History / Ancient





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               The Murder of Tutankhamen: A True Story
               Brier, Bob, Ph.D.

Berkley 1999                                       ISBN  0425166899
Near Fine Oversized Trade Paperback. The very slightest edge wear of wraps - else Fine. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
Bob Brier, Ph.D., one of the nation's most respected Egyptologists, specializes in the study of disease in the ancient world and has conducted autopsies on many ancient mummies. Illustrated.  
EGYPTOLOGY,EGYPTIAN HISTORY,PHARAOHS,MUMMIES,THEBES,
PALEOPATHOLOGY                                                                                                      Book#6350 		US$12.00

         
               Celtic Myths and Beliefs
               Brown, Andrew (edit.)
Chartwell 1998                                       
Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Pictorial laminated binding. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
With a host of carefully chosen color illustrations accompanying a concise text, Celtic Myths and Beliefs provides a stimulating introduction to the fascinating world of the pagan Celts.
CELTS,PAGANS,PAGANISM,MYTHS,LEGENDS,RELIGION,COMPARATIVE RELIGION                                                                                                                          Book# 3786 		US$13.75

           
               The Past Displayed: A Journey Through the Ancient World
               Canby, Courtland

Phaidon First Edition 1980                                      ISBN  0714819158
Near Fine Tall (4to) Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Buckram binding with gilt lettering. A faint trace of edge spotting - else Fine. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
A visual treat for all lovers of the past, this book contains thirty picture-essays which illuminate and convey the variety and range of ancient cultures by taking the reader on an eye-catching tour around some of the world's great archaeological sites, such as the Acropolis or the Inca fortress city of Machu Picchu, or by focusing on the high points of the ahievements of a culture such as the pyramids of Egypt or the sculptures of West Africa. Richly illustrated.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS,CLASSICAL WORLD,ANCIENT ROME,ANCIENT GREECE,ARCHAEOLOGY                                                                                          Book# 5324 		US$16.95

         
               Pompeii: nowadays and 2000 years ago
               Cuminetti, Vittorio (edit.)

Bonechi (Florence) English Edition 1977                                       
Fine Tall Paperback. Stiff paper pictorial wraps. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
"This study aims at giving a living impression of Pompeii as it was two thousand years ago." Richly illustrated.
ROMAN EMPIRE,CLASSICAL ROME,ITALY,TRAVEL,ARCHITECTURE                                                                                                                                                                             Book# 4097 		US$27.50

         
               The Ancient Celts
               Cunliffe, Barry

Oxford University Press First Edition 1997                         ISBN  0198150105                       
Fine Oversized Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
A fascinating new picture of the Celts. Superb analysis of the archaeological reality of the Celtic Iron Age. Generously illustrated with twenty pages of colour plates, over two hundred other illustrations and line-drawings, and many new maps.
ARCHEOLOGY,IRON AGE,CLASSICAL WORLD,EUROPEAN HISTORY           
                                                                                                                                                 Book# 3609 		US$14.00

           
               The Pyramids: An Enigma Solved
               Davidovits, Dr. Joseph and Margie Morris

Dorset Sixth Printing 1988                                      ISBN  0880295554
Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
"The pyramids of Egypt have remained one of the oldest and most puzzling mysteries of mankind. Until now, no one, Egyptologists included, has satisfactorily explained how the pyramids were built." Illustrated.
ANCIENT EGYPT,PHAROAHS,HIEROGLYPHS                                                   Book# 5608 		US$16.00

         
               Ancient Egypt: Life, Myth and Art
               Fletcher, Joann

Duncan Baird Second Printing 1999                      ISBN  1900131080
Fine Tall (4to) Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Small corner creasing of a front endpaper. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
A richly illustrated introduction to this extraordinary culture, presenting the art in all its glory, ranging from the breathtaking pyramids and monumental temples to wallpaintings, magnificently sculpted statues of kings, queens and deities, and royal jewelry of exquisite intricacy.
ART,MYTHOLOGY,RELIGION                                                                           Book# 6804 		US$15.00


               Cleopatra
               Grant, Michael
 Castle 2004   ISBN: 0785818286
 New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 Here is an unforgettable portrait of a striking woman and her extraordinary life and rule.                      
 BIOGRAPHY,ANCIENT EGYPT,ROMAN EMPIRE,CLASSICAL WORLD,
 JULIUS CAESAR, MARCUS ANTONIUS       Book #7282		  
US$12.00
    


               Julius Caesar
               Grant, Michael

M. Evans 1992                                                    ISBN  0871317206
Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 Michael Grant's biography sets the man in his period. It covers his life from the early days in Rome, dominated by Sulla, Pompey, and Crassus, through his campaigns in Europe and Africa, to his final years as dictator. Illustrated with Maps.
BIOGRAPHY,ANCIENT ROME,ROMAN EMPIRE,CLASSICAL WORLD                                                                                                                                                                                 Book#  6504 		US$14.00


               Sick Caesars: Madness and Malady in Imperial Rome
               Grant, Michael

Barnes & Noble 2000                                       ISBN  0760741360
New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 From the ascension of Augustus to the division of the eastern and western empires in 364, SICK CAESARS investigates the illnesses that led to the rise and fall of the Roman emperors - and, to some extent, the Roman Empire itself. Illustrated.
ROMAN EMPIRE,ROMAN EMPERORS,JULIUS CAESAR,CLAUDIUS,CALIGULA,AUGUSTUS,MARCUS AURELIUS,CONSTANTINE                                                                                                                                             Book# 6164 		US$12.00


