Seventy-two page advanced description of the history of Roman coinage followed by twenty-two b&w plates depcting the obverse and reverse of many of the finer coins from the museum's collection.  Paperback.

Illustrated catalogue of traditional costume, domestic textiles, carpets, pottery, wooden objects and musical instruments.  Paperback.  48 pages.  Good condition.  Cat No 3844

A detailed description of the Assyrian reliefs in the British Museum providing an account of the discovery of the slabs, the development of assyrian art, and an explanation of the content and meaning of the scenes.

Illustrated guide to the Assyrian carved relief panels originally decorating the royal palace at Nimrud  dating from the C9th BC and depicting King Ashurnasirpal and his military campaigns.  Papetrback.  48 pages plus twenty b&w plates.  Good condition.

A catalogue of an exhibition that displayed 500 objects collected by the Hungarian explorer Emil Torday on behalf of the British Museum.

Lengthy loan exhibition catalogue featuring the finest metalwork and jewellery spanning the Bronze Age, Dacian, Roman and Middle Ages from what is now present-day Romania.  Detailed background essays by Romanian historians add weight to the catalogue entries.

Excellent British Museum introduction to the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic. Illustrated 32 page booklet in fine condition. Cat No 3212

A handbook showing how Moche pottery was made in Peru long before the Inca conquest and featured not only very realistic portraiture but also zoomorphic figures.  The 35 illustrations are from the Museum's collections and feature several vessels never before published.  A map and biblio

The history and material culture of ancient Persia from the Archaemenids to the Sasanians.  Large format paperback.  Dual language English and Arabic.  92 pages.  90 colour and b&w plates.  Area map.  Printed in Tehran.  Good clean condition.  Cat No 23

A guide to accompany the exhibition of the material possessions of India's most historically important aboriginal tribe and their context within tribe's mythology, music and dance.  Paperback.  48 pages.  Minor external signs of wear.  Cat No 2359