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(Allen, J., Inv # 23672) Allen, J. Romilly. CELTIC ART IN PAGAN
AND CHRISTIAN TIMES. Methuen, 1904 (cloth). 8vo, 315 pp.,
illustrated with photos and drawings. <a
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</a> $75
(Andersson, J., Inv # 22125) Andersson, J. Gunnar. CHILDREN OF
THE YELLOW EARTH: STUDIES IN PREHISTORIC CHINA. Kegan Paul,
Trench, Trubner, 1934 (cloth). <a
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</a> $45
(Chan, R., Inv # 23740) Chan, Roman Pina. THE OLMEC: MOTHER
CULTURE OF MESOAMERICA. Rizzoli, 1989 (cloth). 4to, 240 pp + 117
ills. very good in dust jacket. <a
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</a> $65
(Ford, J., Inv # 23988) Ford, James A. MEASUREMENTS OF SOME
PREHISTORIC DESIGN DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES.
American Museum of Natural History, 1952 (wrappers). 4to, 313 -
384 pp., 10 folding charts. Offprint from "Anthropological Papers
of The American Museum of Natural History, Volume 44, Part 3."
very good copy. <a
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</a> $45
(Gardiner, A., Inv # 24418) Gardiner, Alan H. ADMONITIONS OF AN
EGYPTIAN SAGE, FROM A HIERATIC PAPYRUS IN LEIDEN (PAP. LEIDEN 344
RECTO). Georg Olms, 1969 (cloth). 4to, vii + 116 pp. + 18 plates.
very good copy. <a
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</a> $150
(Gray, H., Inv # 22506) Gray, Mrs. Hamilton. TOUR TO THE
SEPULCHRES OF ETRURIA IN 1839. J. Hatchard and Son, 1840
(leather). 12mo, 507 pp. one 18.5" x 12" folding plate, hand
colored. Good copy, although back board is partially detached. <a
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</a> $225
(Hansford, S., Inv # 21662) Hansford, S. Howard. A GLOSSARY OF
CHINESE ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY. China Society, 1954 (boards).
ation</a> $35
(Houma Foundry, Inv # 18680) Institute of Archeology of Shanxi
Province. ART OF THE HOUMA FOUNDRY. Princeton University Press,
1996 (new cloth). <a
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</a> $158
(Hubei Provincial Museum, Inv # 17630) Hubei Provincial Museum.
LACQUERWARE FROM THE WARRING STATES TO THE HAN PERIODS EXCAVATED
IN HUBEI PROVINCE. Hubei Porvincial Museum/Chinese University of
Hong Kong, 1994 (cloth). <a
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</a> $75
(Joyce, T., Inv # 18532) Joyce, Thomas A. SOUTH AMERICAN
ARCHAEOLOGY. Macmillan/Warner, 1912 (cloth). ation</a> $65
(Kendrick, T., Inv # 22902) Kendrick, T. D. THE DRUIDS: A STUDY
IN PREHISTORY. Methuen, 1927 (cloth). 8vo, xiv + 227 pp. very
good copy, no dust jacket. tion</a> $75
(Khan, G., Inv # 6698) Natural History Museum, LA. EMPIRES
BEYOND THE GREAT WALL: THE HERITAGE OF GENGHIS KHAN. Natural
History Museum of Los Angeles County, 1994 (new cloth).
exhibition catalog <a
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/a> $45
(Laufer, B., Inv # 20415) Laufer, Berthold. JADE: A STUDY IN
CHINESE ARCHAEOLOGY AND RELIGION. Field Museum of Natural
History, 1912 (cloth). 8vo, xiv + 170 pp. Original edition. As
is, exlib. - markings on spine, stamps on backs of plates, cloth
tape repair to front hinge; waf. <a
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</a> $125
(Leakey, L., Inv # 23563) Leakey, L.S.B., ed. OLDUVAI GORGE:
1951-61. Cambridge, 1967 (cloth). 4to. 2 vols: FAUNA AND
BACKGROUND by Leakey (118pp) and THE CRANIUM OF AUSTRALOPITHECUS
BOISEI (265pp.) by P.V. Tobias. very good, with dust jacket. <a
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</a> $125
(Leeds, E., Inv # 22640) Leeds, E.T. EARLY ANGLO-SAXON ART AND
ARCHAEOLOGY: BEING THE RHIND LECTURES DELIVERED IN EDINBURGH,
1935. Oxford, 1968 (cloth). 4to, xii + 130 pp + 33 plates. very
good, bookplate; dust jacket edgeworn. Cover and frontispiece
shown in illus. <a
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</a> $45
(Maiuri, A., Inv # 24078) Maiuri, Amedeo. LA VILLA DEI MISTERI.
