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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white figures, plates and tables throughout. ***A fine copy in colour-illustrated glossy laminated boards (as issued). Boards bright and clean. No creases or bumps. Internally also fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. Spine tight. ***304mm x 214mm. 252 pages including an extensive bibliography to the rear. ***Eastern Jordan is divided environmentally into two sectors: the rocky basalt Harra to the west and the open gravel plains of the Hamad to the east. This is the first in a series of three reports on fieldwork carried out in this region from 1979 to 1991, presenting evidence for the Epipalaeolithic periods and Neolithic hunting stations in the Harra associated with the use of desert 'kites'. This volume also includes an edited summary of work by Uzbek and Russian scholars on hunting traps and animal migration patterns on the Ustiurt plateau in Uzbekistan, which lies between the Aral and the Caspian seas.' ***Contents:: The Epipaleolithic Periods by A.V.G. Betts with a contribution by A. N, Garrard; Dhuweila: Stratigraphy and Construction by A.V.G. Betts; Dhuweila: Chipped Stone by C. McCartney and A.V.G. Betts; Dhuweila: Ground Stone by K. Wright; Dhuweila: Pottery, Miscellaneous Objects and Imported Items by A.V.G. Betts with contributions by D.S. Reese, L. Cooke and C. McClintock; Dhuweila: Rock Carvings; by A.V.G. Betts; The Animal Bones by L. Martin; Dhuweila: Botanical Remains by S. Colledge with a contribution by J. Hather; Dhuweila: area Survey by A.V.G. Betts; Arrow-shaped Structures in the Aralo-Caspian steppe by V. N. Yagodin; Conclusion by A.V.G. Betts with a contribution by W. Lancaster. ***Up until the 1970s very little was known about the prehistory of Eastern Jordan. This was the first in a planned series of monographs covering fieldwork carried out from 1979 to 1991. [Quote taken from the back cover] ***First impression of the true first edition, very hard to find in such fine bright collectable condition. An extremely scholarly monograph, profusely illustrated throughout, of interest to collectors and academics studying archaeology and pre-history of Eastern Jordan and the Middle East. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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First limited edition. 3 vols. Volume I April to August 1902 [Volume II April to August 1903], [April to October, 1911]. V1&2: 70 plates in colour, b&w and sepia, mostly within pagination of vols 1 & 2, including 1 folding map, numerous illustrations in text; V3: 3 colour frontispieces and 33 full page plates, as above. Vols. I & II, unnumbered and with an additional limitation leaf noted "presentation copy" in print. In variant bindings without pictorial vignette. Vol. III no 218 of 350. Folios. V3 with standard pictorial cloth, gilt. A.e.g. Vols 1 & 2 in near fine condition with bright unfaded cloth, a little offsetting between illustrated tp and frontis of V2; V3 with slight dampstaining to cloth and pastedowns. (2)ll, xivpp, (iv), 27, (iii), 48, (iii), 41, (ii), 47, (ii), 49ll; (2)ll, viiipp, (iv), 40, (iv), 69, (iv), 58; xvpp, 152ll, 153-160pp. London, Smith, Elder & Co.,  Loosely inserted in vol 1 is a business card from bookseller Richard Kossow, noting on the back that these volumes were bought privately from Jock Murray, son of John Murray. This may explain the binding and additional presentation leaf - this variant is not noted in Rosove's comprehensive bibliography.    "The owner of these volumes will possess an exact reproduction of the original "South Polar Times" which appeared month by month during the winters of 1902-3, produced as they were for the sole edification of our small company of explorers in the Discovery, then held fast in the Antarctic Ice." Thus begins Captain Scott's preface to the South Polar Times, which became a major diversion for the men on board the Discovery during the long sunless winter from 23rd April until 21st August.   Scott wrote of it more fully in the official account: "The scheme for publication was discussed long before the sun left us, and by general consent Shackleton was appointed editor. It was decided that each number should contain besides the editorial, a summary of the events and meteorological conditions of the past month, certain scientifically instructive articles dealing with our work and our surroundings, and certain others written in a lighter vein. As the scheme developed it was found that other features, such as full-page caricatures, acrostics, and puzzles could be added; and now each month sees the production of a stout volume which is read with much interest and amusement by everyone."   Shackleton "was responsible for the most famous examples of printing in the Antarctic. In addition to the first book printed in Antarctica, Aurora Australia (1907), Shackleton oversaw and contributed to the South Polar Times, first published on Scott's expedition to Antarctica on the Discovery, and again on Scott's fatal Terra Nova expedition of 1911-1914. Shackleton was also a contributor to the Antarctic Petrel, printed during his Nimrod expedition of 1907-09" (Stam & Stam).   Rosove, 287.A1 & 291.A2; Spence, 1094; Scott, R.F. The Voyage of the Discovery (London, 1905), vol. I, p.362; Stam, David & Deidre, "Bending Time: The Function of Periodicals in Nineteenth-Century Polar Naval Expeditions" in Victorian Periodicals Review, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Winter, 2008), p.312.

First limited edition. 3 vols. Volume I April to August 1902 [Volume II April to August 1903], [April to October, 1911]. Vols. I & II, no. 136 of 250 copies vol. III no 216 of 350. Numerous illustrations throughout many in colour. Folio. Original pictorial cloth, gilt, some wear & repair to headcaps. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1907- "The owner of these volumes will possess an exact reproduction of the original "South Polar Times" which appeared month by month during the winters of 1902-3, produced as they were for the sole edification of our small company of explorers in the Discovery, then held fast in the Antarctic Ice." Thus begins Captain Scott's preface to the South Polar Times, which became a major diversion for the men on board the Discovery during the long sunless winter from 23rd April until 21st August.   Scott wrote of it more fully in the official account: "The scheme for publication was discussed long before the sun left us, and by general consent Shackleton was appointed editor. It was decided that each number should contain besides the editorial, a summary of the events and meteorological conditions of the past month, certain scientifically instructive articles dealing with our work and our surroundings, and certain others written in a lighter vein. As the scheme developed it was found that other features, such as full-page caricatures, acrostics, and puzzles could be added; and now each month sees the production of a stout volume which is read with much interest and amusement by everyone."   Shackleton "was responsible for the most famous examples of printing in the Antarctic. In addition to the first book printed in Antarctica, Aurora Australia (1907), Shackleton oversaw and contributed to the South Polar Times, first published on Scott's expedition to Antarctica on the Discovery, and again on Scott's fatal Terra Nova expedition of 1911-1914. Shackleton was also a contributor to the Antarctic Petrel, printed during his Nimrod expedition of 1907-09" (Stam & Stam).   Rosove, 287.A1; Spence, 1094; Scott, R.F. The Voyage of the Discovery (London, 1905), vol. I, p.362; Stam, David & Deidre, "Bending Time: The Function of Periodicals in Nineteenth-Century Polar Naval Expeditions" in Victorian Periodicals Review, Vol. 41, No. 4 (Winter, 2008), p.312.