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Region: Britain - N. England

Hardback.  68 pages plus 47 b&w plates.  Tiny inscription, otherwise in very good clean condition.  Cat No 4930

Period: Roman

186 stones and related artefacts are catalogued and described in terms of size, material and inscription,  with additional notes on interpretation and published literature.  Each stone is illustrated in the accompanying 47 b&w plates.  Hardback.  142 pages.  Very good

Theory & Practice: Instruments Tools & Weapons

A guide to the Museum's collection of German, French and English flintlock and wheel-lock rifles and pistols of the C16th, C17th and C18th century.  Illustrated with line drawings of a variety of firing mechanisms and thirty-four b&w plates.  Large format paperback.  54 pages.

Region: Britain - S. England

A history and architectural survey of a C15th coaching inn in central Oxford.  A second section describes in detail the C16th wall paintings uncovered during re-decoration  in the 1940´s.  Accompanying the text are five large fold-out site plans showing the evolution of the buildin

Region: Mediterranean

A catalogue of twenty-two Nuragic bronze statuettes excavated on Sardinia and thought to date from C12th BC.  Each illustrated.  Introductory text and captions in French.  Includes Bibliography.  Paperback.  Good clean condition.  Cat No 2526

Region: Britain - London

Booklet illustrating the Roman sculptures recoverd during the excavation of the Temple of Mithras following its discovery during construction work in the City of London and published ahead of the main excavation report.  12 pages.  Tiny inscription to front cover otherwise very good con

Region: Americas

Early guide to the Mayan city of Palenque describing the buildings and in particular the pyramid temple of inscription and its burial crypt. 20 pages plus two fold-out plans. Small crease to cover otherwise good condition. Cat No 1991