Autumn 2012
New titles & backlist
Contents
Forthcoming Titles Autumn 2012
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Renaissance to Goya: Prints and drawings from Spain
Ice Age art
African Textiles Today
5000 Years of Glass
Masterpieces of Medieval Art
Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt
The Shakespeare Cookbook
The Tree: Meaning and Myth
The British Museum Book of Cats
Pharaoh: King of Egypt
Origami
The Franks Casket
The Meroë Head of Augustus
Shakespeare: staging the world
Shakespeare’s Britain
Angels and Ducats: Shakespeare’s Money and Medals
Scholarly and Research Publications Autumn 2012
26 Melanesia: Art and Encounter
26Egyptian Stelae in the British Museum from the 13th –
17th Dynasties, Volume I, Fascicule 1: Descriptions
27British Museum Research Publication No. 179: New Light on
Old Glass: Recent Research on Byzantine Mosaics and Glass
27British Museum Research Publication No. 186: The British
Museum Citole: New Perspectives
28 The British Museum in Autumn 2012
30 Recently Published Titles
32 Highlights and Bestsellers
Published Titles
34 Published Titles for Adults
43 Published Titles for Children
47 Index
Information
54 Trade Sales and Distribution Information
56 Rights, Sales & British Museum Press Information
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Art History
350 colour illustrations
289 x 229 mm 320 pages
978 0 7141 2680 7
£45 Hardback
Territory: World
Publication: September
ISBN 978-0-7141-2680-7
9 780714 126807
Renaissance to Goya
Prints and drawings from Spain
Mark McDonald
n A
beautiful and comprehensive volume of prints and drawings examining the history
of graphic practice in Spain for the first time
n Includes
exquisite examples of prints and drawings from the late fifteenth century,
through to the ‘Golden Age’ of the seventeenth century; featuring key works from
Berruguete, the Carducho brothers, Murillo, Ribera, Zurbarán, and the extraordinary
drawings of Velázquez, concluding with a study of remarkable works by Goya
n Demonstrates
how the creative and professional lives of artists in Spain were very
different from those in the rest of Europe; revealing how each region of Spain was
an independent centre of artistic activity
n Contains
over 150 illustrations from the British Museum’s collection, one of the
finest outside Spain, last shown in the 1970s and never before catalogued, alongside
key works from institutions across Spain including the Museo del Prado
n Published
to complement a major exhibition at the British Museum from
20 September 2012 to 5 January 2013
Mark McDonald is curator of Old Master prints and Spanish drawings at the British
Museum. He has published widely on the subject of Old Master prints from the
fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, with special interest in the Renaissance period.
He is the author of the 2006 Mitchell prizewinning The Print Collection of Ferdinand
Columbus (British Museum Press, 2004).
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Art History
200 colour illustrations
245 x 245mm 240 pages
978 0 7141 2333 2
£25 Hardback
Territory: World
Publication: October
ISBN 978-0-7141-2333-2
9 780714 123332
Ice Age art
Jill Cook
n A
stunningly illustrated exploration of sculpture and drawing from the last Ice Age
in Europe, between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago – the oldest known figurative art
in the world
n Features
celebrated masterpieces and lesser-known treasures from the British
Museum and other European museums, including small but exquisite sculptures
made from mammoth ivory, engraved drawing, ceramic models, decorated objects
and jewellery from the age of the great painted caves
n Demonstrates
surprising aesthetic parallels between these ancient works and a
wealth of contextual imagery, from classical sculpture to 20th-century painting
and even contemporary advertising campaigns, providing a fascinating insight into
the earliest modern minds and their capacity to communicate sophisticated ideas
symbolically through art
n Published
to complement a major exhibition at the British Museum 7 February to
26 May 2013
Jill Cook is Senior Curator of Palaeolithic collections at the British Museum.
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Decorative Arts
200 colour illustrations
270 x 240mm 256 pages
978 0 7141 1559 7
£30 Hardback
Territory: World
Publication: October
ISBN 978-0-7141-1559-7
9 780714 115597
African Textiles Today
Chris Spring
n African
textiles are patterned with stories that range far beyond the time of their
creation or the lifetime of their creator. In Africa, cloth is used to commemorate
important events, people or political struggles that in other parts of the world might
be recorded in writing, or marked by a plaque or monument
n This
Also available
beautifully-produced book deciphers these hidden histories, whilst also
revealing the relevance of African textiles today, exploring how the dynamic
traditions in African cloth making have provided inspiration for the continent’s
foremost contemporary artists and photographers
n 200
stunning illustrations reveal the rich variety of textile traditions throughout
Africa, and showcase some of the world’s finest examples of textile arts
n Offers
Fabric Folios:
Silk in Africa
a fascinating insight into the living history of Africa
Chris Spring is curator of the African collection at the British Museum. He is the
author of numerous books on African art and culture including African Arms and
Armour, North African Textiles and African Art in Detail (British Museum Press) and
Angaza Afrika: African Art Now.
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Decorative Arts
New Edition
300 colour illustrations
276 x 219 mm 280 pages
978 0 7141 5095 6
£25 Paperback with flaps
Territory: World excluding
North America
Publication: September
ISBN 978-0-7141-5095-6
9 780714 150956
‘Enough insight to satisfy the
knowledgeable enthusiast
and general facts to become
an essential introduction
for the novice.’
ANTIQUE COLLECTOR
‘Profusely and excellently
illustrated.’
ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS JOURNAL
5000 Years of Glass
Edited by Hugh Tait
n The
definitive world history of glassmaking and decorative techniques, updated to
cover the period 1940 to the present day
n Traces
the history of glassmaking from the flourishing industries of ancient
Mesopotamia and Egypt, through the extraordinary achievements of the Roman
Empire and Renaissance Venice, to the introduction of mechanized processes in the
19th and 20th centuries
n Written
Also available
by a team of distinguished experts from Britain and America
n New
final chapter by John P. Smith explores the use of glass by contemporary artists
and in modern glass studios
n Gorgeous
new cover design
Hugh Tait – former Deputy Keeper of Medieval and Later Antiquities at the British
Museum. Carol Andrews – former Assistant Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the British
Museum. William Gudenrath – Resident Adviser of The Studio at the Corning Museum
of Glass, New York. Paul Hollister – glass specialist and artist who has exhibited widely.
Ralph Pinder-Wilson – former Deputy Keeper of Islamic Collection at the British
Museum. John P. Smith – Editor of The Glass Circle journal. Veronica Tatton-Brown –
former Assistant Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum.
Glass: A Short History
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European Art / Art History
250 colour illustrations
including maps
215 x 215 mm 320 pages
978 0 7141 2813 9
£14.99 Paperback with flaps
Territory: World
Publication: May
ISBN 978-0-7141-2813-9
9 780714 128139
Masterpieces of Medieval Art
James Robinson
n The
first fully-illustrated guide to the highlights of the British Museum’s worldfamous collection of antiquities from medieval Europe, now available in paperback
n Features
150 of the most famous and important objects in the collection, including
the Lewis chessmen, the Borradaile triptych, the St Eustace head reliquary and the
Royal Gold Cup, alongside cameos, gold and silver work, wall paintings and tiles, and
many more fascinating objects with historic associations
n These
Also available
remarkable treasures are placed in their historical context through an
exploration of themes such as devotional art and pilgrimage, royal patronage and
the arts of love, leisure and feasting, to provide a visually stunning insight into the
artistic production of this critical period in Western history
n An
essential volume for anyone with an interest in European art and medieval history.
James Robinson is Curator of Medieval Collections in the British Museum and the
author of The Lewis Chessmen (British Museum Press, 2004).
Medieval Goldsmiths
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Egyptology
200 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 352 pages
978 0 7141 1977 9
£14.99 Paperback with flaps
Territory: World excluding
North America & Egypt
Publication: July
ISBN 978-0-7141-1977-9
9 780714 119779
Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt
Nigel Strudwick
n Now
available in paperback and packed with information and insights, this classic book
contains over 200 of the most famous and important Egyptian artefacts in the British
Museum’s collection, the largest and most important in the world outside Egypt
n Arranged
in chronological order, these intriguing objects range from the earliest
predynastic period through the 3,000 year rule of the pharaohs up to Roman Egypt,
offering a comprehensive overview of Egyptian art in a single volume
n Includes
Also available
an introduction covering the history of the vast Egyptian collections of the
British Museum, and the Egyptian sites from which they come
n Features
n A
200 stunning illustrations, one for each object
must-have volume for anyone with an interest in ancient Egypt
Nigel Strudwick is a former Assistant Keeper in the Department of Ancient Egypt and
Sudan in the British Museum. His publications include Thebes in Egypt (British Museum
Press, 1999).
The Painted Tomb
Chapel of Nebamun
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cookery / history
40 colour illustrations
220 x 175 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 2335 6
£10.99 Paperback with flaps
Territory: World
Publication: July
ISBN 978-0-7141-2335-6
9 780714 123356
The Shakespeare Cookbook
Andrew Dalby and Maureen Dalby
n Dates
and quinces, cakes and ale, ill potted eggs and wild boars roasted whole:
Shakespeare’s plays are full of references to food and drink but how far do they
represent the realities of daily meals in Elizabethan London?
n This
beautifully illustrated cookbook offers a unique insight into what people
were eating in Shakespeare’s time, featuring forty original menus and recipes from
sixteenth- and seventeenth-century cookbooks, alongside food-related quotes from
Shakespeare’s canon
Also available
n Includes
fully tested modern-day adaptations of all forty recipes
n An
excellent resource for all those interested in history, cookery, literature and a
wider approach to the world of Shakespeare
Andrew Dalby is a classics scholar, linguist and food historian. He is the author of
many books on food history, including The Classical Cookbook; Dangerous Tastes;
Cheese: a global history; Siren Feasts; Food in the Ancient World from A to Z; Flavours of
Byzantium and Breakfast: a global history.
Maureen Dalby is a retired teacher and a cook. She works with an English-French
association in Poitou and is jointly responsible for its newly published bilingual
cookbook Too Many Cooks / A Vos Rouleaux!
The Medieval Cookbook
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Art / History / Gift
200 colour illustrations
260 x 254 mm 192 pages
978 0 7141 5085 7
£25 Hardback
Territory: World
Publication: September
ISBN 978-0-7141-5085-7
9 780714 150857
The Tree
Meaning and Myth
Frances Carey
n A
beautifully illustrated book celebrating the significance of trees throughout history
and across the globe, looking at their place in nature, fiction, belief and art
n Reveals
how trees got their names and looks at the rich array of trees as metaphor
in iconography, art and literature
n 200
colour illustrations showcase an incredible range of art and artefacts, including
Egyptian wall paintings, Assyrian reliefs, ancient Greek vases and jewellery, Indian
temple sculptures, Ming Dynasty ceramics, Japanese woodcuts, Indonesian
shadow puppets, British watercolours and a twenty-first-century tree of life from
Mozambique
n Includes
fascinating profiles of twenty-five tree species, including Hawthorn,
Eucalyptus, Apple, Poplar and Oak
n Will
appeal to a wide audience, from keen gardeners to natural scientists and art
enthusiasts
Frances Carey is Senior Consultant for Public Engagement at the British Museum.
She was Head of National Programmes and Deputy Keeper of Prints and Drawings
at the British Museum. She is the author and co-author of numerous books including
The Apocalypse and the Shape of Things to Come, Modern Scandinavian Prints, German
Printmaking in the Age of Goethe, Collecting the 20th Century, Avant-Garde British
Printmaking 1914 – 1960 and The Print in Germany 1880 – 1933.
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History of Art
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Gift
New Edition
110 colour illustrations
190 x 190 mm 112 pages
978 0 7141 5102 1
£9.99 Paperback
Publication: October
ISBN 978-0-7141-5102-1
9 780714 151021
The British Museum Book of Cats
Juliet Clutton-Brock
n Now
available in an attractive new design, this popular and beautifully-illustrated
title has been redesigned in a new format
n The
book traces the history of the cat in cultures around the world, from ancient
times to the present
n Reveals
the myth and superstition surrounding the domestication of the cat whose
solitary nature, demanding personality and secret nightlife sets it apart from all
other domestic animals
n Explores
the beauty, charm and beguiling character of felines, and how they have
secured a very special relationship with humans over the centuries
Juliet Clutton-Brock was a senior research worker in the Mammal Section at The
Natural History Museum in London from 1969 until her retirement in 1993, and
maintains a position there as a research associate. She has acted as editor of the
Journal of Zoology since 1994 and has published numerous scientific reports, papers,
books and popular articles on archaezoology and the history of domesticated animals.
Her most popular books include A Natural History of Domesticated Animals (Cambridge
University Press), and the Cat, Dog and Horse volumes of the Eyewitness Books series
(Dorling Kindersley Publishing).
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Egyptology
96 colour illustrations
195 x 195 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 1998 4
£9.99 Paperback with flaps
Territory: World
Publication: July
ISBN 978-0-7141-1998-4
9 780714 119984
Pharaoh
King of Egypt
Margaret Maitland
n Powerful,
semi-divine and splendidly adorned, more than a hundred pharaohs ruled
over Egypt during the 3000 years of ancient Egyptian civilization
n This
beautifully illustrated book explores the notion of the pharaoh as protector of
the land and divinely-descended warrior priest to reveal the myths and realities of
kingship in ancient Egypt
n Examines
the costume, crowns and regalia of the pharaohs, alongside contemporary
literary representations, to discover how the concept of kingship was presented and
perceived in ancient Egyptian society, juxtaposing images of strength and divinity
with the mortality and human fallibility of the individual kings
n Includes
stunning new photography to capture the colour, design and craftsmanship
of over 120 objects from the British Museum’s world-famous collection, including
large-scale sculptures, plaques, tiles, papyri, jewellery and weapons
n Attractive
and informative, this book will appeal to all audiences interested in this
perennially popular subject
Margaret Maitland is a curator of Egyptology at the British Museum and Great North
Museum: Hancock.
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Gift / Craft
New Edition
With 48 sheets of origami paper
210 x 210 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2471 1
£14.99 Hardback
Territory: World excluding
North America
Publication: September
ISBN 978-0-7141-2471-1
9 780714 124711
Origami
inspired by Japanese prints
Steve Biddle and Megumi Biddle
n A
reissue of this popular title with a new cover design, which unfolds to reveal 48
brightly coloured double-sided sheets of origami paper
n Contains
materials and illustrated instructions for making a range of origami
creations, from birds to flowers, animals to insects
n Features
reproductions of colour woodblock prints by such Japanese masters as
Hiroshige, Utamaro, and Hokusai, which have inspired the origami designs included
n Spiral
n A
binding allows the book to lie flat, making it easy to follow the instructions
perfect gift that will appeal to a wide audience
Steve Biddle is an author and origami expert, having studied in Japan with top
Origami masters. Steve is a member of the British Origami Society, the Nippon
Origami Association and The Japan Society, and holds the degree of Associate of The
Inner Magic Circle with Silver Star. Together with Megumi Biddle, he is the author of
Amazing Origami, Step-by-Step Origami, The New Origami, Paper Creations and The
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History / Archaeology
British Museum Objects in Focus
The Franks Casket
Leslie Webster
n A
succinct exploration of the meaning, function and history of the Franks Casket,
an extraordinary icon of Anglo-Saxon culture
n Accessible
introduction to one of the most prized objects in the British Museum
n Describes
and explains the significance of the stories depicted in its magnificent
carvings
27 colour illustrations
Leslie Webster was formerly Keeper of the Department of Prehistory and Europe at the
British Museum. She specialises in the Anglo-Saxon period and is the author of AngloSaxon Art (British Museum Press, 2012) and co-editor of The Transformation of the Roman
World, The Making of England and The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art.
210 x 147mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 2818 4
£5 Paperback with flaps
Territory: World
Publication: September
ISBN 978-0-7141-2818-4
9 780714 128184
British Museum Objects in Focus
The Meroë Head of Augustus
Thorsten Opper
n A
concise and elegantly illustrated book on the Meroë Head of Augustus, a striking
work of art with an intriguing historical context
n Lively
introduction to the history, discovery, and significance of the find
n A
fascinating background to the Roman emperor Augustus and the Kushite Kingdom
of Meroë and its relationship with Rome
n Includes
a new series of photographs which highlights the wonderful, dramatic
qualities of a statue that was made, like so many other Roman objects, as a
continuous reminder of the all-embracing power of Rome and its emperor
30 colour illustrations
210 x 147mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 5091 8
Thorsten Opper is a curator of Greek and Roman sculpture at the British Museum
specializing in ancient portraiture. His previous publications include Hadrian: Empire and
Conflict (British Museum Press, 2008).
