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LOT 0978
Archaeological Books - Books on Ancient Egyptian Animals
1981-1998 A.D.
9 1/4 x 6 1/4 - 12 x 8 5/8 in. (3.5 kg total, 23.5 x 16 - 30.3 x 22 cm).
M. Oldfield Howey - The Cat in Mysteries of Religion and Magic - Rutland, 1981, hardback with dustwrapper, 253 pp; Jaromir Malek - The Cat in Ancient Egypt - London, 1993, hardback with dustwrapper, 144mpp, signed by the author; Patrick F. Houlihan - The Animal World of the Pharaohs - London, 1996, hardback with dustwrapper, 245 pp; Dale Osborn & Jana Osbornova - The Mammals of Ancient Egypt - Warminster, 1998, card covers, 211 pp. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020.
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LOT 0978
Archaeological Books - Books on Ancient Egyptian Animals
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Archaeological Books - Metal-Detecting Book Group
1993-2001 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Nigel Mills - Saxon and Viking Artefacts - Witham, 2001, card covers, 106 pp; Gordon Bailey - Detector Finds 2 - Chelmsford, 1993, card covers, 99 pp; Ivan Buck - Medieval English Groats - Witham, 2000, card covers, 66 pp; Brian A. Read - History Beneath Our Feet - Braunton, 1988, card covers, 164 pp. 1.36 kg total, 29 x 21 cm each
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Archaeological Books - Books on Religion in Ancient Egypt
1906-1957 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Patrick Boylan - Thoth: The Hermes of Egypt - London, 1922, hardback, 215 pp; Terence Gray - "And in the Tomb Were Found --" Plays and Portraits of Old Egypt - Cambridge, 1923, hardback, 236 pp; Jaroslav Cerny - Ancient Egyptian Religion - Westport, reprinted 1957, hardback, 159 pp; Margaret Murray - Egyptian Religious Poetry - London, 1949, hardback with dustwrapper, 120pp; Battiscombe B. Gunn (trans.) The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni: The Oldest Books in the World - London, 1906, hardback, 75 pp; James Teackle Dennis - The Burden of Isis - London, 1910, hardback, 59 pp. 1.81 kg total, 17.2 x 12.5 - 25.5 x 16.2 cm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. -
Archaeological Books - Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volumes
1948-1973 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Eighteen volumes comprising: Vol 34 (December 1948); 42-46 (December 1956-December 1960); 48-59 (December 1962-August 1973); all card covers, mostly good condition, some covers chipped, marked, faded but pages complete; some with fold-out maps, loose cuttings related to excavations, etc. 14.6 kg total, 28 x 22 cm each
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020.
