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Pre-Dynastic Cemetery at El Mahasna (Thirty-First Memoir of The Egypt Exploration Fund)
by Ayrton, Edward R. and W. L. S. Loat
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. g. Folio. VIII, 39, [3]pp (Text), XXXVIIIpp (Plates). Half cloth over printed paper covered boards. Remarkable work on the 1908-9 season in which Ayrton, in collaboration with W. L. S. Loat, excavated the Pre-dynastic cemetery of El-Mahasna. It is exquisitely illustrated with 38 b/w plates, plans and charts. Some rubbing and sunning along edges of binding. Spine partly chipped. Ex-library copy with library stamps on inside of front cover. Binding in overall poor to fair, interior in good+ to very good condition.
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- Seller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 34013
- Title
- Pre-Dynastic Cemetery at El Mahasna (Thirty-First Memoir of The Egypt Exploration Fund)
- Author
- Ayrton, Edward R. and W. L. S. Loat
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Egyptology, Egypt under the Pharaohs, Ruins, monuments, Tombs of ancient Egypt, First edition, Illustrated, Reference
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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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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