La Libreria dello Stato, 1957 (cloth). Folio, 260 pp., 121
illustrations and 21 plates. Second edition, 1/500. Volume I
only, lacking portfolio of 21 color plates. very good copy, but
for trace of fraying at head of spine and some staining on gold
stamped, white cover. <a
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</a> $185
(Mera, H., Inv # 23989) Mera, H. P. STYLE TRENDS OF PUEBLO
POTTERY IN THE RIO GRANDE AND LITTLE COLORADO CULTURAL AREAS FROM
THE SIXTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Laboratory of
Anthropology, 1939 (wrappers). 4to, 164 pp., 67 plates. "Memoirs
of the Laboratory of Anthropology, Volume III" very good copy,
hinges reinforced with cloth tape. <a
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</a> $100
(Murray, M., Inv # 6409) Murray, M. A. and J. C. Ellis. A STREET
IN PETRA. British School of Archaeology, 1940 (cloth). Spine
faded else very good+. ation</a> $85
(Niccolini, F., Inv # 23558) Niccolini, Fausto and Felice.
MAISONS ET MONUMENTS DE POMPEI. Citadelles and Mazenod, 1997 (new
cloth). Folio. 222pp. New, with dust jacket and slipcase.
Tasteful and colorful survey of the images of the recovery and
"imagination" of ancient Pompei, including the decorative motifs
derived from it. Text in French. <a
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</a> $150
(Nunome, J., Inv # 9912) Nunome, Junro. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
FIBER: A COMPLIATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF FIBER ARTIFACTS. Senshoku
to Seikatsusha, 1992 (cloth). Collected photographs of textiles
from the first to the seventeenth centuries at moderate and very
high magnification; bi-lingual English-Japanese text; fine copy
with dust jacket and slipcase. ation</a> $75
(Pogue, J, Inv # 13557) Pogue, Joseph E. THE TURQUOIS. A STUDY
OF ITS HISTORY, MINERALOGY, GEOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY,
MYTHOLOGY, FOLKLORE, AND TECHNOLOGY. Rio Grande Press, 1978
(cloth). Reprint with preface material by Rex Arrowsmith,
Geologist. very good copy. ation</a> $30
(Pritchard, J., Inv # 5509) Pritchard, James. ANCIENT NEAR
EASTERN TEXTS RELATING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT and THE ANCIENT NEAR
EAST IN PICTURES RELATING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 VOLUMES.
Princeton, 1969 (cloth). 4to, (Texts (third ed.) xv + 710 pp.;
(Pictures, second ed.) xvi + 396 pp., 769 b/w plates, 4 maps.
