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(arab league) . A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES OF THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES 1946-1956
Cairo no date (c. 1957) Costa Tsoumas. In English. Lg.8vo., 51pp., wraps. VG. (a41151)
$45.00 (egypt) . WINTER IN EGYPT ILLUSTRATED GUIDE OF THE EGYPTIAN STATE RAILWAYS
Cairo n.d. (c.1900). 8vo., 101pp., monochrome photo illustrations (Lekegian of Cairo), two foldout maps, stiff wraps. Good, later crude paper spine, front wrap chipped. (a45142)
$75.00 (india) . THE ATLAS OF INDIA PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE INSTITUTE
London 1846 Charles Knight. Printed for The Society For The Diffusion of Useful Knowledge Institute. 4to. (14 x 8-1/2 inches), 20 double page color outlined maps: 1-South Carnatic India and Ceylon; 2-Madras Presidency and Mysore; 3-Bombay Presidency and Hydrabad; 4-Circars and Mouths of the Godavery; 5-Sinde to Gujerat; 6-Bundelcund to Khandeish and Berar; 7-Allahabad to Bay of Bengal; 8-Bengal Presidency; 9-Delhi to Bundelcund; 10-Oude to Allahabad ; 11-Panjab and Gurhwal, 12-India General Map; 13-Bokhara Cabool and Beloochistan; 14- Panjab, Afghanistan, Kahmeer and Sinde; 15-Persia; 16-China; 17-China and Birman Empire; 18-Malay Archipelago; 19-Island of Indian Ocean Madagascar Mauritius; 10-Arabia, Egypt, Nubia and Abyssinia. Bound in 3/4 leather with maroon cloth covered boards with gilt logo and lettering on front board. VG. Rare. (a60812)
$1450.00 (islam) . DRESS OF THE MOSLEM EGYPTIANS
NY 1837. Article in The Family Magazine, or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge (1837). 4to., 3pp., two monochrome woodblock illustrations, removed and bound in later wraps. Good, some foxing, small chip at lower corner (not affecting text). (a56860)
$35.00 (manuscript letters) . COLLECTION OF 67 MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN TO MISS ADELAIDE CROWLEY FROM CAIRO 1905
All 67 letters written between 14th March and July 3 of 1905. All handwritten, most in ink. About half have original envelope. More than half are written on hotel letterhead, either of Eden Palace Hotel or Grand Continental Hotel, both in Cairo. The letters are all written to Adelaid Crowley residing, depending on the month, in Nice, Paris or Athens. The letters are in excellent condition but the handwriting is not particularly easy to read. Letters are usually 3-4 pages long on thin paper, written on both sides. A few original envelopes are included. All letters signed R or R. W. and a few Rudolf. Collection of 67 manuscript letters: (a72956)
$650.00 A Howadji (George William Curtis) . NILE NOTES OF A HOWADJI
NY 1851 1st Harper. Author's first book. 8vo., 320pp., lovely green cloth binding with full gilt pictorial decoration. Owner signed. VG, minor foxing throughout. (a12496)
$60.00 Abulfeda (1273-1331) . DESCRIPTIO AEGYPTI ARABICE ET LATINE
Goettingae 1776 Christian Dieterich. Ex Codice Parisiensi edidit Latine vertit notas adiecit, Ioannes David Michaelis. Description and travel in Egypt. Octavo, 36pp. in Arabic, 134pp. of notes in Latin, later black paper-covered boards with white and gilt spine label. Small owner signature on front blank. Small institution name on title page and two institution names on verso. VG, corners worn, a bit of light foxing on initial and final pages. Rare. (a41574)
$575.00 Aldred, Cyril (et al) . ANCIENT EGYPT IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM JOURNAL VOLUMES 1-11 1968-1976
NY 1977 1st Metropolitan Museum of Art. 4to., 201pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a29662)
$145.00 Ambraseys, N. N. , C. P. Melville and R. D. Adams . THE SEISMICITY OF EGYPT, ARABIA AND THE RED SEA A HISTORICAL REVIEW
1994 Cambridge University Press. 4to., 181pp., illustrated boards. VG, slight bumping to top outer edge of cover and some text pages. (a39713)
$85.00 Babcock, Maltbie Davenport . LETTERS FROM EGYPT AND PALESTINE
NY 1902 1st Scribners. Hardcover. Small octavo, 157pp., photo illustrations, gilt printed green cloth. Bookplate of Katharine L. Brown. VG. (a47139)
