Archaeometry : An Australasian Perspective
Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1982. Small 4to, pp. vi, 391, b/w photos and ills., maps, wraps, very good condn. Papers presented at the Australasian Archaeometry conference.
Ancient History
New Studies of a Great Inheritance, Being Lectures on the Modern Worth of some Ancient Writers
London: John Murray, 1930. 2nd ed., 8vo, pp. xii, 241, Index, (ii, adverts), prev owner's stamp, orig cl bds., edges rubbed, in d.j worn and marked, edges chipped, pieces missing spine, torn The writings of the ancient world, particularly Rome, including, Cicero, Horace, and Virgil.
Soils for the Archaeologist
London: Phoenix House, Ltd, 1961. 2nd impr., Royal 8vo, pp. 230, Index, b/w ills., prev owner's inscr., orig cl bds., very light fishing rear cover, in d.j some creasing, top edge chipped but intact, ink mark to rear The relativity of soil science and geology to the archaeologist, including technical.....
The Aegean, A Sea-Guide to its Coasts and Islands
London: John Murray, 1970. 2nd ed., Royal 8vo, pp. xxiv, 247, Index, b/w plates, b/w maps and ills., ex-libris, orig cl bds., v.g, in d.j tear to spine The classic sailing book revised, focus on the sailing routes of the islands.
Marci Fabii Quinctiliani De Oratoria Institutione Libri XII. [Volume 12 - Institutes of Oratory] 1725
Paris: Antonii Urbani Coustelier ; Claude Capperonnier, 1725. Folio, text in Latin, pp.lx, 859, (i), marginal annotations in pencil earlier pages, very early hand-made marbled endpapers, some wear to full leather binding, hinges starting, corners bumped. Contents clean. Very good condition. (Very heavy, please inquire regarding postage.) A practical guide.....
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume I: 180 A.D. - 395 A.D.
New York: Modern Library/Random House. Volume One (of three volume edition). Original cloth boards with gilt, dustjacket, pp 956. N.d., c.1950s. Very good condition in like d.j. The authoritative work on Roman history, first published in the late eighteenth century.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume II: 395 A.D. - 1185 A.D.
New York: Modern Library/Random House. Volume Two (of three volume edition). Original cloth boards with gilt, dustjacket, pp 923. N.d., c.1950s. Very good condition in like d.j. The authoritative work on Roman history, first published in the late eigthteenth century.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume II: 395 A.D. - 1185 A.D.
New York: Modern Library/Random House. Volume Two (of three volume edition). Original cloth boards with gilt, pp 923. N.d., c.1950s. Very good condition. The authoritative work on Roman history, first published in the late eighteenth century.
The Application of Quantitative Methods in Archaeology
Chicago: Quadrangle, 1960. Small 4to, pp. x, 358, b/w plates, prev owner's inscr., orig cl bds., spine sunned, covers marked o/w very good condn. Papers presented at an international symposium. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropoliogy Number Twenty-Eight.
M. Manilii Astronomicon Liber Tertius
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1937. 2nd ed., pp.(xx), 79, text dwgs., tanned e.p.s., publisher's orig cl bds., fading to spine, o/w very good condn. Marcus Manilius (fl.1st century AD) was a Roman poet, astrologer, and author of a poem in five books called Astronomica. Housman's critical edition of the poet's.....
Mainland Greece
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1965. 8vo, pp. xii, 225, Index, b/w plates, map, light foxing eps., orig cl bds., lightly fished, in d.j some wear to edges An atmospheric book which explores the country from the Gulf of Corinth to the Thessalian plain.
The Lost Vestal
London: Cassell & Company, nd c( 1900). 8vo, pp. 250, 24 adverts, b/w frontis., b/w plates, f.f.ep missing, light foxing prelims and fore-edge, offsetting eps., orig dec cl bds., spine sunned, edges rubbed, light marks rear Fictional account of early Christianity in the Roman Empire.
Conquer, A Tale of the Nika Rebellion in Byzantium
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1941. 8vo, pp. (iv) 138, light marks f.f.ep., edges pages slightly yellowed, orig cl bds., top cnrs bent, in d.jspine sunned, some waterdmagae top edge, small chips head and tail spine Fictional account of the Faction struggle of the 6th century.
