.
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A$77.47
Prehistoric Greece and Cyprus
by Buchholz, Hans-Gunter and Vassos Karageorghis
New York: Phaidon, 1973. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket has some wear around the edges, and some of the clear thin mylar covering the jacket has pulled away. The endpapers are spotted. Otherwise completely clean throughout. This is a review copy with the publisher's review slip laid-in. 1328 plates with 1931 illustrations, 10 in color + 356 line drawings, maps and plans. This standard work on pre-historic Greece and Cyprus begins with the Stone Age and ends...
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A$25.57
Tesori del Messico: Le civilta zapoteca e mixteca (1500 a. C. - 1521 d. C.)
by Vazquez, Mario and Jaime Nualart
Milano (Italy): Electa, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good-. Catalog of an exhibit in Rome; Essays (all text is Italian) by Ernesto Gonzalez Licon, Lourdes Marquez Morfin, and Martha Carmona Macias; square 4to, paperback; vg- (cocked; covers rubbed and scratched; crease and bump to top edge of and bottom corner creased on front cover; tear and nick to top joint end of front cover; spine creased; spine ends and corners bumped and worn; pages toning); 162pp incl. 98 plates.
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A$77.47
Ruins of Ancient Rome : The Drawings of French Architects Who Won the Prix de Rome 1786-1924
by Cassanelli, Roberto and David, Massimiliano and de Albentiis, Emidio and Jacques, Annie
Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002. This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine hardshell slipcase. Minor scuffing to slipcase. Completely clean. Fine monograph on the architects, and their projects, who won the prestigious Prix de Rome from 1786 to 1924. Illustrated in color. Stated first edition. Essays by Roberto Cassanelli, Massimiliano David, and Annie Jacques. Bibliography. Appendices. Maps. 15" high X 11" wide, 223 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This...
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A$457.07
Agriculture and the Onset of Political Inequality Before the Inka
by Hastorf, Christine A
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. First published 1993 stated, no additional printings; 4to, black boards; vg+ (shelfwear; spine ends bumped and rubbed; pages toning) in vg dj (toning; spine sunned; edges worn, bumped at spine ends); 298pp incl. index.
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A$348.62A$296.32
To Archaiologiko Ergo Ste Makedonia Kai Thrake
Thessalonike, Greece , 1989. This is a very good hardcover copy bound in navy blue cloth and with title label in white on the spine. Recently released from a major museum non-lending library (as a duplicate) and bearing one handstamp and a small tipped in note identifying it as a gift, to the title-page. A bookplate or slip has been removed from the inside front cover. Otherwise completely clean throughout, no other marks to text pages or illustrations. Text in Greek with English summaries. Original card...
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A$108.46
Early Mesopotamia: Society and Economy at the Dawn of History
by Postgate, J. N
New York: Routledge, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. First published in 1992 stated with no additional printings; 4to, black cloth; vg- (dents to bottom edge of boards; spine ends and corners bumped; spine ends crimped and worn; 1.25in tear to front bottom of front pastedown; large owner's name on ffep; pages toning) in vg- dj (rubbed and toned; edges bumped, worn, and creased; tear and chip to bottom rear corner); 367pp incl. index.
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A$108.46
A MANUAL OF EGYPTIAN POTTERY. Volume 3: Second Intermediate Period- Late Period
by Wodzinska, Anna
Boston, MA: AERA Ancient Egypt Research Associates, 2010. Softcover. Near fine. Softcover. Quarto. 284pp.text, illustrated with line drawings plus 14 color plates at rear. One bumped corner.
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A$69.72
