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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

London: Penguin, 1976 Book. Near Fine. Pbk. Scholarly book on Greek art- pottery, painting, sculpture, metalwork, jewellery, architecture etc.280p. plates, Bibliography .index.

Praeger Publishers, New York, 1975. Reprint. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. notes, bibliography, acknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with a few black and white maps, but copious black-and-white photographs and colour photographs throughout the text. Colour photographic front cover, against a black background, with black and white titles to the front panel and white titles to the backstrip. " Only in comparatively recent times have the tribal art of sub-Saharan Africa, by universal agreement, taken their place among the great creative achievements of mankind. Their vigour, symbolic strength, and sophisticated abstraction had come to be appreciated not only for their aesthetic and sociological significance; they are also recognised as a crucial influence in development of twenthieth-century Western art." -- from the rear panel blurb. A look at this particular genre of art. A little rubbing to the book corners and book panels. Foxing… Read More

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.

Mentor-UNESCO, New York, 1964. First American Paperback Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. IV, 24 pages of text then 28 pages of reproductions of aboriginal paintings, and after the illustration plates there is a fold out page, in three sections, dealing with the contents of the book and a bibliography, introduction by Charles P. Mountford. The text is illustrated with three black-and-white photographs and 28 coloured photographs, three which foldout, of various aboriginal rock art and traditional art on bark. Illustrated front cover, showing a reproduction of rock art with a white and brown background with black and red titles to the front panel and black to the backstrip. A little rubbing in scuffing to the book corners and edges. Slight yellowing of the background colour. Internally the book is clean, bright and tight. " This handsome volume of Australian cave and bark painting features and informative introduction by authority Charles P.… Read More

Praeger Publishers, New York, 1975. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. VIII, 9-288 pages, notes, bibliography, acknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with a few black and white maps, but numerous black-and-white photographs and colour photographs throughout the text. Colour photographic front cover, against a black background, with black and white titles to the front panel and white titles to the backstrip. A trace of foxing to the top edge of the text block, And to be 1st 2 pages, and there is a scratch in the middle of the rear panel." " " Only in comparatively recent times have the tribal art of sub-Saharan Africa, by universal agreement, taken their place among the great creative achievements of mankind. Their vigor, symbolic strength, and sophisticated abstraction had come to be appreciated not only for their aesthetic and sociological significance; they are also recognized as a crucial influence in development of… Read More

Thames and Hudson, London, 1979. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Notice its pages, introduction by author, bibliography, acknowledgements and list of illustrations and index. Illustrated frontispiece, showing tattooed chief of Rarotonga, Te Pou, 1837. The text is illustrated with numerous colour photographs black-and-white photographs, and the occasional coloured and black-and-white illustrations. Photographic front cover, showing a Tahitian figure, with white writing on the front panel and black on the spine. Rubbing to all edges of the book and the corners are slightly bumped and scuffed. Some marks to the laminate of the boards and bookseller sticker to the top left-hand corner of the back panel. A small book on the lost ( for the most part ) arts of Polynesia, the islands of Tahati, Society, Austel and Cook Islands. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped… Read More

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.

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.

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.

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.