Bethesda, MD: Adler & Adler, 1986. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Octavo; 319 pages; Very Good/Very Good Minus; spine grey with red and blue text; dust jacket protected with mylar; price unclipped reading "$19.95", some shelfwear to dust jacket, including creasing, chipping, small open and closed tears, and a small closed hole to the rear flap fold; textblock clean; endpapers printed with a black and white map of Africa, Asia, and the Indian Ocean; inscribed by Heyerdahl on title dated August 27, 1986; one black and white photographic insert at spread 88-9, two full color photographic inserts at spreads 184-5 and 248-9; shelved case 9. More

Vercelli, Italy: White Star Publishers, 2001. First Edition, Second Printing. Tall quarto; 295 pages; VG/VG; spine black with gold and white text; dust jacket protected with mylar; housed in a VG black cloth and printed paper slipcase, mild shelfwear to spine and slipcase; textblock clean; full color photographs throughout; shelved front table. More

Princeton: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1986. Quarto; G+; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, slight wear to spine caps and corners, slight shelfwear; Text block clean and tight but for penciled check on copyright page; xvi, 382 pages +124 numbered b&w plates. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More

Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1956. Octavo; G/Fair; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with black and red print; DJ has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, light smudging/shelfwear, price-clipped, now in protective mylar cover (NOT PICTURED); Boards in green cloth, light wear to spine caps and corners, fading to bottom edge, else clean and strong; Text block has slight tanning to endpapers, else clean and tight; xxx, 513 pages, frontispiece (color), illustrated (b&w). Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Column C. More

Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House [Wenwu Chuban she], 2005. 1st. Two volumes. Large octavos. Very good+. Tan spines with black, red, and white titling in Chinese. Bindings lightly rubbed; Text blocks clean and bright. Profusely illustrated with black and white drawings and diagrams (vol. 1) and color photographs (vol. 2). Text in Chinese. Contents: Vol. 1: [6], 378 pages. Vol. 2: [6], 374, [2] pages. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House [Wenwu Chuban she], 1973. Two volumes. Large quartos. Very good+ in Good- slip case. Blue cloth spines with gilt ornamentation and red titling in Chinese. Slip case moderately age-toned and bumped with modern ownership label to upper edge. Corners of boards with light+ bumping; Text block lightly age-toned. Profusely illustrated with black and white diagrams (vol. 1) and both color and black and white photographs (vol. 2). Text in Chinese. Contents: Vol. 1: [10], 162 pages + 6 folding plates. Vol. 2: [18], 244 pages. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2000. Large octavo: 295 pages, LXXX color plates, LXXX black and white plates + 1 folding map. Good+. Blue spine with black titling in Chinese. Moderate bumping and scuffing to binding; Plates just beginning to show light age-toning at edges. Text in Chinese with English abstract. SH consignment. More

South Brunswick, NJ: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto; 488 pages; VG/VG; spine white with grey text; dust jacket protected with mylar; price unclipped reading "$30.00", mild shelfwear to dust jacket, including two small closed tears to the top edge of the rear cover; textblock clean; black and white photographs and illustrations throughout, full color photographic insert at spread 64-5; shelved Front Table. More

Stockholm: The Royal Ethnograpical Museum in Stockholm, 1901. Folio, [8], 195, [1] pages, 87 plates with matching text; VG; bound in beige cloth with brown leather label, gilt titling to spine; mild shelfwear and rubbing; With 1 map, 2 double-page plans, and a multitude of in-text illustrations; heavy, please contact for shipping costs; SH consignment; shelved above Mythology. More

