Archaeology from Berthoff Books

Meridian Books, Inc., 1959. Soft cover. Good. 121 pages. First Meridian paperback printing of book first published 1955. The first of Wilson's several writings on the dramatic discovery and identification of the Dead Sea Scrolls amid the tensions at the time of Israel's formation as a state. Mass-market paperback, 1" tear along spine at bottom repaired with clear… Read more about this item

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1978. Soft cover. Good. 420 pages, with index, Foreword by Leon Edel. First printing of 1978 edition, incorporating essays written earlier, in the 1950s. Mass-market paperback, crease to spine, soil and scratches to wraps, shelf wear, foxing to edges, one page dog-eared. Old price in pencil on half-title, pages unmarked.

Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1956. Soft cover. Fair. 87 pages, with index, list of illustrations. Besides the 40-some b&w illustrations (photos of artifacts and art works) on plates, there is a two-page frontispiece diagram "General Plan of the Excavations" at the site in Sicily. First English Translation stated. Series: Guide-Books to the Museums and Monuments of Italy. Text… Read more about this item

Bantam Books, 1972. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good. 515 pages, with index, bibliography, chronological tables. Illustrated with b&w photographs of artifacts and digs on 16 double-sided plates; also a map and drawings of hieroglyphs, site layout, etc. Book originally published in German 1949, English translation by Knopf 1951. This "Second revised and substantially enlarged edition" issued by… Read more about this item