This is the large format 32-page Illustrated guide to the exhibition of one of the world’s premier collections of Japanese art from the Edo and Meiji periods which travelled to the British Museum and the National Museum of Wales in 1994.

The definitive book on the island covering every conceivable aspect – its prehistory, its associations with Polynesian culture, its societal decline and vegetative denudation, the birdman cult, the vested spirituality of the Moai, and, most perplexing, how were the statues carved, extracted and m

A huge tombstone of a book that documents every conceivable aspect of the history of the Parthenon with eleven detailed essays by Greek archaeologists and academics covering its architecture, its sculpture, its context in ancient Greek society and its lasting effects on modern Greek society.

A locally published visitor’s guide to two well-preserved tombs in the Valley of the Kings: Tuthmosis IV (18th dynasty) and Prince Mentuherkhepeshef (20th dynasty).  Illustrated with tomb plans and photographs of wall paintings and Tuthmosis’ sarcophagus.

As Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India, M N Deshpande successfully completed conservation projects at: the Buddhist caves at Bamiyan (Afghanistan), Angkor Wat (Cambodia), Kevda mosque (Gujarat), Ellora caves (Maharashtra), Kiramchi temple (Jammu), Rani-Ki-Vav stepwell (Patan),

Seventy historic pigeon houses in Southern France illustrated in excellent colour photographs with short descriptions of each and location maps of the Departments of Tarn, Lot and Haute-Garonne.  Text in French.  Paperback.  40 pages.  Near new condition.

Yearbook of the Institute of the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences in which synopses of the latest archaeological research are published alongside reports on retrieved artefacts and joint international projects.

Illustrated guide to this remarkable C18th baroque church in the Algarve and its breathtakingly lavish interior designated a National Monument.  Paperback.  46 pages.  Many excellent colour photographs.  Text in English and Portuguese.  Very good clean condition.

A lavish auction catalogue featuring a large number of ancient Egyptian and Roman artefacts plus a selection of Phoenician, Persian, Sumerian, and Assyrian items, as well an impressive collection of Hellenistic gold, jewellery and intaglios.

Glassmaking began at Jamestown, Virginia in 1608 and this book describes the evidence.