London: The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1894, 1895. Ex-Library First Editions. Hardcover. Folio. viii, 43 (1)pp., xxxiv plates; (8) 70 (1)pp., xxiii plates. Original ochre half cloth over gray boards with black lettering on covers and spines. Color frontispieces (8 1/4 x 8 1/2"). "The Survey of the Middle Kingdom tombs... More
Paris: Felix Alcan, 1903. Sixth edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 2 vols. (complete). First volume, published in 1903 (6th edition): VIII + 429pp; Second volume published in 1899 (5th edition): 575pp. Original wrappers bound in decorative half leather over marbled boards, with gold title on spine. Top edge gilt. Uncut. Marbled endpapers... More
London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (7) 62pp, xlviii plates. Original quarter cloth over gray-green boards with black lettering on cover, red on spine. Color Frontispiece. Special Extra Publication of the Egypt Exploration Fund. "This volume has been delayed due to the great importance of the subsequent... More
New York: Science of Man Press, 1930. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. 100 pp. Original paper wrappers with black lettering in Yiddish on front cover and English on rear cover. Work is extremely scarce, as OCLC lists only five copies worldwide. This is truly an absolutely fascinating quarterly publication on abnormal... More
Jerusalem: State of Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, 1972. First edition. Softcover. 4to. ix,41pp. Beige wrappers with black text, English on front, Hebrew on back. Population and Housing Census 1972 Series, No. 1- released by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, details the findings of Israel's 3rd official census since its... More
New York: Pantheon Books, (1964). First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 848pp. Blind-stamped maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. "This rich and penetrating study of the formation of a "class" - the English working class between 1780 and 1832 - enlarges the customary notion of... More
Oxford: Oxford Clarendon, 1961. Hardcover. Large octavo. ix, 303 + (1) pp. Vol. 2 107 plates of manuscript fragments discussed and interpreted in the other volume. Green cloth, vol. 2 is in original dj. Some marginal pencil notes, otherwise books are in Fine Condition. Volume 1: Textes Volume 2: Planches This landmark... More
Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1911. First edition. Softcover. 8vo. viii,167pp. Original wrappers, detached in two parts. Discoloration, tearing and staining to wraps. Signature of previous owner on front wrapper. "Neue, durch Nachträge stark vermehrte Ausgabe der betreffenden Kapitel der Psychologie vom empirischen Standpunkt." Text in Gerrman. Wraps in poor, interior..... More
London: School of Archaeology in Egypt / Bernard Quaritch, 1927. Ex-Library First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. (6) 27pp., 54 plates incl. frontispiece. Rebound in red library cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece photograph. Educational archaeology text illustrated with 54 plates, including b/w photographs depicting archaeological finds and excavation sites, measured... More
London: Jer. Batley, 1725. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [14], 352pp. Original full leather with borders in gilt along covers and on spine. Raised bands. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. Scarce first edition of this classic and authoritative work on the art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on... More
Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 224pp. 198pp. Herausgegeben von dem Römisch Germanischen Zentralmuseum zu Mainz und der Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. Green cloth with gilt lettering to cover. Orange title-plate with gilt lettering. Minor scuffing to..... More
Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, (2003). Hardcover. Folio. Dark and light brown cloth with gold lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Volume 3 of "Oriental Institute Publications." Illustrated title-page. The temple of Khonsu was built by Ramesses III. but completed and decorated by his... More
京城 [Keijo] (Seoul): 朝鮮總督府博物館 (Korea Satoshitoku Office Museum), 1938. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 9"). [2]pp (Text), [12] tissue-guarded leaves (Plates). Original string bound decorative wrappers, with black lettering to front cover. Although the first half of the 20th century in Korean history is marked by the grave... More
京城 [Keijo] (Seoul): 朝鮮總督府博物館 (Korea Satoshitoku Office Museum), 1943. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 9"). [2] leaves (Text), [12] tissue-guarded leaves (Plates). Original string bound decorative wrappers, with black lettering to front cover. Although the first half of the 20th century in Korean history is marked by the... More
