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LOT 1000
Archaeological Books - Books on Life in Ancient Egypt
1961-1992 A.D.
8 1/4 x 5 1/2 - 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (3 kg total, 21.5 x 14 - 24 x 17 cm).
Erik Hornung - Idea into Image: Essays on Ancient Egyptian Thought - New York, 1992, hardback with dustwrapper, 209pp; Rosalind M. & Jac.J. Hanssen - Getting Old in Ancient Egypt - London, 1996, hardback with dustwrapper, 167 pp; Adolf Erman - Life in Ancient Egypt - New York, 1971, card covers, 570 pp; Leonard Lesko (ed.) - Pharaoh's Workers: The Villagers of Deir el Medina - Ithaca, 1994, card covers, 197 pp; Jon Manchip White - Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt - London, 1965 edition, hardback with dustwrapper, 200 pp; H. Ling Roth - Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms - Bedford, 1978 reprint, card covers, 44pp; Henri Frankfort - Ancient Egyptian Religion - New York, 1961 reprint, card covers, 181 pp. [7, 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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Archaeological Books - Books on Death and the Book of the Dead in Ancient Egypt
1901-2004 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
R.O. Faulkner (trans.) - Book of the Dead - London, 1972, hardback with dustwrapper, 192 pp; Ramses Saleem - The Egyptian Book of Life - London, 2004, card covers, 308 pp; Eik Hornung - Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife - Ithaca, 1999, card covers, 188 pp; Jane B. Sellers - The Death of Gods in Ancient Egypt - London, 1992, card covers, 378 pp; A.J. Spencer - Death in Ancient Egypt - London, 1982, card covers, 256 pp; K.A. Weidemann - The Realms of the Egyptian Dead -London, 1901, card covers, 68 pp. 2.4 kg total, 18.5 x 12.5 - 28 x 22.5 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 - The Spell of Egypt
1916 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Archie Bell - Boston, 1916, hardback with cloth covers, 366 pp 768 grams, 20.5 x 14.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Archaeological Books - Records of the Medieval Sword and Medieval Catalogue [2]
1967, 1991 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Ewart Oakeshott - Records of the Medieval Sword - 1991, card covers, 306 pp, monochrome photographs, line drawings; London Museum Medieval Catalogue - 1967 reprint, hardback with dustwrapper, 319 pp, 95 plates, line drawings. 2.28 kg total, 25 x 16 - 27.5 x 21.5 cm
Property of a Stowmarket, UK, gentleman.