Territory: World
£5 Paperback with flaps
Publication: September
ISBN 978-0-7141-5091-8
9 780714 150918
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Shakespeare
250 colour illustrations
250 x 220 mm 304 pages
978 0 7141 2828 3
£40 Hardback
978 0 7141 2824 5
£25 Paperback
Territory: World
excluding North America
Published
ISBN 978-0-7141-2828-3
ISBN 978-0-7141-2824-5
9 780714 128283
9 780714 128245
‘This richly illuminated – and
illuminating – book is a
brilliant introduction to the
world Shakespeare inhabited,
refashioned in his capacious
imagination, and bequeathed
to us.”
Stephen Greenblatt, author
of Will in the World: How
Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
and general editor of The
Norton Shakespeare
Shakespeare
staging the world
Jonathan Bate and Dora Thornton
n A
unique and fascinating insight into the early modern world, seen through the lens
of Shakespeare’s plays, and objects and works of art from his time
n Links
historical objects and works of art with Shakespeare’s texts to reveal how
the playwright informed his audiences of the major events and political issues of
the day: a sixteenth-century dagger fished from the Thames gives new significance
to the gang violence of Romeo and Juliet; Henry V’s saddle, helm and shield recall
the depiction of war in the history plays; Guy Fawkes’ lantern illustrates the failed
Gunpowder Plot, later to prove the inspiration for Macbeth
n Highly
readable, authoritative and engaging, this book offers a completely new
approach to one of the most exceptional creative imaginations in history. Co-written
by one of the world’s leading Shakespeare scholars and a British Museum expert in
Renaissance studies
n 250
illustrations present an extraordinary variety of objects including portraits,
playing cards, reliquaries, weapons, coins and clothing
n Published
to accompany a major exhibition at the British Museum from 19 July –
25 November 2012, part of the Cultural Olympiad and the World Shakespeare Festival
Jonathan Bate is Provost of Worcester College Oxford and formerly Professor of
Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of Warwick. He is an
internationally acclaimed author and editor, with titles including Soul of Age: the Life,
Mind and Works of William Shakespeare. Dora Thornton is curator of Renaissance
Europe at the British Museum and author of many titles, including The Scholar in His
Study: Ownership and Experience in Renaissance Italy.
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Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Britain
Jonathan Bate and Dora Thornton with Becky Allen
n A
lavishly illustrated gift book that introduces the idea of Britain from the
perspective of Shakespeare’s audiences
n Shows
how Shakespeare’s plays reveal much about the country in which he lived –
from issues of religion and nation to witchcraft and conspiracy
n Takes
the reader to the heart of Shakespeare’s plays, pairing quotations with a wide
range of beautiful and intriguing objects
70 colour illustrations
190 x 170 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2826 9
£9.99 Paperback with flaps
Territory: World
Jonathan Bate is Provost of Worcester College Oxford and formerly Professor of
Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of Warwick. He is an
internationally acclaimed author and editor, with titles including Soul of Age: the Life,
Mind and Works of William Shakespeare. Dora Thornton is curator of Renaissance Europe
at the British Museum and author of many titles, including The Scholar in His Study:
Ownership and Experience in Renaissance Italy. Becky Allen is project curator for the
British Museum exhibition, Shakespeare: staging the world.
Published
ISBN 978-0-7141-2826-9
9 780714 128269
Angels and Ducats
Shakespeare’s Money and Medals
Barrie Cook
n Deniers
and ducats, groats and guilders, crowns and cruzados: this beautifully
illustrated book explores the role of money and medals in William Shakespeare’s
world and work
n Shakespeare
40 colour illustrations
190 x 170 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 1821 5
£9.99 Paperback with flaps
Territory: World
Published
ISBN 978-0-7141-1821-5
9 780714 118215
made use of coinage as a fertile source of metaphor; a means of giving
crucial information on status and character; a plot device and a way of adding local
colour in both dramatic verse and comic dialogue. This title reveals the meaning
behind the metaphors, exploring the significance of money in Shakespeare’s life and
career; how much people were paid and how much things cost
n Showcases
coins and medals that illustrate the personalities and mark the events of
the late Elizabethan and Jacobean world; from the Spanish Armada, to the union of
England and Scotland, the Gunpowder Plot and the death of Prince Henry
n A
lively and accessible introduction that, in its breadth and insights, will appeal to
historians and theatre lovers as well as numismatics and coin enthusiasts
Barrie Cook is curator of Medieval and Early Modern Coinage at the British Museum.
Publications include The Coin Atlas, with J. Cribb and I. Carradice, Coinage and History in
the North Sea World c. 500 – 1250: essays in honour of Marion Archibald, ed. with Gareth
Williams, The Northern World vol. 19, Encounters: Travel and Money in the Byzantine World,
with E. Georganteli.
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Melanesia: Art and Encounter
Edited by Lissant Bolton, Nicholas Thomas, Elizabeth Bonshek, Julie
Adams and Ben Burt
306 colour illustrations
n
A companion to the British Museum’s uniquely important Melanesian collection,
which is distinctive for containing the very earliest collected objects from many
areas, as well as many artistic masterpieces
n
The result of an ambitious five-year project, bringing a wide range of international
scholars, anthropologists, indigenous peoples and artists together to study and
respond to the Museum’s Melanesia collection
n
Features over 300 colour photographs of key artefacts from, and almost 60 thoughtprovoking and reflective essays on, the 20,000-item collection, providing illuminating
encounters with the historical and contemporary cultures of the western Pacific
n
A visual feast and a key reference work documenting the most culturally diverse
and artistically fertile region in the world
276 x 219 mm 368 pages
978 0 7141 2596 1
Territory: World
£75 Hardback
Publication: November
ISBN 978-0-7141-2596-1
9 780714 125961
Lissant Bolton is Keeper of the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at
the British Museum. Nicholas Thomas is Director of the Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology, and Professor of Historical Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.
Elizabeth Bonshek is Researcher at the Donald Horne Institute for Cultural Heritage,
University of Canberra and an Honorary Associate of Museum Victoria. Julie Adams is
Research Associate at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University
of Cambridge. Ben Burt is Curator in the British Museum Department of Africa, Oceania
and the Americas.
Egyptian Stelae in the British Museum
from the 13th –17th Dynasties
Volume I, Fascicule 1: Descriptions
D. Franke, Edited by M. Marée
210 x 297 mm 288 pages
n
The first fascicule of the new two-volume catalogue of the British Museum’s
collection of Egyptian stelae from the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate
Period, the largest single collection outside Egypt
n
Describes the scenes and inscriptions of forty-two stelae, with full translations,
textual notes and explanatory diagrams
n
Each catalogue entry includes a wide-ranging general commentary on phraseology,
formulae and titles, the importance of each stela in its historical and social context,
and aspects of epigraphy and iconography
n
Includes a full-page image of each stela
978 0 7141 1987 8
£65 Cased
Territory: World
Publication: November
ISBN 978-0-7141-1987-8
The late Dr Detlef Franke was a lecturer at the University of Heidelberg and an
expert on the Egyptian Middle Kingdom.
Marcel Marée is an Assistant Keeper of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British
Museum with a special interest in the Middle Kingdom
9 780714 119878
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British Museum Research Publication No. 179
New Light on Old Glass
Recent Research on Byzantine Mosaics and Glass
Edited by Chris Entwistle and Liz James
500 colour and greyscale
illustrations
n
Brings together a range of leading scholars from Europe, America and the Middle East
to discuss the most recent research in the field of Byzantine glass and mosaics in an
interdisciplinary context
n
Explores how mosaics are perhaps the most outstanding examples of Byzantine art
which survive; revealing changing aesthetics and issues surrounding the technical
production of glass in medieval artistic practices
n
The first time that so many diverse papers, ranging from art history, archaeology,
chemistry, physics and Byzantine studies, have been assembled in one volume
n
The culmination of a five-year research programme on the Composition of Byzantine
Glass Mosaic Tesserae, conducted by the University of Sussex in conjunction with the
British Museum and sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust
210 x 297 mm 250 pages
978 0 8615 9179 4
Territory: World
£45 Paperback
Chris Entwistle has been the curator of the Late Roman and Byzantine Collections at
the British Museum since 1985. Liz James is Professor of Art History at the University
of Sussex.
Publication: December
ISBN 978-0-86159-179-4
9 780861 591794
British Museum Research Publication No. 186
The British Museum Citole
New Perspectives
Edited by James Robinson, Naomi Speakman and Kate Buehler-McWilliams
150 colour illustrations
210 x 297 mm 160 pages
978 0 8615 9186 2
£35 Paperback
Territory: World
n
The British Museum citole is a unique example of medieval craftsmanship and is one
of very few surviving instruments from the Middle Ages
n
Includes selected papers from the first international symposium on the British
Museum citole, held in November 2010 to highlight recent new research,
conservation work and scientific findings related to the British Museum citole
n
Draws together experts from the fields of history, art history, music, organology,
conservation and science and performance practice
n
Highly illustrated to reflect the visual richness of this beautiful instrument, The
British Museum Citole: New Perspectives features a wide range of academic
approaches to the subject
James Robinson is Curator of Late Medieval Europe at the British Museum.
Naomi Speakman is John Rassweiler Project Curator at the British Museum.
Kate Buehler-McWilliams is an acclaimed Citole scholar.
Publication: September
ISBN 978-0-86159-186-2
9 780861 591862
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The British Museum
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Picasso Prints
The horse
The Vollard Suite
from Arabia to
Royal Ascot
3 May – 2 September 2012
24 May – 30 September 2012
The Museum has recently acquired Picasso’s
celebrated set of 100 etchings known as the
Vollard Suite – the only complete set held by a
public museum in the UK. The etchings will
be displayed alongside classical sculpture,
Rembrandt etchings and Goya prints – all
influences on Picasso.
Discover the epic story of the horse in this free
special exhibition – a journey of 5,000 years
that has revolutionised human history. The
story focuses on two breeds – Arabians and
the Thoroughbred which was selectively
bred from Arabians.
Picasso Prints
The horse
The Vollard Suite
from Arabia to Royal Ascot
Stephen Coppel
John Curtis and Nigel Tallis
978 0 7141 2683 8
hb £40
978 0 7141 1185 8
hb £40
978 0 7141 1183 4
pb £25
See page 30
See page 31
Autumn 2012
Shakespeare
staging the world
Renaissance
to Goya
Ice Age art
Prints and drawings
from Spain
19 July – 25 November 2012
22 October 2012 – 6 January 2013
7 February – 26 May 2013
This major exhibition on the world
of William Shakespeare will provide
a unique insight into London and
the world as it was 400 years ago
through the innovative perspective
of Shakespeare’s plays.
The Museum’s collection of Spanish
prints and drawings from the 16th
to the 18th centuries is one of the
finest outside Spain. The exhibition
will present over 130 works, spanning
over 250 years, and will include
works by Goya, Velázquez, Pellegrino
Tibaldi and Federico Zuccaro.
This major and groundbreaking
exhibition will feature some of
the earliest known works of art
found across Europe, created
between 40,000 and 10,000 years
ago, including highlights from the
Museum’s collection and many
other museums.
