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LOT 0985
Books on Ancient Egypt
1972-2015 A.D.
8 1/8 x 5 3/4 - 12 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (4.42 kg total, 20.8 x 14.5 - 32 x 24 cm).
Miroslav Verner - Abusir: Realm of Osiris - New York, 2002, hardback with dustwrapper, 248 pp; Piotr Bienkowski & Angela Tooley - Gifts of the Nile - London, 1995, card covers, 130 pp; Ann Rosalie David - A Year in the Life of Egypt - Barnsley, 2015, hardback with dustwrapper, 263 pp; John Ray - Reflections of Osiris - London, 2001, hardback with dustwrapper,176 pp; Normandi Ellis (trans.) - Awakening Osiris: The Egyptian Book of the Dead - Grand Rapids, 1988, card covers, 227 pp; E.A. wallis-Budge - The Judgement of the Dead and the Weighing of the Heart Before Osiris - Edmonds, 1989, card covers, 40 pp; Paul Brunton - A Search in Secret Egypt - London, 1972 edition, card covers. 297 pp. [7, No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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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