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Muller, Blond & White. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0584111061 . DJ has minor edgewear near top of spine. DJ has minor rubbing. Book has minor bump to upper front corner. ; Aphrodisias was the Florence of the Roman world ... It vanished from history in an earthquake in the fourth century AD and its temples, palaces, amphitheatres, statues and archives slept unplundered until rediscovered only forty years ago. The author is in charge of the dig which annually reveals architectural and artistic marvels, chronicled and pictured in this book. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 224 pages; Extra charges for shipping may apply. .

Brill Academic Publishers. Fine with no dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 9004165401 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Handbook of Oriental Studies/handbuch Der Orientalistik; Vol. 95; 0.6 x 9.6 x 6.4 Inches; 304 pages; The present work supplements the original volume of The Arabic Manuscript Tradition (AMT) , both its glossary of technical terms and bibliography. It includes new entries of technical terms, additional definitions of, and/or citations for, the entries already found in AMT, and recent publications on various aspects of Arabic manuscript studies arranged by subject. Among additional features there are illustrations of various Arabic letterforms and an alphabetical index of all works cited in both AMT and its supplement. .

Columbia University Press. Fair with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. A few pencil notes or markings in margins. Spine has been crudely repaired with black library tape. Edgewear to boards. A few pages are torn but still intact in text. ; Records of Civilization Sources and Studies; The life of Usamah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished during the early Crusading period. His memoirs provide a valuable non-European perspective and insight into the military and cultural contact between medieval West and East, between Christian and Muslim. .

Oxford University At the Clarendon Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. Book has minor rubbing to extremities. ; Aramaic Documents published here for the first time came from an unknown site in Egypt and consist of 13 or 14 more or less complete letters and the fragments of others from the Archives of Arsham, satrap of Egypt in the time of Darius II, and may be dated c. 410 B. C. They deal with the administrative problems confronting the satrap's subordinate officers, and with those arising from the relations of these officers with the native population, especially in the matter of their fiefs; one is concerned with the making of an equestrian statue for the writer, one is a letter of thanks for the safe transport of certain goods for personal use, and one is a safe-conduct for a Persian officer proceeding by way of Syria to Egypt. .

Oxford University Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. 019813150X . A little shelfwear. More like NF. ; Essays by archaeologists on specific Old Testament sites in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Syria, and Palestine. Archaeological material is related to the Old Testament concerning history, geography, chronology, religion, literature, language, law, industry, and the arts. This volume includes bibliographies, illustrations, maps and a chronological chart. ; 493 pages .

Groningen. Near Fine. 1988. Hardcover. Minor scuffing to back wrap else fine. ; 70 text-figures & 118 tables. Page count: 213, 22 & 26. Text is in Dutch. ; Proefschrift (Diss. ) .

Berlin: Verlag Heinrich Keller. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1931. Hardcover. Decorative cloth covers are a bit rubbed. Light chipping to head of spine and along spine joint. ; 167pp, 38 ill. ; 167 pages .

Maison De L'Orient, Diffusion De Boccard. Near Fine. 1982. Softcover. 2903264023 . Light creasing to spine. Wrappers rubbed in a couple of places. A couple of small tears to base of spine cover. ; Articles in German, Italian, French and English. ; Collection De La Maison De L'Orient Méditerranéen No. 12, Série Archéologique, 9; 502 pages .

The Study of Oriental Research. Very Good. 1932. Softcover. Pamphlet has been stapled into hard boards. Small chip to back cover of wraps. Bookplate on reverse of titlepage. ; Author's inscription on cover "With the compliments of the author". Dissertation. ; 41 pages; Signed by Author .

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Very Good. 1999. Softcover. Inscribed by author to ffep. ; Text is in Dutch with sections in Persian- English summary at back. Looks at the assimilation of Armenian Christians in Iran. ; Faculteit Lettern- Department Oosterse En Slavische Studies; 192 pages; Signed by Author .

Greystone Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. 0946122148 . Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears and is edgeworn. Book has shelfwear. ; 65 full-color illustrations. ; 256 pages .

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts. Very Good. 1962. Softcover. Light wear to corners of wraps and spine ends. ; 78pp, profusely illustrated. One of an edition of 3000.; 78 pages .

Harry N. Abrams. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0810980193 . Corners lightly bumped. Small star stamped to inner cover. Former owner's name on ffep. ; 264pp, illustrated. ; Panorama of World Art; 264 pages .

Praeger Publishers. Very Good. 1973. Softcover. Minor shelfwear. Pages a bit tanned. ; Praeger World of Art Paperbacks .

Smithsonian Institution. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Minor chipping and small tears to DJ. ; Introductions by Machteld Mellink, Rodney S. Young, Paul A. Underwood & Richard Ettinghausen, ; 120 pages .

Harvard University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Minor shelfwear and one bumped corner. Former owner's signature (classics professor Mary White on fly page). ; An index of names and subjects found in festschriften. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 560 pages .

Secil Ofset. Very Good. 1990. Softcover. Light shelfwear. Scholar's name to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). ; 72 pages .

Ares Publishers Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0890052263 . Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). ; 8.8 X 5.8 X 0.3 inches .

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1901. Hardcover. 0404113516 . Light browning to ffeps. Ex-library copy with institution bookplate on inner cover, call number to spine, stamp to textblock and pocket. Slight bubbling to cloth. Back inner hinge is slightly cracked. Binding is still solid. Edgewear to extremities. ; Books on Egypt and Chaldaea Vol. V; 216 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0521495989 . Minor shelfwear to book. Light edgewear to DJ. ; 345 pages; It is a commonplace of modern scholarship that the Athenians hated and despised the Persians, but the claims of contempt are disproved by the evidence of archaeology, epigraphy, iconography and literature, all of which reveal some facet of Athenian receptivity to Achaemenid Persian culture. The Athenian response was as richly complex as the spheres of interaction: both private and public, elite and sub-elite. It appears in pot shapes, clothing, luxurious display and monumental architecture. This innovative study, the first comprehensive collection of evidence pertaining to the relations between Athens and Persia in the fifth century BC, aims to make this evidence better known and in so doing to argue that the social culture of classical Athens was not the monolithic construct it might appear .