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Ancient and Medieval Art and History
Benton, Janetta Rebold. The Medieval Menagerie: Animals in the Art of
the Middle Ages. Abbeville Press, 1992. First. Square 20.4 cm, 191 pp.
Near fine in near fine dustjacket. Color illustrations throughout.
$18.50
Clark, Willene B. and Meradith T. McMunn, eds. Beasts and Birds of the
Middle Ages: The Bestiary and Its Legacy. University of Pennsylvania,
1989. 23.6 cm, 224 pp. Near fine in very good+ dustjacket. $18.50
Coe, Michael, et al. Atlas of Ancient America. Facts on File, 1990.
Later printing. 30.8 cm, 240 pp. Near fine in near fine dustjacket.
Profusely illustrated, including 56 maps. $27.50
Coss, Peter. The Knight in Medieval England 1000-1400. Alan Sutton,
1993. First U.S. 25.5 cm, 191 pp. Bit slanted; 3.5 cm taped tears to
2 pp.; otherwise very good+ in dustjacket with 8 cm tear & resultant
crumpling to front panel. $16.50
Cunliffe, Barry, ed. The Oxford Illustrated Prehistory of Europe.
Oxford University Press, 1994. First. 25.2 cm, 532 pp. Near fine in
near fine dustjacket with few tiny chips. Review copy with publisher's
material laid in. $25.00
Engels, Donald W. Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the
Macedonian Army. Univerity of California, 1978. First. Very good+ in
very good dustjacket with creased, chipped tear head of spine. $16.50
Haberland, Wolfgang. The Art of North America. Greystone Press, 1968.
Revised ed. 23.5 cm, 257 pp. Very good in very good dustjacket. The
art of the indigenous peoples of North America. Part of the Art of
the World series. $11.00
Harrison, Jane Ellen. Epilegomena to the Study of Greek Religion and
Themis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion. University
Books, 1966. 24 cm, 600 pp. Bookplate; otherwise very good. 2nd
printing of the 1960s reissue of works originally published in 1921
and 1927 (Themis being the 2nd edition revised). $16.50
Kelemen, Pal. Art of the Americas: Ancient and Hispanic, with a
Comparative Chapter on the Philippines. Bonanza Books. Reprint
edition. 23.4 cm, 402 pp. Shelfwear; foxing; tiny stains to edges;
about good in moderately edgeworn dustjacket. $12.00
Kemp-Welch, Alice. Of Six Medieval Women, with a Note on Medieval
Gardens. Corner House Publishers, 1979. 21.6 cm, 189 pp. Very good in
very good, lightly grimed, price-clipped dustjacket. The 2nd printing
of the 1970s reissue edition of a book originally published in 1913.
$12.50
Mysteries of the Ancient Americas: The New World Before Columbus.
Reader's Digest, 1986. 28.3 cm, 320 pp. Very good+ in very good
dustjacket. Profusely illustrated. $20.00
Morey, Charles Rufus. Mediaeval Art. W.W. Norton, 1942. 25.9 cm, 412
pp. Top edge foxed; otherwise about very good. $20.00
Palsson, Hermann and Paul Edwards, translators. The Book of
Settlements: Landnamabok. University of Manitoba, c1972. 23.5 cm, 159+
pp. Gift inscription front endpaper; otherwise very good in dustjacket
with minor edgewear & few small marks. Minor pencil marks. The
Landnamabok was first compiled early in the 12th century and later
expanded. It describes the birth of the Icelandic nation in the
Viking Age, some two centuries earlier. The present translation is
based on the version by Sturla Thordarson, one of the greatest
historians of medieval Iceland. Filled with tales of such folks as
Thorir the Troll-Burster, Ketil the Foolish, and Audun the Rotten.
Includes 13 maps. $18.50
Previte-Orton, C.W. The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History. Cambridge
University Press, 1952. 22.2 cm, Two volumes in slipcase. Vol.I
very good in very good- dustjacket; Vol.II very good+ in very good
dustjacket (few small spots). Dustjackets price-clipped and faded.
Slipcase somewhat faded and scuffed. $60.00
Swaan, Wim. The Late Middle Ages: Art and Architecture from 1350 to
the Advent of the Renaissance. Cornell University Press, 1977. First.
31.7 cm, 232 pp. Very good in price-clipped, chipped dustjacket.
Illustrated throughout. $25.00
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