Search Results: Archaeology from Mike Park Ltd

Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1914. Illustrated with five plates, small slender octavo, pp 31, rather heavy foxing, otherwise clean and sound internally, paperback, the covers slightly worn and age-toned. RARE. [Read before the Paisley Philosophical Institution, Tuesday October 27th, 1914]. . First Edition. Paperback. Fair.

Mainz am Rhein, 2002. Very well illustrated, square octavo, pp 95, very clean internally, paperback, the slightest signs of use to the covers. VERY SCARCE. . First English edition. Paperback. Very Good.

New York Graphic Society, 1967. Illustrated with 60 plates and text, very slightly used internally, large quarto, paperback, a tear to the upper cover near the spine, and the spine strengthened with brown tape, very slightly creased.. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1974. Illustrated, small octavo, pp 93, paperback, a very good copy. [Postage will be reduced].. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1931. Illustrated, pp xvi, 254, fore-edge foxed, (occasionally affecting the margins of the pages), otherwise clean internally, cloth showing the slightest signs of wear but really very good, in a frayed and rubbed dustwrapper with a few small tears.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

Stroud, Gloucestershire.: Sutton Publishing Limited, 1997. Second edition. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xii, 243, paperback, very slight signs of use, but overall a very good copy. [The Archaeology of Disease shows how the latest scientific and archaeological techniques can be used to identify the common illnesses and injuries that humans suffered from in antiquity. In order to give a vivid picture of ancient disease and trauma the authors present the results of the latest scientific research and incorporate information gathered from documents, from other areas of archaeology and from art and ethnography. This comprehensive approach to the subject throws fresh light on the health of our ancestors and on the conditions in which they lived, and it gives us an intriguing insight into the ways in which they coped with the pain and discomfort of their existence.]. Second edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: Council for british Archaeology, 1983. Tall quarto, pp 152, the lower corners very slightly bumped, otherwise very good, paperback. [Although dated in some ways, this detailed work still provides a lot of useful information.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

London: The Council for British Archaeology, 1980. Three illustrations, small slim octavo, pp viii, 64, very slightly used internally, paperback, the covers very slightly worn and creased. SCARCE. . First British edition. Paperback. Good.

Princes Risborough: Shire, 2006. Illustrated, small slim octavo, pp 80, a very good new copy. Postage will be reduced. [Some of the most spectacular discoveries made in Egypt during the twentieth century were in the field of Graeco-Roman funerary archaeology - the poignant mummy portraits and grave stelae, the extensive cemeteries of Alexandria and marina el-alamein, the magnificent Golden Mummies of Bahariya - and this work brings together in one volume an introduction all the categories of funerary art of the period. A wide range of material is presented - tomb decoration stelae, sarcophagi, coffins, mummy cases, funerary masks, portraits and cinerary urns in order to give the reader an overview of the various categories and their inter-relationship.]. First Edition. Paperback. New.

Cuzco: Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cuzco, 1963. Two important articles contained in this scarce journal: Arte de la Lengua Quichua comprises 188 pages, and the Arquitectura comprises 36 pages, illustrated. Four other articles are also included. Thick 8vo, pages age-toned, one neat university stamp onthe front endpaper, otherwise very clean and tight internally, paperback, covers very slightly worn, signature on upper cover, spine wrinkled. VERY SCARCE. [Diego de Torres Rubio, one of the earliest authorities on native American languages, was born at Alcazar de Conseugra, Toledo, in 1557, and began his novitiate at Valencia in 1572. He joined the Society of Jesus, and in 1579, sailed for Peru, where he made practically a life-long study of the native languages.]. Paperback. Good.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp (12), 352, very clean internally, blue cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is slightly worn and slightly wrinkled round the edges. [A heavy book - extra postage may be needed]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1964. Well illustrated, octavo, pp 329, the hinge at the half-title cracked, sellotape marks on the endpapers, otherwise very clean and bright internally, green cloth in good condition.. First British edition. Cloth. Good.

London: George Newnes, Limited, 1958. Illustrated, octavo, pp (6), 230, the fore-edge very faintly foxed, otherwise exceptionally clean internally, black cloth with only very slight signs of use, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped, it is slightly rubbed and marked (slightly heavier on the rear cover), a tiny closed tear at the top of the front cover,the spine faded. [The Rouffignac cave, in the French commune of Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac in the Dordogne département, contains over 250 engravings and cave paintings dating back to the Upper Paleolithic. In conjunction with other caves and abris of the Vézère valley, the Rouffignac cave was classified a Monument historique in 1957 and a world heritage site in 1979 by UNESCO.]. First English edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and marked.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1966. Illustrated, octavo, pp 144, age-toned, paperback, covers slightly worn and creased. Surprisingly scarce. . Paperback. Good.

Manchester University Press, 1959. Well illustrated with photographs and plans, quarto, pp xiv, 34, cloth very slightly worn, in a slightly worn dustwrapper which is nicely protected in a removable clear cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Cambridge at the University Press, 1928. Illustrated with 16 plates, small octavo, pp xii, 215, very slight signs of use internally, but really very clean, original green cloth, very slightly worn and marked. The rare original printing. [This book contains the text of lectures delivered at the University of Cambridge in 1925 by the Romanian archaeologist and Classicist Vasile Pârvan on the subject of ancient Dacia, located in what is now Eastern Europe. Pârvan covers the relationships between the native Carpatho-Danubians and the various races that occupied the territory at various points over time, and includes a number of photographs and drawings of Dacian buildings and artefacts. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in ancient European history.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

Wilhelmshaven, 1998. Illustrated, pp vi, 106, pictorial cloth, an extremely good copy.. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. As New.

Beirut: The Lebanese British Friends of the National Museum, 2004. Very well illustrated, thick and very large quarto, pp 591, a very good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper. [Extensive essays on Tyre, Rachideh, Sidon, Eshmun, Chhim, Beirut, Byblos, Yanouh, Tripoli, Tell Arqa etc and with 84 pages on the Cedars of Lebanon.]. {Very heavy - extra popstage will be required}. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good.

Cambridge at the University Press, 1959. First reprint. Illustrated with two plates plus several text figures, octavo, pp x, 147, a folding chart at the rear, an inscription on the front endpaper and also a bookplate of Feldmann, otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth very lightly rubbed.. Cloth. Good.

London: British Museum (Natural History), 1967. Third edition. Illustrated, pp xiv, 44, paperback, a very good copy indeed, virtually as new. . Third edition. Paperback. Very Good.