Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Excavations at Ur: a record of twelve years' work by Woolley.

Museum & of University of Pennsylvania at Mesopotamia, · 1955

$21.00 (€19.05 | £15.90 | ¥3,353)

NY, Crowell, (1955). VG in Fair DJ. In 1854 J. E. Taylor decided to explore some of the southern sites of Mesopotamia & chose the Mound of Pitch, the site of Ur. DJ chipped badly.

Archaeological Remains: Field Study Books.

Garrood, J. R., Curator of the Huntingdon Museum, · 1949

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

London, Methuen, (1949). VG in G DJ. Light green pictorial binding, DJ same, endpapers illustrated. DJ edges wear & tanned.

King Herod's Dream: Caesarea on the Sea.

Holum, Kenneth G., Robert L. Hohlfelder, Robert F. Bull & Avner Raban, · 1988

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Norton, (1988). 1st ed 1st ptg. G lg sz PB. Caesarea is one of the richest archaeologist sites in Israel. Plastic cover overlay separating in places.

Wonderful Things: the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.

Burton, Harry, photos by, · 1978

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1978). 4th ptg. G spiral bound PB. Ambrose Lansing, Asst. Curator of the Metro's Egyptian Dept, on hosting Rudyard Kipling at their Expedition in Thebes,. quotes him as describing the life of the field archaeologist as furnishing "a scholarly p...

The Secret of the Hittites: the discovery of an ancient empire.

Ceram, C. W., translated from German by Richard & Clara Winston, · 1956

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Knopf, 1956. VG. Red binding, embossed pictorial ft cover. Corners bumped.

Clues to America's Past.

Various, · 1976

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Washington, D.C., National Geographic, (1976). VG in VG DJ.

Digging Dinosaurs: the search that unraveled the mystery of baby dinosaurs.

Horner, John R. and James Gorman, foreword by David Attenborough, · 1988

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Workman Pub, (1988). VG in VG DJ ex-library. Jack Horner's answer to what killed dinosaurs is "I don't really give a damn.let's try to understand why they succeeded. Ex-Library stamps, stickers, card pocket.

Prehistoric Weapons in the Southwest.

Peckham, Stewart, · 1965

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Santa Fe, NM, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1965. VG PB. 26pp pamphlet with numerous B&W line drawings of early weapons and their use.

The First American: a story of North American Archaeology.

Ceram, C. W., · 1971

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1971). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. DJ torn, chipped, worn. Boards sl soiled. Author also wrote "Gods, Graves, and Scholars".