A guide to the Modena lapidarium which contains a large number of Roman funerary monuments and stelae from a local necropolis.  Twenty-five carved stones are illustrated and described.  A Glossary and Bibliograohy follow.  Text in Italian.  Paperback.  64 pages.

The first half of the catalogue is devoted to forty-five  blue and white porcelain items of the Ming and early Qing with a preceding essay on the topic.

In the C13th the Kamakura Shogunate constructed a 20km rock bulwark to thwart Mongol invasions from the West.  The Imazu section still stands and is designated a National Historic Monument.

Everything anyone could want to know about Strasbourg's cathedral earliest beginnings from its original C11th layout through its construction to the rich internal Romanesque sculptural embellishments, all of which are recorded in the finest detail in many excellent colour photographs, plans and a

A lavish catalogue of the Hermitage Museum's collection of gold artefacts of the Scythian steppe nomads of the 7th century BC.  Illustrated with large number of fabulous colour photographs.  Bibliography.  Text in Russian.  Large format paperback.  64 pages.

Locally published short guide to the exhibits in the museum including traditional carpets, basketwork, pottery and metalware.  Illustrated with colour and b&w photographs.  Text in English.  Paperback.  32 pages.  Good condition.  Cat N157

Illustrated guide to the Ancient Buddhist temple complex outside Kyoto whose oldest buildings date back to the C11th and are now a World Heritage Site.  Its architectural highlights, internal fittings and temple artefacts are illustrated in colour and b& photographs.

A guide to the Inuit settlement of Gjoa Haven inside the Canadian Arctic Circle and a history of its inhabitants and their lifestyle illustrated with present-day and archive photographs plus essays on the searches for the North West passage by Franklin (1845) and Amundsen (1903).

A detailed essay describing the variety of historic Portuguese ships that opened up the East Asian trade from Goa to the Moluccas - galleons, caravelles and naus.  Illustrated with reconstruction models of six different vessels.  Paperback.  16 pages.  Good condition.

A description of the search to establish sir Francis Drakes anchorage after sailing southwards along the length of the North American west coast recorded by him as 'Portus Nova Albionis' and subsequently known as Drake's Cove and verified in the 1970's as Point Reyes in California using historic