               Ancient Greece
               Hale, William Harlan
 ibooks 2001   ISBN: 0743434692
 New Unread Trade Paperback. Unmarked.
 This book traces the course of Greek history from the Minoan and Mycenaean kingdoms to the
 rival city-states of Athens and Sparta to Alexander the Great’s empire and the rise of Rome. Illustrated.                      
 ANCIENT GREECE,ANCIENT ROME,CLASSICAL WORLD,ALEXANDER,MACEDONIA       
 Book #7273		  
US$8.00
    
           
           
               Ancient Inventions
               James, Peter and Nick Thorpe

Ballantine Second Printing 1994                                  ISBN  0345401026                                       
Fine Oversized Trade Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
From Greek steam engines to Roman fire-engines..Aztec chewing gum to Etruscan false teeth...earthquake detectors in China to electric batteries in Iraq...stone age brain surgery to middle age hand grenades..the pharaohs' canals to the Cretans' lavatories..here's a lively and fascinating look at the genuine wonders of the past! Illustrated.
ANCIENT WORLD,CLASSICAL WORLD,MIDDLE AGES,TECHNOLOGY,HISTORY OF SCIENCE                                                                                                                              Book# 4320 		US$13.75


               Not Out of Africa: How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History
               Lefkowitz, Mary

BasicBooks Fifth Printing 1996                                      
Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 "Not Out of Africa combines a learned demolition of various 'politically correct' historical fantasies with a thoughtful inquiry into questions of historical method and of academic freedom. Anyone perplexed by multicultural education should read it." ___Arthur Schlesinger,Jr.
AFROCENTRISM,RACIAL ISSUES,POLITICAL CORRECTNESS,CLASSICAL WORLD,ANCIENT GREECE                                                                                         Book# 4840 		US$12.50


               The Way of Alexander the Great (Adventures in History)
               Mercer, Charles
 ibooks / Simon & Schuster   ISBN: 0743493397
 New Unread Trade Paperback. Unmarked.
 The Way of Alexander the Great is an extraordinary book that in one volume pulls together the scattered images
 of Alexander and his life and presents them with the color and drama characteristic of his time. Illustrated.                      
 BIOGRAPHY,MACEDONIA,ANCIENT GREECE,ADVENTURE,EXPLORATION,MILITARY HISTORY,
 PERSIA       Book #7284		  
US$5.00
    

           
               The Tutankhamun Deception: The True Story of the Mummy’s Curse
               O’Farrell, Gerald
 Pan 2002   ISBN: 0330444905
 New Unread Trade Paperback. Unmarked.
 This is the astonishing story of the skulduggery that went on in the Valley of the Kings between the wars...                      
 ANCIENT EGYPT,PYRAMIDS,PHARAOHS,VALLEY OF THE KINGS,MUMMY’S CURSE,
 ARCHEOLOGY,HOWARD CARTER,LORD CARNARVON       Book #7322		  
US$12.00 
   

           
               Alexander the Great: Murder in Babylon
               Phillips, Graham
 Virgin Books 2004   ISBN: 1852271345
 New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Unmarked.
 Graham Phillips makes a thorough examination of Alexander’s incredible life, military campaigns
 and stormy relationships - familial and romantic - and draws up a list of suspects, each with the motive,
 means and opportunity to have murdered the great man. Illustrated.                      
 MACEDONIA,BABYLON,MILITARY HISTORY,ASSASSINATION       Book #7174		  
US$15.00
     

           
               The Colosseum
               Quennell, Peter

Newsweek Book Division 6th Printing 1978                        ISBN  0882250019
Near Fine Tall (4to) Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Soft leathette binding with slight wear. A trace of very faint edge spotting. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
A well illustrated history of Rome's most impressive ruin depicting the gory gladiatorial games, the martyrdom of early Christians, the successive sacks of Rome by marauding barbarian armies, the desecration and partial dismantling of the arena itself, and finally its preservation as a world-famous tourist attraction.
ROME,ROMAN EMPIRE,CLASSICAL WORLD,GLADIATORS,CHRISTIAN MARTYRS,ROMAN EMPORERS                                                                                 Book# 5291 		US$14.95


               Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey Through the Roman Empire
               Speller, Elizabeth
 Oxford University Press 2003   ISBN: 0195165764
 Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 Classicist Elizabeth Speller tells the story of the most powerful man on earth in the early second century
 against a background of his travels and intrigues.                      
 ROMAN EMPIRE,ROMAN EMPERORS,ANCIENT ROME,CLASSICAL WORLD       Book #7357		  
US$13.50 
   


               Roman Britain
               Wacher, John
 Wrens Park 2000    ISBN: 0905778529
 New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Decorative laminated binding. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 From Julius Caesar’s invasion in AD 55 to the unexpected end of Roman rule and the collapse of society in the early fifth century,
 Britain played a key part in the Roman empire and the effects of occupation were profound and long-lasting. Illustrated.                     
 BRITISH HISTORY,ENGLAND,BRITAIN,ROMAN EMPIRE,CAESAR       Book #7615,7616		  
US$16.00