Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy). Pre-Decimal Issues
London, Spink & Son, 2002 (updated and revised)/ 1984. Standard Catalogue of British Coins. More
Ancient History
Collection Edward A. Sydenham Esq. M.A. de Oxford et d'un autre amateur. Aes Grave Italique Monnaies Romaines Consulaires
New York, Attic Books, 1974 (facsimile)/ 1928. Facsimile of numismatics auction catalogue. With 29 pages of plates (10 folding). Text in French. More
The Journal of Oman Studies. Volume 2. 1976
London, Ministry of Information and Culture, Sultanate of Oman, 1976. Not least, Keith Preston's 'Introduction to the Anthropomorphic Content of the Rock Art of Jebel Akhdar'. More
Masterpieces of Chinese Silk Tapestry and Embroidery in the National Palace Museum
Taipei, National Palace Museum, 1971. More
Murals from the Hand to the Tang Dynasty
Peking, Foreign Languages Press, 1974. Text in Cantonese, but loosely inserted is a stapled booklet with the text in English (a tiny closed tear to the front cover, otherwise fine). More
Between Continents/ Between Seas. Precolumbian Art of Costa Rica
New York, Harry N. Abrams/ Detroit Institute of the Arts, 1981. More
Ancient Egyptian Jewellery
London, Trustees of the British Museum, 1990. More
Chinese Monumental Art
London, Thames and Hudson, 1963. More
The Changing English Village. A History of Bledington, Gloucestershire in its Setting, 1066-1914
Kineton, Roundwood Press, 1974. Warmly inscribed, dated (27 July 1974) and signed by the author to Peggy Mountford, Charles Pearcy Mountford's daughter. Loosely inserted is a chatty four-page autograph letter to Peggy from the author, dated the same day. She discusses at length the joys and trials of publishing, and... More
Olympia. The Sculptures of the Temple of Zeus
London, Phaidon, 1967 (first edition). More
Seven Bronzes from Southeast Asia and Indonesia. Some Applications of Science in the Study of Objets d'Art Part One: Two Khmer Bronzes
Canberra, Australian National Gallery, 1978. More
Coins, Medals and Tokens of the Philippines
Menlo Park, Chenby Publishers, 1968. More
Coinage in Scotland
London, Spink & Son, 1997. More
Siwa. The Oasis of Jupiter Ammon
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923 [first edition]. Siwa 'is a little known oasis in the Libyan Desert on the borders of Egypt and Tripoli'. More
The Polynesians. Prehistory of an Island People
London, Thames and Hudson, 1978. With a review slip loosely inserted. More
Persia. Bridge of Turquoise. Essay and Anthology [with] Historical Notes on the plates
London, Thames and Hudson, 1975. More
The British Numismatic Journal 1966, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 1966. Volume XXXV
Dublin, Dublin University Press for the British Numismatic Society, 1967. Includes 15 pages of plates. More
The British Numismatic Journal 1968, including the Proceedings of the British Numismatic Society for the year 1968. Volume XXXVII
Dublin, Dublin University Press for the British Numismatic Society, 1969. Includes 23 pages of plates. More
Boerhaave's Aphorisms: Concerning the Knowledge and Cure of Diseases
Birmingham, Alabama, Classics of Medicine Library, 1986 [facsimile edition]/ 1715. Copy 599; the Publisher's bookplate is laid down on the flyleaf. More
The Heritage of Thai Sculpture
New York, Weatherhill, 1975 (first English-language edition). More
Bangkok. City of Temples
Bangkok, Amber House, 2008 (first edition). Presentation copy. Inscribed and signed by the author. More
The Greek World. Classical, Byzantine and Modern
London, Thames and Hudson, 1985. More
The Great Cities of the Ancient World, in their Glory and their Desolation
London, Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1862 (new edition). More
The Sarcophagus of Anchnesraneferab, Queen of Ahmes II, King of Egypt, about BC 564-526
London, Whiting & Company, 1885. The sarcophagus of this princess and priestess (not Queen, and now usually referred to as Ankhnesneferibra) is held by the British Museum. The heiroglyphic inscriptions on the sarcophagus are given here, with interlinear transliteration and translation. More