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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