Hieroglyphics : the writings of ancient Egypt / Maria Carmela Betro
by Betro, Maria Carmela
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0789202328
- ISBN 13
- 9780789202321
- Seller
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About This Item
New York ; London : Abbeville Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of L. P. Coomer with his bookplate to front pastedown.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 251 pages; Physical description: 251 p. : illus. (some col.), map, port. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic -- Hieroglyphics -- Ancient Egypt. Notes: Includes over 1,000 two-color line drawings and 160 black-and-white photographs
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 213086
- Title
- Hieroglyphics : the writings of ancient Egypt / Maria Carmela Betro
- Author
- Betro, Maria Carmela
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0789202328
- ISBN 13
- 9780789202321
- Publisher
- New York ; London : Abbeville Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
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