Wheeler Mortimer Edited (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. London: Spring Books, 1970. 288 pages; 40 color and 325 b&w illustrations. "A team of distinguished scholars have written compact and informative descriptions of each site, introducing details of architecture, history and cultural background."-publisher. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Language: ENG.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Graham, Ian - Photographs By (illustrator). Reprint; Orig. Pub.1965,London. Blue Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Reprint; Orig. Pub.1965,London. Hardback. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. ISBN:0-600-37945-0. 288 pages; illustrated with hundreds of B&W photos and some color full page photographs; illustrated endpapers; owner's name and date in ink, top of front fly; from Mortimer Wheeler's introduction: ".the buildings here selected .are mostly, though not wholly, monuments of religion or death, by the accidental reason that such monuments tend more readily to survive. There is consolation in the fact; they tend to present the best workmanship of their age, as though born for immortality. But there are also secular works of high distinction: the palace of Persepolis, the palace-fortresses of Lahore and Delhi, the palace-city of Fatehpur Sikri, the Forbidden City of Peking, and others." Book condition: The cover corners and spine extremeties have some moderate rubbing, and one upper corner has been bumped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good with very good dust jacket. Dust jacket is lightly bumped along top and bottom edges with a light crease on front panel. 224 pages with index, 15 color plates, 95 monochrome plates, and 36 line drawings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. Jacket is price clipped, there are creases, dust spotting and tears on it.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Revised Edition. 11th Edition (1974). handbook for 1977 cruises dust-jacket. Clean unclipped dust-jacket, clean firm blue covers with gilt lettering, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 61711030090. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional shipping charges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1978 12 edition on blue cloth.

Alcock, Leslie., edited by Sir Mortimer Wheeler., Stein & Day, 1972, c1972, cloth (hard cover), vg+ with vg dj (one minor edge tear), 224 pp with appendix, notes & index, B&W/full color photographic & other illus., small 4to, "15 Color Plates, 95 Monochrome Plates, 36 Line Drawings".

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Condition Notes: A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper, with a nick to the top corner of the upper panel which is a little creased at the foot by the join. Previous owners' gift inscription to the verso first blank. Text complete, clean and tight otherwise; Hardback. Dust wrapper over blue boards with gilt titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 10¼" x 8¼" (1.4 kg); pp 326; Illustrated by way of: Maps; Maps to the endpapers and blanks; Plans; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #181373 ||.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 9th Edition. 308pp. HARDCOVER Clean copy internally. No inscriptions. In protected VG d/w. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 288 pp . some tears to jacket, especially at the head of the spine , price clipped, with 40 full colour illustrations and about 325 in black and white. 4to.

light blue cloth hardbound folio ~ 2º. very large ("coffee table" book), international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in near fine cond. corners rubbed, couple of 1" tears at spine top, couple of tiny nicks on the rear along the edges, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing (NAP). ~ Please Note: book is larger than scanner so the photos are a bit cropped. illustrated endpapers. 288p. 40 full color plates, many full page. 350 b&w photos. b&w drawings, maps & illustrations. archaeology. ancient history. art history. religion. architecture. ~ This volume is a magnificent pictorial presentation of the incomparable art, architecture and decorative motifs of Asian civilization. A selection of the greatest buildings and monuments (temples, tombs, palaces and fortresses) of the five major areas of Asia ~ the Middle East, the Indo~Pakistan subcontinent, Southeast Asia, China and Japan ~ are described and illustrated in detail, presenting a vivid panorama of Eastern decorative and building arts, from the delicate mosaic tile~work of Islamic structures to the massive grandeur of the South Indian temples. Included in this fascinating and revealing tour of exotic lands are such notable sites as Lahore Fort, the cave temples at Ajanta, the Red Fort of Delhi, the Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat, the Forbidden City and Altar of Heaven in Peking, the Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto, and many others ( Ctesiphon. Samarra. Persepolis. Isfahan. Samarkand. Tomb of Rukn~i Alam. Wazir Khan's Mosque. Bhubaneswar. Madura and Srirangam. Fatehpur Sikri. Nepal. Shwe Dagon. Borobudur. Forbidden City. Ming Tombs. Horyu~ji temple. Todai~ji temple. Byodo~in.). Most of the superb photographs (40 in full color and almost 350 in monochrome) were specially taken for this book by Ian Graham during an extensive journey through the Eastern countries. These are supplemented by paintings and drawings by both native artists and Western travellers. The descriptive articles have been written by a distinguished team of experts and edited with an introduction by Sir Mortimer Wheeler. With its clear, non~technical text and lavish display of illustrations, SPLENDORS OF THE EAST provides an illuminating survey of the art, architecture and interior decor of the Orient. And since these are intimately related to Asia's cultures, philosophies and religions, this book is in fact a glowing evocation of the life and spirit of the Eastern peoples and nations. Sir Mortimer Wheeler is one of the world's most eminent archaeologists. He has been Director of the National Museum of Wales and Keeper of the London Museum. From 1934 to 1944 he was Honorary Director of the University of London Institute of Archaeology, and subsequently became Director General of Archaeology in India. JACKET ILLUSTRATIONS: Front ~The Tomb ofRukn~i Alam, Multan, Pakistan Back ~The Pagoda at Nanking, China, drawn by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach in his History Of Architecture, 1721.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep scarlet buckram covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, elaborate gilt scallop design covering the whole front cover, colour photographic end papers. 4to 11½'' x 8¼''. Contains [vi] 135 pp with colour illustrations and photographs throughout. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PALAEONTOLOGY.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep scarlet buckram covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, elaborate gilt scallop design covering the whole front cover, colour photographic end papers. 4to 11½'' x 8¼''. Contains [vi] 135 pp with colour illustrations and photographs throughout. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PALAEONTOLOGY.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean text, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition/6th Impression: 1987. 945 pp. A rare, hard-to-find, collectible gem! 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. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slightly creased spine. Light foxing on page edges, not affecting text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Thus. Initially published in 112 weekly magazine parts, this edition is not entirely the work of Winston Churchill. Profusely illustrated in color and monochrome images, the text consists of excerpts from Churchill's original four-volume opus with additional annotation notes, treatises and sidebars contributed by other distinguished writers. Once all the parts were issued, the publisher bound them in a variety of formats. This 23-volume set in handsome red faux leather is the most attractive and accessible. The bindings here are rubbed at some spine heads, with fractional losses to a few volumes and very light shelf-wear here and there. The contents are fine,