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Aristotelis Organon graece
Lipsiae, sumtibus Hahnii, 1844. 1st Edition. Hardcover. More
The Public Economy of Athens
John W. Parker, 1842. Hardcover. More
The Ancient Khmer Press
The American Philosophical Society, 1955. Hardcover. Significant wear to jacket: large tears to base and lip of spine -- small tears along edges and some soiling to edges of jacket. Foxing to edges, and tanning to front end papers. More
De Officiis
Leiden: Johannes du Vivie and Isaak Severinus, 1710. Hardcover. Cicero's 'Of Duties', in the edition of Johann Georg Graevius. 18 cm. 19th century prize rebinding, brown calf with gilt stamp on both boards of the arms of the University of Edinburgh superimposed at center of buff colored inner border whose..... More
Vies des Grands Capitaines de l'Antiquite, de Cornelius Nepos
Avignon: J. J. Niel, 1787. Hardcover. Full leather. Covers shelfworn, but binding is tight. Name written on front endpaper. More
British Museum Occasional Paper 48: Furnaces and Smelting Technology in Antiquity
British Museum, 1985. Softcover. More
The Table-Talk of a Mesopotamian Judge
The Royal Asiatic Society, 1922. Hard cover. Translation of a work purported to have begun in 971 AD and span 20 years. Clean and unmarked inside other than minor discoloration on inside front and back covers from age. Binding strong. Corners and spine bumped, gilt stamp title on..... More
Man in His Pride
The University of Chicago Press, 1950. Hard cover. Jacket is tattered. Front and back panels are barely held together by what remains of the spine section of the jacket. The book inside is pretty good. Minor foxing on the edge. A few pencil marks and dog-eared pages. More
Wisdom in Akkadian Literature: Expression, Instruction, Dialogue
Ex Oriente Lux, 1992. First. Softcover. Minor signs of shelf wear, else fine: tightly bound, clean,and unmarked. More
Athenian White Lekythoi : Patterns and Painters
London: Oxford, 1975. Hardcover. Cloth. More
Materials for the study of the Etruscan Language Volumes 1 and 2
University oF Wisconsin Press, 1965. Softcover. Covers slightly worn. Text unmarked, good condition. 2 volumes! More
William of Malmesbury's Chronicle Of The Kings of England
Kessinger, 2006. Softcover. More
Becoming Roman: The Origins of Provincial Civilization in Gaul
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Hardcover DJ. Clean and crisp interior except as follow: Previous owner's name is inscribed in very small font on the front page, and on the same opening penciled inscription--very likely study notes. On the side of the margins, one can occasionally find small vertical..... More
The Armour of Imperial Rome
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. Hard Cover. Top edge of dust jacket is creased and lightly chipped, and has two one-inch aesthetic tears on back. Jacket is lightly tanned and is contained in a protective plastic jacket. Fabric cover is lightly scuffed at edges. Spine is shaken. Previous owner's bookplate on..... More
Death Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Part of Key Themes in Ancient History Series. Softcover. The book has dog-eared corner on the bottom right cover; glue separation between the spine's edge and the front cover, but binding is still intact. Previous owner's name inscribed in ink on the front opening..... More
A prehistory of Australia, New Guinea, and Sahul
Academic Press, 1982. hardcover. More
The Forum of Trajan in Rome: A Study of the Monuments
University of California Press, 1997. Hard cover. Cloth bound set including Volume One, Volume Two, and the portfolio; three volumes total. Box case for portfolio has two broken corners and one large crease on side, but very clean otherwise. Volumes One and Two in excellent, clean condition. Portfolio includes all..... More
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History Volume II, ANTHROPOLOGY Part I
New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1900. The Jesup North Pacific Expedition, containing Sub-section IV--The Thompson Indian of British Columbia. Softcover. Outside cover is made of thick newspaper style. Outer edges have small chips and minor cracks very usual for books of this era and binding. Inside is very clean..... More
Fustat Finds : Beads, Coins, Medical Instruments, Textiles, and Other Artifacts from the Awad Collection
New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2002. Hardcover. About two inches long knife cut on the lower spine area of the jacket. Penciled bookstore pricing inside, on the front page. More
The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1872. Hardcover. Cloth. Nice copy, spine a little sun faded and some slight fraying at the head and foot of the spine. More
The History of Ancient Greece, 2 vol.
A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1786. Hardcover. 2 volumes bound in leather. Covers misbound, as the volume numbers are switched. Each book comes with a large fold out map. Worn covers are hanging loose, but still intact. Bookplate inside front cover. More
Marine Molluscan Remains from Franchthi Cave: Fascicle 4, Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece
Indiana University Press, 1989. Softcover. This is a clean copy. There are no markings to the text. There is some minor shelf/handling wear to the cover. More
Untersuchungen zur akkadischen Epik
Germany: Neukirchener Verlag, 1974. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament - Sonderreihe Veroffentlichungen zur Kultur und Geschichte des Alten Orients Band 8. Hardcover. German text. One small inscription on the right corner of the opening three pages and left inside of the front hardcover has "Ex Libris...." by the same..... More