Decipherment of Linear B by Chadwick John (132 results)

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Condition: Good. (2nd)67 Edition. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1961 Pelican first, covers worn, page edges tanned. Shipped from the UK in recyclable card packaging.

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition. Pages are a little tanned. Penguin No. A 340 First Penguin edition. Darkened covers, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers, corners are lightly rubbed. No dust jacket, as published. Previous owner's name in ink at front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40122081039. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Foxing /tanning to covers. Tear on upper front cover hinge. Pages tanned, binding firm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Clean tight copy in a good dust jacket with some slight chipping. Price clipped. Stamp to the first page. Clothbound in orange. Includes black and white images. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. The hinges are in good condition. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Acceptable. Condition good with dj, ref ZKVQ.

Condition: Good. (2nd)67 Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

paperback. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.

Condition: Good. Envoi rapide Bon état. in8. 1970. Broché. Good.

1990 2ND EDITION VG PB PICTORAL CARD COVER.

Condition: Good. 1963. No edition remarks. 159 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.

1970 2ND VG PB PICTORIAL CARD COVERS.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. very good in edgeworn jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Very Good. VG condition book with dust jacket. Clipped DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents with no markings, 155pp + fold-out rear, B&W illustrations.

Condition: Aceptable. Autor: John Chadwick. Editorial: Random House. Fecha Edición: 1958. Estado: BIEN. edicion 1958, 157 paginas, tapa blanda, edicion en ingles, con el nombre y fecha del anterior propietario. Libro.

Hardcover. 2. Edition. 163 p. Good condition. The reading pages are clean and unmarked. Slight signs of storage and use. Retired library copy with corresponding labelling. Without dust jacket. Otherwise a good copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

Rústica (Tapa blanda). Condition: Bien. Dust Jacket Condition: Sin cubierta. Materia: Lingüística. Tipo de artículo: Libro. ISBN: Sin ISBN. Idioma: Inglés. Ciudad: Reino Unido. Características físicas: Señales de roce en los bordes de la cubierta, lomo y contracubierta. Interior en buen estado. Estado: Bien. Ubicación: R15B3-355. LIBRO.

Second Edition; 8vo; pp. ix, 164; portrait frontispiece, 2 plates, 17 figures, appendix, index, original stiff illustrated wrapper, previous owner's inscription to half title page, otherwise a very good copy. "In this present short book-lucid, concise, and admirable-Chadwick tells us something of Ventris and his mind, and of the problems involved in the decipherment of Minoan-Mycenaean scripts. It is written for layman and very well written. It is not only an account of a startling piece of philological and archaeological research, but a simple, moving human story" - Glyn Daniel.

hardcover. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 8vo, 147 pp. Fine copy in very good dust jacket.

Penguin 1961. 160 pages. Paper back[#189984].

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. (inscriptions, greece, crete, linear b ) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Reprint of 1967 Second Edition (First edition was 1958.) Softcover with tight and clean pages, some foxing on top edge and slight soil on back cover. The story of how Linear B, the Minoan-Mycenaean script, was deciphered in 1952 by Michael Ventris, as told by his close collaborator and co-author of their joint revelatory book, John Chadwick. He describes the script for the lay reader and concludes with a description of Mycenaean Greece. There is a fold-out chart of 87 Linear B signs.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. B/W Drawings and Photographs (illustrator). 2 'nd Edition. The author of these 164 pages is described as a close collaborator of Michael Ventris, the scholar, who, in 1952 won the distinction of decoding Linear B . Linear B is a syllabic script used for writing Mycenaean Greek. LEARN more about : apukekaumenos skelea. Also : an-sa-ko-te-re, sweetening agent, yokers, dog-leaders, sign-groups, Pylos Tablets, Knossos, and Phaistos Disk. INDEX at back, plus one fold-out table. B/W maps on pages 09 and 11. Cond : Paper wrapper is white with black lettering. Clay tablets in cover photos. Binding tight. Spine is sun faded. Name of p/o on first page. Minimal wear. Toned. Excellent reading copy. QUote (p. 60) : " For instance, a mysterious, but commin, ideogram had been previously discussed on the theory that it represented flax, becauise in some forms it looked vaguely like a ball of thread on a spindle. This Ventris now, quite rightly, abandoned, and concluded that it meant a commodity of some kind ._._._. . " Size: 8vo.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. ix, 164pp. Good softcover. Mild sunning along the spine and toning around the edges. Ex-libris stamp on the inside front cover. Illustrated in black and white maps and charts. Pages clean. Binding tight.

reprint softback with stiff wrappers As New small octavo 165pp., b/w plates, maps, diags., index,