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LOT 1008
Archaeological Books - Roman Ancient Art Book Group
1971-1979 A.D.
12 1/4 x 9 - 13 1/2 x 7 in. (5 kg total, 31 x 23 - 34.5 x 18 cm).
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, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Archaeological Books - From Cairo to the Cataract
1909 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Blanche M Carson - Boston, 1909, hardback with cloth binding, 330 pp. 596 grams, 19.5 x 13.5 cm
Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Archaeological Books - Books on Ancient Egypt
1954-1992 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Richard Wilkinson - Reading Egyptian Art - London, 1992, hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp; Bika Reed - The Field of Transformations - Rochester, 1987, card covers, 150 pp; Alan Richardson & B Walker-John - The Inner Guide to Egypt - Bath, 1991, card covers, 177 pp; R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz - Symbol and the Symbolic - New York, 1978 reprint, card covers, 94 pp; George Hart - A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses - London, 1986, card covers. 229 pp; Nina Davies - Egyptian Painting - London,1954, paperboards, 29 pp, 16 plates; Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt - Egyptian Wall-Paintings - UNESCO, 1962, card covers, 24 pp, 26 plates. 1.87 kg total, 16.8 x 11 - 24 x 19 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 - 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.
