Sterrett, J.R. Sitlington.

An Epigraphical Journey in Asia Minor.

Boston: Damrell and Upham, 1888, first edition. Pp. vii, 344, 11, 2 folding maps bound in at rear, numerous illustrations. Later black cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, 8vo. Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, volume II (1883-1884). Ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with white call number on spine, bookplate on front endpaper and ink name stamp on rear endpaper, no other library marks and no signs of use, a tight, clean, near fine copy..

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Book number: 2098

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Keywords: Archaeology Europe Greek epigraphy classical studies Asia Natural Sciences Natural Science

Stewart, A. T. Q.

The Pagoda War: Lord Dufferin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Ava 1885-6.

Newton Abbot, UK: Victorian and Modern History Book Club, 1974. Book Club edition. Pp. 223; 14 black-and-white illustrations and 2 maps. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in silver on the spine, pictorial dust jacket, 8vo. The work describes the historical events leading up to the capture of King Thibaw that resulted in the annexation of Burma into the Great Britain's 'Indian Empire'. From the private library of Loren Brumm with his name stamp on the front endpaper. A fine (new) copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6366

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Stierlin, Henri

The Cultural History of Angkor.

London: Aurum Press, 1984. New edition. Pp. 94, (2); numerous fine color photographs. Publisher's original cream-colored cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, color pictorial endpapers, folio (13 x 9.25 inches). This volume was translated from the original edition in French published in Geneva in 1983. This volume surveys the entire spectrum of Greater Indian art, from Burma to Java via the Indo-Chinese peninsula. In the series: Great Civilizations. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 5794

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

The Thai-Danish Prehistoric Expedition, 1960-1962 (Sorensen, P. et al., editors)

Archaeological Excavations in Thailand, Volume I to IV (1967-1988), complete (all published)

Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1967-69 + London: Curzon Press, 1988. First edition. Pp. (vol. I): pp. 129, 33 black-and-white photo-plates; (vol. 2): pp. 164, 140 full page plates (black-and-white photos and line-drawings), 2 plates are double foldouts of the excavation in progress, 4 maps or excavation plan views in pocket at rear; (vol. III): pp. 53, 24 black-and-white photo-plates of human skeletal remains; (vol. IV): pp. xii, 150, (6), 38 photo-plates of cave interior and kettle-drums, numerous text-figures. (vols. I-III): one-quarter green cloth lettered in white on the spine, over orange and white pictorial boards, lettered in white and black, (vol. IV): white pictorial boards, lettered in black, 4to (all volume hardback). The contents of each volume are: Volume I: Sai-Yok, Stone-Age Settlements in the Kanchanaburi province; Volume II: Ban-Kao, Neolithic Settlements with Cemeteries in the Kanchanaburi province, Part 1 - Archaeological Materials from the Burials; Volume III: Ban-Kao, Neolithic Settlements with Cemeteries in the Kanchanaburi province, Part 2 - The Prehistoric Thai skeletons and Volume IV: Surface Finds and Minor Excavations. Archaeological Excavations in Thailand is a voluminous record of the finds of the Thai-Danish Prehistoric Expedition, 1960-1962. The first three volumes were published in Copenhagen in 1967-1969. The fourth volume appeared as Occasional Paper no. 1 of the Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies in 1988. No ownership marks and few signs of use. Some light wear to the paper-covered boards of volumes I-III, volume IV as new; a bright and clean set in very good condition..

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Book number: 8522

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Thein Sein

Pagodas and Monuments of Bagan, Volume 1

Yangon: Government of Myanmar, 1995. First edition. Pp. (8), 143; 200+ color photos, 75+ line-drawings of monuments, many in profile. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, oblong sm 4to. Translated by Khin Maung Nyunt. Commissioned by Deputy Minister of Information, Government of Myanmar, this volume provides a good color photographic record of the pagodas and monuments of Bagan, south of Mandalay. No ownership marks. Crease to front free endpaper, light edge to wrappers, a tight, bright and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 8492

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Thierry, Solance

The Khmers.

Paris: Kailash Editions, 1997. First edition. Pp. 154, (1); 8 black-and-white photo plates. Original color pictorial stiff wrappers, 8vo. An overview of Khmer culture written in the 1960s but later translated into English by Gail Armstrong. The author was the former curator of the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh. No ownership marks. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 6257

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Tinh, Ho Xuan

Di Tich Cham o Quang Nam: Vestiges Chams a Quang Nam Cham Relics in Quang Nam

Tam Ky: Nha Xuat ban da Nang, 1998. First edition. Pp. 139, 16 plates, 13 text-figures. Publisher’s brown pictorial stiff wrappers, lettered in orange, yellow and white on cover and spine, sm 8vo. The text is in Vietnamese and English. This book describes the history and monuments of the Champa Kingdom. No ownership marks. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9374

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

U Shwe Zan

The Golden Mrauk-U: An Ancient Capital of Rakhine.

Yangon: Nines Nine Press, 1994. First edition. Pp. 200; 250 illustrations (line-drawings, color photographs and black-and-white photographs. Original color pictorial stiff wrappers, sm 4to. Between 1430 and 1785 AD, the fortress city of Mrauk-U in Rakhine State thrived. Situated near the western coast of Burma, Mrauk-U had a 30km long fortification and intricate network of moats and canals in the 16th and 17th centuries. This volume documents the fortifications, monuments and other cultural relics of this ancient city. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 6310

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Wang Wei

The Fengshudao Site of Paleolithic Age in Baise Basin, Guangxi, South China

Beijing: Science Press, 2013. First edition. Pp. iv, 147; 44 full page color plates. Color pictorial laminated boards, lettered in black and in white, sm 4to. The text is in Chinese but there is a ten-page summary in English at the rear. Describes the stone artifacts of the terrace deposits of the Baise (Bose) basin of southern China. Some of these terraces have been dated by radiometric studies of the tektites associated with stone artifacts. These terraces date to 800,000 years ago. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 9599

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

World Monuments Fund

Preah Khan Conservation Project - Historic City of Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia: Report V: Field Campaign II

New York: World Monuments Fund, 1994. First edition. Pp. 289, (1); 2 full page color plates, numerous black-and-white photographs, 3 folding plan views of monuments, numerous other line-drawings of monuments. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, 4to. Card laid in at front: ""With the Compliments of the World Monuments Funds"", with ink signature. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 8489

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

World Monuments Fund

Radar Imaging Survey of the Angkor Eco-Site, Report of the First Scientific Roundtable, Princeton, New Jersey, February 1-2, 1995

New York: World Monuments Fun, Royal Angkor Foundation, 1995. First edition. Pp. 95, (2); two full page color plates - one of the Shuttle Endeavour deploying the remote sensing equipment and another of the radar image taking by the shuttle of Angkor, some black-and-white photos and line-drawings. Color pictorial stiff wrappers, 4to. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8490

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology

Yawnghwe, Chao Tzang

The Shan of Burma: Memoirs of a Shan Exile.

Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1990. Second printing. Pp. xi, 275, black-and-white photos and maps (un-numbered). Publisher's pictorial wine-red wrappers, lettered in white on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. The Shan are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia; they live primarily in the Shan State of Burma (Myanmar), but also inhabit parts of the Mandalay Region, Kachin State, and Kayin State, and in adjacent regions of China, Laos and Thailand. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 6175

Catalogue: Asian Archaeology