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Steevens, G.W. . WITH KITCHENER TO KHARTUM
Edinburgh 1898-7th ed. Blackwood. Maps and plans. 326p. New end papers. Fairly good. 8 maps- some taping on first map. (a10037)
$42.00Tiffany, Francis. THIS GOODLY FRAME THE EARTH: STRAY IMPRESSIONS OF SCENES, INCIDENTS AND PERSONS IN A JOURNEY TOUCHING JAPAN, CHINA, EGYPT, PALESTINE AND GREECE
Boston 1895 Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. Octavo, 361pp., cloth. Good plus, cover cloth rubbed, rear inner hinge reinforced, binding secure, text clean. no owner marks. no dj. (a10422)
$26.00 Prime, William C. . BOAT LIFE IN EGYPT AND NUBIA
NY 1857 first edition Harper. Hardcover. Octavo, 498pp., illustrations, brown cloth. Fairly Good, spine tearing, cover edges worn, spine end worn down. Binding secure; text clean. no ownership marks. (a12053)
$34.00A Howadji (George William Curtis). NILE NOTES OF A HOWADJI
NY 1851 1st edition. Harper. Hardcover octavo. 320pp., lovely green cloth binding with full gilt pictorial decoration. Owner signed. VG, occasional minor foxing ; hinges not cracked in or out. (a12496)
$50.00 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)
$59.00Seaton, Robert. A COMPANION TO SEATON'S MAP OF PALESTINE AND EGYPT
London n.d (c.1850) James Neele. Hardcover. Octavo, 121pp., steel engraved frontis of Jerusalem, cloth. The separately issued map is not present. Fairly Good, cover chipped on spine ends and extreme cover tips. Hinges not cracked; plate of Jerusalem is VG. (a18894)
$30.00Warburton, 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 Plus, no tears, no chips, no marks; pages lightly toned. No owner marks. no dj. (a23480)
$75.00 Aboudi, Mohamed . EGYPT GUIDE BOOK
Luxor 1976. Sm.8vo, 289pp., illustrations, foldout map, wraps. Good plus, some soiling. (a24157)
$22.00Newman, E. M.. SEEING EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND
NY 1928 1st Funk and Wagnalls. Hardcover large octavo. Green cloth with gilt illustration and lettering. 394p., over 300 photo illustrations, color maps on end papers. VG, some light browning of spine, no DJ. (a25058)
$39.00 Friedell, Egon . KULTUR-GESCHICHTE AGYPTENS UND DESALTEN ORIENTS LEBEN UND LEGENDE DER VORCHRISTLICHEN SEELE
London 1947 2nd Phaidon. In German. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 479pp., cloth. Small owner name stamp on title page and final index page. VG plus, near Fine with just slight bumping of cover ; text Fine, no ownership makrs. In Good DJ, light soiling, small closed tear at heel of spine. (a26989)
$65.00Marden, Philip Sanford. EGYPTIAN DAYS
Boston 1912 1st Houghton Mifflin. Octavo, 329pp., illustrations, index, hardcover. Good plus. (a27415)
$24.00 Fradenburgh, Rev. J. N. . LIGHT FROM EGYPT
Cincinnati 1897 1st Curts and Jennings. Hardcover. 8vo., 400pp., photo illus. Library blind stamp on titlepage, and on penultimate text page (in text itself). Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked, cover a bit worn and soiled, backstrip browned and lightly spotted, spine ends a bit worn. Scarce. (a34063)
$65.00Schafer, Heinrich. DIE RELIGION UND KUNST VON EL-AMARNA
Berlin1923 Julius Bard. In German. Hardcover. 12mo. wraps, 66pp., a few monochrome photo illustrations, cloth. Owner signed (Kendric Nichols Marshall, Berlin, 1926).Title written neatly in ink on spine. Good, hinges tender, leaves browned but not brittle. (a41089)
$23.00Thomas, J. M.D.. TRAVELS IN EGYPT AND PALESTINE
Philadelphia 1853 1st Lippincott Grambo. Hardcover. 8vo., 173pp. Frontispiece woodcut illustration of Gibraler and two line illustrations of Balbec. Full pressed dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Owner signed on title page. VG, foxing on final pages of advertisement. Very Nice condition. (a41419)
$140.00 (egypt) . TOURIST INFORMATION EGYPT U.A.R. U A R 1958/1959
Cairo 1959. U.A.R. State Tourist Administration. Small octavo, 147pp., wraps. Good, light wear. (a41480)
$29.00 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. Near VG, corners worn, a bit of light foxing on initial and final pages. Rare. (a41574)
$950.00 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 a few slight pencil marks on just a few pages. no dj. (a41797)
$25.00Niebuhr, Carl. DIE AMARNA-ZEIT AEGYPTEN UND VORDERASIEN UM 1400 V. CHR. NACH DEM THONTAFELFUNDEVON EL-AMARNA
Leipzig 1899. In German. Octavo, 31pp., bound in later wraps. Unopened. VG. (a42391)
$35.00 (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 Martin, Percy F. . EGYPT OLD AND NEW