Shakespeare
Renaissance
to Goya
Ice Age art
Prints and drawings from Spain
978 0 7141 2333 2
hb £25
staging the world
Jonathan Bate and
Dora Thornton
Mark McDonald
978 0 7141 2828 3
hb £40
978 0 7141 2824 5
pb w/flaps £25
978 0 7141 2680 7
hb £45
See page 24
See page 3
Jill Cook
See page 5
| 29 |
Recently published titles
German Romantic prints
and drawings
Picasso Prints
from an English private collection
stephen coppel
Edited by Giulia Bartrum
Art
130 illustrations
290 x 245 mm 192 pages
978 0 7141 2683 8 hb £40
The Vollard Suite
Modern Chinese
Ink Paintings
Clarissa von Spee
Art
200 colour illustrations
294 x 245 mm 336 pages
ISBN
978 0978-0-7141-2681-4
7141 2681 4 hb £45
ISBN 978-0-7141-2683-8
Art
100 colour illustrations
245 x 245 mm 128 pages
978 0 7141 2470 4 pb w/flaps £16.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2470-4
9 780714 126814
9 780714 126838
9 780714 124704
Master Prints Close-Up
Glass
Anglo-Saxon Art
Paul Goldman
A Short History
A New History
Art
100 colour illustrations
225 x 225 mm 112 pages
978 0 7141 2679 1 pb w/flaps £14.99
David Whitehouse
leslie webster
ISBN 978-0-7141-2679-1
Decorative Art
118 colour illustrations
246 x 189 mm 128 pages
ISBN
978-0-7141-5086-4
978 0
7141 5086 4 pb w/flaps £9.99
Art History
150 colour and b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 256 pages
978 0978-0-7141-2809-2
7141 2809 2 pb w/flaps £18.99
ISBN
9 780714 126791
9 780714 150864
9 780714 128092
Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Britain
Angels and Ducats
staging the world
Jonathan Bate and Dora
Thornton with BeCKY Allen
Shakespeare’s Money and Medals
History / Gift
70 colour illustrations
190 x 170 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2826 9 pb w/flaps £9.99
History / Coins and Medals
40 colour illustrations
190 x 170 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 1821 5 pb w/flaps £9.99
Jonathan Bate and Dora Thornton
General / History
250 colour illustrations
250 x 220 mm 304 pages
978 0 7141 2828 3 hb £40
978 0978-0-7141-2828-3
7141 2824 5 pb w/flaps £25
ISBN
Barrie Cook
ISBN 978-0-7141-2826-9
ISBN 978-0-7141-1821-5
9 780714 128269
9 780714 118215
ISBN 978-0-7141-2824-5
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780714 128283
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Recently published titles
The Classical Cookbook
The Medieval Cookbook
31 BC
Andrew Dalby and Sally Grainger
Maggie Black
Antony, Cleopatra and the Fall of Egypt
New Edition
Cookery / History
80 colour illustrations
210 x 175 mm 176 pages
978 0 7141 2275 5 pb w/flaps £10.99
New Edition
Cookery / History
60 colour illustrations
210 x 175 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 2829 0 pb w/flaps £10.99
David Stuttard and sam moorhead
Egyptology
70 colour illustrations, 3 maps
210 x 148 mm 184 pages
978 0 7141 2274 8 pb w/flaps £9.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2275-5
ISBN 978-0-7141-2829-0
ISBN 978-0-7141-2274-8
9 780714 122755
9 780714 128290
9 780714 122748
Afghanistan
Objects in Focus
Objects in Focus
A Cultural History
The Mildenhall Treasure
The Oxus Treasure
St John Simpson
Richard Hobbs
John Curtis
Art History / World Culture
195 colour illustrations
229 x 169 mm 160 pages
ISBN
978 0978-0-7141-1174-2
7141 1174 2 pb w/flaps £12.99
History / Archaeology
29 colour illustrations
210 x 147 mm 64 pages
978 0978-0-7141-5080-2
7141 5080 2 pb w/flaps £5
ISBN
History / Archaeology
38 colour illustrations
210 x 147 mm 64 pages
978 0978-0-7141-5079-6
7141 5079 6 pb w/flaps £5
ISBN
9 780714 111742
9 780714 150802
9 780714 150796
Hajj
The Art of Hajj
The horse
journey to the heart of Islam
venetia porter
from Arabia to Royal Ascot
edited by venetia porter
Art
70 colour illustrations
190 x 170 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 1179 7 pb w/flaps £9.99
John curtis and Nigel Tallis
Art
200 colour illustrations
270 x 240 mm 288 pages
978 0 7141 1176 6 hb £40
978 0 7141 1175 9 pb £25
ISBN 978-0-7141-1176-6
ISBN 978-0-7141-2465-0
ISBN 978-0-7141-1175-9
ISBN 978-0-7141-1183-4
9 780714 124650
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Art / History/ World Culture
200 colour illustrations
260 x 254 mm 192 pages
978 0 7141 1185 8 hb £40
978 0978-0-7141-1185-8
7141 1183 4 pb w/flaps £25
ISBN
9 780714 111858
9 780714 111834
| 31 |
Highlights and bestsellers
Jewellery in the Age
of Queen Victoria
7000 Years of Jewellery
Watches
Edited by Hugh TAIT
David Thompson
Charlotte gere & judy rudoe
Decorative Arts
250 colour, 150 b/w illustrations
276 x 219 mm 256 pages
978 0 7141 5032 1 pb £25
Decorative Arts
256 colour illustrations
245 x 245 mm 176 pages
978 0 7141 5055 0 hb £25
Decorative Arts
400 colour, 100 b/w illustrations
290 x 229 mm 552 pages
978 0978-0-7141-2819-1
7141 2819 1 hb £55
ISBN
ISBN 978-0-7141-5032-1
ISBN 978-0-7141-5055-0
9 780714 128191
9 780714 150321
9 780714 150550
The Greek Body
Grayson Perry
Ian jenkins & victoria turner
The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman
Art History
120 colour illustrations
260 x 254 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 2268 7 hb £19.99
Grayson Perry
How to Read
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Mark Collier and Bill Manley
ISBN 978-0-7141-2268-7
Art
200 colour illustrations
275 x 235 mm 204 pages
978 0 7141 1820 8 hb £25
ISBN 978-0-7141-1820-8
Egyptology
35 b/w illustrations
240 x 160 mm 192 pages
978 0 7141 1910 6 hb £9.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-1910-6
9 780714 122687
9 780714 118208
9 780714 119106
Masterpieces of the
British Museum
Masterpieces of
Classical Art
Women in the
Ancient World
edited by j.d. hill
DYFRI Williams
Jenifer Neils
Gift
280 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 288 pages
978 0 7141 5068 0 pb w/flaps £18.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-5068-0
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Art History
Over 250 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 360 pages
978 0 7141 2254 0 hb £19.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2254-0
Ancient History
200 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 216 pages
978 0 7141 5077 2 pb w/flaps £18.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-5077-2
9 780714 122540
9 780714 150772
Highlights and bestsellers
10,000 Years of Pottery
5000 Years of Textiles
World Textiles
Emmanuel Cooper
edited by jennifer harris
A Sourcebook
Chloe Sayer et al
REISSUE
Decorative Arts
315 colour illustrations
276 x 219mm 360 pages
978 0978-0-7141-5090-1
7141 5090 1 pb w/flaps £24.99
ISBN
REISSUE
Decorative Arts
327 colour, 98 b/w illustrations
276 x 219 mm 320 pages
978 0978-0-7141-5089-5
7141 5089 5 pb w/flaps £19.99
ISBN
Textiles/Design
400 colour illustrations
225 x 225 mm 368 pages
978 0978-0-7141-5093-2
7141 5093 2 pb w/flaps £24.99
ISBN
9 780714 150901
9 780714 150895
9 780714 150932
Eric Gill
Ex Libris
ruth cribb and joe cribb
The Art of Bookplates
Art History / Gift
100 colour illustrations
190 x 170 mm 112 pages
978 0 7141 1819 2 pb w/flaps £9.99
Martin Hopkinson
Haiku
Animals
Mavis pilbeam
ISBN 978-0-7141-1819-2
Art History / Gift
100 colour illustrations
190 x 170 mm 112 pages
978 0 7141 2674 6 pb w/flaps £9.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2674-6
Gift
50 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2461 2 hb £9.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2461-2
9 780714 118192
9 780714 126746
9 780714 124612
Objects in Focus
Hokusai’s Great Wave
Timothy Clark
Power Games
Ritual and Rivalry at the Ancient
Greek Olympics
David Stuttard
How the Olympics
Came to Be
Helen East and Mehrdokht Amini
Art History
28 colour illustrations
210 x 147 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 2467 4 pb w/flaps £5
ISBN 978-0-7141-2467-4
History/Archaeology
90 colour illustrations
198 x 129 mm 240 pages
ISBN
978 0978-0-7141-2272-4
7141 2272 4 pb £9.99
Classic History/Children’s
42 colour illustrations
270 x 215 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 3144 3 pb £6.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-3144-3
9 780714 124674
9 780714 122724
9 780714 131443
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Ancient History & Archaeology
The Bible in the
British Museum
Mesopotamia
Interpreting the Evidence
55 colour, 41 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2181 9 pb £8.99
T.C. Mitchell
78 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 136 pages
ISBN
978 0 978-0-7141-1155-1
7141 1155 1 pb £12.99
9 780714 111551
Julian Reade
Women in the
Ancient World
Jenifer Neils
From Egypt to Babylon
NEW EDITION 2011
The international age
1500-500 BC
The Ancient
Olympic Games
Paul Collins
Judith Swaddling
ISBN 978-0-7141-2181-9
200 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 216 pages
978 0 7141 5077 2 pb w/flaps
ISBN
£18.99978-0-7141-5077-2
150 colour illustrations
246 x 189 mm 208 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-1983-0
7141 1983 0 hb £25
ISBN
ISBN
978-0-7141-1985-4
978 0 7141
1985 4 pb w/flaps £9.99
9 780714 121819
9 780714 150772
9 780714 119830
9 780714 119854
120 colour illustrations
246 x 189 mm 120 pages
Power Games
Forgotten Empire
Ancient Persia
The Mycenaeans
AD 410
Ritual and Rivalry at the
Ancient Greek Olympics
The World of Ancient Persia
John Curtis
Louise Schofield
The Year That Shook Rome
Edited by john e. curtis and
nigel tallis
53 colour, 51 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2180 2 pb £8.99
65 colour, 60 b/w and line illustrations
241 x 171 mm 208 pages
978 0 7141 2090 4 pb £14.99
Sam moorhead & david Stuttard
David Stuttard
50 colour illustrations
210 x 148 mm 184 pages
978 0 7141 2269 4 pb w/flaps £9.99
90 colour illustrations
198 x 129 mm 240 pages
ISBN
978-0-7141-2272-4
978 0 7141
2272 4 pb £9.99
480 colour illustrations
290 x 229 mm 272 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-1157-5
7141 1157 5 pb £25
ISBN
ISBN 978-0-7141-2180-2 ISBN 978-0-7141-2090-4 ISBN 978-0-7141-2269-4
9 780714 122724
9 780714 111575
9 780714 121802
Roman Britain
The Frome Hoard
Ralph Jackson and richard hobbs
Sam Moorhead, Anna Booth
and Roger Bland
120 colour illustrations
226 x 169 mm 160 pages
978 0 7141 5061 1 pb w/flaps £9.99
50 colour illustrations
190 x 190 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 2334 9 pb w/flaps £4.99
9 780714 120904
9 780714 122694
Life and Letters on
the Roman Frontier
The Emperor Hadrian
Byzantium
THORSTEN OPPER
Rowena Loverance
Vindolanda and its people
50 colour illustrations
185 x 150mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2266 3 hb £9.99
40 colour, 50 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 5017 8 pb £8.99
Alan K. Bowman
ISBN 978-0-7141-5061-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-2334-9
19 b/w, 3 line illustrations
241 x 171 mm 192 pages
ISBN
978 0 978-0-7141-2246-5
7141 2246 5 pb £12.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2266-3 ISBN 978-0-7141-5017-8
9 780714 150611
9 780714 122465
9 780714 122663
9 780714 123349
9 780714 150178
The Terracotta
Warriors
The First Emperor
The First Emperor
Lindow Man
The Staffordshire Hoard
China’s Terracotta Army
China’s Terracotta Army
Jody Joy
Kevin Leahy and roger bland
Jane Portal
Edited by Jane Portal
Edited by Jane Portal
54 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2450 6 hb £9.99
250 colour illustrations
290 x 229 mm 240 pages
978 0 7141 2451 3 hb £40
250 colour illustrations
290 x 229 mm 240 pages
978 0 7141 2447 6 pb £25
24 colour, 3 b/w illustrations, 1 map
210 x 147 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 2817 7 pb w/flaps £5
46 colour illustrations
190 x 190 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 2328 8 pb w/flaps £4.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2450-6 ISBN 978-0-7141-2451-3 ISBN 978-0-7141-2447-6 ISBN 978-0-7141-2817-7 ISBN 978-0-7141-2328-8
9 780714 124506
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9 780714 124513
9 780714 124476
9 780714 128177
9 780714 123288
Objects in focus series
The Sutton Hoo
Ship Burial
Treasures from Sutton
Hoo
Sutton Hoo
Burial Ground of Kings?
Chronicles of
the Vikings
The Queen of the Night
Angela Care Evans
Gareth Williams
Martin Carver
Records, Memorials and Myths
dominique collon
8pp colour, 130 b/w illustrations
240 x 171 mm 224 pages
978 0 7141 0599 4 pb £9.99
R.I.Page
8 colour, 95 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 128 pages
978 0 7141 0575 8 pb £9.99
Objects in Focus
15 colour, 4 b/w illustrations, 1 map
210 x 147 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 5043 7 pb w/flaps £5
ISBN 978-0-7141-0575-8
History / Archaeology
50 colour illustrations
190 x 190 mm 48 pages
ISBN
978-0-7141-2825-2
978 0 7141
2825 2 pb w/flaps £4.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-0599-4 ISBN 978-0-7141-2800-9 ISBN 978-0-7141-5043-7
9 780714 105758
9 780714 128252
9 780714 105994
241 x 171 mm 240 pages
978 0 7141 2800 9 pb £10.99
9 780714 128009
9 780714 150437
Objects in Focus
Objects in Focus
Objects in Focus
Objects in Focus
Objects in Focus
The Gayer-Anderson Cat
Rosetta Stone
The Vale of York Hoard
The Lion of Knidos
The Discobolus
Neal Spencer
Richard Parkinson
Gareth Williams and Barry Ager
Ian Jenkins
Ian Jenkins
30 colour, 6 b/w illustrations, 1 map
210 x 147 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 1973 1 pb w/flaps £5
22 colour, 3 b/w illustrations, 1 map
210 x 147mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 5021 5 pb w/flaps £5
25 colour, 5 b/w illustrations
210 x 147 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 1818 5 pb w/flaps £5
26 colour, 13 b/w illustrations, 1 map
210 x 147 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 5072 7 pb w/flaps £5
35 colour illustrations
210 x 147 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 2271 7 pb w/flaps £5
9 780714 150215
9 780714 118185
ISBN 978-0-7141-1973-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-5021-5 ISBN 978-0-7141-1818-5 ISBN 978-0-7141-5072-7 ISBN 978-0-7141-2271-7
9 780714 119731
9 780714 150727
9 780714 122717
Objects in Focus
Objects in Focus
Objects in Focus
Objects in Focus
Objects in Focus
Bronze Head from Ife
The Portland Vase
The Warren Cup
Swimming Reindeer
The Sutton Hoo Helmet
EDItha Platte
SUSAN WALKER
Dyfri Williams
Jill Cook
Sonja marzinzik
25 colour, 5 b/w illustrations, 1 map
210 x 147 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 2592 3 pb w/flaps £5
15 colour, 5 b/w illustrations, 1 map
210 x 147 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 5022 2 pb w/flaps £5
28 colour, 7 b/w illustrations
210 x 147 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 2260 1 pb w/flaps £5
30 colour illustrations
210 x 147mm 56 pages
978 0 7141 2821 4 pb w/flaps £5
27 colour, 8 b/w illustrations, 1 map
210 x 147 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 2325 7 pb w/flaps £5
9 780714 122601
9 780714 128214
ISBN 978-0-7141-2592-3 ISBN 978-0-7141-5022-2 ISBN 978-0-7141-2260-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-2821-4 ISBN 978-0-7141-2325-7
9 780714 125923
9 780714 150222
9 780714 123257
Objects in Focus Box Set
Objects in Focus
Objects in Focus
Objects in Focus
Objects in Focus
The Holy Thorn Reliquary
The Lewis Chessmen
Hoa Hakananai’a
Hokusai’s Great Wave
John Cherry
JAMES ROBINSON
JO ANNE VAN TILBURG
Timothy Clark
26 colour, 2 b/w illustrations
210 x 147 mm 56 pages
978 0 7141 2820 7 pb w/flaps £5
15 colour, 5 b/w illustrations, 1 map
210 x 147 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 5023 9 pb w/flaps £5
15 colour, 5 b/w illustrations, 1 map
210 x 147 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 5024 6 pb w/flaps £5
30 colour illustrations
210 x 147 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 2467 4 pb w/flaps £5
ISBN 978-0-7141-2820-7 ISBN 978-0-7141-5023-9 ISBN 978-0-7141-5024-6 ISBN 978-0-7141-2467-4
30 colour, 5 b/w illustrations per book
210 x 147 mm 64 pages per book
978 0 7141 5087 1 slipcase +
ISBN
978-0-7141-5087-1
pb w/flaps
5 books £19.99
9 780714 128207
9 780714 150239
9 780714 150871
9 780714 150246
9 780714 124674
Hoa Hakananai’a / The Geyer-Anderson
Cat / The Rosetta Stone / The Lewis
Chessmen / The Sutton Hoo Helmet
published titles | 35 |
concise introduction series
Egyptology
Concise Introduction
Concise Introduction
Concise Introduction
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient Egypt
Jenifer Neils
Nancy H. Ramage & Andrew Ramage
t.g.h. james
190 colour, b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 192 pages
978 0 7141 2259 5 pb £14.99
170 colour & b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 192 pages
978 0 7141 2258 8 pb £14.99
150 colour illustrations,
15 line drawings
246 x 189 mm 208 pages
978 0 7141 1966 3 pb £14.99
9 780714 122595
9 780714 122588
9 780714 119663
Journey through
the afterlife
The Ancient Egyptian
Book of the Dead
Ancient Egyptian Book
of the Dead
R.O. Faulkner
Edited by John H. Taylor
145 colour illustrations
276 x 219 mm 192 pages
978 0 7141 1992 2 pb w/flaps £16.99
240 col illus 280 x 280 mm 320 pages
ISBN 978-0-7141-1992-2
ISBN 978-0-7141-2259-5 ISBN 978-0-7141-2258-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-1966-3 ISBN
978 0 978-0-7141-1993-9
7141 1993 9 pb w/flaps £30
Spells for eternity
Mummy
The Ancient Egyptian Book
of the Dead
The Inside Story
John H. Taylor
120 colour illustrations
280 x 216 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 1996 0 pb w/flaps
£12.99
100 colour illustrations
195 x 195 mm 128 pages
978 0 7141 1990 8 pb w/flaps £9.99
John H. Taylor
9 780714 119939
9 780714 119922
The British Museum
The British Museum Book of
Dictionary of
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
The Art of
Ancient Egypt
ED. A.J. SPENCER
150 colour, 20 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 304 pages
978 0 7141 1975 5 pb £16.99
Gay Robins
Ian Shaw and Paul Nicholson
500 illustrations
276 x 219 mm 368 pages
978 0 7141 1980 9 hb £25
300 colour & b/w illustrations
250 x 260 mm 272 pages
978 0 7141 1982 3 pb £16.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-1990-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-1996-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-1980-9 ISBN 978-0-7141-1975-5 ISBN 978-0-7141-1982-3
9 780714 119908
9 780714 119960
Mummy Portraits
Egyptian Mummies
from Roman Egypt
John H. Taylor
Paul Roberts
120 colour illustrations
226 x 169 mm 160 pages
978 0 7141 5058 1 pb w/flaps £9.99
45 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 5070 3 hb £9.99
9 780714 119809
9 780714 119755
9 780714 119823
Who were the
Pharaohs?
