MYCENAE: FROM MYTH TO HISTORY (SIGNED)

New York: Abbeville Press, 2016. First Edition. A fine copy bound in purple cloth with bright gilt lettering on the front panel and spine, 10 3/4" X 8 3/4", 286 pages with Robert McCabe's magnificent color and black and white photographs throughout. The book is housed in a lovely dustwrapper featuring one of McCabe's dramatic photographs of the entrance to Mycenae. Both book and jacket are pristine. This magnificent volume contains a narrative of the discovery and history of the ancient capital, its genealogy, a time line of its history, commentary by Athina Cacouri, Daniel Fallu, Lisa Wace French, and John Guare. the famed playwright has written a new play for the book.There are wonderful maps of the ancient Greek world on the endpapers, drawn by C. Kaesen. A illuminating description of the discovery of the source of Linear B by Michael Ventris and others is also included. Robert McCabe has signed this copy on the half-title page.