$62.00 Baedeker, Karl . EGYPT AND THE SUDAN HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS
Leipzig 1908 6th Baedeker. 12mo., 439pp., 24 maps, 76 plans and 57 vignettes, limp cloth. Collated complete. Near Fine in VG DJ. Very scarce in in jacket, especially in this condition. (a52040)
$450.00 Barois, J. . IRRIGATION IN EGYPT
Washington 1889 GPO. Translated from the French by Major a.M. Miller, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. 4to., 113pp. (text) plus 19 foldout maps and plates and 3 photo illustrations, hardcover. Ex-library. Good, text clean, a few tears on spine, corners bumped. (a12507)
$85.00 Bellows, Henry W. . THE OLD WORLD IN ITS NEW FACE. IMPRESSIONS OF EUROPE IN 1867-1868 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
NY 1869 1st Harper. New Yorker travels through Europe, Middle East and Egypt. Hardcovers. Two volumes. Small octavos, 454pp., 528pp., original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good plus, light wear. (a71403)
$220.00 Berchere, N. . LE DESERT DE SUEZ, CINQ MOIS DANS L'ISTHME
Paris no date (1863) Collection Hetzel, Jung-Treuttel. Hardcover. In French. Octavo, 289pp., half leather with brown marbled boards and Association Philotechnique in gilt wreath on front. Lacks map. VG, light wear. Scarce. (a70949)
$525.00 Blackman, Winifred S. . THE FELLAHIN OF UPPER EGYPT THEIR RELIGIOUS SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LIFE TO-DAY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SURVIVALS FORM ANCIENT TIMES
London 1927 1st.Harrap. Octavo, 331pp., photo illustrations, blue cloth hardcover. Small news clipping about Blackman's death tipped to front end paper and more news clippings tipped to rear end papers. Blind stamp indicating review copy on title page. VG, cover a bit soiled and lightly rubbed, no DJ. (a68136)
$60.00 Bottome, Margaret . A SUNSHINE TRIP GLIMPSES OF THE ORIENT
NY 1897 Edward Arnold. Mediterranean cruise to Middle East and Egypt. Octavo, 215pp., nice frontis portrait of author, hardcover. Owner signed. VG, spine browned. (a67721)
$105.00 Budge, Sir E. A. Wallis . COOK'S HANDBOOK FOR EGYPT AND THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN
London 1911 3rd Thomas Cook. Sm.8vo., 950pp., illustrations, numerous maps, one large folding map in rear pocket, original printed hardcover. VG. (a57274)
$250.00 Carter, Howard and A. C. Mace . (VOLUME 1) THE TOMB OF TUT ANKH AMEN DISCOVERED BY THE LATE EARL OF CARNARVON AND HOWARD CARTER VOLUME 1 (of 3 )
London 1923 1st Cassell. Hardcover. Large octavo, 231pp., 104 illustrations from photos by Harry Burton, tan cloth with gilt picture and gilt lettering on front. VG, hinge just beginning to wear but not cracked. Almost no wear, clean and binding secure. No ownership marks. Beautiful book. Volume 1 only of 3 volume set. (a68018)
$400.00 Chedid, Andree . FROM SLEEP UNBOUND. ISBN 0-8040-0399-8.
Athens (Ohio) 1983 1st Swallow Press. Translated from French by Sharon Spencer. ISBN 0-8040-0399-8. Novel about a young Egyptian woman. Octavo, 141pp., hardcover. Fine, slight foxing on fore-edges, in Fine DJ. (a68463)
$55.00 Chirol, Sir Valentine . THE EGYPTIAN PROBLEM
London 1921 1st Macmillan. History of modern Egypt beginning with Mehemet Ali. Hardcover. Octavo, 331pp., cloth. octavo. VG, no DJ. (a72843)
$75.00 Clay, Albert T. . DOCUMENTS FROM THE TEMPLE ARCHIVES OF NIPPUR DATED IN THE REIGNS OF CASSITE RULERS
Philadelphia 1912 University of Pennsylvania Museum. Publication of the Babylonian Section Vol. II No. 2. 4to., pp. 63-92, 71 illustrations, wraps with new paper spine. Good. (a30899)
$65.00 Conway, Moncure Daniel . MY PILGRIMAGE TO THE WISE MEN OF THE EAST
Boston 1906 1st Houghton Mifflin. Conway's travel to Egypt, India and Ceylon to study eastern religions. Articles on slavery and liberal theology. Hardcover. Octavo, 416pp., portrait frontis, photo illustrations, blue cloth. VG, corners and spine ends lightly worn. (a70794)
$59.00 Cromer, Earl of . MODERN EGYPT (TWO VOLUMES)
