Foreign Languages Press

Recent discoveries in Chinese Archaeology: 28 articles by Chinese archaeologists describing their excavations

Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1984. First edition. Pp. (xx), 105; 12 full page color plates, numerous black-and-white photos. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, 4to. A fascinating account of some of great archaeological finds in China written by the actual scientists making the discoveries. No ownership marks and few signs of use. A tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 9575

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Forman, Bedrich

Borobudur: The Buddhist legend in stone.

Leicester, UK: Magna Books, 1980. First edition in English. Pp. 133; color frontispiece, 175 color and black-and-white plates, 1 map, 7 text-figures and ground-plans. Original publisher's color pictorial boards (hardcover), color pictorial dust jacket (12 1/2 x 10 inches). Translated from the Czech language into English by Till Gottheinerova. The author is one of the foremost authorities on the art and culture of Southeast Asia. He has visited Borobudur to make a special study of the temple during its current restoration - this book is the result of his meticulous research and superb photography. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6151

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Glover, Ian (editor)

Southeast Asian Archaeology 1990: Proceedings of the Third Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists

Hull, UK: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1992. First edition. Pp. viii, 250; numerous black-and-white photos, maps, line-drawings of ceramics, geophysical diagrams. Publisher’s original stiff red wrappers lettered in black on the spine and front cover, 4to. Contains 20 chapters by noted authorities in the field. All papers were presented at a conference held at the Musee Royaux d’Art et d’Historie in Brussels from the 18th to 20th of December 1990. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine copy..

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Book number: 9107

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Gusukube Town Board of Education

The Urasoko Site: A sketch of the excavation in photographs

Okinawa, Japan: Gusukube Town Board of Education, 1990. First edition. Pp. 40; numerous color photos, black-and-white photos, maps. Pictorial blue stiff wrappers, lettered in white, sm 4to. This small study documents an excavation yielding shell adzes on Miyako island in the south Ryukyu island chain. The text is entirely in English. No ownership marks. Rare work. A very good copy..

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Book number: 8851

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Hammond, Norman (editor)

South Asian Archaeology: Papers from the First International Conference of South Asian Archaeologists held in the University of Cambridge (hardcover first edition)

London: Gerald Duckworth, 1973. First edition. Pp. xii, 308; 150+ text figures (numerous black-and-white photos, maps, line-drawings of artifacts, plan views of excavation). Original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, wine-red pictorial dust jacket, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. This is the hardcover first edition. The foreword is by Sir Mortimer Wheeler. This work brings together the recent research on the prehistoric and historic past of South Asia – the area comprising India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka. The 21 chapters in this volume cover the period from the Early Stone Age of more than 50,000 years ago to Bengali temple terracottas of the nineteenth century. No ownership marks. A bright and clean copy in fine condition in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 9576

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Howells, W.W.

Origins of the Chinese People: Interpretations of the recent evidence.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. First edition. Pp. 297-319; 4 text-figures. Original printed white wrappers, 8vo. This is an offprint of chapter 11 in the volume 'The Origin of Chinese Civilization' edited by David N. Keightley. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new copy)..

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Book number: 4781

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Jacques, Claude

Angkor.

Paris: Bordas, 1990. First edition. Pp. 189, (2, index); 300+ photographs (most are in color). Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gray on the spine and with vignette of Angkor motif on the front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, in original cardboard decorated slipcase, folio (13 x 10 inches). A detailed overview of the Cambodian monuments of Angkor with excellent photos. The preface is by Federico Mayor, director general of UNESCO. The photographs are by L. Ionesco and J. G. Nafilyan. The work was written with the assistance of architect Rene Dumont. The text is in French. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket in a fine card slipcase..

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Book number: 6377

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Jones, Owen

The Grammar of Chinese Ornament: Selected From Objects in the South Kensington Museum and Other Collections.

New York: Portland House, 1987. Reprint. Pp. (10), 5-15; color title page, 100 full-page fine color plates. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, folio (13 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches). This colorful volume of Chinese art motifs was first published in 1867 by S. and T. Gilbert of London. It is here reprinted in fine color facsimile by Portland House. No ownership marks. Outer page edges only with mild foxing, a bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 5881

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Kennedy, K. A. R., Lovell, N. C. and Burrow, C. B.

