Secondhand World History & Archaeology Bargain Book Box SP4064

Secondhand World History & Archaeology Bargain Book Box SP4064

Nine substantial illustrated volumes spanning ancient civilisations, medieval history, and world cultures. The atlases — Greek world, Viking world, Mesopotamia, medieval Europe, the Jewish world — are the backbone; Sir Mortimer Wheeler on the Indus Civilisation and Roloff Beny's Pleasure of Ruins provide depth and beauty. These are secondhand books and may show signs of previous ownership.

1. Native American Myths and Legends — ed. Colin F. Taylor — A richly illustrated collection of creation stories, hero myths, and spiritual traditions from the indigenous peoples of North America; Taylor brings both scholarly rigour and genuine respect to material that has too often been treated superficially.
2. Atlas of the Greek World — Peter Levi — A beautifully illustrated geographical and cultural survey of ancient Greece by the poet and classical scholar; Levi brings an unusually literary sensibility to the standard atlas format, and the result is both authoritative and a pleasure to read.
3. Cultural Atlas of the Viking World — ed. James Graham-Campbell — A comprehensive illustrated atlas charting Viking expansion, society, and culture across Europe and beyond; this volume draws on the latest archaeological evidence to replace the horned-helmet clichés with a far more complex picture.
4. Atlas of Medieval Europe — Donald Matthew — Maps, illustrations, and essays charting the political, religious, and cultural landscape of medieval Europe; Matthew covers the full sweep from the fall of Rome to the eve of the Renaissance with admirable clarity.
5. Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East — Michael Roaf — An authoritative illustrated survey of the civilisations of ancient Mesopotamia — Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, and more; Roaf covers archaeology, daily life, religion, and political history in a format that rewards both reference and sustained reading.
6. Atlas of the Jewish World — Nicholas de Lange — A richly illustrated history of Jewish communities, culture, and dispersal across the world from antiquity to the present; de Lange combines demographic mapping with cultural history to produce a genuinely moving as well as informative volume.
7. Pleasure of Ruins — Roloff Beny & Rose Macaulay — Stunning photographs by Roloff Beny paired with Rose Macaulay's lyrical prose on the world's great ruins; this collaboration between a great photographer and one of the 20th century's more interesting writers is as much meditation as travel book.
8. The Indus Civilization — Sir Mortimer Wheeler — The authoritative account of the ancient Indus Valley civilisation by the leading field archaeologist of his generation; Wheeler combines excavation report with narrative history, and his enthusiasm for the material is infectious.
9. Anthropology — Hoebel (third edition) — A standard university text covering the foundations of cultural and physical anthropology; this edition reflects the discipline as it stood in the mid-twentieth century, and remains useful for understanding the intellectual history of the field.