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London: Henry G. Bohn, 1844. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ROLLIN, Charles [1661-1741]. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians, and Macedonians. By M[onsieur] Rollin. Translated from the French. In Two Volumes. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1844. Two volumes. li, 527p.p.; 491 p.p. Engraved frontispiece and extra engraved title, 7 engraved maps (3 folding), text in double columns. Bound in contemporary diced calf, spines elaborately gilt-tooled in compartments between raised bands, contrasting morocco labels, gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. Minor soiling and edgewear to bindings, endpapers noticeably foxed, but overall a very good copy.
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, and Persians, Grecians, and Macedonians
by Rollin, M[onsieur Charles]
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Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian Costumes and Decorations
by Houston, Mary G. and Florence S. Hornblower
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London: A. & C. Black, Limited, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. tan stamped cloth. xii, 89 pp. B&W illustrations and colour tipped-in plates in text. Extra-illustrated with clippings pasted to front endpapers and half-title. Some foxing to half-title. Spine darkened, rubbing and bumping to extremities, some light general soiling.
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Ancient Glass
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Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo (super). Translated from the German by Michael Bullock and Alisa Jaffa. ix, 110 p.p. + 76 p.p. B&W plates. Twelve tipped-in colour illustrations incl. frontis (paginated). Map endpapers. Teal cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Top edge red. Chafing to spine and foot of boards. Bumping to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket has a few short tears, chips to spine head and corners, long tear to rear cover, sunning to spine and edges, light soiling to rear. The author traces the history of glass-making from its origins in Egypt before 2000 B.C. through successive developments that were brought about in Syria, by the Jews in Palestine, and the Roman and Byzantine empires - from the latter of which the glass-makers of Venice inherited much of their lore and skill. Neuburg covers the development of colour, lthe techniques involved in making glass beads and of millefiori, glass thread, mosaic, and other types of decoration,…
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The Beginnings - Egypt & Assyria
by Dawson, Warren R.
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New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo. Clio Medica Series, I. Full red cloth, black stamped lettering. ix, 86 pp. Sunned and rubbed to spine, light wear to spine ends and corners. Bookplate of Edgar T. Peer to front pastedown. This little volume inaugurates a series of handbooks presenting a concise and readable history of modern medical science. It covers ancient ideas of disease, death, and drugs in Egypt and Assyria.
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Chronicles of Ancient Egypt
by Dee, Jonathan
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London: Prospero Books, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Orig. illustrated boards, 160pp. Illustrated. Light bumping to spine and bottom edge of front board, o/w near fine in a near fine d/w. The Tales of the Gods, The Tales of the Pharos, and Secular Tales.
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The City of Caliphs: A Popular Study of Cairo and Its Environs and the Nile and Its Antiquities
by Reynolds-Ball, Eustace A.
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Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo (small). Creme cloth binding. Gilt on front board and spine with illustration of a pyramid stamped in gilt on front board. The head of the sphinx stamped in gilt at head and foot of front board. [6] 335 p.p. [20] plates of photos of famous temples and cities, incl. frontispiece. With tissue guards. Spine dark, with some smudges and sporadic foxing to boards. Bottom corners bumped. Spine ends frayed, lightly rubbed. Previous owner name on front pastedown and title page. Inner edge of rear pastedown somewhat stained. Light offsetting to endpapers. Pages trimmed, but not affecting text. Otherwise interior clean. In very good condition.
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The Dawn of Civilization and Life in The Ancient East
by Engberg, Robert Martin and Fay Cooper Cole
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Chicago: University of Knowledge, Incorporated, 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. The University of Knowledge Wonder Books. Navy leatherette boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. XVI, 17-384 pp. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar to front pastedown. Dust jacket is rubbed to joints and extremities, short tear to head of front joint and top edge of front cover (repaired with tape), soiling to rear. In this volume, Dr. Robert M. Engberg paints the background against which man is playing his part in the later days of civilization. This background is made up of the cultural contributions of many peoples far from us in distance and time: the Ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Syrians, Persians, the peoples of the Fertile Crescent, and after them and learning from them, the early inhabitants of Crete, Greece, and Rome.
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Egypt: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting In Three Thousand Years
by Lange, Kurt; Max Hirmer; Eberhard Otto (contributor); Christine Desroches-Noblecourt
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London: Phaidon, 1968. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. 4th ed. revised and englarged ; with additional material in the fourth German ed. translated by Judith Filson and Barbara Taylor. viii, 559 p.p. 330 plates, 60 in colour. Tan cloth boards with navy lettering to spine and falcon and ankh device to front board. Ex libris sticker to FFEP. Spine ends very lightly bumped, and corners bumped at tail, else a fine copy. Colour illustrated dust jacket with photo of Tutankhamun's golden coffin has bumping and wear to spine ends and corners, a few dents and small patches of wear, perforation to rear joint. The present, much revised edition contains two new chapters and as many as 40 new colour plates. In surveying 3000 years of Egyptian art, it reveals the inter-relationship of architecture, sculpture, painting, and goldsmiths' work.