The Cat in
Ancient Egypt
Write Your Own
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Stephen Quirke
Jaromir Malek
Angela McDonald
40 colour, 250 b/w illustrations
223 x 167 mm 112 pages
978 0 7141 3143 6 pb w/flaps £7.99
90 colour, 21 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 1970 0 pb £9.99
50 colour illustrations
260 x 200 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 1976 2 pb £5.99
9 780714 131436
9 History
780714 119700
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ISBN 978-0-7141-5070-3 ISBN 978-0-7141-5058-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-3143-6 ISBN 978-0-7141-1970-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-1976-2
9 780714 150703
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How to Read
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Voices From
Ancient Egypt
The Painted TombChapel of Nebamun
Turquoise Mosaics
from Mexico
Mark Collier and Bill Manley
R.B. Parkinson
Richard Parkinson
35 b/w illustrations
240 x 160 mm 192 pages
978 0 7141 1910 6 hb £9.99
50 b/w illustrations
241 x 171 mm 160 pages
978 0 7141 0961 9 pb £9.95
120 colour, 15 b/w illustrations
216 x 270 mm 152 pages
978 0 7141 1979 3 pb £14.99
Colin McEwan, Andrew Middleton,
Caroline Cartwright and
Rebecca Stacey
9 780714 109619
9 780714 119793
Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler
Edited by colin mcewan and
leonardo lópez luján
280 colour illustrations
289 x 229 mm 320 pages
978 0 7141 2586 2 hb £40
ISBN 978-0-7141-1910-6 ISBN 978-0-7141-0961-9 ISBN 978-0-7141-1979-3
124 colour illustrations
246 x 189 mm 112 pages
ISBN
978 0 978-0-7141-2569-5
7141 2569 5 pb £12.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2586-2
9 780714 119106
9 780714 125695
9 780714 125862
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Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler
Shah Abbas
Money: A History
A New World
Ritual and Honour
Edited by colin mcewan and
leonardo lópez luján
The Remaking of Iran
Catherine Eagleton and
Jonathan Williams
England’s first view
of America
Warriors of the North
American Plains
Kim Sloan
Max Carocci
280 colour illustrations
289 x 229 mm 320 pages
978 0 7141 2585 5 pb £25
Sheila R. Canby
240 colour illustrations
289 x 229 mm 280 pages
978 0 7141 2452 0 pb £25
200 colour, 345 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 272 pages
978 0 7141 1814 7 pb £14.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2585-5 ISBN 978-0-7141-2452-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-1814-7
250 colour illustrations
276 x 219 mm 256 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-2650-0
7141 2650 0 pb £25
ISBN
ISBN
978-0-7141-1542-9
978 0 7141
1542 9 pb w/flaps £9.99
9 780714 125855
9 780714 126500
9 780714 115429
9 780714 124520
Medicine Man
Enlightenment
Henry Wellcome’s Phantom
Museum
Discovering the World in
the Eighteenth Century
Edited by Ken Arnold and
Danielle Olsen
Edited by Kim Sloan
245 colour, 25 b/w illustrations
276 x 219 mm 304 pages
978 0 7141 5020 8 pb £19.99
history
9 Art
780714
118147
Masterpieces of
Classical Art
Assyrian Sculpture
DYFRI Williams
40 colour, 70 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2141 3 pb £9.99
Over 250 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 360 pages
978 0 7141 2254 0 hb £19.99
Julian Reade
80 colour illustrations
195 x 195 mm 96 pages
Assyrian Palace
Sculptures
Paul Collins With photography
by Lisa Baylis and Sandra Marshall
143 colour illustrations
260 x 254 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 1167 4 hb £19.99
240 x 165mm 416 pages
500 colour, 40 b&w, 10 line illus
ISBN
978 0 978-0-7141-2794-1
7141 2794 1 Paper £19.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-5020-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-2254-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-2141-3 ISBN 978-0-7141-1167-4
9 780714 127941
9 780714 150208
9 780714 122540
9 780714 121413
Afghanistan
The Begram Hoard
The Greek Body
Sex or Symbol?
Crossroads of the Ancient World
Indian Ivories from Afghanistan
ian jenkins and victoria turner
Edited by Fredrik Hiebert and
Pierre Cambon
St John Simpson
120 colour illustrations
260 x 254 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 2268 7 hb £19.99
Erotic Images of Greece
and Rome
317 colour, 31 b/w illustrations
253 x 253 mm 304 pages
ISBN
978-0-7141-1172-8
978 0 7141
1172 8 pb w/flaps £25
9 780714 111728
The Parthenon Frieze
Ian Jenkins
4 colour, 92 b/w illustrations
216 x 270 mm 120 pages
978 0 7141 2237 3 pb £14.99
62 illustrations
190 x 170 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 1178 0 pb w/flaps £7.99
Catherine Johns
9 780714 111674
Greek Architecture
and Its Sculpture
Ian Jenkins
150 colour, 100 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 272 pages
978 0 7141 2240 3 hb £25
ISBN 978-0-7141-1178-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-2268-7
38 colour, 124 b/w illustrations
276 x 219mm 192 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-1713-3
7141 1713 3 pb £16.99
ISBN
ISBN 978-0-7141-2240-3
9 780714 111780
9 780714 117133
9 780714 122403
9 780714 122687
The Parthenon
Sculptures
The Elgin Marbles
Celtic Art
Icons
B.F. Cook
Ian Stead
Robin Cormack
Ian Jenkins, With photographs by
Ivor Kerslake and Dudley Hubbard
34 colour, 56 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2134 5 pb £8.99
43 colour, 57 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2117 8 pb £8.99
90 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 2655 5 hb £15.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2237-3
140 colour illustrations
254 x 260 mm 144 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-2261-8
7141 2261 8 hb £19.99
ISBN
ISBN 978-0-7141-2134-5 ISBN 978-0-7141-2117-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-2655-5
9 780714 122373
9 780714 122618
9 780714 121345
9 780714 121178
9 780714 126555
published titles | 37 |
Medieval Goldsmiths
Cattle
The Art of Benin
Treasures of Heaven
Finer than Gold
John Cherry
History, Myth, Art
Art History
80 colour illustrations
215 x 200 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2823 8 pb w/flaps £9.99
Catherine johns
Nigel Barley with photographs by
Kevin lovelock and michael row
Saints, Relics and Devotion in
Medieval Europe
Saints and their Relics in the
Middle Ages
130 colour illustrations
260 x 254 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 2591 6 hb £19.99
Edited by martina bagnoli, holger a.
klein, c. griffith mann & james robinson
James Robinson
200 colour illustrations
245 x 245 mm 192 pages
978 0 7141 5084 0 hb £25
90 colour illustrations
190 x 190 mm 112 pages
ISBN 978-0-7141-2823-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-5084-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-2591-6
200 colour illustrations
ISBN
978-0-7141-2330-1
292 x 255
mm 288 pages
978 0 7141 2330 1 hb £45
ISBN
978-0-7141-2822-1
978 0 7141
2822 1 pb w/flaps £9.99
9 780714 128238
9 780714 123301
9 780714 128221
Fra Angelico to Leonardo
Hugo Chapman & Marzia Faietti
330 colour illustrations
289 x 245 mm 344 pages
978 0 7141 2667 8 pb £30
9 780714 150840
9 780714 125916
Italian Renaissance
Drawings
Michelangelo Drawings
Closer to the master
Master Drawings of the
Italian Renaissance
Master Drawings
Close-up
Hugo Chapman
Hugo Chapman
Claire Van Cleave
Julian brooks
50 colour illustrations
190 x 170 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2669 2 pb w/flaps £9.99
200 colour, 80 b/w illustrations
276 x 219 mm 320 pages
978 0 7141 2648 7 pb £25
150 colour illustrations
270 x 240 mm 192 pages
978 0 7141 2654 8 pb w/flaps £19.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2667-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-2669-2 ISBN 978-0-7141-2648-7 ISBN 978-0-7141-2654-8
9 780714 126678
Ferdinand Columbus
9 780714 126692
9 780714 126487
90 colour, 5 b/w illustrations
241 x 241 mm 124 pages
978 0 7141 2673 9 pb w/flaps
ISBN
£14.99978-0-7141-2673-9
9 780714 126548
9 780714 126739
The Golden Age
of Persian Art
Islamic Art
The American Scene
Revolution on Paper
Renaissance Collector
Barbara Brend
Prints from Hopper to Pollock
Mexican Prints 1910-1960
Mark P. McDonald
SHEILA R CANBY
20 colour, 178 b/w illustrations
296 x 240 mm 256 pages
978 0 7141 2644 9 pb £25
147 colour, 33 b/w illustrations
254 x 260mm 192 pages
978 0 7141 2404 9 pb £19.99
105 colour, 60 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 240 pages
978 0 7141 1443 9 pb £16.99
Stephen Coppel with
Jerzy Kierkuc-Bielinski
Dawn Ades and alison mclean with
contributions by laura campbell
9 780714 124049
ISBN 978-0-7141-2644-9 ISBN 978-0-7141-2404-9 ISBN 978-0-7141-1443-9
170 colour illustrations
270 x 240 mm 276 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-2657-9
7141 2657 9 pb £25
ISBN
978 0 978-0-7141-2670-8
7141 2670 8 pb £25
ISBN
9 780714 126449
9 780714 126579
9 780714 126708
9 780714 114439
Grayson Perry
Out of Australia
Prints and Printmaking
The Tomb of the Unknown
Craftsman
Prints and Drawings from
Sidney Nolan to Rover Thomas
Antony Griffiths
Grayson Perry
stephen coppel & Wally Caruana
200 colour illustrations
275 x 235 mm 204 pages
ISBN
978-0-7141-1820-8
978 0 7141
1820 8 hb £25
195 colour illustrations
270 x 240 mm 256 pages
ISBN
978-0-7141-2672-2
978 0 7141
2672 2 pb w/flaps £25
9 780714 118208
9 780714 126722
| 38 | published titles
12 colour, 120 b/w illustrations
246 x 189mm 152 pages
978 0 7141 2608 1 pb £12.99
Looking at Prints,
Drawings and
Watercolours
Paul goldman
140 colour illustrations
270 x 240 mm 192 pages
Ex Libris
The Art of Bookplates
Martin Hopkinson
100 colour illustrations
190 x 170 mm 112 pages
978 0 7141 2674 6 pb w/flaps £9.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2608-1
50 colour, 22 b/w illustrations
234 x 156mm 80 pages
ISBN
978 0 978-0-7141-2649-4
7141 2649 4 pb £6.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2674-6
9 780714 126081
9 780714 126494
9 780714 126746
Art in detail series
Edward Burne-Jones
Eric Gill
Medals of Dishonour
African Art in Detail
The Hidden Humorist
ruth cribb and joe cribb
Philip Attwood and Felicity Powell
chris spring
John Christian
100 colour illustrations
190 x 170 mm 112 pages
978 0 7141 1819 2 pb w/flaps £9.99
120 colour illustrations
276 x 229 mm 136 pages
978 0 7141 1816 1 pb £16.99
Over 200 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 2581 7 hb £14.99
100 colour illustrations
190 x 170 mm 112 pages
978 0 7141 2675 3 pb w/flaps £9.99
Ancient American
Art in Detail
Colin McEwan
150 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 2582 4 hb £14.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2675-3 ISBN 978-0-7141-1819-2 ISBN 978-0-7141-1816-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-2581-7 ISBN 978-0-7141-2582-4
9 780714 126753
9 780714 118192
9 780714 118161
Pacific Art in Detail
Indian Art in Detail
Islamic Art in Detail
Japanese Art in Detail
Chinese Art in Detail
Jennifer Newell
A. L. Dallapiccola
sheila r. canby
john reeve
Carol Michaelson & jane portal
150 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 2590 9 hb £14.99
150 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 2443 8 hb £14.99
150 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 2428 5 hb £14.99
150 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 2427 8 hb £14.99
150 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 2431 5 hb £14.99
9 780714 125817
9 780714 125824
ISBN 978-0-7141-2590-9 ISBN 978-0-7141-2443-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-2428-5 ISBN 978-0-7141-2427-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-2431-5
9 Asian
780714
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9 780714 124438
9 780714 124285
9 780714 124278
The Power of Dogu
The Printed Image in China Japanese Prints
Shunga
Ceramic figures from
ancient Japan
From the 8th to the
21st centuries
Ukiyo-e in Edo, 1700–1900
Erotic Art in Japan
Ellis Tinios
Rosina Buckland
edited by simon kaner
Edited by clarissa von spee
Professor Munakata’s
British Museum
Adventure
165 colour illustrations
276 x 219 mm 176 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-2464-3
7141 2464 3 pb £25
ISBN
140 colour illustrations
245 x 245 mm 192 pages
ISBN
978-0-7141-2460-5
978 0 7141
2460 5 pb w/flaps £19.99
100 colour illustrations
225 x 225 mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 2453 7 pb w/flaps
ISBN
£14.99978-0-7141-2453-7
240 x 170
mm 264 pages
ISBN 978-0-7141-2463-6 ISBN
978-0-7141-2465-0
9 780714 124643
9 780714 124605
9World
780714
124537
Cultures
9 780714 124636
The British Museum Book of
Chinese Art
Edited by Jessica Rawson
170 colour, 90 b/w illustrations
and line drawings
246 x 189 mm 396 pages
978 0 7141 2446 9 pb £18.99
140 colour illustrations
245 x 245 mm 176 pages
978 0 7141 2463 6 hb £19.99
9 780714 124315
Hoshino Yukinobu
Illustrated throughout
978 0 7141 2465 0 pb £14.99
9 780714 124650
Hindu Art
Africa
Pacific Encounters
Baskets & Belonging
T. Richard Blurton
Arts and Cultures
102 colour, 50 b/w illustrations,
3 maps
246 x 189 mm 240 pages
978 0 7141 1442 2 pb £16.99
Edited by John Mack
Art and Divinity in
Polynesia 1760–1860
Indigenous Australian
Histories
Steven Hooper
Lissant Bolton
150 colour, 50 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 224 pages
978 0 7141 2548 0 pb £16.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2446-9 ISBN 978-0-7141-1442-2 ISBN 978-0-7141-2548-0
320 colour, 10 b/w illustrations
276 x 219 mm 272 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-2575-6
7141 2575 6 pb £25
ISBN
ISBN
978-0-7141-2599-2
978 0 7141
2599 2 pb w/flaps £9.99
9 780714 124469
9 780714 125756
9 780714 125992
9 780714 114422
9 780714 125480
100 colour illustrations
195 x 195 mm 112 pages
published titles | 39 |
Decorative arts
Masks
Fiesta
The Art of Expression
Days of the Dead &
other Mexican Festivals
Edited by John Mack
155 colour, 2 b/w illustrations
276 x 219 mm 224 pages
978 0 7141 2530 5 pb £15.99
Chloë sayer
Jewellery in the Age
of Queen Victoria
7000 Years of Jewellery
Mrs Delany
Edited by Hugh Tait
Her life and her flowers
Charlotte gere & judy rudoe
250 colour, 150 b/w illustrations
276 x 219 mm 256 pages
978 0 7141 5032 1 pb £25
Ruth Hayden
400 colour, 100 b/w illustrations
290 x 229 mm 552 pages
978 0 7141 2819 1 hb £55
45 colour, 100 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 192 pages
978 0 7141 2627 2 pb £12.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2530-5
125 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 128 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-2588-6
7141 2588 6 hb £14.99
ISBN
ISBN 978-0-7141-2819-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-5032-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-2627-2
9 780714 125305
9 780714 125886
9 780714 128191
Italian Renaissance
Ceramics
The Art of
Worcester Porcelain
DORA THORNTON & TIMOTHY WILSON
9 780714 150321
9 780714 126272
English and Irish
Delftware 1570-1840
Treasures from Shanghai
Chinese Ceramics
Edited by Jessica Rawson
Aileen Dawson
Aileen dawson
Highlights of the Sir Percival
David Collection
250 colour illustrations
245 x 245 mm 240 pages
978 0 7141 2327 1 hb £25
250 colour illustrations
245 x 245 mm 320 pages
978 0 7141 2810 8 hb £35
120 colour illustrations
276 x 219 mm 128 pages
978 0 7141 2457 5 pb £16.99
Regina Krahl & Jessica Harrison-Hall
936 colour, 60 b/w, 100 line illus
276 x 219 mm 2 volumes in slipcase
Vol. 1: 432 pages, Vol. 2: 384 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-2816-0
7141 2816 0 hb £175
ISBN
978 0 978-0-7141-2454-4
7141 2454 4 pb £12.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2327-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-2810-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-2457-5 ISBN
9 780714 128160
9 780714 123271
Iznik Pottery
Islamic Tiles
John Carswell
Venetia Porter
83 colour, 25 b/w illustrations
240 x 171mm 128 pages
978 0 7141 2441 4 pb £10.99
43 colour, 70 b/w illustrations, 2 maps
240 x 171mm 128 pages
978 0 7141 1456 9 pb £10.99
9 780714 128108
The British Museum
Clocks
David Thompson
250 colour illustrations
246 x 189 mm 176 pages
978 0 7141 2812 2 hb £19.99
9 780714 124575
125 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 96 pages
9 780714 124544
Watches
The Medieval Garden
David Thompson
Sylvia Landsberg
256 colour illustrations
245 x 245 mm 176 pages
978 0 7141 5055 0 hb £25
35 colour, 50 b/w illustrations
215 x 215mm 144 pages
978 0 7141 0590 1 pb £9.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2441-4 ISBN 978-0-7141-1456-9 ISBN 978-0-7141-2812-2 ISBN 978-0-7141-5055-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-0590-1
9 780714 124414
Medieval Craftsmen
Scribes and Illuminators
Christopher de Hamel
35 colour, 28 b/w illustrations
215 x 215mm 72 pages
978 0 7141 2049 2 pb £8.99
9 780714 114569
9 780714 128122
5000 Years of Textiles
10,000 Years of Pottery
edited by jennifer harris
Emmanuel Cooper
327 colour, 98 b/w illustrations
276 x 219 mm 320 pages
978 0 7141 5089 5 pb w/flaps £19.99
315 colour illustrations
276 x 219mm 360 pages
978 0 7141 5090 1 pb w/flaps £24.99
9 780714 150550
Artistic Traditions in World Cultures
Nomadic Felts
Stephanie Bunn
200 colour illus, 20 line drawings
297 x 210 mm 160 pages
978 0 7141 2557 2 pb £25
9 780714 105901
World Textiles
A Sourcebook
Chloe Sayer et al
400 colour illustrations
225 x 225 mm 368 pages
