Sumer Dawn Art (13 results)
Language: English
Published by Thames and Hudson 1960
- Hardcover
Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.My Dead Aunt's Books
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Unmarked hardcover in well worn jacket protected by a Brodart archival cover.
Published by Golden Press, New York, New York 1961
- Hardcover
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.Mullen Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Red cloth over boards, gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover; 394 pp.; 419 figures, mostly bw but a few color with several fold out illustrations. Includes white cloth page marker. The first volume in the "The Arts of Mankind" series by Andre Malraux. Covers art from the years 5000 BC to 1155 BC, inclu…ding artwork of the Ur, Magash and Mari, the Sargon and Akkadian Empire, the Guti, the Amorites, the Kassites and Elamites, and more. Well illustrated. Includes a glossary of terms. Contents include: Preface / by André Malraux -- History of the discoveries -- The 'Garden of Eden' : from the origins to historical times (5000-2800 B.C.) -- The city states and Sumer's golden age : Ur, Lagash, Mari (2800-2470 B.C.) -- Sargon and the Akkadian Empire (2470-2285 B.C.) -- The Guti and the Neo-Sumerian reaction (2285-2016 B.C.) -- The return of the Amorites and Babylonia hegemony (2016-1595 B.C.) -- Kassites and Elamites in Babylonia (1730-1155 B.C.). Good (Ex-library with accompanying markers; Dewey decimal in white ink on spine; soiling/marking ifc/ibc and ffep/rfep ).
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 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.
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Better World Books: West
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Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 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.
More imagesPublished by Golden Press 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.Chamblin Bookmine
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4to Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 396p. Name penned on front fly with heavy foxing present on endpapers and text-block. Front endpage is stained, as pictured. Text is otherwise unmarked with b/w and color illustrations, some that fold out. Binding is tight with hinges securely attach…ed. Red cloth boards are pointed with gilt lettering. Jacket is unclipped but has seen much better days, sporting heavy shelf wear, tatty and ripped outer layer lamination, and scraped surfaces. Upper crown is chipped. Still, a good reading copy.

Published by Golden Press, New York 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American edition. Translated by Stuart Gilbert and James Emmons. Preface by André Malraux. Small quarto. L, 391pp. Heavily illustrated. Topedge a trifle foxed, close to fine in red cloth gilt and heavily worn, good or better dust jacket with wrinkling in the lam…ination. A very nice production, issued as the first volume in the series The Arts of Mankind, edited by André Malraux and George Salles. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with their tiny number label on the jacket spine, and an estate label designed by their son, Jonathan Shahn.
Published by NY Golden press 1961 first ed. 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Compulsive Collector, New York NY, NY, U.S.A.The Compulsive Collector
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. cloth hard cover.Folio.Illustrations and plates.391 PP.Folding map near fine copy in near fine Dust Jacket.scarce. very Heavy.
Published by Golden Press, New York 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
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Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition. 4to. 397pp. Red cloth with embossed gilt symbol to front plate and gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Some scuffing and creasing to dj. A fascinating book on ancient art, discovered in the city of Sumer. Beautifully illustrated with 557 illustrations in color and b&w. Part of a serie…s: The art of Mankind. Dj in very good, book in near fine condition.
More imagesPublished by Golden Press 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: First Editions Only, Burlington, ON, CanadaFirst Editions Only
Contact seller2-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Edition, Book in Good Condition, Dust Jacket is worn, Full page inscription to owner from students International and domestic shipping by quotation due to weight.
Published by Golden Press, New York 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
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Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition. 4to. 397 pp. Red cloth with embossed gilt symbol to front plate and gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Some scuffing and creasing to dj. A fascinating book on ancient art, discovered in the city of Sumer. Beautifully illustrated with 557 illustrations in color and b&w. Part of a seri…es: The art of Mankind. Dj in very good, book in near fine condition.
- Hardcover
Seller: Ouromantiq Books, Brewster, NY, U.S.A.Ouromantiq Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No jacket, moderate wear, pages yellowed with occasional minor blemishes, owner name to front endpaper, front endpaper and half-title vertically creased.

Published by Golden Press, New York 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. ; 397 pages.