Twilight Books

Archaeology

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Adams B. EGYPTIAN MUMMIES Shire 1998 Pb Larger format 62pp Illus VG £4. This book provides a concise history of the development of the process of mummification in ancient Egypt. It commences with the burial practices of Predynastic times and then goes through the material evidence for mummification from the Early Dynastic Period to its decline in Roman Times. The discussion of the mummies of each period is set in the context of the prevailing funerary customs, and a description of the funeral and the refined methods used in the New Kingdom is given. The tomb robberies of the Twentieth Dynasty and the subsequent caches made in the Twenty-first Dynasty, which led to the recovery of the royal mummies of the New Kingdom, are related, and many of the unwrapped mummies are illustrated by photographs. There is a section on the practice of animal mummification in the later periods.

Allaby M. & Lovelock J. THE GREAT EXTINCTION Secker & Warburg 1983 1st Ed Hb 182pp Colour illus & diagrams Dw VG+ £8. What killed the dinosaurs and devastated the Earth? Sixty five million years ago the Earth experienced one of the most devastating and mysterious events in it's history which wiped out the race of dinosaurs. Until now, what actually occurred has eluded scientists. In this book the authors believe they have uncovered the answers from subtle evidence found in fossils and rocks - it appears that the Earth collided with a small planet which unleashed unimaginable destruction to the planet, upsetting the delicate balance which supported prehistoric life.

Atkinson R.J.C. STONEHENGE Hamish Hamilton 1956 1st GB Ed Hb 204pp Well illus Map Newspaper Clippings Dw (Front cover piece missing & small pieces missing on back cover o/w Dw G) Contents VG £10. This book is the first to be written about Stonehenge for 20 years. During that time many notable advances have been made in British prehistoric archaeology, and in particular the understanding of Stonehenge itself has been much enlarged and illumined by excavations carried out there since 1950. The purpose of this book is to present to the ordinary reader the results of this recent search, to reinterpret the findings of earlier excavators, and it gives a comprehensive account of the monument and its significance within the the wider framework of British prehistory. Each of the five sections into which the book is divided deals with a single aspect of the monument. The author is Lecturer in Prehistory in the University of Edinburgh and one of the three archaeologists in charge of the current series of excavations.

Audrain M. & Samival THE GLORY OF EGYPT Thames and Hudson 1963 Hb 229pp Well illus Map Dw VG+ £10. This book presents a majestic portrait of the ancient civilisation of the Nile. Here is more than archaeology, an artist has used his artist's vision to recreate the spirit of great people. Not only are the great buildings shown, but also carvings,frescoes and jewellery and the landscape of Egypt as it is seen today. In 115 superb photogravure plates, 8 of which are in colour, the photographer has rediscovered the beauty and the miracle of Ancient Egypt. The author gives a lucid history of the Two Kingdoms and includes in his stimulating texts convincing hypothesis of the symbolism of the pyramids and the techniques used in their construction.

Ballard R. D. THE DISCOVERY OF TITANIC Guild 1988 Hb 230pp lavishly illus in colour/b&w (creasing & nicks to edges G+) Contents VG £10. The remarkable account of Robert Ballard's discovery and exploration of this famous ship. This tome is lavishly illustrated with photographs of the wreck, paintings, plans and fold-out pictures.

Barocas C. & Niemeyer O. MONUMENTS OF CIVILIZATION: EGYPT Reader's Digest 1972 1st GB Ed Hb 190pp Lavishly illus in colour Dw Foxing to several pages o/w VG £8. A beautifully illus and informative tome exploring the marvellous creations of ancient Egypt - pyramids, tombs, columns, porticos, carvings, statues, etc.

Bauval R. & Hancock G. KEEPER OF GENESIS - A QUEST FOR THE HIDDEN LEGACY OF MANKIND Heinemann 1996 1st GB Ed Hb 272pp Illus Dw F-M Contents VG £10. These two authors present a tour de force of historical and scientific detective work, using sophisticated computer simulations of the ancient skies to crack the millennial code that the monuments transcribe, and set out a startling new theory concerning the enigmatic Pyramid Texts and other archaic Egyptian scriptures. These texts serve as an ingenious treasure trail and, as the authors reveal in their shattering conclusion, a covert treasure hunt has been underway for the last 20 years at the pyramids and the Sphinx - a hunt bringing together senior Egyptologists, high government officials, wealthy funders, and a strange esoteric organisation lurking behind the scenes. What are they looking for? What is contained in the rectangular chamber that seismic surveys have located in the bedrock far below the paws of the Sphinx? What lies behind the mysterious door recently discovered at the end of a previously unexplored shaft deep inside the Great Pyramid? Does mankind have a rendezvous with destiny - a rendezvous not in the future, but in the distant past, at a precise place and time? The secrets can be kept no longer....

Berenguer M. PREHISTORIC MAN AND HIS ART Souvenir 1973 1st GB Ed Hb 166pp Illus (fold-out drawings) Dw VG £8. Professor of Fine Arts explores the caves of Robadesella along the Cantabric coast where paintings of men, women, animals, etc adorn the walls. He examines these ancient pictures to find their meaning.

Berlitz C. MYSTERIES FROM FORGOTTEN WORLDS - REDISCOVERING LOST CIVILISATIONS Corgi 1974 Pb 215pp Illus G £3. Mankind has always sought more knowledge of his ancestors. Our only clues to life billions of years ago are mysterious monuments and archaeological finds - Stonehenge, the Pyramids, the lost empire of Atlantis and the writings on tablets and caves which can be so easily misinterpreted. Was the dawn of civilisation really just a sad twilight, the dimly recalled remnants of a former greatness? This book puts forward the theory that an advanced civilisation did exist millions of years BC and offers convincing evidence that cannot be easily dismissed.

