Ancient Cultures from Hedgehog's Whimsey Books

Author Irving Stone became a specialist in biographical novels 41 years before this publication. This story features archaeologists who unearthed the ancient city of Troy and the Mycenaean tombs. Henry Schliemann, 47, and Sophia Engastromenos, 17, joined their lives together in exploration and discovery. Henry had already made 3 fortunes, and Sophia was first, an eager apprentice… Read more about this item

New York.: Dell Publishing Co. / A Laurel Classic., 1964. 4th printing. ! st, December 1959. E663.. Hard cover. Very good. Age toning. Clean. Professionally rebound for school or library market, HNM.. Glaser, Milton (Cover painting by).. 1 Green covers, glossy surface, illustrated. 383 p. 17 cm. TM 674623. Index of Names. Editor's Note (Selections); Theseus; Lycurgus; Solon;… Read more about this item

New York.: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1982. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Top page block foxing. Half-inch vertical jacket tear, front. Clean text pages.. 1 Text in German, English. Cloth and paper over boards. 291 p. Audience: General/trade. Ancient Cultures: Chapters numbering 16 from The Oracle of the Dead on the… Read more about this item

London / New York.: Thames & Hudson., 1991. U.S. Edition.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Lower front jacket has interior damp stain, no transfer to book cover. Light surface blemishing to jacket. Minor top page block soil; clean book volume.. 1 Blue textured paper over boards; gold spine titles. Front gold encircled two dolphins. B&W… Read more about this item

Garden City NY.: Doubleday and Company., 1974. First published by Aldus Books Ltd, London, 1974.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket has surface chip, upper spine; edge wear. High quality text paper. Strong binding.. 1 Turquoise textured cloth over boards. Gold spine titles. 320 p. 26 cm. Color and B&W artwork. Index. Art credits. Rites… Read more about this item

New York.: Noonday Press / Farrar, Straus and Giroux., 1998. First edition. Bilingual edition.. Trade paperback. Fine. Inscribed by David Ferry to a friend, 1999. Slight handling blemishing.. 1 Text in Latin. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Audience: General/trade. The Latin text herein is from the 1991 selections by Daniel Garrison in "Horace: Odes and Epodes"… Read more about this item

Evanston IL.: McDougal, Little & Company., 1976. Adapted from "Man & Myth", Methuen Pub. 1974.. Hard cover. Very good. Ede curls, front cover. Short corner creasing, front. Minor edge rubs.. 1 Illustrated paper covers. Glued binding. 8-in square. B&W art, map. Audience: General/trade. Ancient cultures, folklore, mythologies: Greek, Norse, Eskimo, North American Indian (Pacific, Eastern Woodlands, Plains), Chinese,… Read more about this item

New York.: Simon & Schuster., 2006. First edition. 1st printing.. Trade paperback. Fine.. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 258 p. Archeological and artifact B&W photo sections. Glossary. Notes. Sources by subject. Index. Audience: General/trade. Ancient Cultures: Historic true conflict, over 10 years, "waged over the beautiful Helen". Historian and classicist Barry Strauss explores the myth and reality… Read more about this item

New York.: Harper & Row Publishers., 1973. First edition. Stated 1st.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Signed by previous owner. Near fine. Light smudges on lower page block. Clean text pages.. 1 Black cloth over boards. Gray stamped spine titles. 319 p. Black and white illustrated jacket. 19x24 cm. Charts. Diagrams, Tables,… Read more about this item

Tucson.: Southwest Parks and Monuments Association., 1993. Reprint. From the University of New Mexico Press 1968 edition.. Trade paperback. Fine. Small red ink "S" on top page block.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. B&W photo plate section. Audience: General/trade. Earl Morris, 1889-1956, was one of the pioneers of American southwestern archaeology, best known for his excavation and reconstruction… Read more about this item

New York.: Ballantine Books by arr. w/ Cornell University Press., 1971. First edition. 1st Ballantine printing.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Light spine creasing.; slight tilt. Small smudge, right page block. Clean interior. Tight binding.. 1 144 p. Mass-market paperback. Sepia toned front cover photo, face. 2 sections, B&W photos. Back cover notes; "Why were more than 700 men… Read more about this item

New York.: The Macmillan Company., 1936. Reprint. First published 1921. Reissued 1934.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Cover has some color compromise, lightly blotched with white. Solid binding. Durable edition.. Pogany, Willy (Illustrations by).. 1 Rust-brown cloth over boards. Black titles, front graphic of early ship. ix, 289 p. 19 cm. Pen&Ink line art and grayscale… Read more about this item

Boston.: John Allyn, Publisher, "Late Sever, Francis, & Co.", 1886. 1874 author copyright.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Light soiling. Edge bumps. Well-bound. Top rear corner: minor old damp-stain, 1.25 in.. Wells, Dr. D.F. (Maps and Plans drawn by).. 1 128 p. Green pebbled cloth over boards. Gold stamped titles. Stitched binding. Page count: add publisher's… Read more about this item

New York.: Washington Square Press by arr. w/ The Orion Press Inc., 1965. First edition. 1st printing.. Mass-market paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. 1 Mass-market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 284p. Cover modern art illustration: Bold yellow profile with vibrant red, blue, green black, white elements. Companion pages, Latin text with English translation opposite, page by page.… Read more about this item

New York.: A mentor Book / New American Library., 1953. First edition. 1st printing. M99. 35c cover price.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. Near fine. Minor damp-stain, lower corner.. Jonas (Cover art by).. 1 Mass-market (rack) paperback. xii, 158p. Index. World History / Ancient Cultures / Western Civilization. Selections from Herodotus, Polybius, Xenophon, Thucydides, and others. Themes: class warfare,… Read more about this item

London: Black Raven Press, 1985. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Minor rubbing to dustjacket.. 1 168 p. Genealogy, origins of the Tudors. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 1st British edition, published for the 500th Bosworth anniversary, a Welsh history. Opposing 15th century knights in armor pictured on dj cover, miniature from a manuscript of the Commentaries… Read more about this item

London.: A & C Black Ltd., 1994. Hard cover. New. No dust jacket. Index.. Clements, Gillian (Illustrations by), and Murray, Maggie (Photographs by).. 1 Pictorial glossy paper over boards. 32 p. 26 cm. Color drawings and photos. Youth oriented volume about understanding the environment of the Vikings, making your world their's through re-enacting life in a Viking village.

New York.: Appleton Century Crofts.. No date. Copyright 1940 by FS Crofts & Co.. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Sun-fade to spine.. 1 214 p. Includes bibliography. Trade PB. Orange covers w/ ilustrated knights on horseback. White titles. The tale of Kind Arthur and his Knights, condensed and explained extensively… Read more about this item

Sag Harbor NY.: The Permanent Press., 2002. First edition. Advanced Uncorrected Galley.. Trade paperback. New. No dust jacket as issued.. 1 Advanced Reading Copy. Trade PB. 288p. Audience: General/trade. Reportedly from a journal found in Northern Tuscany and given to Elbling, it begins, 'April, 1534, For years after my mother hanged herself...' A child, he was too short… Read more about this item

London: Paul Hamlyn / Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd, 1972. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Moderate edge darkening to parts of DJ.. 1 413 p. 30 cm. Color and B&W artistic, cultural, architectural, historic Illustrations. Index. Translated from French original and adapted for English readers; a history from the origins of the late Middle Ages… Read more about this item