Greek Geometric Pottery, Second Edition

First published in 1968, but still the must-have reference guide to geometric pottery from across the Greek world, the first edition of this seminal book has been changing hands for silly money on secondhand websites. The second edition is now at last available. Fully updated by Professor Coldstream, who sadly died just before its publication, it now additionally considers the results of the intervening forty years of finds and research, revising classifications and chronology where appropriate. We have teamed up with Exeter University Press to offer you the book for an excellent introductory price of £100 (down from £150), with the offer lasting until August 31st 2008. For further information and to order the book click here.

Oxbow Book News 75

New to Oxbow for this, the 75th Book News, are the undeniably stylish books of the Khalili Collections. Drawing on one of the world’s finest art collections these plush volumes examine in detail different artefacts and traditions, principally of Islamic art. With discounts across the board we are also able to offer them at more affordable prices than has hitherto been the case. We include their scheduled publications for 2008 in this Book News, but for a look at the impressive backlist please visit our website, or get in touch and ask us to send you a copy of their catalogue.

Our own premises are also looking a touch more stylish with a rotating display in the window featuring many of the great bargains to be found in the centre pages of this catalogue. If you are in Oxford we are now much more difficult to miss, so, if you wish to browse our books yourself please do pop in – visitors are always welcome! Our opening hours are 9 – 5.30, Monday – Friday.

Style and display are of course subjects which crop up regularly in archaeological discussions, just as in the hundreds of books offered in this Book News, from clothing or its absence in Tasmania, to feasting and conspicuous consumption in Prehistoric Britain, to the symbolism of hairstyles in Ancient Israel and to crowns in Egyptian funerary literature to name but a few examples. Indeed with such a wide range of historical and archaeological titles it is possible to find something to illustrate almost any trend in research – I hope you hit upon something which interests you.

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