[California?]: Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, [c.Febuary 1967]. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant Folio. 33 foldout maps. Bolted quarter cloth over paper-covered boards as issued, paste-down cover label on front board. Issued by Public Utilities Commission of the State of California. Includes table of contents divided into Sectional..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1936 (vols. I & II) - 1954 (vol. III). First edition. Hardcover. This monumental work is the result of an exhaustive epigraphic survey of the following Ramses III's Temples located at Karnak: - Volume I (Plates 1-78) Ramses III's Temple Within the Great Inclosure..... More
Budapest: American Joint Distribution Committee Magyarorszagi Bizottsaga, 1946. First edition. Softcover. Duodecimo. viii, 179pp. Original gray wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. Compilation and description of laws particularly legislated to govern the circumstances of surviving Jews returning to Hungary. With a foreword by Minister of Justice Ries Istvan..... More
Le Caire (Cairo): Institut Français d'Archeologie Orientale, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (13 1/2 x 10"). xv, 344pp (Text) (Vol. 1); [6]pp (Text), xl (40) leaves (Plates) (Vol. 2). Modern blue cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Title pages in red and black lettering. Splendidly illustrated throughout with numerous in-text..... More
Berlin: Reimann-Haus, 1935. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 64pp. Original photo-illustrated wraps with black and white lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Illustrated brochure providing an overview of the subject matters taught at the private art and craft school Reimann by means of examples of works executed by students. The..... More
Paris: Armand Colin, 1892. Hardcover. Elephant folio. ii. 64pp. of text followed by 85 photographic plates. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards with black decoration and lettering. Closed tears along head and tail of spine. Staining, rubbing and some discoloration to spine and boards. Wear to edges and corners. One..... More
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Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1899-1900. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (15 x 11 3/4"). XIV, 279, [1]pp (Text), 36 loose leaves (Plates); 106, [2]pp (Text), 27 loose leaves (Plates); 69, [3]pp (Text), 13 loose leaves (Plates). Modern yellow cloth clamshell boxes, with black lettering to spines. Title pages in red and black..... More
München: Albert Langen, 1909–1912. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Reserved edition, numbered by hand 64/200, 65/200 for supplement volumes. Quarto. x, 500, 59 plates, x, 336, 36 plates, x, 484, 65 plates, x, 328, 37 plates, x, 496, 63 plates, x, 341 (2), 33 plates. Handbound three-quarter leather over marbled boards with..... More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1937/1939. First edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and publisher's device on spine. Both volumes in overall good+ to very good condition. Vol. 1: xi(i), 240, lv plates, 1 foldout. Excavations at the Wady El-Mughara. Report of the Joint Expedition of the British..... More
Oxford: Printed by Order of the Trustees at The Clarendon Press, 1874 (vol. 1); 1883 (vol. 2); 1890 (vol. 3); 1893-1916 (vol. 4). First edition. Hardcover. Folio (16 3/4 x 11 1/2"). [8], 160, [2]pp (vol. 1), [8], 157, [3]pp (vol. 2); [8], 294pp (vol. 3); [8], 301, [1]pp (vol..... More
Jerusalem: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960-1983. First edition. Hardcover. Quartos. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spines. Photo-illustrated frontispieces. Vol.1: The Tombs Excavated in 1952-4. (xxii) 584pp. (including 43 plates). Vol.2: The Tombs Excavated in 1955-8. (xxv) 771pp. (3) (including 42 plates). Vol.3: The Architecture and Stratigraphy of..... More
Mainz, Germany: Philip von Zabern, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. large Quarto. x, 90pp., 2 foldouts, 2 leaves of photographs. Original orange cloth with red lettering on cover and spine. "Reisner's explanation for the burial of Hetep-heres I (found intact, except for the queen's body, in an unmarked tomb) is contested..... More