Berry G. DISCOVERING COINS - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COLLECTION AND STUDY OF COINS, TOKENS AND JETTONS Shire 1968 Pb 45pp G £2.50. This booklet is an attempt to encourage readers not only to examine their coins more closely but to delve rather more deeply into the fascinating history that spans a thousand years. It is not written specifically for the collector, but suggestions are given as to how ancient and medieval as well as modern coins may be collected at reasonable cost. Coins are historical documents and invaluable tools for the historian and the teacher of history.

Bingham H. LOST CITY OF THE INCAS Travel Book Club 1952 Hb 212pp Illus G+ £8.50. An account of the author's search and discovery of Machu Picchu and other lost Incas cities. The book also includes chapters on the origins of the Incas, their civilization, building techniques, tools and artwork etc.

Brion M. POMPEII & HERCULANEUM: THE GLORY AND THE GRIEF Elek 1978 Hb 240pp Profusely illus in colour/b&w Dw VG £10. A splendidly illustrated tome bringing to life these bustling places which were destroyed by lava 2000 years ago.

Broom R. FINDING THE MISSING LINK Watts 1950 1st Ed Hb 101pp Drawings Dw (worn along spine o/w good for age) contents G+ £5. An account of then recent discoveries throwing new light of the origin of man.

Brown L. COIN COLLECTING Arco 1962 1st Ed Hb 158pp Illus Dw G Contents G-VG £5. An ideal introduction to coins collecting. This book covers collecting, housing, cataloguing, preserving and reproducing coins from both Britain and around the World.

Burland C.A. MONTEZUMA - LORD OF THE AZTECS BCA Nd 264pp Hb Well Illus colour/b&w Dw VG £10. The author takes a fresh approach to the subject by recounting the momentous life of the last Aztec emperor from the standpoint of Montezuma's own society and time. Drawing on the few surviving contemporary documents of the Aztecs, on Spanish chronicles of the period of the Conquest and on post-Conquest accounts by native aristocrats such as F de Alva Ixtlilxochitl, the author has vividly recaptured the splendor and complexity of Aztec society and the powerful personality of the ill-fated Montezuma. His life is traced from birth to a minor prince of the ruling family, through his traditional education in the temple and warrior schools to his eventual appointment as "Great Speaker" of the Aztec nation. The extensive illustrations, many taken in Mexico by Werner Forman especially for the book, add further insight to this moving and informative biography and evoke the strangely compelling beauty of the country.

Burland C.A. PEOPLES OF THE SUN - THE CIVILIZATIONS OF PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1976 1st Ed 232pp Hb Well illus 100 b/w photographs and 16 colour plates Dw G-VG Contents VG+ £10. This book takes an overall view in order to isolate the particular qualities of the cultural style of the American Indian, bringing fresh insights to the civilizations and artistic achievements of the Mexicans, Maya, Peruvians and other inhabitants of the lands of gold. Reproductions of Mexican and Mayan codices, the monuments of the Toltecs and Aztecs, the precious artefacts and the erotic imagery of these primitive people all help to make this a valuable new book on the peoples of the sun.

Calder R. THE INHERITORS - THE STORY OF MAN AND THE WORLD HE MADE Heinemann 1961 1st Ed 336pp Hb Well Illus Dw (Tears to edges and small pieces missing otherwise G) Contents G+ £8. This is one of the most stimulating book of its kind since HG Wells's The Outline of History. It is a fascinating account of man's scientific achievements from the earliest times and a challenging reappraisal of some of the most pressing questions of today. The author traces the development of man, the tool maker, the technologist, from prehistory to the present day, and makes an excursion into the future. He tells how in ancient times man by his ingenuity and skills gained control of his environment and how the limitations of his knowledge, as well as his excesses, destroyed the civilizations which he thus created. Wars are shown as the symptoms and not the causes of their decline. Vaunting his material mastery over nature, man diverted rivers and cities died of thirst; he destroyed forests, released floods and created deserts. He built pyramids as the tomb-stones of his culture. His past achievements have lessons for today; and so have his follies. Now that civilization is no longer localised and limited by physical and climatic frontiers, and the scientists have given man control of huge destructive, as well as constructive, forces, the way in which he applies his knowledge affects the whole of humanity and the whole of this planet. Ritchie Calder's encyclopaedic knowledge of the whole range of scientific progress supports a convincing case for a combined attempt to tackle global problems on a global scale. This is a lively, informative and thought provoking book which our generation cannot afford to miss.

Clayton P. A COMPANION TO ROMAN BRITAIN Phaidon 1980 1st Ed Hb 208pp Profusely illus Dw VG+ £8. An excellent guide to the life, work and habits of people during the time of the Roman occupation of Britain - social organisation, politics, local resistance, public buildings, religion, trade, coinage.

Coarelli F & Nervi P.L. MONUMENTS OF CIVILIZATION - ROME Reader's Digest 1979 185pp Lavishly illus in colour/b&w Dw VG £8. This volume with its 114 beautiful colour photographs and its maps, diagrammatic plans and cross sections, its extended captions and carefully selected quotations from contemporary historians and eye witnesses, takes each monument that is discussed as a starting point; with its architectural and decorative elements it is then set in the economic social and political framework that sustained it in the thousand year span of Rome's glorious history. Filippo Coarelli is Inspector in the Division of Antiquities and Fine Arts in the Commune of Rome. Formerly an assistant to the Professor of Archaeology and Greek and Roman Art at the University of Rome, he has excavated in Italy and Afghanistan and is the author of numerous scholarly publications on Roman and Hellenistic archaeology.

