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Region: Italy

An illustrated guide to the ancient Italian territory of the Etruscans (Latium) with specific entries on Cerveteri, Civitavecchia and Tarquinia amongst others.  Many colour photographs throughout.  Large paperback.  72 pages.  Very good clean condition.

Region: Britain

Summary reports on three prehistoric boat sites reporting on their discovery, their recovery, their construction, their conservation, dating and post-excavation analysis of finds - the Bronze age Ferriby boats, the Anglo-Saxon boat from Graveney, and the famous Sutton Hoo boat burial.

Region: Britain - N. England

Given the archaeological significance of the City of York, and its location on the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss, waterlogged deposits proliferate providing excellent opportunities for the recovery of preserved historical remains from a range of sites.

Region: Greece

Historical background and other essays on Rhodes cultural life.  Illustrated with many colour photographs, architectural drawings, site plans and archive documents. Rear pocket contains two maps of the city, four plans of the Master’s palace and a chronological table.  Paperback.

Region: Australasia/Pacific

Catalogue of a unique exhibition that showed for the first time Easter Island's distinctive art forms as expressions of supernatural and secular power.

Region: Britain - S. England

The text of papers presented at a conference held at the University of Bath in 2002.

Region: Egypt

Text of a lecture supporting the  theory postulated by Flinders Petrie that the shift from a static pre-dynastic culture to one markedly able to construct large monumental structures such as at Saqqara and Abydos, and which initiated the dynastic rule of ancient Egypt, must represent an infl

Region: Africa

Lavish sale catalogue of African tribal art comprising thirty-seven wooden masks, carved figures and other ethnographic items each illustrated in superb colour plates with extensive decriptive notes.  Also included in this copy is the gallery's price list.  Paperback.  56 pages.

Region: Israel

An exhibition catalogue of twelve of the most significant medieval Jewish manuscripts recovered from the Ben Ezra Synagogue in old Cairo where they were part of a huge unknown cache of documents until their discovery in the C19th.

Region: Israel

Attractive and thorough guide to the ruins of the large C6th Byzantine desert monastery written by the lead excavator whose archaeological report is presented here alongside excellent colour photographs and site plans with the emphasis on the many remarkable floor mosaics.