Softback with printed yellow card covers. Some reading creases to the spine. Pages have significantly browned / darkened. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A small greasy mark on the title page and copyright page. Binding is firm. Good condition. Subjects include customs, piercings, marriages, funerals, language etiquette and laws. pp. xv, 128. 18.4cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. In good condition. First edition, 1926. From the collection of the archaeologist Christopher Hawkes (1905-1992) and given to him by his father, the author. Inscription on front free endpaper reads To C F C H, in the year of his majority from CPH. Publisher's original brown boards. A forwards lean to the spine, corners slightly bumped, pale marks top edge upper board. Top closed textblock edge is greyed and has staining (see photos). The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. pp. x, 248, 8. 19.3cm tall. View More...
Hardback without dust jacket. First edition thus (English translation). Original blue cloth binding. Spine just slightly dulled. In very good clean condition. Binding firm. From the collection of the archaeologist Christopher Hawkes (1905-1992) with his signature in ink and date (1937) on the front endpaper. 351pp. View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. In very good, clean condition. First edition, 1945. From the collection of the archaeologist Christopher Hawkes and bears his signature and date (1947) in pencil in the top corner of the front endpaper. Publisher's original red boards; lower corners ever so slightly bumped. The binding is firm, inner hinges are very good, pages clean throughout. pp. xiv, 325. 21.6cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. First edition. In near good condition. Publisher's original navy blue boards, with round gilt owl motif on the upper board. A few minor scuff marks to the lower, or rear, board. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. A number of pages have flattened creases to the corners, where the page corners have been turned to mark the page. There is some underlining in the text in pencil. From the collection of the archaeologist Christopher Hawkes and bears his signature and date (1945) on the front endpaper. Faint impression from another previous owner's name in pe... View More...