Anderson, Douglas D.

Lang Rongrien Rockshelter: A Pleistocene, Early Holocene Archaeological Site from Krabi, Southwestern Thailand

Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1990. First edition. Pp. x, 1-86; 53 text-figures (mostly black-and-white photos). Publisher's original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and on the front cover, 4to. This is University Museum Monograph no 71. Lang Rongrien Rockshelter was the first site excavated in Thailand to produce a clearly stratified, charcoal-dated late Pleistocene deposit beneath a well-defined Early Holocene Hoabinhian deposit. This volume presents in detail the excavations at Lang Rongrien Rockshelter in the mid-1980s. Anderson uses the evidence excavated as a starting point to reevaluate several issues with respect to Pleistocene/Early Holocene human habitation in Southeast Asia. Small signature of former owner on the front endpaper, no other marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8505

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Atmadi, Parmono

Some Architectural Design Principles of Temples in Java: a study through the buildings projection on the beliefs of Borobudur temple.

Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press, 1994. Second printing. Pp. xviii, (2), 380, (2); 150+ figures of temples (plan-views and profiles) - many are full page, some maps. Decorated color pictorial wrappers, 8vo. No ownership marks and signs of use. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 5787

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Auboyer, Jeannine and Darbois, Dominique.

Angkor (Coleccion Fotoscop in four languages).

Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 1971. First edition. Pp. 78, (1); 128 full-page photo-plates (in color and black-and-white), 1 plan-view map, 4 folding indexes (one for each languages). Coarse-leave white cloth, lettered in black on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, square lg 8vo (21 x 21 cm). The text is presented in Spanish, French, English, and German. Superb color and black-and-white photos of the monuments of Angkor in Cambodia. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6020

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Burdukiewicz, Jan Michal

Technokompleks mikrolityczny w Paleolicie dolnym Srodkowej Europy (Polish Edition).

Warsaw: Uniwersytet Wrocawski Instytut Archeologii, 2003. First edition. Pp. 372; numerous line-drawings of artifacts, plan views of archaeological sites, some color photos of fossil humans and maps, geological sections of sites, and some charts and graphs. Original color pictorial stiff wrappers, lg 8vo. A detailed review of the Paleolithic of Central Europe with a focus on Poland. The text is in Polish. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 6314

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Cate, Sandra

Making Merit, Making Art: A Thai Temple in Wimbledon

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2002. First edition Pp. i-xiv, 232. Publisher's cloth, printed pictorial dust jacket, 8vo. This work presents an ethnographic view of art-making at Wat Buddhapadipa, a Thai Buddhist temple in Wimbledon, England. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6798

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Choisy, Abbe de

Journal of a Voyage to Siam, 1685-1686: Translated and introduced by Michael Smithies.

Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1993. Reprint. Pp. vi, (2), 305; 19 maps and halftone figures. Publisher's original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 8vo. The Abbe de Choisy visited King Narai of Siam (Thailand) in 1685-1686. Choisy's account of the embassy, in the form of a daily journal addressed to a friend, is an acknowledged classic of French travel writing (from the jacket flap). The original work was translated into English and introduced by Michael Smithies. This is the first edition in English. Small signature of former owner on the front endpaper. Light edge-wear to cloth; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6309

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Coedes, George and Floyd Gardiner, Emily (translator)

Angkor: An Introduction

Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1975. First paperback edition, second printing Pp. vii, 116, 23 black and white photographs, 2 maps, frontispiece. Publisher’s white pictorial stiff wrappers, lettered in white on cover and black on spine, sm 8vo. This is a translation of “Pour Mieux Comprendre Angkor” which was originally published in Hanoi in 1943. This book describes the archaeology of Angkor. Checkmarks and notes in margins on pages 7, 8, 20, 22, 26, 29, 30, 54-58, 73, 97, 98, and 106. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9368

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Culture and Information Service

