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LOT 1015
Archaeological Books - Early Dynastic Egypt
1999 A.D.
9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (983 grams, 24 x 16.5 cm).
Toby A.H. Wilkinson - London, 1999, hardback with dustwrapper, 413 pp. [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 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 - 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. -
Archaeological Books - Roman Ancient Art Book Group
1971-1979 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Edward Gibbon - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - London, 1979, hardback with dustwrapper, 256 pp; Peter Quennell - The Colosseum - London, 1071, hardback with dustwrapper, 171 pp; John Pearson - Arena: The Story of the Colosseum - London, 1973, hardback with dustwrapper, 192 pp; D.M. Wilson - Wealth of the Roman World - London, 1977, card covers, 190 pp; Donald Strong & David Brown - Roman Crafts - London, 1976, hardback with dustwrapper, 256 pp. 5 kg total, 31 x 23 - 34.5 x 18 cm
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
