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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 - Zawiyet el-Aryan. The Cemeteries Adjacent to the Layer Pyramid
1978 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Dows Dunham - Boston, 1978, card covers, 78 pp, 59 plates. 818 grams, 33.5 x 27 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 - Books on Ancient Egyptian Animals
1981-1998 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. 3.5 kg total, 23.5 x 16 - 30.3 x 22 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 - 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.
