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Smith, Brian M.
A Palaeoecological Study of Raised Mires in the Humberhead Levels
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 154pp. Thorne & Hatfield Monograph Mo 1. BAR British Series 336. Illustrated.
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Hardyment, Christina
Home Comfort : A History of Domestic Arrangements in Association with the National Trust.
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright clean boards, tiny mark to rear cover near spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. 230pp. The subject of this book is best described as domestic archaeology, a quest for establishing exactly how our ancestors kept themslves clean, warm and well-fed. This the author did by visiting over a hundred National Trust properties which she examined in great detail. Illustrated in black & white. The emphasis is on text and fact rather than pictures.
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Joussaume, Roger
Dolmens for the Dead : Megalith Building throughout the World
No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very minor bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with small nick to tail of slightly faded spine and light creasing to edges. 320pp. Dolmens, the huge ruins of ancient chamber tombs are among the most striking relics of prehistoric Europe, for example at Avebury in the UK and Carnac in France. The author brings to this book both his own knowledge of monument excavation and the distinctive French style of working that complements the British school.
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Woolley, Sir Leonard
Digging Up the Past
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, slight sunning to spine (through jacket) and very minor bumping to lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with tiny nick to bottom of spine and slight rubbing to corners. 142pp. Reprint of the classic work from 1930, in which the author explains what archaeology is all about and how archaeological expeditions should be organised.
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Mills, Jessica and Palmer, Rog
Populating Clay Landscapes
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. How recent investigations have shown that clay soils were populated just as favourably as lighter soils, contrary to previous thinking. This book brings together some of these investigations and sets out the facts.
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Jurica, John (editor)
Transactions of the Bristol And Gloucestershire Archaeological Society : Volume 125 : 2007
Slight water mark and trace of sunning to upper hinge corners of covers, no effect on contents. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Pull-out map in excellent condition. 419pp. Annual report from the society with a wide range of features plus papers by fifteen authors.
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Jurica, John (editor)
Transactions of the Bristol And Gloucestershire Archaeological Society : Volume 126 : 2008
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 243pp. Annual report from the society with a wide range of features plus papers by sixteen authors.
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Holbrook, Neil (editor)
Iron Age and Romano-British Agriculture In The North Gloucestershire Severn Vale
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 105pp. Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Report No 6. Two reports from the society on works at Walton Cardiff and at Cheltenham.
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Watts, Martin (editor)
Prehistoric and Medieval Occupation at Moreton-in Marsh and Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucestershire
No marks or inscriptions. Very faint creasing to lower edge of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 94pp. Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Report No 5. Two reports from the society on works at Moreton-in-Marsh and at Bishop's Cleeve.
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Archaeological Surveys Ltd.; Warrington New Town Development Corporation; Grealey, Shelagh
The Archaeology of Warrington's Past
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with rubbing to corners and light indenting. All fold-out charts and maps in excellent condition. 100pp.
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Arrowsmith, Peter
Recording Stockport's Past : Recent Investigations of Historic Sites in the Borough of Stockport
Book in virtually mint condition. 96pp. Based on work carried out by archaeologists at the University of Manchester, from the enigmatic Nico Ditch to the Chestergate air raid shelters of World War II. Extremely scarce.
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Cole, Sonia
The Prehistory of East Africa
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, slight browning to pages and no bumping to corners. 301pp.
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Meaden, George T.
The Stonehenge Solution : Sacred Marriage and the Goddess
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 224pp.
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Baigent, Michael; Leigh, Richard
The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception : The Explosive Contents of the Dead Sea Scrolls and How the Church Conspired to Suppress Them
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 268pp.
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Pyne, Stephen J.
How the Canyon Became Grand : A Short History
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to spine ends. 199pp. How America's Grand Canyon progressed from 'worthless' in the eyes of the first Spanish explorers in the sixteenth cenrury to being one of the acnowledged natural wonders of the world today.
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Marsden, Barry M
The Early Barrow-Diggers
Previous owner's neat name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to slightly sunned spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 126pp. Illustrated.
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Collier, Ron
Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 2
No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to lower corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of handling and no bumping to corners. 192pp. This revised, updated and expanded edition tells the stories of twenty-six aircraft crashes in Derbyshire's Peak District.
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Edwards, Tudor
The Ancient Stones of England
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or creased with very slight marking to rear and small tear near top of spine. 224pp. Archaeology and English history.
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The Editor
British Caenozoic Fossils (Tertiary and Quarternary)
Ex-library copy with usual marks and stamps. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 133pp.
