Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1978. Hardcover. 4to. xxi, 322pp. Purple cloth with gold lettering to cover and spine. The metropolis of Asia Minor, the Paris of the ancient world, Sardis was the place where the legendary Croesus ruled, where coinage was invented, and economy history revolutionized. This book provides..... More
Rawalpindi: Iran Pakistan Institute of Persian Studies, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xviii, 14, 84pp. Original blue buckram with gilt-stamped emblem and lettering on front and back cover and spine. Published on the occasion of the celebration of the birth millenary of Abu Rayhan Biruni, a Persian scholar and polymath..... More
Jerusalem: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1990. Hardcover. Large 8vo.xvii. 770pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original, pictorial dj. . Great wpork on Biblical archeology, also marking the 75th anniversary of the Israel Exploration society. IWith opening remarks by, among others, former mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kolleg (b. 1911)..... More
Lancaster, PA: The New Era Printing Company, 1904. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. viii, 27pp. Original gray printed wraps. Thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Pennsylvania, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. "The history of Thessaly..... More
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1950. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. (xii) 167pp. Grey printed wrappers with black lettering on the front cover and spine. The work discusses the social status and lives of the merchant class in Ancient Babylonia, through examination of original writing and evidence from the period. Includes indexes and..... More
Mexico: Inverlat, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Lg. 4to. 238pp. Blue cloth with blind-stamped title in original dust jacket. Decorated endpapers. A beautiful book looking at ancient Mayans as well as their descendants. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of color photographs of Mayan monuments and ruins, maps, modern buildings, landscapes and people..... More
Lima, Peru: Libreria Internacional del Peru, 1947. Softcover. 8vo. Unpaginatd, with 74 numbered plates. Original illustrated wrappers with black lettering to wrappers. Minor rubbing, scuffing, staining, browning and foxing to wrappers and spine. Fascinating work on the history of prehispanic period of Peru. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs and some..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 196pp. Brown cloth with blue lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Frontispiece. "Professor Wolohojian's translation, Number LXXXII of the records of Civilization series, is based on the rare mid-nineteenth century edition of the oldest surviving Armenian manuscript of..... More
Paris: Société d'Edition "Les Belles Lettres" 1985. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. XII, [2], 143, [3]pp. Original printed wrappers. Scholarly monograph on the Mycenaean and Hittite land tenure of the fields of Pylos and Hattusa, and of the persons and the obligations upon them to perform certain services connected with this..... More
Potomac: Capital Decisions, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 44pp. of text with additional 114pp. of Cuneiform transliterations. White cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Very minor soiling and rubbing to cover and spine. One line of notes in ink on top..... More
Princeton, New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Company, (1961). First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxii,442pp. Light brown cloth with black lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. Captivating account of what life was like under the collective regime of the Incas. The author looks at the rigidly hierarchized, static society..... More
New York: Art Books Intl Ltd, 1979. Hardcover. Large 4to. 268pp. Mottled gray cloth with black lettering to spine in original, pictorial dj. Tears, rubbing, scuffin and staining to dj. Black endpapers. Red ink underlining to text. "With its 380 illustrations, this book aims primarily at providing the reader with..... More
Tucson: Cummings Publication Council, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xii. 251pp. Dark beige cloth with lettering to cover and spine. Illustrated endpapers, maps. Frontispiece photograph. "... outline of the life and attainments of the people who occupied the great Southwest before the coming of the Spaniards into this region," (author)..... More
Phaidon Press, (1967). Hardcover. Lg. octavo. [6],339pp. Green cloth in original photographic dust jacket. Map illustrated rear endpapers. Fascinating publication with a selection (in English translation) of passages from ancient authors and inscriptions dealing with the growth of Rome and its monuments from the earliest times to the death of..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. xv. 163pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Small bookplate of previous owner to inside of front board. From the dust jacket: "The records of ancient Mesopotamia disclose a bewildering variety of contractual forms governing arrangements between debtor..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1955. First edition. Softcover. Large quarto. 126, [2]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over wrappers. With "Dans les Pas des Césars," French historian, classicist and Latinist Pierre Grimal takes the reader on a pictorial journey through the land of the Roman emperors. The author's fascination for Roman civilization transpires..... More
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1888. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. VIII, 9-234pp. Original brick cloth with gold lettering on spine. Decorative endpapers. The ancient Egyptian civilization endured for more than 5000 years, and at its peak was one of the richest and most powerful in the world. This work presents..... More
London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1961. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. 626pp. Original photographic wrappers over cloth with gold lettering on spine. This volume is planned as the first of several with the aim of consolidating the ground covered in "Aeschylus & Athens." It is in effect an expansion of the first five..... More
Tel Aviv: Gateway Publishers, 1975. Unknown Binding. 4to. xi. 116 pages, followed by 63 plates. Mottled cloth with gold lettering to cover and spine. Red pen mark to loose front endpaper. Fascinating work on the archaeological excavation of the ancient town of Lachish. Beautifully illustrated with 32 plates of b/w..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1993). First edition. Hardcover. Sm. quarto. xii,370pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. Fascinating work on late Roman Egypt in the fourth and fifth centuries. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs and plans. Minor creasing to head and tail of..... More
Northridge, CA: California State University, Northridge Libraries, 1973. Facsimile. Softcover. "This incunabulum is printed in facsimile as part of the dedication ceremonies for the Delmar T. Oviatt Library, October 24, 1973." 8vo. Unpaginated. Wrappers. Program of the dedication ceremony printed on wrappers. Facsimile of a historical work in Latin, printed on..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1999). Reprint. Softcover. Sm. quarto. xxiv,454pp. Original illustrated wraps. Comprehensive survey looking at more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome, covering the foundation of the city to its rise to world empire and its conversion to Christianity. Illustrated with b/w photographic reproductions. Minor..... More
Cincinnati: KTAV, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xii, 217 pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Intriguing volume containing a number of English transliterations and translations of a number of Sumerian texts. Minor bumping to foot and head of spine. Ex libris Paul M. Steinberg, otherwise..... More
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1952. Third edition. Softcover. 8vo. IX, 175 pp. + 6 Facsimiles and 2 Maps. Original green, paper wrappers. Main text is in English, with numerous lengthy Greek texts. Fully annotated, includes bibliographical references and indexes. Minor age wear to exterior, but book is in very good..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972. Hardcover. 4to. 366pp. Sienna and beige cloth with gold lettering to cover and spine in original, pictorial dj. "The metropolis of Asia Minor, the Paris of the ancient world, Sardis was the place where the legendary Croesus ruled, where coinage was invented, and economy..... More