The Greek Dark Ages by V. R. d'A. Desborough - 1972

St. Martin's Press, 1972. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket is edge chipped, torn and scuffed. Foxed to fore-edges. This item is at our location in Eugene, Oregon.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Ernest Benn, London, 1972. 8vo, 388pp, black and white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in price clipped dust jacket. Previous owner's name stamped on preface.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1972. Hardcover. G+ (DJ has slight edge wear and has light age and foxing in interior; former owner name and year on first page; edges of book block are tanning lightly; pages surfaces are clear.). Rust-orange cloth, bright orange dust jacket, 388 pp., BW illus. "Describes Greece and the Aegean (excluding Macedonia) during the period c. 1125-900 B.C. -- a period veiled in obscurity and beset by unsolved problems, but of vital importance. Its early years cover the last flickers of the Mycenaean world; and it is possible to suggest what may have led to the disappearance of the earlier culture. A new culture took its place, and this eventually led to the glories of Archaic and Classical Greece. ... [This book] gives Early and Late Dark Age evidence on a regional pattern." (dj).

London: Ernest Benn, 1972. First edition. Illustrations. 8vo (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches), 387-pages. Original cloth; very good in slightly edgeworn dustwrapper which has fading to the spine. From the library of the eminent archaeologist Professor John Davies Evans (1925-2011) with his bookplate. He was director of the Institute of Archaeology (now part of University College, London) from 1973 to 1989; renowned especially for his research into the prehistory of the Mediterranean, particularly the prehistoric cultures of Malta.

Ernst Benn, London, 1972. 388p. Richly ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Cloth wrps. Name and date on free endpaper. '(?) Desborough has taken (?) much trouble to set out the archaeological evidence in a clear and comprehensive manner, with the help of excellent photographs and drawings in the text. For each half of his Dark Ages we are taken on an extensive tour round each region of the Greek world, and later there are chapters on each class of object, and each aspect of Dark Age life. The proof-reading is beyond reproach.' (J.N. COLDSTREAM in The Classical Review (new Series), 1975, p.87).

Ernst Benn, London, 1972. 388p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Cloth. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. '(?) Desborough has taken (?) much trouble to set out the archaeological evidence in a clear and comprehensive manner, with the help of excellent photographs and drawings in the text. For each half of his Dark Ages we are taken on an extensive tour round each region of the Greek world, and later there are chapters on each class of object, and each aspect of Dark Age life. The proof-reading is beyond reproach.' (J.N. COLDSTREAM in The Classical Review (new Series), 1975, p.87). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover.

Benny Hardouin. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. hardcover. 392 pp; Dust jacket has ust a touch of edge scuffing and fadding of spine, still a very nice and attractive book. Previous owners tasteful book plate; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books. .