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The Editor
Archaeologia Cantiana : being Transactions of the Kent Archaeological Society : Volume XXX
A very small amount of underlining in ink, probably only to one page, plus a few interesting notes in pencil. Foxing to end papers and slightly to page edges. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with lightly marked boards, rubbing with small nicks to spine ends and rubbing to corners. Clear gilt embossing to front and to spine. The fold-out maps and plans in excellent condition. The eight large maps and plans in the rear pocket all present and also in excellent condition. 95 + 340pp.
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McDermott, Bridget
Decoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs : How to Read the Sacred Language of the Pharaohs
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 171pp.
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Hayden, Brian
Archaeology : The Science of Once and Future Things
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. 484pp. 'The best introductory archaeology book I have ever read' - University of Florida.
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Haywood, John
Ancient Civilizations of the near East and Mediterranean
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. Tiny label with previous owner's heraldic mark inside front cover. 304pp.
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Minchinton, Walter
A Guide to Industrial Archaeology Sites in Britain
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with extremely faint traces of storage. 192pp. Well illustrated guide to the hundred major sites discussed in this study.
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Wilkinson, Carl (editor)
The Observer Book of the Earth
Book in 'as new' condition. 112pp. A concise study of the earth, its history, structure and minerals and the famous people who made the great discoveries about our planet.
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Stetka, Jan
From Fort to Field : The Shaping of the Landscape of Bakewell in the 10th Century
Book appears to be in mint unread condition. 104pp. The story of the rediscovery of a Saxon stronghold near Bakewell in Derbyshire and the farming which supported it. It was constructed under King Edward the Elder in AD 920 in order to secure the cooperation of the Vikings in a united England. Extremely scarce.
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Stevens, Frank
Stonehenge Today & Yesterday
A small amount of underlining in pencil and ink and bibliographic note added in ink to two pages. Previous owner's name plate inside front board. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, minor rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Every page is interleaved with a blank page, presumably for making notes - none have been so used. 91pp. Illustrated guide to Stonehenge and the thoughts on its construction and purpose from a hundred years ago. Very scarce in hardback.
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Daniel, Glyn
Megaliths in History : Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture 1972 : Presentation Copy in Slip Case
Book in as new unread condition. Slip case in excellent condition with tiny bump to one corner. 64pp. A study of megaliths. Compliments label from the Directors of Thames & Hudson inside front board of this Presentation Copy.
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Fanlac, Pierre (editor)
The Font de Gaume Cave - in Perigord
Booklet is 'as new' condition. 48pp. The history of the prehistoric cave paintings at the Font-de-Gaume cave near Les Eyzies in Perigord, France.
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Chapman, D. Emerson
Is This Your First Visit to Avebury ?
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Fold-out plan at rear in excellent condition. 15pp. History, excavations, explanations of the Avebury site. With small Avebury Tour leaflet tucked inside.
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Carver, Martin
Underneath English Towns: Interpreting Urban Archaeology
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight rubbing to upper edge and a trace of fading to spine. 160pp. An introduction to the world of urban archaeology suitable for the layman, students and academics with a suggested methodology which is challengingly original.
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Birley, Eric
Corbridge Roman Station; (Corstopitum) Northumberland.
Booklet in 'as new' condition with large fold-out plan of Corbridge in excellent condition. 32pp. Guide to the Roman Station at Corbridge, to the south of Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.
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Jones, Geraint Dyfed Barri
Roman Manchester
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards with minor traces of storage, pristine contents and no bumping to corners. All fold-out drawings and illustrations in perfect condition. Duplicate copies of two fold-out drawings loosely slipped in. 32pages plates plus 198pp. Very detailed study of the Deansgate excavations which led to much more information about Manchester under Roman times.
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Moll, Roberto Garcia
The Maya World (El Mundo Maya)
Limited Edition of 3,000 copies. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to upper front edge and slight bumping tp rear edge. ca 220pp. A lavish study of the history of the Mayan people and culture and of their modern day descendants. Very well illustrated. Covering Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. All text in English. Very scarce.
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Wilson, Jean
The Shakespeare Legacy : Material Legacy of Shakespeare's Theatre
Name opposite half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight trace of dustiness to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 211pp. A study of Shakespeare's theatre and the theatrical presentations of Shakespeare's plays based upon archaeological and other works.
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Laing, Lloyd and Jennifer
Celtic Britain and Ireland
Book appears in virtually mint condition. 223pp. Detailed study of people, places, objects and language to bring us an understanding of the word 'Celtic'. Very well illustrated.