978 0 7141 5093 2 pb w/flaps £24.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2049-2 ISBN 978-0-7141-5089-5 ISBN 978-0-7141-5090-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-2557-2 ISBN 978-0-7141-5093-2
9 780714 120492
| 40 | published titles
9 780714 150895
9 780714 150901
9 780714 125572
9 780714 150932
Fabric Folios
Indigo
Fabric Folios
Fabric Folios
Fabric Folios
Fabric Folios
Egyptian Mummies to
Blue Jeans
Embroidery from
Afghanistan
Embroidery from
Palestine
Textiles from the
Balkans
Silk in Africa
Jenny Balfour-Paul
Sheila Paine
Shelagh Weir
Diane waller
100 colour illustrations, 1 map
225 x 225 mm 88 pages
978 0 7141 2563 3 pb £10.99
Chris Spring and Julie Hudson
150 colour illustrations
276 x 218 mm 272 pages
ISBN
978-0-7141-5096-3
978 0 7141
5096 3 pb w/flaps £19.99
100 colour illustrations, 1 map
225 x 225 mm 88 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-2574-9
7141 2574 9 pb £10.99
ISBN
100 colour illustrations, 1 map
225 x 225 mm 88 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-2573-2
7141 2573 2 pb £10.99
ISBN
100 colour illustrations, 1 map
225 x 225 mm 88 pages
ISBN
978-0-7141-2583-1
978 0 7141
2583 1 pb w/flaps £10.99
9 780714 150963
9 780714 125749
9 780714 125732
9 British
780714
125831
Museum
Pattern
books 125633
9 780714
ISBN 978-0-7141-2563-3
Fabric Folios
Fabric Folios
Fabric Folios
British Museum Pattern Books
British Museum Pattern Books
Printed and Dyed
Textiles from Africa
Textiles from the Andes
Textiles from Mexico
Ancient Egyptian Designs
Islamic Designs
Helen Wolfe and Penelope Dransart
Chloe Sayer
Eva Wilson
Eva Wilson
John Gillow
100 colour illustrations
225 x 225 mm 88 pages
978 0 7141 2584 8 pb w/flaps £12.99
100 colour illustrations, 1 map
225 x 225 mm 88 pages
978 0 7141 2562 6 pb £10.99
350 line drawings
276 x 219 mm 128 pages
978 0 7141 8061 8 pb £9.99
280 line drawings
276 x 219 mm 128 pages
978 0 7141 8066 3 pb £9.99
9 780714 125626
9gift
780714 180618
9 780714 180663
100 colour illustrations
225 x 225 mm 88 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-2740-8
7141 2740 8 pb £10.99
ISBN
ISBN 978-0-7141-2584-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-2562-6 ISBN 978-0-7141-8061-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-8066-3
9 780714 127408
9calligraphy
780714 125848
Designs of the World
Arabic Calligraphy
Chinese Calligraphy
eva wilson, rebecca jewell, susan bird,
ian stead and karen hughes
Naskh script for beginners
Standard Script for Beginners
Masterpieces of the
British Museum
Treasures of the
British Museum
Mustafa Ja’far
Design / Art History
12 colour, 500 b/w illustrations
245 x 245 mm 240 pages
978 0 7141
5088 8 pb w/dvd £16.99
ISBN
978-0-7141-5088-8
Qu Lei Lei
edited by j.d. hill
Marjorie Caygill
b/w illustrations throughout
297 x 210 mm 32 pages
978 0 7141 1499 6 pb £6.99
b/w illustrations throughout
297 x 210 mm 32 pages
978 0 7141 2425 4 pb £6.99
280 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 288 pages
978 0 7141 5068 0 pb £18.99
300 colour illustrations
276 x 219 mm 240 pages
978 0 7141 5062 8 hb £25
ISBN 978-0-7141-1499-6 ISBN 978-0-7141-2425-4 ISBN 978-0-7141-5068-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-5062-8
9 780714 150888
9 780714 114996
9 780714 124254
9 780714 150680
9 780714 150628
Horses
Dogs
Silver
Gold
Look Here
History • Myth • Art
History • Myth • Art
Philippa Merriman
susan la niece
Axelle russo
Catherine Johns
Catherine Johns
185 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 192 pages
978 0 7141 5048 2 hb £16.99
210 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 208 pages
978 0 7141 5067 3 hb £16.99
120 colour illustrations
190 x 190 mm 128 pages
978 0 7141 1815 4 hb £9.99
120 colour illustrations
190 x 190 mm 128 pages
978 0 7141 5076 5 hb £9.99
Gift
279 colour illustrations
150 x 150 mm 304 pages
978 0 7141 5083 3 pb w/flaps £9.99
9 780714 150482
9 780714 150673
ISBN 978-0-7141-5048-2 ISBN 978-0-7141-5067-3 ISBN 978-0-7141-1815-4 ISBN 978-0-7141-5076-5 ISBN 978-0-7141-5083-3
9 780714 118154
9 780714 150765
9 780714 150833
published titles | 41 |
gift book series
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Hieroglyph Edition
By beatrix potter, translated by
John F. Nunn and richard
parkinson
The British Museum
The British Museum
The British Museum
The British Museum
Christ
The Buddha
Flowers
Birds
ROWENA LOVERANCE
Delia Pemberton
Marjorie Caygill
Edited by Mavis Pilbeam
45 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 5015 4 hb £9.99
45 colour illustrations
185 x 150mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2407 0 hb £9.99
45 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 5044 4 hb £9.99
48 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 5063 5 hb £9.99
34 colour illustrations
137 x 102 mm 76 pages
ISBN
978-0-7141-1969-4
978 0 7141 1969 4 hb £6.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-5015-4 ISBN 978-0-7141-2407-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-5044-4 ISBN 978-0-7141-5063-5
9 780714 119694
9 780714 150154
9 780714 124070
9 780714 150444
9 780714 150635
Elephants
Cats
London
Winter
Edited by Sarah Longair
edited by delia Pemberton
Sheila O’Connell
A British Museum Companion
Classical Love Poetry
43 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 5075 8 hb £9.99
41 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 5047 5 hb £9.99
45 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 5013 0 hb £9.99
Marjorie Caygill
EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY JONATHAN
WILLIAMS AND CLIVE CHEESMAN
43 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 5033 8 hb £9.99
The British Museum
38 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2245 8 hb £9.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-5075-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-5047-5 ISBN 978-0-7141-5013-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-5033-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-2245-8
9 780714 150758
9 780714 150475
9 780714 150130
9 780714 150338
9 780714 122458
The British Museum
The British Museum
The British Museum
The British Museum
The British Museum
Medieval Love Poetry
Persian Love Poetry
Chinese Love Poetry
Indian Love Poetry
Haiku
edited by john cherry
vesta sarkhosh curtis and
sheila r. canby
Edited by Jane Portal
a.l. dallapiccola
Introduced by David Cobb
42 colour, 40 line illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2413 1 hb £9.99
40 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2437 7 hb £9.99
38 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2401 8 hb £9.99
45 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 5016 1 hb £9.99
40 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96p pages
978 0 7141 2429 2 hb £9.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-5016-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-2429-2 ISBN 978-0-7141-2413-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-2437-7 ISBN 978-0-7141-2401-8
9 780714 150161
Haiku
9 780714 124292
9 780714 124131
Leonardo da Vinci
and his circle
The British Museum
Animals
Mavis pilbeam
Claire Van Cleave
Hugo Chapman
50 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2461 2 hb £9.99
45 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2662 3 hb £9.99
70 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2462 9 hb £9.99
9 780714 124612
9 780714 126623
9 780714 124629
Michelangelo
9 780714 124377
9 780714 124018
Raphael
Dürer
Claire Van Cleave
Giulia Bartrum
45 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2660 9 hb £9.99
51 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2651 7 hb £9.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2461-2 ISBN 978-0-7141-2662-3 ISBN 978-0-7141-2462-9 ISBN 978-0-7141-2660-9 ISBN 978-0-7141-2651-7
| 42 | published titles
9 780714 126609
9 780714 126517
Rembrandt
Caricatures
Hogarth
William Blake
Love and Marriage
Hilary Williams
of the Peoples of the
British Isles
Tim Clayton
Bethan Stevens
Jennifer Ramkalawon
45 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 5057 4 hb £9.99
52 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2645 6 hb £9.99
50 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2663 0 hb £9.99
45 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2664 7 hb £9.99
Tim Clayton
45 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-5056-7
7141 5056 7 hb £9.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-2664-7 ISBN
ISBN 978-0-7141-5057-4 ISBN 978-0-7141-2645-6 ISBN 978-0-7141-2663-0
9 780714 126647
The British Museum
Pre-Raphaelites
Bethan Stevens
48 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 5066 6 hb £9.99
9 780714 150567
Toulouse-Lautrec
Jennifer Ramkalawon
45 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 2656 2 hb £9.99
9 Food
780714
and150574
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9 780714 126456
9 780714 126630
The British Museum
Cookbook
The Jane Austen
Cookbook
Food Fit for Pharaohs
Michelle Berriedale-Johnson
Maggie Black and Deirdre Le Faye
100 b/w illustrations
156 x 200 mm 160pp
978 0 7141 1759 1 pb £9.99
42 b/w illustrations
246 x 189 mm 128 pages
978 0 7141 2769 9 pb £9.99
Michelle Berriedale-Johnson
9 780714 117591
9 780714 127699
9 780714 119847
An Ancient Egyptian
Cookbook
20 colour illus and 25 line drawings
154 x 209 mm 64 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-1984-7
7141 1984 7 pb w/flaps £4.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-5066-6 ISBN 978-0-7141-2656-2 ISBN 978-0-7141-1759-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-2769-9 ISBN
9 Children’s
780714 150666
9 780714 126562
How the Olympics
Came to Be
500 Things to Know About British Museum Fun Book
Ancient Rome
the Ancient World
Helen East and Mehrdokht Amini
Carolyn Howitt
42 colour illustrations
270 x 215 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 3144 3 pb £6.99
201 colour, 20 b/w illustrations
210 x 160 mm 152 pages
978 0 7141 3118 4 pb £7.99
9 780714 131443
9 780714 131184
British Museum Fun Book
British Museum Fun Book
Ancient Greece
Ancient Egypt
Sandy Ransford with
illustrations by David Farris
Sandy Ransford with
illustrations by David Farris
Sandy Ransford with
illustrations by David Farris
80 b/w illustrations
196 x 129 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 2169 7 pb £2.99
80 b/w illustrations
196 x 129 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 2168 0 pb £2.99
80 b/w illustrations
196 x 129 mm 64 pages
978 0 7141 1915 1 pb £2.99
9 780714 121697
9 780714 121680
9 780714 119151
Hunefer and his Book
of the Dead
The Tomb of Nebamun
Explore the Parthenon
Explore an Ancient
Egyptian Tomb
An Ancient Greek Temple
Meredith Hooper
50 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 36 pages
978 0 7141 3130 6 Flexi £4.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-3144-3 ISBN 978-0-7141-3118-4 ISBN 978-0-7141-2169-7 ISBN 978-0-7141-2168-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-1915-1
Pocket Guide to Ancient
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
richard parkinson
55 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 96 pages
978 0 7141 3007 1 hb £7.99
Fantastic Mummies
Open Up the Secrets of Ancient
Egyptian Mummies
John Taylor
Richard Parkinson
Ian jenkins and kate morton
ISBN 978-0-7141-3007-1
50 colour illustrations
height 200 mm 26 die-cut cards
978 0 7141
3037 8 Fan binding £5.99
ISBN
978-0-7141-3037-8
58 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 3142 9 flexi w/flaps
£4.99 978-0-7141-3142-9
ISBN
55 colour illustrations
260 x 200 mm 32 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-3124-5
7141 3124 5 hb £6.99
ISBN
ISBN 978-0-7141-3130-6
9 780714 130071
9 780714 130378
9 780714 131429
9 780714 131245
9 780714 131306
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their lives and their world series
Mythical Beasts of
Greece and Rome
V-Mail
The Story of Writing
The Ancient Egyptians
The Ancient Greeks
KathArine Hoare
Carol Donoughue
Their Lives & Their World
Their Lives & Their World
John Harris with
illustrations by Calef Brown
Colour and b/w illustrations
throughout
246 x 189 mm 32 pages
978 0 7141 3134 4 pb £3.99
90 colour, 10 b/w illustrations
276 x 219 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 3023 1 hb £9.99
ANGELA MCDONALD
Alexandra villing
180 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 80 pages
978 0 7141 3115 3 hb £8.99
180 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 80 pages
978 0 7141 3135 1 hb £8.99
9 780714 131153
9 780714 131351
Full colour artwork throughout
255 x 182 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141
3018 7 hb £8.99
ISBN
978-0-7141-3018-7
ISBN 978-0-7141-3134-4 ISBN 978-0-7141-3023-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-3115-3 ISBN 978-0-7141-3135-1
9 780714 130187
9pocket
780714
131344
timeline
series
9 780714 130231
The Ancient Romans
Pocket Timeline of
Pocket Timeline of
Pocket Timeline of
Pocket Timeline of
Their Lives and Their World
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Paul Roberts
kathArine wiltshire
helen strudwick
emma mcallister
kathArine wiltshire
183 colour illustrations
215 x 215 mm 80 pages
978 0 7141 3127 6 hb £8.99
96 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 32 pages plus
12 page foldout timeline
978 0 7141 3113 9 hb £7.99
93 colour illustrations
185 x 150mm 32 pages plus
12 page foldout timeline
978 0 7141 3107 8 hb £7.99
103 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 32 pages plus
12 page foldout timeline
978 0 7141 3111 5 hb £7.99
91 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 32 pages plus
12 page foldout timeline
978 0 7141 3108 5 hb £7.99
9 780714 131276
9 780714 131139
9 780714 131078
ISBN 978-0-7141-3127-6 ISBN 978-0-7141-3113-9 ISBN 978-0-7141-3107-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-3111-5 ISBN 978-0-7141-3108-5
explorer
9pocket
780714
131115series
9 780714 131085
Pocket Timeline of
Pocket Timeline of
Pocket Timeline of
Pocket Explorer
Pocket Explorer
China
Islamic Civilizations
Ancient Mexico
African Civilizations
Ancient Egypt & The Nile
Jessica Harrison-Hall
Nicholas Badcott
penny bateman
Nicholas badcott
Joyce Filer
100 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 32 pages plus
12 page foldout timeline
978 0 7141 3119 1 hb £7.99
105 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 32 pages plus
12 page foldout timeline
978 0 7141 3133 7 hb £7.99
100 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 32 pages plus
12 page foldout timeline
978 0 7141 3138 2 hb £7.99
9 780714 131191
9 780714 131337
ISBN 978-0-7141-3119-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-3133-7 ISBN 978-0-7141-3138-2
Over 100 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 32 pages plus
fold-out map to detach and display
978 0 7141
3140 5 hb £7.99
ISBN
978-0-7141-3140-5
9 780714 131405
dictionary
9 pocket
780714
131382 series
86 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 32 pages plus
foldout map to detach and display
978 0 7141 3125 2 hb £7.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-3125-2
9 780714 131252
Pocket Explorer
Pocket Explorer
Pocket Dictionary of
Pocket Dictionary of
Pocket Dictionary of
The Roman Empire
The Ancient Greek World
Sam Moorhead
Richard Woff
Ancient Egyptian
Mummies
Ancient Egyptian
Animals
Ancient Egyptian Gods
and Goddesses
90 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 32 pages plus
foldout map to detach and display
978 0 7141 3129 0 hb £7.99
90 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 32 pages plus
foldout map to detach and display
978 0 7141 3128 3 hb £7.99
NIGEL STRUDWICK
Angela McDonald
George Hart
9 780714 131283
56 colour, 40 b/w illustrations
185 x 150mm 48 pages
ISBN 978-0-7141-3129-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-3128-3
52 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 48 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-3105-4
7141 3105 4 hb £6.99
ISBN
55 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 48 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-3022-4
7141 3022 4 hb £6.99
ISBN
978 0 7141
1948 9 hb £6.99
ISBN
978-0-7141-1948-9
9 780714 131290
9 780714 131054
9 780714 130224
9 780714 119489
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Pocket Dictionary of
Pocket Dictionary of
Pocket Dictionary of
Pocket Dictionary of
Pocket Dictionary of
Pharaohs and Queens
Aztec and Maya Gods
and Goddesses
Kings and Queens
of Britain
Roman Emperors
The Roman Army
PAUL ROBERTS
Richard Abdy
Clara Bezanilla
katherine hoare
60 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 3116 0 hb £6.99
50 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 3126 9 hb £6.99
Marcel Marée
60 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 3109 2 hb £6.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-3109-2
60 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 48 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-3039-2
7141 3039 2 hb £6.99
ISBN
50 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 48 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-3117-7
7141 3117 7 hb £6.99
ISBN
ISBN 978-0-7141-3116-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-3126-9
9 780714 131092
9 780714 130392
9 780714 131177
9Children’s
780714 131160
Pocket Dictionary of
Pocket Dictionary of
Heroes and Heroines
of Ancient Greece
Greek & Roman Gods
and Goddesses
RICHARD WOFF
Richard Woff
Ancient Egypt
Sticker Book
Aztec Sticker Book
elisabeth o’connell
150 colour stickers approx.