Coleman A. MILLENNIUM - A THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY Bantam Press 1999 1st Ed Hb 281pp Lavishly illus in colour Dw VG (Contents VG+) £8. This new book has been specially written to accompany the ten-part television series Millennium. It offers a bold, colourful approach to the last thousand years of world history. Taking a global rather than a European or Anglo-Saxon perspective. It looks at neglected but fascinating corners of mankind's collective experience. It considers vast historical movements, but in vivid and telling detail, on a human scale, through the lives of remarkable individuals, some famous, some unfamiliar except to scholars. It evokes the past through brilliant imagery and through the actual words of witnesses. Each chapter in the book, is devoted to a single century and examines the key individuals, the technologies, the issues, the catastrophes, both human and natural, that seem to define it: Ghenghis Khan, terrorising Europe and Asia and creating a remarkable empire, the Black Death, cutting a swathe through the world's hopes and achievements as well as through much of its population; the compass and the telescope, enlarging mankind's horizons; Charles Darwin, transforming the way we see ourselves, steam technology, powering the West's dominance over the rest of the world; and the technologies of our own century, enabling us to see our planet as a whole and to communicate globally in an instant of time.

Cottrell L. THE BULL OF MINOS Pan Books 1955 Pb 221pp Illus G £4. The story of the great archaeological discoveries in Crete and Greece.

Cottrell L. LOST CITIES BCA 1975 Hb 253pp Illus Dw G £6. The famous archaeologist looks at Babylon, Pompeii, Macchu Picchu, Chichen-Itza, and Nineveh, etc.

Cox S. CRACKING THE DA VINCI CODE - THE UNAUTHORIZED GUIDE TO THE FACTS BEHIND THE FICTION Michael O'Mara 2004 1st Ed Pb Larger Format 155pp Illus VG £5. Dan's Brown's bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code, has become a global phenomenon, and introduced millions of readers to a mysterious world where Leonardo Da Vinci encoded hidden meanings into his paintings; strange symbols are engraved in a remote Scottish chapel; and the Catholic Church and an ancient secret society are locked in a centuries-old battle to gain control of the ultimate prize: the Holy Grail. But how much of the novel is actually true and what is fictional distortion? Cracking the Da Vinci Code is the first book to cut through the confusion.

Daniell S. THE STORY OF CORNWALL Tor Mark Press ND Pb Illus 40pp G £3.75. This fascinating little book describes early man in Cornwall: The Stone and Bronze Ages, the Iron Age and the Romans, The Dark Ages and the Cornish Saints, The Middle Ages, The Reformation, the Seadogs and The Civil War, The Age of the Industrial Revolution and the Modern Face of Cornwall.

Davies J.K, COSMIC IMPACT St. Martin's Press 1986 1st USA Ed 190pp Illus Dw F £8. A fascinating but frightening look at the possibility of an asteroid or other outer space body colliding with the earth and the consequences of such an impact.

De Franciscis A. THE BURIED CITIES POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM BCA 1979 Hb Lavishly illus book Dw (front cover slightly torn & several nicks o/w G) Contents VG+ £8. In the words of the author who was formerly curator of antiquities for the region, and the photographs of Carlo Bevilacqua combine to tell us exactly what life was like in the cities buried by Vesuvius. Vesuvius was a fertile mountain, thickly covered with vineyards and woods. When the volcano suddenly erupted on 24 August 79AD, the populations of the little cities that dotted the surrounding countryside were entirely unprepared for the disaster. Overwhelmed with ash and grit, drowning in volcanic mud and choking in the poisonous fumes, people had little chance to rescue even their most precious possessions. Now many years of painstaking excavation and reconstruction have brought us a unique picture of everyday life in the provincial cities of the Roman Empire.

Desroches-Noblecourt C. TUTANKHAMEN Penquin 1972 Pb 212pp Illus by 32 colour plates by F L Kennett and by monochrome illustrations some foxing on first page G+ £4. On 25 November 1922 Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon revealed to an astonished world one of the most fabulous archaeological finds of all time, the tomb of Tutankhamen. The royal burial chamber standing almost exactly as it was left some 3,300 years ago, was crammed with treasures of both extraordinary beauty and priceless value, dating from the height of Egyptian civilization. The authoress describes the discovery of the tomb, its contents, and the light it has shed on the short reign of the boy king and on Egyptian history and culture in general.

Dodd A.H. ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND BCA 1973 Hb 224pp Profusely illus Dw G+ Contents VG £8. Professor Dodd's authorative yet vivid picture of Elizabethan society looking into the lives and work of ordinary people.

Drosnin M. THE BIBLE CODE Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1997 1st Ed Hb 232pp Dw VG £10. For 3,000 years a code in the Bible has remained hidden, now it has been locked by computer and may reveal our future. The Bible Code foretells events that happened thousands of years after the Bible was written, including both Kennedy assassinations, the moon landing and the Oklahoma bombing. The Code appears to indicate the world is on the edge of unprecedented danger - perhaps the real Apocalypse.

Earl D. THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS Elek 1968 1st Ed Pb 194pp Profusely illus in colour/b&w Larger format Dw G+ £6. Dr Earl discusses Augustus's background and his family history and describes the Society in which he lived covering his control of military forces and of foreign affairs together with the religious cults and emperor worship that was around at his time.