Nanking: Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, 1964-1972. Five volumes. Large quartos. Good-. Light blue paper wraps with black titling, age-toned and faded particularly at spines and edges; Corners and edges bumped and creased with tears and bumping to heads and tails of spines; Text blocks age-toned; Corners of text blocks bumped and creased. Black and white photographic plates in each volume, along with in-text black and white illustrations and maps. Text in Chinese with some English. Contents: Issue no. 1: Studies of the Bronze Ku-Beaker. xx, [2], 130, [1] pages + 48 plates. Issue no. 2: Studies of the Bronze Chueh-Cup. x, [2], 140, [1] pages + 50 plates. Issue no. 3: Studies of the Bronze Chia-Vessel ix, [3], 102, [1] pages + 19 plates. Issue no. 4: Studies of the Bronze Ting-Cauldron. x, [2], 123, [1] pages + 32 plates. Issue no. 5: Studies of Fifty-Three Ritual Bronzes. xii, [2], 161, [2] pages + 59 plates. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Peking: Wenwu Press, 1975. Quarto: [34], 141, [5] pages. Very good- in Good slip case. Red cloth spine with gilt ornamentation, but no titling. Slip case age-toned; Shelf worn at upper and lower edges; Lightly marked near spine with old price sticker near top edge. Spine of volumes sunned; Corners of boards with light+ bumping and fraying; Text block beginning to age-tone slightly. Booklet containing and English lightly age-toned and bumped at corners. Includes 203 photographic plates, some in black and white and some in color. Text in Uyghur and Chinese; Abstract in English and French bound separately, in a staple-bound booklet with paper wraps tucked into primary volume. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

New Dehli: Pragun Publication, 2006. Octavo; VG/VG; pinkish peach spine with black text; dust jacket exterior shows minimal wear; clear mylar wrap to jacket; cloth exterior shows very slight wear; mildly bumped spine edges; good, intact binding; strong boards; textblock exterior edges lightly toned; interior pages clean; illustrated;18 pages of plates at rear; CD in pouch to rear pastedown; pp 58. More

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1965. Large Octavo; VG-/G; off-white spine with black text; dust jacket exterior has few, slight smudges; slightly rubbed edges; closed chip to spine; price clipped front flap; cloth exterior has minimal wear; slight lean to spine; exterior text block exterior show very light tone; pictorial endpapers; interior clean; illustrated; pp 216. More

New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1961. First Dover Publications Edition. Octavo; VG-/G+; creamy ivory spine with black text; first Dover Publications edition; an unabridged republication of the first Oxford University Press edition of 1911; dust jacket exterior has slight sun aging; lightly dinged edges; otherwise exterior shows mild wear; cloth has mild wear; slight scratches to front; solid, intact binding; strong boards; textblock exterior edges have light creamy tone; interior clean; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; pp 727; arts - Criticism; History. More

London: Oxford University Press, 1948. First edition. Text volume (Vol. 1) only. Folio: xxxiv, 128 pages + 4 black and white plates, one of which is folding. Good+. Quarter-bound in blue cloth with black lettering to spine and blue paper-covered boards. Light+ bumping and rubbing to edges and corners of boards; hinges cracked; text block very lightly age-toned. Price stamp to rear paste down. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Kyoto: Kyoto University, 1967. Folio: xv, 77, viii, 54 plates and 11 plans (10 folding). Very good. Bound in full blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and front board; Corners lightly bumped; Boards very slightly discolored; Text block beginning to show slight age-toning. Text in Japanese and English. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Paris: Librairie C. Klincksieck, 1961. First edition. Two volumes: Memoires de la Delegation Archeologique Francaise in Afghanistan Tome XVII. Quartos: 260 pages + folding table; 13 pages + 140 figures (1 folding) and 45 black and white photographic plates. Very good-. Bound in tan paper wraps with black lettering to front wraps and spines. Edges and corners lightly shelf-worn; Hinges with light+ wear; Text blocks lightly age-toned. Text in French. SH consignment. More

Paris: Libraire Paul Geuthner, 1920-1924. Four volumes. Mission Pelliot en Asie Centrale, Very good. Housed in cream cloth slip cases with paper labels to front boards and spine. Tome Premier: Grottes 1 a 30. Complete with 64 black and white photographic plates and one general plan of Dunhuang site. Tome Quatrieme: Grottes 111 a 120 n. Black and white photographic plates 193-256, with tissue protectors, title page, and table of contents. Tome Cinquieme: Grottes 120 n a 146. Black and white photographic plates 257-320, with tissue protectors, title page, and table of contents. Tome Sixieme: Grottes 146 a 182 et Divers. Black and white photographic plates 321-376 (Plate 337 was never printed, as noted in table of contents), with title page and table of contents. Bindings lightly bumped; labels age-toned. Plates and text leaves slightly age-toned with scattered foxing; Lightly bumped at edges and corners. Text in French. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

