LAPIE, Pierre (1779-1850) & son fils Alexandre-Emile (1809-1850) - Cartographes et graveurs - Publièrent 4 Atlas importants : 1811, Empire français (Alexandre), 1812 Atlas Classique et Universel (Pierre), Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienne et Moderne
Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienne et Moderne, précédé d'une Abrégé de Geographie physique et historique - Dédié au Roi, de LAPIE
PARIS, Eymery, Fruger et Cie Editeurs, 1829 - EDITION ORIGINALE - Bien complet des 50 cartes couleurs (certaines fortes traces d'humidité) - In-folio, 52,5 x 37,5 cm - 1/2 Reliure -1 mors fatigué - Dos lisse orné - 4 + 100 pages de texte (mouillures) puis 50 cartes gravées par Lallemand, en double pages montées sur onglet et colorées à la main excepté les 2 premières : systemes Planétaires et Planispheres Célestes qui sont en noir - Envoi rapide et soigné
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ROUGE, J., vicomte de
Origine de la Race Egyptienne
PARIS, 1895 - tiré à part - 3 planches PP HT (mouillure) & 1 gravure en texte - 24 pages Envoi
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ROBIOU, Félix
Les Doctrines Religieuses de l'ancienne Egypte d'après les travaux récents, Par Félix ROBIOU
PARIS, Lib.Victor Palmé - 1878 - in-8 - Broché - Tiré à part à 50 Exemplaire - 71 pages + Table - Exemplaire non coupé, très frais
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MASSU, Jacques - avec la collaboration de Henri LE MIRE
Verité sur Suez 1956
PARIS, Plon - 1978 - In-8 - broché - Couverture illustrée - Illustrations Nb PP Ht - 270 pages - Propre
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LAUER, Jean-Philippe - (1902-2001) - Dernier héritier des grands égyptologues français tels Champollion ou Maspero, Il consacra sa vie au site de Saqqarah.
Les Pyramides de Sakkarah
LE CAIRE, Institut français d'archéologie orientale -1961 - In-8 - Broché - Couverture illustrée - 32 pages + 73 Illustrations PP - Bon exemplair'e Bilingue français-anglais
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DESPLACES Ernest
Le Canal de Suez - Episode de l'histoire du XIX è siècle
PARIS, Lib. de L. Hachette & cie - 1859 - In-12 - Broché - 244 pages + ,2 cartes dépliantes en couleurs, in-fine , Isthme de Suez avec le tracé des canaux concédés par S.A le Vice-Roi d’Egypte pour la jonction de la Mer Rouge à la Méditerranée et la jonction du Nil au lac Timsh.tel qu’il fut arrêté par la commission internationale de 1857 et cartes indiquant les lignes de navigation des principaux ports de l’Europe et de l’Amérique avec les ports de la mer des Indes - Bon exemplaire.
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RENAN Ernest
Mélanges d'histoire et de voyages
Paris - Calmann Lévy - 1898 - In-8 - Relié - Dos cassé - Plats désolidarisés - Titre et filets dorés - Couverture conservée - Préface XIV & 527 p. - Très propre
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GAILHABAUD, Jules (sous la Direction de ) - Planches gravées par M. LEMAITRE
Monuments anciens et modernes, Collection formant une histoire de l' Architecture des différents peuples à toutes les Epoques - 1 ère Livraison - Style egyptien - Monuments taillés dans le roc - Spéos d'Hathor à Istamboul
Paris, Firmin Didot, 1850 - 1 ère Livraison - In-4 - 4 pages de texte, 2 très belles gravures - Très propre
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LENORMANT, François
Manuel d'histoire ancienne de l'Orient jusqu'aux Guerres Médiques - (2 volumes - T. I) Israélites, Egyptiens, Assyriens - T. II) Babyloniens, Mèdes, Perses, Phéniciens, Carthaginois.
Paris, A. Lévy Fils, Editeur, 1868 - 2 volumes In-16, 12 x 18 cm - Broché -XIX-540 & 450 pages -bon exemplaire - Envoi rapide et soigné
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GRENFELL, Bernard P. - HUNT, Arthur S.
