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PHARAOH’S PEOPLE, Scenes From Life in Imperial Egypt

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984. First edition. Fine in d.j.. First edition. 282p. Illustrated from photos and line drawings. Gilt-titled tan cloth.

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THE ARCHIVE OF HOR

London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1976. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Tall 4to. xv, (i), 192p. Illustrated with 39 plates on coated stock, most with photos of objects with transcriptions facing. Bound in publisher's green cloth with titles in gilt on spine and upper cover.

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THE LOST PHARAOHS, The Romance of Egyptian Archaeology

New York: Greenwood Press, 1969. Reprint of the 1951 edition by the Philiosophical LIbrary, Inc. About fine. Reprint of the 1951 edition by the Philiosophical LIbrary, Inc. 256p. Illustrated. In publisher's gilt-titled gray cloth.

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PROPORTION AND STYLE IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Quarto. x (ii), 283p. Profusely illustrated with line drawings by Ann S. Fowler and photos. Publisher's gilt-titled blue cloth.

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ART AND ETERNITY: The Nefertari Wall Paintings Conservation Project 1986-1992

The Getty Conservation Institute and the Egyptian Antiquities Organization, 1993. Fine. Quarto. (x), 140p, (x). Fully illustrated in color and black and white, Bound color-printed heavy card stock.

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AKHENATEN, KING OF EGYPT

Aldred, Cyril Edinburgh: Thames and Hudson, 1988. First edition. Fine in d.j.. First edition. Large 8vo. 320p. Illustrated from photos and line drawings. In the publisher's gilt-titled black cloth.

$45

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THE REIGN OF THUTMOSE IV

Bryan, Betsy M. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991. First edition. Fine. First edition. (vi), 390p. Illustrated with multiple images on 19 plates. Bound in the publisher's dark gray cloth titled in silver.

$200

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THE TOMB OF TUT-ANKH-AMEN, Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter. Volume 2

Carter, Howard New York: George H. Doran, 1927. VG-, some wrinkling to spine cloth, sound and complete with all the plates. xxxv (iii), 39-408p. Illustrated from photos. In the publisher's red cloth with titles in gilt with scarab design on upper cover. Designed endpapers.

$50

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NEFERTITI, EGYPT’S SUN QUEEN

Tyldesley, Joyce 1998. First American edition. Fine in d.j.. First American edition. xiv, (iv), 232p. Illustrated. Publisher's binding of copper-titled black cloth spine over copper boards.

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SYRIA AND EGYPT FROM THE TELL EL AMARNA LETTERS

Petrie, W. M. Flinders Chicago: Ares, 1978. Reprint of the 1907 edition. Fine. Reprint of the 1907 edition. vii (i), 187p, 4p ads. In publisher's gilt-titled red cloth.

$35

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MUMMIES, DISEASE, AND ANCIENT CULTURES

Cockburn, Aidan and Eve, eds Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. First edition. Fine in VG+ dust jacket. First edition. x, 340p. Illustrated chiefly from photos. Bound in publisher's gilt-titled black cloth.

$75

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PHARAOH’S WORKERS, The Villagers of Deir el Medina

Lesko, Leonard, ed. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1994. First edition. Near fine. First edition. viii (ii), 197p. Illustrated. Publisher's gilt-titled black cloth.

$30

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THE MUMMY OF RAMOSE, The Life and Death of an Ancient Egyptian Nobleman

Glubok, Shirley and Alfred Tamarin London: Harper & Row, 1978. First edition. Fine in VG- dust jacket. First edition. (xii), 82p. Illustrated. In publisher's binding of quarter gilt-titled red cloth over black cloth sides.

$15

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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COREGENCIES

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COREGENCIES

Murnane, William J. Chicago: The Oriental Institute, 1977. Fine. xviii, 272p. Bound in publisher's tan paper wrappers with titles and design in brown on the spine and upper cover.

$85

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IMAGES FOR ETERNITY

IMAGES FOR ETERNITY, Egyptian Art from Berkeley and Brooklyn

Fazzini, Richard San Francisco and Brooklyn: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Brooklyn Museum, 1975. About fine. Quarto. xxxi (i), 139p. Fully illustrated monograph prepared for the exhibition at the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1975. In the publisher's gilt-titled black cloth. Addenda and Corrigenda laid in rear.

