The Lion Gate A Journey in Search of the Mycenaeans by Cottrell, Leonard - 1964-01-01

London: Evans (1964). Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Bookplate inside. Stamped on inside. Writing on dust jacket.

London: Evans Brothers Limited. 256pp hardback, blue boards gilt in wrapper with losses to edges, illustrated with bw plates and map, gift inscription to ffep, second printing . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2nd Printing. 1964.

London England: Evans Brothers. PaperbackThe Lion Gate. A Journey in Search of the Mycenaean some browning to edges. Small tear to top edge of back cover. In 1876 Heinrich Schliemann, the well-known German archaeologist, announced to an astonished world his discovery of the famous grave Circle of Mycenae with its royal shaft graves filled with objects of art and gold, and claimed to have found the grave of Agamemmon immportalised in Home as the leader of the greek expedition against Troy. Who, is fact, were the Mycenaeans whose kings and Queens were buried in the grave Circle centuries before Home wrote his poems. The author has sought to delve fursther into the mysteries of the Mycenaean civilisation, the first perhaps to develop on the mainland of Europe, and which has through its influence on the world of classical Greece penetrated our own culture to such a great extent. Illustrated. 272 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical… Read More

Evan Brothers Limited, London 1963. Illustrated, Hardbound, Very good, dust jacket with small tears

London: Evans Brothers Limite, 1964. 256 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Page edges are lightly darkened and spotted. Bound in blue hardcovers with black titles on the spine. Lightly faded on the edges. Illustrated dustjacket in good condition with black titles. Worn around the edges with chips and tears. Lightly scuffed. Smudges on the back of the jacket. VG+/G . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good.