Search Results: Ancient & Classical Art

Middlesex: Hamlyn, 1970. New Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 159 Glossy pages, 70 full color plates. Translated from the original Italian by Timothy Paterson. Original published in Italy in 1966 under title: Dai Nuraghi agli Etruschi. A fine book in a very good jacket, one small tear on the back bottom corner.

London, UK Bracken Books, 1996. Paperback Reprint Edition. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of rubbing to the wrapper covers and the pages have tanned somewhat due to aging; a former bookseller's rubber-stamped logo at the front endpaper. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 328pp. This is a reprint of the Revised Second Edition, published in 1926. Paperback.

Roma: Archeolgia Classica , 1956. This is a good softcover copy in the original illustrated wrappers. Generally clean inside but, some underlining and short tiny notes by a previous owner an art historian. This is a handbook for the Museo Prenestino's collection of ancient Greek sculpture. 13 page introductory text, and room by room descriptions of the sculpture in the collection. Some of these room sections have notes. 54 black & white plates. A good reference copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Good.

USA: St. Martin's Press, 1975. Hardcover. used-good condition, wear and tear on dust jacket/Yes. 5.5x8.5. The Celts: The People Who Came Out of the Darkness" by Gerhard Herm, published in 1975, recounts the sweeping two-thousand-year history of the people whose culture came to rival Greece's and Rome's and whose influence was felt from Asia Minor to Ireland. Tells the 2000-year epic story of the North European civilization that rivalled Greece and Rome for richness, diversity and power. Originating with fierce naked warriors who collected enemy heads as war trophies, the Celts eventually made their influence felt from the Middle East to the Atlantic, bringing with them a unique culture and mythology, and a style of art considered the greatest achievement north of the Alps after the Ice Age. The Romans called them 'furor celticus' and at the height of their empire Ankara, Cologne, Belgrade and Milan all spoke Celtish. "The Celts" is the remarkable story of our North European cultural ancestors, whose… Read More

New Orleans: Middle American Research Institute, 1969. Soft cover. Good+. Reprinted from the Philological and Documentary Studies Vol. II, No. 4, Publication 12, pages 169-179; 4to, stapled green paper covers; good+ (covers toned; covers creased along stapled edge; top corner along stapled edge bumped and creased from cover to cover; stain spots on bottom front cover near stapled edge; corners bumped and creased, affects pages; pages toned).

Bogota, Colombia: Galeria Cano, 1974. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English. This catalog was prepared to accompany an exhibition at the Galeria Cano in Bogota, Colombia in 1974. The exhibition surveyed gold from different archeological sites in Colombia. Short introduction. Maps. Illustrated throughout in color. 10" high X 9" wide, 77 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Zurich: Museum Rietberg, 1976. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. Essay by Irmgard Peter. Catalog of the Museum Rietberg collection of Egyptian textiles. 123 examples catalogued and illustrated in black & white. Bibliography. 9" high X 8" wide, 110 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Roma: Musei Capitolini, 1951. This is a very good softcover copy with just light toning to the covers. Very clean inside and out. One small handstamp from the scholar who previously owned the catalog, on the front endpaper, Text in Italian. Illustrated in black & white with 16 photographic plates. 8" high X 6" wide, 69 text pages + plates. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Athens: Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum , 2001. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket has a little wear to the edges and spine. Completely clean inside and very clean outside as well. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Onassis Cultural Center in New York in the winter of 2001-02. All the works in this catalog were produced between 1970 and 2000 by Lalaounis, the reknowned Greek jewelers. The museum's holdings are over 3000 objects and drawings for sculptures, or objets de virtu and jewelry. The designs presented here show contemporary work inspired by old or ancient designs and produced in gold, silver or rock crystal or other precious stones. All works illustrated in color. Text by Tsoukopoulou. Selected bibliography. 9.5" square, 113 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-. First Edition, complete number line starting at 1; 4to, rust cloth, no dj; vg- (boards bowed; stray pen mark on front board; spine ends and corners bumped and worn; tiny spot on top edge; fingersoiling to side edge; large owner's name on ffep); 178pp incl. index.

New York: Phaidon, 1973. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket has some wear around the edges, and some of the clear thin mylar covering the jacket has pulled away. The endpapers are spotted. Otherwise completely clean throughout. This is a review copy with the publisher's review slip laid-in. 1328 plates with 1931 illustrations, 10 in color + 356 line drawings, maps and plans. This standard work on pre-historic Greece and Cyprus begins with the Stone Age and ends with the Mycenaen Period. It covers the architecture and handicrafts including wall painting, sarcophagi and stelai, metal vessels, sculpture, ivories, jewelery, pottery, seals, tools, etc. 10" high X 7" wide, 514 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Review Copy.

London: British Museum Press, 1904. This is a very good softcover copy in the original pale blue, printed wrappers with only light wear and some creasing to the covers. Very clean inside and out. Binding firm. 2738 antiquities catalogued here. 76 black & white drawings in the text + 6 black & white photographic plates. 7" high X 5" wide, 481 pages. . Original Wraps. Very Good.

Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1985. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. Rear cover lower corner slight crease. Text in GERMAN. Contains three articles by Brommer: Zu den Metopen des Tempels E in Selinunt; Der Selbstmord des Aias; and Zu Einem Dionysosfest. Illustrated in black & white with some photographs. 11" high X 8" wide about 12 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Jerusalem, Israel: British School of Archaeology , 1973. This is a very good softcover copy, an offprint in gray printed stapled wrappers, signed by the author and briefly inscribed on the top right hand corner of the front cover. Otherwise completely clean. Illustrated in black & white with 43 photographs of the metal wagons excavated in the Levant. 10" high X 8" wide, 25 pages + illus. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Metropolitan Museum, 1995. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear whatsoever. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding tight. Feels unused. This work "seeks to document shapes, materials, and inscriptions for stone vessels either from royal tombs or inscribed with royal names from Dynasty 15 to mid-Dynasty 18". Illustrated in black & white with photographs, sections and details. Various appendices. Chronology. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 123 pages. A fine unused copy. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art & Yale University Press. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2001. Softcover edition. Softcover. 158839011X . New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art & Yale University Press, New Haven and London, (2001). 11" x 8". 80pp. Softcover, fine condition. Contributions by Jo Anne van Tilburg and Adrienne L. Kaeppler, illustrated in color and b&w. ; 11 x 8 inches; 80 pages .

Paris: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, 1967. This is a very good softcover copy of this journal with only light wear and cover soil. Spine not creased, binding tight. Very clean inside. Text in French. Articles by 9 scholars on African antiquities. Illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 8" wide, 144 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Viking. Nearly fine copy in a worn dust jacket. 1961. 1st Am. ed.. hardcover. 4to, 153 pp. .

Paris: Librairie d'Art Louis Reynaud, 1936. This is a very good hardcover copy in pictorial paper-covered boards with some wear to the edges and spine tips. Very clean inside both text and plates. Text in French. Photographs by Sougez. 100 figurines are illustrated in these black & white photogravure plates. List of 88 plates gives minimal basic information as to provenance and type. Brief bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 24 pages text + plates. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

Athens: Ecole Francaise d'Athenes, 1967. This is a very good softcover copy with only very faint cover soil and edge-wear. Very clean inside. Text in French. This copy is inscribed by Georges Daux. Essays and articles on the year's archeological discoveries. Illustrated in black & white with photographs, plans and fold-outs. 10" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.