The Oxyrhynchus papyri, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt (Part IV) LONDRES, The Offices off the Egypt Exploration Sociéty - 1920 - Reliure 1/2 toile à la Bradel, accroc au dos - 3 gravures en couleurs PP Ht - XIV & 244 pages -Ex-libris manuscrit Jean Lesquier - Frais intérieurement
LONDRES, The Offices off the Egypt Exploration Sociéty - 1920 - Reliure 1/2 toile à la Bradel, accroc au dos - - 3 gravures en couleurs PP Ht - XIV & 244 pages -Ex-libris manuscrit Jean Lesquier - Frais intérieurement
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Ludwig, Emil
The Nile : The Life-Story of a River
Previous owner's name to front end paper. Light foxing to page edges and end papers. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked purple cloth boards, clear gilt lettering to spine and no bumping to corners. 687pp. The history of the River Nile, both Blue and White, from sources to the delta, covering Abyssinia (Ethiopia), the Soudan (Sudan), Uganda and Egypt. Translated from the German original of 1935-6 and now complete in one volume.
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Wilson, Hilary
People of the Pharaohs : From Peasant to Courtier
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 248pp.
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Wilkinson, Toby A.
The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Ancient Egypt
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor bump to bottom of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased. 272pp. The most extensive and up-to-date single-volume Dictionary of Ancient Egypt - an indispensible guide to the greatest civilization of the ancient world.
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Jackson, Kevin and Stamp, Jonathan
Pyramid : Beyond Imagination : Inside the Great Pyramid of Giza
Book and jacket in mint condition. 191pp. This book brings to life the world of IVth Dynasty Egypt and shows how and why this most extraordinary of human monuments was built. Well illustrated.
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David, A. Rosalie
The Ancient Egyptians : Religious Beliefs and Practices
No marks or inscriptions. Very tiny crease to upper corner of rear cover, none to front or to spine. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 260pp. A study on the evolution of religious beliefs and practices within the ancient Egyptians.
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Owens, H. A.
Further along the Path
An unread copy. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 136pp. The author was with the RAF ground staff in North Africa during World War 2 and here he recounts his activities and adventures.
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Time Life Editors
The Age Of God-Kings : 3000-1500 BC
Book in as new condition. 176pp. Blue padded covers. Includes Breakthrough at Sumer, The Way of the Pharaohs, The Empire on the Aegean, Stirrings in Asia etc.
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Time Life Editors
Barbarian Tides : 1500-600 BC
Book in as new condition. 176pp. Blue padded covers. Includes The Aggressive Empires; Egypt's Golden Age; The Greek Crucible; The Mediterranean Traders; Asian Evolutions; Awakening in the Americas etc.
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Time Life Editors
A Soaring Spirit : 600 - 400 BC
Book in as new condition. 176pp. Blue padded covers. Includes Persia at the Crest; The Hellenic Unfolding; Dawn of the Romans; Enlightenment in the East etc.
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Time Life Editors
Empires Ascendant : 400 BC - AD 200
Book in as new condition. 176pp. Blue padded covers. Includes The Odyssey of Alexander the Great; The Grandeur of Imperial Rome; The Quest for Power in the East; The Flowering of China etc.
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McDermott, Bridget
Decoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs : How to Read the Sacred Language of the Pharaohs
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 171pp.
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Haywood, John
Ancient Civilizations of the near East and Mediterranean
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. Tiny label with previous owner's heraldic mark inside front cover. 304pp.
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Watterson, Barbara
Women in Ancient Egypt
Previous owner's name to half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 201pp. A detailed and fascinating study of the often overlooked contribution made by women of all classes to the political and social history of pharaonic Egypt from around 3100 BC to 30 BC.
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Aude De Beler Gros
Pharaohs
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little minor indenting. 124pp. A study of Ancient Egypt's Pharaohs and other parts of Egyptian society. Very well illustrated.
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Cyril Aldred; Aidan Dodson
The Egyptians : Revised Thrid Edition
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 224pp. Cyril Aldred's classic work, revised and updated by Aidan Dobson tells the story of the twin factors responsible for the flowering of the ancient Kingdoms of Egypt, namely the Nile and her Pharaohs.
