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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 - Metal-Detecting Book Group
1993-2001 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Nigel Mills - Saxon and Viking Artefacts - Witham, 2001, card covers, 106 pp; Gordon Bailey - Detector Finds 2 - Chelmsford, 1993, card covers, 99 pp; Ivan Buck - Medieval English Groats - Witham, 2000, card covers, 66 pp; Brian A. Read - History Beneath Our Feet - Braunton, 1988, card covers, 164 pp. 1.36 kg total, 29 x 21 cm each
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Archaeological Books - Ancient Egyptian Books on Writing and Literature
1958-1998Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
James E. Hoch - Middle Egyptian Grammar: Sign List - Mississauga, 1998, card covers, spiral bound, 70 pp; Nina M. Davies - Picture Writing in Ancient Egypt - Oxford. 1958, hardback with dustwrapper, 56 pp, 17 plates; Miriam Lichtheim - Ancient Egyptian Literature. Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms - Berkeley, 1973, hardback with dustwrapper, 245 pp, Volume II: The New Kingdom, Berkeley, 1976, card covers, 239 pp, Volume III: The Late Period, Berkeley, 1980, card covers, 228 pp; Louis V. Zabkar - A Study of the Ba Concept in Ancient Egyptian Texts - Chicago, 1968, card covers, 163 pp, 6 plates; J Cerny - Paper and Books in Ancient Egypt - Chicago, 1977, card covers, 36 pp; Margaret Murray - Elementary Egyptian Grammar - London, 1920, hardback clothbound, 104 pp, foldout tables. 2.76 kg total, 15.7 x 12.7 - 29 x 23 cm
From the private collection of the late Mrs Belinda Ellison, a long time member of the Egyptian Exploration Society, c.1940-2020.
