PREHISTORY: THE MAKING OF THE HUMAN MIND
Written by Colin Renfrew; Alice Roberts.
Stock no. 1829042
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Alice Roberts. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. Still in original shrinkwrap which is split to top of spine and is scuffed.

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WHIRLAWAY: A STORY OF THE AGES
Written by H. C. F. Morant. Illustrated by Jean Elder.
Stock no. 1328411
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

A delightful story of the Earth's past through successive geological eras, in the company of Helen and her little elf-like friend Whirlaway. Dark pink cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. 9 colour plates and numerous b/w drawings. 237 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some fading to covers and foxing to spine, there is a horizontal black felt-tip(?) pen mark to centre of spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to prelims, endpapers and textblock.

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THE DARTMOOR REAVES: INVESTIGATING PREHISTORIC LAND DIVISIONS
Written by Andrew Fleming.
Stock no. 1828215
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.; Oxbow Books. 2nd 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition, extended with colour illustrations and two new chapters. A classic of archaeological fieldwork and discovery. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w maps, colour photos. xvi and 223 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119158. Initials & date in ink to half-title page else a lovely copy.

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WHIRLAWAY: A STORY OF THE AGES
Written by H. C. F. Morant. Illustrated by Jean Elder.
Stock no. 1327686
Published by Hutchinson. 1937. Good condition.

A delightful story of the Earth's past through successive geological eras, in the company of Helen and her little elf-like friend Whirlaway. Dark pink cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. 9 colour plates and numerous b/w drawings. 237 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly dusty. Unfortunately, all of the b/w illustrations in this copy have been NEATLY coloured in. Name and address in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock and some pages.

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THE POWER OF DOGU: CERAMIC FIGURES FROM ANCIENT JAPAN
Written by Simon Kaner; et al.
Stock no. 1827713
Published by British Museum Press. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Published to accompany the exhibition at the British Mueseum from 10 September to 22 November 2009. Dogu - abstract clay figures with recognizably human or animal features - have a long and fascinating history in Japan. This book illustrates 67 Dogu. Edited by Kaner. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780714124643. Light fading horizontally to top of rear cover. Contents fine.

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THE MEGALITHIC ART OF WESTERN EUROPE
Written by Elizabeth Shee Twohig.
Stock no. 1827709
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Megalithic art is found mainly on the structural stone of the tombs of passage grave type in Brittany, Iberia, Ireland and Britain. Most of the art consists of geometric designs. This work is based on extensive field work and provides a catalogue of the art in western Europe.The author has examined sites claimed to have megalithic art and the catalogue comprises a plan and description of each site and a drawing and full description of each decorated stone... Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0198131933. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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PREHISTORIC POTTERY FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGIST
Written by Alex Gibson; Ann Woods.
Stock no. 1827629
Published by Leicester University Press. 2nd 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition, revised and updated. A thorough survey of the chronological development of pottery throughout prehistory and into the Roman period. Light green pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 071851954X. Minor scuffing to rear cover else a lovely copy.

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BALDOCK: THE EXCAVATION OF A ROMAN AND PRE-ROMAN SETTLEMENT, 1968-72
Written by I.M. Stead; Valery Rigby.
Stock no. 1827620
Published by Society For The Promotion Of Roman Studies. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Britannia Monograph Series No. 7. The excavations at Baldock, Herfordshire, described in this reort were carried out by the Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments, Department of the Environment. They were prompted by the discovery of a rich La Tene III burial which was found while constructing a road on a housing estate and whose finds had been disperssed before the archaeologists were notified. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w sketches and illustrations. Text block slightly browned. Covers slightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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RUSHDEN: THE EARLY FINE WARES
Written by P.J. Woods; B.C. Hastings; K. Brown.
Stock no. 1827533
Published by Northamptonshire County Council. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

The pottery discovered during the contruction of playing fields at a Rushden school which proved to be manufactured at the site in the early Roman period. This pottery associated with the Roman military conquest of the area, displays an exceptional range of forms and decoration, and represents the achievements of potters whose inspiration derived from various European ceramic traditions. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0947590005. Covers a little scuffed, contents clean.

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THE PRINCETON FIELD GUIDE TO PREHISTORIC MAMMALS
Written by Donald R. Prothero. Illustrated by Mary Persis Williams.
Stock no. 1826068
Published by Princeton University Press. Circa 2017. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Guidebook to hundreds of extinct species, from saber-toothed cats to giant mammoths. Large format. Blue cloth boardes, silver title to spine. Colour photos & illustrations. B/w sketches. ISBN: 9780691156828. 4th printing. A lovely copy.

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A GUIDE TO PREHISTORIC SITES IN MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by George Children; George Nash.
Stock no. 2139313
Published by Logaston Press. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

Monuments In The Landscape Volume 4. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1873827490. Browning to cover edges and pages internally.

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ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AND THE MAYA
Written by Gerardo Aldana Y Villalobos; Edwin L. Barnhart.
Stock no. 1823574
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2014. Fine condition.

This book illustrates archaeoastronomical approaches to ancient Mayan cultural production. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams and a few colour. ISBN: 9781782976431.

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