276 x 219 mm 16 pages plus
8 sheets of stickers
978 0 7141 3136 8 pb £4.99
susan raikes
9 780714 131269
My Egyptian
Mummy File
Fun-packed re-usable folder
55 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 48 pages
ISBN
978-0-7141-3103-0
978 0 7141
3103 0 hb £6.99
55 colour illustrations
185 x 150 mm 48 pages
ISBN
978-0-7141-3015-6
978 0 7141
3015 6 hb £6.99
150 colour stickers approx.
276 x 219 mm 16 pages plus
8 sheets of stickers
978 0 978-0-7141-3137-5
7141 3137 5 pb £4.99
ISBN
ISBN 978-0-7141-3136-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-3027-9
9 780714 131030
9 780714 130156
9 780714 131375
9 780714 131368
Draw Like an Egyptian
Claire Thorne
Colour and b/w artwork plus
colour photographs
276 x 219 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 3114 6 pb £5.99
Binder 315 x 245 x 35 mm
16 pages plus 200 stickers
978 0 7141 3027 9 £12.99
9 780714 130279
Quiz Book of the
Ancient World
Fun with Hieroglyphs
Games
The Great Pyramid
Catharine Roehrig
Irving finkel
An Interactive Book
Carolyn Howitt
24 rubber stamps and inkpad
Book Illustrated throughout
Box 229 x 229 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 3131 3 £16.99 inc. VAT
28 colour photographs and
5 full-colour fold-out game boards
185 x 150 mm 6 fold-out spreads
978 0 7141 3112 2 hb £6.99
Roscoe Cooper and Carolyn Croll
b/w line illustrations throughout
210 x 160 mm 80 pages
978 0 7141 3035 4 pb £6.99
12 colour pop-up illustrations
350 x 350 x 350 mm 12 pages
978 0 7141 1913 7 hb £12.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-3114-6 ISBN 978-0-7141-3035-4 ISBN 978-0-7141-3131-3 ISBN 978-0-7141-3112-2 ISBN 978-0-7141-1913-7
9 780714 131146
9 activity
780714 bookS
130354
9 780714 131313
9 780714 131122
9 780714 119137
African Crafts
Tutankhamun
With step-by-step
instructions
Ultimate Activity Book
Mammoth Activity
Book of Prehistory
The Vikings
Activity Book
The Anglo-Saxons
Activity Book
Hendrikje Nouwens
Daniel and Delia Pemberton
David Wilson
John Reeve and Jenny
Chattington
Lynne Garner
110 colour photographs
215 x 215 mm 48 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-3034-7
7141 3034 7 hb £10.99
ISBN
50 colour, 15 b/w illustrations
297 x 210 mm 32pp plus 8 pull-out
die-cut card pages
978 0 978-0-7141-3038-5
7141 3038 5 hb £9.99
ISBN
b/w line drawings throughout
276 x 219 mm 16 pages
978 0 7141 3106 1 pb £3.99
b/w illustrations throughout
210 x 291mm 16 pages
978 0 7141 2174 1 pb £2.99
978 0 978-0-7141-2726-2
7141 2726 2 pb £2.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-3106-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-2174-1 ISBN
9 780714 130347
9 780714 130385
9 780714 131061
9 780714 121741
b/w illustrations throughout
210 x 291mm 16 pages
9 780714 127262
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The Aztecs
Activity Book
The Ancient Egyptians
Activity Book
The Ancient Greeks
Activity Book
The Romans
Activity Book
Pyramid Activity Book
Penny Bateman
Lise Manniche
Jenny Chattington
b/w illustrations throughout
210 x 291mm 16 pages
978 0 7141 2721 7 pb £2.99
b/w illustrations throughout
210 x 291mm 16 pages
978 0 7141 2175 8 pb £2.99
b/w illustrations throughout
210 x 291mm 16 pages
978 0 7141 2176 5 pb £2.99
Ralph Jackson, Simon James
and Emma Myers
b/w illustrations throughout
276 x 219mm 16 pages
978 0 7141 3024 8 pb £3.99
9 780714 127217
9 780714 121758
ISBN 978-0-7141-2721-7 ISBN 978-0-7141-2175-8 ISBN 978-0-7141-2176-5
Gladiator Activity Book
Judy Lindsay
b/w illustrations throughout
276 x 219 mm 16 pages
978 0 7141 3028 6 pb £3.99
b/w illustrations throughout
210 x 291mm 16 pages
978 0 978-0-7141-2722-4
7141 2722 4 pb £2.99
ISBN
book series
9 colouring
780714 121765
9 780714 127224
Delia Pemberton
ISBN 978-0-7141-3024-8
9 780714 130248
Mummy
Activity Book
Colouring Book of
Colouring Book of
British Museum Colouring Book
Aztecs
Ancient Britain
Ancient Egypt
Judy Lindsay
Hans rashbrook
Patricia Hansom, Richard Parkinson,
Stephen Crummy, John Green
b/w illustrations throughout
276 x 219 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 3100 9 pb £5
b/w illustrations throughout
219 x 219 mm 16 pages
978 0 7141 3139 9 pb £1.99
ISBN 978-0-7141-3028-6
b/w illustrations throughout
276 x 219 mm 16 pages
b/w illustrations throughout
978 0 978-0-7141-3016-3
7141 3016 3 pb £3.99
ISBN
ISBN 978-0-7141-3139-9 ISBN 978-0-7141-3122-1 ISBN 978-0-7141-3100-9
9 780714 130286
9 780714 130163
9 780714 131399
b/w illustrations throughout
276 x 219 mm 48 pages
978 0 7141 3122 1 pb £5
9 780714 131221
9 780714 131009
British Museum Colouring Book
British Museum Colouring Book
British Museum Colouring Book
Colouring Book
Colouring Book of
Ancient Rome
Stained Glass
The Vikings
Bible Peoples
China
John Green
Patricia Hansom
John Green
Patricia Hansom
Ann Searight
b/w illustrations throughout
276 x 219mm 16 pages
978 0 7141 2185 7 pb £2.99
b/w illustrations throughout
276 x 219mm 16 pages plus
2 translucent pages
978 0 7141 3017 0 pb £3.99
b/w illustrations throughout
276 x 219mm 16 pages
978 0 7141 2194 9 pb £2.99
b/w illustrations throughout
276 x 219 mm 16 pages
978 0 7141 3132 0 pb £2.99
b/w illustrations throughout
219 x 219 mm 16 pages
978 0 7141 3123 8 pb £1.99
9 780714 130170
9 780714 121949
ISBN 978-0-7141-2185-7 ISBN 978-0-7141-3017-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-2194-9 ISBN 978-0-7141-3132-0 ISBN 978-0-7141-3123-8
9 780714 121857
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Index
Autumn 2012 and Recently Published titles appear in blue.
Rights and Sales Codes are listed on page 56.
Scholarly, Occasional Papers and Research Papers are listed on
pages 52 to 53. For further information on these titles please
see www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications.aspx
31BC: Antony, Cleopatra and the Fall of Egypt, 31, Ge
500 Things to Know About the Ancient World, 43,
Ch(s) Gk Ko Tu
5000 Years of Glass, 9
5000 Years of Textiles, 33, 40, ➀ Ch(s)
7000 Years of Jewellery, 32, 40, ➀ Ch(s)
10,000 Years of Pottery, 33, 40, ➀
Activity Books, 45
Ancient Egyptians Activity Book, The, 46, Gk
Ancient Greeks Activity Book, The, 46
Anglo-Saxons Activity Book, The, 45, Gk
Aztecs Activity Book, The, 46, Gk
Gladiator Activity Book, The, 46
Mammoth Activity Book of Prehistory, 45
Mummy Activity Book, The, 46
Pyramid Activity Book, The, 46
Romans Activity Book, The, 46, Gk
Tutankhamun, The Ultimate Activity Book, 45, ➄
Vikings Activity Book, The, 45
AD 410: The Year That Shook Rome, 34, ➀
Afghanistan: A Cultural History, 31 ➀
Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World, 37, ➄
Africa: Arts and Cultures, 39, ➀
African Art in Detail, 39, ➀
African Crafts, 45, ➀
African Designs (British Museum Pattern Books), Rebecca
Jewell, 978 0 7141 8074 8, pb, £9.99, Sp
African Textiles Today, 7
American Scene, The: Prints from Hopper to Pollock, 38, ➀
Ancient American Art in Detail, 39, ➀
Ancient Egypt and the Nile, Pocket Explorer, 44, ➀
Ge
Ancient Egypt, British Museum Dictionary of, 36,
Ancient Egypt (British Museum Fun Book), 43
Ancient Egypt Colouring Book, 46
Cz
Ancient Egypt, Concise Introduction, 36,
Ancient Egypt, Masterpieces of, 13,
Ancient Egypt Sticker Book, 45
Ancient Egyptian Animals (British Museum Pocket Dictionary), 44
Ch(s)
Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, The, 36,
Ancient Egyptian Designs (British Museum Pattern Books),
41, ➀ Sp
Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses (British Museum
Pocket Dictionary), 44, Ja Sw
Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Pocket Guide to, 43, Ja Pg
Ancient Egyptian Mummies (British Museum Pocket
Dictionary), 44
Ancient Egyptians, The, Their Lives and Their World, 44,
Ch(c) Ch(s)
Ancient Egyptians Activity Book, The, 46, Gk
Ancient Greece (British Museum Fun Book), 43
Ancient Greece, Concise Introduction, 36, ➀
Ancient Greeks: Their Lives and Their World, The, 44,
➀ Ch(c) Ch(s)
Ancient Greeks Activity Book, The, 46
Ancient Olympic Games, The, 34, ➁ Ch(c) Gk Hu Ko Po Ro Tu
Ancient Persia (Introductory Series), ➀ 34
Ancient Romans: Their Lives and Their World, The, 44,
➀ Ch(c) Ch(s)
Ancient Rome (British Museum Colouring Book), 46
Ancient Rome (British Museum Fun Book), 43
Ancient Rome, Concise Introduction, 36, ➀ Ge
Angels and Ducats: Shakespeare’s Money and Medals, 25, 30
Anglo-Saxon Art, 30 ➀
Anglo-Saxons Activity Book, The, 45, Gk
Arabic Calligraphy, 41
Art and Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British
Museum, edited by J.E. Curtis and J.E. Reade, 978 0 7141
1140 7, pb, £20, ➂
Art in Detail, 39
African Art in Detail, 39, ➀
Ancient American Art in Detail, 39, ➀
Chinese Art in Detail, 39, ➀
Indian Art in Detail, 39,
Islamic Art in Detail, 39, ➀ Ar
Japanese Art in Detail, 39, ➀ Ar
Pacific Art in Detail, 39,
Art of Ancient Egypt, The, 36,
Art of Benin, The, 38
Art of Hajj, The, 31 ➀
Art of Small Things, The, John Mack, 978 0 7141 5046 8, hb,
£19.99, ➀ Ch(s)
Art of Worcester Porcelain, The, 40, ➀
Assyrian Palace Sculptures, 37, ➀
Assyrian Sculpture (Introductory Series), 37, ➀
Avigdor Arikha: From Life: Drawings and Prints 1965-2005,
Duncan Thomson and Stephen Coppel with texts by
Samuel Beckett and Robert Hughes, 978 0 7141 2647 0,
pb, £20
Aztec and Maya Gods and Goddesses (British Museum
Pocket Dictionary), 45
Aztec and Maya Myths (Legendary Past Series), Karl Taube,
1993 Reprint 2009, 978 0 7141 1742 0, pb, £8.99
➁ Bu Fr Ge Gk It Ja Ko Po Sp Tu
Aztecs Activity Book, The, 46, Gk
Aztecs Sticker Book, 45
Babylon: City of Wonders, Irving Finkel and Michael Seymour,
978 0 7141 1171 1, hb, £9.99
Babylon: Myth and Reality, edited by I.L. Finkel and M.J.
