Archaeology rare books

First edition. 2 volumes, folio, half-titles, additional chromolithographed title bound before plates in volume one, 152 lithographed plates (on 149 sheets), 8 of them coloured, modern brown half morocco gilt, plates 18 & 19 lightly browned, plate 147 with traces of old creases and short marginal tears closed, else a fine clean set.

First edition, royal 8vo, vii, 124 pp., folding map, 5 photographic plates, illustrations in the text, original brown cloth gilt, beveled edges, a fine copy.

First edition, 2 vols; folio (38.5 x 28 cm); text translated by Thomas George Bonney, 63 lithographs, 7 folding (including a panorama of the city), some tinted, occasional minor spotting to some plates, original blue half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, light spotting to covers, a very good set.

Edition de Luxe, number 386 of 1000 copies; 13 vols, royal 8vo; frontispieces, captioned tissue guards, profusely illustrated with colour plates and in-text illustrations, leaves slightly toned, inner hinges slightly loose but holding; contemporary red half morocco, gilt lettering and floral motifs to spine, some wear to extremities, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others uncut, an attractive set overall.

First edition. 8vo, inscribed presentation copy, xxxiii, [i], 560 pp., 2 maps (1 large folding, couple of short splits), 2 engraved folding plans, 6 lithographs by Westall, Harding, and others on india paper, contemporary russia gilt, covers with broad gilt borders, all edges gilt, neatly rebacked preserving spine, joints lightly rubbed, a very handsome copy.

4 vols, 8vo, first edition of second work, first work sixth thousand. First work: 2 vols, lithographed frontispiece in each volume, 20 plates, 4 folding plans, a folding map and numerous illustrations in the text; Second work, 2 vols, 14 engraved plates and plans, many folding, 2 folding maps, text illustrations throughout, uniformly bound in contemporary polished calf gilt, Assyrian pictorial gilt decoration to covers, a fine set.

First editions in English, 6 volumes, 8vo & 4to, Troy and its Remains (1875): 52 plates on 51 sheets, one folding, 3 folding maps & plans; Mycenae (1878), 21 wood-engraved and 4 chromolithographed plates, 3 folding, 8 maps & plans, 3 folding; Ilios: the City and Country of the Trojans (1880), wood-engraved frontispiece and 2 folding plates, 7 folding maps & plans; Troja (1884), 4 colour maps and plans, 3 folding; Tiryns (1886), folding frontispiece, 29 maps, plates & plans, many colour, some folding, ink inscription to head of title, with wide margins, § SCHUCHHARDT (Dr. C.) Schliemann's Excavations: an Archaeological and Historical Study (1891), half-title, 2 portraits, 4 plates, one folding, and 7 maps & plans, 4 folding. One or two leaves browned, occasional foxing, old library label to front pastedowns, uniform later half turquoise morocco, spines gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, a fine set.

First editions. 3 works in 2 vols folio. first work with 9 lithographed maps, plates and plans, some printed in colours, 4 folding, title and first few leaves frayed and reinforced at fore-edge, large map torn and repaired, third work with 4 maps, plates and plans, 3 folding and printed in colours, 4 sheets of inscriptions printed on both sides, final leaf soiled on verso and with hole (no loss to text), modern half burgundy morocco, spines gilt in compartments, an excellent set.

3 volumes, first edition of second work, first work sixth thousand. First work: 2 vols, lithographed frontispiece in each volume, 20 plates, 4 folding plans, a folding map and numerous illustrations in the text; Second work: 14 engraved plates and plans, many folding, 2 folding maps, text illustrations throughout, occasional light foxing, uniformly bound in contemporary polished maroon half calf gilt, marbled sides and edges, lightly rubbed,gilt lettered direct, a very good set.

4to, edition limited to 265 (250 for sale) numbered copies signed by the author and specially bound by Zaehnsdorf; 312 pp., illustrated throughout including 75 colour photographs by F. L. Kenett, full tan morocco gilt, upper cover with scarab composed of black and green morocco onlays outlined in gilt, all edges gilt, original cream linen foldover box, a fine copy.