Anthropology & Archaeology Books

A Civic Survey & Plan for the City & Royal Burgh of Edinburgh; Prepared for the Town Council by Patrick Abercrombie, LL.D. and Derek Plumst...

Great Thinkers of The Eastern World; The major thinkers and the philosophical and religious classics of China, India, Japan, Korea, and the world o...

Myth; Myths and Legends of the World Explored, by Kenneth McLeish. Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1996, first edition. A very good sof...

Native American Myth & Legend; An A-Z of People and Places, by Mike Dixon-Kennedy. Published by Blandford (a Cassell imprint), London, 1996. Fi...

Ancient Mysteries, by Rupert Furneaux. Published by White Lion Publishers Limited, London, Sydney and Toronto. First White Lion edition, following ...

Hellenistic Civilisation, by W.W. Tarn, revised by the author and G.T. Griffith. Published by Edward Arnold & Co., London, 1952 third edition. ...

A General Introductory Guide to the Egyptian Collections in the British Museum; with 233 Illustrations. New edition, Revised and Enlarged. Original...

Bound Collection of Biblical Pamphlets, 1914. With authors' names to spine; Thackeray, Simpson, Findlay, Mayor, Stawell, Bladon, Peake, Burkitt, La...

Geschichte der Basler Mission, 1815-1899, mit vier Kartenstizzen, by Paul Eppler (History of the Basel Mission with four map sketches). Published b...

Being Greek Under Rome; Cultural Identity, the Second Sophistic and the Development of Empire. Edited by Simon Goldhill, University of Cambridge. P...

Cambridge Classical Studies; The Invention of Art History in Ancient Greece; Religion, society and artistic rationalisation, by Jeremy Tanner. Prov...

Le Petit Parisien, Supplement Illustre, No. 814, 1906, Cambodian dancers of King Sisowath. SOLD Scarce illustrated supplement from 24 June 1906, en...

A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, with an introductory Discourse Concerning Taste; and Several Oth...

Journey Into China. Deluxe edition. Various contributors. SOLD Published by the National Geographic Society - Seventh printing in 1988 (first publi...

The Burrell Collection; With an Introduction by John Julius Norwich. Contributors; Richard Marks, Rosemary Scott, Barry Gasson, James K. Thomson an...

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; Volume 144 (2014). Published by Society of Antiquaries in Scotland, National Museums Scotlan...

Red Channels; The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 202...

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft. New Edition, with an Introduction by ...

Mary Wollstonecraft and the Beginnings of Female Emancipation in France and England, Jacob Bouten, Amsterdam, 1922. Doctorate Thesis. Text is in En...

The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. In three volumes (complete). By J.G. Frazer, D.C.L., LL.D., ...

Sacred Stones Sacred Places by Marianna Lines (founder of the Pictish Arts Society). With photographs by Paul Turner. Published by Saint Andrew Pre...

The Counties of Britain, A Tudor Atlas by John Speed. Introduction by Nigel Nicolson. County Commentaries by Alastair Hawkyard. Published in Associ...

Aristophanis Comoediae - The Comedies of Aristophanes. Edited by Immanuel Bekkerus (August Immanuel Bekker 1785-1871). 4 Volumes (from 5 - missing ...

Iznik Pottery by John Carswell. An excellent introduction to the wares produced by the Turkish pottery at Iznik (ancient Nicaea) during the time of...

Treasures from Tuscany; The Etruscan Legacy at the National Museums of Scotland from 16 July to 31 October 2004. Exhibition Guide. Published by NMS...

The Kuzari כוזרי: Liber Cosri Continens Colloquium feu Disputationem de Religione by Johannes Buxtorfius, Fil. Serenissimo Principi Carolo Comiti P...

Ibn Coteiba's Handbuch der Geschichte 1850. Scarce Arabic text. This book is Kitāb al-Ma’ārif, short universal history, from Creation to the Jahili...

Northern Notes and Queries or The Scottish Antiquary, Edited by the Rev. A. W. Cornelius Hallen. A complete run of 17 Parts bound in 9 Volumes. Pub...

Twentieth Century Impressions of the Western Republics of South America; Their History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources. SOLD Published ...

Le Petit Parisien, Supplement Litteraire Illustre, No. 450, 1897, Siam, King Chulalongkorn I (King Rama V) RESERVED Scarce cover of this illustrate...

L'Homme Sauvage, by Ferdinand de Lonoye, 1873. Published by Librairie Hachette, Paris. Bound in fine Morocco leather, 5v raised band...

The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue, Gunnlaugs Saga Ormstungu. SOLD Edited with introduction and notes by P.G. Foote and translated from the Icelan...

Many Days in Morocco, by John Horne, Signed, Limited, 1st edition, 1925. SOLD Published by Philip Allan & Co, London, 1925 1st e...

We recently acquired a collection of documents and images from W T G Henderson, a Scotsman, who was Oriental Expert for the auction house of Glendi...

19th Century Egyptian Photograph Album, Albumen Prints. An album of Albumen prints from approximately 1880, of Egyptian subjects. SO...

Twentieth Century Impressions of Brazil, 1st edition, 1913. SOLD Twentieth Century Impressions of Brazil. Its History, People, Commerce, Industries...