Earle P. THE WRECK OF THE ALMIRANTA Macmillan 1979 1st Ed Hb 230pp b&w photographs Dw VG £8. This book tells the dramatic story of the shipwreck in 1641 of the Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, the Almiranta or vice-admiral of the Mexican treasure fleet, and of the subsequent attempts by Spaniards, Americans, West Indians and Englishmen to locate the wreck in order to salvage her reputedly fabulous treasure. The massive documentation in the archives of Seville has enabled the author to describe in vivid detail the last voyage of the Almiranta and the adventures of the survivors after the ship had struck on a coral reef to the north of Hispaniola - now the Dominican Republic. No less detailed is the description of the incredibly incompetent attempts made by the authorities to try to locate the wreck. In the end they gave up and the sunken Almiranta, with her treasure of silver coin and bullion and jewels, became a lure for imaginative adventurers on both sides of the Atlantic. Expedition after expedition set out for the poorly charted and very dangerous waters of the Arbrojos in which the wreck was said to lie until at last forty-six years after the Almiranta had sunk, she was found by an obsessively single-minded Boston sea-captain called William Phips, financed by a syndicate of courtiers and businessmen in London. Phips' brought home a treasure worth £250,000 an enormous sum in the seventeenth century, and as much again was raised by the seamen of Jamaica and Bermuda who flocked to the site after Phips's departure. Because the stern of the wreck was completely encased in coral and much treasure remained uncovered, Phips' wreck had been the subject of controversy and vain searches ever since. The author has visited the wreck site and contributes a postscript on its discovery and exploitation. The story of Phip's treasure hunt is as well documented as that of the shipwreck, for the logbooks of both his salvage ships survive, as do many of the business records of the syndicate who backed him. The result is a book which tells an extraordinary vivid story of adventure and greed on the high seas in which every fact is buttressed by detailed research in the documents of the period.

Ediger D. THE WELL OF SACRIFICE Hale 1973 1st GB Ed Hb 283pp Illus Dw VG £8. This book covers the story of the attempt by one of the largest archaeological expeditions ever organised in the Western Hemisphere, to uncover the mysteries of the Sacred Well of the Mayas of ancient Mexico. It is an engrossing tale of adventure that captures the frustrations and triumphs of archaeological detective work. Eventually with much travail, the dark and forbidding well was made to yield wondrous treasures once sacrificed to the Mayan water god Chac - jewellery, gold, amulets, and even human victims. But a combination of modern technology and human persistence prevailed over the ancient god, and succeeded at last in unlocking the time capsule of Mayan history.

Edwards I. E. S. THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT Viking 1985 Hb 328pp Lavishly illus in colour/b&w Dw VG-F £10. A reprint of this classic work on the history of Pyramids with revisions by the author and the addition of illustrations.

Felix R.W. NOT BY FIRE BUT BY ICE - DISCOVER WHAT KILLED THE DINOSAURS AND WHY IT COULD SOON KILL US Sugarhouse Publishing 1997 1st Ed Pb 218pp Larger format VG+ £6. The next ice age could begin any day! Next week, next month, next year, it's not a question of if, only when. One day you'll wake up or won't wake up rather buried beneath nine stories of snow as the climate of Greenland descends on Canada, Britain, Norway and most of the north practically overnight. It's all part of a natural cycle triggered by geomagnetic reversals and equinoctial precession, a cycle that returns like clockwork every 23,000 years. A must-read. You'll shudder every time you see a snowflake.

Fernandez-Armesto F.F. COLUMBUS AND THE CONQUEST OF THE IMPOSSIBLE PBS 1974 Hb 215pp Well illus colour/b&w Dw G-VG £8. Columbus was a brilliant intuitive navigator with bold and challenging ideas, yet despite the grandeur of his achievements he died disillusioned and embittered. He drew his geographic theories from prevailing scientific notions about the earth and the current zeal for exploration in his day. We see his quest for royal patronage at the Courts of Portugal and Spain, and each of his four transatlantic journeys with their attendant perils. The author shows how the idea of the discovery of a new continent took root among contemporary geographers and how, contrary to popular belief, Columbus himself correctly identified the new found hemisphere. The Author does justice to Columbus's successes as an explorer and his contribution as one of the earliest colonisers among the Indians.

Forde-Johnston J. HISTORY FROM THE EARTH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY BCA 1974 Hb 244pp Illus colour/b&w Dw VG £8. This complete and up to date survey of archaeology gives a clear picture of the extent of the subject in time and space, and provides the necessary information which is required for more specialised study. It is essential reading for anyone who desires a general knowledge of the origins of Man and the prehistory of the world, and will provide the background against which the importance of new developments and discoveries can be assessed by laymen and would-be students of archaeology.

Foss M. CHIVALRY BCA 1975 Hb 248pp Lavishly illustrated in colour/b&w Dw (small tear to front top edge o/w VG) Contents VG £9. The author looks at the history and legend of Chivalry. From the 8th century Frankish knights of Charlemagne, through the heroism and romanticism of the "Pure Knight" of the Arthurian legends, to the Crusades.

Golb N. WHO WROTE THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS? - THE SEARCH FOR THE SECRET OF QUMRAN Scribner 1st Ed Hb 385pp Illus Dw F £10. This book contains a compelling new interpretation of the origin and meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The scrolls have been the subject of unending fascinating and controversy ever since their discovery in the Qumran caves beginning in 1947. Intensifying the debate, the author now fundamentally challenges those who argue that the writings belonged to a small, desert-dwelling fringe sect. Instead he shows why the scrolls must have been the work of many groups in ancient Judaism, kept in libraries in Jerusalem and smuggled out of the capital just before the Roman attacked in A.D.70. He eloquently portrays the spiritual fervour of the people who lived and wrote in the period between the great writings of the Hebrew Bible and the birth of the New Testament, The author backs up his ground-breaking interpretation with a careful reading of the texts and the archaeological findings. Bringing to scroll studies a vast knowledge of ancient history, he describes the scrolls' rich diversity of ideas, and offers a new interpretation of their significance for the evolution of both Judaism and Christianity.