Seymour, 978 0 7141 1170 4, pb, £25, ➀
Badges, Philip Attwood, 2004, 978 0 7141 5014 7, pb, £7.99
Baskets & Belonging: Indigenous Australian Histories, 39
Begram Hoard: Indian Ivories from Afghanistan, The, 37
Bengali Myths, The, (Legendary Past series) T. Richard Burton,
2006 Reprint 2007, 978 0 7141 2436 0, pb, £8.99, Cz Sp
Bible in the British Museum, The: Interpreting the
Evidence, 34, ➀
Birds, 42
Blake, William, 43
Britain (giftbook), Lindsay Stainton, 2005, 978 0 7141
5034 5, hb, £9.99
British Museum, The, 250 Years, Marjorie Caygill, 2005,
978 0 7141 2786 6, hb, £6 Ja
British Museum, The: A History, David M.Wilson, 2002,
978 0 7141 2764 4, hb, £35
British Museum A-Z Companion, The, Marjorie Caygill, 1999
Reprint 2012, 978 0 7141 2143 7, pb, £12.99, ➀ Ja
Ja Po Sp
British Museum Book of Ancient Egypt, The, 36,
British Museum Book of Cats, The, 19 Ja
British Museum Book of Chinese Art, The, 39, ➀
British Museum Book of Egyptian Hieroglyphs, The, Neal
Spencer and Claire Thorne, 2003, 978 0 7141 1957 1, hb,
£7.99, ➀ Ja
British Museum Book of Greek and Roman Art, The, Lucilla
Burn, 978 0 7141 1297 8, pb, £14.99
British Museum Colouring Books, 46
Ancient Britain, 46
index | 47 |
Ancient Egypt, 46
Ancient Rome, 46
Anglo-Saxons, The, Patricia Hansom, 2002,
978 0 7141 3005 7, pb, £2.99
Aztecs, 46
Bible Peoples, 46
China, 46
Stained Glass, 46
Vikings, The, 46
British Museum Cookbook, The, 43, ➀ Da Fi It Sw
British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Egypt, The,
36,
Cz
Ge
British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt, The, 36,
British Museum Dictionary of the Ancient Near East, Edited
by Piotr Bienkowski and Alan Millard, 2000, 978 0 7141
1141 4, pb, £29.99, ➀ Ja
British Museum Fun Books, 43
Ancient Egypt, 43
Ancient Greece, 43
Ancient Rome, 43
British Museum Pattern Books, 41
British Museum Visitor Guide, The, John Reeve, 2004 Reprint
2012, 978 0 7141 2780 4, pb, £3.50
Bronze Head from Ife, 35
Buddha, The (giftbook), 42, ➀
Byzantium (Introductory Series), 34, ➀ Ro
Canaanites (Peoples of the Past), Jonathan N. Tubb, 2002,
Reprint 2006, 978 0 7141 2766 8, pb, £17.99, ➀ Ge
Caricatures of the Peoples of the British Isles, 43
Cat in Ancient Egypt, The, 36, ➀ Cz Ru
Cats (giftbook), 42, Ru
Cattle: History, Myth, Art, 38
Celtic Art (Introductory Series), 37, ➀ Sp
Chinese (Reading the Past), Oliver Moore, 978 0 7141 8079 3,
pb, £8.99, ➀
Chinese Art, The British Museum Book of, 39
Chinese Art in Detail, 39, ➀
Chinese Calligraphy, 41, ➀
Chinese Ceramics: Highlights of the Sir Percival David
Collection, 40
Chinese Love Poetry (giftbook), 42, ➀
Chinese Myths, The, (The Legendary Past) Anne Birrell, 2000,
Cz Fr Ge Ja Ko Ru Tu
978 0 7141 2178 9, pb, £6.99,
Chinese Silk: A Cultural History, Shelagh Vainker, 2004,
978 0 7141 1479 8, hb, £29.95, ➀
Christ (giftbook), 42
Christian Art, Rowena Loverance, 978 0 7141 5053 6, hb, £20, ➀
Chronicles of the Vikings: Records, Memorials and Myths,
35, ➀
Classical Cookbook, The, 31, ➀
Classical Love Poetry (giftbook), 42, ➀
Clocks, 40
Concise Introduction to Ancient Egypt, 36,
Cz
Concise Introduction to Ancient Greece, 36, ➀
Concise Introduction to Ancient Rome, 36, ➀
Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan, Edited by Nicole Coolidge
Rousmaniere, 978 0 7141 2448 3, pb, £25, ➀
Designs of the World, 41, ➀
Ge
Dictionary of Ancient Egypt, The British Museum, 36,
Dictionary of the Ancient Near East, The British Museum,
Edited by Piotr Bienkowski and Alan Millard, 2000,
978 0 7141 1141 4, hb, £29.99 ➀ Ja
Discobolus, The, 35
Dogs: History, Myth, Art, 41, ➀ Ch(s)
| 48 | index
Draw Like an Egyptian, 45, Ru
Dürer, 42, Ru
Edward Burne-Jones: The Hidden Humorist, 33, 39
Egypt from Alexander to the Copts: An Archaeological and
Historical Guide, edited by Roger S. Bagnall and Dominic
W. Rathbone, 978 0 7141 1952 6, hb, £29.95,
Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Reading the Past), W.V. Davies,
978 0 7141 8063 2, pb, £7.99, ➀ Cz Du It Ja Po
Egyptian Hieroglyphs, The British Museum Book of, Neal
Spencer and Claire Thorne, 2003, 978 0 7141 1957 1, hb,
£7.99, ➀ Ja
Egyptian Mummies, 36, ➁
Egyptian Mummies (Introductory Series), Carol Andrews,
Revised 1998 Reprint 2008, 978 0 7141 2139 0, pb, £8.99,
➀ Du
Egyptian Myths (The Legendary Past), George Hart, 1990
Reprint 2008, 978 0 7141 2064 5, pb, £8.99, ➁ Bu Ch Cz
Du Fr Ge Gk Ja Ko Ru Sp Tu
Elephants, 42
Elgin Marbles, The (Introductory Series), 37, ➀ Sp
Embroiderers (Medieval Craftsmen), Kay Staniland,
978 0 7141 2051 5, pb, £8.99, ➀ Du Fr Sp
Embroidery from Afghanistan (Fabric Folios), 41
Embroidery from India and Pakistan (Fabric Folios), Sheila
Paine, 978 0 7141 2744 6, pb, £10.99, Ar Ja
Embroidery from Palestine (Fabric Folios), 41
Emperor Hadrian, The, 34
English and Irish Delftware: 1570-1840, 40
English Tilers (Medieval Craftsmen), Elizabeth Eames, 1992
Reprint 2004, 978 0 7141 2053 9, pb, £8.99 ➀
Enlightenment: Discovering the World in the Eighteenth
Century, 37, ➀
Eric Gill, 33, 39
Etruscan Civilization, Sybille Haynes, 2005, 978 0 7141 2256
4, pb, £20, ➀ ➉
Etruscan Myths (The Legendary Past), Larissa Bonfante and
Judith Swaddling, 2006, 978 0 7141 2238 0, pb, £8.99,
➁ Cz Sp Tu
Ex Libris: The Art of Bookplates, 33, 38, ➀ Fr
Explore the British Museum: A Family Souvenir Guide, Richard
Woff, 2007 Reprint 2012, 978 0 7141 3032 3, pb, £3.50
Explore the Parthenon: An Ancient Greek Temple, 43
Fabric Folios, 41
Embroidery from Afghanistan, 41
Embroidery from India and Pakistan, Sheila Paine, 978 0
7141 2744 6, pb, £10.99, Ar Ja
Embroidery from Palestine, 41
Miao Textiles from China, Gina Corrigan, 978 0 7141
2742 2, pb, £10.99, Ar Ja
Printed and Dyed Textiles from Africa, 41, Ja
Silk in Africa, 41, Ja
Textiles from the Andes, 41 ➀
Textiles from the Balkans, 41
Textiles from Mexico, 41, Ja
Fantastic Mummies: Open Up the Secrets of Ancient
Egyptian Mummies, 43
Ferdinand Columbus: Renaissance Collector, 38
Fiesta: Days of the Dead & other Mexican Festivals, 40, ➁
Finer than Gold: Saints and their Relics in the Middle Ages, 38
First Emperor, The: China’s Terracotta Army, 34
First Masterpiece of Chinese Painting: The Admonitions Scroll,
Shane McCausland, 2003, 978 0 7141 2417 9, hb, £16.99, ➀
First Peoples First Contacts: Native Peoples of North America,
J.C.H.King, 1999, 978 0 7141 2538 1, pb, £14.99, ➀
Floating World: Japan in the Edo Period, John Reeve,
978 0 7141 2434 6, hb, £9.99
Flowers (giftbook), 42
Food Fit for Pharaohs: An Ancient Egyptian Cookbook, 43
Forbidden City (A Place in History), Frances Wood, 2005,
978 0 7141 2789 7, pb, £8.99
Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia, 34, ➀ Sp
Fra Angelico to Leonardo: Italian Renaissance Drawings, 38,
➀ It
Franks Casket, The, 23
French Drawings from the British Museum: Clouet to Seurat,
Perrin Stein with a contribution by Martin Royalton-Kisch,
2005 Reprint 2006, 978 0 7141 2646 3, pb, £30
From Egypt to Babylon: The international age 1500-500 BC,
34, ➀
Frome Hoard, The, 34
Fun Books, 43
Fun With Hieroglyphs, 45, ➅
Hunefer and his Book of the Dead, 43
Games, 45
Gayer-Anderson Cat, The, 35
German Romantic prints and drawings, 30
Glass: A Short History, 30, ➀
Gladiator Activity Book, The, 46
Gladiator Survival Kit, Mike Corbishley, 978 0 7141 3104 7,
durable 3-flap hardback folder with fastener, 16pp book,
stickers, poster, games, stencil, postcards, quizcards, £14.99
Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia:
An Illustrated Dictionary, Jeremy Black and Anthony
Green, 978 0 7141 1705 8, pb, £20, ➁ Cz Po Tu
Gold, 41, ➀ Ar Ja
Golden Age of Persian Art 1501-1722, The, 38
Grayson Perry: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman, 32, 38
Great Court and the British Museum, The, Robert Anderson,
2000, New Edition 2005, Reprint 2009,
978 0 7141 5042 0, pb, £9.99
Great Pyramid, The, 45, ➀
Greek and Roman Art, The British Museum Book of, Lucila
Burn, 978 0 7141 1297 8, pb, £14.99,
Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses (British Museum
Pocket Dictionary), 45, ➀ Ja Sw
Greek Architecture and its Sculpture, 37, ➀ Ge
Greek Body, The, 37, ➀ Ge
Greek Myths (The Legendary Past), Lucilla Burn ,1990 Reprint
2009, 978 0 7141 2061 4, pb, £8.99, ➁ Bu Ch Cz Fr
Ge Gk Ja Ko Po Ru Sp Tu
Greek Vases, Dyfri Williams, 1999, 978 0 7141 2138 3, pb,
£12.99, ➀
Jane Austen Cookbook, The, 43, ➀ Ge
Japanese Art in Detail, 39, ➀ Ar
Japanese Prints: Ukiyo-e in Edo, 1700-1900, 39, ➀
Jewellery in the Age of Queen Victoria: A Mirror to the
World, 32, 40, ➀
Journey through the afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book
of the Dead, pb, 36
Journey through the afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book
of the Dead, Edited by John H. Taylor, 978 0 7141 1989 2,
hb, £45, ➀ Ja
Hadrian: Empire and Conflict, Thorsten Opper, 978 0 7141
5069 7, pb w/flaps, £25, ➀ Ge
Haiku: Animals, 33, 42
Haiku (giftbook), 42, ➀ Du Sw
Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam, 31
Heroes and Heroines of Ancient Greece (British Museum
Pocket Dictionary), 45, ➀ Ja
Hindu Art, 39, ➀
Hindu Myths (The Legendary Past), Anna Dallapiccola,
Cz Sp Tu
2003, 978 0 7141 2408 7, pb, £8.99 ,
Hindu Visions of the Sacred (giftbook), A. L. Dallapiccola, 2004,
978 0 7141 2423 0, hb, £9.99
Hoa Hakananai’a (Objects in Focus), 35
Hogarth (giftbook), 43, Ru
Hokusai’s Great Wave, 33, 35
Holy Thorn Reliquary, The, 35
Horse: from Arabia to Royal Ascot, The, 31, ➀
Horses: History, Myth, Art, 41, ➀ Ar Ch(s)
How the Olympics Came to Be, 33, 41
How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A step-by-step guide to
teach yourself, 32, 36, ➀ Cz Du Fr It Ja Ko Po Sp Ch(s)
Ice Age art, 5
Icons, 37, ➀ Ru
Indian Art in Detail, 39,
Indian Love Poetry (giftbook), 42, ➀
Indigo: Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans, 41, ➀
Islamic Art, 38, ➀ Ru
Islamic Art in Detail, 39, ➀ Ar
Islamic Designs (British Museum Pattern Books), 41, ➀ Sp
Islamic Tiles, 40, ➀
Italian Renaissance Ceramics, 40, ➀
Italian Renaissance Drawings, 38
Iznik Pottery, 40, ➀
Italian Prints 1875-1975, Martin Hopkinson, 2007,
978 0 7141 2653 1, pb, £25, ➀
Kings and Queens of Britain (British Museum Pocket
Dictionary), 45, Ja
Korea: Art and Archaeology, Jane Portal, 2000,
978 0 7141 1487 3, pb, £15.99
Leonardo da Vinci and his circle, 42
Lewis Chessmen, The (Objects in Focus), 35
Life and Letters on the Roman Frontier: Vindolanda and
its People, 34, ➀ Du Ge It Ja Po Sp
Lindow Man, 34
Linear B and Related Scripts (Reading the Past), John
Chadwick, 978 0 7141 8068 7, pb, £6.99, Du Ja Po
Lion of Knidos, The, (Objects in Focus), 35
Little Book Of Series
Little Book of Celts, 2004, 978 0 7141 5028 4, pb, £3
Little Book of Cats, 2004 Reprint 2011,
978 0 7141 5027 7, pb, £3
Little Book of Erotica, 2004, Reprint 2008,
978 0 7141 5026 0, pb, £3
Little Book of Mummies, 2004, Reprint 2005,
978 0 7141 5029 1, pb, £3
Little Book of Treasures, 2004, Reprint 2008,
978 0 7141 5030 7, pb, £3
London, 42
Look Here, 41
Looking at Prints, Drawings and Watercolours, 38, ➀
Love and Marriage, 43
Mammoth Activity Book of Prehistory, 45
Masks: The Art of Expression, 40, Ch(s) Ko
Master Drawings Close-up, 38, ➄
Master Drawings of the Italian Renaissance, 38, ➀ Fr Ge
Master Prints Close-Up, 30
Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt, 13,
Masterpieces of Classical Art, 37, ➁
Masterpieces of Medieval Art, 11
Masterpieces of the British Museum, 32, 41, Ch(s)
Medals of Dishonour, 39
Medicine Man: Henry Wellcome’s Phantom Museum, 37
Medieval Cookbook, The, 31
index | 49 |
Medieval Craftsmen, 40
Embroiderers, Kay Staniland, 978 0 7141 2051 5, pb,
£8.99, ➀ Du Fr Sp
Scribes and Illuminators, 40, ➀ Ru Sp
Medieval Garden, The, 40, ➀
Medieval Goldsmiths, 38, ➀
Medieval Love Poetry (giftbook), 42, ➀
Meroë Head of Augustus, The, 23
Mesopotamia (Introductory Series), 34, ➀ Sp
Mesopotamian Myths (The Legendary Past), Henrietta McCall,
1990 Reprint 2008, 978 0 7141 2063 8, pb, £8.99,
Bu Ch Cz Du Fr Ge Gk Ja Ko Pg Sp Tu
Miao Textiles from China (Fabric Folios), Gina Corrigan, 978 0
7141 2742 2, pb, £10.99, Ar Ja
Michelangelo, The British Museum (giftbook), 42, ➀
Michelangelo Drawings: Closer to the master, 38, ➀
Mildenhall Treasure, The, 31
Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler, 36, 37
Moctezuma and the Aztecs, Elisenda Vila Llonch, 978 0 7141
2589 3, hb, £9.99
Modern Chinese Ink Paintings, 30
Money: A History, 37, Ch(s) Ch(c) Cz Gk Ja Ko Ru Sp Tu
Mrs Delany: Her life and her flowers, 40, ➀
Mughal Miniatures, J.M. Rogers, 978 0 7141 2440 7, pb,
£10.99, ➀
Mummy Activity Book, The, 46
Mummy: The Inside Story, 36
Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt, 36
My Egyptian Mummy File, 45
Mycenaeans, The, 34, ➀ Ge
Mythical Beasts of Greece and Rome, 44, ➄
New World, A: England’s first view of America, 37, ➀ Ja
Nomadic Felts: Artistic Traditions in World Cultures, 40
Objects in Focus, 35
Objects in Focus Box Set, 35
Bronze Head from Ife, 35
Discobolus, The, 35
Franks Casket, The, 23
Gayer-Anderson Cat, The, 35
Hoa Hakananai’a, 35
Hokusai’s Great Wave, 33, 35
Holy Thorn Reliquary, The, 35
Lewis Chessmen, The, 35
Lion of Knidos, The, 35
Mildenhall Treasure, The, 31
Meroë Head of Augustus, The, 23
Oxus Treasure, The, 31
Portland Vase, The , 35
Rosetta Stone, The, 35
Queen of the Night, The, 35, ➀
Sutton Hoo Helmet, The, 35
Swimming Reindeer, 35
Vale of York Hoard, The, 35
Warren Cup, The, 35, ➀
Origami: inspired by Japanese prints, 22, ➀
Out of Australia: Prints and Drawings from Sidney Nolan to
Rover Thomas, 38
Oxus Treasure, The, 31
Pacific Art in Detail, 39,