$35

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AN X-RAY ATLAS OF THE ROYAL MUMMIES [with] X-RAYING THE PHARAOHS by James Harris and Kent Weeks

AN X-RAY ATLAS OF THE ROYAL MUMMIES [with] X-RAYING THE PHARAOHS by James Harris and Kent Weeks

Harris, James E. and Edward F. Wente, eds. (Various authors) Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1980. First edition. VG, minor lean. The Scribner's book about fine. First edition. Tall 8vo. xxviii, 404p. Illustrated from photos. Bound in publisher's gilt-titled black cloth. Contains 5 microfiche slides in a rear pocket. The Harris/Weeks volume is a paperback of 195 pages published by Scribner's in 1973.

$60

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TEXTS FROM THE AMARNA PERIOD IN EGYPT

TEXTS FROM THE AMARNA PERIOD IN EGYPT

Murnane, William J. Atlanta: Scholars Press, (19950. Fine. xviii (ii), 289p. Illustrated. Bound in publisher's gilt-titled red cloth. From the series "Writings from the Ancient World. Society of Biblical Literature." Volume 5.

$50

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ANCIENT RECORDS OF EGYPT

ANCIENT RECORDS OF EGYPT, Volume I, The First to the Seventeenth Dynasties

Breasted, James Henry New York: Russell & Russell, 1962. Reissue of the 1906 first edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Reissue of the 1906 first edition. xlii, 344p. Bound in publisher's gilt-titled blue cloth.

$75

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ANCIENT RECORDS OF EGYPT

ANCIENT RECORDS OF EGYPT, Volume V. Indices

Breasted, James Henry New York: Russell & Russell, 1962. Reissue of the 1906 first edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Reissue of the 1906 first edition. xlii, 344p. Bound in publisher's gilt-titled blue cloth.

$75

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PHARAOHS AND MORTALS

PHARAOHS AND MORTALS

Save-Soderbergh, Torgny New York: Barner & Noble, 1996. Reprint. Fine in d.j.. Reprint. 318p. Illustrated. Bound in silver-titled black cloth over boards.

$15

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IMHOTEP, The Vizier and Physician of King Zoser and afterwards The Egyptian God of Medicine

Hurry, Jamiseon B. Chicago: Ares, 1978. Reprint of the 1926 first edition. Fine. Reprint of the 1926 first edition. xvi, 118p + 16p ads. In the publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and large pictorial device on the upper cover.

$50

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A HISTORY OF EGYPT DURING THE XVIIth AND XVIIIthe DYNASTIES

A HISTORY OF EGYPT DURING THE XVIIth AND XVIIIthe DYNASTIES

Petrie, Flinders London: Methuen, 1824. Seventh edition, enlarged. Very good-. Seventh edition, enlarged. 8vo. lii (ii), 353p. 8p ads. Illustrated. Publisher's medium blue cloth with spine titles in black.

$20

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM

RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM

Omar Khayyam London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Edition limited to 250 copies SIGNED by Rene Bull (this no. 123). Fine copy with tiny dark spot on the spine and minimal tide marks on a few of the tissue guards not affecting plates ot pages. Edition limited to 250 copies SIGNED by Rene Bull (this no. 123). Unpaged. Illustrated by Rene Bull with 10 full-page tipped-in color plates, 19 smaller mounted color plates, the remaining text plates with pictorial designs and borders printed in blue, title page highlighted in gilt. 4to. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full purple crushed morocco with watered silk endpapers, a.e.g., the spine ornately gilt with titles and panel decorations, the upper cover features a large central gilt peacock design (6 1/2") in the style used on Zaehnsdorf's "Hafiz of Shiraz" (without the jewels) with elaborate frames of trailing vines, fancy dentelles. Potter no. 99.

$4,000

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DALI: THE WINES OF GALA

DALI: THE WINES OF GALA

Dali, Salvador New York: Abrams, 1978. First edition in English. Nice copy in pictorial embossed gold foil dust jacket with minor scratching.. First edition in English. Tall quarto. 296p. Illustrated throughout in color by Dali. White cloth with gilt titles and color pictorial designs, illustrated endpapers.

$350

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$350

Alice in Wonderland stand-up figures

Alice in Wonderland stand-up figures

[Alice] Oxford: The Alley Workshops, 1920. Nice bright condition with only minimal wear. Nine painted wooden figures of Wonderland characters, most about 3" tall - the Queen of Hearts taller of course - about 3 1/2" - each 3/8" thick. The figures include: Alice holding a piglet, Alice holding a flamingo, Mock Turtle, White Rabbit, March Hare, Frog Footman, Mad Hatter, March Hare, Duchess.

$375

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$375