Gribbin J. & Cherfas J. THE MONKEY PUZZLE Bodley Head 1982 1st Ed Hb 258pp Dw VG £8. Modern men and modern apes are much more closely related than is commonly believed. Palaeontologists tend to fix the time when man and ape diverged from a common ancestor at 20 million years ago, but recent breakthroughs in the study of genetics reveal that they became separate species only about four and a half million years ago. The authors of this book are scientists who feel that it is time the puzzle was solved. Their book is the first to take all the existing theories about human evolution into account, traditional and revolutionary. Drawing on many specialised fields, anthropology, anatomy, molecular biology, climatology, geophysics, sociology, linguistics, computer technology, they examine all the evidence and its implications. For the general reader, they open a window on a fascinating world of research and discovery, while for fellow scientists they throw down a challenge that can no longer be ignored.

Haining P. ANCIENT MYSTERIES bca 1977 Hb 178pp Well illus £8. An excellent work looking at such ancient mysteries as The Hollow Earth, Lost Worlds, Who Discovered America, Stone Computers, Submerged Continents, Phantoms Islands, Second Race, plus a look at at Abominable Creatures, Monsters of the Death, and Visitors from Space.

Hamilton-Edwards G. IN SEARCH OF ANCESTRY Phillimore 1979 Hb 293pp Illus Dw G-VG £8. How do you trace your ancestors using parish records, wills, military documents, marriage licences, birth and death certificates, articles, etc.

Hibbert C. TOWER OF LONDON Reader's Digest 1971 Hb 168pp Well illus Dw VG+ £10. After the battle of Hastings in 1066, William of Normandy erected the White Tower to consolidate his hold over his newly won island kingdom. Over the span of the next 900 years successive English monarchs transformed the fortress into a royal residence, a state prison, a menagerie, a mint, and finally an armoury and a repository for the crown jewels. This book eloquently describes the monument's tumultuous past, the political intrigues and religious crisis, the fires, the bombings, and mob violence, the coronation processions and sumptuous banquets, the grim scenes of torture and death, the escape attempts and the dramatic stays of execution. Supplementing the narrative are some 100 illustrations - one half in colour. Modern photographs, especially commissioned for this volume, have been juxtaposed with historical portraits, manuscript illuminations, old engravings, sketches, and paintings.

Hinton D.A. ALFRED'S KINGDOM: WESSEX AND THE SOUTH 800-1500 BCA 1977 Hb 210pp Illus Dw G-VG £8. In this book, David Hinton who has done important excavation work in the South of England and being involved with much of the research he discusses, traces the history of Wessex and the South throughout the Middle Ages. He examines the role played by Alfred in the development of Wessex covering settlements, farming, trade, transport, houses and art.

Johanson D.C. & Edey. M.A. LUCY - THE BEGINNINGS OF HUMANKIND BCA 1981 Hb 376pp Well illus Dw G+ Contents VG £8. The dramatic discovery of our oldest Human Ancestor. When Don Johanson discovered a partial skeleton, approximately 3.4 million years old, in a remote part of Ethiopa, he knew he had stumbled onto something unique for "Lucy" is the oldest (by over a million years) most complete, best preserved skeleton of any erect walking human ancestor ever found. Here is the extraordinary story of the discovery of Lucy and the hazards and adventures surrounding work in a country torn by revolution and war. It is also the equally extraordinary history of paleoanthropology and the remarkable characters who are part of it. But what was Lucy? Her brain was too small to be a human's, yet she walked upright - the very hallmark of being human. And why did she walk erect? Was it for sexual or social reasons? Johanson confronts and answers these hard questions. Maitland Edey is a former editor of Life Magazine and Time-Life Books. He has written two previous books on paleoanthropology.

Laing J. BRITAIN'S MYSTERIOUS PAST David & Charles 1979 Hb 143pp illus b&w DW VG+ £9. In Britain history, myth, folklore, and legend have often become inextricably intermingled. Can we sort out fact from fiction? Did Robin Hood, Lady Godiva, King Arthur or the Doones of Exmoor really exist? Was there such a place as Camelot? And what of the frauds and forgeries that have sometimes further confused the investigators into Britain's past? Archaeologists and historians have in the past been misled by skilful forgeries such as the Piltdown Skull and the flint artefacts made by the notorious "Flint Jack". What motivated the forgers, and how did they work? Jennifer Laing probes the bizarre, the sinister and the mysterious in Britain's history, and guides the curious to the places where the remnants of the past can be seen and often felt. She shows how even when modern research has succeeded in throwing new light upon an historical mystery, the truth often remains impenetrable or is shown to be still stranger than fiction

MacKie E. THE MEGALITH BUILDERS BCA 1977 Hb 199pp Well Illus b&w & colour Dw G-VG £10. Huge chambered tombs, then circles and avenues of massive standing stones, at their most impressive at New Grange and Maes Howe or at Stonehenge and Carnac, were raised all along the Atlantic seaboard of Europe from Spain to the Orkneys some 5,000 years ago. These are the megaliths, mighty feats of engineering in any language, first created in Neolithic farming communities who, till then, had shown no other signs of the administrative and technical organisation that such large scale projects would have called for, In recent years the megaliths have been put down to purely local invention and it has been denied that the necessary architectural expertise may have been introduced by outsiders. But in this book Euan MacKie assembles fresh evidence from Carbon 14 dating, from analysis of evolving constructional styles in the tombs and from calculations of the standing stones' astronomical significance and re-assesses the diffusionist theory of a common source of expertise in the light of present day studies of the way human societies develop. With this new insight into the minds of their builders, he proposes an ambitious new solution to the mystery of the megaliths.

