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ATKINSON, AUSTEN.
LOST CIVILIZATIONS. Rediscovering Ancient Sites Through New Technology.
London. Pavilion Books, 2002., Divided into 4 continents, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia & the Mediterranean. Among the 20 Lost Civilizations described are Anasazi, Cancuen, Chichen Iza, Manchu Picchu,Tiwanaku, Babylon, Persepolis, Ur, Atlantis, Knossos, Troy, Pompeii, Anuradhapura, & Angkor Wat. 192 pages.There are either colour or b./ w photographs, remote-sensing images, artefacts, computer-generated images or maps on almost every page. Foreword by Dr. Ronald G.Blum of NASA. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., not price clipped (£25.00) 11" x 9½". ISBN 186205522X. 2002
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Book number: 3131
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Catalogue: Archaeology
Keywords: Maya Babylon Troy Pompeii Ur Atlantis Knossos Angkor Wat Manchu Picchu archaeology

 
BERTAUX, EMILE
Rome: L'Antiquite.
Paris: Librairie Renouard, 1924., Hardback. From the series ' Les Villes d'Art celebres.' Edited by H.Laurens. This is on the antiquities in Rome. 4th edition, revised by Andre Piganiol. 172 pages.132 b. & w. photographs of architecture, ruins, statues, sculpture, ancient monuments, Greco-Roman art, etc. & a double page plan of the city. Ends of spine, and corners slightly bumped, previous owner's name wriiten on bottom of page opposite the half-title, o.w. near fine. No d./w. Sage green cloth cover with darker green art-nouveau decoration & red lettering. Spine slightly faded. 10¼" x 7¼ 1924
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Book number: 1778
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Catalogue: Archaeology
Keywords: Rome Roman antiquities Greco-Roman art statues

 
BORD, JANET AND COLIN.
A GUIDE TO ANCIENT SITES IN BRITAIN.
London. Paladin / Granada, 1979., Softback. Reprint, first published 1979. A guide to places with either a hillfort, round barrow, megalithic tomb, hill figure, stone circle or standing stones. 126 places are described, each with a b./w. photograph & map. 183 pages. 19.5cm. x 20cm. 10 pages are loose, otherwise very good. Priced on back £2.99. 1979
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Book number: 6745
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Catalogue: Archaeology
Keywords: barrow megalithic tomb hill figure hill fort stone circle standing stones

 
BRION, MARCEL
Pompeii and Herculaneum. The Glory & the Grief.
London. Book Club Associates, 1973., First published 1960 by Elek Books. Photographs by Edwin Smith. Translated by John Rosenberg. 249 pages. Please note, the first 32 pages are bound in upside down, the corners are slightly bumped, otherwise the book is near fine, & priced low ! D./w. near fine. 24 photographs, including 16 in colour. 8" x 5¼ 1973
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Book number: 1229
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Catalogue: Archaeology
Keywords: Pompeii Herculaneum Naples Pliny the Younger The Necropoles archaeology

 
BURL, AUBREY.
PREHISTORIC AVEBURY.
London. Yale University Press, 1979, 275 pages including chapter notes, bibliography & index. 13 colour plates, and 107 black & white photographs, illustrations & prints. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., but back is slightly creased, and the U.K. & U.S. prices on flap have been neatly cut out. ISBN 0300023685. 1979
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Book number: 7616
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Catalogue: Archaeology
Keywords: stone circle Avebury Wiltshire archaeology Stonehenge Marlborough Downs Silbury Hill West Kennet history

 
BUSHNELL, G.H.S.
ANCIENT ARTS OF THE AMERICAS.
London. Thames & Hudson, 1965., Paperback. A survey of the art & archaeology of the Maya, Aztecs, Incas & others in South America from 2500 B.C. to the arrival of Conquistadors, & Bushnell also discusses the great pre-Columbian civilizations of Mexico & Peru. One of T. & H.'s " World of Art Library." 287 pages including chronology, short bibliography, & maps of Peru & Mexico, 48 colour photographs & 204 in b./w. 8.25" x 5.75". Near fine. Priced on front cover 18s. 1965
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Book number: 3199
GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.75 US$ 3.79 | JP¥ 573]
Catalogue: Archaeology
Keywords: Peru Mexico Americas Incas pre-Columbian art South America Maya Aztec Mar28

 
CERAM, C.W.
A Picture History of Archaeology
London. Thames & Hudson,1963, Softback. Reprint, first published in Germany, translated by Richard & Clara Winston. 360 pages. 294 b. & w. illustrations. 8" x 6". Near fine except thin film on spine slightly rippled, and back bottom corner slightly creased. Priced 18s. on front (£0.95) 1963
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Book number: 2773
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Catalogue: Archaeology
Keywords: archaeology fossils excavation Pompeii Pyramids Pharoahs archeology

