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

London: J. Arrowsmith, 1842. Map. Engraving with original hand-coloring. Image measures 20.5 x 23.25". This lovely map of Nubia and Abyssinia shows the upper Nile, Ethiopia, Sudan and the Yemen. Cities and towns are labeled, particularly as they occur along the region's rivers. Exploration and caravan routes are also included, attesting to the area's importance to trade in the mid-19th century. Annotations are scattered throughout the map and provide insight into contemporary knowledge of the terrain and its inhabitants, such..... More

London: Abbott, 1985. Facsimile edition of the 1929 original. Thick 12mo, ccviii, 495 pages. 106 maps and plans and 56 woodcuts reproduced in black and white, yellow cloth, dust wrapper. an excellent copy. London: David and Charles Newton Abbot, 1985. Fine. More

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

Paris: Flammarion, 1990. Translated by Bambi Ballard. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w. 271 pages. Tall 4to, red cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper spine slightly sunned. (Paris: Flammarion, 1990). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More

Buffalo, NY: American Polytechnic Company, 1887. Color lithograph. Image measures 15 5/16" x 12". Sheet measures 21" x 27 1/4". Plate XXVI. This color lithograph features a mummy from the Greco-Egyptian period and its decorated case. Published in 1887, the print is highly detailed in its rendering of the case's hieroglyphics, painted decoration, and wear. This print is from a limited edition of Binion's "Ancient Egypt or Mizraim," Vol. II, which is considered a landmark of American chromolithography. This print..... More

Buffalo, NY: American Polytechnic Company, 1887. Color lithograph. Image measures 23 1/8" x 18 1/2". Plate XXXIV. Includes supplemental sheet - Translations of Hieroglyphic Inscriptions. Sheet measures 23 1/2" x 19" This color lithograph artfully renders the four sides of the so-called Cleopatra's Needle, famously relocated to New York's Central Park in 1880. Below each side of the obelisk is the square design which adorns the matching part of the pyramid at the obelisk's point. Published only 7 years after..... More

Buffalo, NY: American Polytechnic Company, 1887. Color lithograph. Image measures 12" x 18". Sheet measures 21" x 27 1/4". Plate IV. This beautiful color lithograph provides a southern view of the Great Pyramids in Gizeh. Published in 1887, the image situates the three largest monuments along the horizon line such that they divide the orange desert landscape from the hazy green sky. A gathering of three cloaked shepherds to the right of the composition echoes the pyramids' iconic triangular form..... More

Buffalo, NY: American Polytechnic Company, 1887. Color lithograph. Image measures 10 1/4" x 17 1/4". Sheet measures 21" x 27 1/4". Plate XXXII. This fascinating color lithograph contains a scene of judgment from what is commonly referred to as the "Book of the Dead," a papyrus roll of prayers and incantations which the Egyptians buried with their mummies. Published in 1887, the print accurately portrays a real copy of this scroll, held in the collection of the Museum of Leiden..... More

Buffalo, NY: American Polytechnic Company, 1887. Color lithograph. Image measures 12" x 18". Sheet measures 21" x 27 1/4". Plate XXVIII. This unusual color lithograph depicts the face and profile of the head of a male mummy. Published in 1887, the print is more artfully than scientifically rendered, depicting in soft grays and browns the effects of time on the man's face. This print is from a limited edition of Binion's "Ancient Egypt or Mizraim," Vol. II, which is considered..... More

Buffalo, NY: American Polytechnic Company, 1887. Color lithograph. Image measures 18 1/4" x 11 3/4". Sheet measures 21" x 27 1/4". Plate XLVII. This beautifully printed color lithograph presents an imagined view of the Temple of Karnak restored to its original beauty. Published in 1887, the print offers a view down a colonnade of elaborately decorated pillars through a sunlit courtyard and out into the bright blue sky. This print is from a limited edition of Binion's "Ancient Egypt or..... More

Buffalo, NY: American Polytechnic Company, 1887. Color lithograph. Image measures 12" x 18". Sheet measures 21" x 27 1/4". Plate XIX. This color lithograph depicts an elaborately decorated Egyptian tomb, guarded by two sculptures of women and surrounded by jars and plates containing the provisions the Egyptians believed necessary for the journey to the afterlife. Published in 1887, the print illustrates the intricate designwork executed on the tomb's facade. This print is from a limited edition of Binion's "Ancient Egypt..... More