Category :: History ::

A11589. DARBY, William J, GHALIOUNGUI, Paul & GRIVETTI, Louis. - Food : The Gift of Osiris.
Academic Press: London 1977-76
Notes: Two volume set (no slipcase). xxxiii; 452; xlii; xxxiii; 453-877; xlii pages. Many plates, diagrams etc. Original black cloth with gilt lettering in largely complete but edge worn dust wrappers which are now protected by a loose clear plastic sleeve
Condition: Near Fine
Size: 4to.

A11992. DAVIES, Godfrey ... editor. - Bibliography of British History Stuart Period, 1603-1714.
Clarendon Press: Oxford 1928
Notes: x; 459 pages. End papers lightly tanned. Original navy cloth with gilt lettering to spine in price-clipped otherwise complete dust wrapper. A CLEAN BRIGHT COPY
Condition: Near Fine
Size: Tall 8vo.

A11828. DAWSON, William Harbutt. - Cromwell's Understudy: the life and times of General John Lambert and the rise and fall of the Protectorate.
William Hodge & Co: London 1938
Notes: 464 pages. 11 plates. Neat contemporary inscription on the front endpaper. Original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering, lightly rubbed at the extremities. A GOOD SOUND COPY
Condition: Very Good
Size: 8vo.

A11896. DEACON, Richard. - John Dee scientist, geographer, astrologer and secret agent to Elizabeth 1.
Frederick Muller: London 1968
Notes: x; 309 pages. Very neat small contemporary ownership inscription. Original darl blue cloth in complete dust wrapper
Condition: Fine
Size: 8vo.

A10190. DESBOROUGH, V. R. d' A. - The Greek Dark Ages.
Ernest Benn Limited: London 1972
Notes: FIRST EDITION. 388 pages. Illustrated with 60 plates, 39 text-figures and 5 maps. In original tan cloth which has some minor staining to front board in price-clipped otherwise complete dustwrapper which has faded on the spine. "This book describes Greece and the Aegean (excluding Macedonia) during the period c. 1125-900 B.C. - a period veiled in obscurity and beset by unsolved problems, but of vital importance." HARDBACK
Condition: Very Good
Size: 8vo

A12245. DETIENNE, Marcel. - Dionysos at Large.
Harvard University Press: 1989
Notes: (vi); 90 pages. Original cloth in complete dust wrapper. In the Harvard series on the ancient world called Revealing Antiquity
Condition: Fine
Size: 8vo.

A9693. DICKS, D.R. - Early Greek Astronomy to Aristotle.
Thames and Hudson: London 1970
Notes: FIRST EDITION. 272 pages. Illustrated with thirteen line drawings in the text. In original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, uneven fading to the extremities of the covers, in price-clipped but otherwise complete dustwrapper, which is faded to the spine. "Dr Dicks traces the development of astronomy as a science from its beginnings to the stage it had reached by the time of Aristotle." HARDBACK
Condition: Good
Size: 8vo

A11864. DIMBLEBY, Geoffrey. - Plants and Archaeology.
John Baker: London 1967
Notes: 187 pages. Frontispiece, 30 illustrations. Original dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spine in defective dust wrapper
Condition: Very Good
Size: 8vo.

A9423. DOWRICK, Stephanie. - Land of Zeus.
New English Library: London 1974
Notes: 127 pages. Illustrated with five plates and end-paper maps. Slight page discolouration due to the inferior quality paper used (as in all copies?) In original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine in price-clipped dust wrapper. "These stories of the passions, loves, struggles and adventures of gods and men are essential to an understanding of Greece's past and present." Myths of the Greek Gods and Heroes. HARDBACK
Condition: Good
Size: 8vo

A9574. DRACHMANN, A.B.. - Atheism in Pagan Antiquity.
Ares Publishers: Chicago 1977
Notes: ix; 168 pages. In original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Extensive notes. HARDBACK
Condition: Fine
Size: 8vo