NY 1923 1st Doran. A popular account of the land of the Pharaohs from the Travellers's and Economist's Point of View with many engravings, nearly 50 coloured plates and map. Hardcover. Large octavo., 223pp., monochrome photo illustrations, color plates are mounted on dark stock, printed cloth. Good, some light foxing throughout, spine browned, cover a bit soiled, no DJ. (a45374)
$26.00 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)
$69.00Laporte, Laurent. SAILING ON THE NILE
Boston 1872 first edition. Roberts Bros. Translated from the French by Viginia Vaughan. Sm.8vo., 291pp., original hardcover -deep blue cloth with gilt lettering. near Good, inner hinges cracking but not yet cracked. Spine ends frayed. Text clean and binding secure. (a4681)
$35.00 Sandwith, F. M. . EGYPT AS A WINTER RESORT
London 1889 1st Kegan Paul. Hardcover. Sm.8vo., 153pp. plus catalogue of Kegan Paul (95pp.), boards with black and gilt design on front. near VG, spine ends rubbed, lower corners gently bumped. Hinges not cracked; no ownership marks. Scarce. (a50032)
$220.00 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 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. hinges not cracked; text clean; binding secure. no dj. (a53831)
$27.00 Moret, Alexandre . THE NILE AND EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION
NY 1927. Translated from the French. Hardcover. Large octavo, 497pp., index, original cloth. Good, light wear to heel of spine, no DJ. (a55414)
$37.00 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 Wenger, Leopold . CANON IN DEN R�MISCHEN RECHTSQUELLEN UND IN DEN PAPYRI: EINE WORTSTUDIE
Wien und Leipzig 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)
$85.00Budge, 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(map is in near Fine condition) in rear pocket, original printed hardcover. VG plus. Hinges not cracked; original pretty red marbled end papers. Text clean; binding secure; no owner marks. There are not many original copies of this book left. (a57274)
$75.00 Roberts, Bobs . THE BOY'S ACCOUNT OF IT: A CHRONICLE OF FOREIGN TRAVEL BY AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD
New York 1909 1st Waterloo Press. Mediterranean tour. 12mo., 70pp., photo illustrations, green cloth with mounted photo illustration of author on front. Signed presentation copy from Bobs Roberts (presented to Mr and Mrs George Banks.) VG. (a58115)
$44.00 (travel guide) . EGYPTE LE NIL EGYPTIEN SOUDANAIS DU DELTA A KHARTOUM
Paris 1956 Hachette. Les Guides Bleus. 12mo. 559pp., illustrations, foldout maps, hardcover. Good, hinges cracking. (a64843)
$20.00 Ziock, Hermann . GUIDE TO EGYPT
Cairo 1956 Lehnert & Landrock. 12mo., 367pp., numerous sketches and diagrams, 46 pates, 4 colored maps, yellow cloth. Fine in Good DJ. (a64857)
$25.00 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. Good, inner hinges cracked, light foxing on initial pages. (a65984)
$80.00 Perry, Walter Soctt . IN EGYPT WITH AZIR GIRGES
Boston 1913 1st Atkinson, Mentzer. Travel book on Egypt for young readers. 12mo., 166pp., photo illustrations, decorated hardcover. Remnants of bookplate on front end pape. Signed and inscribed by Perry. VG. (a65988)
$24.00 Schildt, Goran . SOLB�DEN. MED DAPHNE P� NILEN
1957 Gyldendal. Pa dansk ved Ole Storm. Travel down the Nile. In Danish. 4to., 255pp., photo illustrations, maps, original wraps with DJ. VG, light wear. (a67292)
$30.00 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)
$89.00von Bissing, F. W.. GESCHICHTE �GYPTENS IM UMRISS. VON DEN �LTESTEN ZEITEN BIS AUF DIE EROBERUNG DURCH DIE ARABER (signed by Bissing as "Verf")
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 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 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 Palmer, Lucia A. . ORIENTAL DAYS
NY 1897 first edition 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, front hinge beginning to crack; owner signed . (a71123)
$39.00 Tyldesley, Joyce . RAMSES AGYPTENS GROSSTER PHARAO
2000 1st Ullstein. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 304pp., cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a71303)
$25.00 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 Tyldesley, Joyce . NEFERTITI EGYPT'S SUN QUEEN
1998 1st American Viking. ISBN 0-670-86998-8. Fascinating story of Queen during the strange Amarna period in Egytian history. Hardcover. Octavo, 232pp., cloth. Fine in Fine DJ. (a71646)
$20.00 Steevens, G. W. . EGYPT IN 1898
