Locally published guide providing comprehensive coverage of all prehistoric cultures of Peru from the Archaic period through to the Formative pre-2000 BC cultures such as the Chavin, followed by the Moche, the Nasca, the Tiwanaku and up to the pre-Hispanic expansive Inca empire.

Reports the plotting and intrigues that beset the Tudor court via letters to and from Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots and various courtiers, both friend and foe.  Reproduces facsimiles of eight such letters as an Appendix.  Paperback.  16 pages.

Anniversary exhibition catalogue describing the founding of the library at the end of the C16th, the personal influence and beneficence of Thomas Bodley, the first major donation of books by the Earl of Essex, the creation of the book catalogue by librarian Thomas James, and the construction of t

A very detailed and sensitive description of the history and culture of the Colorado tribes by a local author.  Beginning with the ancient pueblo ruins of the Anasazi and continuing with the Sinagua, the Navajo, the Apache, and the Paiute in terms of their past and their present lifestyle.

Six outstanding paintings and one painted reliquary by the C15th artist Hans Memling illustrated in full colour and described in terms of their composition, subject matter and symbolism.  Paperback.  48 pages.  Minor signs of wear, otherwise good clean condition.

Fifty-four schematic technical drawings of C19th steam engines with annotations reprinted from the journal 'Industrial Archaeology' as a 32 page booklet at the request of the Northern Mill Engine Society whose mission is to restore and preserve such engines.  Good condition.

Catalogue of an exhibition dsplaying 200 examples of pottery vessels originally manufactured for everyday use in the home, rather than the more sophisticated Imperial ceramics favoured until recently by collectors.

An overview of a range of excavations over a fifty year period building on the early work of Max Mallowan and including Nimrud, Balawat, the Hamrin dam salvage site and many other Tell sites across Mesopotamia.  Large paperback.  122 pages.

Short but detailed overview of Maori carving - on weapons, houses, and canoes.  Specific symbolism is examined - one-eyed figures, lizards, three-fingered hands, wakahuia, and spirals.  Paperback.  48 pages.  Illustrated throughout.  Good condition.  Cat No 3679

This book highlights the best of the Ancient Egyptian collections at Ipswich Museum and gives an excellent introduction to the lives, gods and the artistic achievements of the ancient Egyptians.