Category: Ancient History

Sports and Games of the Ancients (Sports and Games Through History)

By: Craig, Steve

Price: $14.50

Publisher: Greenwood Press : 2002

Seller ID: 152436

ISBN-13: 9780313361203

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. 271 pages with b&w photos and illustrations throughout. Includes sports and games of the ancients in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin america, Middle east, North America, Oceania.
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Classic Maya Political History: Hieroglyphic and Archaeological Evidence (School of American Research Advanced Seminars)

By: Culbert, T. Patrick, (ed.)

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : 1996

Seller ID: 148865

ISBN-13: 9780521564458

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Book has creaseless covers and spine, appears new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is marked with marginalia throughout.
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Archaic and Classical Greek Sicily : A Social and Economic History

By: De Angelis, Franco

Price: $75.00

Publisher: N Y, Oxford University Press : 2016

Seller ID: 153468

ISBN-13: 9780195170474

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear to dust jacket. Slight soiling to side page ends. 438 pages.
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Cappadocia : The Cradle of Civilization

By: Demir, Omer

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Ajans-Turk Publishing and Printing Co. : 1993

Seller ID: 148456

ISBN-13: 9789757334019

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name inside. 96 pages. Many color photos.
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Comtemporary Athletics and Ancient Greek Ideals

By: Dombrowski, Daniel A.

Price: $36.95

Publisher: University of Chicago : 2009

Seller ID: 152428

ISBN-13: 9780226155463

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is as new also, wrapped in protective clear cover. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. Contents include: Weiss and the pursuit of bodily excellence; Huizinga and the Homo ludens hypothesis, Feezell, moderation and irony, The process of becoming virtuous
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Syracuse, City of Legends: A Glory of Sicily

By: Dummett, Jeremy

Price: $16.95

Publisher: N Y, I.B.Tauris : 2010

Seller ID: 153440

ISBN-13: 9781784533069

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Pencil notes and light underlines. 246 pages.
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The Western Greeks The History of Sicily and South Italy from the Foundation of the Greek Colonies to 480 B.C.

By: Dunbabin, T. J.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: : 1999

Seller ID: 153057

ISBN-13: 9780198142744

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Some notes on endpapers and underlining to first five pages. Small tears on dust jacket. Edge wear to blue cloth cover. 506 pages.
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Pre-columbian Jade from Costa Rica

By: Easby, Elizabeth Kennedy

Price: $67.50

Publisher: EMmerich, Andre Inc. : 1968

Seller ID: 149001

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition with a little sun-fading to the covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Map endpapers, 103 pages, with a great many color and b&w photos throughout. Contents include: Costa Rica, Raw materials, lapidary techniques, Axe gods, Olmecoid type, Rectilinear human forms, Pointed-top axe gods, End-section pendants, Bird celts, Figurine axe gods, Beak birds, Human figues, Animals, Winged pendants and bats, Ear ornaments, etc.
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Pyramids of Egypt, The

By: Edwards, I.E.S.

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Pelican : 1961

Seller ID: 153751

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition, with slight curve to page block as the only flaw. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 320 pages, heavily illustrated throughout.
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Chronicles: New of the Past - Three Volumes

By: Eldad, Dr. Israel; Moshe Aumann

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Jerusalem, Reubeni Foundation : 1972

Seller ID: 145185

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Very Good

Large format: 9 3/4"w x 13"h. Edge wear and tears to dust jackets. Age-toned paper, loosely bound in a "newspaper" format. Three volume set: Volume One, In the Days of the Bible, From Abraham to Ezra, 1726-444 BCE [Third Edition, 1968]. Volume Two, Second Temple/Rise of Christianity, From the Maccabees to Spanish Jewry's Golden Age, 165 BCE - 1038 CE [Third Edition, 1968]. Volume Three, The Dawn of Redemption, From the Crusades to Herzl's Vision of the Jewish State, 1099-1897 [First Edition, 1972]. "Using the vehicle of modern journalism, the publishers and editors of Chronicles have...
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Chronicles: New of the Past - Three Volumes

By: Eldad, Dr. Israel; Moshe Aumann

Price: $145.00

Publisher: Jerusalem, Reubeni Foundation : 1972

Seller ID: 148028

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Very Good

Large format: 9 3/4"w x 13"h. Edge wear and tears to dust jackets. Age-toned paper, loosely bound in a "newspaper" format. Three volume set: Volume One, In the Days of the Bible, From Abraham to Ezra, 1726-444 BCE [Third Edition, 1968]. Volume Two, Second Temple/Rise of Christianity, From the Maccabees to Spanish Jewry's Golden Age, 165 BCE - 1038 CE [Third Edition, 1968]. Volume Three, The Dawn of Redemption, From the Crusades to Herzl's Vision of the Jewish State, 1099-1897 [First Edition, 1972]. "Using the vehicle of modern journalism, the publishers and editors of Chronicles have...
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Life in Ancient Egypt

By: Erman, Adolf; Jon Manchip White (intro.)