London: William & Norgate, [1892]. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. viii, 60pp.[The Preface by the aythoe is dted March 1892] Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Illustrated with many annotated b/w plates. With the bookplate and signature of Bruce Bryan, the noted... More
Berlin: Walter De Gruyter & Co., 1942. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. vii. 324pp. of text followed by 60pp. of plates. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Minor rubbing to edges. Small bookplate of previous owner to inside of front board. Page 111 and 112 have been expertly repaired with bookbinders glue... More
Leipzig: Otto Harrassowity, (1941). Softcover. Folio. 62pp., followed by 42 plates on 28 pages, numbered 1-28 (some sub numbered, e.g. 21a, 21b), some fold-out. Wrappers. Work on archeology. Illustrated with full-page and fold-out b/w plans, charts and maps (with plate 10 and 11 being in color). Age wear, creasing and... More
Renaix (Belgium): J. Leherte-Courtin et Fils, 1924. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 212pp. Original printed wraps. Scarce ethnographic work on the populations of the Kasai river, the Lukenie, and Lake Leopold II, in the Belgian Congo. This study is profusely illustrated with 126 in-text figures of illustrations and b/w photographic reproductions... More
![Old Kingdom Tombs at the Causeway of King Unas at Saqqara, Excavated by the Department of Antiquities: Two Tombs of Craftsmen [Archäologische Veröffentlichungen, 9 - Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Abteilung Kairo]. Ahmed M. Moussa, Friedrich Junge, Prof. Dr. Gamal Mokhtar, Walter Ruhm, Dieter Johannes, Wolfgang Salzmann.](/pictures/thumb/43364.jpg?v=1512778480)
Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (14 x 11"). 52pp (Text), 4pp (Photographic plates), [2], 14pp (Illustrated plates). Original brick cloth, with brown lettering to spine and front cover. Tipped-in color frontispiece. Publisher's device on title page. After the publication of "The Tomb of Nefer and... More
Berlin: Berliner Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes, 1948. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 11 (1)pp. Original newsprint. Publication dedicated to educate about resistance and to fight fascism internationally. It was published monthly from July 1948 to March 1949, with the exception of February 1949. The special September issue starts with a.... More
New York: Horace Thayer, 1858. Hardcover. 8vo. 334pp. Embossed brown cloth with faded gilt decoration and title to spine. Age color fading and rubbing throughout. Spine edges and corners bumped. Front hinges repaired with modern tape. With the bookplate of Bruce Bryan, the noted author and long time curator of... More
Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1908. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. 782pp. Three-quarter cloth over marbled boards with title-plate. Minor rubbing to plate. Slight sunning and staining on spine. Small library stamp on top page edge. Text in German. Very good condition. More
![Les Peintures des Manuscrits Timurides [INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D'ARCHÉOLOGIE DE BEYROUTH, BIBLIOTHÈQUE ARCHÉOLOGIQUE ET HISTORIQUE, T. LX]. Ivan Stchoukine.](/pictures/thumb/41564.jpg?v=1475278532)
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1954. First edition. Softcover. Quarto (11 x 9"). VI, 176, [2]pp (Text), LXXXVIIIpp (Plates). Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers, with publisher's logo on front cover and title page. Illustrated with 88 striking photogravure plates, this scholarly monograph sheds a valuable light on Timurid manuscripts'... More
Philadelphia: Published for The University Museum by the University of Pennsylvania Press, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 1/4 x 9 1/4"). XXI, [1], 478pp. Original 3/4 black cloth over blue paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. A complete report on the excavations undertaken in Iran, and particularily at... More
![The Temple of Mentuhotep At Deir el-Bahari [Publications of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition, Vol. XXI]. Dieter Arnold, Harry Burton, Gouverneur M. Peek Walter Hauser, Dieter Arnold, Christine Lilyquist.](/pictures/thumb/43357.jpg?v=1512778479)
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (14 x 10 3/4"). xv, [1], 71, [3]pp (Text), 53, [1]pp (Plates). Original full brown cloth, with black lettering to spine and front cover. Splendidly produced monograph on the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II, an Egyptian king of... More