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202010993Peter Lang 2020. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover 475 pages copiously illustrated with colour and b&w photos maps plans and drawings NOT ex-library. Limited gentle wear. Book is clean and bright with unmarked text free of inscriptions and stamps firmly bound. Issued without a dust jacket. -- The book presents the discoveries made by the Polish archaeological mission in Saqqara the central part of the largest ancient Egyptian royal necropolis. The area adjacent to the Pyramid of King Djoser on the monument's west side so far neglected by archaeologists turned out to be an important burial place of the Egyptian nobility from two periods of Pharaonic history: the Old Kingdom the late third millennium BC and the Ptolemaic Period the late first millennium BC. The earlier lower cemetery yielded rock-hewn tombs with splendid wall decoration in relief and painting. The book also describes methods of conservation applied to the discovered artefacts and episodes from the mission's life. -- Contents: Introduction; Bibliography; Chronological table; 1 History and archaeology: Saqqara in Egyptian history 2 From Edfu to Saqqara: Polish archaeology in the Nile Valley 3 First steps 4 The vizier's revenge 5 A testimony to stormy times 6 In the realm of Osiris 7 Cult of the dead 8 The vizier's posthumous neighbour 9 Behind the scenes of family bliss 10 Renaissance of the necropolis after two thousand years 11 Primum non nocere or the medicine of artefacts 12 The rest is silence; Extroduction; Glossary of deities; Glossary of archaeological terms; Glossary of foreign expressions and words; List of figures; Illustrations; Photographs; Figures Authors of the drawings; Authors of the photographs; Deities <br/> <br/> Peter Lang hardcover
19975542Faridabad Harayana India: Jiva Institute 1997. Hardcover. Good. Scarce hardcover x 262 pages NOT ex-library. No ISBN. Book is undamaged in overall good condition clean with unmarked text and firm secure binding free of inscriptions and stamps however the manufacturing quality of paper and binding is somehow not on par with Western standards: boards are a bit crooked with creases and uneven wrinkly texture; there is also slight wrinkling of pastedowns and some of the pages book is not moisture-damaged. -- "Hitopadesa or 'Good instructions' is famous for its wisdom and is one of the most popular books on ethics and polity from Niti-sastra. Many verses can be traced to the Puranas and Itihasas. It uses the story-within-a-story-format with animals as the main characters. The first book Mitralabha 'Acquisition of Friends' defines the characteristics of real friends and shows the importance of having them. Hitopadesa is an especially helpful tool in decision-making as it teaches one the valuable art of discrimination. During moments of decision fate is written. In movements of indecision and doubt Hitopadesa can illuminate one's intelligence inspire one to face problems as well as help one overcome obstacles on the path o enlightenment." "About 1500 vears ago the King of Iran got a book with the secret of how to raise the dead by means of a rasayana an elixir of life. The book explained how the elixir was extracted from herbs and trees growing on the high mountains of India. Eager to sample this elixir the King sent his chief minister on a quest for the prescribed herbs and trees. In India the minister was well-received and aided by sages he scoured the mountains for the herbs and trees to make the elixir. No mixture they made however could bring the dead back to life. Finally the disappointed minister concluded that the information was false. Greatly distressed about returning empty-handed and disappointing his king the minister asked his hosts what he should do. They led him to a famous philosopher who once searched in vain for the same elixir and in the end discovered hat the elixir was actually a book. The philosopher explained that the story about the elixir was allegorical. The high mountains in the story represented the wise and learned men of lofty intellect; the trees and herbs which are products of the mountains indicated the various writings of those sages; the elixir indicated the wisdom extracted from the sages' writings which revived the dead intelligence and buried thoughts of ignorant materialistic men. Relieved and elated the minister begged a copy of the book from the philosopher translated it and returned to his king. That book we know today as the Pancatantra of Visnu Sarma; it is the basis of the Hitopadesa. As Visnu Sarma is the narrator in both books he was thought the author of Hitopadesa. Study of old hand-written manuscripts reveal however that Narayana Pandit who lived in 14th-century Bengal wrote the book on the request of King Dhavalacandra drawing heavily from Pancatantra. It is common knowledge that beginning students learn more effectively by singing rhymes since this evokes emotions and aids memorization. Though this method is employed today using nursery rhymes these are generally inane and of no practical value. In contrast ancient Vedic teachers taught simple melodious Sanskrit verses. These hold invaluable wisdom which blossomed as the child matured; indeed as the years passed the verses became more meaningful. It should be noted that Sri Narayana Pandita uses a dialectic technique called purva-paksa-presenting a piece of conventional wisdom which is actually detrimental to spiritual progress and is the antithesis to what he wants to establish. After giving the antithesis he systematically refutes it and presents the actual conclusion siddhanta. This method is used in the Srimad-Bhagavatam and other Vedic literatures." from the Introduction <br/> <br/> Jiva Institute hardcover
20101-9650717935Keter Publishing 2010. Hardcover. New. hebrew translation edition. 38 pages. Hebrew language. 9.90x9.10x0.40 inches. Keter Publishing hardcover
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19682605050014De Gruyter Mouton 1968-12-31. hardcover. Good. 6x1x9. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Library stamps and markings. De Gruyter Mouton hardcover
