{"title":"John Chadwick","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"decipherment-of-linear-b-book-john-chadwick-9781107691766","title":"The Decipherment of Linear B","description":"The languages of the ancient world and the mysterious scripts, long undeciphered, in which they were encoded have represented one of the most intriguing problems of classical archaeology in modern times. This celebrated account of the decipherment of Linear B in the 1950s by Michael Ventris was written by his close collaborator in the momentous discovery. In revealing the secrets of Linear B it offers a valuable survey of late Minoan and Mycenaean archaeology, uncovering fascinating details of the religion and economic history of an ancient civilisation.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49512385806609,"sku":"GOR009703629","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50135654334737,"sku":"NGR9781107691766","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50265233228049,"sku":"CIN1107691761G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50445305643281,"sku":"GOR013953815","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51019476336913,"sku":"NIN9781107691766","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52593612882193,"sku":"NLS9781107691766","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1107691761.jpg?v=1751143658"},{"product_id":"mycenaean-world-book-john-chadwick-9780521290371","title":"The Mycenaean World","description":"In 1952 the decipherment of the Linear B script suddenly revealed the Greekness of Mycenaean Greece. Now, after new discoveries and more than 20 years of intensive work, scholars are able to interpret the written documents and reconstruct from them a vivid picture of life in this remote period, in a way which is impossible from archaeology alone. John Chadwick, who assisted Ventris in the original decipherment, has played a major part in these advances. He now summarizes the results of research and in so doing opens the door to a new world, Mycenaean Greece seen through the eyes of its inhabitants. The tablets may be only, as he describes them, 'the account books of anonymous clerks', but from these prosaic documents he shows how we can infer a bronze industry, foreign slave-women, or even human sacrifice. Not least important is the comparison of the newly available data with the Homeric account, much to the detriment of Homer's credibility as a witness.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49520485499153,"sku":"GOR003831593","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49975367368977,"sku":"GOR010942869","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50129232101649,"sku":"CIN0521290376G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50494296326417,"sku":"GOR002840897","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50697158623505,"sku":"NGR9780521290371","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51278231601425,"sku":"CIN0521290376VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52340575076625,"sku":"NLS9780521290371","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52771384262929,"sku":"GOR002362544","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53081663537425,"sku":"NIN9780521290371","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0521290376.jpg?v=1751197615"},{"product_id":"linear-b-and-related-scripts-rtp-book-john-chadwick-9780714180687","title":"Linear B and Related Scripts (Rtp)","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49528437375249,"sku":"GOR001611496","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49630981554449,"sku":"GOR003086588","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49724420751633,"sku":"GOR004818001","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50202761953553,"sku":"CIN0714180688G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51268924473617,"sku":"CIN0714180688VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0714180688.jpg?v=1750743498"},{"product_id":"decipherment-of-linear-b-book-john-chadwick-9780521398305","title":"The Decipherment of Linear B","description":"The languages of the ancient world and the mysterious scripts, long undeciphered, in which they were encoded have represented one of the most intriguing problems of classical archaeology in modern times. This celebrated account of the decipherment of Linear B in the 1950s by Michael Ventris was written by his close collaborator in the momentous discovery. In revealing the secrets of Linear B it offers a valuable survey of late Minoan and Myceanean archaeology, uncovering fascinating details of the religion and economic history of an ancient civilisation.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49533424009489,"sku":"GOR003337195","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49559655874833,"sku":"GOR006965724","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49743738765585,"sku":"CIN0521398304G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49768937423121,"sku":"GOR010690701","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50522013630737,"sku":"GOR001260488","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51461883330833,"sku":"CIN0521398304VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52926761435409,"sku":"CIN0521398304A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0521398304.jpg?v=1751103506"},{"product_id":"snapshots-book-john-chadwick-9781847486134","title":"Snapshots","description":"'They're shelling our rear lines, ' said the Pakistani officer 'Not to worry. It's over our heads There you have it. The entire subcontinent in a nutshell. From his leisurely retirement in the heart of rural England, former Reuters journalist John Chadwick reflects on the hurly-burly of forty years of news chasing that took him from the Upper Nile to the Arctic Circle and from Pakistan to the Pacific Coast of America. John Chadwick's first Reuters job was the Cod War. He reported from JFK's America and the United Nations, covered Indo-Pakistan and Middle East conflicts and reported from European capitals before, during and after the Wall. He's found time to train new generations and indulge his love of literature and music from Mozart to Jelly-Roll Morton.