Ancient History

Regina SK, Province of Saskatchewan, Department of Mineral Resources, Geological Sciences Branch, Sedimentary Geology Division, Report No. 99, 1968, softcover 4to (10"h 7.75"w), 224 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Good+ condition. Straight, tight and clean, light soiling and creases to covers, name inside front cover panel, small stain to pp58 not affecting readability of text. Chapter headings include; Stratigraphy, Palentology Correlation and Age, Sedimentation, Structure, Geological History, Economic Prospects, Summary and Conclusions, Selected Bibliography, Appendices (4). Illustrated with 28 maps, sections, cross-sections, and geochemical profiles, 20 pages of black-&-white plates and 8 tables.

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1878. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Octavo. First edition. xix, 456 pp.: plates, illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm. Modern green leather, red leather spine label. Rubbing, tape residue on front flyleaf. Occasional spotting and offsetting. <br> Cesnola fought on the Union side in the American Civil War, achieving the rank of Colonel, and was appointed U.S. Consul to Cyprus a few months after his honorable discharge in the Fall of 1864. While in Cyprus he amassed a large collection of antiquities, many of which were purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Academiae Litterarum, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth with black leather spine label and head & tail lines. Fine binding and cover. Tanning. Ships daily.

Third edition. John Murray. London. 1883. Two volumes. Octavo. Title page in red and black, with engraved vignette. cxxviii, 501, (2) addenda and errata pp. Frontispiece., 12 plans and maps, some folding, 3 engraved plates, numerous illustrations, vignettes and engravings.; xv, 579, (1) errata pp. Colour frontispiece., 10 plans and maps, some folding, large folding map, numerous illustrations and engravings, 4 engraved plates. Complete with all maps, plans and illustrations. Original decorative cloth, gilt and blind tooling. Slightly bumped to corners. Occasional spotting. A bright and handsome set.
Bookplates of Sir John Nicholson Barran, [First Baronet] designed and engraved by George W Eve [R.E. (1855-1914)], dated 1896, to feps.
Dennis, George (1814–1898), Archaeologist and explorer. The result of several explorations in Tuscany, Lazio and Umbria from 1842 to 1878, this work remains the fundamental reference and guide to the Etruscan city-states.
Dennis made further tours of Etruria following… Read More

The War with Catiline
Sallust
Translated by John C. Rolfe
The War with Catiline, also known as the Catiline (Latin: De coniuratione Catilinae or Bellum Catilinae) is the first story published by the Roman historian Salustius. It is a chronicle of the attempt to overthrow the Roman rule taken by Catiline in 63 BC, probably written between 44 and 40 BC, 20 years after the events described. The story begins with a short introduction about the nature of man, history, and the short autobiography of Salustius himself. Later, the historian describes Catiline himself and presents his political ambitions. According to Salustius, Catiline is an enemy of law, order, and morality. It is a model of all the behaviors that the writer considers to be disastrous for Rome.
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Octavo (162,5 x 250 mm). Finely bound by hand in leather with a slipcase. gilt raised bands, twin rule to boards in gilt, marbled edges. Set in Doves Type and printed on Fabriano Tiepolo cotton paper in an editon of 25 copies.
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A Survey of Hellenic Culture & Civilisation. xxv+289 pp.+91 illustrations, 2 photogravures and 1 plate in colour, h.t. 27x19 cm. Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., London, 1911. Ex libris W. E. Stanley Merrett.
--- Blindstamped cloth gilt (publishers cloth). Edgewear and many spots at covers. Top-edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Dedication written on first blank page. Very tight binding, pages clean. No foxing. Many illustrations in the text. Some holes by bookwork (inactive) at the bottom of 10 first pages.
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Sumptibus Fratrum Huguetan & Soc. Lugduni. [Lyon]. 1685. Folio. Title page printed in red and black, with title vignette engraved by Mathieu Ôgier. (6), 376, (4)pp. Illustrated with copperplate engravings by Mathieu Ogier and M. Demasso. Text in Latin and Greek. Recent antiqued half calf, marbled boards. Spine in seven compartments with raised bands and leather label. Renewed endpapers. All edges sprinkled red. Title page lightly toned, with a short closed tear to mid margin. Short closed tear to margin of 5/6. Historic staining to lower corner margin with some fragmenting to the edge of a few pages. Light shelfwear to marbled boards. Bookplate to fep.
Provenance: Alan Morris of Kenchester, Herefordshire. Chemist, Archaeologist and Numismatist. Engraved Bookplate: Headpiece of an open book, with headings from the Antonine Itinerary showing Bravonio [Leintwardine] A. Magnis [Kenchester], Gobannio [Abergavenny]; Roman Gateway; Picatrix Avg, Fides Militum.
Jacob Spon
(1647-1685) was a physician with a… Read More

Wiley, 1973-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 10x7x1. There is some shelf wear. There is some light tanning/foxing to the outer edges of the pages due to age.

