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INSCRIBED BY HOWARD CARTER - FIRST U.S. EDITION

CARTER, HOWARD and A. C. MACE. The Tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen discovered by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter. 2 vols. (all published.)  Vol. I: Frontis + xxviii + 334 pp. & 79 plates, 1 plan, 1 facsimile, spine a trifle darkened. New York: Georg H. Doran, 1923.  Vol. II: Frontis. + xxxv + 408 pp. & 88 plates (moderate foxing to some 30 pages & edges; chipped d.j. to this vol. only.) 1927. (First U.S. edition, 8vo, very light shelfwear at spines, two corners lightly bumped, Very Good.) Though a third (and final) volume appeared (in 1933) in the English (Cassell) edition, the American (Doran) edition was terminated with a second volume in 1927, published in a slightly smaller size binding with gilt-lettering and decoration of a scarab in gilt at the top board. The 257 illustrations on a total of 167 plates are from photographs by Harry Burton of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Volume II is inscribed (in ink) at the half-title: "To Mr. Richard Moon / With every kind thought & wish / Howard Carter, 1927." Inscribed presentation copies are extremely rare and seldom come on to the market! (Item 8697)

To order, please see item 8697 in our Egyptian section.

$8,500.00


BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN SCULPTURE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

HALL, H.R. Babylonian and Assyrian Sculpture in the British Museum.  56 pp. & 60 plates, 1 folding, folio, hardback. (Some foxing to prelims. & rear blank leaves, a corner bumped, plates in excellent condition, t.e.g.). A nice, tight copy in the original cloth. With the bookplate of H.S. Smith. Paris and Brussels: G. Van Oest, 1928.  (Item 10096)

To order, please see item 10096 in our Near East section.

$275.00


PERACHORA

PAYNE, HUMFREY (et al). Perachora I (only): The sanctuaries of Hera Akraia and Limenia. Excavations of the British School of Archaeology at Athens, 1930-33, Architecture, Bronzes and Terracottas. xiv + 271 pp. with 27 figs. and 142 plates (2 in color), folio, hardback. Oxford, Clarendon P., 1940. Very Good. (Item 10098). (Very light soiling to bds.; endpapers lightly browned. Very Scarce.

To order, please see item 10098 in our Greece and Rome section.

$1500.00


PREHISTORIC IMPLEMENTS - LIMITED TO 2050 COPIES

MOOREHEAD, WARREN K. (ed.). Prehistoric Implements: A Reference Book. A description of the Ornaments, Utensils, and Implements of the Pre-Columbian Man in America. Frontisportrait + xv +  431 pp., with 621 figs., large 8vo; (lightly soiled cloth with red label, sig. at flyleaf). Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, (1900). Very Good. (Item 10099)

To order, please see item 10099 in our Americas section.

$150.00

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