NY 1909 (1908) Macmillan. 2 volumes. Lg.8vo., 594pp., 600pp., frontis, maps, index, cloth hardcover. VG. 2 volume set. (a51538)
$75.00 Curtius, Ludwig . ZUM SARKOPHAG VON TORRE NOVA
1923. Offprint from Athenische Mitteilungen. In German. Octavo, pp. 31-51 with 5 photo illustrations of the sarcophagus, original wraps bound in later wraps. Good. (a65732)
$45.00 De Guerville, A.B. . NEW EGYPT
NY and London 1906. Revised and cheaper edition. 8vo., 360pp., photo illustrations, index, boards. Good, new endpapers, spine ends a bit worn. (a40245)
$45.00 de Manteyer, Georges . LES ORIGINES DE EUROPE II LE SITE DE L'EGYPTE
Grenoble 1936. Extracted from the Bulletin de la Societe d'Etudes des Hautes-Alpes, 55th year, 6th series, nos. 17, 18, 19, 20 pp. 51-327. Limited to 200 copies. 8vo., 302pp., 9 foldout plates (plans of pyramids). In French. Bound in contemporary buckram. Scarce. VG. (a33262)
$150.00 Denon, Vivant; Arthur Aikin . TRAVELS IN UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT DURING THE CAMPAIGNS OF GENERAL BONAPARTE IN THAT COUNTRY...TO WHICH IS PREFISED AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE INVASION OF EGYPT BY THE FRENCH BY ARTHUR AIKIN - VOLUME II (OF 2)
NY 1803 Heard and forman. Denon's work is translated from the French. Hardcover. Octavo, 307pp., 5 plates (3 of which foldout), index, leather hardcover. Signed on top margin of title page by R. Stockton (of Princeton, New Jersey). Good, leather boards present but detached. Needs rebinding. Volume II only. (a71513)
$195.00 Di Varthema, Ludovico; John Winter Jones and George Percy Badger . THE TRAVELS OF LUDOVICO DI VARTHEMA IN EGYPT, SYRIA, ARABIA DESERTA AND ARABIA FELIX, IN PERSIA, INDIA, AND ETHIOPIA A.D. 1503 TO 1508
Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition. Translated from the original Italian edition of 1510 with a preface by John Winter Jones and edited with note and an introduction by George Percy Badger. Octavo, 320pp., 1 map, blue grey cloth. Fine. (a70702)
$150.00 Diaz-Bolio, Jose . ORIGEN DE LAS PIRAMIDES EN EGIPTO Y AMERICA
no place n.d. Lg.8vo., 60pp., illustrations, wraps. VG. (a48801)
$50.00 Edgar, John and Morton Edgar . THE GREAT PYRAMID PASSAGES AND CHAMBERS - ITS SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM. IN WHICH IS SHOWN HOW THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZEH SYMBOLICALLY CORROBORATES THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE DIVINE PLAN OF THE AGES AS CONTAINED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. VOLUME I
Glasgow 1923 Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 410pp., photo illustrations, foldout diagrams, index, decorated blue cloth. with gilt illustration on front. VG. Volume 1 (Parts 1 and 2, complete). (a49017)
$95.00 Eisenlohr, Dr. August . EIN MATHEMATISCHES HANDBUCH DER ALTEN AEGYPTER. (PAPYRUS RHIND DES BRITISH MUSEUM).
Leipzig 1877 Zweite Auasgabe (Ohne Tafeln). In German. 4to., 278pp., text illustrations, wraps with new paper spine. As stated, this is the second edition, which does not include the plates which had been published in a separate volume. Numerous pencil notes on rear blank. Uncut. Good, wraps a bit worn, a few leaves folded at right margin (not affecting text). Scarce. (a49160)
$350.00 Engelbach, R. (editor) . INTRODUCTION TO EGYPTIAN ARCHEOLOGY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM CAIRO
Cario 1946 1st. L'Institut Franciase. 8vo., 346pp., 28 plates, foldout map, printed boards. Good, light cover wear. (a45160)
$45.00 Faraone, Joseph . FANES
Paris n.d. (1924 in preface by Albert Israel)). Poems and Letters, in French, by a poet residing in Egypt who died at age 20.. 8vo., 70pp., frontis photo of Faraone, ornamnets by H. Tirman, wraps. Inscribed and signed by Tirman on the front free blank. VG, light wear, light foxing. Scarce. (a51909)
$300.00 Field, Henry M. . FROM THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY TO THE GOLDEN HORN; FROM EGYPT TO JAPAN (2 VOLUMES)
