LA PINTURA MURAL PREHISPANICA EN MEXICO III OAXACA TOMOS I & II CATALOGO by BEATRIZ DE LA FUENTE - 2005

Grand Canyon Natural History Association. Good+. 1984. No Edition Stated. Softcover. 093821621X . Light moisture stain w/wrinkling to rear cover and last 10 pages, 1 page corner creased, edgewear; b/w photos, fold-out map between pages 10-11; Monograph #6 / Grand Canyon Natural History Association; 141 pages .

London: J.B. Nichols and Sons, 1857. Hardcover. See Description. Tall 4to. pp. viii, [2], 508. Volume XXVII. 12 plates including several in color and 2 folding maps (one map is folded in six sections and backed with thin gauze or mull). B&W illustrations with the text. Pages are generally clean with a couple small marginal tears. Light brown cloth; re-backed preserving part of the original spine (minus 25mm at the tail and 15mm at the top). Inner hinges neatly strengthened. Some rubbing and wear; corners bumped. Contents include: An accound of the discovery of Anglo-Saxon remains at Kemble, in North Wilts; On choirs and chancels, particularly as to their use in the South of Europe; Remarks on some early churches in France and Switzerland, partly in the time of Charlemagne; The City of Cumae and the recent excavations there; An account of the investigation of some remarkable circular trenches, and the discovery of an ancient British cemetery, at Stanlake, Oxon.; The Burning and burial of the… Read More

J Russell Smith for the British Archaeological Association, London, 1851. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 464 pages plus advertisements. Articles included are: On the Antiquities of Northfield; Antiquities of the site of Worcester Castle; On Early Monumental Effigies – with plates, the Romantic Materials of History; Details of a visit to the Crypt of Worcester Cathedral; Worcester Cathedral, its History and Antiquities; the Interrnment of Prince Arthur; the Marriage and Death of Prince Arthur; the Refounding of Worcester Cathedral; The Bishop’s Palace; Queen Elizabeth’s Visit to Worcester in 1575; On the Worcestershire Custom of Catherning; the Sepulchral Character of Cromlechs in the Channel Isles; the Cromlech at L’Ancresse, Cromlech in Jersey; Cromlechs of Alderney; Cromlech in the Isle of Anglesea (Anglesey); the Kentish Cromlech, Kit’s Coty House; Cromlechs at Addington & Trottescliffe; On the Horn Shaped Head-Dresses of the 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries;… Read More

Ldn., Athens, 1955 - 2009). The first 24 vols. are bound in 4 red half morocco bindings; the vols. 25 to 52 are bound in 5 red half cloth binding; the vols. 53 to 55 are in paper wrappers, as issued by the publisher; 28 cm; a nice set) (Heavy book, may require extra shipping costs)

First edition. Longman et al. London. 1837. 8vo. 300, [297-299], bl. 301-338pp. [341pp: complete as published]. Lithographic frontispiece and 19 further plates from Hoskins own drawings, 3 of them folding, folding map at rear. Recent half calf, marbled boards. Raised banding to spine, gilt rules and lettering. New endpapers. Occasional spotting/foxing. Short closed marginal tear to edge of frontis. Erased stamp to top corner of title page. Initials to verso of frontis. (Half title not called for) Blackmer 833

George Alexander Hoskins (1802-1863) traveller, antiquary and artist. Secretary and Treasurer of the While Nile Association in 1839.

Fenwick Thomas. A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Subterraneous Surveying, and the Magnetic Variation of the Needle, S Hodgson Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1804. 1st Edition. 8vo. Contemporary Tree Calf, recent re-back and new headbands. PP207,title page watermarked 1801, seven folding plates of engineering and mathematical diagrams. Neat, early ownership mark on front pastedown of George Wayne M.E. Skillful repairs to three plates, with very small loss on one plate mainly to blank and fold line area. Pages lightly browned in clean and bright order throughout. A rare early work on mine surveying.

Krakow: Universitas Iagiellonica, Universitat Freiburg Schweiz, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/No Jacket. 24x33 cm. ISBN: 83-7188-275-0 Description: 293 pages (24x33 cm), photographs, only 250 vols. issued! Condition: very good Weight: 2005g. Hermann A. Schlögl, Corpus der ägyptischen Totenfiguren der öffentlichen Sammlungen Krakaus, Universitas Iagiellonica, Universitat Freiburg Schweiz, Krakow 2000 Die Krakauer Sammlungen von Altertumern Kurzer Abriss einer Geschichte der agyptischen Totenfiguren Wnn jsw. Ein anderes Wort fer "Totenfigur" Anmerkungen zu shd Wsjr Typologie der wichtigsten Formen der Totenfiguren Katalog 1. Czartoryski-Sammlung. Zbiory Czartoryskich 2. National-Museum. Muzeum Narodowe 3. Archaologisches Museum. Muzeum Archeologiczne 4. Sammlung des Archaologischen Instituts der Universitat. Zbior Instytutu Archeologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego Abkurzungsverzeichnis Zeittabelle Index der Namen Index der Titel Dank Die Sammlungen… Read More

Ldn., Athens, 1955 - 2009). The first 24 vols. are bound in 4 red half morocco bindings; the vols. 25 to 52 are bound in 5 red half cloth binding; the vols. 53 to 55 are in paper wrappers, as issued by the publisher; 28 cm; a nice set) (Heavy book, may require extra shipping costs)

First edition. Longman et al. London. 1837. 8vo. 300, [297-299], bl. 301-338pp. [341pp: complete as published]. Lithographic frontispiece and 19 further plates from Hoskins own drawings, 3 of them folding, folding map at rear. Recent half calf, marbled boards. Raised banding to spine, gilt rules and lettering. New endpapers. Occasional spotting/foxing. Short closed marginal tear to edge of frontis. Erased stamp to top corner of title page. Initials to verso of frontis. (Half title not called for) Blackmer 833

George Alexander Hoskins (1802-1863) traveller, antiquary and artist. Secretary and Treasurer of the While Nile Association in 1839.

xx+377 pages with 86 color photographs, 9 black and photographs, 128 figures, 3 maps, appendices and index. Oblong Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 11") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Contributions by Joseph W Ball, Ronald L Bishop, Virginia M Fields and Barbara MacLeod. Photography by Justin Kerr. Forewords by Michael P Mezzatesta and Linda Schele. First edition.Lavishly illustrated with nearly 400 color images, Painting the Maya Universe is the most thorough study and brilliant display of Classic Maya ceramic painting yet published. Building on twenty years of research and debate, Dorie Reents-Budet and her collaborators Joseph W. Ball, Ronald L. Bishop, Virginia M. Fields, and Barbara MacLeod bring together many perspectives, including the art historical, archaeological, epigraphical, and ethnohistorical, to examine one of the world's great but overlooked painting traditions. With an emphasis on sixth- to eighth-century pottery featuring… Read More