McNeill F. M. IONA - A HISTORY OF THE ISLAND Blackie & Son Ltd 1955 Hb 102pp b&w photographs Previous owner's name on front page Dw (creasing and a number of repaired tears o/w G) Contents G+ £5. This forth edition book has been entirely re-illustrated with an arresting series of photographs. Anyone visiting the island should read this fascinating book. A nice guide to Iona's history, archaeology, religion, etc.

Mertz B. TEMPLES, TOMBS AND HIEROGLYPHS BCA 1978 Hb 338pp Illus Dw G £8. The story of Egyptology covering over 3,000 years of history from the first recorded events to the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC.

Magee M. WHO LIES SLEEPING? - THE DINOSAUR HERITAGE AND THE EXTINCTION OF MAN Asky Why Publications Selwyn Frome 1993 1st Ed Pb 169pp Larger Format Illus VG+ £4.50. This book is about the mass extinction of species. One technologically superior species of mammal reached domination over the planet at the end of the 20th century: one species of dinosaur achieved human-like intelligence at the end of the Cretaceous Period. In only a moment in geological time, each destroyed the majority of co-existing higher life forms. Other sections of the book discover Lifestyles and physiology of dinosaurs. Humans have many characteristics of aquatic animals, pointing to an extended period of partial submergence which could explain a gap of four million years on our fossil record. Puzzles in old rocks could be remains of the dinosaurian civilization. Though this should be the most important evidence, it is poorly documented, having been glossed over or ignored by the experts. But even without it the circumstantial case remains strong. Perhaps we are doomed to self extinction like the anthroposaurs because we have inherited some self destructive traits from them. Another section of this book attempts an initial diagnosis of the dinosaur heritage in human pyschology. Why are we constantly interested in monsters like dinosaurs? Are the squamous anthropoids that preceded us lying sleeping, awaiting their opportunity to retrieve the world they lost? A subliminal awareness of this might explain our obsession with monsters.

Marcus Dockser A. THE VIEW FROM NEBO - HOW ARCHAEOLOGY IS REWRITING THE BIBLE AND RESHAPING THE MIDDLE EAST Little Brown & Co 2000 1st Ed Hb 248pp Dw F £10. The Bible has long been our guide to the history of the Middle East - a history that resonates with extraordinary force to this day. Now a new battle has erupted in the region over the reality of the biblical past, with serious consequences for our times. While many events in the early books of the Bible are regarded as more symbolic than historically accurate, the remainder of the Old Testament has long been considered a reliable record of thousands of years of Middle East history. But recent dramatic and controversial discoveries at archaeological sites in the region have raised questions about many of the most widely accepted biblical narratives. The authoress takes the reader on a tour through the books of the Old Testament to reveal startling new discoveries about the history of that time.

Mendelssohn K. THE RIDDLE OF THE PYRAMIDS BCA 1978 Hb 210pp Well illus Dw G-VG £8. A fascinating work examining the history of the pyramids, their evolution, construction techniques, and - most importantly of all - the reason behind their existence.

Moorehead A. THE WHITE NILE Penquin 1973 Pb 355pp Larger format Illus colour/b&w G+ £5. The author provides readers with a story which enforces respect for the Victorians' faith in civilization and their hatred of slavery.

Morison S.E. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: THE VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY 1492 W H Smith 1991 Hb 126pp Profusely illus Dw VG £8. Many historians have written about Columbus's great achievement, but possibly not until Samuel Eliot Morison was there a biographer who wrote from a perspective - that of a fellow mariner. The text of this illustrated volume is taken from his latest book about the Age of Discovery, The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages. It represents a great historian's final word on his lifelong hero.

Neubert O. TUTANKHAMUN AND THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS Mayflower 1972 Pb 235pp Illus Pages browning G £4. The author is one of the few survivors of the fateful and accursed Opening of the Tomb, writes a first-hand account of the unparalleled splendours and wealth revealed within it, and tells a taut, terrifying tale of the Egypt of Nefertiti and Tutankhamun at the height of that ancient civilization's cruellest and most excessive era.

Norman B. FOOTSTEPS BBC 1987 1st Ed Hb 280pp Profusely illus Dw (light scratches to front o/w VG) Contents VG+ £9. The author retraces archaeological expeditions of the 19th century using diaries, notes and record of the time to places such as Egypt, India, South America and Africa.

Percival J. THE ROMAN VILLA BCA 1981 Hb 230pp Well illus Dw VG £8. A study into the history and development of Roman villas in Britain and Europe.

Powell J. L. NIGHT COMES TO THE CRETACEOUS - COMETS, CRATES, CONTROVERSY, AND THE LAST DAYS OF THE DINOSAURS 1999 1st Ed Pb 221pp Larger format Illus VG+ £6. What killed the dinosaurs? For 150 years, that question has stumped even the best scientists. But no longer. At last the great mystery has been solved. The story of the solution is fascinating in its own right, and the answer helps us to understand out place in the universe: it raises the revolutionary possibility that the history of the earth and of life upon it, has been altered repeatedly by a nearly invisible and previously unrecognised, cosmic process. It forces us to ponder the role of chance in the solar system, even in the evolution of our species and by helping geologists to cast off outmoded dogma and to acknowledge that our planet is subject to the same processes as other bodies in the solar system, it has transformed the science.