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McBurney, C. B. M.
The Stone Age of Northern Africa
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, very faint crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, some tanning to pages and no bumping to very sharp corners. 288pp. An outline of prehistoric discoveries in Northern Africa from the southern margins of the Sahara to the Mediterranean coast covering the period from the earliest traces of human activity to the end of the Stone Age. Illustrated.
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Andronicos, Manolis
Olympia
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 80pp. Very well illustrated guide, history and description of the Ancient Greek site and museums of Olympia.
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Heywood Sumner
Cuckoo Hill: The Book of Gorley
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked cream cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 180pp. Leaving London behind him, the author bought some land at South Gorley, on the edge of the New Forest and converted a tumbled down cottage the Cuckoo Hill into his ideal house over 5 yrs. The archaeology and nature and life ofthe area exercised such a fascination over him that he embarked upon a remarkable private record of what is now a vanished world, handwritten and lavishly illustrated with his own superb watercolours.
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Aude De Beler Gros
Pharaohs
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little minor indenting. 124pp. A study of Ancient Egypt's Pharaohs and other parts of Egyptian society. Very well illustrated.
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Joyce A. Tyldesley
The Mummy : Unwrap the Ancient Secrets of the Mummies' Tombs
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with very light creasing to upper edge and traces of storage. 128pp. This study explores every aspect of the mythological and cultural background of mummification - the religion and rituals, the myths of Osiris and Isis and the cult of the Pharaohs.
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Archaeological Surveys Ltd.; Warrington New Town Development Corporation; Grealey, Shelagh
The Archaeology of Warrington's Past
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and the tiniest of bumps to lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with rubbing to corners and word indentations to front. All fold-out charts and maps in excellent condition. 100pp. Excellent study of the history of Warrington from an archaeological viewpoint. With a wealth of plans, maps and illustrations, many large-size fold-out.
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John Nowell Linton Myres; William Herbert Southern
Anglo-Saxon Cremation Cemetery at Sancton, East Yorkshire (Hull museum publications)
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Tiny crease to lower corner of front cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright very faintly marked boards, and no bumping to corners. 119pp. Fully illustrated account and study of the surviving pottery from the great Anglo-Saxin cremation cemetery at Sancton, East Yorkshire. Each piece is depicted separately in graphic form alongside its description and history. The pieces are mainly held at the Hull Museum and the Ashmolean in Oxford with a few others scattered at museums across the world. All are shown here. Very scarce.
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Roy Millward; Adrian Robinson
South East England: Channel Coastlands (Landscapes of Britain)
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with label removal mark to front and well rubbed front. 208pp. A study of the evolution of the scenery of Britain considered both from the physical and historical points of view. This volumes looks at south-eastern England. There are then twelve local studies, chosen to illustrate the region in depth.
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Joseph Boughey; Charles Hadfield
Charles Hadfield: Canal Man and More
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with half-inch nick to upper rear edge and slight creasing/rubbing. 223pp. Biography of the canal historian, born in South Africa who helped to keep many of Britain's historic waterways open.
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Philip R. Davies; George J. Brooke; Phillip R. Callaway
The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, faint marking to page fore-edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to lower rear edge. 216pp. A comprehensive and accessible account of the Dead Sea Scrolls, with numerous factfiles, reconstructions, scroll photographs and a wealth of other illustrations.
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John Man
The Terracotta Army. China's First Emperor and the Birth of a Nation
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased. 288pp. This is the story of how and why China's Terracotta Army were put together as protection for the First Emperor in the afterlife. Illustrated.
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Leonardo B. Dal Maso and Robertp Vighi (editors)
Southern Etruria
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Now protected in fully removable plastic sleeve. 64pp. Archaeological zones of Latium I-II - Southern Etruria. Very well illustrated tourist guide to archaeological sites in the area of Italy north-west of Rome. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Raftery, Joseph
A Brief Guide to the Collection of Irish Antiquities
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with sightly foxed unmarked boards and top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Pages yellowed but consistent so this is probably the colour of the paper used. Plan plus text figures plus ten photographic plates plus 96pp. The Collection refers to the Irish historical artefacts kept in the National Museum of Ireland.
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Neil Oliver; Tony Pollard
Two Men In A Trench: Battlefield Archaeology - The Key To Unlocking The Past
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with general traces of storage. 352pp. The authors visit the site of six major battlefields from Shrewsbury to Culloden for further archaeological investigation. During this process they follow each battle, answer key questions and sometimes revise accepted versions of events. Well illustrated.
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