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$22.50
xxdae155948

Jade: A Study in Chinese Archaeology & Religion


LAUFER, BERTHOLD

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1974

KEYWORDS: jade Chinese archaeology antiquity history ancient religion illustrated

$18.50
xxqdo156789

The Life and Death of a Druid Prince: The Story of an Archaeological Sensation


ROSS, ANNE & ROBINS, DON

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (Near FINE); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Rider 1989

KEYWORDS: Archaeology Lindow Moss peat bog celtic Roman druid

$50.00
1y66/1

The Excavation of Khok Phanom Di: A Prehistoric Site in Central Thailand Volume III: The Material Culture (Part 1)


HIGHAM, C. F. W. & THOSARAT, R. (Eds)

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiii + 283pp, illus, Near FINE (previous owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Society of Antiquaries of London 1993

KEYWORDS: Thailand archaeology digging antiquity ancient history Khok Phanom Di anthropology

$15.00
xxpfd157271

Civilization before Greece and Rome


SAGGS, H. W. F.

Super octavo, hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: B. T. Batsford 1989

KEYWORDS: greeks romans classics anthropology archaeology christianity

$13.50
xxpek157323

Patterns in Prehistory - Humankind's First Three Million Years


WENKE, ROBERT J.

Fourth Edition. Square octavo, softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: archaeology anthropology prehistory

$150.00
ak3/1/345

The Jades from Yinxu


? [CULTURAL RELICS PUBLISHING HOUSE]

TEXT IN CHINESE (English translation of catalogue items at rear, but predominately in Chinese), octavo illus. light card covers, illus., ownership signature of Russell Beck, VG+ (light scuffing to covers, light creasing to front cover, v. light tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: Cultural Relics Publishing House (?) c. 1980's, PRC / People's Republic of China

KEYWORDS: Chinese language ancient jade greenstone Yinxu Shang archaeology east eastern asia asian China art yu history decorative carving Liangzhu Longshan Hongshan bi cong Zhou six ritual jades huang hu gui zhang photography Han dynasty chi Liu Song Tang Yuan Ming

$245.00
1y66/18

Jade Carving in Chinese Archaeology: Volume One


KIN-FONG, YEUNG

TEXT IN CHINESE & ENGLISH, THIS VOL ONLY, OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF RUSSELL BECK, quarto, grey heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 369pp + 90 black & white plates to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing to edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Chinese University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: Chinese jade carving illustrated archaeology antiquity ancient history Yeung Kin-Fong

$120.00
1y66/20

An Introduction to the Hundred Treasures of the Studio Accessories Exhibition at the Canterbury Museum Christchurch, New Zealand 25 January to 26 March 2000


CHE, YEUNG TAT

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO RUSSELL BECK, TEXT IN CHINESE & ENGLISH, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 135pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: One Thousand Snuff Bottles House 2000 (Memorial Issue)

KEYWORDS: text in Chinese and English ancient history exhibition Canterbury Museum illustrated ancient history archaeology signed carving artefacts

$160.00
1y66/22

Jades From the Cenote of Sacrifice Chichen Itza, Yucatan


PROSKOURIAKOFF, TATIANA

Lg quarto, illus light card covers, green & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 217pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & scuffing to covers & edges, sl soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 1974

KEYWORDS: jade archaeology ancient history illustrated Chichen Itza Yucatan cenote sacrifice ethnology

$65.00
1y66/25

The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership


COE, MICHAEL D. ET AL & TAYLOR, JOHN BIGELOW ET AL (Photo)

Square quarto, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp Olmec motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 344pp, illus, Near FINE (previous owner's name & inscription in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges with sl surface loss, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Art Museum, Princeton University 1996

KEYWORDS: ancient history Olmecs rituals leaders rulers central America archaeology illustrated anthropology

$15.00
xxpch157438

The Shell Book of Cottages


REID, RICHARD

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1977

KEYWORDS: Britain cottages architecture history culture archaeology

$15.00
xxpjc157712

Empires of Time: Calenders, Clocks, and Cultures


AVENI, ANTHONY

Ex Library Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: BasicBooks 1989

KEYWORDS: history science world history anthropology archaeology astronomy astrology

$25.00
xxrie158310

Authority and Archaeology - Sacred and Profane : Essays on the Relation of Monuments to Biblical and Classical Literature


HOGARTH, DAVID (ed)

Super octavo, hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1899

KEYWORDS: archaeology monuements biblical archaeological arch

$18.50
xxsci158607

The Lost Ark of the Covenant: Solving the 2,500 Year Old Mystery of the Fabled Biblical Ark


PARFITT, TUDOR

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2008

KEYWORDS: religion history spirituality archaeology bible biblical studies culture expeditions Ark of the Covenant

$19.50
xxexw159592

Uncovering the Past: A History of Archaeology


STIEBING, WILLIAM H. JR

super octavo softcover ( Near Fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: history archaeology Heroic Age Modern illustrations photos black & white maps

$16.50
xxeyj159636

The Seventy Great Mysteries of the Ancient World - Unlocking the Secrets of Past Civilizations


FAGAN, BRIAN M. (ed0

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2001

KEYWORDS: archaeology arch anthropology anth mythology stone age

$17.50
xxesb159891

History From the Sea: Shipwrecks and Archaeology


THROCKMORTON, PETER (Gen. Ed)

Lg quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: RD Press 1987

KEYWORDS: sea shipwrecks archaeology history maritime nautical

$30.00
xxegf160206

Tutankhamun's Treasure


FOX, PENELOPE

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1951

KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history antiquity Tutankhamun archaeology

$26.50
ak2/10/1096

Charles Brasch: In Egypt


BRASCH, CHARLES & SCOTT, MARGARET (INTRO)

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2007

KEYWORDS: egypt egyptian history tutankhamen nefertiti archaeology

$100.00
ak2/12/1501

The Shrine of St. Peter and the Vatican Excavations


TOYNBEE, JOCELYN & PERKINS, JOHN WARD

Imperial octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., xxii+293pp, VG (very tidy ex-library: usual stamps & markings thus; moderate fading to boards, light scuffing to boards, moderate tanning within; lacks d/w)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co. 1956

KEYWORDS: st saint peter shrine vatican archaeology art history architecture relief mosaic sculpture christian

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