Sumer: The Dawn of Art (The Arts of Mankind)

New York, New York: Golden Press, 1961. Hardcover. Good (Ex-library with accompanying markers; Dewey decimal in white ink on spine; soiling/marking ifc/ibc and ffep/rfep ). Red cloth over boards, gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover; 394 pp.; 419 figures, mostly bw but a few color with several fold out illustrations. Includes white cloth page marker. The first volume in the "The Arts of Mankind" series by Andre Malraux. Covers art from the years 5000 BC to 1155 BC, including artwork of the Ur, Magash and Mari, the Sargon and Akkadian Empire, the Guti, the Amorites, the Kassites and Elamites, and more. Well illustrated. Includes a glossary of terms. Contents include: Preface / by André Malraux -- History of the discoveries -- The 'Garden of Eden' : from the origins to historical times (5000-2800 B.C.) -- The city states and Sumer's golden age : Ur, Lagash, Mari (2800-2470 B.C.) -- Sargon and the Akkadian Empire (2470-2285 B.C.) -- The Guti and the Neo-Sumerian reaction (2285-2016 B.C.) -- The return of the Amorites and Babylonia hegemony (2016-1595 B.C.) -- Kassites and Elamites in Babylonia (1730-1155 B.C.).