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Published by Macmillan, 1974
ISBN 10: 0026316005ISBN 13: 9780026316002
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Book club edition. Jacket rubbed with some small tears. 1974 Hard Cover. xv, 367 pp. Offers an alternative hypothesis to accepted theories regarding Minoan civilization: claims the palace of Minos was not a center for courtly life but a necropolis--a city of the dead.
Published by MacMillan Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1974
ISBN 10: 0026316005ISBN 13: 9780026316002
Seller: Cider Creek Books, Newark, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1974. Large 8vo. 1st edition, 1st printing. Xvi + [368] pp. Printed black cloth, lower spine bumped, price penciled on ffep. Dust jacket sunned spine and price clipped. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 382 pages.
Published by MacMillan Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1974
ISBN 10: 0026316005ISBN 13: 9780026316002
Seller: Cider Creek Books, Newark, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1974. Large 8vo. 1st edition, 1st printing. Xvi + [368] pp. Printed black cloth, lower spine bumped and sunned, gift inscription on ffep. Dust jacket sunned spine. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 382 pages.
Published by Macmillan Pub Co, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1974
ISBN 10: 0026316005ISBN 13: 9780026316002
Seller: HERB RIESSEN-RARE BOOKS, Costa Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Book
A Hardbound Book. Condition: Fine. First U.S. Edition. Slight sun fading to spine of dust jacket with minimum edge/shelf wear and tape residue on page 351. Previous owners bookplate and name stamped on ffep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by NY. 1974. Macmillan Publishing., 1974
ISBN 10: 0026316005ISBN 13: 9780026316002
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. black embossed & gilt decorative full cloth hardbound 8vo.(minoan bull on cover, gilt bands on spine) dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. couple of tiny edge spots. contents free of markings. price clipped dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn. first edition. first printing so stated. b&w illustrated ½ title pg. xv+367p. b&w photo. illustrations, drawings, site plans throughout. epilogue & acknowledgments. biblio. index. ancient history. archaeology . prehistory. art history. ancient religion. minoan civlization. ancient mediterranean. ancient crete. ancient greece. ~ A splendid court.or a city of the dead? When in 1900 the great English archaeologist Arthur Evans began his excavations of the Palace of King Minos at Knossos in Crete, his discoveries astonished the world: evidence of a splendid, flourishing culture in the Bronze Age! Evans's theories have been accepted as dogma by scholars and archaeologists and have been the basis for what has been taught about pre~Cretan history in schools and universities for the past seventy years. In THE SECRET OF CRETE, Hans Georg Wunderlich demolishes Evans's theories and proves them to be completely false. He shows, with irrefutable logic, that the Palace of King Minos was not the bustling center of gay, courtly life but was, instead, a necropolis~ a city of the dead! Imagine future archaeologists uncovering twentieth~century cemeteries and mortuaries and trying to reconstruct our whole civilization. from the findings. Preposterous! Yet, according to Dr. Wunderlich, that's exactly what Evans did when he uncovered the baffling Palace of Knossos, a monumental structure composed of nearly 1200 rooms. His findings seemed to indicate that 3500 years ago the labyrinthine palace was the fabulous residency of some ancient ruler, that here an advanced civilization inexplicably blossomed and then suddenly vanished. There were richly painted vases, delicate goblets, vast storehouses for honey, oil and grain, and no weapons~indicating that peace reigned and that people were not afraid of attack. But when Hans Georg Wunderlich traveled to Crete in 1970, he discovered many puzzling facts that cast doubt on Evans's interpretations. There were steps made of soft alabaster, but they were not worn; there were many doorways, but they were sealed off by stone slabs; there were bathtubs equipped with "drainholes," but there were no drainpipes. He found row upon row of storage vessels, but no kitchen. These discoveries lead Wunderlich to question whether a Cretan Golden Age ever really existed. He invites us to share his adventure~exploring sun~drenched cliffs in search of facts that lie hidden in legends and buried in the Mediterranean soil. A controversial bestseller in Germany since its publication in 1972, THE SECRET OF CRETE reads like a fascinating mystery story. As it demolishes theories propounded by generations of archaeologists and shows many things taught about Minoan civilization to be false, it presents the revolutionary thesis that the Palace of King Minos had never been intended for the living, but was a "necropolis," where a powerful cult of the dead practiced elaborate burial rites, sacrifices, and ritual games.
Published by Macmillan Pub Co, New York, N.Y., 1974
ISBN 10: 0026316005ISBN 13: 9780026316002
Seller: North American Rarities, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Printing. Near Fine book in Near Fine DJ. DJ is crisp and clean in a mylar cover. Book has clean covers, solid squared binding, and clean interior.
Published by Macmillan Publishing Co, New York, 1974
ISBN 10: 0026316005ISBN 13: 9780026316002
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book club edition. Translated from the German by Richard Winston. Fine in very good dustwrapper with closed tears on top edges.
Published by New York, MacMillan, 1974
ISBN 10: 0026316005ISBN 13: 9780026316002
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly toned dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 367 pages; Description: xv, 367 p. Illus. 24 cm. Subjects: Evans, Arthur, Sir 1851-1941. Palace of Knossos (Knossos) . Minoans. Minoans --Funeral customs and rites --Crete --Knossus (Extinct city) . 1 Kg.
Published by Macmillan Publishing Co, New York, 1974
ISBN 10: 0026316005ISBN 13: 9780026316002
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Translated by Richard Winston. Black and white illustrations. Very good with offsetting to endpapers and staining to boards in a very good spine-faded dustwrapper with internal offsetting and offsetting to flaps. Investigates the truth, myth and legend behind the Minoan civilization. Originally published in German under the title *Wohin der Stier Europa trug*.
Published by New York, MacMillan, 1974
ISBN 10: 0026316005ISBN 13: 9780026316002
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Book First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly toned dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 367 pages; Description: xv, 367 p. Illus. 24 cm. Subjects: Evans, Arthur, Sir 1851-1941. Palace of Knossos (Knossos) . Minoans. Minoans --Funeral customs and rites --Crete --Knossus (Extinct city) . 1 Kg.
Published by MacMillan Pub Co, New York, 1974
ISBN 10: 0026316005ISBN 13: 9780026316002
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; English And German Edition; 9.5 X 6.5 X 1.3 inches; 367 pages.
Published by MacMillan Publishing Co. , Inc., New York, 1974
ISBN 10: 0026316005ISBN 13: 9780026316002
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. A first edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition worn mostly from aging with some page edge soiling in a lightly worn alike dust-jacket; Author's theories regarding the findings of Arthur Evans in his excavations of the palace of King Minos; 367 pages; TBC.