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Paul Johnson
The Civilization of Ancient Egypt
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor trace of label removal and no bumping to corners. 256pp. The author explores the birth and growth of the remarkable culture built by the Ancient Egyptians which stood for an unprecedented 3000 years. He discovers the cause behind its eventual collapse and celebrates the remarkable legacy it has left behind.
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Joyce A. Tyldesley
The Mummy : Unwrap the Ancient Secrets of the Mummies' Tombs
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with very light creasing to upper edge and traces of storage. 128pp. This study explores every aspect of the mythological and cultural background of mummification - the religion and rituals, the myths of Osiris and Isis and the cult of the Pharaohs.
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Underdowne, Thomas (translator) & Wright, F. A. (editor)
Heliodorus : An Aethiopian Romance
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly sunned spine, tanning to page edges and end papers and no bumping to corners. 323pp. Translated from the Latin in the 16th century, this edition of the work originally written around the 3rd century AD, was revised and partly re-written by FA Wright. In the Broadway Translations series. Undated, ca 1930s.
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Frankfort, Hhenri
The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and spine, very slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little foxing to sunned spine. Fold-out map at end in excellent condition. Protected in a very good slipcase with rusty staples and lightly foxed title label to spine. 192 plates plus 279pp. A very detailed study of North African and Middle Eastern architecture from around 3000 to 3500 BC up to about 500 BC.. Very well illustrated.
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Joseph J Hobbs
Bedouin life in the Egyptian wilderness
No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to upper corners of covers, very faint crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very slightly indented front. 165pp. The author lived with the Ma'aza Bedouin peoples in the northern half of Egypt's Eastern Desert for nearly two years. During this time he learnt their beliefs, their ways and their knowledge of this drought-stricken desert which they consider their beloved homeland, conserving their few resources to ensure their future livelihood. He shows how the Ma'aza have evolved from being abusers to being preservers of the natural environment - a lesson we could all benefit from learning.
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Margo Veillon
Nubia: Sketches, Notes, and Photographs
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked dark grey cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with tiny nick to upper front corner and minor traces of storage. 168pp. Before the land of Nubia in Upper Egypt was lost under the waters of Lake Nasser behind the Aswan Dam in the 1960s, the author travelled among the Nubian people from the 1930s onwards. This book is a record of her journeys where she captured the vibrancy, colour and the culture of these people in words, sketches, drawings, photographs and paintings, mostly in colour.
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Petrie, W. M. Flinders
Personal Religion in Egypt Before Christianity
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor bump to foot of slightly sunned gilt embossed spine and no bumping to corners. Untrimmed fore and lower page edges. 174pp. Fascinating account of the early pre-Christian religion of Egypt by renowned Egyptologist and archaeologist Sir WM Flinders Petrie.
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Robins, Gay
Egyptian Painting and Relief
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with slightly marked front cover, minor sunning and no bumping to corners. 64pp. Concise illustrated account of the paintings of Ancient Egypt.
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Ziegler, Christiane
The Louvre : Egyptian Antiquities
No marks or inscriptions. Small crease/small tear to upper front spine corner, no other creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor rubbing to some corners and no bumping to corners. 96pp. A well illustrated account of ancient Egyptians antiquities from before the pyramids right up to the Coptic period. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Booth, Charlotte
The Nile and Its People : 7000 Years of Egyptian History
Book appears in as new unread condition. 191pp. A 7000 year history of the Nile in Egypt and the people who have lived along and around its banks.
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Morton, H V
Through the Lands of the Bible
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty page edges and bumping to upper corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with sunning to spine and creasing and small tears to corners. 400pp. The well-known travel writer, follows his interest in the early history of the Christian faith and describes a journey from the Euphrates to the Nile and on to the Tiber. The Egypt described here differs from the well-known Egypt of the Pharaohs but is the little-known Egypt of St Mark.
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GÓMEZ CARRILLO, Enrique.
La Sonrisa de la Esfinge. (Sensaciones de Egipto).
Madrid, La Novela Corta, 1918. 4to.; 24 pp. sin numerar. Cubiertas originales.
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NAGUIB MAHMOUD, Zaki.
Egipto. Pueblos y costumbres.Traducción de Ricardo Clara.
Barcelona, Sayma, Ediciones y Publicaciones, 1964. 4to.; 179 pp. y 16 láminas fotográficas. Cubiertas originales.
