Sun & Shadow At Aswan; A Commentary on dams and resrvoirs on the Nile at Aswan, yesterday, today, and perhaps tomorrow.
b/w illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. London: Chapman & Hall, 1959. More
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Akhenaten and Nefertiti.
New York: Viking, 1973. 175 b/w illustrations. 231pp. Short square 4to, brown cloth, d.w. (binding has a pale dampstain at bottom edge of rear cover; dust wrapper is also stained - visible only from inside wrapper - and has several small closed tears). New York: Viking Press/Brooklyn Museum, (1973). First edition. A very good copy. More
Jewels of the Pharaohs: Egyptian Jewelry of the Dynastic Period.
New York: Praeger, 1971. 193 illustratiions with 100 in color. 128 pages. Short 4to, burgundy cloth, d.w. New York: Praeger (1971). Fine. More
The Egyptian Peasant.
Translated by John Alden Williams; foreword by Chester Bowles, introduction by Morroe Berger. 12mo, bds, d.w. Boston, (1963). More
Studies in the Social History of Modern Egypt
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969. 8vo, orange cloth, d.w. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1969). Very good. More
Egyptian Papyri and Papyrus-Hunting
London: Religious Tract Society, 1925. 32 plates, 4 in color. 8vo, blue cloth, front cover slightly warped, otherwise very good. London: Religious Tract Society, 1925. More
Egypt's Uncertain Revolution under Nasser and Sadat
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1979. 8vo, tan cloth. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1979). Very good. More
Due West or Round the World in Ten Months
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884. xii, 387, [8] pages. Thick 8vo, original dark green cloth with small pictorial image on cover stamped in gilt and black (cloth lightly worn at spine ends). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884. First edition. A very good(+) clean copy, surprisingly scarce. More
The Week End War.
326pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. worn & chipped). N.Y., (1959). More
The Discovery of Egypt.
Paris: Flammarion, 1990. Translated by Bambi Ballard. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w. 271pp. Tall 4to, red cloth, d.w. (Paris: Flammarion, 1990). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations in Egypt and Nubia; and of a Journey to the Coast of the Red Sea , in Search of the Ancient Berenice; and Another to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon
London: John Murray, 1821. Large folding two-section map showing the Course of the Nile reduced from Col. Leake's Map of Egypt (foxed). Copperplate frontispiece portrait, 1 plate of inscriptions. 4to, 3/4 calf, marbled boards, brown leather spine label, rubbed. xix, 533pp. The last 9 pages "Remarks on Mr Belzoni's Plates" refer to the plates which were issued seperately. London: John Murray, 1821. Second Edition. Very good. More
Egyptian Belief and Modern Thought.
Indian Hills: Falcon's Wing, 1956. Illustrated. xv + 454pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper lightly rubbed. Indian Hills: The Falcon's Wing Press, (1956). A veyr good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Holy Land, Yesterday and Today: Lithographs and Diaries by David Roberts
New York: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1996. Text by Fabio Bourbon. Photos by Antonio Attini. Illustrated in color. 272 pages. Folio, ocher cloth, dust wrapper (light edgewear to dust wrapper). New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, (1996). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Holy Land, Yesterday and Today: Lithographs and Diaries by David Roberts.
New York: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1996. Text by Fabio Bourbon. Photos by Antonio Attini. 272pp. Folio, brown boards, d.w. N.Y.: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, (1996). First American edition. Fine. More
Egypt Yesterday and Today: Lithographs and Diaries of David Roberts
Vercelli: White Star, 2004. Illustrated with reproductions of the famous lithographs by David Roberts, together with modern color photographs depicting the same scenes. 271 pages. Folio, brown cloth, d.w. Vercelli, Italy: White Star, (2004). Reprint. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
The Search of the Gold of Tutankhamen.
197pp. 8vo, d.w. N.Y.: Mason/Charter, 1976. More
Cleopatra.
New York: Harcourt, 1972. Illustrated throughout, a few in color. 279pp. Small 4to, brown cloth, d.w. New York: Harcourt, 1972. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) d.w. More
The River Nile.
Foreword by Melville Bell Grosvenor. Photo title; illus. throughout with color photos; fold-out map inserted in back cover pocket. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, (1966). More
Geschichte Agyptens.
Vienna: Grosse Illustrierte, 1936. Color frontis, profusely illus. 632pp. thick short 4to, cloth (soiled). Vienna: Grosse Illustrierte Phaidon-Ausgabe, (1936). Text in German. More
A History of Egypt, From the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest.
New York: Scribner, 1975. Color frontispiece and 200 b/w illustrations & maps. 634 pages. Large thick 8vo, silver-lettered blue cloth. New York: Scribner's/Hudson River Editions, [1975]. Outer page edges quite foxed, otherwise a very good copy. A facsimile reprint of the second revised Edition. More
The Murder of Tutankhamen; A True Story
New York: Putnam, 1998. Illus. 8vo, original yellow boards, d.w., ex-lib. New York: Putnam, (1998). More
Handbook to the Ethnographical Collections.
London: 1915. 20 plates, 293 illustrations and 3 maps. 8vo, cloth backed green boards; upper corner bumped. London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1925. Second Edition. Very good. Ownership signature of art historian Meyer Schapiro. More
Great Civilizations of Ancient Africa.
New York: 1971. Illus. Tall 8vo, d.w. New York, (1971). More
Tutankhamen: Amenism, Atenism And Egyptian Monotheism, With Hieroglyphic Texts Of Hymns To Amen And Aten.
New York: Bell, 1979. Illustrated. 160pp. 8vo, simulated leather, d.w. New York: Bell Publishing Compan Very good. Very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More