Flying to 3000 B.C.
by Jeannerat, Pierre
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1957). Illustrated with Sketches and Photographs by the author. PLEASE NOTE: This book is accompanied by the author's original drawing of "Three dancers of Vizir Mehon at Sakkara", which provided the headpiece illustration for Chapter V of the account. 8vo; original blue boards, a bit worn and soiled; sunned on spine; no dustwrapper; ownership inscription and portrait of the author-artist (presumably from dustwrapper) mounted to front free endpaper; pp. 230; map; monochrome photographic plates; line drawings; endpapers rather foxed, scattered light foxing elsewhere. Fair condition. (A scan of the original picture is available, on request). A journey in pursuit of the archaeological treasures of Egypt and the Middle East. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1553
- Title
- Flying to 3000 B.C.
- Author
- Jeannerat, Pierre
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1957)
- Keywords
- Pierre Jeannerat. Archaeology. Egyptology. Pharaohs. Babylon. Dead Sea. Tel El-Amarna. Valley of the Kings. Karnak. Luxor. Nineveh. Mosul. Nimrud Archaeology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...