9780026316002 - The Secret of Crete English and German Edition by Wunderlich, Hans-georg (41 results)

Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Used - Very Good.

The pages are clean and the binding is firm. The dust jacket does not have significant damage.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. The Secret of Crete (English and German Edition).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Book club edition. Excellent book in good jacket. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 367 pp. Tightly bound. Top corners just lightly bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. Published 1974. First Edition / First Printing.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. (1974), 367pp, illus., black cloth, transl by Richard Winston, light shelfwear to cover, front board slightly bowed, sun fading to dj spine, some chipping to dj spine, a few small tears to dj, slight rubbing & edgewear to dj, contents clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NEAR FINE HARDBACK. 1st Ed./1st Printing. small name & stamp on fixed front endpaper, small persona, circular library embossed stamp page3. DJ in Clear, ARCHIVAL MYLAR WRAP. NO remainder mark. | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY! [Extra Postage for Standard International Delivery].

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Printing. Dust jacket is rubbed and price clipped. Slight fading at spine of dust jacket and light browning on inside flaps. Some soiling on book cover. Slight browning on endpages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Stated First printing. Stated First Printing in clean dust jacket. Black cloth boards with blind-stamped horned image on cover, gold lettering on spine. No soiling, narrow line of slight fading at base of board/spine edge; no bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 367 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears; price clip at upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near 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, scatered foxing top edge, lower spine bumped, price penciled on ffep. Dust jacket sunned spine and price clipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 382 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Black cloth, lettered in gold foil. Minor tanning to portion of endpapers and text block edges, otherwise as issued. Stated 1st ptg. xv,367 pp., errata slip laid in at title page. Dust jacket as issued, now in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

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.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Macmillan, 1974. First edition. Book has light edge wear. Gift inscription on front free end-paper. DJ has light spine fade and some wear to spine ends. Many B & W photos and drawings of sites, figures and artifacts. Bibliography and index. Tries to answer the question: Was the Palace of Knossos "a splendid court - or a city of the dead?". He then presents evidence for the latter interpretation. Interesting read.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st US edition. First US edition 1974, first printing stated, translated from German. Published by MacMillan. Hardcover in full cloth with DJ. Condition as new inside, square and tight book, no edgewear, sharp corners, former owner name on ffep, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ fine, bright and shiny, no tears, no chips, with very slight edgewear at the spine extremities, price not clipped. 8vo, XV + 367 pages, illustrated with line drawings and photographs. Heavy book will require additional postage for international orders.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. English edition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good, unmarked HB; DJ-Good.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good condition, very good dust jacket, clean pages, first edition, co translators Richard and Clara Winston, sm4to, 367 pages*.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American. xv, 367pp., errata slip, index, biblio., photos, figures, maps. Translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Very minor "crinkle" to one crease of the DJ, DJ spine lightly sunned. "In The Secret of Crete, Hans Georg Wunderlich demolishes Arthur Evans' theories and proves them to be completely false. He shows, with irrefutable logic, that the Palace of Minos was not the bustling center of gay, courtly life, but was, instead, a necropolis - a city of the dead!" Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First English Edition. 367PP. Spine sunned jacket now in protective mylar. Fully illus. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. First printing of the American edition. About fine in a very near fine (slightly sun faded along the spine) dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. The book is very good+ with light bumps to corners and spine ends in a near fine dust jacket with very slight edge wear.

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. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

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.