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Eternal Rome: The City and its People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
by Showerman, Grant
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Covers soiled and rubbed, endpapers foxed.
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- Third Printing
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- 1925
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- Hardcover
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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Good with no dust jacket; Covers soiled and rubbed, endpapers foxed.. 1925. Third Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth, xii, 650pp. Black and white illustrations and photos, maps, chronology, notes, and index. A solid copy of the two volumes republished as one volume. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
$25.00
A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century
by Burrow, John
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- Used - Very Good
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- Later Printing
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- 2008
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- Softcover
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- 9780375727672
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$10.00
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NY: Random House. Very Good. 2008. Later Printing. Softcover. 0375727671 . xviii, 517pp. Acknowledgments, bibliography, and index. Brings to life and explains the distinctive qualities found in the work of historians from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to the present. (from the rear cover) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
$10.00
Palmyra: An Irreplaceable Treasure
by Veyne, Paul
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Paperback Edition
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- 2018
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- Softcover
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- 9780226600055
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Very Good. 2018. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 022660005X . ix, 88pp. Color photographs and notes. A beautiful copy of this historical and archaeological study. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
$10.00
The Parthenon Enigma
by Connelly, Joan Breton
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- Second Printing
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- 2014
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- Hardcover
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- 9780307593382
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NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2014. Second Printing. Hardcover. 030759338X . Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. xxiii, 485pp. Illustrated endpapers, black and white photos and illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, and credits. A new understanding of the West's most iconic building and the people who made it. (from the front… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Passion for the Past: The Odyssey of a Transatlantic Archaeologist
by Hume, Ivor Noel
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed.
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- First Printing
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- 2010
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- Hardcover
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- 9780813929774
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Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket rubbed.. 2010. First Printing. Hardcover. 0813929776 . xvii, 350pp. Acknowledgments, black and white photo section, and index. Autobiography by the noted author and former director of Colonial Williamsburg's archaeological research program. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
$13.00
Ancient Egyptian Jewelry
by Andrews, Carol
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket very lightly worn.
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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- 9780810919051
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NY: Harry N. Abrams. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket very lightly worn.. 1991. Hardcover. 0810919052 . Profusely illustrated with color photos. Bibliography, chronology, sources of illustrations, index. A great reference for the Egyptologist or jewelry designer. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 208 pages . Item Price
$25.00
Women's Work: the First 20,00 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
by Barber, Elizabeth Wayland
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket stained at heel.
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- Book Club Edition
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- 1994
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- Hardcover
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- 9780393035063
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NY: W. W. Norton and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket stained at heel.. 1994. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0393035069 . Illustrations, sources, index. Scholarly examination of women's roles in making clothing from ancient history to modern times. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334 pages . Item Price
$25.00
Lost City of the Incas: The Story of Machu Picchu and its Builders
by Bingham, Hiram
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, tape stain on front boards.
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- First Edition
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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$20.00
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NY: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, tape stain on front boards.. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding. xviii, 263pp, index. Front endpaper map, many black and white photos and illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
$20.00
Handbook of American Indian Languages, Part 2
by Boas, Franz (editor)
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Usual library stamps and deaccession markings, bords lightly worn.
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- 1922
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- Hardcover
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$40.00
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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Good with no dust jacket; Usual library stamps and deaccession markings, . bords lightly worn.. 1922. Hardcover. Green cloth titled in gilt on spine. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of America Ethnology, Bulletin 40. Includes bulletins on The Takelma language of southwestern Oregon by Edward Sapir, Coos and Siuslawan (Lower Umpqua) by Leo J. Frachtenberg, and Chukchee… Read more about this item Item Price
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Archaeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona
by Kidder, Alfred Vincent; Guernsey, Samuel J.
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, boards lightly worn, spot on front boards, edges foxed.
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- 1919
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- Hardcover
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$30.00
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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket; Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, . boards lightly worn, spot on front boards, edges foxed.. 1919. Hardcover. Green cloth titled in gilt on spine. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of America Ethnology, Bulletin 65. Appendix, bibliography, index, many black and white photos and illustrations. Detailed report on the 1914-1915 archaeological explorations… Read more about this item Item Price
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An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs
by Morley, Sylvanus Griswold
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, front free endpaper removed, bookplate scar and adhesive stain on front pastedown endpap
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- 1915
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- Hardcover
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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, front free endpaper removed, . bookplate scar and adhesive stain on front pastedown endpaper.. 1915. Hardcover. Green cloth titled in gilt on spine. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of America Ethnology, Bulletin 57. xvi, 284pp. Bibliography, index, map, tables, illustrations. A primer on the study and decipherment of Mayan hieroglyphs.… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
The Monuments of Egypt: The Napoleonic Edition: the Complete Archaeological Plates from La Description De Legypte
by Gillespie, Charles; Dewachter, Michael
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- Later Printing
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9781568522654
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Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Later Printing. Hardcover. 1568522657 . Aqua cloth. Black and white illustrations, black and white and color plates. A beautiful copy. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 528 pages . Item Price
$25.00
The Land That Time Forgot: A Trilogy
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
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- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered and soiled and price-clipped.
