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Browse Books on archaeology Date Added (descending) Title Author Price (ascending) Price (descending) Date Added (descending)    396 archaeology Books (showing 211 to 240) Search within Books on archaeology Keyword/s:  Browse Australian Bookshops specialising in archaeology Books   From the Beginning Katz, Karl; Kahane, P. P.; and Magen, Broshi Weidefeld & Nicolson London 1968 First Edition 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Cloth Small 4to, cream cloth (lightl foxed) titled in gilt with vignette stamped in gilt on front cover, in pictorial dustwrapper that has been price-clipped. Owner's name on title page, illustrated endpapers; 287pp., Profuse B&W & color illustrations from photographs by David Harris.  Reference Good Price: $50.00 (AUD) Book Number: 000559  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Motueka; an Archaeological Survey Challis, Aidan J. ISBN: 0582717582 Longman Paul Aukland 1978 First 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Cloth viii, 118p Illustrated with site plans, drawings of artefacts, a heavily detailed description of the study of the Nelson area. illustrated dustwrapper. erasure mark on ffep. New Zealand Arcaeological Association Monograph No 7.  Archaeology Good Price: $20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 000913  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Yucatan Adventure Clark, Leonard Hutchinson London 1959 First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Cloth 256pp. Twenty-four black & white plates and endpaper maps. Illustrated dustwrapper with minor chipping/wear to edges, and a small tear on rear panel.. Some foxing, all else good. Travel and rediscovery of the Maya in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico.  Travel Good Price: $25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 000963  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Archaeology of the Dreamtime : The Story of Prehistoric Australia and Her People. Flood, Josephine ISBN: 0002164442 Collins Sydney 1983 First Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Boards 288 pp, list of illustrations, appendix, notes, glossary, further reading, index. Text illustrated by photographs black and white, in colour, line drawings, graphs and maps. Photographic dustwrapper.blue boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners are scuffed, and there is evidence of shelf wear on the bottom edges. Spine gutters are likewise worn. There is a .5" split in the front hinge at top. There are some faint fingerprints on the 'contents' page. The dustwrapper show some bumping to the top edge of front panel. Archaeology of the Dreamtime "draws a fascinating and absorbing picture of a dynamic and highly adaptable people whose art, religion and social organisation was very sophisticated, whose trading networkcovered vast distances whose ingenuity and technological skills had enabled them to survive in one of the most inhospitable countries in the world" Archaeology Good Price: $60.00 (AUD) Book Number: 100012  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Making of Mankind Leakey, Richard E. ISBN: 0718119312 Michael Joseph London 1981 First Edition 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Maroon Cloth Gilt Spine 256 pp, index, glossary, list of maps, colour photographs, black and white and colour sketches, black and white photographs. Colour photographic illustrated dustwrapper. Minimal signs of wear to the edges of the dustwrapper. In this book, Richard Leakey has created a lasting record of his compelling TV series The Making Of Mankind. For breathtaking photographs which recall the many places where the series was filmed, with maps which pinpoint the exact locations of the various psychological sites, this is a unique and fascinating record of the evolution of mankind. Natural History Good Price: $20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0200484  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Shanidar; the First Flower People Solecki, Ralph S. ISBN: 0394445112 Alfred A. Knopf New York 1971 First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Red Cloth, Gilt Spine XVI, 290 pp, X, II. XXXIV plates, eight drawings, three maps, bibliography, chapter notes, index, biographical notes. Illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge of book tinted yellow, "Father's Day" note on front endpaper, and a round stamp with the letter h is also present. Remnants of original bookseller sticker on rear panel, the dustwrapper has been chipped and worn especially along the top edges, and the rear panel also shows signs of browning from sunlight. Archaeology Good Price: $25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0200557  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Sir William Gell in Italy, Letters to the Society of Dilettanti, 1831-1835 Clay, Edith & Frederiksen, Martin (editors) Hamish Hamilton London 1976 First British Edition Octavo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Denim Blue Cloth Gilt Spine VI, 182 pp., includes bibliography, index, 3 appendices, 18 illustrations. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge of book tinted mauve. Very faint hint of shelfwear to base of boards. In his correspondence we get glimpses of the gouty but ebullient cicerone who guided British and Italian notables around Rome and Naples. But he was not only this but important in his own right as a classical topographer, and the English expert on Pompei in his day. History Good Price: $40.