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The Story of Civilisation, Caesar and Christ; A History of Roman Civilisation and of Christianity from Their Beginnings to A.D. 325
Durant, Will
Simon & Schuster New York 1944 Second Impression
Octavo - up to 9 ¾" Tall Black Boards with Illus 1.160 kg; XVI, 752 pages, preface by author list of illustrations, bibliographical guide, notes, and index. Map illustrated endpapers, both different, the front endpaper shows a map of ancient Rome and the rear endpaper shows a map of ancient Italy and Sicily. The text is illustrated with a section of 39 black-and-white plates. Black coloured boards with a gilt illustration of the symbol of ancient Rome and Christianity on the front panel. Gilt writing to the spine. Blue coloured tint to the top paper edge. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the backstrip. Browning to the text block edges and age toning to the internal pages. Plain text dustwraper with Boeing coloured background and black and red writing on the front panel and spine. Rubbing and chipping on to the dustwraper corners and to the head and to the heel of the backstrip. Darkening of the spine. A little rubbing and handling marks to the front and back dustwraper panels. A previous owner has attempted to reinforce the head and heel of the backstrip area with tape, the tape residue still visible. A History of ancient Rome from a small insignificant town to the master of most of the known world. It is all so a history of the rise of Christianity. Digital image available upon request. PLEASE NOTE *** This book weighs more than 1kg [2.2 lbs] and postage WILL be more than quoted, outside Australia. Please ask the bookselller for correct postage amount. History Good
Price: $30.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0105135 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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The Splendour That Was Egypt
Murray, Margaret A..
Sidgwick & Jackson London 1950 third Impression
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardcover 900 g; XXIV, 356 pages, front end pages showing map of Egypt and neighbouring countries, the rear end pages showing map of distribution of pyramids, and the text has 97 plates, in colour, and in black-and-white, as well as line drawings in text. Footnotes, appendices, list of Kings and index. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. The top edge of the text block appears to have been tinted a red colour, which has subsequently faded, the end pages show traces of foxing, but otherwise the book is clean although the plates in the centre of the book show wrinkling to the right-hand edge. There is no corollary damage to the pages, so I do not believe that the book has had water damage. The dust jacket has a 6 inch tear at the lower left-hand corner of the front panel, a 5 inch tear at p top left-hand corner of the front panel, crossing across the spine, and chipping and rubbing with some loss. A digital image can be provided to help assess condition. Even though the book was written over 50 years ago it still remains a major reference work. The author has succeeded in giving a rapid survey of the main elements which went into the making of the splendour that was Egypt. The book is written for the general reader, and is divided into six sections, prehistory, history, social conditions, religion, arts and sciences, and language and literature, and therefore covers briefly the whole subject." -- front fold over blurb Egyptology Good
Price: $18.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0221530 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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Greek Mythology
Guirand, Felix
Paul Hamlyn Limited London 1963 First Edition
4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Hard Cover 845 g.; VIII, 9-154 pages, introduction by author, and index. Black and white photographic endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous black and white photographs and the occasional colour photograph. Brown coloured cloth boards with black and white illustration to the front panel. Black titles to the backstrip. A little bumping to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Some fading to the top edge of the cloth of the book. Browning and faint foxing to the text block edges. Light age toning to the internal text. Colour photographic dustwrapper with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Words fail on how bad the condition of this dustwrapper truly is !!! Heavy rubbing and chipping to the corners of the dustwrapper and to the lower edge of the dustwrapper and to the edges of the dustwrapper. There are numerous closed tears to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges -- measuring from 0.25 " up to 1 inch -- with very heavy associated creasing. The rear fold over panel has almost become detached from the rest of the dustwrapper. The major damage is to the top half of the backstrip edge and to the top right-hand corner of the rear dustwrapper panel, in as much as there are pieces missing, multiple tears, holes and heavy creasing. There is a tear measuring 7 inches to the top edge of the front dustwrapper panel into the body of the front dustwrapper which has been repaired with tape in the past, tape still in situ. There is a 2.5 " tear to the lower corner of the backstrip edge which arcs into the front dustwrapper panel, again with heavy creasing. There is a tear that runs from the lower edge of the rear dustwrapper panel to the rear fold over panel, measuring 5 inches, repaired with tape and tape still in situ. There is not one part of the dustwrapper which does not have some form of damage and only a photograph can accurately detail all the damage present. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. A book detailing the Mythology and folklore of ancient Greece. Translated from the French by Delano Ames. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. ***** PLEASE NOTE: This book weighs more than 1 kg [ 2.2 lbs ] packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. Mythology Good
Price: $14.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0107786 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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Keeper of Genesis; A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind
Bauval, Robert and Hancock, Graham
ISBN: 0434003050
Heinemann London 1996 First Paperback Edition
8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Paperback 180 g.; XIV, 369 pages, last seven pages blank intentionally, list of illustrations, aknowledgements, five appendices, references, select bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with a 74 black-and-white line illustrations within the text and two sections of eight pages each of black-and-white photography. Colour photographic front cover, showing the head of the Sphinx, with gilt, white and orange titles to the front panel and gilt and white titles to the backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges. Some creasing of the lower front cover edge. Rubbing to the book panels. And there is a crease that runs the full width of the front book panel. In this book the two authors "...present a tour de force of historical and scientific detective work, using sophisticated computer simulations of the ancient skies to crack the millennial code that the monuments described (the great Sphinx and pyramids of Egypt), and set out a starting new theory concerning the idiomatic Pyramid Texts and other archaic Egyptian Scriptures." -- from the rear book blurb. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Archaeology Good
