New York: Thames & Hudson, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket faintly rubbed.
Describes the origins and purpose of mummification, clears up misconceptions about mummies, and looks at recent scientific studies.
Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society, 1958. Herget, H.M. Reprint. Hard Cover.
Reprint. No jacket. Pages lightly wrinkled.
368 pp. With 215 illustrations, 120 paintings by H. M. Herget. Reprinted fro the National Geographic Magazine issues of October, 1941; March, 1944; November, 1946; and January, 1951. CONTENTS: Foreword by Gilbert Grosvenor;.....
New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1975. Large Softcover.
An exceptional copy.
80 pp. "When children catch their first glimpse of a pyramid, a sea of questions inevitably tumbles forth. "Why are they shaped like that?" "How were they made?" "Who made them?" "What were they used for?" Perplexed adults can.....
New York: Three Rivers Press, 2009. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Minor general shelf wear.
ix, 402 pp. "In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family's past and remake history. The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. A devastating palace fire has killed the Eighteenth Dynasty's.....
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1902. Hard Cover.
Pages toned.
x, 392 pp. After visiting Egypt four times, Gilbert Parker began to write about her. Twelve pages of titles by the same publisher follows text.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Minor general wear.
vii, 85 pp. Maroon cloth boards. Top edge gilt. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: George Andrew Reisner Jr. (November 5, 1867 – June 6, 1942) was an American archaeologist of Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Palestine.....
Boston: Samuel Walker, 1827. Half-Leather.
1827 new and improved edition. Binder's/breaker's copy. Stained, ink note on front free endpaper verso.
Two volumes in one. Endpapers marbled. Translated from the French. A new and improved edition, with a translation of such notes and quotations as are not rendered in the text.....
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2010. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
3rd printing. An exceptional copy.
viii, 368 pp. 8vo. Color pictorial endpapers, maps precede text, includes section of glossy color photographs & illustrations. The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the.....
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2010. 12th Printing. Hard Cover.
Twelfth printing. Jacket edges lightly worn.
viii, 368 pp. 8vo. Color pictorial endpapers, maps precede text, includes section of glossy color photographs & illustrations. The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of.....
London: Arrow, 1962. Mass Market Paperback.
Spine creased, front wrapper rubbed.
254 pp. "An Egyptologist, attempting to raise from the dead the mummy of Tera, an ancient Egyptian queen, finds a fabulous gem and is stricken senseless by an unknown force. Amid bloody and eerie scenes, his daughter is possessed.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1968. Large Hardcover.
Top of jacket spine worn, ink notes on front jacket and free endpaper.
260 pp. There are few people in the Western world who know nothing of the Great Pyramids of Giza & the treasures of Tutankhamon's tomb, but, for most.....
New York: Dover, 1970. Reissue. Trade Paperback.
Reissue. Timeline included. Lightly rubbed.
For 30 centuries, before Greece's glory or Rome's grandeur came into being, mankind played out a drama along the banks of the Nile which for sheer splendor, mighty works, and significance to civilization, is unique. The lure of.....
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1985. First UK Edition. Hard Cover.
First UK edition. Jacket edges lightly worn.
208 pp. In the second millennium BC the Aegean island of Thera exploded in one of the most massive volcanic eruptions in human history. Could that catastrophe have been linked to the.....