Third edition with supplement. very good copies. <a
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/a> $275
(Rawson, J., Inv # 5074) Rawson, Jessica, Forward by. THE
CHINESE BRONZES OF YUNNAN. Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd., 1983
(cloth). Folio, 261 pp., 249 color and b/w plates. "The Bowater
Library of Chinese Civilization." very good copy with dust jacket
and worn slipcase. <a
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/a> $125
(San Francisco, Inv # 16143) Archeo-Tec for the S. F. Clean
Water Program. BEHIND THE SEAWALL: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY ALONG
THE SAN FRANCISCO WATERFRONT. San Francisco Clean Water Program,
1981 (paper). Three substantial quarto volumes filled with maps
charts and photographs. An impressive production for a government
agency. Fine. ation</a> $150
(Stein, M., Inv # 20543) Stein, M. Aurel. RUINS OF DESERT
CATHAY: PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF EXPLORATIONS IN CENTRAL ASIA AND
WESTERNMOST CHINA. Macmillan, 1912 (cloth). Small 4to, vol.1
xxxviii + 546 pp., 154 illus., 3 folding panoramas, 3 color
plates, 1 folding map; vol. 2 xxi + 517 pp., 155-333 illus., 3
folding panoramas, 6 color plates, 2 folding color maps. very
good copy - hinges cracked here and there resulting in slight
looseness and very light foxing. Scarce<a
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187</a> <a href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/20543b.jpg">plate vii,
painting from Tun-huang</a> <a
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</a> $1000
(Stein, M., Inv # 22427) Stein, M. Aurel. SAND-BURIED RUINS OF
KHOTAN: PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND
GEOGRAPHICAL EXPLORATIONS IN CHINESE TURKESTAN. Hurst and
Blackett, 1904 (cloth). Good copy, paper hinges cracked, minor
fraying at corners. 2 inch tape repair to folding map. This is
the "cheaper edition." <a
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</a> $425
(Tseng, H., Inv # 22543) Tseng, Hsien-Ch'i. LOAN EXHIBITION OF
CHINESE PAINTINGS. Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, 1956
(paper). small 4to, 60 plates. Exlib, covers roughed along spine.
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</a> $35
(Vitali, R., Inv # 19614) Vitali, Roberto. EARLY TEMPLES OF
CENTRAL TIBET. Serindia, 1990 (cloth). ation</a> $41
(Waldstein, C., Inv # 24637) Waldstein, Charles, and Leonard
Shoobridge. HERCULANEUM, PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE. Macmillian,
1908 (cloth). 4to, xxii + 324 pp., 47 plates, 1 map, 1 folding
plan. Good copy. <a
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</a> $65
(Wheeler, M., Inv # 22621) Wheeler, Mortimer. CHARSADA, A
METROPOLIS OF THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER, BEING A REPORT ON THE
EXCAVATIONS OF 1958. Oxford, 1962 (cloth). 4to, 130 pp., 45
plates. very good copy with dust jacket. <a
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</a> $150
(White, W., Inv # 8720) White, William Charles. BONE CULTURE OF
ANCIENT CHINA: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF BONE MATERIAL FROM
NORTHERN HONAN, DATING ABOUT THE TWELFTH CENTURY, B.C. University
of Toronto, 1945 (++++ cloth). Early study of writing on sheep
scapula and tortise plastron divinitory (pyromancy) relics from
the Shang period; very scarce, fine copy. <a
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/a> $150
(White, W., Inv # 10359) White, William Charles. TOMB TILE
PICTURES OF ANCIENT CHINA: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF POTTERY
TILES FROM TOMBS OF WESTERN HONAN, DATING ABOUT THE 300 BC.
University of Toronto, 1939 (cloth). very good copy, scarce book.
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</a> $150
(Woolley, C., Inv # 24277) Woolley, C. L. UR EXCAVATIONS VOLUME
II: THE ROYAL CEMETERY. British Museum, University Museum of
Philadelphia, 1934 (cloth). Folio, vol. I, text, xx + 604 pp.;
vol. II, plates, 274 plates. Both volumes good, but soiled, and
the front cover of volume II and the first 11 plates are water
stained on the right edge. <a
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</a> $450
(Zheng, Z., Inv # 24550) Zheng, Zhen-shi. QUANGUO JIBEN JIANSHE
GONGCHENG ZHONG CHUTU WENWU ZHANLAN TULU [CATALOGUE OF AN
EXHIBITION OF CULTURAL ARTIFACTS UNEARTHED DURING THE NATIONAL
BASIC CIVIL CONSTRUCTION]. Chungguo gudian yishu chubansha, 1954
(cloth). Folio, 2 volume, unpaginated catalogue bound in
traditional Chinese book style with 256 b/w plates. <a
href="http://moesbooks.com/pics/24550a.jpg">Text in Chinese</a>.
Cloth case. <a
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</a> $175
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