Ancient History from Mare Booksellers

Washington, DC: Dunbarton Oaks, 2010. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Dark orange cloth in unclipped jacket. 431 pp. A few illustrations and maps throughout. A collection of essays exploring the interactions between the intellectual elites of the two cultures and regions of the Northern Maya Lowlands and Highland Mexico. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor bumping and creasing to the top… Read more about this item

Austin: University of Texas Press, 2016. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade paperback. 316 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A detailed account of world-renewing ceremonies practiced by the Maya, from Pre-Columbian times to the present, looking at how ancient rituals have been adapted to present day circumstances. VERY GOOD+ condition. Very light edgewear.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 2022. Wraps. Near Fine. Folio. Wraps. Small folio. 198 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A detailed study of the Boturini, Azcatitlan, and Aubin codices, written after the Spanish conquest using pre-Hispanic pictorial writing, and reflecting the history of the origin and migration of the Mexica people, one of a group of indigenous… Read more about this item

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. Cloth. Very Good. First printing of this edition. Yellow cloth, no jackets. 248, 248 pp. Text in Spanish and English. A history of the central Mexico area from preconquest, offering a native's perspective by the author Domingo de San Anton Munon Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin. The manuscripts from this translations comes were discovered in… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Dunbarton Oaks, 2001. Cloth. Very Good. Brown cloth. No jacket. 487 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A detailed examination and study of the Zapotec script, one of the earliest scribal traditions in Mesoamerica. The work documents its history and evolution, and its influence on Mesoamerican writing systems. GOOD+ condition. Uneven moderate fading to the covers.… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First edition. Brown cloth. No jacket. 219 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A collection of essays on indigenous Mesoamerican astronomy, including: archaeoastronomy in the Maya region; historical archaeoastronomy, the Hopi example; the sidereal lunar calendar of the Incas; lunar markings on Fajada Butte, Chaco Canyon;… Read more about this item

Oakland: University of California Press, 2017. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade paperback. 184 pp. Color photos throughout. Isbn #9780520292864. Modern translations of these classics of Greek antiquity, accompanied by photos of art that help elucidate themes and ideas, as well as introductory essays providing critical analysis of the works. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor bumping/curling to the corners. Light… Read more about this item

Paris: No Publisher, 1785. Leather. Good. Full leather, with gilt banding on the borders and gilt decorations on the spine. 343 pp. All text in French. A continuation of a history of ancient Rome, starting with the expedition of Caesar against the Gauls, and discussing other subsequent invasions, battles and wars. GOOD. Heavy chipping and superficial loss to… Read more about this item

New York: George Braziller, 1973. Cloth. Good/Good. Red cloth in unclipped jacket. 422 pp., plus a few fold out maps in the rear. Black and white and color photos throughout. A detailed history and survey of ancient Greek or Hellenistic art spanning from 350 to 50 BC, and including studies of wall paintings, mosaics, statues and reliefs, etc.… Read more about this item

Bogota, Columbia: Tiempo Presente Limitada, presumed Publisher. Wraps. Good. : no date, perhaps mid to late 1900s. Printed gold colored paper folder with loose pages of photos and text. Text in English and Spanish. 10 color photo pages and 9 pages of text, printed on both sides, one in English, one Spanish. A visual survey of the indigenous… Read more about this item

Dublin: Alex. Thom and Sons, 1853. Cloth. Good. Brown cloth. 400 pp. A history of ancient and early Rome, focusing on its military exploits and the various wars in which it engaged. GOOD condition. Heavy uneven fading, with moderate scuffing. Minor to moderate soiling, spotting and staining. Extremities bumped and frayed. Owner's signature present. Text block shaken but… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1963. Hard Cover. Good. Pictorial paper covered boards. Small folio. 386 pp. Text mostly in French, with some English and Italian sections as well. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A detailed history, archaeological survey and study of mosaics from ancient Greek and Roman cultures, discussing their significance… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Shogakkan, Presumed Publisher. Soft Cover. Good. Flexible covers in slipcase. 1333 pp. With a section of color photo plates, as well as black and white illustrations and maps in the rear. All text in Japanese. A dictionary of archaic words from Japan. GOOD condition. Minor toning and edgewear. Page 420 with two partial columns highlighted in yellow.… Read more about this item

New Haven: The Peabody Museum of Natural History of Yale University, 1967. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Orange-yellow paper covered boards in dust jacket. Folio. 73 pp., plus several pages of plates at the rear. A look at the archaeology and finds at the Arminna West site, discussing the find and their aid in reconstructing the history of Lower Nubia.… Read more about this item

London: School of Archaeology in Egypt/Bernard Quaritch, Publishers, 1915. Hard Cover. Poor. Folio. Printed paper covered boards with half red cloth binding. Small folio. 38 pp., 62 plus illustrated plates, a few fold out and a few in color. A discussion and description of the archaeological digs and findings in Egypt at El Riqqeh and Memphis around 1912,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1895. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 30 pp. With a few diagrams/illustrations of the Great Pyramid. An interpretation of hidden meaning/history in the Great Pyramid, drawing on secrets of the Holy Scriptures combined with an interpretation of the structure and design of the pyramid itself. GOOD+ condition. Uneven toning and fading to the covers. Minor soiling… Read more about this item

No Place: No Publisher. Wraps. Good. No Publisher, place or date. Offprint for private circulation, originally published in the American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature, January, 1940. Printed wraps. 31 pp. Two black and white photo plates. A short work discussing magic incantation texts written in Aramaic inside two terra cotta bowls in the Babylonian collection at… Read more about this item

London: T. Dring and C. Harper, 1694. Full Leather. Good. Full leather. Illustrated frontispiece. (16) 491, ccc5-ggg4. All text in Latin. A edition of various works by Macrobius, including his "Commentary on the Dream of Scipio" discussing Platonism; and Saturnalia, consisting of dialogue involving twelve main characters who espouse various beliefs and philosophies. Macrobius had hoped to put… Read more about this item

Gutersloh: Verlag von C. Bertelsmann, 1873. Quarter Leather. Good/No Jacket. Quarter black leather with marbled boards. Xii, 224 pp. All text in German. Apparently part of a larger series, 'Chronologisch-geographische Beitrage zum Verstandniss der heiligen Schrift.' A history and description of the Judea and Palestine region of the Middle East from 100 years prior to 100 years post… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1852. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Black cloth with ornamentation in blind. xxiii, 424, 24 (advertisements); xvi, 569. Volumes 1 and 3 ONLY. A study of ancient history presented as a series of lectures, containing sections on the Babylonians, Nineveh, the Cimmerians, the Phoenicians, the Egyptians and Ethiopians, Scythians and many sections on ancient Greece and… Read more about this item