Books on Ancient Egyptian Funerary Equipment - 3 Titles

Hardback with leather spines, vol 1 with 696 pp, translated by John Edward Lee, 2nd volume containing 206 full-page black and white plates of ancient artefacts. 2.72 kg total, 24 x 16.5 cm each



Originally held in Nottingham Central Library, purchased directly by Ian Wilkinson in 2020. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.

The Lake Dwellings of Switzerland and Other Parts of Europe by Dr Ferdinand Keller is a foundational archaeological work documenting prehistoric stilt-house settlements, primarily from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages around Swiss lakes. It covers findings across Switzerland, including detailed descriptions of artefacts and building techniques, translated and expanded by John Edward Lee.

GREGG BAKER ASIAN ART: Autumn Leaves, London; BRIAN HARKINS: Airing the Mind, An Exhibition of Japanese Paintings, Japanese and Chinese Works of Art, London, 5-19 November 2004; ERIK THOMSEN: Japanese Paintings and Works of Art, 2006; Japanese Paintings and Works of Art, 2008; CHRISTIE'S: Fine Japanese Prints, Books and Other Decorative Oriental Works of Art, New York, 28 & 30 September 1981; Japanese Works of Art, London, 21-22 March 1990; Fine Japanese Works of Art, London, 5-6 June 1990; Fine Japanese Works of Art, London, 19-20 November 1990; Japanese & Korean Art, New York, 11 September 2012; Japanese Works of Art, London, 23 November 1992; Japanese Works of Art, London, 15 November 1993; Japanese Works of Art, London, 14 November 1994; Japanese Works of Art, London, 20 & 23 June 1995; Japanese & Korean Art, New York, 17 September 2009; Japanese & Korean Art, New York, 23 March 2011; Japanese & Korean Art, New York, 14 September 2011; SOTHEBY'S: Japanese Works of Art, Paintings, Swords and Sword Fittings, London, 19-20 June 1989; Japanese Works of Art, Paintings, Swords and Sword Fittings, London, 17 November 1989; Japanese Works of Art, Prints and Paintings, London, 19-20 November 1992; Japanese Works of Art, New York, 3 December 1995; Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art, Amsterdam, 18-19 May 1995; The Carlo Monzino Collection of Netsuke, Inro and Lacquer, The Property of a Private Trust, London, 21 June 1995; Japanese Prints, Paintings and Works of Art, London, 22 June 1995; Japanese Works of Art, New York, 19 September 1995; Japanese Prints, Paintings, Screens and Works of Art, London, 16-17 November 1995; Ru, From a Japanese Collection, Hong Kong, 4 April 2012. 16 kg total, 25.3 x 23 - 29.6 x 21.3 cm



Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

P.F. Houlihan - The Animal World of the Pharaohs - London, 1996, hardback with dustwrapper, 245 pp, colour and monochrome; C. Hobson - The World of the Pharaohs - New York, 1987, card covers, 192 pp, colour; C. Hobson - The World of the Pharaohs - New York, 1997 reprint, card covers, 192 pp, colour; A.C. Brackman - The Search for the Gold of Tutankhamen - New York, 1976, hardback with dustwrapper, 197 pp; H. Carter - The Tomb of Tutankhamen - London, 1954, hardback with dustwrapper, 237 pp, monochrome; C. Desroches-Noblecourt - Life and Death of a Pharaoh: Tutankhamen - New York, 1963, hardback with dustwrapper, 312 pp. colour and monochrome; N. Reeves & R.H. Wilkinson - The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Trasures of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs - London, 1997 reprint, hardback with dustwrapper, 224 pp, colour and monochrome. 6.2 kg total, 23.5 x 16.2 - 29 x 22.3 cm



Property of a London, UK, gentleman.