NY 1877 1st Scribner, Armstrong. Hardcovers. 2 volumes. Small octavos, 355pp., 424pp., original green cloth.. VG, new endpapers in each volume, light wear to spine ends, light water staining on margins in Volume 2. 2 volumes (of 3). (a57475)
$50.00 Field, Henry M . FROM THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY TO THE GOLDEN HORN; FROM EGYPT TO JAPAN (2 VOLUMES)
NY 1877 1st Scribner, Armstrong. 2 volumes. Sm.8vo., 355pp., 424pp., original green cloth hardcovers. One volume owner signed with tiny village library stamp on end paper (no other library markings.) Good, covers a bit worn, leaves evenly browned with some light occasional soiling. 2 volumes. (a58850)
$70.00 Fradenburgh, Rev. J. N. . LIGHT FROM EGYPT
Cincinnati 1897 1st Curts and Jennings. 8vo., 400pp., photo illus. Library blind stamp on titlepage, and on penultimate text page (in text itself). Good, new endpapers, cover a bit worn and soiled, backstrip browned and lightly spotted, spine ends a bit worn. Scarce. (a34063)
$150.00 Gerspach, M. . LES TAPISSERIES COPTES
Paris 1890 Quantin. Octavo, 8 pp. of text in French, 158 pages of plates, some in color, loose in cover. Unusual designs. Good, later paper spine, pages evenly browned but not brittle. (a3993)
$59.00 Greaves, R. H. . SIXTY COMMON BIRDS OF THE NILE DELTA IN INTRODUCTION FOR BEGINNERS
Cairo 1943 (1936). 8vo.., 50pp., color illustrations by Margaret Greaves, wraps. VG. (a39987)
$45.00 Grey, Hon. Mrs. William . JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE , THE CRIMEA, GREECE, &C. IN THE SUITE OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES
NY 1870 1st Harper. Hardcover. Small octavo, 209pp., original maroon cloth. Owner signed and owner bookplate. Plain pocket inside rear cover. Good, cover rubbed, spine a bit faded. (a70780)
$95.00 Grinsell, Leslie . EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS
Gloucester 1947 1st Bellows. Sm.4to., 194pp., diagrams, line drawings and photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, cover a bit soiled, lightly worn, no DJ. (a45143)
$48.00 Guwaidah, Farouq . THE FALL OF CORDOVA (A VIZIER IN LOVE)
1988 General Egyptian Book Organization. Contemporary Arabic Literature 13. Translated from the Arabic. A poetic drama. Sm.8vo., 110pp., wraps. Arabic signature on rear blank. Good, spine rubbed. (a49522)
$50.00 Hall, Trowbridge . EGYPT IN SILHOUETTE
NY 1928 1st Macmillan. Hardcover. Octavo, 278pp., monochrome photo illustrations, green cloth hardcover. Briefly inscribed and signed by Hall in presentation to Elizabeth W. Davis. Near Fine, no DJ. (a72765)
$55.00 Haller-Assaad, Fadiah . L'INFITAH LA POLITIQUE D'OUVERTURE ECONOMIQUE EN EGYPTE
Geneve 1988 1st. Memoire presente en vue de l'obtention du diplome. In French. 4to., 122pp., original printed wraps. Institute stamp on front. Good, brown stain on lower fore-edge, light wear. (a68338)
$75.00 Hart, Jerome . A LEVANTINE LOG-BOOK
London 1905 Longmans Green. Travel in Egypt and Palestine. hardcover 8vo., 404pp., brown cloth cover with picture of men riding camels with blue sky and palm trees. Top edge gilt. VG owner inscribed on front free blank. no dj. (a53831)
$46.00 Hassan, Prof. Dr. Selim . LE SPHINX SON HISTOIRE A LA LUMIERE DES FOUILLES RECENTES
Cairo 1951 1st. In French. Sm.4to., 156pp., photo illustrations, original hardcover. Good, new endpapers, old dry stains in margins of most leaves, light wrinkling, in Fair DJ (dj chipped on edges, some stains.) Sold as is. (a57928)
$45.00 Hetata, Sherif . THE EYE WITH THE IRON LID
London 1982 1st (stated) Onyx Press. Translated from the Arabic by Hetata, an Egyptian writer. 8vo., 409pp. Near Fine in slightly soiled, VG plus DJ. (a24114)
$70.00 Holmes, Bayard M. D. and P. Gad Kitterman M. D. . MEDICINE IN ANCIENT EGYPT THE HIERATIC MATERIAL
Cincinnati 1914 Lancet-Clinic Press. Copy No. 37 of only 250 printed. Folio, 34pp., illustrations, hardcover with original wraps bound in. Includes a review of Dr. Carl H von Klein's Manuscript translation of the Papyrus Ebers. Some institution stamps and marks. Good. Rare. (a66353)
