Published to accompany a series of twelve radio broadcasts this acts as an introduction to the Byzantine world, Byzantine church architecture and B

Collected by Prof Ruhe whilst lecturing at the University of Adelaide in 1965, this illustrated catalogue describes 42 aboriginal paintings with pr

The Blackfriars ship was a Romano-British sailing barge of the second century AD which was accidentally sunk in the Thames while carrying a cargo o

Catalogue of an exhibition presenting the handicrafts of the Turkmen tribes of Northern Iran - tent decorations and curtains, cooking utensils, wea

An illustrated guide to Irish C17th and C18th silver - drinking vessels, chocolate pots, jugs, bowls, pepper pots, and flatware.

A locally published pocket guide to the large Mayan ruins on the Honduran/Guatemalan border.  Twenty b&w plates.

A handsome album of b&w photographs illustrating the medieval wooden stave churches and, in great detail, their internal curvilinear and zoomor

Probably the single most comprehensive guide to Persepolis written by the leading authority of Archaemenid culture and one-time Professor of Archae

Tewkesbury Abbey's nave houses one of the finest assemblages of Medieval roof bosses in England featuring scenes from the Life of Christ, angels pl

A useful and attractive guide to the controversy that surrounded the restoration of the Abbey completed in 1879 which pitted protagonists in favour

Album of superb medieval illuminated manuscripts illustrated in b&w and colour (incl gilt embellishments) as sixty-eight full page plates prece

The author explains the history of trade tokens providing a guide for the collector interested in their value as economic and social chronicles, pa

Seventy historic pigeon houses in Southern France illustrated in excellent colour photographs with short descriptions of each and location maps of

This book attempts a complete overview of the prehistory and history of the African continent commencing with dynastic Egypt and the Meroe civilisa

Attractive illustrated guide to the folk art of devotional wax sculptures and simple wax tableaux produced in Bavaria and Switzerland from C18th.

Two exhibitions at the Newberry Library in Honor of the Association of American University Presses on the Occasion of Their Visit to Chicago on May

A survey of deep shafts dug mainly during the Medieval period to extract chalk for use as a soil improver.

Sixty examples of Avars decorative metalwork dating from the C8th - horse harness, buckles, weaponry and jewellery - with a few examples of bone ca

A large photo album of eighty b&w plates of the decorated medieval tombstones (Stećci) unique to the western Balkans, Bosnia and Croatia in par

Proceedings of an international conference on the history of cartography in Paris in 1987.

Fifty manuscripts from the collection of the Brotherton Library from the C15th to C20th illustrated in b&w plates with lengthy descriptions reg

An album of thirty-five high quality reproductions of the finest illuminated manuscripts depicted in full-colour (incl gold leaf) with lengthy comm

Gazetteer of well-known and lesser-known sites in Gloucestershire providing accurate descriptions, map references and visitor advice.

A very long list of English clay pipe makers providing name, date, location and reference source.

Lavish full colour guide to the sizeable remains of the Roman city Empuries on the Catalonian coast which describes the extent of the remains, the