Regan G. THE GUINNESS BOOK OF FLYING BLUNDERS Guinness Publishing 1996 1st Ed Pb 189pp Larger Format Illus in b/w G+ £6. This book takes a fascinating and highly informative look at some of the less glorious moments in the history of aerial warfare. While the principal focus of the book is post 1914; this book also examines the early abortive attempts at manned flights in the Renaissance period as well as the first faltering attempts to harness balloons to military purposes in the 18th and 19th centuries. From the grimly funny tale of the misdesign of the British BE.9, a First World War plane whose gunner risked decapitation every time he swung round to fire at the enemy, to the tragedy of the Anglo-American invasion of Sicily in 1943. This book offers a wealth of absorbing narrative and anecdote that is always thought provoking and often entertaining.

Romer J. ANCIENT LIVES Weidenfeld 1986 1st Pb Ed 234pp Colour illus Larger format VG £6. For the first time ever here is a vivid account of the lives of the extraordinary men who built the tombs of the Pharoahs in the Valley of the Kings. These stonemasons, painters, scribes and sculptures lived with wives and children in this remote and sacred place, and Romer tells of of their quarrels, rivalries, sickness, health, marriages, dealth, flooding and other disasters. But most of all he celebrates these great masterworks of ancient art: the beautiful Pharoah tombs.

Ryan W. & Pitman W. NOAH'S FLOOD Touchstone Simon and Schuster 2000 Pb 173pp Larger format Illus VG+ £5.50. Noah's Flood is the account of a sensational flood 7,600 years ago that created the modern Black Sea and set the stage for the emergence of the world's first cities and empires. The new scientific discoveries that changed history. "A fascinating read" Tony Robinson.

Save-Soderbergh T. (General Editor) TEMPLES AND TOMBS OF ANCIENT NUBIA Thames & Hudson Unesco 1987 1st Ed Hb 256pp Profusely illus in colour/b&w Diagrams Maps Dw VG+ £10.The International Rescue Campaign at Abu Simbel, Philae and Other Sites. A fascinating account of the rescue and preservation of some of Egypt's most important and awe-inspiring places as a result of the building of the Aswan Dam in the 1960s which threatened to engulf the monuments in rising waters.

Severin T. THE JASON VOYAGE - THE QUEST FOR THE GOLDEN FLEECE Arrow 1986 Pb 260pp Larger format Drawings Photographs colour G+ £4.50. Legend tells that 3300 years ago Jason and his band of Heroes set sail from Greece in search of the Golden Fleece. Their galley Argo was 'finest of all ships that braved the sea with oars', and her crew the Argonauts. But did they really exist? And what was the Golden Fleece? Their perilous journey took them across the Aegean Sea, through the straits of the Bosphorus between the dreaded Clashing Rocks, and into the Black or Inhospitable Sea. There, in the far kingdom of Colchis, Jason found not only the Golden Fleece, but also his bride, Medea. The author, already a legend-maker for his famous Brendan and Sindbad voyages, has now investigated the story of Jason. He had a 20-oared galley built to the exact specifications of a Bronze Age boat and, with his crew of new Argonauts, made the same gruelling 1500-mile journey, investigating many of the legendary adventures along the way, British, Irish, Greeks, Turks, and Georgians participated in this unique adventure. The voyage and his startling conclusions make irresistible and fascinating reading.

Shapiro H.L. PEKING MAN BCA 1976 Hb 181pp Illus Dw G-VG £9. This book is unique and is about the history and romance of man's discovery of his own descent, centred upon what are perhaps the rarest objects in the world, and containing within its central theme a mystery as gripping as that of any great fiction best seller.

Shapiro R. ORIGINS - A SKEPTIC'S GUIDE TO THE CREATION OF LIFE ON EARTH Penguin 1986 Pb 313pp Larger format VG £3.50. Since the book of Genesis countless theories have tried to explain the greatest enigma of all: the origin of life. And yet, however much we analyse stardust and calculate comets, is today's science really any better than ancient mythology? Can we be sure that life began when lightning flashed over the primordial chemical soup? Could it have come from outer space or been created in a week? In this startling book Professor Shapiro sets out with a preference for doubt in the place of dogma and looks with a skeptic's eye at selfish genes and DNA sequences, chickens and eggs, rocks, ripples and fundamentalist religion. His book is a superb example of the scientific spirit in action and conveys the excitement of the quest to resolve the unsolved riddle of existence.

Spence L. THE HISTORY OF ATLANTIS Gramercy 1996 Hb 238pp Illus VG £8. The author takes on the story of Atlantis, and his arguments are compelling. Seeking to dispel the mythology and ground the tale in fact, he builds a case based on evidence from geographers, archaeologists, anthropologists, paleontologists, and explorers.

Spindler K. THE MAN IN THE ICE Phoenix 1995 Pb 305pp Illus Small crease to cover o/w G+ £4. A fascinating story of a discovery of a 5,000 year old body preserved in a glacier in the Alps.

Stewart D. THE PYRAMIDS AND SPHINX Reader's Digest 1971 Hb 167pp Well illus in colour Dw VG £10. This book traces the epic course of Egypt civilisation, from the first primitive settlements along the Nile to the triumphant era of the Old Kingdom pyramid builders. It scans the chaos of political rivalries between dynasties and focuses on the compelling cultural achievements of the glorious Eighteenth Dynasty. This book also describes the impact of successive foreign conquests on Egypt as it passed through its Greek, Roman, Coptic, and Arab periods. Fascinating stories of the archaeologists - from Napoleon's time to the present who came to unravel the mysteries of ancient Egypt. Supplementing the narrative are some 140 illustrations nearly one half in full colour.