$450.00 Hoskins, Franklin E. . FROM THE NILE TO THE NEBO A DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEM AND THE ROUTE OF THE EXODUS
Philadelphia 1912. Lg.8vo. 378pp., monochrome photo illustrations, foldout map at rear, index, printed boards. VG, (a41797)
$65.00 Howell, J. Morton M.D. . EGYPT'S PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
Dayton 1929 1st Service Pub. Hardcover. Octavo, 378pp., index, errata slip, cloth. VG, fading of spine lettering, no DJ.. (a17163)
$25.00 Howell, J. Morton M.D. . EGYPT'S PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
Dayton 1929 1st Service Publications. Hardcover. Octavo, 378pp, index, errata slip, cloth. Fine in VG DJ, lightly soiled and lightly frayed on edges. (a72841)
$50.00 Hull, Professor Edward . THE PROPOSED SCHEME FOR EMBANKING THE WATERS OF THE NILE AT ASSOUAN IN UPPER EGYPT
London 1898. 8vo., 11pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a57223)
$45.00 Kelly, R. Talbot . EGYPT PAINTED AND DESCRIBED
London 1912 1st Black. 8vo., 246pp., color illustrations. Good, light foxing throughout, light browning of backstrip. (a32120)
$50.00 Klatt, Dr. Johannes; Dr. Ernst Kuhn . LITERATUR-BLATT F�R ORIENTALISCHE PHILOLOGIE 1883 - 1886 (4 VOLUMES BOUND IN 3)
1883-1886. Many interesting reviews including: of Robertson Smith's Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia; Ibrahim Hilmy's The Literature of Egypt and the Sudan; G. W. Parker's A Concise Grammar of the Malagasy Language. In German. 3 volumes. Octavo, original wraps bound in, 3/4 red leather with marbled boards. University bookplates and blind stamps. Good, covers worn, wraps chipped. (a66757)
$75.00 Klunzinger, C B M.D. . UPPER EGYPT: ITS PEOPLE AND ITS PRODUCTS A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT
NY 1878 Scribner, Armstrong. Manners, customs, superstitions and occupations of the peopleof the Nile Valley, the Desert, and the Red Sea Coast with sketches of the Natural History and Geology by former Egyptian Sanitary Physician at Koseir. Prefactory notice by Dr. Georg Schweinfurth. Large octavo, 408pp., illustrations, original gilt printed hardcover. Good, outer hinges a bit worn, . (a62194)
$75.00 Koechlin, R. and G. Midgeon . ORIENTAL ART CERAMICS, FABRICS, CARPETS
NY c. 1910 Macmillan. 4to., 100 fine color plates, hardcover. Good, minor wear on corners and spine ends. (a19772)
$40.00 Koefoed-Petersen, Otto . LES STELES EGYPTIENNES
Copenhague 1948. Publications de La Glyptotheque NY Carlsberg No. 1. In French, 8vo., 97pp., plates, printed wraps. Uncut. VG, one inch split at top left margin of rear wrap, light soiling, light wear on edges of wraps. (a51221)
$75.00 Laborde, Leon de . JOURNEY THROUGH ARABIA PETRAEA TO MOUNT SINAI AND THE EXCAVATED CITY OF PETRA
London 1836 1st English edition John Murray. Translated from the French. Egypt, Jordan ,Sinai, Lebanon, etc. 8vo., 331pp., 62 Wood cuts and steel engraved plates, 1 fine foldout map and 1 plan. 3/4 leather with marbled boards and marbled fore-edges. Good, hinges tender, occasional light spotting in text, leather discolored and somewhat worn, mounted spine label gone but title still faintly legible. (a37851)
$240.00 Lake, Kirsoff; Robert Blake and Romain Butin . THE SERABIT INSCRIPTIONS I. THE RECOVERY OF THE INSCRIPTIONS II. THE DECIPHERMENT AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INSCRIPTIONS
Cambridge 1928. Offprint from the Harvard Theological Review, Vol., XXI No. 1, January 1928. Octavo, 67pp., wraps. Good, spine and wraps worn. (a32109)
$55.00 Lane-Poole, Stanley . THE ART OF THE SARACENS IN EGYPT
London 1886. Published for the author by Chapman and Hall. 4to., 264pp., illustrations, index, original decorated hardcover. Large paper copy, numbered and initialled by Lane-Poole. Institution stamp on lower fore-edge, residue of label at heel of spine. Good, new endpapers, corners gently bumped, spine ends reinforced, small chip at top outer hinge. (a56793)
$340.00 Laporte, Laurent . SAILING ON THE NILE
Boston 1872 1st Roberts Bros. Translated from the French by Viginia Vaughan.Sm.8vo., 291pp., original hardcover. Good, new end papers. (a4681)
