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Archaeology rare books
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First edition. 8vo, xxi, 404 pp., page of ads at end, 2 photogravures, 134 halftones and sketches, 11 maps and plans, original green cloth gilt, a fine copy.
£650 -
First edition, 2 vols; folio (38.5 x 28 cm); text translated by Thomas George Bonney, 63 lithographs, 7 folding (including a panorama of the city), some tinted, two close tears to contents page of vol.II, minor spotting to some plates, marbled endpapers, t.e.g.; later quarter dark blue morocco and blue cloth board, spine with title in silver, a good set.
£1,250 -
Large folio (55.5 x 38.5 cm); title with aquatint vignette, list of plates, introduction and 30 hand-coloured aquatint plates by R. Havell, T. Fielding, F.C. Lewis and others after Dodwell and Pomardi, mounted on card with printed captions on slips to verso as issued, accompanying text leaves in English and French; contemporary red half morocco, spine in seven compartments, morocco label to second, others richly gilt within framed borders, raised bands, marbled sides, all edges gilt, a fine copy.
£25,000 -
New edition. 8vo, engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title page, 19 engraved plates, numerous wood engravings, contemporary tan morocco gilt, covers with Brighton College prize stamp, lightly rubbed, a very good copy.
£350 -
First edition, 4to (28.5 x 22); [2], 77pp., 16 plates, four of which are in colour, black and white illustrations in the text, some scattered foxing, mostly to the title-page; original gilt maroon cloth, a very good copy.
£3,750 -
First edition, 2 vols; folio (38.5 x 28 cm); text translated by Thomas George Bonney, 63 lithographs, 7 folding (including a panorama of the city), some tinted, occasional minor spotting to some plates, original blue half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, light spotting to covers, a very good set.
£1,500 -
First edition, 4to (30 x 21 cm); inscribed in ink on the front free endpaper to Ivan Nikolaevich Aleksandrov from the author, [2], ii, 308pp., 78 illustrations in the text, 72 plates with tissue guards, original cloth backed printed boards, corners bumped, boards slightly worn otherwise a very good example of a rare work.
£5,500 -
First edition. 8vo, inscribed presentation copy, xxxiii, [i], 560 pp., 2 maps (1 large folding, couple of short splits), 2 engraved folding plans, 6 lithographs by Westall, Harding, and others on india paper, contemporary russia gilt, covers with broad gilt borders, all edges gilt, neatly rebacked preserving spine, joints lightly rubbed, a very handsome copy.
£3,000 -
Second edition. 8vo, x, 309, [7] pp index, engraved frontispiece, five engraved plates and plans, one folding chart, contemporary calf, spine gilt, a very good example.
£2,000 -
First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xiv, [2], 360; xiv, [2], 275 pp., 41 plates and maps, some folding, original blind-stamped green cloth gilt, a fine set.
£1,250