Mesolithic Human Remains from the Gangetic Plains: Sarai Nahar Rai.

Ithaca, New York: South Asia Program, Cornell University, 1986. First edition. Pp. iii, 89; 17 text-figures and photos, 3 line drawings. Original printed yellow wrappers, 4to. South Asia Occasional Papers and Theses no. 10. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 4780

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Kennedy, Kenneth A. R. and Possehl, Gregory L.

Studies in the Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology of South Asia

New Delhi: Oxford and IBH Publishing, 1984. First edition. Pp. viii, 144; 10 text-figures and maps (line-drawings). Publisher’s original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, blue and white dust jacket lettered in white and with illustrations of cave engravings on the front and rear panels, sm 4to. This edited volume presents 13 chapters by noted authorities in the field on the archaeology and paleoanthropology of southern Asia. No ownership marks. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 9088

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Long, Nguyen Phuc

Les Nouvelles Researches Archéologiques au Vietnam (complement au Vietnam de Louis Bezacier).

Paris: Arts Asiatiques, 1975. First edition. Pp. 154, (10, ads); 8 maps, 296 black-and white photographs of art objects, implements, ceramics, and line-drawing of lithic artifacts. Early blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, 4to. From: Arts Asiatiques, numéro spécial, tome XXXI, 1975. A detailed study of the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Historic Period artifacts and art objects recovered from Vietnam. The text is in French with superb black-and-white photographs. No ownership marks, other than a single square name stamp in Chinese characters on the front endpaper, and no signs of use. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 5359

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Keywords: Archaeology archeology Mesolithic Neolithic bronze Age Historic Period artifacts art objects Vietnam Southeast Asia Phuc Nguyen Long

Majumdar, R. C.

Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East, Volume 2: Suvarnadvipa, Part I - Political History

Ramna, Dacca: Asoke Kumar Majumdar, 1937. First edition. Pp. xviii, 436, 16 (index); 2 maps. Later one-half red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, over blue marbled boards, lg 8vo. The term Suvarnabhumi (""Land of Gold""), is commonly thought to refer to the Southeast Asian Peninsula, including lower Burma and the Malay Peninsula. However there is another gold-referring term Suvarnadvipa (""Islands of Gold""), which may correspond to the Indonesian Archipelago, especially Sumatra. Both terms might refer to a powerful coastal or island kingdom in present-day Indonesia and Malaysia, possibly centered on Sumatra or Java (from Wiki). No ownership marks. Rare work. There is light foxing and occasional browning to the text, small repair made to verso of the title page; overall a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7520

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Majumdar, R. C.

India and South-east Asia

Delhi: B. R. Publishing, 1979. First edition. Pp. xv, 218. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, orange and white pictorial dust jacket, lettered in black on the spine and in white on the front cover, 8vo. This volume discusses the influence of Hindu artistic and cultural expressions on the historical development of Southeast Asia and the islands of Indonesia. The volume features the kingdoms of Suvarnadvipa, Sri-Vijaya, Kambuja, Champa and Srikeshetra. The volume also discusses the spread of Sanskrit literature and the adaptations of the Indian Epics. This is volume 6 in the I.S.P.Q.S. History and Archaeology Series. Small signature of former owner on the front endpaper. Rare work seldom offered. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 8814

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Marcho, Gabriele and Freeman, Leonard

A re-analysis of the Andrew A Abbie morphometric data on Australian Aborigines.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1987. First edition. Pp. (2), 80; 9 text-figures (maps and diagrams). Original blue stiff printed wrappers, lg 8vo. Occasional Papers in Human Biology, no. 4. This work is divided into three parts: I. An appraisal of homogeneity; II. The influence of climatic factors; and III. An assessment of diversity. No ownership marks. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 6431

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Marzuki, Yazir and Heraty, Toeti

Borobudur.

Jarkata: Penerbit Djambatan, 1989. Fourth edition. Pp. 108; 200+ black-and-white photos, some line-drawings, a few photographs in color. Yellow pictorial stiff wrappers, sm 4to. A thorough overview of the Buddhist monument of Borobudur in eastern Java. The text is in Bahasa Indonesia and in English in simultaneous columns. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 6311

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology