‎Archeologie‎

‎Lewis, Theodore Hayes (b1856). b. 18‎

‎OLD FRENCH POST AT TREMPELEAU WISCONSIN. Offprint from the Magazine of American History September 1889.‎

‎St. Paul MN: no publisher noted 1889. 1889. Good. - Octavo 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover bound in printed self-wrappers. 6 pages with the last one blank. Illustrated with a Plan of the Site and 2 photographs. Folded twice horizontally the last page is detached. Good. <p>First separate edition. Signed in print on page 5: "T.H. Lewis / St. Paul Minnesota July 4 1889."<p>Theodore H. Lewis was the first archaeologist to systematically survey and record archaeological sites in Minnesota. Between 1883 and 1895 Lewis surveyed more than 12000 mounds in Minnesota Canada and surrounding states. His research formed the basis of knowledge about petroglyphs incised boulders burial mounds and cave art in Minnesota.<p>RARE. [St. Paul, MN]: [no publisher noted], 1889. paperback‎

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‎Lewis, Theodore Hayes (b1856). b. 18‎

‎SOME ANTIQUITIES OF THE OHIO RIVER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE MOUTH OF THE SCIOTO. I. ANCIENT FIRE-PLACES ON THE OHIO. Offprint from the American Antiquarian May 1886. II. THE SILVER FIND IN KENTUCKY. Offprint from the American Antiquarian July 1887.‎

‎St. Paul MN: no publisher noted 1887. 1887. Good. - Octavo 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover bound in printed self-wrappers. 6 pages with the last one blank. Folded twice horizontally. There is a stain in the left side margins of the pages and chips to the corners. Good. <p>First separate edition. Signed in print on page 2: "T.H. Lewis / Portsmouth Ohio March 19 1886" and on page 5: "T.H. Lewis St. Paul Minn June 15 1887"."<p>Theodore H. Lewis was the first archaeologist to systematically survey and record archaeological sites in Minnesota. Between 1883 and 1895 Lewis surveyed more than 12000 mounds in Minnesota Canada and surrounding states. His research formed the basis of knowledge about petroglyphs incised boulders burial mounds and cave art in Minnesota.<p>RARE. [St. Paul, MN]: [no publisher noted], 1887. paperback‎

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‎Lewis, Theodore Hayes (b1856). b. 18‎

‎QUARTZ-WORKERS OF LITTLE FALLS. Offprint from the American Antiquarian March 1887.‎

‎Portsmouth Ohio: no publisher noted 1887. 1887. Good. - Octavo 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Softcover bound in printed self-wrappers. 4 pages with the last one blank. Folded twice horizontally. There is offsetting and light staining to the top and left side margins. Good. <p>First separate edition. Signed in print on page 3: "T.H. Lewis / Portsmouth Ohio January 31 1887"<p>Theodore H. Lewis was the first archaeologist to systematically survey and record archaeological sites in Minnesota. Between 1883 and 1895 Lewis surveyed more than 12000 mounds in Minnesota Canada and surrounding states. His research formed the basis of knowledge about petroglyphs incised boulders burial mounds and cave art in Minnesota.<p>RARE. [Portsmouth, Ohio]: [no publisher noted], 1887. paperback‎

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‎Schliemann, Heinrich.‎

‎TROJA: Results of the latest researches and discoveries on the site of Homer's Troy 1882.‎

‎New York: Arno Press 1976. 1976. Very good. - Octavo brick red cloth titled in gilt with a vignette in gilt on the spine. xl & 443 pages plus a double-page map & 2 double-page plans in black & gray. Also with profuse full-page & textual illustrations throughout. The top edge is lightly soiled. Near fine. <p>Reprint edition. Originally published in 1884. New York: Arno Press, 1976. hardcover‎

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‎Dell-Orto, Luisa Franchi; and Varone, Antonio; editors.‎

‎REDISCOVERING POMPEII.‎

‎Roma: L'Erma di Bretschneider 1990. 1990. Very good. - Quarto 12 inches high by 9-1/2 inches wide softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed with light creasing to the corners. xvi & 287 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Very good. <p>Catalog for an exhibition by IBM-ITALIA shown at the IBM Gallery of Science and Art New York City from July 12 to September 15 1990.<p>A guide to the exhibition is laid in. (Roma): L'Erma di Bretschneider, (1990). paperback‎

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‎Dondelinger, Edmund.‎

‎DAS TOTENBUCH DES SCHREIBERS ANI.‎

‎Graz Austria: Akademische Druck u. Verlaganstalt 1987. 1987. Very good. - Quarto 10-3/4 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide tan cloth in a dust wrapper. There are 2 small dents in the rear cover with corresponding dents in the rear panel of the dust jacket. There is also some minor rubbing to the rear panel of the jacket. 138 pages. 32 full-page color illustrations & 39 textual illustrations in black & white. The book is slightly cocked. Very good. <p>The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript with cursive hieroglyphics and color illustrations created around 1250 BC in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. Egyptians compiled an individualized book for certain people upon their death called the Book of Going Forth by Day now commonly known as the Book of the Dead containing declarations and spells to help the deceased in their afterlife. This papyrus of the Theban scribe Ani was stolen from an Egyptian government storeroom in 1888 by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge for the British Museum's collection. The color illustrations in the book are reproduced from the papyrus in the museum.<p>The text is in German. Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck u. Verlaganstalt, (1987). hardcover‎

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‎Pritchard, James B.‎

‎SAREPTA: A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE IRON AGE. Excavations of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania 1970-72.‎

‎Philadelphia PA: The University Museum University of Pennsylvania 1975. 1975. Fine. - Quarto 11-1/4 inches high by 9 inches wide softcover bound in printed cream wrappers. The binding is slightly bumped. ix & 116 pages plus section of illustrations including photographic illustrations drawings and plans of excavation sites. Also with tables in the text. Near fine. <p>A title in the series Museum Monographs. With contributions from William P. Anderson Ellen Herscher and Javier Teixidor. Philadelphia, PA: The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1975. paperback‎

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‎Narasimhaiah, B. [Barkur].‎

‎ANGKOR VAT ANGKOR WAT: India's Contribution in Conservation 1986-1993.‎

‎New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India 1994. 1994. Good. - Quarto 10-7/8 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide black cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly rubbed & the corners of the covers are lightly bumped & frayed. The cloth of the spine is bubbled. The dust wrapper is lightly rubbed & chipped. 85 pages plus an 80-page section of illustrations 8 pages in color. Also with black-and-white drawings & a folding plan in the text. The pastedowns are bubbled & there is soiling & staning to a few pages. There is a tear to the front edge of the dedication page. Good in a very good dust wrapper <p>First edition.<p>Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India No. 91. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1994. hardcover‎

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‎Wilkinson, Charles K.‎

‎NISHAPUR: Pottery of the Early Islamic Period.‎

‎New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art circa 1970. 1970. Very good. - Quarto approximately 12-1/2 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide brown cloth titled in silver with a device in silver on the front cover in a dust wrapper. The corners of the covers are slightly rubbed. The dust jacket is chipped with a tear to the top edge of its front panel & a short tear to its bottom edge. The top edges of the dust jacket flaps are darkened & there are several crossed-out red ink prices on the front flap. xlii & 374 pages. 9 pages of color illustrations & profuse photographic illustrations & diagrams in black & white. There is a small area of soiling to the bottom edge. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>"Situated on the great plateau of central Iran Nishapur was for centuries an important political and cultural center.Prior to the excavations conducted by the Metropolitan Museum's Iranian Expedition 1935-1940 Nishapur was little known. Subsequently Nishapur pottery and 'Nishapur' pottery have entered many museums and private collections." From the dust wrapper copy. The period covered by the book extends from the ninth century to 1221. [New York]: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, circa [1970]. hardcover‎

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‎Ling, Roger.‎

‎THE GREEK WORLD.‎

‎New York: Elsevier-Phaidon 1976. 1976. Very good. - The Making of the Past series. Quarto tan cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed. 152 pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white & color. Near fine. (New York): Elsevier-Phaidon, (1976). hardcover‎

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‎Reverdin, Olivier.‎

‎CRETE AND ITS TREASURES. Text by Professor Olivier Reverdin. Preface by Dr. N. Platon.‎

‎New York: The Viking Press 1961. 1961. Good. - Quarto dark brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with a piece of the top edge of the rear panel torn & creased. The dust jacket has several tears along the edges of its spine with pieces out of the head & tail. 153 pages. Full-page color illustrations & profuse tipped-in color plates from photographs by Rudolph Hoegler Dr. N. Platon & Professor N. Creutzburg who contributes a chapter on the flowers of Crete. The top page corners are lightly creased & the page edges are very slightly darkened. Very good in a fair dust wrapper. (New York): The Viking Press, (1961). hardcover‎

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‎Waldstein, Charles.‎

‎ESSAYS ON THE ART OF THE PHEIDIAS.‎

‎Cambridge: University Press / New York: The Century Co. 1885. 1885. Good. - Quarto light olive cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine. The top edge is gilt. The corners and the head & tail of the spine are chipped and worn. There is some soiling and staining to the covers. 431 pages with 15 plates and full-page & textual illustrations. The binding is cracked opposite the half-title and there is some scattered foxing throughout. Good. <p>First edition. Cambridge: University Press / New York: The Century Co., 1885. hardcover‎

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‎Leppmann, Wolfgang.‎

‎GOETHE UND DIE POMPEJANISCHE TRADITION. Conference: Modern Language Association of America Chicago. December 1963. Translated by Halsted B. vanderPoel.‎

‎Rome: RICA Researches in Campanian Archaeology n.d. after 1964. n.d. after 1964. Fine. - Octavo 2 softcover pamphlets. Printed self-wraps bound with strips of maroon leather along the spines. The first pamphlet is a mechanically reproduced reprint of Leppmann's paper in German the second is an English translation of the paper. Both pamphlets have been laid by a previous owner into a handsome red cloth binding backed with red leather & titled in gilt on the spine with a gilt-lettered red leather label on the front cover. The unused space in the binding has been filled with unbound sheets of yellow & blue paper. The binding is housed in a red paper covered slipcase. Pages 219-229; & vii 17 & 2 pages. Near fine. <p>RICA Researches in Campanian Archaeology states in an introductory list of translations it has issued that these translations are of articles and documents relating to Campanian archaeology which are not generally familiar to scholars in the field. "A few of these we have distributed from the United States to a selected group of interested institutions with the traditional compliments of the University of Texas at Austin". This copy has mounted on the front pastedown the book label of The Van Der Poel Collection of Campanian Archeology. "Campanian" refers to a stage on the geologic time scale.<p>Leppman's paper which was presented at the Modern Language Association of America conference in Chicago in December 1963 was published in The German Quarterly Volume XXXVII Number 3 May 1964 a publication issued by the American Association of Teachers of German Appleton Wisconsin.<p>Leppmann writes that Goethe visited Pompeii and comments that in "Italienische Reise" "Goethe has described his impressions of Pompeii and Herculaneum so concisely that they can be reproduced here without abridgement". The excavations at Pompeii had begun only half a century before Goethe's visit.<p>Scarce. Rome: RICA (Researches in Campanian Archaeology), n.d. [after 1964]. paperback‎

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‎Vaillant, George C.‎

‎ON THE THRESHOLD OF NATIVE AMERICAN CIVILIZATION. Cover title.‎

‎New York: The American Museum of Natural History 1929. 1929. Fair. - Octavo softcover bound in printed cream wraps. The wraps are bumped & soiled with some creasing. Part of the surface of the bottom edge of the front wrap is rubbed away & the wrap is partially detached. There are small pieces out of the top inner corners of the wraps & the bottom corner of the rear wrap is torn & creased. Pages 530-542. Black-and-white textual illustrations. The pages are creased with some light soiling & staining & with small pieces out of the top inner corners. There are tiny tears to the front edges of the first 3 leaves. Good reading copy. <p>Inscribed by the author in the top corner of the front wrap and signed in full.<p>Reprinted from Natural History: The Journal of The American Museum of Natural History Vol. XXIX No. 5. Sept.-Oct. 1929.<p>Rare. New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1929. paperback‎

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‎Murray, S. Butler, Jr.‎

‎HELLENISTIC ARCHITECTURE IN SYRIA: A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Princeton University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.‎

‎Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press / London: Oxford University Press 1917. 1917. Good. - Octavo softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The spine & extremities are darkened & the spine is torn with pieces out of the head & the lower third of the backstrip. The wraps are lightly bumped & chipped with some small pink stains to the front wrap & a black mark to the rear wrap. Title 1 leaf & 54 pages. There is a short tear to the rear endpaper & the top corner of the last text page is chipped. Good. <p>"The purpose of this thesis is to show that the architecture of Syria up to the end of the third century A.D. was Hellenistic" from the author's Preface.<p>From the library of archaeologist Clark Hopkins with his signature on the front wrap & some pencil markings in the margins of the text. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press / London: Oxford University Press, 1917. paperback‎

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‎Silverberg, Robert.‎

‎THE MORNING OF MANKIND: PREHISTORIC MAN IN EUROPE.‎

‎Greenwich CT: New York Graphic Society 1967. 1967. Fine. - Octavo cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed. There are 2 price-stickers on the front flap & the corners of the flap are creased. xv i & 240 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. <p>Second edition. (Greenwich, CT): New York Graphic Society, (1967). hardcover‎

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‎Mazar (Maisler), Benjamin.‎

‎BETH SHE'ARIM: Report on the Excavations during 1936-1940. Volume I: Catacombs 1-4. Volume I only.‎

‎New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press 1973. 1973. Very good. - Quarto approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide black cloth in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped & rubbed & there are a few small stains to the rear panel of the dust jacket. x & 228 pages plus a section of black-and-white photographic illustrations. Also with black-and-white full-page plans & textual illustrations in the body of the book. Very good. <p>Published by Rutgers on behalf of The Israel Exploration Society which published the Hebrew edition of the book and The Institute of Arcaheology Hebrew University. Beth She'arim was the first and one of the most important excavations of an ancient J`ewish city in the Holy Land. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (1973). hardcover‎