Price: $15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0107871 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A History of Rome to A.D. 565
Sinnigen, William & Boak, Arthur
ISBN: 0029796903
Collier Macmillan New York 1977 Sixth Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Paperback 800 g; XVIII, 558 pages, indexed, with supplementary reading lists, genealogical tables, chronological table, double page map showing the growth of the Roman Empire 44 BC -- 300 A.D., and double page map showing the Roman Empire under the Principate. Text is illustrated with black-and-white images and other maps. The only damage to the book is the previous owner's name stamp at the top right-hand corner of the first page, and on the front edge of the text block. History -- Roman Good
Price: $14.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0225297 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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Memoirs of Hadrian
Yourcenar, Marguerite
Secker & Warburg London 1955 Reprint
8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Hard Cover 430 g.; IX, 10-320 pages. Illustrated endpapers, showing the Roman Empire under Hadrian. Purple coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. A little bumping to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners. Browning of the text block edges. Light age toning of the internal text. Illustrated dustwrapper with purple, white and black titles to the front panel and white titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and rubbing increasing to the backstrip edges. There has been rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and some yellowing of the rear dustwrapper panel. Photograph of author to the front fold over panel. A clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. A fictional biography of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and of the world, and people, over which he ruled. Translated from the French by Grace Frick with help from the author. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Historical Fiction Good
Price: $16.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0107914 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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A Handbook of Greek Art
Richter, Gisela
ISBN: 0714816493
Phaidon Press Oxford 1977 Reprint
4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Paperback 915 g.; X, the 11-432 pages, last page blank, preface by author, maps, notes, bibliography, tentative chronology of sculptural works, glossary, sources of photographs, list of places and index of names. The text is illustrated with 520 black-and-white photographs of Greek art and artefacts. Colourised black-and-white photograph to the front panel with blue background and black and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges. Reading crease to the backstrip. Some curling of the front panel. Very light age toning of the text block edges. " An authoritative and beautifully illustrated introduction to Greek visual arts by one of the great archaeologists of our time. Dr. Richter's lucid and concise presentation will enable every reader, whether or not he has previous knowledge of ancient Greece, to understand one of the greatest chapters in the history of European art and to appreciate the countless masterpieces that have survived from Hellenic times." -- from the rear panel blurb. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. ***** PLEASE NOTE: This book weighs more than 1 kg [ 2.2 lbs ] packed, and extra postage will be requested for delivery outside of Australia. Art Good
Price: $16.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 0108048 Bookseller: Syber's Books
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Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya
Martin, Simon; Grube, Nikolai
ISBN: 0500051038
Thames & Hudson London, United Kingdom 2000
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover Usual library marks. 240 pages with 86 colour and 282 b/w illustrations. Includes eleven of the most important Maya kingdoms, including the 'superpowers' Tikal and Calakmul, with biographical accounts of 152 kings and 4 ruling queens. Ex-Library Very Good
Price: $25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 011029 Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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Breaking the Maya Code
Coe, Michael D.
ISBN: 0500050619
Thames & Hudson London, United Kingdom 1992
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover Usual library marks.304 pages with 112 illustrations.Tells the story of the decipherment of the Maya script. Ex-Library Good
Price: $22.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 003373 Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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Battles of the Bible 1400 BC - AD 73 : From Ai to Masada
Martin J. Dougherty, Michael E. Haskew, Phyllis G. Jestice & Rob S. Rice
ISBN: 9781905704668
Amber Books London, United Kingdom 2008
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover 224 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Each battle includes a contextual introduction, a concise description of the action and an analysis of the aftermath. Near Fine
Price: $55.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 013415 Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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Greece and Rome at War
Connolly, Peter
ISBN: 185367303x
Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal London, United Kingdom 1998 Reprint
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover Usual library marks and wear. 320 pages with over 350 colour illustrations and 38 maps. Analysis of twelve centuries of warfare. Incorporating new archaeological research. Ex-Library Fair+
Price: $30.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 006268 Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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Hieroglyphs - The Writing of Ancient Egypt
Norma Jean Katan with Barbara Mintz
ISBN: 0714180602
Trustees of the British Nuseum Great Britain 1989
Previous Owner's Name Appears on First Page Paperback 80 pages Very Good
Price: $12.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 010413 Bookseller: Leura Books
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Akhenaten : Egypt’s False Prophet
Reeves, Nicholas
ISBN: 0500051062
Thames & Hudson London, United Kingdom 2001
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover Usual library marks and wear plus lean to spine. 208 pages with 23 colour and 118 b/w illustrations. Ex-Library Good (minus)
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 013384 Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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The Rise and Fall of the Greek Colonels
C. M. Woodhouse
ISBN: 0246124695
Granada London, England 1985 First Edition
Dust Jacket Protected with New Plastic Covering Hard Cover 192 pages Excellent
Price: $37.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 010009 Bookseller: Leura Books
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Mummies - A Jouney through Eternity
Dunand, Francoise and Roger Lichtenberg
ISBN: 0500300453
Thames & Hudson Ltd October 1994
8vo softcover 128pp very good. What did death mean to the ancient Egyptians and why did they want to preserve the appearance of life for all eternity? This book examines the mummies - the key to an amazing amount of information about life and death in the time of the pharoahs.
