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Region: Britain - London

A twelve page booklet describing the river's history from Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Medieval times through to the Victorian period.  Illustrated.  Small staple mark, otherwise good condition.  Cat No N222

Period: Viking

Summarizes results of work between 1973 and 1977 in Fishamble Street and Christ Church Place. There are descriptions of three inscribed objects – a wooden comb, a leather scabbard and an iron sword.

Period: Viking

Offprint from the Proceedings of the Sixth Viking Congress held in Uppsala in 1969.  Twelve pages in blue card covers describing excavations accompanied by site drawings and b&w photographs.

Region: Eastern Europe

The Handanija mosque built in 1617 in Prusac, Bosnia Herzegovina had become semi derelict and was subject to extensive restoration between 2003 and 2005 supported by the Swedish NGO ‘Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB)’ during which its original roofing timbers were reconstructed and preserv

Region: Scandinavia

A traveller’s guide for use during a voyage on the historic Telemark Canal in Southern Norway.  The canal and its eighteen locks were constructed in the latter half of the C19th and connect several naturally occurring lakes into a single waterway of 105 kms in length.

Region: Africa

A visitor's walking guide, not only to the well-known Great Enclosure, but also to other adjacent ruins including the enclosures in the nearby Hill Complex.  Suggested itineraries are accompanied by detailed site plans.  Large format 10-page booklet.  Good condition.

Theory & Practice: Technique

During partial demolition and remodelling of several galleries the Museum closed a large portion and, as compensation to its many visitors, staged a special exhibition which brought together, in one location, 200 of its greatest treasures.

Period: Medieval

Catalogue of Medieval sculptures in the Bode Museum Berlin.  Illustrated with many b&w photographs.  Text in German.  Paperback.  64 pages.  Good condition. Cat No N213

Theory & Practice: Ethnography

Four issues of ‘Art Tribal’ the Bulletin of the Barbier Mueller Museum in Geneva.

Region: Benelux

Malmedy in Belgian Wallonia has been an important centre for the manufacture of paper since the 1750’s.  Local historian and folklorist Walter Kaefer traces its origins, technical advances and dominance of the Steinbach paper mill from the C19th.