first edition Hardcover
1923 · London
by Brunton, Guy (Vol. 1);
London: School of Archaeology in Egypt / Bernard Quaritch, 1923. Ex-Library First Editions. Hardcover. g to vg. Folio. 46 (1)pp., 33 plates, one of them folding; viii, 47pp., 75 plates, four of them folding, two of them double pages. Original three-quarter red cloth over gray boards with black lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece color lithograph in volume one, plus seven color lithographs. Educational archaeology text illustrated with 88 plates, including eight color lithographs depicting parts of the treasure excavated, b/w photographs depicting archaeological finds and excavation sites, measured drawings, four of them folding plates, and line drawings of artifacts. Includes two double page plates with the general tomb register. Contains descriptive lists of plates and indices with one page listing works of W. M. Flinders Petrie. List of publications of the Egyptian Research Account on back covers.
Binding with library sticker, light wear along edges and rubbed. Library bookplate on inside front covers and library pocket, small dealer sticker and numeric stamp on inside back cover. Library stamps on top and bottom edges. Some foxing on free endpapers of volume two. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition. (Inventory #: 44466)
Binding with library sticker, light wear along edges and rubbed. Library bookplate on inside front covers and library pocket, small dealer sticker and numeric stamp on inside back cover. Library stamps on top and bottom edges. Some foxing on free endpapers of volume two. Binding in overall good, interior in very good condition. (Inventory #: 44466)