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0201721  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Footsteps Nine Archaeological Journeys of Romance and Discovery Norman, Bruce ISBN: 0563205520 BBC Books London 1987 First quarto - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Yellow Cloth 279 pp., colour illustrated dustwrapper. Twenty-four pages of colour illustrations, numerous maps, and black and white photographs. Bibliography and index. Exploring Egypt, Petra, Ellora, the Yucatan, Vilcabamba, Cuzco, Machu Picchu. Archaeology Good Price: $18.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0201866  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Antiquity Depicted; Aspects of Archaeological Illustration Piggott, Stuart ISBN: 0500550107 Thames & Hudson London 1978 First British Edition Octavo- over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Yellow Cloth 64 pages., black and white frontispiece, The text of the Tenth Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture delivered by Piggott, complemented by 42 black and white illustrations. Traces the story of archaeological research from the Renaissance to the present day. Fine mustard boards with gilt decoration to front and spine in a good white dustwrapper with mustard panel to front, showing only slight traces of edge wear and rubbing into the foldover corners.  Lecture Good Price: $15.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0202916  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Wanderer’s Rest Barrett, Charles & Croll, Robert Henderson Cassell & Co.Ltd Melbourne 1946 Stated First 12mo - up to 7 ¾" tall - Duodecimo Cloth V, 119 pp., illustrated endpapers, text illustrated with small black and white drawings. Dustwrapper chipped, with some minor loss. An old drifter around the world, whose hobbies are book collecting and archaeology, and who delights in wild nature as well as in gardens, realises that he is wander years are over and settles down at "wanderer's rest" in a remote little Australian township. Australiana Good Price: $18.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0202977  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Touring the Ancient World with a Camera Gaunt, William -- Text The Studio Limited London 1932 First Edition 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Yellow Cloth VIII, 120 pp., list of illustrations, list of maps. The text is illustrated with 134 black and white photographs taken by C. Jeffrey Holme, and six maps. Yellow coloured boards with maroon embossed writing on top of front panel and on the spine. Top edge red. The corners are bumped and rubbed, the front being worse than the back, at front, underlying board is noticeable. There is rubbing and bumping to both the top and bottom book edges as well as the head and heel of spine. The cloth of the book is extremely discoloured, dirty and marked. There are patches of fraying of the cloth on the book. Marks to the other paper edges. Previous owners stamp on the front paste down and ffep. Endpapers unmarked with dirt and foxing but internally the pages are clean. A tour around the Eastern Mediterranean, concentrating mainly on ancient civilisation sites. Places visited: Genoa, Istanbul, Naples, Livorno, Sicily, Greece, Rhodes, Damascus, Palestine and Egypt. Photography Poor Price: $70.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0101285  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Treasures of Time, First Hand Accounts By Famous Archaeologists of Their Work in the Near East Deuel Leo -- Editor Souvenir Press London 1961 First British Edition Octavo- over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Red Cloth 318 pp, 16 pp. of black and white photographs, endpaper maps, top edge tinted mauve; dustwrapper scuffed and chipped on edges, corners and spine with a 1" tear on bottom edge of front panel. Significant and often stirring writings by twenty-one archaeologists.  Archaeology Very Good Price: $25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0203606  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     THE DAWN OF CIVILIZATION The First World Survey of Human Cultures in Early Times Piggott, Professor Stuart, ( Editor ) McGraw-Hill Book Company New York 1961 First American Edition Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Blue Cloth 404 pp., 940 illustrations (172 in color) , 642 photos, some in color, 110 original reconstructions, & 48 maps & chronological charts, index in back, title stamped in gold on spine & front board. Book tells the story of the ancient past in all its illuminating & dramatic excitement. Written by 14 distinguished authors. Dustwrapper is complete, but looks battered, with rubbing and chipping of the edges, and partial loss of the clear celophane layer applied at printing. Otherwise a sound, very heavy book. Archaeology Good Price: $40.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0204022  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     SEARCH FOR SYBARIS; the Story of the Archaeologists’ Eight-year Search for the Ancient City of the Sybarites, Their Way of Life and Times Bullitt, Orville H. ISBN: 0460039792 J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd London 1971 First Edition Octavo- over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Illustrated Orange Cloth pp xiv, 238 + numerous black-and-white illustrations and maps, and endpaper maps. Very good in the slightly spine faded dustwrapper. Archaeology -- Greek Very Good Price: $30.