Alan J Wace (71 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Like New (fine) condition; no dust jacket. The covers look great. The binding is tight. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. Electronic delivery tracking will be issued free of charge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 200 pages.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Quarto, 11 3/4" tall, 122 pages with black and white plate pages; stiff printed gray wraps. A very good clean soft cover with minor exterior shelf wear; slight soiling to the exterior cover fore-edge margins; binding solid, paper cream white.

Condition: New.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Spine bands and corners bumped. Previous owner's signature to end papers. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 146 pages 117 illustrations (1 color) 32 cm. Notes; "The design on the binding of this book is based on the coat of arms of the first Duke of Marlborough surmounting one of the Grinling Gibbons doorways of carved white marble in the saloon at Blenheim Palace." Posthumously published work written in the 1930s by the then Keeper of the Dept. of Textiles, Victoria and Albert Museum. The tapestries were from original designs by Lambert de Hondt and were collectively called 'The art of war'. Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-138). Subjects; Marlborough, John Churchill of 1650-1722. Marlborough, John Churchill of. Marlborough family Homes and haunts. Marlborough, Dukes of Homes and haunts. Blenheim Palace (England). Blenheim Palace (England) Art collections. Blenheim Palace. Tapestry, Flemish.War in art. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Spine bands and corners bumped. Previous owner's signature to end papers. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 146 pages 117 illustrations (1 color) 32 cm. Notes; "The design on the binding of this book is based on the coat of arms of the first Duke of Marlborough surmounting one of the Grinling Gibbons doorways of carved white marble in the saloon at Blenheim Palace." Posthumously published work written in the 1930s by the then Keeper of the Dept. of Textiles, Victoria and Albert Museum. The tapestries were from original designs by Lambert de Hondt and were collectively called 'The art of war'. Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-138). Subjects; Marlborough, John Churchill of 1650-1722. Marlborough, John Churchill of. Marlborough family Homes and haunts. Marlborough, Dukes of Homes and haunts. Blenheim Palace (England). Blenheim Palace (England) Art collections. Blenheim Palace. Tapestry, Flemish.War in art. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover book in very good condition, with very good dust jacket. 1974 reprint of the 1962 first edition. Questions welcome. We ship internationally from the United States and Canada every week. If buying internationally, please be aware that additional charges may apply for heavier books. We guarantee a safe, quick, and secure transaction. 10+ years in online bookselling experience.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Archaeology. Covers very nice, light bumps on the corners and spine ends. Interior clean and tight. Dust jacket rubbed sunned, and chipped, in mylar slip. Large book, additional postage required for international orders.

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. 16 pages, illustrated, original card covers as issued. From the collection of Sinclair Hood FBA, 1917-2021, archaeologist and academic, Director of the British School of Archaeology at Athens 1954-1962. Size: 18 x 24.5 cms. Category: Archaeology Pamphlets; Varied Booklets; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. VERY GOOD, reasonably read, Unmarked PAGES and DUST JACKET. Strong BINDING. Hardback, Not ex-library or facsimile reprint. Published by Macmillan, 1962. Third printing, 1974. Owner stamp on title page. Approximately 6 1/2 X 9 1/2. 593 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1949 First Edition from Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ). Mycenae, An Archaeological History and Guide by Alan J. B. Wace. No dust jacket. Beautiful beige leatherette cover with gilt emblem on front and lettering on spine. One tiny spot or circle on front cover. 150 numbered pages plus 50 extra pages of photos, illustrations and maps. BR (Box 186).…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Faint bump with light crease through back corner of book.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 662 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Large 8vo, blue cloth, xxix, 595 pp, 40 plates. Book cover and jacker water-stained across top of back cover, else very good. 23 essays on every aspect of the poems, their authorship, the epic picture of the age, and the Mycenaean world revealed by archeology.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Macmillan reprint (1974) of the 1962 first edition, edited by Alan J. B. Wace and Frank H. Stubbings; the standard collaborative handbook to the Iliad and the Odyssey, covering the poems, the language, Mycenaean archaeology and the decipherment of Linear B, with numerous black-and-white plates. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering; no dust jacket. A good copy: the cloth is sunned and faded toward the top of the boards, rubbed and scuffed overall with the corners bumped and the cloth worn along the lower edges, and the spine ends are frayed with a small loss of cloth at the head. Endpapers are toned with light foxing and a small pencil notation at the lower corner; the page edges are yellowed and the top edge lightly dust-soiled. Internally clean and unmarked with the plates clear, the text block square and the binding tight.…

Hardcover. First. Grey cloth/boards; gilt cover decoration. Brown leather title block on spine with gilt lettering. No dust jacket. xviii + 150 pp. with 110 bw plates (most with multiple images), including 6 folding plans. A Wace classic. Information on excavations carried out in 1939 with some startling discoveries and information that, at the time, helped clarify several points of variance among scholars. VG- Text and plates pristine. Light shelf wear. Former owners' names on ffep (Herbert Alberding, geologist; and second owner, a professor of classical art).…

Condition: acceptable. The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers.…

Condition: acceptable. The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Hardcover; dustjacket w/ several chips and tears along edge; minor shelfwear; light foxing of edges; o/w in good condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Copyright 1949. 149 + pp. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. No dust jacket. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4to, hardcover, no dj, orange cloth. Vg condition. Ex-lib copy, text-block edges stamped, rear pocket & outer labels removed; interior front hinge neatly tape-reinforced, otherwise contents clean, binding tight. xviii, 150 p., 110 plates (incl. maps, some fold-out).

Bound in cloth, with dustjacket. xxv, 595 p. -(Dj creased, nicked and price-clipped, name in ink on the fly-leaf, pages browned. Overall in good condition.).

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 200 p. Good, age-tanned copy with slightly rubbed and soiled binding. The pages are clean and tidy. Gutes, altersbedingt gebräuntes Exemplar mit leicht beriebenem und verschmutztem Einband. Die Seiten sind sauber und ordentlich. - - The Mycenean Civilization, Alan J. B. Wace -- -- Exact Science in Antiquity, Otto E. Neugebauer -- -- The Artistic and Intellectual Contribution of Greece, William S. Ferguson -- -- The Heritage of the Roman Laws, Arthur E. R. Boak -- -- The Medieval Pattern of Life, Edward K. Rand -- -- The Institutional Pattern of the Middle Ages: Inheritance and Legacy, Arthur C. Howland -- -- Literature and Learning, Charles G. Osgood -- -- The Search for the Heroic Poem, William J. Entwistle -- -- Unifying Factors in the Development of Modern Ideas, John H. Randall, Fr. -- -- Some Sceptical Observations (While They Are Still Possible) on the Relationship of Economic and Political Developments in Modern Europe to Contemporary Political Totalitarianism and Economic Determinism, Carlton J. H. Hayes -- -- England's Contribution to Constitutional Government, Charles H. McIlwain -- -- World Currents in American Civilization, Arthur M. Schlesinger. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 250. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Very Minor shelfwear. Spine darkened.; 110 Plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 150 pages.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.