 
CHIERICHETTI, SANDRO
MASTERWORKS OF SICILY.
Milan. S.A.R., 1975., 4th edition. English text by G. Berensford-Ainsley & Novell Mercedes. Large softback 11" x 8". 127 pages. The first 17 pages are text, pages 18-127 are colour photographs of art, archaeology, architecture, scenery etc. Near fine condition in clear protective cover. 1975.
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Book number: 236
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Catalogue: Archaeology
Keywords: Italy Archaeology Architecture Sicily Palermo Agrigento Piazza Armerina Segesta

 
CLARK, GRAHAME
PREHISTORIC ENGLAND.
London. Batsford, 1948., 4th edition, first published 1940, & revised. 120 pages. Frontispiece is in colour, 110 b./w. photographs. also many drawings & diagrams. Cover and contents are clean, no inscription or marks, but ends of spine slightly bumped. D./w. near fine, not price clipped (12s 6d.) but ends of spine are worn & frayed. Attractive, colourful jacket designed by Philip Gough. 1948
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Book number: 6940
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Catalogue: Archaeology
Keywords: Prehistory barrows stone circles hill-fort Ictis Ridgeway Icknield Way Maiden Castle

 
CLAYTON, PETER
A COMPANION TO ROMAN BRITAIN.
Ware. Omega, 1985, Reprint. First published 1980 by Phaidon. 207 pages. 350 b./w. photographs & illustrations. 28.75cm x 22cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced £15.00, but small tear front top corner, & edges slightly bumped. ISBN 1850070865. 1985
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Book number: 5757
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Keywords: Roman Daisy132 Hadrian's Wall Romano archaeology

 
CLEMENT, A.J.
THE KALAHARI AND ITS LOST CITY.
London. Longmans, 1967., Ex Library. Foreword by Professor P.V. Tobias, chairman of the Kalahari Research Committee. 214 pages, including bibliography. 20 b./w. photographs on 13 pages. With 2 maps,, plus 2 pages of maps at the end, and maps on front & back endpages. 25.5cm. x 19cm. Near fine apart from library marks at the front. D./w. is very good but the bottom edge was cut off to fit inside the library's sleeve. Near fine cream cover but 4 small marks from old tape where sleeve was stuck on. 1967
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Book number: 7498
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Catalogue: Archaeology
Keywords: Kalahari Galarmi Farini Hakskeenpan Gordonia Nossob River Bechuanaland

 
COLES, BRYONY AND JOHN.
PEOPLE OF THE WETLANDS. Bogs, Bodies & Lake Dwellers.
London. Guild Publishing, 1989., Volume 106 of the "Ancient People & Places."series. Founding editor Glyn Daniel. A World Survey. 215 pages, with chronological table & a brief guide to sites & museums. With 150 b./ w. photographs, maps, drawings & diagrams. 9.75" x 6.5". Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. 1989
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Book number: 3667
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Keywords: archaeology bog people bogs lake dwellers wetlands crannog Neolithic swamp

 
COLLINGWOOD, W. G.
NORTHUMBRIAN CROSSES OF THE PRE-NORMAN.AGE.
Felinfach, Lampeter. Llanerch Enterprises, 1989., Paperback. Reprint, first published 1927.196 pages, with 226 drawings of Northumbrian crosses of the pre-Norman age. 20.5cm. x 15cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Card cover is near fine, priced on back £6.50. 1989
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Book number: 9007
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Catalogue: Archaeology
Keywords: Northumbrian cross crosses Christian Galloway Penrith Lindisfarne Jarrow Kirkdale Hexham Durham Bewcastle York Dewsbury Isle of Man Otley Whithorn

 
COTTERELL, ARTHUR
THE MINOAN WORLD.
London. Book Club, 1979., Sir Arthur Evans started excavating the Palace of Minos at Knossos in 1900, & the world of the Minoans on Crete began to emerge. 191 pages including list of further readiing. 19 colour photographs, many in b./w., also maps & diagrams. Near fine. Near fine d./w. except small ½" tear top front edge, 1" tear on bottom front corner, & small ¼" tear on back. 10" x 7 1979
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Book number: 120
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Catalogue: Archaeology
Keywords: Minoans Crete Troy Knossos Archaeology archeology

 
COTTRELL, LEONARD
THE LOST PHARAOHS. The Romance of Egyptian Archaeology.
London. Evans Brothers, 1955., Reprint, 4th Impression. Over 3,000 years ago, the mummified bodies of 36 of Egypt's Pharaohs, Queens, Princes & Princesses were buried inside a 30' deep shaft in the rock of Thebes. Their discovery, also the Tombs at Luxor, the way the Rosetta stone was found ( built into a wall that was about to be demolished ) by a French soldier working there, & other fascinating stories. 256 pages. 51 b./w. photographs.9" x 5½". Near fine. Slightly worn d./w. 1955.
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Book number: 1303
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Catalogue: Archaeology
Keywords: Cottrell Egyptology Pharaohs Luxor Rosetta Stone Box103 oct3*

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