The Rise of the West : A History of the Human Community
Birmingham, Alabama: Gryphon Editions/University of Chicago Press, 1989. Drawings by Bela Petheo. Royal octavo, full leather binding decorated in gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt, b&w illus (plates, Lined drawings, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, pp xvi, 828 including index. Fine condition.(Very heavy, please inquire regarding postage.) Deluxe leather edition, privately.....
Archaeology in the U.S.S.R.
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1959. translated from the Russian by David Skvirsky. 4to, pp. 429, Index, col and b/w plates, b/w photos and ills., b/w fold map, orig cl bds., small mark spine, otherwise very good Ancient history of Russia based upon archaeological finds.
The Roman Legionary Fortress at Caerleon, Monmouthshire
Cardiff: The National Museum of Wales, 1940. Royal 8vo, pp. 33, 1 advert, b/w frontis., b/w plates, b/w ills., 3 fold maps rear pocket, prev owner's inscr., orig bds., browned, spine chipped and worn The history of Caerleon and archaelogical excavations of the site.
A Popular Handbook of Useful and Interesting Information for Beginners in the Elementary Study of Assyriology, Compiled from the Writings of some of the Best Authorities
Sussex: The Author, 1908. 1st ed., 8vo, pp. 201, b/w frontis., b/w fold map rear, from the library of S.C. Gorringe with his stamps, eps discoloured, orig cl backed bds., spine worn, some marks Archaeolgical evidence of the Old Testament. A dictionary of biblical and archaelogical terms. Privately published. From.....
The Satyricon of Petronius
London: Fortune Press, ( 1933). 1st thus. Limited edition, No. 94 of 1,000 copies (withouth the mention of 'Jean de Bosschere' on title page and therefore no plates here as published), pp.lx, 222, uncut, original cloth boards, gilt title to spine, corners bumped otherwise very good condition. Classic work of.....
An Affair of the Heart
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1957. 8vo, pp. 280, ep maps, offsetting eps., lightly foxed edges, orig cl bds., edges rubbed, in d.j some wear to edges Account of travels to Greece from 1945-54, with an archaelogical backdrop.
Antiquities of Middlesex: Middlesex in British, Roman, and Saxon Times
London: G. Bell & Sons, Ltd, 1919. Royal 8vo, pp. xviii, 182, Index, b/w frontis., b/w plates, minor foxing rear eps., orig cl backed bds., light marks, edges slightly worn Antiquities discovered in Middlesex and associated archaelogical findings. Includes observations on militaria, clothing, religion, and geography.
The Economic and Social Growth of Early Greece, 800 - 500 B.C.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. 8vo, pp. (x) 267, Index, b/w plates, orig cl bds., nr fine, in d.j small tear to rear cover. The economic development of classical Greece.
Two Essays on "The Clouds" and on "The Geras" of Aristophanes
John Murray, 1836. Octavo, cloth boards with paper-over-cloth backstrip, later printed paper title label to spine, pp 192 plus 4 pp publisher's list (which is trimmed to the edges). Corners bumped and rubbed. Scattered foxing. Silverfish loss in the top corner of p. 129, with no loss of text. Previous.....
C. Cornelii Taciti Opera quae exstant, a Lusto Lipsio Postremum Recensita [bound with] Justius Lipsius's 'Dispunctio Notarum Mirandulani Codicis'
Antwerp: Plantiniana Balthasar Moretti, 1668. Folio, pp.(xii), 547, (xxxiv, Index). Bound with "Iusti Lipsi Dispunctio Notarum Mirandulani Codicis ad Corn. Tacitum. Antwerp, Officina Plantinian Balthasaris Moreti, 1667", pp.84, (xiii, Index etc), woodcut engraving to both title-pages, pages tanned, bound in half-leather with leather titled spine label, light cracking along centre.....
The Shadow of Vesuvius, Pompeii AD 79
London: The Folio Society, 1976. Royal 8vo, pp. 128, colour frontis, colour and b/w photos, pictorial eps., orig gilt decorated cloth backed bds., nr fine. The rediscovery of Pompeii.
The Aeneid: a new translation
London: Profile Books, 2020. 1st thus, octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, pp lviii. 400. Small previous bookseller's ticket front endpaper, otherwise fine in like dustjacket. Uncommon hardcover edition. "In this fresh and fast-paced translation of the Aeneid, Shadi Bartsch brings the poem to the modern reader, guiding them to a deeper.....