NY 1898 Dodd Mead. Hardcover. Octavo, 283pp., illustrations, red cloth with bright gilt lettering. Owner signed. Near Fine, some browning on front end paper. (a72255)
$44.00 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 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)
$55.00Howell, 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)
$39.00 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)
$75.00Low, Sidney. EGYPT IN TRANSITION
NY 1914 first edition. Macmillan. Introduction by Early of Cromer. Egypt and Sudan. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt lettering; top edge gilt. Octavo, 316pp., photo portraits, ads, cloth. Near Fine. no owner marks. no dj. (a72881)
$39.00 (egypt) . AEGYPTUS, RIVISTA ITALIAN DE EGITTOLOGIA ET DI PAPIROLOGIA VOLUMES 3, 4 1922-1923 (BOUND IN ONE VOLUME)
Milan 1922-23 Pressa la Universita Cattolica. Articles in Italian, French, English on Egyptian history and papyri. Two complete years bound one volume. Sm.4to., 390pp., 372pp., a few photo illustrations, index, black cloth. Institution stamps on fore-edges, no other markings. Good plus, leaves browned. (a76290)
$150.00(egypt). AEGYPTUS, RIVISTA ITALIAN DE EGITTOLOGIA ET DI PAPIROLOGIA VOLUME 11 1930-1931
Milan 1930-31 Pressa la Universita Cattolica. Articles in Italian, French, English on Egyptian history and papyri. Sm.4to., black cloth. Institution stamps on fore-edges, no other markings. Fairly Good, cover worn, leaves browned. Binding secure; hinges not cracked; boards tips worn and a bit rounded. Includes W. R Dawson, "Notes on Egyptian Magic" and much more. (a76291)
$75.00 (egypt) . AEGYPTUS, RIVISTA ITALIAN DE EGITTOLOGIA ET DI PAPIROLOGIA VOLUME 12 1932
Milan 1932 Pressa la Universita Cattolica. Articles in Italian, French, English on Egyptian history and papyri. Sm.4to., 432pp., index, black cloth. Institution stamps on fore-edges, no other markings. Good plus, leaves browned. (a76292)
$75.00 (egypt) . AEGYPTUS, RIVISTA ITALIAN DE EGITTOLOGIA ET DI PAPIROLOGIA VOLUMES 1, 2 1920 -1921 (BOUND IN ONE VOLUME)
Milan 1920 - 1921 Pressa la Universita Cattolica. Articles in Italian, French, English on Egyptian history and papyri. The first two issues of this journal, bound in one hardcover volume. Sm.4to., 424pp., 400pp., a few photo illustrations, index, black cloth. Institution stamps on fore-edges, no other markings. Good plus, cover a bit soiled, leaves browned. (a76293)
$150.00Tiele, C. P.. DE GODSDIENST VAN ZARATHUSTRA VAN HAAR ONTSTAAN IN BAKTRIE TOT DEN VAL VAN HET OUD-PERZISCHE RIJK - DE VOORNAAMSTE GODSDIENSTEN
Haarlem 1864 appears to be first edition. A. C. Kruseman. In Dutch. Hardcover 4to., 306pp., 8 full page lithographs and drawings, original pebbled brown cloth with very attractive full gilt deocration on front and spine. Good Plus, heel of spine frayed, rear inner hinge just beginning to crack. Front inner hinge and both outer hinges are not cracked. Binding secure. Attractive book. (a77293)
$79.00 Cairo . CAIRO THIS WEEK 11-17 SEPTEMBER 1965
1965. Tourist brochure advertising hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, shopping, cinemas, maps of city, consulates, much more. 12mo., original wraps. Fine. (a79542)
$20.00 Hunt, Arthur S. . THE OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRI PART IX
London 1912 1st Egypt Exploration Fund. English translations and notes by Hunt. 4to., 358pp., with 6 two tone plate fascimiles of the papyri, index, ads, grey cloth spine. Good covers, a bit worn, slight foxing. Part IX. (a80422)
$180.00 Grenfell, Bernard P. and Hunt, Arthur S. . THE OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRI PART IV
London 1904 1st Egypt Exploration Fund. English translations and notes by Hunt. 4to., 306pp., with 8 two tone plate fascimiles of the papyri, index, ads, grey cloth spine. Good covers, a bit worn, slight foxing. Part IV. (a80425)
$180.00 Grenfell, Bernard P. and Hunt, Arthur S. . THE OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRI PART XII
London 1916 1st Egypt Exploration Fund. English translations and notes by Hunt. 4to., 352pp., with 2 two tone plate fascimiles of the papyri, index, ads, grey cloth spine. Good covers, a bit worn, slight foxing. Part XIII. (a80426)
$180.00 Grenfell, Bernard P. and Hunt, Arthur S. . THE OXYRHYNCHUS PAPYRI PART III
London 1903 1st Egypt Exploration Fund. English translations and notes by Hunt. 4to., 338pp., with 6 two tone plate fascimiles of the papyri, index, ads, grey cloth spine. Good covers, a bit worn, slight foxing. Part III. (a80427)
$180.00