New York: Henry G. Allen & Company, 1887. Edition De Luxe: No. 584 of 800. Elephant Folios (19.5" x 26"), Two Volumes; Publisher's three-quarter leather and cloth bound, with morocco spine labels and gilt lettering to spine; Boards show moderate plus bumping to corners, moderate plus wear to edges, significant wear to leather on front cover of Volume I, and light cracking to leather along joints on both volumes[; Textblocks show moderate foxing and age-toning throughout; a.e.g.; All original 72 plates (with 50 color or tinted plates) intact. Each volume has engraved illustration to titlepage. Both volumes housed in latched cases in black cloth. JR Consignment. In Room B. CONTENTS: Vol. I. [Titlepage], [List of illustrations], 36 plates, each prefaced by titlepage and text description. In good condition. Professional repair to titlepage, and two-inch closed tear to bottom edge of plate 28 title/text page. Vol. II. [Titlepage], [List of illustrations], 36 plates, each prefaced by titlepage and text description. In good minus condition. The title/text pages of the following plates are loose (but intact): Plates 2-4, 11, 13-17, 33-36 (all of these pages have light chipping to fore-edges). Top edge of title/text page to plate two has one inch close tear. Title / text pages for plates 12 and 35 have tears to page along spine (each roughly 1/3 length of spine). Pencil presentation inscription on ffep: "New Ipswich Library / Presented by Henry O Chambry. / April" More

New York: Hacker Art Books, 1975. Reprint edition. Folio: xxiv, 621, vii, cxix plates + folding map. Very good. Bound in red cloth with gilt titling to spine. Corners of binding with light+ bumping. Upper fore edge corner of text block lightly bumped; Half title creased. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Paris: Les Editions d'Art et Histoire, 1936. Folio: 38 pages + 22 black and white photographic plates. Very good-. Bound in original grey wraps with black lettering to spine. Wraps with light+ shelf wear and marking. Text block age toned with very minor pest damage to lower edge of page introducing plates and to rear free endpaper. Text in French. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Stockholm: Statens Etnografiska Museum, 1956-1958. Two volumes. Reports from the Scientific Expedition to the North-Western Provinces of China under the Leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin. The Sino-Swedish Expedition. Publication 39. VII. Archaeology 8. Archaeological Researches in the Edsen-gol Region, Inner Mongolia. Part I. viii, 188 pages + 2 folding maps and 50 plates, along with in-text illustrations. Publication 41. VII. Archaeology 9. Archaeological Researches in the Edsen-gol Region, Inner Mongolia. Part II. vii, 189-386 pages + 16 black and white photographic plates, along with in-text illustrations. Bound in tan cloth with brown leather labels to spines. Very good. Corners with light+ bumping and light fraying; text blocks lightly age-toned. Original wraps bound in. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Nikaido: Institute of Silk Road Studies, 1994-2003. First edition. Quartos. Nine volumes of the periodical Silk Road Art and Archaeology, consisting of the following issues: 1993/94 (310 pages); 1995/96 (324 pages); Special Volume 1997: Studies in Silk Road Coins and Culture (332 pages); 1997/98 (407 pages); two copies of 1999/2000 (313 pages each); 2001 (310 pages); 2002 (272 pages); 2003 (296 pages). Very good. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titling to spines and front boards; All volumes with light shelf wear and fraying to corners; Text blocks beginning to age-tone very slightly. All volumes with black and white illustrations. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Sydney, Melbourne, London: Angus & Robertson Ltd, 1965. First Edition. Octavo; VG-/G; black/tan pictorial spine with yellow text; first edition; dust jacket exterior shows modest wear with slight smudges; 2 inch closed chip to rear head edge; otherwise few chips to edges; mild tone to flaps; cloth exterior has minimal wear; tight binding; strong boards; text block exterior edges have very light tone; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; pp 208. More

Mexico: Editorial Guarania, 1954. Octavo; G+/Poor+; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, white with black print; DJ has tears and chipping to all edges with portions torn away at top and bottom of spine, peripheral toning, smudging/shelfwear; Boards in red cloth, wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block has deckled edges, slight tanning to endpapers, else clean and tight; Text in Spanish; 315 pages, illustrated (b&w and color plates tipped-in throughout). Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Column B. More