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‎Matson, Frederick R.‎

‎A STUDY OF TEMPERATURES USED IN FIRING ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN POTTERY. Offprint.‎

‎Cambridge MA: The M.I.T. Press 1971. 1971. Good. - Small quarto 8-1/2" by 11" softcover with the contents stapled between printed yellow cover sheets in the top left corner. The cover sheets are lightly soiled & bumped. There are 2 short tears & some tiny stains to the rear cover sheet. Pages 65-79. The page corners are slightly creased. Black-and-white illustrations & tables. Good. <p>An offprint from "Science and Archaeology" Robert H. Brill Editor.<p>From the library of renowned archaeologist Clark Hopkins inscribed to him on the front cover sheet:"For Clark / who led me into Near Eastern Studies. With warm appreciation / Fred". Below the inscription a note calls Clark's attention to the first page of the text where Matson thanks him for "the training and academic stimulation" he received from him. Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press, 1971. paperback‎

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‎Coe, Michael D.‎

‎MEXICO.‎

‎New York/Washington: Frederick A. Praeger Publishers 1969. 1969. Good. - Octavo softcover bound in pictorial orange wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed & soiled with the corners slightly creased. The spine is spotted & slightly faded with the head lightly chipped. 244 & 1 pages. The fore-edge & bottom edge are foxed & there is occasional light foxing to the margins of the pages. Photographic illustrations line drawings maps & a table in black & white. Good. <p>Volume 29 of the "Ancient Peoples and Places" series. New York/Washington: Frederick A. Praeger Publishers, (1969). paperback‎

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‎Elisseeff, Danielle and Vadime.‎

‎NEW DISCOVERIES IN CHINA: Encountering History Through Archeology. Translated by Larry Lockwood.‎

‎Secaucus NJ: Chartwell Books Inc. 1983. 1983. Fine. - Quarto cloth in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped. The dust jacket is rubbed & the tail of its spine is slightly chipped. 248 pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white & color. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. (Secaucus, NJ): Chartwell Books, Inc., (1983). hardcover‎

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‎Spencer, Robert F.; Jennings, Jesse D.; et al).‎

‎THE NATIVE AMERICANS: Prehistory and Ethnology of North American Indians.‎

‎New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1965. 1965. Very good. - Octavo pictorial brown cloth. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped. xi ii & 539 pages. Brown-and-white endpaper maps & black-and-white illustrations. There are some brown stains to the rear cover else very good. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1965). hardcover‎

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‎Burrows, Ronald M.‎

‎THE DISCOVERIES IN CRETE / And Their Bearing on the History of Ancient Civilisation.‎

‎Port Washington NY/London: Kennikat Press 1969. 1969. Fine. - Octavo green cloth titled in black on the spine. The covers are very lightly bumped & rubbed. xvi & 244 pages. Illustrated in black & white with 1 full-page illustration & 3 plates. Near fine. <p>Reprint of a work first published in 1907. Port Washington, NY/London: Kennikat Press, (1969). hardcover‎

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‎Meyer, Karl E.‎

‎THE PLEASURES OF ARCHAEOLOGY: A Visa to Yesterday.‎

‎New York: Atheneum 1971. 1971. Fine. - Large octavo pictorial cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is rubbed with light soiling to the rear panel. xiv & 304 pages. Color frontispiece & black-and-white illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. <p>Third printing. New York: Atheneum, 1971. hardcover‎

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‎Krasa, Miloslav.‎

‎THE TEMPLES OF ANGKOR: Monuments to a Vanished Empire.‎

‎London: Allan Wingate 1963. 1963. Very good. - Quarto 10-3/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide decorative green & black cloth. The spine & extremities are faded. 211 pages plus section of black-and-white photographic illustrations by Jan Cifra plus 5 folding lists of plates. Also with additional illustrations by Cifra throughout color maps & plans printed in black on green stock. Very good. <p>First edition. London: Allan Wingate, (1963). hardcover‎

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‎Katz, Karl; Kahane, P. P.; and Broshi, Magen.‎

‎FROM THE BEGINNING: ARCHEOLOGY AND ART IN THE ISRAEL MUSEUM JERUSALEM. Introduction by Philip Hendy.‎

‎London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1968. 1968. Very good. - Small 4to cream cloth titled in gilt with vignette stamped in gilt on front cover in pictorial dust wrapper. 286 & 1 pp. Profuse B&W & color illustrations from photographs by David Harris. The binding is bumped. Very good. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1968). hardcover‎

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