European / 3. Medieval / Byzantine from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 1997. xl, 430 pages, [24] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), maps, genealogical tables; 25 cm. Abridgment of the author's three-volume work Byzantium. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Published to coincide with a major exhibition on Byzantium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the spring of… Read more about this item

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1957. Cloth, xxv, 548 pages, illustrations, colour maps (part folded), genealogical tables; 25 cm. Firm binding, unmarked. Small previous owner's signature/verso of front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Age toning. Dust jacket with light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Cloth, xviii, 334 pages, [24] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), maps; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "The Oxford History of Byzantium is the only history to provide in concise form detailed coverage of Byzantium from its Roman beginnings to the fall of… Read more about this item

New York and Washington D.C.: Praeger Publishers, 1971. Cloth, xiv, 415 pages, 64 plates, illustrations, facsimiles, maps; 25 cm. Topstained red. History of Civilization Series. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: George Braziller, 1978. 134 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. Stated First Printing.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Athens: Ekdotike Athenon S. A., 1999. 176 pages, colour illustrations, colour maps; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: RHODES: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, 7; THE KNIGHTS OF RHODES; THE ORDER OF ST JOHN IN JERUSALEM, 11; THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KNIGHTS ON RHODES, 12; COMPOSITION OF THE ORDER AND ADMINISTRATION; Social and Ethnic Composition, 14; Central Administration; Officials,… Read more about this item

Istanbul: NET Turistik Yayinlar, 2011. 120 pages, colour illustrations, colour maps; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Guidebook.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1969. Cloth, 263 pages, illustrations (some colour), map; 23 cm. Panorama of World Art Series. Translated from the German. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, toned, protected in a mylar book cover. "The high points are undoubtedly the glittering mosaics of Ravenna and the soaring architecture of Constantinople's… Read more about this item

Athens: Melissa Publishing House, 1986. 40 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Byzantine Art in Greece: Mosaics Wall-Paintings Series. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. vii, 248 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "Mostly religious in function, but preserving the classicism of Greco-Roman art, Byzantine buildings and art objects communicate the purity and certainties of the public face of early Christian art. Focusing on the art of Constantinople between 330 and 1453,… Read more about this item

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994. xxii, 148 pages, [36] leaves of plates, illustrations; 27 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. "In this interdisciplinary study, Henry Maguire examines the influence of several literary genres and rhetorical techniques on the art of narration in Byzantium. He reveals the important and wide-reaching influence of literature on… Read more about this item

Ankara: Donmet Offset, 1996. 109 pages, colour illustrations, map; 23 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

Athens: Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Directorate of Byzantine and Postbyzantine monuments, 9th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities, 2001. 71 pages, colour illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Text in English. Catalogue of the exhibition held inside the Eptapyrgion fort in Thessalonike, October 2001 to January 2002. Part of a large exhibition event entitled "Byzantine Hours: Works and Days in Byzantium," presented simultaneously in… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers; Books That Matter, 1963. 288 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits, map, plans; 21 cm. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Buckling slightly. Age toning. Another copy available. This is a well-illustrated, good reference volume on Russian art through the ages.. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

Venezia; Venice: Storti Edizioni, 1996. 79 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Guidebook.

Cologne: Konemann, 2005. Cloth, 735 pages, illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 32 cm. Photographs by Piero Codato and Massimo Venchierutti. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2012. Cloth, x, 582 pages, illustrations; 27 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "A new type of Jewish art emerged in Late Antiquity, when artists produced visual depictions that had not existed earlier within… Read more about this item

Athens: Editions Hannibal 198- [64] pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. English Edition. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

Ravenna: Longo Publisher, 2006. 159 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. English Edition. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. The small town of Ravenna, near Venice, is famous for its Byzantine churches, decorated with astonishing mosaics, dating from the time of Emperor Justinian.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Pegasus Books, 2017. xviii, 360 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (chiefly colour); 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Stated First Pegasus Books Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "In this powerful memoir, Tasoula Hadjitofi reveals her perilous journey orchestrating 'The Munich Case'--one of the largest European art trafficking stings since World… Read more about this item