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Paper Back. Condizione: Very Good. The cover has light wear. 213 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size D: 7"-8" Tall (177-203mm).

Soft cover. Condizione: New. No Jacket. Scarce. This soft cover book is 140 pages in length, and is slightly illustrated with black-and-white images. Our copy is brand new. The wraps have the slightest shelf wear. Photographs are available upon request". We also have a hardcover copy of this work: The Tomb of Tut-anhk-Amen: Statement by Howard Carter. "In April 1923 one of the greatest archaeological discoveries was in jeopardy, and its excavators embroiled in controversy. This is the first time that Howard Carter's own statement concerning these events has been published in full. It first appeared in 1924 as a privately printed pamphlet, with a print run of about thirty. Here, it is reprinted in full, with an introduction by Nicholas Reeves and some highly evocative photographs". …

Paperback. Condizione: Fine. 1st. (UK) !st publication. INSCRIBED by Deborah Manley on the title page and dated 2002, no other markings, Fine. Wraps with flaps, 314pp, index, B&W illus. Henry Salt (1780-1827) was a key figure in early 19th-century travel, Egyptology and diplomacy. Celebrated for his extraordinary expeditions to Abyssinia, which rivaled those of James Bruce, Salt became the British Consul-General in Egypt during the most fascinating period of its recent history, and was the friend and confidante of Mehemet Ali, Pasha and founder of modern Egypt. He employed the colorful Giovanni Belzoni to excavate at Thebes and Abu Simbel, and undertook important archaeological research at the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. Salt built up a breathtaking collection of antiquities, including the head of Ramesses II now in the British Museum and the sarcophagus of Seti I in the Soane Museum. His close circle included such characters as Burckhardt, Bankes, and Caviglia, and Champollion praised his work on the decipherment of hieroglyphs. Trained as an artist under Hoppner, Salt's paintings of India, Abyssinia and Egypt rank alongside those of David Roberts and Thomas Daniells. *1.8 JM LVR 202/4 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Inscribed By Author.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. pp.xiv+314. 23.5cm. 18 black and white photographic illustrations. Notes and References. Bibliography. Index. Soft covers. Very good clean copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. John Pendlebury (1904-41), the 'Cretan Lawrence', was shot in the first days of the German occupation of Crete while organising bands of guerrillas to fight the invaders. Not a professional soldier, Pendlebury was chosen for the task because of his intimate knowledge of Crete, its people and language, acquired through his years of archaeological experience on the island. As Curator at Knossos, successor to Sir Arthur Evans, his athleticism and taste for adventure had taken him all over the island in search of ancient sites. Pendlebury's passion for the ancient world also led him to Egypt, where he was Director of the excavations at Tell el-Amarna, city of the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten and his queen, Nefertiti. At Cambridge in the mid 1920s he won a Blue for athletics, competing with contemporaries such as Lord Burghley, and a first class degree in Classics and Archaeology.In this, the first biography of John Pendlebury, Imogen Grundon constructs a vivid picture of a brilliant and charismatic scholar-hero, whose life was lived, and ultimately lost, by an ideal of romantic chivalry. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…