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0205226  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Indochina; One of the volumes from the Archaeologia Mundi Series Groslier, Bernard Philippe World Publications New York 1966 First English Language Edition quarto - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Grey Cloth 283 pp, 35 illustrations in colour, 110 illustrations in black and white; Translated from the French; Endpaper maps, folding synoptic chronological table, nores, bibliography, index. Both lower free corners bumped, with crushing of the dustwrapper at the rear corner, and chipping of the front corner. Otherwise in very good order.  Archaeology Good Price: $30.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0206004  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The First Eden; The Mediterranean World and Man Attenborough, David ISBN: 0316057509 Little, Brown and Company Boston 1987 First American Edition quarto - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Blue Cloth Blue Boards 240 pages, bibliography, index, end page maps, original illustrated dustwrapper. The text is profusely illustrated with colour photography and maps. Published to coincide with the PBS television series, this book is David Attenborough's latest excursion into the field of natural history, where he explores the history and the current state of this fascinating region, which became the cradle of civilisation. Local History -- Mediterranean Good Price: $20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0207131  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Autobiographic Sketch of Robert Munro M.A., M.D., LL.D. 21st July, 1835 18th July, 1920 Munro, Robert MacLehose, Jackson and Co. Glasgow 1921 First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Red Cloth VI, 90 pages, + 2 blank; frontispiece photograph. Preface by John Horne, list of author's works, selected list of contributions to societies and journals & literary and scientific distinctions. This autobiographic sketch was written in the year before he passed away while suffering from indifferent health. Both the front and rear end pages are foxed, the top edge of the front paste down, the frontispiece (which is tipped in), and the front edge of their rear paste down shows signs of water damage. All edges of the pages are untrimmed, and browned with age. Light bumping of the corners, and the head and heel of the backstrip. Notwithstanding all this, the book is in good condition for its age. Biography Reasonable for Age Price: $150.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0207892  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Historical Relics Unearthed in New China not Credited Foreign Languages Press Peking 1972 First Edition Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Beige Cloth 217 pages, + list of illustrations (printed in Chinese) attached to rear free end page. Also loosely inserted in the corresponding list of illustrations printed in English. Illustrated end pages colour illustrated dust jacket, 217 illustrations (the majority being in black-and-white, although colour photography does account for probably 40% of the book). This book weighs more than 1 Kg. Please enquire as to the extra postage costs for delivery outside Australia with the vendor by pressing "Ask the bookseller a question".  Art -- China Very Good Price: $50.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0208840  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Eternal Greece Warner, Rex Thames & Hudson (Readers Union) London 1955 Reprint Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Blue Cloth Text by Rex Warner, Photography by Martin Hurlimann. pp.168. 90 photogravure photos, most full-page, colour frontispiece. Apart from some fading of the edges of the boards, and a hint of foxing to the preliminary pages, the book itself is in good order. The dust jacket is chipped and rubbed with some minor loss, mostly at the head and tail of the backstrip cover. Digital image available upon request. This book weighs more than 1 Kg. Please enquire as to the extra postage costs for delivery outside Australia with the vendor by pressing "Ask the bookseller a question".  Photography -- Greece Good for Age Price: $40.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0210002  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     London Growing; The Development of a Metropolis Harrison, Michael Hutchinson of London London 1965 First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Red Cloth 224 pages, includes bibliography, index, endpage maps; various drawings, charts, plates etc reproduced throughout the book. A couple of pages have been accidentally dogeared and there are traces of foxing to the top edge of the text block. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed along both the top and bottom edges, and there is tape residue on both fold over flaps. "London Growing describes how and why the city grew to its present size over the centuries, and in particular it tells of the men who made it grow: the great legislators, architects and developers whose visions and energies shaped and reshape the city." Digital image available upon request. History Good Price: $18.