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556991London: Stanley Paul Please email for further details. Fitzgerald . Circa 1890's. Green Embossed Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontispiece. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Hardback. Stanley Paul Hardcover
26430Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1965. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Inscribed by the editor A. F. Norman to Brynmor Jones. Original black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine. Lacking the dustwrapper. A very near fine copy the binding square and firm the contents clean throughout. Uncommon in signed or inscribed state. Inscribed by the editor A. F. Norman in black ink to the front free endpaper "Vice Cancellario / viro doctissimo atque humanissimo to a most learned and humane man / A. F. Norman / 1 / 3 / 65". Professor A. F. Norman Albert Francis Norman 1913-2000 joined University College Hull in 1947 and eventually retired from the Classics chair at the renamed University of Hull in 1978. Among much else he was the world authority on the fourth century Antioch sophist Libanius. A revised edition of this 1965 Greek/English edition of the Libanius' Orations was issued in 1992 in the Loeb Classical Library. Norman must have known Philip Larkin but the only Fred Norman mentioned in the poet's correspondence is the American jazz trombonist 1910-1993. Sir Brynmor Jones 19031989 was born in North Wales and educated at University College of Wales at Bangor and at St John's College Cambridge. In 1947 he became a professor chair at University College where he later became Dean of Science Deputy Principal. When the college achieved full university status in 1954 he became iPro-Vice-Chancellor and in 1956 Vice-Chancellor. The expanded University of Hull Library famously presided over by the poet Philip Larkin was named after Jones in 1967. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1965 hardcover
1990103160University park PA: Pennsylvania State University Press. Octavo vii 150 pages. A clean Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1990. Pennsylvania State University Press hardcover
1964973H19London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1964. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. An exceptionally scarce first English edition of Maurice Druon"s witty first-person retelling of Greek mythology from the perspective of Zeus. In the publisher's original red cloth binding complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This volume is the first English edition of this work.This is a witty first-person retelling of Greek mythology in which Zeus narrates his own rise and reign.Maurice Druon 19182009 an acclaimed French novelist France's Minister of Culture and later Secretary of the Académie Française best known for his sweeping historical saga Les Rois maudits "The Accursed Kings" which has been cited by George R. R. Martin as the inspiration for Aâ¯Song of Ice and Fire. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Very slight offsetting to endpapers. Dust wrapper smart. Slight soiling to wraps with the odd slight handling mark. Slight fading to spine. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in one or two very small closed tears. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine Rupert Hart-Davis hardcover
241108ANY0323611London: W. Heinemann 1952. Hardcover. Good Condition. A few light external blemishes and imperfections. Pages clean and unmarked with minor age-fading. A presentable used copy with no major defects. Text is in English and Latin. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Pliny the Younger Correspondence; English and Latin Language; Add. Inventory No: 241108ANY0323611. . W. Heinemann hardcover
34404Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications 1996 . First edition 8vo. pp.223 fonispiece hardcover: a near fine copy in unclipped dust-jacket. Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1996 hardcover
1979211569The Easton Press 1979. Leather Bound. Used - Very Good. Light sunning to edges of endpapers little wear otherwise. The Easton Press hardcover
2666425Eerdmans. Very Good in FAIR jackets. Moderate edgewear to jackets with tiny chips to top edges. Owner's name. bindings sound. Pages clean. 1957. Originally published 1845. 2-volume SET. Hardcovers. Dust Jacket has clear plastic Bodart protector. 582 704pp. Indexes. The Beveridge edition is still considered one of the best translations of Calvin's magnum opus. Theologian par excellence Calvin is best known for his Institutes of the Christian Religion a theological introduction to the Bible and vindication of Reformation principles. Eerdmans hardcover
197967786Madison: The Author 1979. 1st edition. Nice Copy. lge. octavo. dust jacket 123pp. b/w pls. references Very similar to the original published in 1942; the rather boastful text has been reproduced in its entirety in type resembling as much as possible that employed by the German editors. The book was first published by the SS Fuhrungshauptamt; the Operations Department of the SS. ÔIt is a rare view of SS publicity primarily on an information level but possibly for recruitment purposes as wellÕ The Author unknown
1961377997Oxford : Oxford University Press ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; xiii 446 pages 24 cm. Subjects; Bible Versions Catholic. Bible - N.T. English Versions. Bible. New Testament. Bible. English. Bible. New Testament Interpretations. Oxford : Oxford University Press ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press hardcover
1991294828London: Folio Society 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: xxi 66 p. 9 p. of plates : ill. ; 28 cm. In slip-case. Subjects: Love. Philosophy. Plato. London: Folio Society hardcover
2013161608Sydney: Craftsman House 2013. 1st edition. As New. oversize. hardback in original cloth 328pp. colour plates index Massive volume Craftsman House hardcover
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