Parthians by Colledge Malcolm (9 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Printer's error in first signature (some pages double printed), otherwise very good condition with very good minus dust jacket (small chips top of spine area).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 8vo. 243pp. 76 illus. on plates. 46 text-illus. 2 maps. 1 table. Original cloth, spotted on top edge, publisher's stamp on front end-paper. Dust jacket. (Ancient Peoples and Places).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition hardback with dustjacket. DJ is rubbed to edges and repaired internally to top of spine with sellotape. Old pen price on ffep otherwise internally clean. Very good / good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

brown full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. old bookplate inside front cover under dustwrapper flap with old name erased, otherwise contents free of markings. price clipped dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers. no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings. first edition. first printing (Pu1967 & nap). 243p. b&w maps, plans, photos & illustrations. genealogical table of parthian kings. bibliography. notes on the plates. index. world history. archaeology. art history. middle east history. history of iran. history of persia ~ Long a mysterious and elusive people, the Parthians left behind them a scanty record in Greek and Roman documents and in Oriental legend. Yet for nearly half a millennium they ruled an empire in the Iranian regions that ultimately both linked and rivaled the Roman and Chinese empires, and their armies more than once defeated in battle the military might of Rome. Dramatic archaeological discoveries have recently thrown a flood of new light on the origins, history, and civilization of this people. The author explains who the Parthians were, tells how they rode south from the central Asian steppes to inherit the eastern portion of the enormous empire of Alexander the Great from his Seleucid Greek successors, and how expansion westward brought contact with Rome, then conflict ~ from time to time violently renewed. He presents varied aspects of Parthian life: the peculiar system of government, as far as it is known at present, the language, and the law, coinage, taxation, and other aspects of official life; he discusses the unsatisfactory basis of Parthian economics, the energetic pastimes and daily life of the people, the various and sometimes repellent religious and funerary customs and the questions of the extent to which Zoroastrianism was practiced. The Parthians were the first Orientals to feel the full impact of Greek civilization. The chapters on Parthian architecture and art show how characteristic styles were developed, out of which emerged elements that even today influence Iranian arts and crafts. Finally, after sketching the legendary fall of the Parthian monarchy, the author attempts an assessment of the overall achievement of this colorful people.

8vo, pp. 243, [1]; 76 photos, 46 line drawings, 2 maps, 1 table; full brown cloth; light toning on endpapers, text clean and sound, about fine in near fine, price clipped dust jacket. Part of the Ancient Peoples and Places series.

Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 243 Seiten, ohne Schutzumschlag, Teil des Schutzumschlags liegt bei, Einband mit leichten Lagerspuren, Kapitale leicht bestoßen, Besitzstempel auf dem Vorsatz, in gutem Zustand, GE-7014 Auf Grund der EPR-Regelung kann zur Zeit kein Versand mehr in folgende Länder erfolgen: Bulgarien, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Griechenland, Irland, Luxemburg, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Schweden, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Ungarn, Zypern Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 650.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original brown cloth with titles in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Brown top-stain. Illustrated with 76 black and white photographs, 46 line drawings, 2 maps and a table. A fine copy, the binding square and tight. The contents with some very slight toning to the endpapers are otherwise clean and crisp throughout and remain free from any previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine dustwrapper. Not price-clipped (42s to the front flap). An excellent copy. A key early work by the British archaeologist and leading authority on the history and art of Palmyra, Malcolm Colledge (1939-2015). Volume 59 in the monumental 'Ancient Peoples and Places' series. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.