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Hardcover. Condition: g to vg. First edition. Folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/4"). xxi, [1], 478pp. Original 3/4 dark blue cloth over light blue paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. This work is the definitive publication of the excavations at Tepe Hissar by Dr. Erich F. Schmidt, Field Director. From 1931-1933, The University Museum sponsored Erich Schmidt's excavations and survey at Tepe Hissar and sites around the city Damghan, both in Northwestern Iran, near the Caspian sea. These sites were unique because they were the first American excavations in Iran, but more particuarly because of the long time span represented in the archaeological record. Remains from the Bronze Age to the Islamic era were collected, but Schmidt focused his investigation on the Bronze Age and Sassanian eras. Upper and lower front corners bumped, however not affecting pages throughout. Ex-library copy, with sticker at upper front joint and tail of spine; bookplate on inside of front cover, pocket at rear, and stamp at top and bottom paper edges. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition. …