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Hardcover. Condizione: g to vg. First edition. Small folio (12 x 9 1/2"). [8], 56pp (Text), 43 plates. Original half burgundy cloth over gray printed paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine, and dark blue lettering to front cover. This volume is the first of a series which recorded the results of explorations in Egypt planned and financed by Mr. Eckley B. Coxe, Junior, of Philadelphia. By an agreement made with the University of Pennsylvania in 1907, the expedition was to be conducted for five years on behalf of the University, and the antiquities obtained would be presented to the University Museum. The authors, curator and assistant - curator of the Egyptian Department of the Museum, were charged with the duty of conducting the excavations and publishing the results. Illustrated with no less than 43 leaves of plates, this volume is devoted to the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains at Areika, a Nubian settlement near a fortress of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Cloth spine with light discoloration on front cover and spine, light wear along edges and lightly rubbed. Minor age toning to spine. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition.…