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Geuthner, 1926. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 10"). xx, 113, [1], viii, 32pp (Vol. 1); x, 141, [1], 114pp (Vol. 2). Original printed wrappers. Scarce first edition of Lexa's transcription, translation into French, commentary, vocabulary as well as grammatical and literary introduction of the Insinger Papyrus..... More
Brooklyn, New York: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, 1939. First edition. Softcover. Small Octavo. 63pp. Original illustrated tan stapled wraps with black and green lettering on cover. German edition of Fascism or Freedom published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses), and its president Joseph Franklin..... More
Berlin: Konkordia-Schule Spandau, 1961. Softcover, Hardcover. Octavo, unpaginated. Two of the copies in quarto, 29 (6)pp. Original string bound color illustrated wraps with brown handwritten lettering on cover and two string bound blue cloth over glossy color illustrated paper covered boards. 35 handwritten accounts and one original drawing for each..... More
London: The Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1895-1908. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (18 x 14 1/2"). Vol. 1: [8], 15, [1]pp (Text), XXIV (24) leaves (Plates); Vol. 2: [8], 18pp (Text), XXV-LV (31) leaves (Plates); Vol. 3: [8], 21, [3]pp (Text), LVI-LXXXVI (31) leaves (Plates); Vol. 4: [8], 11..... More
London: School of Archaeology in Egypt / Bernard Quaritch, 1909–1915. Ex-Library First Editions. Hardcover. Folio. vii (i), 26 (1)pp., 54 pl., vi (i), 25 (1)pp., 35 pl., vi (i), 50 (1)pp., 47 pl., vi (ii), 26 (1)pp., 35 pl., vi (i), 39 (1)pp., 81pl., vi (i), 38 (1)pp., 63 pl..... More
Venetia: Appresso i Guerigly, 1672. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Hardcover. Quarto. (6) 441pp (11) + (4) 363pp (17). Marbled paper covered boards protected by modern mylar. Engraved title-page in volume one, illustrated title-page of a copper engraving in volume two. Decorative initials and headpieces. Scarce edition of..... More
Hamburg: Gebrüder Enoch Verlag, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 154 (1)pp., (5) 158 plates. Original burgundy cloth with decorative gilt ruling and lettering on spine. An attempt to consolidate palmistry scientifically and establish valid teachings based on the examination of thousands of hands. "The human hand is a reliable registration..... More
Cambridge, Mass. Peabody Museum of Harvard University, 1923. Ex Library First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xvi, 528pp., 30 plates, xxvi plans. Original three-quarter brown cloth over light brown boards with brown lettering on tan label of spine. Textured tan endpapers. Vignette on title page. Harvard African Studies, Volume V. Report of..... More
London: Henry Herringham, 1660. Second edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [10], 251, [1]pp. Modern half calf over beige cloth with gold lettering and ruling on spine. Engraved title page. The imprint has been re-engraved from the title plate of the 1655 edition. Decorative headpieces and initials. In this scarce edition of "Honor..... More
London: Egypt Exploration Society / Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1952-1955. Second edition (Part I) First edition (Part II). Hardcover. Folio (Part I: 17 3/4 x 14 1/4" and Part II: 12 3/4 X 10 1/4"). Part I: [4], 22, [2]pp (Text), xcvi (96) (i.e. 104) leaves (Plates); Part II: xi, [1], 242pp..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1940. Ex-Library First edition. Hardcover. Elephant Folio. xxii,104 (2)pp., 119 plates. Original photo-illustrated cloth with tan lettering on spine. Two color maps on front and back endpapers. Illustrated title page. The book is structured in two parts: Part one deals with the results of..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1937 (Vol. 2); 1939 (Vol. 1). First edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 9 1/2"). xxxviii, [2], 615, [1]pp (Vol. 1); vi, 41, [3]pp (Text), 142pp (Photographic plates), 44 full-page and large folded plans (Vol. 2). Original full burgundy cloth, with gold lettering to spines. This..... More
Lugduni: NP, 1604. Hardcover. Large Folio. (38) 2203pp. Stamped and tooled pig skin with ornamental embossment to boards. Raised bands. Some staining, rubbing and scuffing to boards and spine. Corners rubbed. Wear alongside bottom front edge of back board. Loose front endpaper severely torn and stained. Woodcut-illustrated title page with..... More