The HITTITES O R Gurney FOLIO SOCIETY HB Ills Syria ASIA Troy ASSYRIA Palestine
Item History & Price
VERY GOOD CONDITION
Thissale is for a large size quality hardback FOLIOSOCIETY EDITION entitled“The Hittites, ” by O. R. Gurney, with over 50 photographicillustrations, in both COLOUR and black and white, and endpaper maps of AsiaMinor, drawn by Reginald Piggott.
Itwas published by The Folio Society, of London, in 2002.
Thecontents include:
· The Discovery of theHittites
· &n...bsp; Outline of History
o The Earliest Period
o The Old Kingdom
o The Empire
o The Neo-Hittite Kingdoms
o The Achaeans and Trojans inHittite Texts
o The Hittites in Palestine
· Hittite State and Society
o The King
o The Queen
o Social Classes
o The Government
o Foreign Policy
· Life and Economy
· Law and Institutions
o The Laws
o The Courts
o Retribution and Restitution
o Collective Responsibility
o Marriage and the Family
o Land Tenure
· Warfare
o The Army
o Military Operations
o Defence
o The Laws of War
· Languages and Races
o The Written Languages
o The Spoken Languages
· Religion
o General Remarks
o Local Cults
o The State Religion
o Temples, Cults and Festivals
o Theology and Divination
o Magic
o Burial Customs
· Literature
o Official Literature
o Myth, Legend and Romance
· Art
· Conclusion
· Appendix:
o Hittite Kings
The book measures 10 inches x7 inches x 1.25 inches and has 240 pages + illustrations.
The book is in very goodclean and neat condition. The binding isvery good with no loose or missing pages. There are NO inscriptions/book-plates and NO other ink or pencilmarkings in the book. There is noslipcase.
A wonderful illustratedquality FOLIO SOCIETY EDITION.
COMBINED POSTAGE - ALL BIDDERS: We offer 30% off the total postage &packing (‘delivery’) cost for 2 or more items – Please wait for a combinedinvoice.
Please click on“View Sellers Other Items” towards the top right hand side of this page forother vintage editions.
Buyer to pay postage & packing
For UKPostage: 2nd Class/Parcels = £2.95;
or 1st Class = £3.70
European Union Postage: = 7.45 GB Pounds
Rest of the World Postage: Air Mail (Anywhere in the World) = 8.95 GB Pounds.
Surface Mail (Anywhere in theWorld) = 8.50 GB Pounds
Unwinsbooks always obtain a proofof postage receipt from the Royal Mail. Packages over Royal Mail size rules may be sent by courier (customerwill be informed).
Goods will be WELL PACKAGED by Unwins Books and dispatchedonce payment has cleared.
PAYMENT FOR UKBIDDERS: By Paypal, UKcheque, or postal order.
POSTAGE UKBIDDERS: If you requireregistered post - "sign for" - then this will be an extra £1.10 perpackage (UKpurchasers only).
PAYMENT FOR OVERSEAS BIDDERS: By PaypalOnly. Sorry, but overseas (non UK)personal checks and International Money Orders are NOT accepted due to huge bankcharges.
POSTAGE OVERSEAS BIDDERS: Please note that Surface Mail is very slow (6to 12 weeks).
