A sumptuous pictorial guide to Maori art featuring superb colour photographs of the finest artefacts of wood, bone, greenstone and fibre.  Pap

Illustrated gazetteer of thirty-two historic churches whose notable architectural features, fonts and bench ends are described and illustrated in t

Illustrated guide to the rich underwater archaeology in the seas off Bodrum and Yassiada Island including recovered and reconstructed ships and the

An attractive pocket-sized album of eighty-six colour photographs of ancient Orthodox wooden churches in the rural mountainous region of Southern P

Not a 'Brief Guide' at all.  This book is, in fact, a large format paperback with many lavish colour plates of Cycladic figurines, pottery, cl

Essentially a bird watcher's identification guide to the birds of the Nile for tourists who are visiting the key sites of Pharaonic Egypt  whe

Explains the gnostic asceticism of the Cathar philosophy in connection with their homeland in the French Midi with the emphasis on their prominent

Detailed report on the opening of the coffins of two C13th archbishops whose elaborate tombs and marble canopies required urgent stabilisation and

A large number of case studies covering the history, design, architecture, archaeology and restoration of C18th Italian villa gardens and country p

A beautiful photographic record of the Mentawai people of Siberut island depicting every aspect of the lives and culture on the isolated Indonesian

Large sale catalogue from the world's foremost dealer in historic arms and armour.  Forty-four items are illustrated in large full colour phot

Official guide to one of the most important Buddhist sites in India and the location of Gautama's first sermons.  Built on pre-Ashokan foundat

Auction catalogue of a superlative netsuke collection comprising 161 outstanding examples, each illustrated in full colour with accompanying descri

On Norfolk Island the early C19th colonial era cemetery at Kingston offers the clearest precis of life and death in one of the harshest penal colon

Gazetteer to the county's historic docks, factories, mills, toll-houses, rail and canal architecture, breweries, mines, ironworks and street furnit

Description of the village utensils used in spinning, weaving, carrying, ploughsing and cheese making plus traditional musical instruments.

Treatise on the non-destructive techniques used when investigating the history and authenticity of old paintings - infrared photography, reflectosc

Comprehensive guide to the site of the battle between Julius Caesar's forces and those of Vercingetorix and the subsequent establishment of a large

The first book to interpret Zimbabwe's prehistoric art, its principles, conventions, themes, rules and structure.  Comprehensive catalogues de

An early issue of the most respected magazine on Asian art published regularly in Hong Kong since 1971.  This issue contains the following art

Illustrated guide to the cultural heritage site on the island of Vadsø in the Norwegian arctic region of Finnmark.  Originally the home of the

Straightforward guide to the regulations and policies governing alterations, extensions, repairs, conversions and demolitions of historic and liste

Illustrated guide to eighty remarkable romanesque churches in the region of Poitou-Charentes of Western France.  Each church is illustrated an

Tells the story of man's presence in the Gower Peninsular and its upland extension between the Tawe and Loughor rivers from the Stone Age to c.1400

An early examination of how genetic modelling compares with the likely Neolithic migration and spread of agriculture across Europe.  Hardback.