Ancient Egyptian Materials & Industries
by Lucas, A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1948. Third revised. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. x, 570pp. Terra cotta cloth with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. In this work the author systematically lists, categorizes, and defines the substances and materials that were in use from the Paleolithic period to 640 A.D. Chapters include Adhesives (Albumen: Beeswax: Clay: Glue: Gum: Gypsum: Natron...) Beads, Building Materials (Bricks and Brick Making: Mortar: Plaster: Wood) Fibres, Inlaid Eyes, and Glazed Ware, among many. First published in 1926 under the title "Ancient Egyptian Materials." Tail of spine bumped. 1 1/2" x 1" piece on midsection of spine on dj missing. Slight creasing and few closed tears on dj. Tight copy with dj in good, book in overall very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21731
- Title
- Ancient Egyptian Materials & Industries
- Author
- Lucas, A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third revised
- Publisher
- Edward Arnold & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- civilization, pharaoh, Nile, temples, obelisks, faience, Roman, Empire, Architecture, Egyptology, COSMETICS, PERFUMES, INCENSE, ANIMAL PRODUCTS, SHELLS, stones, wood, pottery, mummification, oils, fat, wax, metals, alloys
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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