Category: Archaeology

The Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of The People's Republic of China (The Chinese Exhibition)

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Washington, National Gallery Company : 1975

Seller ID: 000180

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good.

104 pages. An exhibition of bronzes, ceramics, jade, and other media that represented works executed over 600,000 years, from prehistory (Peking Man) through the Yuan dynasty of the 14th century A.D. This is an illustrated checklist of the exhibition.
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The Archaeology of Greece: An Introduction

By: Biers, William R.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Ithaca, Cornell University Press : 1985

Seller ID: 003531

ISBN-13: 9780801492297

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Good.

342 pages; numerous color and b&w illustrations. A small amout of highlighting mostly of illustration captions. Otherwise clean and tight.
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The Maya Civilization

By: Brainerd, George

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Southwest Museum : 1954

Seller ID: 000305

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

93 pages; b&w illustrations; foldout maps of Mesoamerican archeological sites and a perspective drawing of the monument at Tikal. Previous owner's name on front pastedown; ghost of blue pencil writing on the front free endpaper ( about 1 sq. in.)
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Wonderful Things: The Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb

By: Burton, Harry (Photographs by)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art : 1976

Seller ID: 000781

ISBN-13: 9780870991523

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

84 pages. Profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. Clean and tight.
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The Thracians / The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin

By: Casson, Lionel

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art : 1977

Seller ID: 003224

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good.

80 pages; well illustrated. MMA Bulletin Summer 1977. Prelude to the exhibition Thracian Treasures from Bulgaria. Clean and tight, top outside corners bent.
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Treasures from the Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from the People's Republic of China

By: Fong, Wen

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art : 1980

Seller ID: 000140

ISBN-13: 9780870992308

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good.

192 pages. This is the popular, abridged version of the scholarly catalogue which accompanied the exhibition, The Great Bronze Age of China. Entries for 105 objects.
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Treasures of Tutankhamun

By: Gilbert, Katharine Stoddert with Joan K. Holt and Sara Hudson (Editors)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Ballantine Books : 1978

Seller ID: 005257

ISBN-13: 0345256840795

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good.

174 pages; generously illustrated with 33 color plates and b&w photographs, many of which document the discoveries at the tomb. Bottom corner lightly bumped. Reprint of the original publication by the Museum of Metropolitan Art. Clean and tight.
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Daily Life in Ancient Israel

By: Liebowitz, Harold

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Yeshiva University Museum : 1980

Seller ID: 002825

Binding: Decorated Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

100 pages; numerous b&w illustrations of tools, ornaments, pottery, plants, etc. with essays. Some discoloration to the corner of the front cover.
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Prehistoric and Primitive Man

By: Lommel, Andreas

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill : 1966

Seller ID: 002726

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

176 pages; 200 illustrations, 103 color; endpaper maps. The author was Director of the Museum of Ethnology, Munich. From the series, Landmarks of the World's Art.
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The History of the Incas

By: Metraux, Alfred

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Schocken Books : 1969

Seller ID: 000110

ISBN-13: 9780805202489

Binding: Printed Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Good.

205 pages. Combines history with the archeological record of the Incas' achievements over 6 centuries.
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Nickel, Helmut

By: Metropolitan Museum Journal, Volue 1/1968 : Ceremonial Arrowheads from Bohemia

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art : 1968

Seller ID: 003889

ISBN: no

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

93 pages; 59 b&w illustrations plus map. The first volume of the Metropolitan Museum Journal. The author was curator of Arms and Armor at the Metropolitan. He inscribed the book to another staff member at the time, Marica Vilcek. Ms. Vilcek is an art historian and cofounder of the Vilcek Foundation. Contents clean throughout; the wrappers are sunned at margins and lightly soiled.
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Tutankhamun Treasures

By: Okasha, Sarwat (Foreword); Rudolf Anthes

Price: $8.00

Publisher: American Association of Museums : 1961

Seller ID: 001541

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

"A loan exhibition from the Department of Antiquities of the United Arab Republic." 34 items illustrated in b&w. Clean throughout; tight binding.
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Digging Up the Bible: The stories behind the great archaeological discoveries in the Holy Land

By: Pearlman, Moshe

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow : 1980

Seller ID: 000782

ISBN-13: 9780688036775

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

240 pages. Well illustrated throughout. The story of the digs and the diggers.
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The Authenticity of the Chalice of Antioch

By: Rorimer, James J.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Princeton University Press : 1954

Seller ID: 001553

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good

8 pages; 9 b&w illustrations. A reprint from Studies in Art and Literature for Belle Da Costa Greene.
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Artifacts and the American Past

By: Schlereth, Thomas J.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Nashville, Tennessee, American Association for State and Local History : 1981

Seller ID: 005081

ISBN-13: 9780910050470

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

294 pages; b&w illustrations. "A close examination of any object is a graphic description of the level of intelligence, manual dexterity, and artistic comprehension of the civilization that produced it. It can reflect as well the climate, religious beliefs, form of government, the natural materials at hand, the structure of commerce, and the extent of man's scientific and emotional sophistication." R. Latham. Clean throughout; tight binding.
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The Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of The People's Republic of China

By: The Organization Committee of The Exhibition of Archaeological Finds ...

Price: $8.00

Publisher: N.P. : 1974

Seller ID: 000647

Binding: Pictorial Wrapper (softcover)

Condition: Very Good.

59 pages. Catalogue descriptions of over 300 items from Lantian Man (600,000 BC) to Yuan Dynasty ceramics (14th century AD). Clean and tight, nearly unblemished.
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Category: Archaeology