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| This selection contains 4 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 4 |
| DE VAUX, ROLAND Ancient Israel. Two volumes. Volume 1: Social Institutions. Volume 2: Religious Institutions. New York, McGraw-Hill. 1965. Original Wraps. Ex-Library, 574 pages total between the two volumes, plus indexes and bibliographies. The front covers mention a map but no maps were seen within. Extensive archaelogy and ancient history of Israel, with discussions of nomadism, the family structure, slaves, Israeli concept of state, the king, military institutions, semitic sanctuaries, Israelite sanctuaries, centralization of the cult, the rituals of sacrifice, etc. Both slightly EX-LIBRARY in VERY GOOD condition with some soiling to the covers, minor darkening and some scuffing. Faint remains of a pastedown on the inside front cover of each book. Bar code sticker on the inside rear cover of each book. No pockets, stickers or other evidence of library status visible. Texts clean and solid with minor darkening to the pages and slight bending to the upper corner of the first volume. Solid copies of this set. Very Good. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 001955 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| HALLIDAY, W.R. Greek Divination. A Study of its Methods and Principles. Chicago, Argonaut, Inc. Publishers. 1967, First American Edition. Hard Cover. First American edition, reprinting the earlier edition of 1913. Hardcover in dust jacket. 309 pages including index, plus ads. An examination of the various methods used by the ancient Greeks to tell the future through the omens of birds, thunder, entrails of slaughtered animals, etc. VERY GOOD jacket and book. Uneven fading to the jacket. Very minor soiling. 1 inch tear along lower front jacket hinge. Minor scuffing. Jacket price clipped. Some fading to the book covers. Slight edgewear. Text clean and tight. Very Good/Very Good. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 001827 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| [TITUS LIVIUS] BAKER, GEORGE TRANSLATOR The History of Rome. In two volumes. VOLUME 2 ONLY London, Jones and CO. 1830. Half-Leather. Bound in half leather with marbled boards. 584 pages including index, plus a page of ads in the rear. A new edition, carefully revised and corrected. The title page mentions illustrations by the author but none could be found within and no mention is made of them in the contents page. A translation of Titus Livius' classic history of Rome, volume 2 only of a two volume set. GOOD condition. Heavy scuffing to the boards and leather, as well as along the extremities and spine. Minor soiling. The leather is worn through to the boards beneath in many places. Interior solid with some mostly minor foxing throughout, with more moderate foxing to the first and last few pages. Previous owner's signatures in pencil on the ffep. Solid copy in GOOD condition. Good/No Jacket. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 001862 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. | ||
| WRIGHT, G. FREDERICK The Ice Age in North America and its Bearings Upon the Antiquity of Man. New York, D. Appleton and Co. 1889, First Edition. Hard Cover. Ex-Library, Hardcover. 622 pages including index and appendix. With many illustrations and in text maps as well as three fold out maps. These three maps are torn at the folds and are MISSING half of each, beginning where the folds are. A classic work on geology and the Ice Age and its effects on the terrain of North America, its influence on ancient man in North America, and evidence of Paleolithic and Neolithic man in the US. EX-LIBRARY in FAIR condition. Rebound in bright green library cloth. Usual pockets and pastedowns present. Some soiling, scuffing and fading to the covers and extremities. Inner text with two or three page numbers circled in pencil, a note in red ink in the upper margin of page 279, and some minor tearing to several pages throughout, mostly in the margins and not affecting text. Page 199 DETACHED and laid in. Page 176 almost completely DETACHED but still hanging in. Reference copy, ex-library in FAIR condition. Fair/No Jacket. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 001323 Click here to order or inquire at Mare Booksellers. |
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