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RISPOLI, Tullio.
Un viaje por mar... Novela. Traducción del italiano por Mariano Guirao. Prólogo de José María Pemán.
San Sebastian, Librería Internacional, s.a. (hacia 1942). 4to.; 4 hs., VII-293 pp., 1 h. Cubiertas originales.
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HIERSEMANN, Karl W.
Katalog 531. Reisewerke Städteansichten. [Junto con:] Katalog 536. Deutsche Literatur. [Junto con:] Katalog 537. Kulturgeschichte. [Junto con:] Katalog 541. Afrika. Aegyptologie. [Junto con:] Katalog 543. Japanische Holzschnittbücher. Holzstöcke und Farbenholzschnitte.(Junto con:) Katalog 545. Autographen und Urkunden.
Leipzig, 1924. Seis tomos en un volúmen en 4to.; 90 pp. + 68 pp + 80 pp. + 67 pp. + 44 pp. + 101 pp. Cubiertas originales para cada tomo. Encuadernación moderna en media tela.
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HIERSEMANN, Karl W.
Katalog 553. Klassische Philologie und Archäologie. Enthaltend zum Teil die Bibliotek des Dr. Erich von Prittwitz und Graffon. [Junto con:] Katalog 554. Russland, Ukraine und Krim. [Junto con:] Katalog 555. Afrika. Aegyptologie. Enthaltend zum Teil die Bibliotek des Prof. H.O. Lenz. [Junto con:] Katalog 556. Osteuropa (ausschliesslich Russland).
Leipzig, 1925. Cuatro tomos en un volúmen en 4to.; 112 pp. + 100 pp + 72 pp. + 88 pp. Cubiertas originales para cada tomo. Encuadernación moderna en media tela.
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GÓMEZ CARRILLO, Enrique.
La Sonrisa de la Esfinge.
Madrid, Casa Editorial Calleja, 1917. 8vo.; 316 pp., 1 h. Encuadernación original en tela estampada.
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WALTARI, Mika (1908-1979).
Sinuhé el Egipcio. Traducción de Manuel Bosch Barrett.
Barcelona, José Janés Editor, 1952. 4to.; 516 pp., 1 h. Enc. original en tela.
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BROMBERGER, Merry et Serge.
Les secrets de l'expédition d'Egypte.
Paris-Reims, Editions des Quatre Fils Aymon, Imprimerie Matot-Braine, 1957 4to.; 269 pp., 1 h. y ocho láminas fotográficas aparte. Cubiertas originales.
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BOREUX, Charles.
L'Art Égyptien.
Bruxelles, G. Van Oest Éditeur, 1926. 4to.mayor; 62 pp., 1 h., y 64 láminas fotográficas aparte. Impresión en papel de hilo. Cubiertas originales.
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CAROTTI, Giulio.
L'Arte dell'Antico Egitto. Edizione dell' inédito a cura di Eva Terra.
Milano, Ulrico Hoepli, 1937. 4to.menor; 304 pp. Con 325 ilustraciones entre el texto, y 8 láminas aparte. Encuadernación original en tela.
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D'ELBÉE, Jean.
Un conquistador genial: Fernando de Lesseps. Traducción, prólogo y notas de Luis Horno Liria.
Zaragoza, Editorial Ebro, en la Imprenta Heraldo de Aragón, 1942. 4to.; 286 pp. Con mapas e ilustraciones entre el texto. Cubiertas originales.
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DARESSY, Georges.
A brief description of the principal Monuments exhibited in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo.
Cairo, French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, 1925. 4to.; XVI-56 pp., y 2 planos plegados, aparte. Cubiertas originales.
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CHAUTARD, Père Emile.
Au Pays des Pyramides.
Lyon-Paris, Emmanuel Vitte, 1914. 4to. mayor; XIII-334 pp. Con mapas entre el texto y 16 láminas fotográficas. Encuadernación en media piel.
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PICATOSTE, Valentín.
Arte Egipcio. Resúmen de las Conferencias dadas en el Museo de Reproducciones Artísticas por Don José Ramón Mélida en el año de 1909.
Madrid, Imprenta de Sucesores de Hernándo, 1909 4to.; 39 pp., con 26 ilustraciones entre el texto. Cubiertas originales.
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