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- 1975
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- Hardcover
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Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Jacket tattered and soiled and . price-clipped.. 1975. Hardcover. Mustard paper-covered boards. Contains: The Land That Time Forgot, The People That Time Forgot and Out of Time's Abyss. Information about the 1975 film The Land That Time Forgot starring Doug McClure printed on rear jacket panel. Six movie stills.… Read more about this item Item Price
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How to Build Egyptian Boat Models: Patterns and Instruction for Three Royal Vessels
by Sintich, Jack
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Printing
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- 2007
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- Softcover
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- 9780486455662
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$15.00
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Mineola, NY: Dover. Very Good. 2007. First Printing. Softcover. 0486455661 . Black and white and color photographs, diagrams, and patterns. A beginner's skill level is all that's needed to expertly construct the royal sailing ships of King Khufu, Queen Hatshepsut, and Ramses II. (from rear cover). ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 64 pages . Item Price
$15.00
The Letters of Pliny: A Historical and Social Commentary
by Pliny; Sherwin-White, A. N.
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, page edges smudged, jacket lightly soiled.
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- Second Printing
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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- 9780198144359
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$300.00
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London: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, page edges smudged, . jacket lightly soiled.. 1968. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0198144350 . Red cloth. xvi, 808pp. Abbreviations list, biographical summaries, appendices, notes, and index. This book tries to set each letter in its social, political, legal or literary context, and present a conspectus of modern opinion… Read more about this item Item Price
$300.00
Herculaneum to Malibu: A Companion to the Visit of the J. Paul Getty Museum Building
by Neuerburg, Norman
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- Used - Very Good; Covers lightly worn, owner notes on title page.
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- 1975
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- Softcover
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Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum. Very Good; Covers lightly worn, owner notes on title page.. 1975. Softcover. Stapled illustrated card covers. Many color photos and other illustrations. A descriptive guide to the ancient Roman villa reconstructed in Malibu at the J. Paul Getty Museum. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 32 pages . Item Price
$20.00
Most Ancient Verse
by Jacobsen, Thorkild; Wilson, John A. ; Grene, David
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- Used - Very Good; Spine slightly toned, head of spine rounded.
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- Second Printing
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Very Good; Spine slightly toned, head of spine rounded.. 1972. Second Printing. Hardcover. Tan buckram binding with printed label on front boards and spine. A collection of poetry from ancient Egypt and Sumeria, translated by Jacobsen and Wilson, and with an introduction by Grene. Measures 5 x 11 inches. ; 4to… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Roman History from Coins: Some Uses of the Imperial Coinage to the Historian
by Grant, Michael
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- Used - Good in Good dust jacket; Boards, endpapers, and page edges foxed, jacket price-clipped, chipped, with vintage tape repairs to
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- First Printing
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- 1958
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- Hardcover
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$50.00
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Good in Good dust jacket; Boards, endpapers, and page edges foxed, jacket . price-clipped, chipped, with vintage tape repairs to the reverse.. 1958. First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated cloth. 32pp of plates following text. Endpaper map, foreword, notes, index, and black and white photos. A study of the coins of Rome as they relate to art,… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
Greece
by Harrison, James A.
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, top corners bumped.
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- 1899
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- Hardcover
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NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, top corners bumped.. 1899. Hardcover. Green cloth binding, folding map. xxviii, 515pp +[4]pp of publisher ads. One of the volumes in the Story of the Nations series focused on ancient Greek history. Black and white illustrations, index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
$25.00
Egyptian Jewellery
by Vilimkova, Milada
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket worn and has several tears.
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780600012061
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$15.00
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London: Paul Hamlyn. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket worn and has several tears.. 1969. Hardcover. 0600012069 . 94 color plates. Great overview of ancient Egyptian jewelrey techniques, styles, and cultural meaning. Brown cloth binding. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 142 pages . Item Price
$15.00