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
The Sacred Trusts: Pavilion of the Sacred Relics. Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul.
New Jersey: The Light Inc., 2005. 1st edition in English, second issue, quarto, pp.(16), 350, profusely illustrated with full colour plates, ribbon tie, orig gilt dec bds in velvet lined decorative box with gold clasp with original sl. worn red gilt carton box. Near fine condition A detailed and comprehensive.....
Eros in Greece
London: John Murray, 1978. Photographs by Antonia Mulas. 1st UK edition, 4to, pp. 175, Index, colour photos, original cloth boards, bottom front cnr bumped otherwise good, in like d.j. top edge slightly creased. Concept of eros in Ancient Greek society, covers mythology, religion, and social structure.
Greece and Britain
London: Collins, nd c( 1950). 8vo, pp. 112, col frontis, col & b/w plates, b/w ills., orig cl bds., slightly rubbed edges, very good The influence of Greek culture on the development of Britain.
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Homeri Ilias Graece et Latine Annotationes [Homer's Iliad, 1794-1802]
London: T. Longman ; B. Law et al, 1794-1802. 2 vols., octavo, text in Greek and Latin. Vol.I (Editio Tertia Decima): pp.(vii), 375, lxxxix ; Vol.II (Editio Duodecimo): pp.(iv), (5)-510, (xvi, Index), two fronts. engraved folding maps : 'Graeciae Antiquae et Insularum Conspectus' (Vol. I) and 'Asia Minor' (Vol.II), tanning.....
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.....
Swan Hellenic Cruise Handbook
London: Swan Hellenic Cruises Limited, 1985. Reprint, Small 4to, pp. 463, col plates, b/w ills and maps, ep maps, orig bds., nr fine Complete guide to the cultural and geographical history of Greece, Eastern Europe, and Turkey.
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.
Lexicon Technologiae Graecorum Rhetoricae. Congessit et animadversionibus illustravit Jo. Christ. Theoph. Ernesti. [Greek]
Leipzig: Sumptibus Caspari Fritsch, 1795. Full leather boards, spine deorated and lettered in gilt, gilt decorative rule to edges of boards, pp xxiv, 400. Pencilled owmership signature. Edges rubbed. Good condition. A lexicon of terms of rhetoric, with citations. Terms in Greek, text in both Latin and Greek...
Lexicon Technologiae Latinorum Rhetoricae. Congessit et animadversionibus illustravit Jo. Christ. Theoph. Ernesti. [Latin]
Leipzig: Sumptibus Caspari Fritsch, 1797. Full leather boards, spine decorated and lettered in gilt,gilt decorative rule to edges of boards, pp xxxii, 440. Corner of title label chipped, front edge of spine starting. Pencilled ownership signature. Good condition. A lexicon of terms of rhetoric, with citations to classical orators such.....
Thrace & The Thracians
London: Cassell, 1977. 4to, pp. 160, colour and b/w ills., original boards, good, in like d.j.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age. 3 Volumes (First Edition)
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1858. 1st ed., Royal octavo, 3 Vols: Vol.I: pp.xiv, 576; Vol.II: pp.xiv, 533; Vol.III: pp.xviii, 616, large folding chart at end of Volume III a few closed tears, front hinge starting first vol, scattered foxing mainly to prelims and latter pages of each vol.....
Republican Rome, Her Conquests Manners and Institutions From the Earliest Times to the Death of Caesar
London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1914. Large 8vo, orig red cl bds with gilt decoration to spine and gilt title, gilt top edge to pages, b&w plates, b&w line drawings in text, fold-out maps, pp. (xxiii) 564. Boards worn to head and foot of spine and rubbed to lower.....
The Republican Empire
London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1963. 8vo, pp. xiv, 298, Index, b/w maps, orig pictorial cl bds., minor wear to edges, very good Analysis of Roman literature and its conveyance of the politics of the time. Includes excerpts in Latin.
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.
A Poetical Translation of The Works of Horace, With The Original Text, and Critical Notes Collected from his best Latin and French Commentators. By Philip Francis. A New Edition, with Additional Notes, by Edward Du Bois.
London: J. Johnson et al, 1807. Volumes II and III only. 345 pp, 395 pp. 8vo, bound in full leather, raised bands and worn gilt decoration to spines. Front hinge vol II detached, other hinges tender, edges rubbed, fair condn. Two volumes (of four) of Horace, the Roman poet. Latin.....
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.....
Prehistoric Religion: A Study in Prehistoric Archaeology
London: Thames & Hudson, 1957. 8vo, pp. 300, Index, b/w ills., prev owner's stamp, light offsetting eps., orig cl bds., edges sunned, edges rubbed, in d.j edges creased, tear to front cover now repaired The religious artefacts of ancient cultures, includes exploration of funeral practices and rituals.
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.
Daphnis & Chloe
London: Daimon Press, 1948. Lionel Ellis (woodcuts). 1st translated edition in English., octavo, pp. iv, 114, b&w woodcuts by Lionel Ellis, rear hinge cracked, marked and light chipping to d.j. otherwise very good condition. Ancient Greek novel by the the romance writer Longus written in the 2nd century and translated.....
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.
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.