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Dover : 1971

Seller ID: 153774

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition with a little shelf wear to creaseless covers and spine only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 570 pages on fine paper, heavily illustrated throughout. Author is Director of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin and examines Egypt's political structure, crime, police systems, domestic life, kinships, dress amusements, religion, learning, magic, folk beliefs, literature, art, trades, warfare, etc.
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Ancient Kingdoms of the Nile, The: And the Doomed Monuments of Nubia

By: Fairservis, Walter A.

Price: $17.50

Publisher: New American Library (Mentor) : 1962

Seller ID: 153752

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers, tiny bit of edge wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 269 pages, heavily illustrated throghout. Contents include: Origin of the Nile, stone age Africa, sudan, Early farming and herding, prdynastic, egypt, Classical egypt, Ptahhotep, Imperial Egypt, Pan-Grave people, Hyksos Nubian temples, King Ramses, Abu Simbel, Temple of Philae, Rulers of Kush, etc.
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Greek Science: Its Meaning for Us

By: Farrington, Benjamin

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Dufour Editions : 1980

Seller ID: 122122

ISBN-13: 9780851242873

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Some marking. 320 pages.
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Scribes, Warriors, and Kings: The City of Copan and the Ancient Maya, Revised Edition

By: Fash, William L.

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Thames & Hudson : 2001

Seller ID: 151382

ISBN-13: 9780500282823

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 7 1/4"w x 9 3/4"h. 192 pages. Many illustrations, 11 in color.
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Copan: The History of an Ancient Maya Kingdom (School of American Research Advanced Seminar)

By: Fash, William L. ; E. Wyllys Andrews (eds.) Fasquelle, Ricardo Agurica, Ellen E. Bell, Cassandra R. Bill, Barbara W. Fash, Matthew G. Looper, Julia C. Miller, Linda Schele, et al.

Price: $35.95

Publisher: School of American Research Press : 2005

Seller ID: 149388

ISBN-13: 9780852559819

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 492 pages, contents include: Toward a social history of the Copan valley, Iconographic evidence for water management and social organization at Copan, A late classic royal residence at Copan, Seats of power at Copan, etc.
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Love in Ancient Greece

By: Flaceliere, Robert

Price: $23.95

Publisher: Crown : 1962

Seller ID: 153756

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition in bright red and black cloth HB covers, black print at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear, some edge wear, chipping. 224 pages with b&w images of pottery, statues, Leda and the swan, Venus de Milo, Aphrodite riding a swan, Eros, Aphrodite and Erotes, Perithoos, Helen and Theseus, Greek youths, playing, playing flute, penis, Discobolo, Disco Polo, Schoolboy, Pederast, Dancing girl, Woman taking l...
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Alexandria, a History and a Guide

By: Forster, E.M.

Price: $14.50

Publisher: Doubleday Anchor : 1961

Seller ID: 153754

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Book is in excellent condition with a bit of edge wear and faded spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. The glue in this perfect bound book is over 50 years old and is likely fragile. 243 pages, Contents include: Greco-egyptian period, Pharos, Rhakotis, Canopus, Three Ptolemies, art, philosophy, science, Rule of Rome, Gnosticism, Arianism, Monophysism, Monothelism, Islam, Mohammed Ali, St. Saba, Rue Rosett, Banco di Roma, Abou el Abbas mosque, etc. Copyright 2011 Pistil Books
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Greek City-States

By: Freeman, Kathleen

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Norton : 1963

Seller ID: 153770

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include: Rise and fall of the Greek city-state, Thourioi, Acragas, Corinth, Miletus, Cyrene, Seriphos, Abdera, Massalia, Byzantium, etc.
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Egyptian Religion: The Beliefs of Ancient Egypt Explored and Explained

By: Gahlin, Lucia

Price: $10.46

Publisher: Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Southwater Pub : 2003

Seller ID: 120101

ISBN-13: 9781842156742

Binding: Oversize Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Former library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. showing little use with lightly bumped corners, text/interior clean of marking of any kind. 128 pages, with many large color photos. Nice copy.
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Category: Ancient History

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