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LOT 1030
Archaeological Books - The Land of The Pharaohs
1887 A.D.
11 1/4 x 8 in. (977 grams, 28.3 x 20.5 cm).
Rev. Samuel Manning (Revised by Richard Lovett) - London, 1887, cloth covers, 224 pp gilt foredge. [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 - Shire Books Titles on Ancient Egypt
1987-2001 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Shire Egyptology titles, all card covers, mostly 64 pp: Geoffrey Killen - Egyptian Woodworking and Furniture - 1994; carole Reeves - Egyptian Medicine - 1992; Steven Snape - Egyptian Temples - 1996; Eric Uphill - Egyptian Towns and Cities - 2001; Rosalind & Jack Jansen - Egyptian Household Animals - 1989; Bernd Scheel - Egyptian Metalworking Tools - 1989; Rosalind Hall - Egyptian Textiles - 1986; Barbara Adamas - Predynastic Egypt - 1988; Colin Hope - Egyptian Pottery - 1987; Barbara Adams & Krzysztof Ciałowicz - Protodynastic Egypt - 1997; Philip Watson - Egyptian Pyramids and Mastaba Tombs - 1987. 1.65 kg total, 21 x 15 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 - Excavations at Saqqara HOR-AHA (1937-1938)
1939 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Walter B. Emery with Zaki Yusef Saad - Cairo, 1939, card covers, 112 pp, foldout plan, 28 plates. 1.24 kg, 34 x 27.5 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 - 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.