Pacific Encounters: Art and Divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860,
39, ➀ Fr
Painted Tomb-Chapel of Nebamun, The: Masterpieces of Ancient
Egyptian Art in the British Museum, 36,
Parthenon Frieze, The, 37, Fr Sp
| 50 | index
Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum, The, 37, ➀ Ge
Persian Love Poetry (giftbook), 42, ➀ Ir
Persian Myths (The Legendary Past),1993 Reprint 2009, 978
0 7141 2082 9, pb, £8.99 ➁ Bu Ch Cz Du Fr Ge Gk Ja Ko
Ru Sp Tu
Persian Painting, Sheila R. Canby, 978 0 7141 1459 0, pb, £10.99,
➀ Ru
Pharaoh: King of Egypt, 21
Pharaohs and Queens (British Museum Pocket Dictionary),
45, Ja
Picasso Prints: The Vollard Suite, 30
Pocket Dictionaries, 44-45
Pocket Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian Animals, 44
Pocket Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses,
44, Ja Sw
Pocket Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian Mummies, 44
Pocket Dictionary of Aztec and Maya Gods and Goddesses,
45, Ja
Pocket Dictionary of Greek and Roman Gods and
Goddesses, 45, ➀ Ja Sw
Pocket Dictionary of Heroes and Heroines of Ancient
Greece, 45, ➀ Ja
Pocket Dictionary of Kings and Queens of Britain, 45, Ja
Pocket Dictionary of Pharaohs and Queens, 45, Ja
Pocket Dictionary of Roman Emperors, 45, ➀ Ja
Pocket Dictionary of the Roman Army, 45
Pocket Explorers, 44,
Pocket Explorer: African Civilizations, 44, ➀
Pocket Explorer Ancient Egypt & The Nile, 44, ➀
Pocket Explorer The Ancient Greek World, 44, ➀
Pocket Explorer The Roman Empire, 44, ➀
Pocket Guide to Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs, 43, Ja Pg
Pocket Timelines, 44
Pocket Timeline of Ancient Egypt, 44, ➀ Ko Ch(s)
Pocket Timeline of Ancient Greece, 44, ➀ Ko Ch(s)
Pocket Timeline of Ancient Mesopotamia, 44, ➀ Ko Ch(s)
Pocket Timeline of Ancient Mexico, 44, ➀ Ch(s)
Pocket Timeline of Ancient Rome, 44, ➀ Ko Ch(s)
Pocket Timeline of China, 44, Ch(s)
Pocket Timeline of Islamic Civilizations, 44, ➀ Ch(s)
Portland Vase, The (Objects in Focus), 35
Power of Dogu, The, 39
Power Games: Ritual and Rivalry at the Ancient Greek
Olympics, 33, 34
Pre-Raphaelites, 43
Printed and Dyed Textiles from Africa (Fabric Folios), 41, Ja
Printed Image in China: From the 8th to the 21st centuries,
The, 39
Prints and Printmaking, 38, ➀
Professor Munakata’s British Museum Adventure, 39,
Pyramid Activity Book, The, 46
Pyramids and People in Ancient Egypt, Joyce Filer, 2005,
260 x 200 mm, 48pp, Illustrations 129 colour, 1 b&w,
h/b, 978 0 7141 3102 3, £8.99, ➀
Queen of the Night (Objects in Focus), 35, ➀
Quiz Book of the Ancient World, 45
Rajput Painting, Romantic, Divine and Courtly Art from India,
Roda Ahluwalia, 978 0 7141 2434 6, hb, £16.99,
Raphael, 42
Reading the Past
Chinese, Oliver Moore, 978 0 7141 8079 3, pb, £8.99, ➀
Egyptian Hieroglyphs, W.V. Davies,
978 0 7141 8063 2, pb, £7.99, ➀ Cz Du It Ja Po
Linear B and Related Scripts, John Chadwick, 978 0 7141
8068 7, pb, £6.99, Du Ja Po
Runes, R.I Page, 978 0 7141 8065 6, pb, £6.99 ➀ Du It Ja
Po
Rembrandt, 43, ➀
Renaissance to Goya: Prints and drawings from Spain, 3
Revolution on Paper: Mexican Prints 1910-1960, 38, ➁
Ritual & Honour: Warriors of the North American Plains, 37
Roman Army (British Museum Pocket Dictionary), 45
Roman Britain, 34, Ge
Roman Emperors (British Museum Pocket Dictionary), 45,
➀ Ja
Roman Myths (The Legendary Past), Jane F. Gardner, 1993
Reprint 2008, 978 0 7141 1741 6, pb, £8.99,
Bu Ch (s) Cz Fr Ge Gk Ja Ko Sp Tu
Romans Activity Book, The, 46, Gk
Rosetta Stone, The (Objects in Focus), 35
Runes (Reading the Past), R.I. Page, Reprint 2011, 978 0 7141
8065 6, pb, £6.99, ➀ Du It Ja Po
Samuel Palmer: Vision and Landscape, William Vaughan,
Elizabeth E. Barker and Colin Harrison, Reprint 2011,
978 0 7141 2641 8, pb £25
Scribes and Illuminators (Medieval Craftsmen), 40,
➀ Ru Sp
Sex or Symbol? Erotic Images of Greece and Rome, 37, Fr It
Shah cAbbas and the remaking of Iran, Sheila R. Canby,
978 0 7141 2456 8, hb, £40, ➀
Shah cAbbas and the treasures of imperial Iran, Sheila R. Canby,
978 0 1741 2455 1, hb, £9.99
Shakespeare Cookbook, The, 15, 30
Shakespeare: staging the world, 24, 30, ➀
Shakespeare’s Britain, 25, 30
Shunga: Erotic Art in Japan, 39, Ja
Silk in Africa (Fabric Folios), 41, Ja
Silver, 41, ➀ Ar Ja
Spells for eternity: The ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, 36
Staffordshire Hoard, The, 34
Stained Glass (British Museum Colouring Book), 46
Story of Bacchus, The, Andrew Dalby, 2005, 978 0 7141
2255 7, pb, £10.99, ➀ Du Ge
Story of Venus, The, Andrew Dalby, 2005, 978 0 7141 2243 4,
pb, £10.99, ➀ Ge
Story of Writing, The, 44, ➀ Ge Ko Sp Tu
Sudan: Ancient Treasures, Edited by Derek A. Welsby and Julie
R. Anderson, 2004, 978 0 7141 1960 1, hb, £20, ➀
Sutton Hoo: Burial Ground of Kings?, 35
Sutton Hoo Helmet, The, (Objects in Focus), 35
Sutton Hoo Ship Burial, The, 35
Swimming Reindeer, 35
Vale of York Hoard, The, 35
Venus, The Story of, Andrew Dalby, 2005, 978 0 7141 2243 4,
pb, £10.99, ➀ Ge
Vikings, The (British Museum Colouring Book), 46
Vikings Activity Book, The, 45
Viking Ship Model, 2002, Reprint 2008, 978 0 7141 3013 2,
£4.99
V-Mail: Letters from the Romans at Vindolanda Fort near
Hadrian’s Wall, 44
Voices from Ancient Egypt, 36
Warren Cup, The (Objects in Focus), 35, ➀
Watches, 32, 40, ➀ Ru
Who were the Pharaohs?, 36,
Winter: A British Museum Companion (giftbook), 42
William Blake (giftbook), 43
Women in Ancient Egypt, Gay Robins, 978 0 7141 0956 5,
pb, £14.99, ➀ Gk Hu Sp
Women in the Ancient World, 32, 34, ➀ Ge
World of Myths (Legendary Past series), Introduction by
Marina Warner, 2003 Reprint 2005, 978 0 7141 2783 5,
hb, £16.99, ➁
World of Myths Volume II (The Legendary Past), Introduction
by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, 2004, 978 0 7141 5018 5,
hb, £16.99, ➁
World of the British Museum, The (see Explore the British Museum)
World Religions (British Museum Visitor’s Guide), John Reeve,
2006, Reprint 2008, 978 0 7141 5040 6, pb, £3.50
World Textiles: A Sourcebook, 33, 40, ➀
Write Your Own Egyptian Hieroglyphs, 36, ➀ Ge Hu Sp
Tale of Peter Rabbit, The: Hieroglyph Edition, 42
Terracotta Warriors, The, (giftbook), 34, ➀
Textiles from the Andes (Fabric Folios), 41, ➀
Textiles from the Balkans (Fabric Folios), 41
Textiles from Mexico (Fabric Folios), 41, Ja
Timeline of the Ancient World, Katharine Wiltshire, 978 0 7141
3029 3, hb, £12.99, ➀ Bu Ge
Tomb of Nebamun, The: Explore an Ancient Egyptian
Tomb, 43, ➀
Toulouse-Lautrec, 43
Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion
in Medieval Europe, 38, ➀
Treasures from Shanghai: ancient Chinese bronzes
and jades, 40, ➄
Treasures from Sutton Hoo, 35
Treasures of the British Museum, 41, Ch(s)
Tree: Meaning and Myth, The, 17
Turquoise Mosaics from Mexico, 36, ➀
Tutankhamun Ultimate Activity Book, 45 ➄
index | 51 |
Scholarly Publications
Scholarly trade terms apply.
7000 Years of Seals, Edited by Dominique Collon, 1997, h/b,
978 0 7141 1143 8, £25
Aigina Treasure, The, Edited by J. Lesley Fitton, 2009, h/b,
978 0 7141 2262 5, £50
Ancient Board Games in Perspective, Edited by I.L. Finkel,
2007, h/b, 978 0 7141 1153 7, £50
Arctic Clothing, Edited by J. King, B. Pauksztat and R. Storrie,
2005, pb, 978 0 7141 2568 8, £25 ➀
Artistic Traditions in World Cultures: Warriors of the Plains:
The Arts of Plains Indian Warfare, Max Carocci, 2012,
978 0 7141 2597 8, pb, £25, ➀
Artistic Traditions in World Cultures: Tivaivai: The Social
Fabric of the Cook Islands, Susanne Küchler and Andrea
Eimke, 2009, pb, 978 0 7141 2580 0, £25
Artistic Traditions in World Cultures: Body Ornaments of
Malaita, Solomon Islands, Ben Burt with contributions by
David Akin and support from Michael Kwa’ioloa, pb, 978 0
7141 2578 7, £25
Balawat Gates of Ashurnasirpal II, The, Edited by J.E. Curtis
and N. Tallis, 2008, hb, 978 0 7141 1166 7, £50
Body Ornaments of Malaita, Solomon Islands, Ben Burt with
contributions by David Akin and support from Michael
Kwa’ioloa, 978 0 7141 2578 7, pb, £25
British Iron Age Swords and Scabbards, I.M. Stead, 2006, hb,
978 0 7141 2323 3, £85
Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum,
Volume III, M. Sigrist, R. Zadok and C.B.F. Walker, 2006,
978 0 7141 1160 5, hb, £45
Catalogue of the Books of the Dead in the British Museum
Vol.II: The Papyrus of Hor, Malcolm Mosher, Jr., 2002, 978
0 7141 1949 6, hb, £60
Catalogue of the Books of the Dead in the British Museum
Vol.III: The Papyrus of Nebseni, G. Lapp, 2004, 978 0 7141
1956 4, hb, £125
Catalogue of the Books of the Dead in the British Museum
Vol.IV: Books of Breathing and Related Texts, FrançoisRené Herbin, 2008, 978 0 7141 1968 7, hb, £75
Catalogue of the Collections of Sir Aurel Stein in the Library of
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, John Falconer, Agnes
Karteszi, Agnes Kelecsenyi, Lilla Russell-Smith, Edited by Eva
Apor, Helen Wang, 2002, 978 9 63745 111 9, hb, £20
Catalogue of the ‘Germanic’ Antiquities from the Klemm
Collection in the British Museum, Grazyna Orlinska with
a contribution by Wojciech Brzezinski, 2002,
978 0 7141 2318 9, hb, £125
Catalogue of German Printed Books to 1900 in The British
Museum, David Paisey, 2002, 978 0 7141 2630 2, hb, £90
Catalogue of Greek Terracottas in the British Museum Volume
III, Lucilla Burn and Reynold Higgins, 2001, 978 0 7141
2221 2, hb, £145
Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum: Vol. IV:
Ptolemaic and Roman Terracottas from Egypt, Donald M.
Bailey, 2008, 978 0 7141 2264 9, hb, £120
Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum:
Cylinder Seals V: Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian
Periods, Dominique Collon with contributions by Margaret
Sax and C.B.F.Walker, 2001, 978 0 7141 1147 6, hb, £90
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Fragments from Sir William
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wreck of HMS Colossus, Great Britain, Fascicule 20 (The
British Museum 10), Valerie Smallwood and Susan Woodford
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Deutsche and Österreichische Exlibris 1500–1599 im
Department of Prints and Drawings im Britischen
Museum, Ilse O’Dell, 2002, 978 0 7141 2634 0, hb, £95
Egyptian Stelae in the British Museum from the 13th-17th
Dynasties: Volume 1, Fascicle 1: Descriptions, 26
Excavations at Grimes Graves, Norfolk, 1972-1976:
Exploration and excavation beyond the deep mines,
Ian Longworth, Gillian Varndell and Jacek Lech, 2011, 978
0 7141 2331 8, pb, £60
From Persepolis to the Punjab: Exploring ancient Iran,
Afghanistan and Pakistan, Elizabeth Errington and Vesta
Sarkhosh Curtis, 2011, 978 0 7141 1177 3, pb, £29.99
Grain Transport in the Ramesside Period: Papyrus Baldwin
and Papyrus Amiens Jac J. Janssen, 978 0 7141 1959 5,
hb, £125
Greek Geometric Pottery: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum,
Great Britain, Fascicule 25, The British Museum,
Fascicule 11, J.N. Coldstream, 2010, 978 0 7141
2263 2, hb, £75
Hoxne Late Roman Treasure: Gold Jewellery and Silver
Plate, The, Catherine Johns, 978 0 7141 1817 8, hb, £60
Late Roman Gold and Silver Coins from the Hoxne Treasure,
The, P.S.W. Guest, 2004, 978 0 7141 1810 9, hb, £60
Maori Collections of the British Museum, The, Dorota C.
Starzecka, Roger Neich and Mick Pendergrast, 2010,
978 0 7141 2594 7, hb, £75,
Melanesia: Art and Encounter, 26
Mesopotamia and Iran in the Parthian and Sasanian
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Money on the Silk Road, Helen Wang, 2004, 978 0 7141
1806 2, pb, £65
Nomadic Felts: Artistic Traditions in World Cultures, 40
Roman Cameo Glass in the British Museum, Paul Roberts,
William Gudenrath, Veronica Tatton-Brown and David
Whitehouse, 2010, 978 0 7141 2267 0, pb, £30
Roman Provincial Coinage Volume VII: Gordien I – Gordien III
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Spoerri Butcher, 2006, 978 0 7141 1813 0, hb, £120
South Indian Paintings: A Catalogue of the British Museum
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Stones and Quarries in Ancient Egypt, Rosemarie Klemm and
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Tivaivai: The Social Fabric of the Cook Islands, Susanne Küchler
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Tribal Order, A: Politics and Law in the Mountains of Yemen,
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Ur Excavation Texts: Vol. VI. Literary and Religious Texts, Third
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Nobuhisa and Timon Screech, 2011, 978 0 86159 174 9,
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Research on Byzantine Mosaics and Glass, 27
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Museum: Essays in honour of Dr Veronica Tatton-Brown,
Edited by Thomas Kiely, 2009, 978 0 86159 180 0, pb, £35
Research Publication No. 181: Cosmetic Sets of Late Iron Age
and Roman Britain of the British Museum, Ralph Jackson,
2010, 978 086159 181 7, pb, £30
Research Publication No. 182: The Heritage of ‘Maître Alpais’,
Edited by Susan La Niece, Stefan Röhrs, Bet McLeod, 2010,
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Research Publication No. 183: The British Museum and the
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978 086159 183 1, £15
Research Publication No. 185: The Cuerdale Hoard, James
Graham-Campbell With contributions by: Barry Ager, Marion
Archibald, Hero Granger-Taylor, Susan Kruse, John Sheehan,
Egon Wamers, Leslie Webster, Martin Welch and Gareth
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Research Publication No. 186, The British Museum Citole:
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