$49.00 Low, Sidney . EGYPT IN TRANSITION
NY 1914 1st Macmillan. Introduction by Early of Cromer. Egypt and Sudan. Hardcover. Octavo, 316pp., photo portraits, ads, cloth. Fine. (a72881)
$45.00 Macgregor, J. . THE ROB ROY ON THE JORDON, NILE, RED SEA & GENNESARETH &C. A CANOE CRUISE IN PALESTINE AND EGYPT, AND THE WATERS OF DAMASCUS
London 1870 3rd John Murray. 8vo., 474pp., 8 maps, some foldout, 4 color plates, many woodcuts, 3/4 leather with beige cloth. A truly superb original photograph (3x4 inces) tipped in, showing Macgregor in full canoe regalia with paddle and rope in hand and canoe behind him. Also tipped in is 3 page signed manuscript letter from Macgregor, about the Rob Roy and canoeing. Printed article about author is tipped in on rear end paper. Macgregor was a worldclass canoeist but also a spirited clever and amusing writer. End papers signed and stamped twice by previous owner. Good,backstrip has four small chips, head of spine worn down, corners worn, some wear along outer hinges. (a51999)
$600.00 Mahfuz, Najib . THE CHASE: A PLAY IN SIX SCENES
Pittsburgh 1977. In Mundus Artium, Vol. X Number 1, 1977, Special Arabic Literature issue, at pp.134-162. Translated with an introduction by Roger Allen. Mahfuz received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. Whole issue has several stories, essays etc. 8vo., 200pp., color illus., wraps. Good, wraps a bit worn and rubbed. (a40320b)
$45.00 Majer-Leonhard, Ernestus . Agrammatoi; in Aegypto qui litteras sciverint qui nesciverint ex papyris Graecis quantum fieri potest exploratur
Francofurti ad Moenum 1913 Adolfus Diekmann. Dissertation in Latin. Sm.4to., 78pp., hardcover. Owner signed and dated on titlepage (the scholar Casper J. Kraemer Jr., 1927). Good, front blank end paper present but detached, spine worn. Rare. (a53081)
$500.00 Marei, Sayed . AGRARIAN REFORM IN EGYPT
Cairo 1957 1st. Sm.4to., 480pp., index. Good, light wear. (a4603)
$65.00 Massart, A. S.J. . EGYPTIAN WITHOUT TEARS NOTAE GRAMMATICAE AEGYPTIACAE
no place (Cairo?) no date (c. 1950?). Ad usum privatum auditorum Instituti Biblici. On hieroglyphics. In Latin. Lg.8vo., 69pp., mimeo, loosely folded and inserted in wraps. One or two small ink notes in text or margins. VG. (a31779)
$99.00 Mead, Donald C. . GROWTH AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMY
Homewood 1967 1st Irwin. 8vo., 414pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a59428)
$45.00 Mikhail, Mona . STUDIES IN THE SHORT FICTION OF MAFOUZ AND IDRIS
1992 New York University Studies in Near Eastern Civilization No. 16. Octavo, 168pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a12276)
$50.00 Milner, Alfred . ENGLAND IN EGYPT
London 1892 Arnold. 448p. Folding color map. Front hinge cracked; rear hinge cracking.Bookplate.Text VG; cover fairly good-cover cloth worn and wrinkled on front board. (a10690)
$90.00 Moberg, Axel . PA GAMLA TESTAMENTETS TID UR ORIENTENS FORNHISTORIA
Stockholm 1926 Hugo Gebers. Egypt. Hardcopver. Octavo, 180pp., photo illustrations, cloth. VG. (a9407)
$40.00 Montbard, G . THE LAND OF THE SPHINX
NY 1894 1st Dodd Mean. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 341pp., 186 illustrations, ilt printed brown cloth.Top edge gilt. VG, a few tiny wormholes in front inner hinge, light soiling on cover. (a72697)
$75.00 Nagha, Aladdin Saddik Aboul . THE EGYPTIAN LOVERS
NY 1982 1st Vantage. Novel by an Egyptian American. 8vo., 211p., hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a54336)
$55.00 Naville, Edouard. . BUBASTIS 1887-1889. EIGHTH MEMOIR OF THE EGYPT EXPLORATION FUND
London 1891 Kegan Paul. Lg.4to., 71pp. of text, 54 plates (most photo illustrations), index, card boards with cloth spine. Small paper spine label. Good, boards worn and soiled, some wear to spine ends. (s168)
$159.00 Newman, E. M. . SEEING EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND
NY 1928 1st Funk and Wagnalls. 8vo., 394pp., over 300 photo illustrations, color maps on end papers, index, original printed hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a58018)
