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The Chinese Exhibition: The Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of The People's Republic of China

By: N/A

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Washington, D.C. and Kansas City, MO, National Gallery of Art / Nelson Gallery - Atkins Museum: 1975

Seller ID: 005426

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

385 catalogued lots, illus. w/ color plates, b&w photos. Moderate wear to corners, with some creasing, rubbed edges. Acceptable reference copy, with square, uncreased binding.
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Village Planning in the Primitive World [Planning and Cities]

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, George Braziller: 1968

Seller ID: 037801

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Black 1/4 cloth, gray paper covered boards, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Minor shelf wear to dust jacket. 128 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs, maps.
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The Roman Empresses; or, The History of the Lives and Secret Intrigues of the Wives of the Twelve Caesars, with Historical and Critical Notes [Vol. I + II, Complete]

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, H. S. Nichols: 1913

Seller ID: 042086

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in violet cloth, lettered and with front cover device in gilt, deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt. Light shelf wear, spine panels sunned. Firm bindings, clean interiors. xiv,524 + vi,600 pp.
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Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World 3000 BC - 500 AD: Equipment, Combat Skills, and Tactics

By: Anglim, Simon; Jestice, Phyllis G.; Rice, Rob S.; Rusch, Scott M.; Serrati, John

Price: $34.50

Publisher: New York, Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press: 2002

Seller ID: 029100

ISBN: 0312309325

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Color laminated boards. As issued. Dust jacket shows very slight shelf wear, virtually as issued, now in archival mylar. 256 pp., illus.
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The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter

By: Arbiter, Petronius; Ernest Dowson (transl.?)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Privately Printed: 1929

Seller ID: 031644

Binding: Buckram

Condition: VG+

Burgundy buckram, lettered in gilt, top text block edge in gilt. Minor rubbing to spine extremities, slight binding lean. Light silverfishing to top corner only of first several leaves. 236 pp.
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Rhetoric and On Poetics

By: Aristotle

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Franklin Center, PA, The Franklin Library: 1981

Seller ID: 051478

ISBN: B002VY2240

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Full brown leatherette, lettered and decorated in gold foil, text block edged in gilt. 244 pp., illus. As issued.
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Furniture in the Ancient World: Origin and Evolution 3100-475 B.C.

By: Baker, Hollis S.; Sir Gordon Russell (intro.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Giniger-Macmillan Co.: 1966

Seller ID: 037724

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: VG+

Light blue cloth. Lightly rubbed extremities, text block edges a bit toned by age. Color pictorial dust jacket has been laminated in a sort of PVC coating that has been glued along the flap edges to the front and rear pastedowns, with flap edges somewhat toned. 351 pp., 474 illus. Very little actual wear to binding or DJ. Former owner's book plate mounted on blank verso of front flyleaf.
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Romans and Aliens

By: Balsdon, J. P. V. D.

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Press: 1979

Seller ID: 009817

ISBN: 0807813834

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

x,310 pp. Blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. Light dampstaining along top edges of cloth, not affecting text block. Front cover very slightly warped. Dust jacket shows very slight shelf wear.
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The Cyclades in the Bronze Age

By: Barber, R. L. N.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Iowa City, IA, University of Iowa Press: 1987

Seller ID: 029466

ISBN: 0877451680

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Dark brown cloth, lettered in gold foil. Very slight wear, a hint of exposure at bottom rear corner, otherwise virtually as issued. Dust jacket shows slight shelf wear, slightly sunned spine panel, now in mylar. xviii,283 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs, maps.
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Archaeology and the Bible

By: Barton, George A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, American Sunday-School Union: 1941

Seller ID: GR232

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt, front cover pastedown illus. 2nd ptg. of 7th edition. xxxvi,607 pp., 138 plates (several 3-color) at rear. Exceptionally clean and intact copy, showing only slight shelf wear. Former owner address stamp and signature on front flyleaf, else clean interior.
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Abendlandische Kunst

By: Bauch, Kurt

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Dusseldorf, Germany, Verlag L. Schwann: 1952

Seller ID: 036025

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Original natural linen, lettered in brown. Text block edges slightly toned by age, gift inscription on front flyleaf, otherwise nearly as issued. Firm binding. 340 pp., 266 b&w illus. Text in German. Scarce.
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Roman Africa: Archaeological Walks in Algeria and Tunis

By: Boissier, Gaston; Arabella Ward (transl.)

