Digging Up Jerusalem by Kenyon, Kathleen M

Praeger Publishers, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's name penned on ffep and page 25. Dust jacket slightly faded. Otherwise pristine

New York: Praeger Pub. (1974), 288pp, illus., slight shelfwear to cover.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.

Praeger Pub Text. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. (Jerusalem, antiquities) [ISBN 0275466008]

London, U.K.: Book Club Associates, 1975. Tight, crisp and clean in like D/w. No mks or insxcr'ns.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good,. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1974. HARDCOVER first edition. Near Fine condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp and unmarked. With 44 illustrations/maps/plans in the text and 122 b/w photos on 64 unnumbered pages of glossy stock. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original dark green cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the publisher: "Dame Kathleen begins by giving the historical background to the momentous exceptions which she directed during 1961- 1967: the founding of the Palestine Exploration Fund in 1865 and then often horrifying difficulties met by the earlier explorers, notably Charles Warren and F.J. Bliss, in the teeth apathy and obstruction. Their explorations by shafts and tunnels made notable discoveries about the topography of Jerusalem but could not provide dating evidence. Subsequent chapters describe the layout of Biblical Jerusalem and the problems that the excavations attempted to solve:… Read More

USA & England: Praeger Publishers, 1974 288 pages. The page edges are lightly yellowed and foxed. The dust jacket has a little wear. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).

New York/London: Praeger/Benn, 1974. Hardcover. Good (Boards are generally edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are lightly scuffed/smudged/foxed; interior is extremely clean; binding is solid.)/Good (DJ is price-clipped and lightly sunned/toned/edgeworn/scuffed/smudged.). Dark green cloth over boards with gilt lettering; orange DJ with photo-illustration and orange and black lettering; xxxi, 288 pp.; 64 pages of plates; richly illustrated. "In an enticing, enlightening, and richly illustrated text, Kathleen Kenyon...tells the story of excavations in Jerusalem from its beginnings to the present...[the author] reproduces the feeling of life on the "dig" through her description of the daily routine of the excavators. The bulk of the book is devoted to a fascinating era-by-era account of the history of Jerusalem as archaeological discoveries have reconstructed it...Kenyon's narration unfolds the buried mystery of Jerusalem and illuminates the history of this very important city." -- DJ.

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1974. 1st edition. Near Fine. octavo.. hardback with dust jacket 288pp., b/w pls., maps, index, Neat ownership inscription o/w nice copy

UsedGood. Front joint is loose. Clean pages.

Praeger Pub Text. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. Light wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges.; 288 pages .