$65.00 Oertel, Friedrich . DIE LITURGIE. STUDIEN ZUR PTOLEM�ISCHEN UND KAISERLICHEN VERWALTUNG �GYPTENS
Leipzign 1917 1st Teubner. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 452pp., cloth spine with paper covered boards. Several pages have library blind stamp but no spine numbers, no stamps, no pocket. Good plus, initial and final pages lightly toned, some wear on spine ends and corners. Scarce. (a73516)
$600.00 Palmer, Lucia A. . ORIENTAL DAYS
NY 1897 1st Baker and Taylor. Travel in Egypt Jerusalem, Palestine and Jordon. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 252pp., photo illustrations, original gilt decorated bright green cloth. Top edge gilt. VG plus, front hinge beginning. (a71123)
$75.00 Poole, Reginald Stuart . THE CITIES OF EGYPT
London 1882 1st Smith, Elder. Hardcover. Small octavo, 215pp., gilt decorated green cloth. Good, spine ends a bit worn and torn. (a15778)
$59.00 Pratt, Ida A. (comp.) . ANCIENT EGYPT A LIST OF REFERENCES TO MATERIAL IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
NY 1923. In the Bulletin of the New York Public Library Vol. 27, Nos. 9,10 and 11. Whole issues have several articles. Lg.8vo., wraps. Institutional ownership stamp on each front wrap. Near VG. Set of 3: (a30454)
$65.00 Prime, William C. . BOAT LIFE IN EGYPT AND NUBIA
NY 1857 1st Harper. 8vo., 498pp., illustrations, cloth. Good, backstrip tearing, cover edges worn, spine end worn down. (a12053)
$60.00 Rees, Thomas . EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND TO-DAY (signed)
Springfield 1922 1st State Register Company. Travel from Egypt to Middle East then on to Italy, Germany and France. Hardcover. Octavo, 404pp., illustrations, cloth. **Signed by Rees. Owner signed. VG plus. (a66714)
$45.00 Reynolds-Ball, E.A. . CAIRO OF TO-DAY
London 1899 Adam and Charles Black. A practical guide to Cairo and its environs. 8vo., maps and plan, map of the Nile in rear pocket, cloth. All maps present. VG, cover faded. (a7434)
$95.00 Ross, Sir E. Denison . SALESMAN'S DUMMY: THE ART OF EGYPT THROUGH THE AGES
NY 1931 Rudge. A salesman's dummy, used for promotional purposes. 4to., a few plates, original gilt-decorated blue cloth hardcover. VG, some foxing. (a66975)
$45.00 Russell, Rev. Michael . VIEWS OF ANCIENT AND MODERN EGYPT
Edinburgh 1831 Oliver and Boyd. Hardcover.12mo., 480pp., 10 wood engravings, one foldout map, full gilt stamped leather. Bound in is School Merit award to Townsend Huddard. Good, one leaf at end has moisture stain with wrinkling (text unaffected), two stains on cover. (a12972)
$39.00 Sandwith, F. M. . EGYPT AS A WINTER RESORT
London 1889 1st Kegan Paul. Sm.8vo., 153pp. plus catalogue of Kegan Paul (95pp.), boards with black and gilt design on front. VG, spine ends rubbed, lower corners gently bumped. (a50032)
$300.00 Sayce, A. H. . THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS
London 1907 1st Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 8vo., 220pp., illustrations, cloth. Residue of label on spine. Good, new endpapers, light fading and soiling. (a45609)
$100.00 Schoebel, C. . ETUDE COMPARATIVE SUR LE PANTHEISME EGYPTIEN ET INDIEN
Paris 1878. In French. 8vo., 24pp., lovely color decorations on first page, removed and rebound in wraps. VG. (a51910)
$45.00 Seaton, Robert . A COMPANION TO SEATON'S MAP OF PALESTINE AND EGYPT
London n.d (c.1850) James Neele. Hardcoiver. Octavo, 121pp., steel engraved frontis of Jerusalem, cloth. The separately issued map is not present. Good, cover chipped and worn. (a18894)
$60.00 Smith, J. V. C. . PILGRIMAGE TO EGYPT
Boston 1852 1st Gould and Lincoln. Embracing a diary of Explorations on the Nile; with observations illustrative of the manners, custom and institutions of the people, and of the present condition of the antiquities and ruins. Hardcover. Octavo, 383pp., woodcut illustrations, original stamped cloth. Pencil notes on end papers. Good, front blank end paper gone (one blank remains, then page of publisher ads, then the frontispiece) occasional light foxing, spine ends frayed. Solid and binding secure. (a4679)
