Athens the City Beneath the City
New York: Harry Abrams, 2000. 1st Edition in English. Cloth. Quarto. Antiquities from the metropolitan railway excavations. Travelling exhibition. Blue cloth in dust jacket. As new. More
Ancient History
Old Sarum Excavation Fund. Reports of The Excavation Committee to the Society of Antiquaries for 1909 and 1910
London: Oxford, for The Society of Antiquaries, 1911. First Edition. Original Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original grey paper printed wrappers. Illustrated in black and white. A little browning to the outer extremities of the wrappers, otherwise fine. More
Art of the Ancient Near East. Translated from the French by John Shepley and Claude Choquet
New York: Harry N Abrams, 1980. Hardcover. Thick Quarto. Pp. 618. Over 1000 illustrations, including 158 colour plates, 115 ground plans, 41 line drawings, 6 reconstructions, and 1 map. Original gilt-stamped cloth, with colour plate laid down on front cover, d/w, in fine condition. More
History of Rome [3 volumes]
London: B. Fellowes; J.G.F. & J. Rivington; et al., 1844; 1844; 1843. Mixed Set. Hardcover. Octavo. Three volumes: Third Edition of vol. I, Second Edition of vol. II, First Edition of vol. III. Pp. xx, 578, [2] corrigenda; xi, 676; xvi, 489, [10] ads. Bound uniformly in publisher's ribbed cloth..... More
The Amarna Age: A Study of The Crisis of the Ancient World
London: A. & C. Black, 1926. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth with black decoration to front board and to spine. With 32 full-page illustrations from photographs. Five folding maps, in colour. Fine but for slight curl to the boards and a little shelfwear..... More
Sulla The Fortunate: The Great Dictator. Being An Essay on Politics in the form of a Historical Biography
London: John Murray, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 320pp. Light brown cloth with lettering to the spine in brown and a square portrait of Sulla stamped in black to the front board. Light offsetting to the endpapers, corners and spine ends bumped, dust jacket with light edge-wear, nicked corners and..... More
The Birthland of St. Paul. Cilicia: Its Former History and Present State, With an Account of the Idolatrous Worship Prevailing There Previous to the Introduction of Christianity. Edited by Wm. Francis Ainsworth. [Lares and Penates]
London and Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company, n.d. [c. 1853]. Full Leather. In two Parts: Cilicia and Its Governors; and Lares and Penates, or the Household Gods of Cilicia. Pp. xiv, 394. Engraved frontis, folding map, 3 plates, and numerous textual engravings. Contemporary full calf, sides bordered by double gilt..... More
Byzantium and Introduction to East Roman Civilization
London: Oxford University Press, 1949. Second Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Some light wear to head and heel of cloth; dust-jacket with with wear and a tiny chip to head of spine, several tiny nicks to heel, and some light overall dust soil. More
Lycian Turkey an Archaeological Guide
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1978. 1st. Cloth. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with many photos maps and diagrams.Remainder mark bottom edge. Price clipped dj. Hard to find book. More
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
New York, New York, United States: Mary Beard Publication, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. Condition is near fine. Minor wear to spine. Dust jacket in mylar wrap. Inscribed on half-title. More
History of Ancient Pottery, Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman
London: John Murray, 1873. New and Revised Edition. Hardcover. Thick Octavo. Pp. xv, 644. Colour frontispiece, 12 full-page plates (10 in colour), and numerous textual illustrations. Original cloth, gilt medalion stamped on front cover, gilt lettered spine, no d/w. Minor wear to extremities, spine gilt a little dulled, endpapers foxed..... More
Great Millitary Leaders and their Campaigns
London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2008. Hardcover. Hard cover. Very good condition. Price clipped. Otherwise, as new copy. More
The Great Siege
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Extremities of spine bumped. Dust-jacket with spine faded, some light wear to extremities and a small tear to edge rear panel, some light dust soil. More
Ancient Near Eastern Studies; Supplement 7; Essays on Syria in the Iron Age
Virginia: Peeters Press, 2000. Soft cover. Soft cover. Very good condition. Minor wearing to the binding on its sides. Otherwise, as new copy. More
The War for Gaul
Princeton University Press, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 274p. First printing. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. As new in dust jacket. More
The Later Roman Empire: AD 284-430
Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Near fine copy. More
L'Univers. Histoire et Description de tous les Peuples: Egypte Ancienne, Egypte Moderne, Egypte Francaise, Egypte Moderne. [AND] Egypte, depuis le conquete des Arabes jusqu'a a la domination Francaise. (2 volumes)
Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1839. Hardcover. 1839; 1848. Two volumes. 8vo. (i) 1839, (ii) 1848. (i) 500, (ii) 255, 213, 212pp. Rebound in quarter leather, gilt, on marbled boards, minor edge-wear and scuffing on the joints. Interior sporadically foxed. Plates are all present, but out of order. More
Sumerian Texts of Varied Contents [The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications Volume XVI; Cuniform Series - Volume IV]
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. One quarter blue cloth with bluegrey cloth to boards. Black and white plates throughout. Some light shelfwear to lower edges, light soiling to outer page edges. Dustjacket has a large portion missing from the..... More
Ancient Chinese Society
South San Francisco: Yee Wen Publishing Company, 1984. First Edition. Cloth. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Green cloth with stamped gilt lettering to front board & to spine. Blindstamp to rear board. Profusely illustrated in black & white with a number of full colour plates. Upper outside corners..... More
Athens: City of Wisdom (A History)
New York, New York, United States: Pegasus Books, Ltd., 2022. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. Book is in near fine condition. Two small bumps to bottom of book board, otherwise as new. Dust jacket wrapped in mylar. More
Christianity and Classical Culture
Oxford University Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. 8vo. Pp. 523. Navy coloured cloth with gilt titles to the spine, no dust jacket. Ink name of previous owner to front endpaper, else clean throughout in a tight and square binding, with only light bumping to the spine ends. More
A Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Based on Sir William Smith's Larger Dictionary, and Incorporating the Results of Modern Research
London: John Murray, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick Octavo. Pp. vi, 829, [2] ads. Illustrated with 3 black & white plates of coins and 1 colour plate of vases, plus over 1100 textual illustrations. Original rib grain cloth, gilt spine, no d/w. Minor wear to extremities, but overall a near..... More
The Mountains of Pharaoh
London: Robert Hale, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Gilt lettered maroon cloth in a clean and bright price clipped dust jacket. Plates, diagrams and maps throughout. Inscription to previous owner in blue ink on front free endpaper, else a very good clean copy. More
The Roman Republic
Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1992. Hardcover. Near fine copy. More
The Great Fire of Rome. The Fall of the Emperor Nero and His City
Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition. 8vo. 263p. Quarter brown spine over orange paper boards, gilt lettering to spine, light bump to spine foot, else a tight, as new copy in like dust jacket. More