Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xxv, 223 p. w/illus., maps, endnotes, bibliography, index. A look at the destruction and convoluted, ideologically influenced process of rebuilding of several important Spanish cities, More
Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2012. First edition. Trade Paperback. Squarish octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. Some small dents to covers. Marginalia and marks in the bibliography only, no other location. 217 p. w/footnotes, bibliography. A study of changes in the state of alliegiance..... More
Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 2004. Trade Paperback. Octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. x, 249 p. w/end of essay references, index. 13 scolarly essays looking at what Whithouse calls "modes of religiosity" across several cultures and times, from prehistoric hunter gatherers to 19th..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto ( over size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Name of former owner on flylif. xx, 428 p. w/many b&w illus., endnotes, index. A study of select villas and their gardens in 16th - 18th c...... More
Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. A bit of glue bleed at hinges of endpapers. 2 pages in the introduction have blue hightlighting. All other pages clear. x, 364 p. w/ footnotes, select bibliography, index. A...... More
Rome: Ecole Française de Rome, Palais Farnèse, 1989. First edition. Trade Paperback. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. xiv, 303 p. w/ reproductions of inscriptions, commentary, footnotes, bibliography, indexes. In French and Greek. More
Holly, MI: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Hulet-Bravender Post No. 5587, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Thin quarto (oversized). In an interesting dark, textured binding with gilt title on the front, no title on spine. Some wear to edges a bit more at head and heel of spine..... More
Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo (a bit oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. p.829 - 1275. A volume in Jacoby's immensely useful Fragmente, a collection of writings of ancient Greek historians whose works have been lost but are known from citations, extracts or..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges of boards, a bit more to corners and to dust jacket. Top corners bumped. 475 p. with maps on endpapers. A novel of martial arts, conspiracy, and the 17th centiry Manchu Empire. More
Sheffield, UK: Sheffield University Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. Slight scuffing to front board. Small tear in binding at head of spine. 335 p. w/appendices, illustrations,bibliography, indices. A study examining the evidence for Carthaginian..... More
Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Thick, heavy quarto (oversized). Corners bumped, slight scuffing to covers. xv, 704 p. w/maps, drawings, illus., bibliographies at the end of each section, index. A detailed and scholarly introduction to this region, covering each phase of archaeology and history along with..... More
Paris: Editore Ambrosio Firmin Didot, 1853. Later printing. hardcover. Thick quarto in three quater leather over marbled boards.Marbeled textblock edges, Some wear to edges and corners of boards and to spine. Some scuffing to board covers as well. Pages have a few foxing spots, less so on interior pages. Some..... More
Haydensville, MD: Mirage, 1988. First printing. Oversized Paperback. Quarto (oversized). Slight war to edges and corners. 1st printing. 1988. Full b&w wrap around cover, no text. Some old glue stains to hinges inside front and rear cover. Interior art is all b&w. xviii and 535 p. Covers Turtles from 1984..... More
Florence: Presso L'Academia della Crusca, 1987. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Tall octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. 358 p. w/fold out map, glossary. A study of this Renaisance Italian musician's travels in Asia, from 1614 to 1626. More
Tempe, AZ: ACMRS Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaisance Studies, 2006. First edition. Hardcover w/pictorial boards. Thick octavos ( standard size). Very slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Not issued with a dust jackets. xlvi, 978 w/annotations, appendix of selected editions, indexes of authors, titles, and mythological personages..... More
Boulder, CO. East European Monographs / Columbia University Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. v,304 p. w/tables, illus., essay endnotes. 9 scholarly essays on variosu aspects of 20th c. Macedonia and Macedonian identity. More
New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xvii, 372 p. w/endnotes, bibliography, index. A comprehensive study of "Buddha's bodily self-sacrifice during his previsous lives as a bodhisattva" (from the flap) in this..... More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Hardcover. Thick octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, more so to dust jacket. A few ealy pages have creased lower corners. xviii, 547 p. w/endnotes, index. An important dual biography of these two key scientists, and their later life efforts..... More
Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2019. First edition. Hardcover w/pictorial boards. Octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket issued. xi, 270 p. w/chapter endnotes, appendices, bibliography, index. 12 essays on aspects of Shil's work, professional relationships, and impact. More
Boulder, CO. East European Monographs / Columbia University Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket Issued. xxvii, 204 p., w/tables, illus;, endnotes, shirt bibliography, index. More
Jerusalem: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1994. First edition. Hardcover w/pictorial boards. Quarto ( over size). Slight wear to edges of boards, much more to corners, which are all bumped heavily. x, 263 p. w/maps, abbreviations, gazetteer, and pocked in front with 5 larger folding maps. More
Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1984. First edition. hardcover. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. Pencil underlinging or notes on about 15-20 pages. 302 p. w/ chapter notes, bibliography, and indices of proper names and of subjects and terms. A study..... More
Danville, IL: Printed by the Danville Printing Co., 1907. Hardcover in full cloth. Thin quarto (oversize) book bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to cover. Only slightly ex-library with a library Civil War collection bookplate on front pastedown endpaper and red stamp with similar information on title page. No..... More
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1984. First American edition. Hardcover. Thin octavo (standard size). Sight wear to edges of boards and dust jacket. Browning of edge of dj. Stamp of former owner on flyleaf. 150 pages with endnotes, bibliography, appendix (chronological list of fool illustrations in English manuscripts), and..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo ( standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Missing the dust jacket. A few pages have maginal brackets in ink. xvi, 350 p. w/footnotes, bibliography, index. A detailed study of this important ancient Israelite king via examination of..... More
