Published by Massada Press, Jerusalem, 1970
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair to very good condition. First International edition. Quarto. 305 [1]pp. Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with white lettering on spine. Endpapers with maps of Ancient East in three colors. Color frontispiece. Double-page illustrated title page Comprehensive survey on ancient ceramics in the Holy Land. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photos and drawings. Includes 349 photographs and 100 plates of drawings. This work stands as the standard reference work for Syrio-Palestinian pottery, even today. It was published in this English translation in 1970. Ruth Amiran served as field archaeologist for the Israel Museum. Printed errata slip laid in. Dustjacket with creasing plus small chips along edges. Dustjacket in fair, book in very good condition.