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
SCULPTURE FROM TELL
ASMAR AND KHAFAJAN
FRANKFORT, HENRI. Sculpture of the Third Millennium B.C.
from Tell Asmar and Khafajan. Color frontis. + xiii + 87 pp.
with 5 figs. & 115 plates, large 4to, hardback. (A very nice
copy in the publisher's original two-tone cloth. Very Scarce.)
Chicago: U. Chicago P., 1939. (Item 9069)
To order, please see item 9069 in our Near East section.
$450.00
IL R. MUSEO DI SPINA IN FERRARA
AURIGEMMA, SALVATORE. Il R. Museo di Spina in Ferrara. xxiv + 340 pp. with over 136 illus. SECOND EDITION, Ferrara, Museo di Spina, 1936. Very Good. (Item 6236)With the signature of F(elix) Eckstein in ink at the flyleaf and a few pages of light pencil annotations in his hand.
To order, please see item 6236 in our Greece and Rome section.
$150.00
THE TEMPLE OVAL AT KHAFĀJAH
DELOUGAZ, PHINHAS. The Temple Oval at Khafājah. With a chapter by Thorkild Jacobsen. Double-page frontis. + 175 plates, large 4to; (two corners lightly bumped). Chicago: U,. Chicago P., (1940). Very Good. (Item 6246)
To order, please see item 6246 in our Near Eastern section.
$750.00
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