S W Helms (41 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo. 270 pages. Hardcover with a gray pictorial dust jacket. Jacket is lightly worn with the edges bumped and a small tear at upper rear edge. Original owner's stamp and name/address on flyleaves. Hinges are sound and text is clean. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. …

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A clean and unmarked University Press hardback with a dust jacket now protected in a new archival-quality, removable plastic cover. This nice copy has an "opened-only-a-few-times" look & feel with no crushes to the black-boards' corners. Black-&-white illustrations. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship (tracking included) promptly from Roswell, Ga. Proudly serving satisfied book customers for over thirty years.…

Condition: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Cornell Univ Press, 1981. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new with light spotting to top and vertical page ends. Dust jacket is like new.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1981). First Edition. Large 8vo. xviii,270pp, Bibliography. Black cloth. Book in fine condition; dj very good, unworn but few small abrasion to front cover. Fully illustrated with photographs, drawings, and reconstructions. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 270 pages.…

Condition: Fine/Fine dj. 270pp. Numerous black & white photos, maps, diagrams & figures.

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Published. First Published. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good.

First Edition. Dust jacket covered in clear adhesive film & fixed to boards, with glue-transfer onto free end papers, causing stickiness. Internally VG in tight binding. Used - Good. Good hardback in dust jacket, Used - Good. Good hardback in dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Cornell University Press, 1981. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with spotting on page ends. Dust jacket is very good.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

First Edition. Pages slightly warped, possibly from light dampness. Otherwise bright and tidy in tight binding. Dust jacket protected in clear removable film. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

black & gilt decorative (spine) cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. with 1cm tear at spine top, not price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing (FPu1981 & NAP). xviii+270p. 46 glossy b&w photo plates.100 b&w illustrations & maps. 7 appendices. index. archaeology. ancient history. prehistory. history of syria. middle east history. ~The ancient, ruined city of Jawa lies in the basalt desert of northeast Jordan ~ a desolate region swept by sandstorms, where temperatures vary through extremes. Today only bedouin venture across the Black Desert, but five thousand years ago Jawa thrived there briefly as an urban center of considerable complexity. Discovered by aviators in 1931, Jawa's ruins were only recently excavated. Strangely, the harsh environment has protected the city ~ no settlement was ever built upon Jawa's ruins ~ making it the best preserved Bronze Age city yet known. In this fascinating exploration of the lost city, Svend Helms ~ director of excavation at the twenty~two acre site ~ describes the significance of Jawa's discovery, its fortifications and town plan, and its sophisticated water retrieval system that gathered and stored the meager winter rains crucial for the large population's survival. This extensive water works reveals an ancient technology of a surprisingly high order of development, giving rise to questions about Jawa's origins: How did such an advanced hydrology spring up in the Black Desert? Who were the Jawaites ? Why did they settle in such a bleak area? Why did they suddenly abandon the city they had struggled to build? Drawing on both the archaeological evidence and literary sources, Helms suggests answers to questions posed by the ruins. He fully illustrates his account with photographs, reconstructions, and diagrams. Helms's Jawa adds considerably to our understanding of Near Eastern archaeology and to our knowledge of the roots of urban society.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine d/j. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-8014-1364-8. Black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Tip of lower front corner slightly curved in. Edges of d/j lightly curled, tiny tear on tip of corner on rear top of d/j. 270 pages.

Condition: Very Good. Well kept copy with jacket, unmarked, light wear, exowner name stamped on endpages. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 0416740804. Hardback. First Printing. Very Good condition book in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. No Signature.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 82 pp. Light wear. This issue contains: Clive Barker - New Media Monster; Casting a Wide Spell - Julian Sands; Dracula's Doctor - Richard E. Grant; Back to Boot Camp - Sam Raimi; Cat Got Her Tongue - Lucille Lund; King of the Scary Cinema; Fun on the Phone; Gore From Down Under - Peter Jackson; Fang Time - Francis Ford Coppola; The Pin is Mightier than the Sword - Doug Bradley; The Oscars of Fear; The Last House You'w Want to Visit - Wes Craven; and Dinosaurs Slayground - Jurassic Park; along with Bonus Pinups. Size: 4to. Book.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 270 pages; Description: xviii, 270 p. , [24] p. Of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Jawa (Extinct city) . 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. . . . . First Edition. Cloth, out of print, 270 pages, illustrated, very good condition in very good dust jacket.

1981, Middle East, Cornell University Press, 270 p. very good cloth and dust jacket.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiv, 425 p. : ill., charts, maps, plans ; 24 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 417-425. Subjects; Excavations (Archaeology) Jordan Umm Hammad, Tall. Assemblages (Archaeology) Jordan Umm Hammad, Tall. Excavations (Archaeology) Jordan. Excavations (Archaeology) Jordan. BRONZE AGE - Jordan. Jordan - Prehistory - Bronze Age. POTTERY, BRONZE AGE - Jordan. Jordan Antiquities. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 270 pages; Description: xviii, 270 p. , [24] p. Of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Jawa (Extinct city) . 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. original cloth hardcover, illustrated, 270 pages, fine in slightly torn without loss very good unclipped dustwrapper. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B242.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiv, 425 p. : ill., charts, maps, plans ; 24 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 417-425. Subjects; Excavations (Archaeology) Jordan Umm Hammad, Tall. Assemblages (Archaeology) Jordan Umm Hammad, Tall. Excavations (Archaeology) Jordan. Excavations (Archaeology) Jordan. BRONZE AGE - Jordan. Jordan - Prehistory - Bronze Age. POTTERY, BRONZE AGE - Jordan. Jordan Antiquities. 1 Kg.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. xviii, 270pp, 46 b/w plates, text-figures, 8 tables, 7 appendices, bibliography. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. From the blurb, 'The site of Jawa in north-east Jordan lies in an arid desert of black basalt. New excavations [1970s] have shown that an urban settlement, of considerable complexity and covering an area of 22 acres, existed there as long ago as the fourth millennium BC. This study describes the site's discovery, the fortifications and town plan, and the sophisticated water retrieval system'. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 8vo. xviii, 270 pp., charts, maps, illustrations, appendix, biblio, original cloth in dust wrapper, copy in mint condition.

Hardback. Condition: VG. nrVG DW. 1st Edition. Name of owner at start of book. In excellent condition BUT top text edge spotted and some white marks to covers. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good condition BUT spine faded and a bit creased.

8vo, 270pp, with black and white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket. Previous owner's signature.