Search Results: Ancient History / Archaeology from Lawrence Jones

Sydney: The Macleay Museum/The University of Sydney, 1980. 123pp, references, num bw ills. Or pictorial boards. Light toning at spine. Archaeological discovery in Sydney presented as before and after 1788.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to.

London: The Egypt Exploration Fund., 1894. HEAVY. 2 volumes-complete-with a total of 57 pages of plates (10 double-page, 6 folding, 5 in colour), and a loosely inserted reference sheet (the Egyptian Alphabet). No date but 1894 and 1895. Some of the plates are by Howard Carter; the plans and measurements of the tombs are by G. Willoughby Fraser. Quarter cloth and printed papered boards; boards of Part I a little tanned at edges; covers of Part II soiled and a little worn (but internally in excellent condition); small name-stamp or bookplate of prev owner on the front endpapers; overall a decent set. A 'special publication' of the Egypt Exploration Fund.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Carter, Howard et al. Folio.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1902. 2 volumes-complete. xxxii, 543; xiii, 560pp, index, corrigenda, appendices. Or green cloth. Very slight flecking to cloth on Vol I, small prev owner name stamp on each, tear to bottom of front blanks and half-title, small bookseller label inside front cover of each. Scarce first edition of this important work on Roman law by Roby. A very nice set.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, the Hebrew University, 1980. 2 columes-complete. xiii, 324, xvii, pp325-801; corrigenda, index. Or brown cloth in jackets. Minor foxing to page edges and prelims, small scuff to rear jacket panel of Vol II.. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1900. HEAVY. 2 volumes (complete). xiii, 391; ix, 407pp; indexeschronology, bw ills, folding maps. Blue cloth with title and vignette in gilt, top edge gilt. Volume I hinge cracked at half-title, Volume II with minor flecking to cloth. Both volumes have prev owner name on front free endpaper, small bookseller label to front pastedown and offset toning to endpapers. Attractive set covering the history of Sicily, Calabria and Malta from the times of the ancient Greeks and Romans.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. VERY HEAVY. 2 volume set. xviii, 611; v, pp613-835; inbdexes, 192 bw plates, maps, bibliography, notes. Or red cloth in jackets. Near new. An illustrated history of Greek art from the archaic to the Hellenistic period. A monumental study and the only study in English on this scale.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson., 1956. 320pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills. Or blue cloth in pictorial jacket. Bookseller stamp on front pastedown, toning and foxing to endpapers and edges. Jacket slightly edgeworn and rubbed. Devoted primarily to underwater archaeology and gives detailed accounts of a number of surveys and searches in the Mediterranean.. Second Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1980. VERY HEAVY- WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE TO MOST DESTINATION (ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA). 5 volumes (inc supllementary volume).xxxi, 875pp + 24 col maps; vii, 1030pp; vii, 978pp; vii, 964pp; xxv, 987pp + 13 maps (almost 5000pp in total), bw ills, pictorial endpapers in each volume. Cloth boards in jackets. Minor edge wear to jackets, some spotting to red tinted page edges, prev owner bookplate in each volume. A nice set with NO underlining or notes. Identifying and explaining all proper names and significant terms and subjects in the holy scriptures, including the apocrypha with attention to archaeological discoveries and researches into the life and faith of ancient times.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Secaucus: Chartwell Books Inc, 1990. 127 pages, illustrated throughout with color photos, glossary, index, end-paper maps. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. 'A broad spectrum of places have been abaondoned over the centuries for different reasons, such as natural disaster, social strife, and the abandonment of emptied gold mines.The authors give a description of what each site was like in its heyday, with examples from all over the world, the reasons its original inhabitants abandoned it, and what the site is like today [1990s].. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Sydney: Sydney University Press, 1974. ix, 309pp + 67 bw plates at rear, index, bibliography, appendices, diagrams/plans/tables, map. Maroon boards in jacket. Minor fading at and nadjacent to spine. A lovely copy of this rarity. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Forestry Commission of New South Wales, 1987. 134pp, bibliography, charts, folding map. Or pictorial card. Light foxing. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies., 1970. xiv, 188pp, references,bw ills, maps. Or card covers. Prev owners name at top of front blank page. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

St. Lucia, Qld: University of Queensland Press, 1984. xix, 366pp, index, bibliography, glossary, notes, bw ills, maps. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket faded on spine and edges of rear panel, otherwise as new. A balanced account of the Aboriginals of the subtropical coast at the time of their earliest contact with the white man. The region the author describes in centred on Brisbane, extending along the coast from Fraser Island to Evans head in NSW and inland to the Great Dividing Range covering some 20 tribal regions. Draws on early eyewitness accounts, photographs, place-nmaes, languages, legends, archaeology and museum collections in the US and UK, as well as Australia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to.

Melbourne: Australian Rock Art research Association, 2000. 120pp, references, appendix, diagrams, maps, bw ills. Pictorial card. Near new. Part 1- Radiometric dating of rock pictures; Part 2 Comparisons with other dating Methods; Part 3 Rock-picture dating: new results and identification of problems; Part 4 Discussion and comment. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Melbourne: Museum Victoria, 2013. HEAVY. 303pp, bibliography, num col & bw ills. Pictorial card with integral flaps. Near new. Callogue for an exhibition that toured Australia showcasing archaeological treasures from Afghanistan.. First Australian Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, 2003. 240pp, index, bw ills, map. Or pictorial boards in jacket. Light ear to bottom edge. Vivid picture of the glories of Rome, and the harsh realities of entertaining people in the blood-soaked arenas.. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 2003. 402pp, indexsources, bibliography, radiocarbon dates, bw ills. or red boards in jacket. The prehistory of Britain and Ireland between 3000 and 1000 BC.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

New York: Dell Publishing, 1978. xii, 274pp, index, notes, appendices. Or card. Hole punch in front cover, page edges evenly toned. A guide to Worlds in Collision, Ages of Chaos and other essentail writings of Velikovsky, providing a key to the theories as well as the controversies they have provoked. Includes a short biography and publication history of his books.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1894. 40pp; vi, 35pp + 28 pages of plates ((one a map, 2 folding, 6 double-page), index. Original quarter cloth and papered boards. Some wear to edges of covers, some browning of covers, endpapers tned otherwise internally an excellent copy ; prev owner stamp along with another prev owner name on front free endpaper-internally an excellent copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Large 4to.

London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864. vi, 46 pages with line illustrations plus 19 double-page plates and a tipped-in 'Notice to the Reader'. Original gilt-lettered and decorated quarter cloth and plain papered boards marked and a little worn at the extremities; endpapers offset; inner hinges neatly reinforced; stitching a little loose; minor signs of age and use; overall a very good copy with the small name-stamp of prev owner and small relevant cuttings from booksellers' catalogues on the front endpaper. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. Illus. by Bonomi, Joseph.. 4to.