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Holmquist, June Drenning & Ardis Hillman Wheeler (Eds.): Diving into the Past: Theories, Techniques, and Applications of Underwater Archaeology, St. Paul Minnesota Historical Society 1964
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Ex-Library; Proceedings of a conference on underwater archaeology sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, April 26-27, 1963. Joint publisher: Council of Underwater Archaeology, San Francisco. Blue wraps with dark blue titles & decoration, 111 pp, b & w illustrations, bibliography, index. Library markings, including "Withdrawn" stamp, light wear & some browning to wraps. Contents: challenge, nature, & limitations of underwater archaeology, by Stephan F. de Borhegyi; applications of underwater archaeology (intro. by William J. Mayer-Oakes) to classical studies (by Charles T. Fritsch) and museums of technology (by Howard I. Chapelle); underwater archaeology & the "Cairo", by Edwin C. Bearss; techniques (intro. by Elden Johnson); methods of wreck excavation in clear water, by George F. Bass; limnoarchaeology in California, by Donald P. Jewell; underwater photography & archaeology, by Jordan Klein; legal problems, by Walter N. Trenerry; identifying historical materials, by Kenneth E. Kidd; European trade objects as chronological indicators, by George I. Quimby; use of gunflints for dating & identification, by T. M. Hamilton; methods of identification, by Moreau S. Maxwell; condition of materials found in salt water, by Mendel L. Peterson; conservation of artifacts from salt water, by Samuel P. Townsend; conservation of wood from fresh water, by Robert Bruce Inverarity; treating wood with polyethylene glycol, by Ray M. Seborg; special projects in Ontario (by Walter A. Kenyon), Minnesota (by Alan R. Woolworth), North Carolina (by Samuel P. Townsend), & New York (by Robert Bruce Inverarity); excavating a Byzantine shipwreck, by George F. Bass; Viking ships in Roskilde Fiord, Denmark, by Olaf Olsen & Ole Crumlin-Pedersen; the ghost ship "Vasa", by Anders Frazen. Shipping weight 2 lbs. 1st Edition Wraps 26½ X 20 cm

[SW: Archaeology Archeology General Techniques Methods]

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Bruce, Alexander: Principia Juris Feudalis, Institutionum Imperialium Methodo... 1713

Bruce, Alexander [d. 1729]. Principia Juris Feudalis, Institutionum Imperialium Methodo (Quantum Materiae Feudalis Ratio Patitur) Disposita. Accedunt Notae & Observationes Practicae, ad Mores Patrios Tam Antiquos Quam Hodiernos, Singulis Titulis Annexae. Edinburgh: Apud Robertum Freebairn, 1713. [viii], xix, [4], 352 pp. 12mo. (4" x 6"). Contemporary paneled calf, raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Rubbing with some wear to joints and spine ends, boards slightly bowed, corners bumped and somewhat worn, hinges cracked but secure. Early signatures and armorial bookplate to front pastedown, bookplate of Robert Maxtone Graham to front free endpaper. Offsetting to margins of endleaves, title page and text notably fresh. A well-preserved copy. * Only edition. A fascinating summary of feudal law in the manner of Justinian's Institutes. Robert Maxtone Graham was a notable Scottish book collector. OCLC locates 9 copies. Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth of Nations 5:16.

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Sir Herbert Maxwell: Robert The Bruce And The Struggle For Scottish Independence, G. P. Putnam' s Sons 1898
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Second edition Covers are red with gold lettering and shield. Frontispiece is loose.Book has a folded coloured map of Bannockburn. No Jacket Hard Cover

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Text by Tuchman Maurice, Livingstone Jane The Arts Council of Great Britain, Londra Artists: Altoon John, Bell Larry, Diebenkorn Richard, Harrison Newton, Hendler Maxwell, Irwin Robert, McLaughlin John, Nauman Bruce, Price Kenneth, Ruscha Edward, Wegman William: 11 Los Angeles Artist, The Arts Council of Great Britain, Londra 1971. ; weicher Einband / soft cover

21x29,5 cm; pp. 64; ills. BN; pb Very Good, a little spot on the cover, inside clean

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