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0210411  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Nimrud Ivories Mallowan, Sir Max ISBN: 0-7141-8001-7 A Colonnade Book /British Museum Publications Ltd London 1978 First English Paperback Editio Octavo - up to 9 ¾" Tall Photographic Card 62 pages, foreword by E. Sollberger, Keeper, Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities, The British Museum, notes, short bibliography, list of illustrations and British Museum numbers. Coloured Photographic frontispiece, showing a lion attacking a man. The text is illustrated with 75 black-and-white illustrations and photographs. Photographic front cover, detail of Photographic frontispiece, with yellow and white writing on the front panel and spine. Some increasing and rubbing to the book corners and a little rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine. There is a small split of the spine 2.5 " from the top of the book. Some scuffing and rubbing of the covers. A small book about the archaeological discoveries, in ivory, from the Irani ancient city of Nimrud. ( From the back panel ) .. ' .. the ivories fall into three main " schools ": the Syrian, Phoenician and Syrian styles. Each has its individual characteristics and exhibits influences from various areas, notably the ' Egyptianising ' elements seen in the Phoenician style.". Archaeology Good Price: $14.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0103852  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Cambridge Ancient History: Plates to Volumes I and II New Edition Edwards, I.E.S., Et al. Cambridge University Press Cambridge, England 1977 New Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Dark Red Cloth XLII, +181 plates in black-and-white. Most plates contain at least two images. Top edge of text block gilt. Archaeology Very Good Price: $80.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0212184  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Das alte Wunderland der Pyramiden. Geographische, geschichtliche und kulturhistorische Bilder aus der Vorzeit, der Periode der Blüte sowie des Verfalls des alten Ägyptens. Oppel, Karl Otto Spamer Leipzig, Germany 1881 Not Stated 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Dark Brown Buckram 750 g; XII, 406 pages, includes chronology, index. Colour illustrated frontispiece, with 200 text illustrations and charts in black-and-white, and three other full-page colour illustrations, and hieroglyphics alphabet. The text is in German, and the first section covers the land and its peoples. Marbled text edges are darkened with age, and the original binding has been replaced. Digital image available upon request. Egyptology Very Good for Age Price: $90.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0214568  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     princes of Jade Capon, Edmund & MacQuitty, William ISBN: 0351154973 Cardinal (Sphere Books) London 1973 First Paperback Edition Trade Paperback Paperback 650 g; 192 pages, including bibliography, index, chronological list of the dynasties, 2 double page maps, text illustrated with black-and-white, and colour photography including detailed photography. Princes of Jade is published to commemorate the Exhibition of Chinese Antiquities at the Royal Academy. Exhibition -- Jade Good Price: $15.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0214691  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The History of Israel North, Martin Adam & Charles Black London 1965 Reprint 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Black Cloth 1.0 kg; XII, 487 pages, includes index of biblical references, index of names and subjects. Original dustjacket. Handling marks to the edges of the text block, ownership inscription has been scribbled out, original bookseller's sticker at lower right-hand corner of front paste-down, the top corner of the front panel of the book has suffered some damage, and because of the previous owner had carefully protected the dust jacket from further damage using tape that leaked, they are tape stains to both the binding, and the end pages. The dustjacket is in poor condition, showing signs of water damage to the backstrip section, and chipping and rubbing with loss, and tears and tape marks. Digital image available upon request. This translation is from the second German edition, revised and enlarged by the author. He has taken fully into account the results of the most recent archaeological excavations in Palestine and the latest studies in the subject; he displays an intimate knowledge of the history of the ancient near East and of the topography of Palestine. -- front foldover blurb.This book weighs more than 1.0 kg; extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. History -- Israel Reasonable Price: $30.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0214784  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Piltdown Fantasy Vere, Francis Cassell & Company London 1955 First British Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Blue Boards 230 grammes; XVIII, 122 pages, last 2 blank, sources and acknowledgements, author's note, introduction by author. The text is illustrated with one black-and-white map of area discussed. Dark blue coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Light bumping to the head and it to the heel of the spine. Offset tanning and browning to the endpapers. The internal text has become a little age toned. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a illustration of the skull against a black background with green and white writing on the front panel and spine. A little rubbing to the dustwrapper corners. Rubbing and creasing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. Browning to the back dustwrapper panel. In 1912 on the greatest hoaxes of archaeological sleight of hand took place. The Geological Department of the British Museum and Charles Dawson ( an amateur archaeologist ), announced the discovery of part of the remains of a jawbone and skull in the ancient gravel-bed of Piltdown. All the more intriguing was the dating of the bones was 500,000 years older than the laying down of the gravel. They had found " The Missing Link " that Dawin had hypothesised in his book " The Origin of the Species ". It was all a hoax ! In this book the author gives the background and then the eventual unveiling of the truth. Digital image available upon request. Archaeology Good Price: $20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0105040  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Past Is Human White, John Peter ISBN: 0207130671 Angus & Robertson Sydney 1974 First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover 400 g; XII, 156 pages, last three pages blank, indexed, includes further reading list, endpaper maps, 17 text figures, eight pages of black-and-white photography. Colour illustrated dust jacket. The top edge of the text block is slightly foxed, and darkened with age, the dust jacket has had amateurish attempts at repair of the shortish tears that are at almost each corner of both the front and rear panels. "I have tried to write this book for people who don't know the technical jargon and who don't want to know it, but who have lots of questions about books like Chariot of the Gods. My answers to these questions are mostly second-hand, drawing on the careful study of many other archaeologists but leaving out all their cautious "maybes" in order to bring out a story we can all appreciate." -- from the personal note. Archaeology Good Price: $16.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0215514  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Plundered past; the Traffic in Art Treasures Meyer, Karl ISBN: 024102448X Hamish Hamilton London 1974 First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover 850 g; XXVI, 356 pages, last page blank, includes bibliography, index, chapter notes, appendices, illustrated with 24 pages of black-and-white photography. Illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket has a 0.5 inch tear at the top right-hand corner of the rear panel, the top edge of the text block which is tinted a dark brown shows signs of splash marks, and there are general handling marks to the edge of the text block. While researching this topical and disturbing book, the author interviewed scores of archaeologists, curators, dealers and officials and travel to the countries most affected by art pirates, Turkey, Italy, Mexico and Guatemala. This long-awaited book, richly illustrated, describes an area of international conspiracy which directly concerns all lovers of art. -- front fold over blurb Antiques -- True Crime Good Price: $18.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0216338  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Athens Hurlimann, Martin & Warner, Rex Thames and Hudson London 1957 Second Impression quarto - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Red Cloth 625g.; 120 pages, 74 black-and-white photographs, five colour plates historical notes, introductory text by Rex Warner. The gift inscription from a high school to a teacher dated 1957. The rear hinge is soft, and the back strip section has suffered loss of colour from exposure to light. Rubbing to the tips of the boards and the heel of the back strip. Local history -- Greece Good Price: $14.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0216528  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     The Prehistory of China; An Archaeological Exploration Treistman, Judith M. ISBN: 0715356259 David & Charles Newton Abbot, Devon 1972 First British Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Brown Boards 465 g.; IV, 160 pages, last 4 blank, list of illustrations, figures in the text, suggested readings and index. The text is illustrated with 22 black and white photograph and 13 black-and-white illustrations. Dark brown coloured boards with gilt writing on the back strip. Bumping to top back strip edge and rubbing to the lower. Dust marks to the top text block edge and light browning to the other text block edges. Previous owner's name to the top edge of the free front endpaper. Photographic dustwrapper, showing a statue of an elephant, against a orange background with black and white writing on the front panel and spine. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners. Creasing to the top back strip edge and there is a 0.25 " tear to the top right-hand corner of the back panel. The back strip has become sun faded. The remains of a sticker can be seen to the lower edge of the front panel. " A rare view of the years of pre-literate and early literate Chinese civilisation ...... in this new analysis, Dr Judith Treistman describes the multiplicity of prehistoric cultures that preceded the emergence of national civilisation, and explores the technological innovations that characterise this exciting period." -- from the front fold of panel. Digital image available upon request. Archaeology Good Price: $18.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0105321  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates   396 archaeology Books         Go to page:    4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14        Next 30 Books