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1899

Seller ID: 021529

Binding: Buckram

Condition: Very Good

Unclear whether 1st edition or early reprint, copyrighted 1898, this copy printed 1899 (lower title), with no additional printings indicated. Ex-library, rebound in light brown buckram, lettered in gilt. Typically marked/stamped, little actual wear. Perforation stamp to title page. xv,344 pp., illus. w/ (4) maps/plans, all intact/unmarked, one chipped along fore-edge. More than acceptable reading/reference copy.
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Egyptian Ideas of the Afterlife

By: Budge, E. A. Wallis

Price: $3.75

Publisher: New York, Dover: 1995

Seller ID: 020291

ISBN: 0486284646

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

208 pp., illus. Light shelf wear.
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Babylonian Life and History [Second Edition]

By: Budge, Sir E. A. Wallis

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, The Religious Tract Society: 1925

Seller ID: GR153

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: VG+

Stated Second Edition (Revised), 1st ptg. thus: Sept. 1925, following 4 printings of the first edition 1884-96. Blue cloth, illustrated and lettered on front panel in gilt, gilt lettering on spine panel. xxi,296 pp., w/ 11 plates, 22 illus. in text. Moderately sunned spine panel, otherwise quite presentable, with only slight shelf wear, corners a trifle bumped, clean interior, firm binding, and occasional fore-edge raggedness. Former owner signature on half-title. Solid VG+, verging on Near Fine.
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Alexander the Great: A Bibliography

By: Burich, Nancy J.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Kent, OH, Kent State University Press: 1970

Seller ID: 021007

ISBN: 0873381033

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Gray cloth, lettered in green. Ex-library, typically marked/stamped, virtually without wear. xxiii,153 pp.
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The Greek Fathers [Our Debt to Greece and Rome Series]

By: Campbell, James Marshall

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Longmans, Green and Co.: 1929

Seller ID: 022581

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Dark blue cloth, bordered in blind, lattered in gilt, top text block edge in gilt. Slightly rubbed corners and spine extremities, text block edges a bit dulled by age, otherwise only slight shelf wear. ix,167,[6] pp. Clean interior, firm binding.
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The Symbol of the Beast: The Animal-Style Art of Eurasia

By: Carter, Dagny

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, The Ronald Press Co.: 1957

Seller ID: 039238

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth, lettered in gilt. ix,204 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Light shelf wear, mild toning to endpapers. Light stain midway along text block fore-edge and bleeding into margin of early leaves, through p. viii. Pictorial dust jacket rubbed along edges with several short closed tears, small chips, creasing, modest loss at head of spine, some surface rubbing, now in mylar.
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The Pleroma: An Essay on the Origin of Christianity

By: Carus, Dr. Paul

Price: $14.50

Publisher: Chicago, IL, Open Court Publishing Company: 1909

Seller ID: GR044

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt on spine panel. Lightly rubbed corners and extremities. A bit of of shelf wear, cloth slightly puckered along bottom front edge. vi,[iii],163 pp. Matching dates.
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Old Stone Age [Art and Nature: A Series]

By: Celebonovic, Stevan, with Geoffrey Grigson

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Philosophical Library:

Seller ID: 013198

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Salmon cloth, modestly rubbed along edges and extremities. 96 pp., 72 b&w plates. No statement of edition or printing. Dust jacket shows rubbed edges with several short closed tears and some chipping evident at corners and spine extremities, now in mylar.
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Lineare B: L'enigma della scrittura micenea

By: Chadwick, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Torino, Italy, Giulio Einaudi editore: 1959

Seller ID: 022854

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Orange cloth, lettered in black. Mild binding lean, otherwise only slight shelf wear. xiii,230,[12] pp., with figures and tables, including folding. Text in Italian.
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Babylon

By: Champdor, Albert; Elsa Coult (transl.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London and New York, Elek Books/G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1958

Seller ID: 043743

ISBN: B0000CK5Z0

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Black cloth, lettered in gilt. Text block edges a bit dulled by age, former owner's signature/date inked along top edge of front flyleaf, otherwise essentially as issued. Color pictorial dust jacket is slightly chipped at head of spine and shows small chip along top rear edge, now in mylar. 184 pp., b&w plates, tipped-in color plates, endpaper maps.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Faith: In Celebration of the Jubilee Year of the Discovery of Qumran Cave I

By: Charlesworth, James H., and Walter P. Weaver (editors)

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Harrisburg, PA, Trinity Press International: 1998

Seller ID: GR391

ISBN: 1563382326

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

xviii,76 pp. As issued.
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Studies in Ancient Europe: Essays Presented to Stuart Piggott

By: Coles, J. M., and D. D. A. Simpson (editors)

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Leicester University Press: 1968

Seller ID: 009372

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Tan buckram, lettered in brown. 367 pp., illus. w/ 77 figures, including line drawings, maps, xvi (16) b&w plates. Basically as issued, with former owner bookplate on front flyleaf. Dust jacket shows price clipped front flap, otherwise as issued.
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