$69.00 Soldi, Emile et M. O. Beauregard . DISCUSSION SUR LE FER EN EGYPTE; L'ANTIQUITE DU FER EN EGYPTE
Paris 1884. Two articles in French at pp. 63-69 et pp. 104-127, removed from Bulletins de la Societe D'anthropologie de Paris. Bound together in later wraps. VG. (a70887)
$65.00 St. John, J. A. . EGYPT AND NUBIA WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
London 1845 Chapman and Hall. 8vo., 472pp., rebound in later wraps. Historical library stamp on titlepage. Good. (a51885)
$175.00 Steuer, Robert O. . AETIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE OF PYAEMIA IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MEDICINE
Baltimore 1949 Johns Hopkins. Supplements to Bulletin of History of Medicine No. 10. Lg.8vo., 36pp., original printed blue wraps. County Medical Society stamp on cover. VG, pages just beginning to brown and lower corner gently bumped. (a56413)
$65.00 Sumner, Mrs. George . OUR HOLIDAY IN THE EAST
London 1882 2nd Hurst and Blackett. Edited by Rev. George Henry Sumner. Travel to Egypt, Syria, Holy Land, Jersualem, Damascus, Beyrout, Lebanon. Hardcover. Octavo, 323pp., (4), original brown cloth decorated with black and gilt trim and lettering. All edges gilt. VG, new endpapers, light foxing on initial pages. (a65984)
$145.00 Taubenschlag, Rafael . OPERA MINORA 2 VOLUMES ALGEMEINER TEIL SPEZIELLER TEIL
Warsaw 1959. Essays on Roman, Greek, Egyptian law in English, French and German. 2 volumes. Sm.4to., 639pp., 844pp., cloth. VG in Fair DJs, a bit worn, large chip on front of DJ in Volume II. 2 volumes. (a43368)
$150.00 Taylor, Bayard . JOURNEY TO CENTRAL AFRICA; OR, LIFE AND LANDSCAPES FROM EGYPT TO THE NEGRO KINGDOMS OF THE WHITE NILE
NY 1854 1st Putnam. Octavo, 522pp., full page plates, one large foldout map, original gilt illustrated brown cloth hardcover. Good, beginning to crack along outer hinges, spine ends frayed, corners worn. (a69723)
$89.00 Thomas, J. M.D. . TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND PALESTINE
Philadelphia 1853 1st Lippincott Grambo. Hardcover. 8vo., 173pp., full pressed dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Owner signed on title page. VG, foxing on final pages of advertisement. Nice copy. (a41419)
$140.00 von Bissing, F. W. . GESCHICHTE �GYPTENS IM UMRISS. VON DEN �LTESTEN ZEITEN BIS AUF DIE EROBERUNG DURCH DIE ARABER
Berlin 1904 1st Alexander Duncker. Egyptian hieroglyphics, Alexander, Ptolemy, Hyksos, etc. In German. Hardcover. Small octavo, 185pp., original blue-grey cloth covered limp boards. Inscribed by Bissing and signed Verf. VG, a few pages crudely opened. (a70365)
$145.00 Warburton, Eliot . THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS OR TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND - 2 PARTS BOUND TOGETHER
Philadelphia 1888 (later edition). Hardcover. Octavo, 268pp., 173pp., 3 woodcut illustrations, bright blue cloth with black and gilt decoration--attractive book. VG, a bit of wear, pages browned. (a23480)
$75.00 Watson, Andrew . THE AMERICAN MISSION IN EGYPT 1854-1896
Pittsburgh 1898 (1897) United Presbyterian Board. Sm.4to., 479pp., photo illustrations, original green cloth with gilt lettering and design. Good, new endpapers, some cover wear. (a66703)
$125.00 Wenger, Leopold . CANON IN DEN R�MISCHEN RECHTSQUELLEN UND IN DEN PAPYRI: EINE WORTSTUDIE
Wien und Liepzig 1942 H�lder-Pichler-Tempsky. Legal history. Offprint from the Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Octavo, 194pp., original printed wraps. VG, light wear on spine, a few small chips at top edge of rear wrap. (a56960)
$85.00 Wolff, Felix . AEGYPTEN UND DER HAFEN DER EWIGKEIT
Darmstadt 1914 Ernst Ludwig Presse. Limited to 100 copies. In German. Sm.8vo., 143pp., paper covered boards. Lovely oval decoration in black on front board and spine lettering and decoration in black also. Title in gilt on titlepage. Bookplate (of Dr. Alfred Hirsch) lightly glued to front blank end paper. Near Fine, endpapers a bot browned. Rare. (a53592)
$600.00