Search Results: Ancient History from Great Expectations Rare Books

New York: Bonanza Books, 1967. Hardcover, black cloth in original pictorial dust-jacket. Quarto. 220pp., Index. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Compiled by the Archaeological Institute of America. A clean, aquare, tightly bound copy in a complete dust-jacket which has no chips or tears. Light mottling to cloth at extremities. A near very good copy in a near very good dust-jacket.. Fourth Printing. Cloth. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Berekely amd Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large royal octavo (10") size volume bound in forest green cloth, lettered in gold, in publisher's pastel green dust-jacket. 385 pages. Five appendices including weight standards, select bibliography, maps, et alia. Three indices include: Mints; Historical Characters; General. Illustrated with 64 pages of small images of 1,110 coins. First edition, printed in England. An important, comprehensive modern study of coinage in the Greek world. No previous ownership marks. Minor wear to dust-jacket ar tips and along fore-edge fold of rear cover. Book is clean tight, fresh and unmarked. A fine copy in a very good dust-jacket. .

London: Routledge, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's dust-jacket. 146 pages. Bibliographical References, Select Bibliography, Index. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and several sketch maps. Book Club issue, no price on dust-jacket flap. An overview of the empire's divers artistic style, with a focus on sculpture and architecture but including many lesser manifestations such as painting, stucco and textiles; mosaics; coins and medallions and gems and jewels. No previous ownership marks. A pristine copy, like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1977. Hardcover, cloth in non price-clipped publisher's dust-jacket. 256 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, plans, sketches and maps. First edition, no additional printings listed. "...covers the centuries from the beginning of the first millennium BC to the end of the Roman Empire, and it ranges geographically from the newly excavated Vindolanda, near Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, to Ai Khanum on the borders of Afghanistan and Russia." No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Alexandria, Virginia: Time Life Books, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover bound in dark gray buckram, with paste-down on front cover. 175 pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with color drawings and photographs. First American edition, stated first printing. A broad view of ancient history from Asia to the America's, the Middle East to the European empires of Greece and Rome, focusing on the pressures they faced from migration and aggressive neighbors. No previous ownership marks. Not ex-library. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine. .

Boston: D. R. Godine, Publisher, 1980. Hardcover, buff cloth in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 208 pages. Further Reading, Notes on Illustrations and Glossary/Index. Extensively illustrated with color and monochrome photographs, drawings and maps, including map end-papers, selected by Barry Cunliffe. Translated by Anne & Peter Wiseman. First American edition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2014. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, quarto size volume bound in dark gray cloth lettered in silver on spine and upper cover. 190 pages. Index. Edited, with an introduction, by Kenneth Lapatin. Foreword by Timothy Potts. Contributions by various experts. First edition. Published in conjunction with the eponymously named exhibition held at the Getty MuseumNov. 19, 2014 to August 17, 2015, etc. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. As new in an as new dust-jacket. Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. .

New York: Free Press, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 337 pages. Notes, Select Bibliography, Index. First edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

New York: Dorset Press, 1985. Hardcover in dust-jacket. 360pp., Glossary of Persons and Places, Ilustrated with 7 maps. Translated with an Introduction by Jane F. Gardner. Reprint edition, second printing thus. Dust-jacket toned, small closed tear tape repaired on verso. No previous ownersgip marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Dust-jacket lightly worn. A very good copy in a good dust-jacket. . Reprint. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: History Book Club, 2000. Hardcover, black cloth spine over black paper covered boards, in original pictorial dust-jacket. 267pp., Bibliography, Index. Illustrated. with several plates and a maps. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, tightly bound copy with no faults. Near as new. Very fine in a very fine dust-jacket.. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1929. Hardcover, black cloth, no dust-jacket. 168pp., Index. Illustrated with drawings and maps. First edition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. An examination of the rise of sea trade during the middle of the third millennium B.C. and its role in the further development of civilization. Near very good. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1962. Large format hardcover in original publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 377 pages. Index. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs and 34 color images. First edition, stated first printing, printed in Israel. Previous owner's small label inside front cover, short black marker stripe by printed price on inner dust-jacket flap, and old retail second-hand price in black marker at top of front free end-paper. Else a clean, square, unmarked copy in clean and complete dust-jacket, now protected by handsomely crafted home-made acetate covers. Near fine in a very good+ dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Richmond, Virginia: Time Life Books, 1992. Large format hardcover, pictorial boards. 168pp., Bibliography, Index. Extensively illustrated with color and black and white photographs. A title in the Lost Civilizations series. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh copy. Fine. First Edition. Pictorial Laminated Boards. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Alexandria, Virginia: Time Life Education, 1987. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover bound in dark gray buckram, with paste-down on front cover. 175 pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with color drawings and photographs. First edition, stated first printing. Includes Alexander the Great, Imperial Rome. the Indian subcontinent and the Parthian Empire . No previous ownership marks. Not ex-library. A clean, square, and unmarked copy with several small indents in rear cover, else fine. Very good. .

Oxford University Press, 1996. Hardcover in dust-jacket. Altogether, 55 accounts of famous archaeological discoveries, from the development of the field in the early 1700's to the late 20th century breakthroughs made possible by computer analysis. Illustrated with color and monochome plates. A fine copy in a fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Large, thick trade paperback. 572pp., Reference Notes, Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs. A new interpretation of the Empire's collapse, not as has been previously argued, from social or moral collapse, but from contact with and the concomitant strengthening of the very barbarian societies which eventually laid them waste. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good+. Fourth Printing. Softcover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1992. Stated First U.S. edition, first printing with number line intact. Hardcover in dust-jacket with ISBN number on flap but no price. Possible History Book Club issue. Foreword by Anthony Snodgrass. 256pp., Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs, tables and maps. Dr. Zangger posits the theory that the legend of Atlantis is actually the ancient Egyptian account of the Trojan War. No name, no book-plate, etc. Dust-jacket shows one very minor tear at head of spine, else an as new copy in a fine or better dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1966. Hardcover, cloth in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 235pp., Indexes, Illustrated with drawings and 68 photographs on coated stock at rear. First edition. No previous ownership marks. Old bookseller's price on flap in pen. Mild toning and light edge-wear to rear dust-jacket panel A clean, square, sound and unmarked copy in a very lightly worn dust-jacket. Very good+ in a near very good dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Senate, 1994. Trade paperback. 293pp., illustrated with 323 vignette drawings. No previous ownership marks. As as new, clean, square, unread copy. Very fine.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1984. Hardcover in dust-jacket. First printiong with number line intact. Illustrated with charts, sketches, photographs and maps. 299pp., Bibliography, Index. Possible History Book Club issue, with no price on dust-jacket flap. An as new copy in a very fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. As New/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.