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Pre-Dynastic Cemetery at El Mahasna
by Ayrton, Edward R.; W. L. S. Loat
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- fair to vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. fair to vg. Folio. viii, 39pp., xxxviii plates. Original black cloth over tan boards with black lettering on cover, red on spine. Thirty-First Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund. "El Mahasna... after a cursory examination, we found that the place had been badly plundered, yet we decided to ask the Government for permission to, at least, test the ground. We knew that we should not have the time at our disposal to open every grave, plundered and unplundered, but we hoped to save the unplundered graves." (Excerpts from introduction, Petrie). Sepia-toned and b/w photographs of excavation site and artifacts, and line drawings of pottery. It is exquisitely illustrated with a total of 38 b/w plates, plans and charts. Publications of Egypt Exploration Fund advertised at inside back cover. Binding with library barcode and sticker, library bookplate on inside front, library pocket and numeric stamp on inside back cover. Some wear with small chips at corners and along edges and rubbed. Three additional library stamps on verso of title page, page one and verso of last plate, plus library stamps at top and bottom of edges. Binding in overall fair to good-, interior in good+ to very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44528
- Title
- Pre-Dynastic Cemetery at El Mahasna
- Author
- Ayrton, Edward R.; W. L. S. Loat
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fair to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Egypt Exploration Fund
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- b/w photography, Egyptian history, excavation, ancient history, drawing
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- First Edition
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- Plate
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- Verso
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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