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49600227672337,"sku":"GOR004027493","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50961013080337,"sku":"GOR009976352","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1847486134.jpg?v=1750963034"},{"product_id":"decipherment-of-linear-b-book-john-chadwick-9780521095969","title":"The Decipherment of Linear B","description":"From the cello to the clarinet to the tuba to the timpani, conductor Marin Alsop takes you on an exciting musical tour! \u003cbr\u003eThe great physicist Albert Einstein played and taught the violin.\u003cbr\u003eHarp strings have different colors depending on their note.\u003cbr\u003eThe first flutes were made of bones!\u003cbr\u003eA silver trumpet was found in Tutankhamnn's tomb in Egypt in 1922: it had been lying there undiscovered for 3,000 years.\u003cbr\u003eThe sound produced on the clarinet is actually affected by the shape and size of the player's mouth. \u003cbr\u003eDid you know? \u003cbr\u003eEvery single bassoon is a bit different. If something goes wrong with a bassoon, a player can?t simply pick up another one and expect to sound the same. \u003cbr\u003eMarin Alsop is your guide to Those Amazing Musical Instruments! She's a conductor who has led orchestras in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Paris and Tokyo! Watch for Marin's tips and comments all through the book. \u003cbr\u003eThe CD-ROM lets you hear the sound of each instrument alone, or playing with an orchestra. More than 100 musical samples in all! Plus loads of bonus history and fun musical information\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49636494049553,"sku":"GOR007901729","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50439637401873,"sku":"GOR004401545","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0521095964.jpg?v=1750879695"},{"product_id":"mycenaean-world-book-john-chadwick-9780521210775","title":"The Mycenaean World","description":"In 1952 the decipherment of the Linear B script suddenly revealed the Greekness of Mycenaean Greece. Now, after new discoveries and more than 20 years of intensive work, scholars are able to interpret the written documents and reconstruct from them a vivid picture of life in this remote period, in a way which is impossible from archaeology alone. John Chadwick, who assisted Ventris in the original decipherment, has played a major part in these advances. He now summarizes the results of research and in so doing opens the door to a new world, Mycenaean Greece seen through the eyes of its inhabitants. The tablets may be only, as he describes them, 'the account books of anonymous clerks', but from these prosaic documents he shows how we can infer a bronze industry, foreign slave-women, or even human sacrifice. Not least important is the comparison of the newly available data with the Homeric account, much to the detriment of Homer's credibility as a witness.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49709974225169,"sku":"CIN0521210771G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50914320646417,"sku":"GOR004253328","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51365531812113,"sku":"GOR004392502","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51899398258961,"sku":"CIN0521210771A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52085330280721,"sku":"GOR002100589","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52153587958033,"sku":"CIN0521210771VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0521210771.jpg?v=1751326225"},{"product_id":"the-decipherment-of-linear-b-rare-book-john-chadwick-1682021055lee","title":"The Decipherment of Linear B","description":"1967. Second Edition. 164 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Moderate tanning to pages and text block edges. Lighter tanning and st","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50078965924113,"sku":"1682021055LEE","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1682021055LEE_1.jpg?v=1722899770"},{"product_id":"the-decipherment-of-linear-b-rare-book-john-chadwick-1722513795abs","title":"The Decipherment of Linear B","description":"1961. Published in Pelican Books. 160 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50094676902161,"sku":"1722513795ABS","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1722513795ABS_1.jpg?v=1722953551"},{"product_id":"linear-b-and-related-scripts-book-john-chadwick-9780520060197","title":"Linear B and Related Scripts","description":"Recounts the discovery of Minoan Linear B, explains how the  ancient script was deciphered, and discusses two unsolved scripts, Linear A and Cypriot script.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50098335449361,"sku":"CIN0520060199G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51328616759569,"sku":"CIN0520060199A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51871201132817,"sku":"GOR014437735","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0520060199.jpg?v=1751391717"},{"product_id":"decipherment-of-linear-b-book-john-chadwick-9780521045995","title":"The Decipherment of Linear B","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50232319410449,"sku":"GOR013894524","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0521045991.jpg?v=1750846121"},{"product_id":"knossos-tablets-book-john-chadwick-9780521080859","title":"The Knossos Tablets","description":"A plain text in transliteration of the Linear B tablets from Knossos. Since the first publication of these tablets in 1952, various scholars worked to improve the texts. The results of their researches were published in successive editions of The Knossos Tablets: A Transliteration. This 1971 fourth edition completely replaced the third of 1964. It contains the texts of many fragments previously discarded as unreadable, and several hundred improved texts resulting from joins between fragments. In addition, the original of every tablet has been closely scrutinised and numerous improvements in the readings have been made. The system of classification has been modified, and many more tablets are now assigned to series, and for the first time there was an attempt to reconstruct the original filing system of the archive. The scribal hand is noted where it can be identified. The book is indispensable for all scholars who wish to work directly on this material.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50655551422737,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50655551979793,"sku":"GOR014025750","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0521080851.jpg?v=1751229670"},{"product_id":"unofficial-commonwealth-book-john-chadwick-9780043410219","title":"Unofficial Commonwealth","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50767511486737,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50767511748881,"sku":"GOR014063925","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0043410219.jpg?v=1751162976"},{"product_id":"the-decipherment-of-linear-b-rare-book-john-chadwick-1732264953alk","title":"The Decipherment of Linear B","description":"1963. No edition remarks. 159 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, li","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51240354513169,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51240357134609,"sku":"1732264953ALK","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1732264953ALK_1.jpg?v=1741079519"},{"product_id":"lexicographica-graeca-book-john-chadwick-9780198149705","title":"Lexicographica Graeca","description":"H.G. Liddell and R. Scott's Greek-English Lexicon (revised and augmented by H.S. Jones in 1940) has been the essential tool of advanced Greek scholars for 150 years; in order to update it a new Supplement has been published (OUP 1996) replacing that of 1968. In this provocative reconsideration both of its lexicographical principles and of individual articles, John Chadwick examines the need for further revision and expansion of the volume through a re-examination of the classical Greek vocabulary. A series of notes are presented, making important and stimulating contributions to the study of classical Greek lexicography, and offering many new interpretations of passages from familiar authors based upon a lexicographical approach. Essential reading for all scholars of classical Greek.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51249451368721,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51249453105425,"sku":"NIN9780198149705","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52135803453713,"sku":"NLS9780198149705","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0198149700.jpg?v=1776940319"},{"product_id":"knossos-tablets-book-john-chadwick-9780521135276","title":"The Knossos Tablets","description":"A plain text in transliteration of the Linear B tablets from Knossos. Since the first publication of these tablets in 1952, various scholars worked to improve the texts. The results of their researches were published in successive editions of The Knossos Tablets: A Transliteration. This 1971 fourth edition completely replaced the third of 1964. It contains the texts of many fragments previously discarded as unreadable, and several hundred improved texts resulting from joins between fragments. In addition, the original of every tablet has been closely scrutinised and numerous improvements in the readings have been made. The system of classification has been modified, and many more tablets are now assigned to series, and for the first time there was an attempt to reconstruct the original filing system of the archive. The scribal hand is noted where it can be identified. The book is indispensable for all scholars who wish to work directly on this material.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52426421666065,"sku":"NLS9780521135276","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52735403000081,"sku":"NIN9780521135276","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780521135276.jpg?v=1759157742"},{"product_id":"slide-rule-instructor-for-instruction-on-chadwick-s-improved-slide-rule-containi-book-john-chadwick-9781355311027","title":"Slide-rule Instructor, for Instruction on Chadwick's Improved Slide Rule, Containing new and Important Rules Upon the Present Practice of Engineering, etc. for the use of Engineers, Millwrights, Mechanics and Artisans, Mill Owners, Cotton Spinners, Calico","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52863848153361,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52863848186129,"sku":"NIN9781355311027","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781355311027.jpg?v=1765239953"},{"product_id":"mycenae-tablets-iii-with-contributions-from-emmett-bennett-jr-elizabeth-french-w-book-john-chadwick-9781422376362","title":"Mycenae Tablets III. with Contributions from Emmett Bennett, Jr., Elizabeth French, William Taylour, Nicholas Verdelis, Charles Williams","description":"This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication. Charts, plans and maps.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53151466389777,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53151467438353,"sku":"NIN9781422376362","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781422376362.jpg?v=1771869903"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-john-chadwick.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}