London: Folio Society 2008. (4to in slipcase) 694pp. Fine, no dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt illustrated spine and front cover in a fine metallic gold slipcase. Top edge gilt, map endpapers, illustrated title page, plans, color photographs, appendices, bibliography, index. "It's rare that one can point to modern books on history that have fundamentally enlarged and changed our view of the past. But three accounts brought together for the first time in this collection did just that when they were first published, and they still stand today as in this collection did just that when they were first published, and they still stand today as the best introductions to the fascinating world of the ancient empires and medieval kingdoms that rules in the vast area along the Nile from Upper Egypt to the Sudan and Ethiopia" - from the Preface. Preface by Michael Wood. Locale: Egypt; Ethiopia; North Africa; Sudan. (History, History--Ancient).

Very good- set of 51 Roman landscape plates in the original paper wraps.In the early 19th century, Italian publishers rushed to bring out collections of views of Rome for the tourist market.Engraved title page with vignette of the Capitoline Wolf and different title, Raccolta delle Principali Veduti di Roma e suoi Contorni, 50 copperplate engravings of ancient Roman ruins and modern scenes drawn by famous artists and engraved on copper by Alessandro Moschetti.Views include the Trevi Fountain, Saint Peter's Square, Spanish Steps, the Vatican, exterior and interior of the Pantheon and the Colosseum, plazas, temples, triumphal arches, cathedrals, etc.Alessandro Moschetti (or Mochetti) was active in Rome from 1843-1864 and engraved many books of Roman views.Oblong quarto, original green printed wraps with some loss on spine, covers grubby, good impressions of the copperplates, a few with light foxing within the plate.

Londini: Ab. Swall & Tim. Child 1696. (Hardcover) 161pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Rebound in a modern vellum binding. Footnotes, index. Text in Latin Language. (History--Ancient, History--Ancient Rome).

This book is rare because occasionally it can be found with The Handy Book Company listed as the publisher on both the title page and the bottom of the spine. This one lists Hinds, Noble and Eldredge in both places. The 12 page, plus cover page, catalogue at the back shows that the Handy Book version was 50 cents while this one was $1.50 which is why it was purchased less often. This book is in Very Good- condition with small scratches to the textured boards mainly on the spine and at the top corner. The spine edges are worn. Wear to three corners. The gilt lettering is bright.. The back side has a soil spot and small scratches near the top edge. There is about a quarter inch tear at the back bottom hinge. Please see photographs. There is also two pages of ads at the front. The Popular College Songs is shown. History: Arthur Hinds and Gilbert Noble started a bookstore in New York in the 1890's. In 1904 they merged with Eldredge of Philadelphia. This is an authentic book not a later facsimile. Today we… Read More

London: Oxford Univ Pr, 1926. First editions. 2 volume set. Hard covers in original cloth. Translated from the Russian by J.D. Duff. Published London: Oxford Univ Press, 1926 and 1927 as published, first printings. Large 8vo's., 7 1/4" x 10", xxiii+418 pp.; xiv+387pp., illustrated with numerous plates, fold out maps and figures within the text. Blind embossed dark blue cloth with gilt titles. Previous owner bookplate on front pastedowns. A near fine set, clean, bright, unmarked. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

Abdullah, Achmed. The Thief of Bagdad. Readers Library Publishing Co. Ltd., London Film Edition, 1924. USED. TONED. Good Condition/ Good- DJ. QUITE RARE IN THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET Front dj panel states "Film Edition" Actor Douglas Fairbanks photo on back panel. DJ Spine is chipped. Now protected in a mylar wrap. Summary: The Thief of Bagdad is a 1924 American silent swashbuckler film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks, and written by Achmed Abdullah and Lotta Woods. Freely adapted from "One Thousand and One Nights", it tells the story of a thief who falls in love with the daughter of the Caliph of Baghdad.

Haggard, H. Rider. King Solomon's Mines. Longmans Green & Co., London. No copyright date. States New Impression 1921 on the title page. USED. VG/ No DJ Included. Blue boards withdark red- orange titling. 274 pages plus adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8. Summary "King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is one of the first English adventure novels set in Africa and is considered to be the genesis of the lost world genre."