New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. hardcover. 8vo 428pp + index, with 49 photographs and 72 drawings. from front flap: "Ninevah, Babylon, Troy, Crete, the Valley of Kings, Karnak, Assurbanipal's Palace, Pompeii, Herculaneum, the Rosetta Stone, Ur, Chichen-Itza, the Pyramids of Teotihuacan--here are the glamorous names of archaeology. No science.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Second, Revised and Substantially Enlarged Edition. hardcover. 8vo 428pp + index, with 49 photographs and 72 drawings. from front flap: "Ninevah, Babylon, Troy, Crete, the Valley of Kings, Karnak, Assurbanipal's Palace, Pompeii, Herculaneum, the Rosetta Stone, Ur, Chichen-Itza, the Pyramids of Teotihuacan--here are the.....
Dell, 1967. first thus. mass market paperback. Dell 7711 Mayflower Book 128pp. first printing October 1967. pictures and illustrations. #00436.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1897. hardcover. 12mo 136pp. from General Preface: "This series of monographs has been planned to supply visitors to the great English Cathedrals with accurate and well illustrated guide books at a popular price. The aim of each writer has been to produce a work compiled.....
Budapest: Akedemiai Kiado, 1971. first edition. hardcover. 4to. 146pp. + 140 B/W photographic plates. from front flap: "Reent large-scale reconstructions in the town of Budapest made extensive excavations possible, from which the exploration of the one-time Royal Palace stood out in significance. The latter was conducted by the author who.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 361pp. Introduction by Magnus Magnusson. from front flap: "The return to their homelands of cultural treasures such as the Elgin Marbles has become in recent years a potent political issue. Joining a heated public debate conducted in general from partisan points.....
Harper and Brothers, 1954. first edition. hardcover. Octavo 455pp. translated from German. from Kirkus Reviews: "In the flood of single volume encyclopedias of information on as varied subjects as archaeology, biology, anthropology, this is exceptional, not only in content but in handling. For here is 'the saga of early exploration.....
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1985. hardcover. 8vo 118pp. Grades 5-9. from front flap: "How can we be so sure of what ancient life was like? Largely because, in recent years, mummies have begun to "talk" to scientists who study them for clues to the distant past. X-rays reveal mummies.....
Firenze: Bonechi Editore. softcover. 8vo 63pp. full color illustrated guide to the ancient city of Pompeii with history, preserved artifacts, archaeological findings. map of the city laid in. #02039.
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996. first American edition. hardcover. 8vo 288pp. + 70 illustrations. from front flap: "This is the first archaeological account to support the new modular concept of the mind. The concept, promulgated by cognitive and evolutionary psychologists, views the mind as a collection of specialized intelligences.....
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1940. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 188pp. from Preface: "This book is intended for students who have completed at least a year's course of study in Botany at a British or American College or University. I hope that those who use it will be encouraged to.....
Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1964. softcover. 16mo 252pp. Pelican Book A356. see pictures for synopsis. #02943.