Price: $12.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 44769 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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The Celts
Hern, Gerhard
Book Club 1976
8vo. hardcover 312pp. index, b/w illus. very good, owner's inscriptions on fep. / very good d/w.
Price: $18.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 44722 Bookseller: Dial a Book
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The Roman Army: the Civil Wars 88-31 BC
Fields, Nic
ISBN: 9781846032622
Osprey Pub Co 2008
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Soft Cover New book, 96 pages, BTO34. The Roman Legions were the most highly organized troops of the ancient world, but the process of turning the Legions from what was essentially a part-time citizen militia into the professional force that first made Rome the dominant power in the Mediterranean and then built an empire that stretched across the known world, was no small feat. Focusing on the organizational changes in the Roman Army during the Civil Wars, Nic Fields examines the role played by Caius Marius and his far-reaching reforms, which included having professional volunteers from the lowest social class enter the army in search of the possibility of plunder. He goes on to examine the consequences of encouraging these soldiers to follow their commanders without question, which broke the allegiance of the army to the Roman state, a trend that gave rise to militarily ambitious men such as Sulla, Pompeius, Caesar, Antonius, and Octavian. With the nuts and bolts detail that readers demand from the Battle Orders series, this is an intriguing description of how the Roman army grew, modernized, rebelled and finally helped build an empire, complete with full organizational charts, photographs and detailed maps. Contents: Introduction - Roman military organization - Weapons and equipment - Command and control - The Roman Army in battle - Engineering - The civil wars - Poets, propaganda and absolute power - Chronology - Ancient authors - The Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus - Bibliography - Glossary - Legionary titles - Index. As New
Price: $32.95 (AUD)
Book Number: 002735 Bookseller: Viceroy Books
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The Nile: The Life- Story Of A River
Ludwig Emil
George Allen And Unwin Ltd London 1960 Reprint
Hard Cover 687 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. the author tells in fascinating manner the epic story of Egypt's 6,000 years of civilzation and the career of the River Nile, 2,700 miles in length. Very Good
Price: $16.29 (AUD)
Book Number: 026132 Bookseller: Marlowes Books
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Trading Encounters: From The Euphrates To The Indus In The Bronze Age.
Ratnagar Shereen
ISBN: 019568088x
Oxford University Press New Delhi 2004 First Edition
Paperback 408 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout. This explores the scope of the exchanges between diverse cultures of western Asia and South Asia in the third millennium BC. It describes the remarkable range of merchandise and the long distances over which luxuries and ordinary goods were transported. As New
Price: $9.21 (AUD)
Book Number: 026588 Bookseller: Marlowes Books
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Captain Corelli’s Island: Cephallonia
Harris, Andy. Photographs By Terry Harris
ISBN: 009184147X
Random House Australia Sydney 1999
155 x 220mm Hard Cover 160 pages including index. Slight shelf wear to the jacket edges of this unmarked copy. Superb colour photography throughout. Very Good
Price: $18.61 (AUD)
Book Number: 003510 Bookseller: Sydney Harbour Books
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Guide to the Benaki Museum
Delivorrias, A. Translated By Cicellis, Kay. Photography By Skiadaressis, Makis
Benaki Museum Athens 1980
170 x 190mm Soft Cover 199 pages. Colour and b&w photography throughout. Light wear to the soft covers, otherwise unmarked and in excellent condition throughout. Very Good
Price: $12.45 (AUD)
Book Number: 200086 Bookseller: Sydney Harbour Books
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Everyday Life in Ancient Greece
Robinson, C E
The Clarendon Press Oxford 1961 Reprint
130 x 190mm Hard Cover 159 pages including index. 47 full page photographs. Foxing to endpapers and page ends. Spotting to orange cover. A sound book with wear aroungd the edges. More information, photographs and scans promptly supplied on request. Good
Price: $6.21 (AUD)
Book Number: 001510 Bookseller: Sydney Harbour Books
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Greece: A Traveller’s Guide to the Sites, Monuments and History
Karpodini-Dimitriadi, E
Ekdotike Athenon SA Athens 1985
170 x 240mm Soft Cover 210 unmarked pages in ngatefold soft covers. Text and 265 superb colour photographs by this noted archaeologist. Uninscribed. Fold out map in the rear. Very Good
Price: $12.43 (AUD)
Book Number: 001324 Bookseller: Sydney Harbour Books
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