Museum of Cham Sculpture in Da Nang

Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1987. First edition. Pp. 75; 49 black-and-white photographs. Original pictorial wrappers lettered in red and gray on the front cover, square 8vo. The text is divided into three equal sections, one in English, the second in Russian and the third in Vietnamese. This is the brochure that is available at the Museum of Cham Sculpture in Da Nang. It is a very interesting museum with great sculpture. No ownership marks. Top outer corner of front wrapper with small crease; a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 9070

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Das, Ram Ranjan

Art Traditions of Cambodia

Calcutta: Mukhopadhyay, 1974. First edition. Pp. (xii), 208, iv, a-d; 16 full page black-and-white photo-plates. Original pictorial white wrappers that are lettered in black, 8vo. Documents the extensive cultural interactions between India and South-East Asia from early times to the 15th century, A.D. This is written from the perspective of Indian academic with a Ph.D. from the University of Calcutta. No ownership marks. The printed wrappers show some edge wear and out a little tanned, the text is bright and clean; a very good copy..

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Book number: 7433

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Department of History, University of Rangoon

Glimpses of Glorious Pagan

Rangoon, Burma: The Universities Press, 1986. First edition. Pp. xvi, 60, numerous text-figures and color photographs, fold-out panoramic photograph, fold-out map. Publisher’s blue pictorial wrappers, lettered in black and white on cover 8vo. This volume details the Pagan monuments of Irrawaddy in central Burma. No ownership marks. Light wear to spine and wrappers, a near fine copy..

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Book number: 9350

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Deraniyagala, P. E. P.

The Hybridization of the Vaddas with the Sinhalese.

Colombo: National Museums of Ceylon, 1963. First edition. Pp. 111-147; 7 full-page black-and-white photo-plates. Original printed tan wrappers, 4to. Spolia Zeylanica, volume 30, part 1. From the library of archaeologist Douglas Osborne with his signature on the front wrapper. Slight edge-wear to wrappers on the spine, a clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4761

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Deraniyagala, P. E. P.

An Open Air Habitation Site of Homo sapiens balangodensis.

Colombo: National Museums of Ceylon, 1958. First edition. Pp. 233-261; 15 full-page black-and-white photo-plates, 12 text-figures. Original printed tan wrappers, 4to. Spolia Zeylanica, volume 28, part 2. Documents one of Deraniysgala's most significant discoveries. Warmly inscribed by the author to Professor Douglas Osborn on the title page. Signature of Douglas Osborne on the front wrapper. Slight edge-wear to wrappers on the spine, a clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4760

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Deraniyagala, S.

Some Implements from a Balangoda Culture site in Ceylon - Bellan Bandi Palassa

Colombo: Archaeological Survey of Ceylon, 1971. First edition. Pp. 47-89; 18 text-figures (line-drawings of stone artifacts), 2 full page photographic plates. Original printed wrappers, 4to. From the series: Ancient Ceylon: Journal of the Archaeological Survey of Ceylon, no. 1 (January 1971). Signature of Professor Douglas Osborne on the front wrapper. Rare work. One corner bumped, light edge wear to wrappers, overall a very good copy..

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Book number: 8409

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Faton, Andree (editor)

Les Dossiers Histoire Archeologie No. 125: Angkor

Paris: Les Dossiers Histoire Archeologie, 1988. First edition. Pp. 114, numerous color and black and white photographs. Publisher’s glossy, pictorial stiff wrappers, lettered in white and yellow on cover and black on spine, 4to. This issue covers Angkor. The text is in French. No ownership marks. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9351

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Faton, Louis (editor)

Les Dossiers d’Archeologie No. 221: Angkor

Paris: Les Dossiers d’Archeologie, 1997. First edition. Pp. 91, numerous color photographs. Publisher’s glossy, pictorial stiff wrappers, lettered in white and yellow on cover and black on spine, 4to. This issue covers Angkor. The text is in French. No ownership marks. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9352

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology