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$150.00
2i20/37

Some Sources of Human History


PETRIE, W. M. FLINDERS

Scarce, first edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 128pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, library stamps to fep & title page, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1919

KEYWORDS: Civilisation Prehistoric peoples ancient History

$145.00
2i20/38

The Tower of Egypt; or, The Types and Chronology of the Great Pyramid


GRANVILLE, ARTHUR R.

Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, xii + 193pp, VG (previous owner's label to fep, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: S.W. Partridge 1883?

KEYWORDS: Chronology Great Pyramid ancient history Egypt

$100.00
2i20/39

Science in Egyptology: Proceedings of the 'Science in Egyptology' Symposia


DAVID, A. ROSALIE (ed)

Super octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, 525pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate fading to spine, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: science Egyptology history Egypt antiques

$135.00
2i20/45

The Music of the Most Ancient Nations, Particularly of the Assyrians, Egyptians, and Hebrews; with Special Reference to Recent Discoveries in Western Asia and in Egypt


ENGEL, CARL

Nicely rebound, Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, xii + 379pp + 32pp adverts, VG+ (light foxing to advert pages, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1870

KEYWORDS: history music Assyrians Egyptians Hebrews

$195.00
2i20/46

Ancient Egypt under the Pharaohs: Two Volume Set


KENRICK, JOHN

Two volume Set, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt illustration to spine, xiii + 519pp (vol 1), viii + 528pp + 8pp adverts (vol 2), illus, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, heavy bruising to board corners, light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to board, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & light soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: B. Fellows 1850

KEYWORDS: Ancient history egypt pharaohs antiquities civilisation

$175.00
2i20/47

Egypt and the Great Suez Canal: A Narrative of Travels


SAINT-HILAIRE, J. BARTHELEMY

Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt decoration to spine, gilt motif to front board, yellow eps, a.e.g., frontispiece, vii + 376pp, VG (previous owner's inscription & date to fep in ink, light rubbing & moderate soiling to boards, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Richard Bently 1857

KEYWORDS: Egypt travel Suez Canal history

$60.00
2i20/49

The Amarna Age; A Study of The Crisis of the Ancient World


BAIKIE, JAMES

First edition, super octavo, grey cloth boards with blue lettering to spine, blue illustration to front board, frontispiece, xix + 645pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners)

PUBLISHER: A. & C. Black 1926

KEYWORDS: Tell el-Amarna tablets Civilisation Egypt ancient History Eighteenth dynasty

$65.00
2i20/50

Cleopatra's Needles


NOAKES, AUBREY

First edition, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 128pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: H. F. G. Witherby 1962

KEYWORDS: Antiquities Obelisks Egypt ancient history

$45.00
2i21/2

Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries


LUCAS, A.

Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 447pp, VG (light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, previous owner's name in pencil & stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1934

KEYWORDS: Industrial arts ancient History Antiquities Industries Egypt

$57.50
2i21/3

The Great Pyramid: Its Builder and its Prophecy: With a Review of the Corresponding Prophecies of Scripture Relating to coming Events and the Approaching End of the Age


GARNIER, J.

Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illustration to front board, frontispiece, xv + 359pp + folding map, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light sporadic foxing through pages)

PUBLISHER: Robert Banks 1905

KEYWORDS: ancient history great pyramid egyptology Egypt

$40.00
2i21/5

And in the Tomb Were Found-: Plays and Portraits of Old Egypt


GRAY, TERENCE

Super octavo, beige cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, xxiii + 236pp, illus, VG (bookseller's label & previous owner's name in ink to fep, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges),

PUBLISHER: W. Heffer & Sons 1923

KEYWORDS: Egypt Ancient History Drama theatre

$65.00
2i21/7

The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times Till the Conquest by The Arabs: Two Volumes


SHARPE, SAMUEL

2 Volume Set, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxviii + 430pp (vol 1), xxiii + 412pp (vol2), illus, VG (moderate tanning to page edges, ligth soiling & light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: George Bell 1905

KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt antiquities Pregnancy, Childbirth Obstetrics

$50.00
2i21/8

Two Theban Princes: Kha-Em-Uast and Amen-Khepeshf: Sons of Rameses III: Menna, A Land-Steward and Their Tombs


CAMPBELL, COLIN

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 116pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing to page edges, prvious owner's name in ink but scribble in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Oliver & Boyd 1910

KEYWORDS: King Ramses III Egypt Tombs Valley of the Queens Antiquities ancient history

$55.00
2i21/10

The Life of Hatshepsut: The King of the South and North Kamari'a, Daughter of the Sun


GRAY, TERENCE

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxviii + 260pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: W. Heffer & Sons 1920

KEYWORDS: Queen Hatshepsut Egypt ancient history biography

$995.00
os2/50

A Monograph of The Ramphastidae or Family of Toucans.


GOULD, JOHN

Facsimile reprint (1854), limited edition numbered, elephant folio, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem to front board, blind rule to front board, patterned eps, 26pp + 52 plates with accompanying text, illus, nr fine (small stain to front board, light brusing to lower board corners)

PUBLISHER: Hill House 1998

KEYWORDS: ornithology birds identification toucans ramphastidae natural history biology zoology

$60.00
2i21/12

A Calendar of Inquisitiones Post Mortem for Cornwall and Devon, from Henry III to Charles I. (1216-1649)


FRY, EDWARD ALEXANDER

Octavo, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, blind decoration to front board, teg, viii + 159pp +17pp adverts, VG (moderate soiling to boards,light brusing to spine extrems, exlibris label to front pastedown, light foxing to page edges 7 prelims, moderate browning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Devon & Cornwall Record Society/ WIlliam Pollard & Co. 1906

KEYWORDS: Inquisitiones post mortem genealogy UK family history Devon Cornwall law

$60.00
2i21/16

The Wardens of Savernake Forest


CARDIGAN, EARL OF

First edition, Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 352pp, illus, VG (bookseller's label to fep, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to eps) in d/w VG- (price clipped, 5cm closed tear to front cover internally repaired with cellotape, light rubbing, light soiling, 3.5cm tear with loss to lower spine, several small tears with loss to cover edges & upper spine)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1949

KEYWORDS: Savernake Forest Wiltshire England history biography

$45.00
2i21/19

The Life and Times of Akhnaton: Pharaoh of Egypt


WEIGALL, ARTHUR

frontispiece, xxxi + 255pp, illus, VG (moderat tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light rubbing & light foxing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing through pages, clear pocket stuck with cellotape to fep containing paper articles)

PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth 1922

KEYWORDS: biography ancient history Egypt Pharaoh Akhnaton

$1350.00
2i21/22

History of the Commonwealth of England From its Commencement, to the Restoration of Charles the Second: Four Volume Set


GODWIN, WILLIAM

First edition, 4 volume set, octavo, half bound green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt tooling to spine, 5 raised bands to spine, marbled eps, marbled page edges, xvi + 496pp (vol1), xvi + 696pp (vol2), xvi + 599pp (vol3), xvi + 608pp (vol4), VG (minimal library stamps, library number to spine, label residue to front pastedowns, owner's ex-libris label to front pastedown vol 1, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate rubbing to spine, moderate rubbing to board corners with some surface loss, very light soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Henry Colburn 1824

KEYWORDS: history England Commonwealth

$75.00
2i21/25

Information for the People: or, Treasury of Useful Knowledge: Comprising a Large Amount of Interesting and Instructive Reading, Designed for Popular Use


SEARS, ROBERT

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illustrations to spine & boards, frontispiece, 530pp + 16pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light sporadic foxing to pages, dampstaining to advert pages)

PUBLISHER: Robert Sears 1850

KEYWORDS: natural history Geography agriculture economics biography arts science

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