Voices in Stone: The Decipherment of Ancient Scripts and Writings
by Doblhofer, Ernst
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Very Good
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
The Viking Press, 1961. Cloth. Fine/Near Very Good. Translated by Mervyn Savill. Heavier book, green cloth with raised rosetta stone illustration on front, gilt lettering bright on spine, 327 lightly browned heavy pages, illustration of ancient languages throughout and photo section. DJ front and spine has green illustration of tablet in background, gold Egyptian statues in foreground, white back very slightly browned. DJ has slight wear to front tips, light wear to bottom front edge and spine bottom edge, very slight wear to spine top and long spine edges, micronick at top back tip. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29669
- Title
- Voices in Stone: The Decipherment of Ancient Scripts and Writings
- Author
- Doblhofer, Ernst
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Archaeology Ancient Languages Early Writing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology; Writing;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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