Cyprus Its ancient cities, tombs, and temples Unknown - 1991

Limassol: James Bendon, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. frontis (portrait), photos, illustrations, maps (on endpapers), index, 6, 2, xix, 456p. plus (3)p. original publisher's advertisements. Original red cloth. dj, 23cm. Minor wear on back panel of jacket. Reprint of the 1878 New York edition. 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. Stuart Swiny, in his Foreword to this 1991 edition, describes this book as "a tantalizing web of fact, fiction and hyperbole that researchers have labored to disentangle for well over a century."

Star Graphics, Nicosia, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover, red cloth. Vg condition in vg dj. Gift inscription to the previous owner, from Stuart Swiny, Director of the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute, who provided a Foreword to this reprint edition. Single nick to front panel of dust jacket resulting in small indentation to front cover. Covers otherwise unworn, contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 456 pp., illus. A nicely produced facsimile printing of the original 1878 edition.