Hardback.  76 pages. Complete with the large fold-out plan of the Palace which, like the book itself, is in excellent clean condition.  Cat No 5012

A reference book for the researcher into ancient Chinese art listing terms relating to metalwork, gem stones, stone sculpture, paintings, ceramics, lacquer, ivory and textiles.  The term is shown in Chinese characters, phonetically transliterated followed by an English meaning.

A study of the reclamation of fenlands in the Wapentake of Elloe following the construction of dykes and drainage during the expansion of Viking and early medieval settlements with comparative analysis of Domesday Survey records.  Includes a fold-out map of Elloe.  Paperback.

Guide to the introduction and rapid growth of London coffee houses in the late C17th which reached its apogee in the mid-C18th when they played an important part in the social and business life of the capital.

A chronological survey of prehistoric Slovenian artefacts from the Neolithic and Scythian to the C10th.  Illustrated throughout with line drawings and b&w photographs.  Hardback.  336 pages.  Text in Serbian with French language contents pages.

An illustrated guide to the lesser-known Palaeolithic cave art of Niaux in the Pyrenees first recorded in the 1920’s.  The Niaux cave's system is complex and has a combined length of more than 14 km (8.70 mi) of underground passages and chambers.

Highly detailed survey of every aspect of Sri Lanka's second most ancient kingdom dating from the C12th and C13th with special emphasis on its cultural artefacts and ancient architecture whose capital is now a UNESCO World Heritage site.  This is the original 1954 'Special Issue of the Ceylo

There is no 'problem' with Indo-Tibetans per se.  The problem examined by the author is that of determining the evolution and inter-relationships of the races that inhabit the foothills of the Himalayas.  His thesis is extremely detailed and extends into dress, housing, religious practi

A survey of medieval murals in churches and cathedrals in Znojmo, Rovna, Prague Trebic and Pisek. 88 b&w plates. Introductory text and plate descriptions in English and French. Hardback. No dustwrapper, otherwise good clean condition. Cat No 2094