Peter roger stuart moorey (8 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Minor shelf wear to wraps. Text block was improperly glued to wraps, and binding is therefore delicate. Else fine. A very nice reading copy; internals are bright and clean. Language Notes Text: English, Romanian (translation) About the Author Andrei Aricescu, translated from the Romanian by Nubar Hampartumian.…

Zustand: Very Good.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; The Making of the Past. Physical description; 151 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography: p. 137. Subjects; Bible. O.T. - History of Biblical events. Bible. Old Testament - Antiquities. Bible. Old Testament - History of Biblical events. Bible - Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) - Middle East. Phoenicians - History. Excavations (Archaeology) - Near East. Middle East - Antiquities. Iran - History - To 640. Middle East - History - To 622. Near East - History - To 622. Ancient Middle East, to ca B.C. 300. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 2 Kg. …

Zustand: Very Good.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Condition Notes: Dust wrapper a little age-toned with a short, closed, tear to the top corner of the upper panel. Minor age-toning to the lining papers. The contents complete, clean and tight; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over green boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 10" x 7½" (1.4 kg); pp 207; Index; Preface by R. D. Barnett; Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps; Colour plates; List of abbreviations; Colour frontispiece; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #105575 ||.…

The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1971. First edition. Folio, xxii & 341 pages, 39 figures, 85 plates. Original cloth with dust-jacket. The jacket is slightly rubbed, the book itself is a fine copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Iran.…

Oxford [etc.], Clarendon Press, 1971. XXII,[1],341,[1] pp. [39] b./w. ills in the text & 85 plts with b./w. ills. Orig. hardcover (dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine), d./j. 4to. - Dust jacket slightly worn.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1994. XXIII,414 pp. 24 b./w. figs & 8 plts with b./w. ills & 5 b./w. maps. Orig. hardcover (blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine), d./j. 4to.This is the first systematic attempt to survey in detail the archaeological evidence for the crafts and craftsmanship of the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians in Ancient Mesopotamia, covering the period c.8000-300 BC. As creators of some of the earliest farming and urban communities known to us, these people were among the first pioneers of many crafts and skills that remain fundamental to modern ways of life. Many of the raw materials for crafts had to be imported from outside the river valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, providing an unusually sensitive indicator of the commercial and cultural contacts of Mesopotamia. In this book Dr Moorey reviews briefly the textual evidence, and then goes on to examine in detail the material evidence for a wide range of crafts using stones, both common and ornamental, animal products - from hippopotamus ivory to ostrich egg-shells - ceramics, glazed materials and glass, metals, and building materials. With a comprehensive bibliography, this will be a key work of reference for archaeologists and those interested in the early history of crafts and technology, as well as for specialist historians of the ancient near east.…