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Egyptology:

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)
$34.00 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)
$50.00A 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 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)
$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 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 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 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 volumes: (a30454)
$35.00Massart, 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 original printed wraps. One or two small ink notes in text or margins. VG. Rare. (a31779)
$95.00 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 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)
$65.00 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 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 Mahfuz, Najib . THE CHASE: A PLAY IN SIX SCENES
Pittsburgh 1977 first edition. 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 plus, cover lightly worn. (a40320b)
$33.00 (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)
$45.00Thomas, 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 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)
$25.00 (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 Grinsell, Leslie . EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS
Gloucester 1947 1st Bellows. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 194pp., diagrams, line drawings and photo illustrations, cloth. Good, cover a bit soiled, lightly worn, no DJ. (a45143)
$48.00 Engelbach, R. (editor) . INTRODUCTION TO EGYPTIAN ARCHEOLOGY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM CAIRO
Cario 1946 first edition. L'Institut Franciase. Hardcover. 8vo., 346pp., 28 plates, foldout map, printed boards. Mounted paper spine label. Good, light cover wear. Binding secure, no ownership marks. (a45160)
$35.00 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. Near Good, inner hinges cracking, light fading and soiling. (a45609)
$50.00Marei, Sayed. AGRARIAN REFORM IN EGYPT
Cairo 1957 1st edition. Hardvcover 4to., 480pp. Good, light wear. no dj. no owner marks. (a4603)
$27.00 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 1st 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)
$39.00 Diaz-Bolio, Jose . ORIGEN DE LAS PIRAMIDES EN EGIPTO Y AMERICA
no place n.d. Lg.8vo., 60pp., illustrations, wraps. VG. (a48801)
$50.00 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 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 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 Cromer, Earl of . MODERN EGYPT (TWO VOLUMES)
NY 1909 (1908) Macmillan. 2 hardcover volumes. Green cloth. Lg.8vo., 594pp., 600pp., frontis, foldout map, index, cloth hardcover. Top edge gilt. VG plus. No ownership marks. 2 volume set. no djs. (a51538)
$47.00 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)
$175.00Faraone, Joseph; H. Tirman (illus). 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, ornaments by H. Tirman, wraps. **Inscribed and signed by Tirman on the front free blank. VG, light wear, light foxing. Very Scarce. (a51909)
$240.00 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)
$45.00Majer-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. Binding secure. Hard to find in original first edition. (a53081)
$75.00 Wolff, Felix . AEGYPTEN UND DER HAFEN DER EWIGKEIT
Darmstadt 1914 Ernst Ludwig Presse. **Limited to 100 copies. In German. Small octavo, 143pp., paper covered boards. Lovely oval decoration in black on front and black spine lettering and decoration. Title in gilt on title page. Bookplate (of Dr. Alfred Hirsch) lightly glued to front blank end paper. Near Fine, endpapers a bit browned. Rare. (a53592)
$350.00 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 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 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 (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 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)
$85.00 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)
$45.00Budge, 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 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. Fair, inner hinges cracking, old dry stains in margins of most leaves, light wrinkling, in Fair DJ (dj chipped on edges, some stains.) Sold as is. (a57928)
$35.00 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Moberg, Axel . PA GAMLA TESTAMENTETS TID UR ORIENTENS FORNHISTORIA
Stockholm 1926 Hugo Gebers. Egypt. Hardcover. Octavo, 180pp., photo illustrations, cloth. VG. (a9407)
$25.00 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