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Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque. Translated from the Original German By Clara Bell. With an Introduction and Notes By S. Birch
by Ebers, Georg
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London: Cassell and Company, Ltd. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio. [ca. 1887? 1883 or later/variant printing per publisher name change from Cassell, Petter & Galpin to Cassell & Company that year.] Two Volumes. First English Edition. Brown cloth with pictorial boards stamped in gilt and black. A.e.g. Moire endpapers. Vol I: XXIV, 327 p.p.; Vol. II: xxii, 388 p.p. Frontis with tissue guards, plus numerous b/w illustrations throughout, both full page and in-text in both volumes. Wear to joints, rubbing to boards, edges. Light fraying at corners, spine ends. Small chip to head of front free endpaper in vol. I, text unaffected; a tiny tear to foot of p. 273, but illustration unaffected. A slight crack to inner hinge on p. 327. Some stains to endpapers, sporadic smudges throughout. Otherwise interior clean. A handsome two volume set in very good condition. George Ebers [1837-1898] was a German Egyptologist and Professor at Leipzig University. He is famous for discovering a rare…
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Egyptian Religion
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Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1992. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Translated from German by Ann E. Keep. [xvi], 379 p.p. Paperback with illustrated cover. Light bumping to corners, else a fine copy.
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The Fellahin of Upper Egypt: Their Religious, Social, and Industrial Life To-Day with Special Reference to Survivals From Ancient Times
by Blackman, Winifred S.
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London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. navy cloth. 331 pp. B&W illustration in text. Bookseller ticket of Blackwell's, Oxford. Cockling to cloth, rubbing to extremities. Slight edge tanning to interior.
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First Steps in Egyptian: A Book for Beginners
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Mokelumne Hill, California: Health Research, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Reprint of the 1895 edition (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.). Spiral bound, green card covers. XVI, 321 p.p. Includes glossary and suggested reading. Some staining and bumping to covers, bumping and creasing to corners. Bookplate of Babette D. Weaver to half-title. E.A. Wallis Budge was the keeper of the Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. This is a beginner's guide to Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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From There to Here: Ancient Sex Worship and Egyptian Mythology: A Tour of Beliefs Through Egypt and Beyond
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Geneva, Ill: Better Yet, publishers, 1977. Soft cover. Very Good. 4.5" x 6.75" Soft cover. 120, [16], 67 pp. B&W illustrations. Some staining and discolouration to covers. Front cover slightly curled. Edge toning to interior.
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Gods and Myths of Ancient Egypt
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Cairo, Egypt: The American University, 1987. Soft cover. As New. 8vo. 207 p.p. Photographs throughout book. Small bumps to corners. Pink highligher marking text throughout book.
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The Great Pyramid Decoded
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[California]: Artisan Sales, 1978. Soft cover. Good. 8vo. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Paperback. 96 p.p. A biblical analysis of the Pyramids of Giza and Future Prophecy of the Second Coming of Christ. Covers slightly curled with wear to corners and edges. Creasing at some soilng to covers. Small dampstain to foot of title page and front inner cover. Otherwise interior clean. A good copy.
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Great Pyramid Mystery
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New York: Teen Age Books, INc, 1955. Soft cover. Very Good. 4" x 7" Paperback. 248 pp. Toning and creasing to covers, rubbing to extremities. Interior age toned, creasing to lower corners of some pages at front.
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Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt
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Oakville, Connecticut: American Society of Papyrologists, 2001. Soft cover. Fine. 8o. Classics in Papyrology. Soft cover. xii, 184 pp, [8 pp. B&W plates]. B&W illustrations and maps in-text. Fine condition. In Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt, Naphtali Lewis follows the fortunes of Greek immigrants and their families who settled in Egypt in the wake of Alexander's conquests.
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A Guide to the Collections in the British Museum
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London: Printed By Order of the Trustees, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo [tall]. Original paperboards, quarter bound with later spine. xiv, 325 p.p., [2] ads. Features a preface by E.A. Wallis Budge, prolific scholar and author on Egyptology, who worked in the Department of Assyrian and Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum. With [53] full page illustrations, and numerous in-text, showing artifacts, statues, papyri, and other treasures held in the British Museum at the beginning of the 20th century. Light rubbing and wear to boards, edges. Small tear at spine-head. Light foxing to pages. Glue markings to front inner hinge. Else a very good copy.
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The Hieroglyphics of Horapollo. With a New Foreword By Anthony T. Grafton [Bollingen Series XXIII]
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Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1993. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. 120 p.p., plus 1 p.p. ads, [10] p.p. illustrations incl. frontispiece. Light rubbing to covers, otherwise near fine.
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The Isles Were Disturbed
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London: Hutchinson & Co. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo. N.d., [ca. 1947]. Full red cloth. 240 pp. Rear board bowed, cloth stained. Bruising to top edge of rear board and lower corners. Foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Dust jacket is price clipped, chipped to spine ends and corners, some general soiling. A colourful and dramatic story of adventures in Ancient Egypt by an author with a vivid style and a real gift for historical reconstruction.
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