Gods, Graves, & Scholars . The Story of Archaeology by Ceram, C.W - 1967

London: Readers Union. Good+. 1954. Hardcover. 308 pages; Darkened spine. Light bumping, rubbing. Pages are clean, unmarked, tight, ivory. Moderate edge soiling. No ownership marks. This edition was published for sale only to Readers Union members. .

Vg/VG-condition Alfred A Knopf NY 1952 5th printing hardcover 8vo, 426 pages + index, bibliography, 72 line drawings, 4 maps, 49 photos. Owner's name pencilled front free endpaper. Light browning to front endpaper. Dustjacket with shallow chipping at spinehead and light edgewear.Nice and bright in Brodart protective cover.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1956. 428 pages. Orange pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to clipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Jacket is tanned all over.

New York: Knopf, 1954. Reprint. hardcover. good. Illustrated with 49 photographs and 72 drawings. 428pp. Thick 8vo, blue cloth; worn. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Reprint. A good copy.<br/><br/>

Hardcover. Very Good. Near fine book/VG jacket. 1966

Alfred A. Knopf, 1952-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Good condition with wear and markings.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1959. Later Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards show light shelf wear. Previous owner's name inside front board. ; A tight solid book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 428 + index pages; "C.W. Ceram visualized archeology as a wonderful combination of high adventure, romance, history and scholarship, and this book, a chronicle of man's search for his past, reads like a dramatic narrative. We travel with Heinrich Schliemann as, defying the ridicule of the learned world, he actually unearths the remains of the ancient city of Troy. We share the excitement of Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter as they first glimpse the riches of Tutankhamen's tomb, of George Smith when he found the ancient clay tablets that contained the records of the Biblical Flood. We rediscover the ruined splendors of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the wonders of the ancient wold; of Chichen Itza, the abandoned pyramids of the Maya: and… Read More

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.