Thwaite A. BEYOND THE INHABITED WORLD: ROMAN BRITAIN Deutsch 1976 !st Ed Hb 123pp Well illus Dw G-VG £8. A vivid picture of life during the Roman occupation - road systems, public baths, ampitheatres, underfloor heating, roman villas, towns and country dwellings.

Trustees of the British Museum TREASURES OF TUTANKHAMUN Trustees of the British Museum 1972 Pb 51pp Larger format Well illus colour/b&w Crease to front cover o/w G £6.50. This book shows a loan exhibition from the Department of Antiquities of the Arab Republic of Egypt to mark the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

Van Der Veer M.H T.H. & Moerman P. HIDDEN WORLDS - FRESH CLUES TO THE PAST Corgi 1975 Pb 202pp Illus G £4. This book details some of these startling questions discussed by the authors. Who really discovered America? Did giants exist in pre-history? When was fire first used? Where did the Sumerians come from? How were pyramids built? Can man create life artificially? Were the Chinese among the early inhabitants of America? Has man an inbuilt urge to destroy himself? Did Atlantis exist? Neither of them are a professional scholar. A common interest in oil painting and in man's early history drew the two men together, and they wrote the book because they found they had a story which had to be told.

Various ANCIENT EMPIRES Reader's Digest 1973 Hb 157pp Profusely illus in colour/b&w Dw (several small nicks) VG £8. Meticulously researched, and clearly written. This book presents a panoramic sweep of 3,000 years of history. Within the pages of this magnificent book, the reader will relive the drama and excitement of bygone civilisations. Readers will meet warriors, kings, mystics, the men and women who shaped their times, Alexander the Great, who conquered half the known world; Hammurabi, who gave Babylon the world's first legal code; Cleopatra, for whom Marc Anthony gambled and lost an empire; Buddha who proposed a unique solution to man's suffering; Spartacus, who dared to challenge mighty Rome. Supplementing the text are some 350 magnificent illustrations one third in colour that capture the spirit of the ancient world. Numerous maps, charts, and diagrams are included to highlight the narrative.

Various MYSTERIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD National Geographic Society 1979 1st Ed Hb 218pp Lavishly illus in colour Dw (small pieces missing along top and bottom edges o/w G) Contents VG+ £8. A beautifully produced work looking at ancient enigmas, pre-historic artwork, ancient cities, megalithic structures, etc.

Various JORVIK VIKING CENTRE York Archaeological Trust Limited ND Pb 32pp Lavishly illus in colour VG £3. The official guide taking the reader on a reconstructed trip back to Viking York.

Warmington B.H. CARTHAGE Hale 1960 Hb 1st GB Ed 213pp Illus Pages browning Dw VG £10. The story of Hannibal and his elephants is widely known, but the history of Carthage, one of the great imperial cities of the ancient world, whose armies he commanded, had been almost forgotten. This book is the first comprehensive account of it to be published in English for 50 years. It has been written for the ordinary reader interested in the great events of the past, but because of the scarcity of literature on the subject it should have a much wider appeal. Mr Warmington who is a lecturer in Ancient History at Bristol University, made a special visit to the ruins of Carthage before writing this book. In it he describes not only the founding of the city by the Phoenicians and the growth of its empire, then its decline and fall, but gives a picture of its social life and culture, its sombre religious practices, its trade and the great voyages of its sailors along the Atlantic shores of Europe and Africa. The book embodies the results of modern research and archaeology, and attempts to correct the hostile accounts of the great classical historians.

Watson P. EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS AND MASTABA TOMBS OF THE OLD AND MIDDLE KINGDOMS Shire 1987 Pb 58pp Larger Format VG £4. This book traces the early development of ancient Egyptian tombs up to the end of the Middle Kingdom (about 1750 BC). The first chapter examines the evolution, during the first two dynasties, of mastaba tombs, so named because they resemble low mud-brick benches called mastabas in Arabic. The subsequent evolution of the Third Dynasty step pyramids is covered with a description of the magnificent funerary complex of king Djoser. The transition into the true pyramid and the resulting Great Pyramid and its companions at Giza are described. Two further chapters trace the history of the lesser known pyramids of the late Old Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom. The richly decorated private mastabas of the Old Kingdom provide a glimpse of everyday life, and a final section outlines the methods used to build the pyramids.

White J.M. CORTES AND THE DOWNFALL OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE HBC 1970 Hb 332pp Illus Maps Dw (tear and crease to rear o/w G) Contents VG £8. The author has drawn on his years of residence in Spain and his interest in Spanish history, and has made full use of his special knowledge of anthropology and archaeology. As a consequence, he has tried to narrate the events of the Conquest from the viewpoint of the Spaniards on one hand and the Aztecs on the other. This book presents a comprehensive survey of Spanish activity in the New World from the initial maritime discoveries to the collapse of the Spanish Empire.

Wilson D. THE ANGLO-SAXONS Penquin 1971 Pb 173pp Illus Drawings G+ £4. This book is intended to give a general view of Anglo-Saxon culture as seen through the eyes of the archaeologist. No book of this length can hope to do more than sketch the broad outlines of the subject.

Woodman J. NAZCA - THE FLIGHT OF CONDOR 1 The Leisure Circle 1980 Hb 150pp Illus b&w and colour Dw G-VG £8. Nazca is a mystery comparable with Stonehenge, the Great Pyramid at Giza or the strange heads on Easter Island but different in one respect; the giant geometric symbols, animal forms and lines resembling modern airport runways, etched into the pampas, can be appreciated only from the air. The historic flight of Condor 1 aroused great interest not only in South America and the United States but also in West Germany and Japan. Jim Woodman's book will intrigue archaeologists, excite ballooning enthusiasts and appeal to all those general readers who relish foreign adventures and unsolved mysteries.

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