THE HOUSE OF THE DOUBLE AXE : The Palace at Knossos

Vaughan, Agnes Carr

Verlag: Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1959

Beschreibung

Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Stated First Edition. Gilt embossed bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/nips, chips, small losses & rubs to edges. PO label to front cover verso & bookshop sticker to rear cover verso. Archaeology. Guide for "either the scholar or the traveler" to the amazing excavations and reconstructions at Knossos, Crete by Sir Arthur Evans (1851 - 1941). The ruins, spread over some 5 acres, revealed a palace, artifacts and some 3000 clay tablets of two distinct scripts dubbed Linear A (or Minoan script) and Linear B. Using references in the contemporary cultures of Egypt, Mycenae, and Asia Minor, Agnes Vaughan (1887 - 1974) recreates Minoan life in the Palace of Knossos. 240 pgs w/photos, 2 parts: I, The Great Discovery; and, II, Mnoan Life & Customs. Fine copy in lesser dust jacket. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009106

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE HOUSE OF THE DOUBLE AXE : The Palace at ...

Verlag: Doubleday, Garden City, NY

Erscheinungsdatum: 1959

Einband: Hard Cover

Zustand: NEAR FINE

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine

Auflage: First Edition, First Thus.

Art des Buches: Vintage/Archaeology/Greece