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LOT 0996
Archaeological Books - Costume and Bead Titles
1964-1987 A.D.
9 1/2 x 7 1/8 - 11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (1.5 kg total, 24 x 18 - 29.8 x 22.5 cm).
Lois Sherr Dubin - The History of Beads From 30,000 B.C. to the Present - London, 1987, card covers, 136 pp; Mary G. Houston - Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Persian Costume - London, 1964 reprint, hardback clothbound, 190 pp [2, 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 - Viking and Medieval Book Group
1987-1991 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jonathan Alexander & Paul Binski - Age of Chivalry. Art in Plantagenet England - London, 1987, card covers, 576 pp; Julian D. Richards - Viking Age England - London, 1991, hardback with dustwrapper, 143 pp; Else Roesdahl - The Vikings - London, 1991, hardback with dustwrapper, 323 pp. 6 kg total, 29 x 22 - 24 x 16 cm
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Archaeological Books - Tutankhamun and Valley of the Kings Egyptian Book Collection
1979-1996Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Nicholas Reeves - The Complete Tutankhamun: The King. The Tomb. The Royal Treasure - London, 1990, hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp; Nicholas Reeves & Richard Wilkinson - The Complete Valley of the Kings - London, 1996, hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp; Thomas Hoving - Tutankhamun : The Untold Story - London, 1979, hardback with dustwrapper, 384 pp; Ahmed Osman - Stranger in the valley of the Kings - London, 1987, hardback with dustwrapper, 171 pp; Lynn Meskell - Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt - Princeton, 2002, hardback with dustwrapper, 238 pp. 3.87 kg total, 24 x 16 - 26 x 20 mm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020. -
Archaeological Books - Ancient Egyptian Books on Magic
1974-1994 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Gerald McDermott - The Voyage of Osiris - New York, 1977, hardback with dustwrapper, 32pp; Geraldine Pinch - Magic in Ancient Egypt - London, 1994, card covers, 191 pp; C. Jacq - Egyptian Magic - Warminster, 1985, 162 pp; C. Jacq - Magic and Mystery in Ancient Egypt - London, 1982, card covers, 187 pp; F, Griffiths & Herbert Thompson (eds.) - The Leyden Papyrus: An Egyptian Magical Book - New York, 1974, card covers, 205 pp; Florence farr - Egyptian Magic - London, 1982, card covers, 85 pp; J.F. Burghouts - Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts - Leiden, 1978, card covers, 125 pp. 2.1 kg total, 19 x 13 - 28.5 x 25 cm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020.
