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London: Thames and Hudson, 1978. Cloth, 272 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, price-clipped on the front flap, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

New York: Summit Books; Simon & Schuster, 1991. 176 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Fine DJ. The body of Lindow Man, discovered in 1984, was covered with tattoos of "Celtic" design. He had been ritually murdered around the time of the Roman invasion of England. CONTENTS: The riddle of the blackened bread; The silent witness; Face to face with a Druid; Lovernios revealed; The fox's earth; The black year; The golden twist; The triple echo; The Druids; Celts and Germans. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980. Cloth, x, 197 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: The antiquaries; The discovery of Britain before history; The explorers; man challenges the environment (Palaeolithic and Mesolithic); The revolutionaries; man tames the environment (Neolithic); The thinkers; the first steps to civilization (Copper and Bronze Ages). Epilogue Appendix: Dating. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1993. 240 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Revised Edition. Tight, clean copy.. 2nd. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1981. Cloth, 328 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Introduction, by Harold Orel; Scottish stereotypes, by Harold Orel; From the beginnings to 1058, by Leslie Alcock and Alexander Morrison; Medieval Scotland: 1058-1488, by Marilyn Stokstad; Literature of the middle ages, by Harold Orel; Renaissance and reformation: 1488-1603, by Gordon Donaldson; From the union of the crowns to the union of the parliaments: 1603-1707, by Henry L. Snyder; "That part of the United Kingdom known as Scotland": 1707-1850, by William Ferguson; The Scottish enlightenment, by Harold Orel; Art during the enlightenment, by Marilyn Stokstad; The Scot around the world, by George Shepperson; Romantic images of Scotland- words and music, by Henry L. Snyder; Romantic images in art, by Marilyn… Leer más

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bulfinch Press, 1977. 221 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. From the collections of the National Museum of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy, Trinity College, Dublin, exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, et al. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. A superb exhibition of Irish art from Prehistoric and Celtic times to the Christian era, showcasing Ireland's famous metalwork and manuscript illuminations. Ireland produced some spectacular gold torcs in ancient times and the Book of Kells is one of the world's greatest illustrated manuscripts. CONTENTS: The Bronze Age, by Peter Harbison; Foreign influences and the beginnings of Christian art, by G. Frank Mirchell; The Christian triumph: the Golden Age, by Liam de Paor; The Viking impact, by Ma ire de Paor; Irish art in the Romanesque and Gothic periods, by Roger A. Stalley.. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Boltin, Lee (Photography by). 4to.