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Baedeker Karl
EGYPTE ET SOUDAN Manuel De Voyageur
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Very Good. 1914. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Boards a bit wrinkled. Previous owner's name in title page; Avec 21 cartes 85 plans et 55 gravures. In French; 16mo - 6" to 7" tall; 442 pages . Karl Baedeker hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11569
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Anonymous
THE SUEZ CANAL Notes and Statistics
London: Compagnie Universelle Du Canal Maritime De Suez. Very Good. 1952. Softcover. Light wear to extremities and spine with slight staining to soft wraps; The history of the construction of the Canal with numerous photos and several charts and two fold-out maps. INSCRIBED on first page by Monsieur Dominique De Grieges to Edwin Sunderland ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 76xxv pages . Compagnie Universelle Du Canal Maritime De Suez paperback
Bookseller reference : 11448
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Kees Hermann
ANCIENT EGYPT A Cultural Topography
London: Faber & Faber. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. DJ spine sunned. Chipping & open tears to DJ; Examining the relation between the land of Egypt and the history of Egypt; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 392 pages . Faber & Faber hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11470
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Breasted Charles
PIONEER TO THE PAST The Story of James Henry Breasted Archaeologist Told by His Son
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1948. Hardcover. Slight browning to endpapers. Front hinge weakening; Nicely INSCRIBED by author on front free endpaper; 8vo; 436 pages . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11038
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Breasted Charles
PIONEER TO THE PAST The Story of James Henry Breasted Archaeologist Told by His Son
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner has pasted various pictures and clippings to the first few pages including a bookplate. Occasional pencil marks. Endpapers browned. Front hinge weakening ; 8vo; 436 pages . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11057
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Gardner John M.
PHARAOHS RESURRECTED
New York: Sorg Publishing Company. Very Good-. 1923. Hardcover. Boards moderately worn with browning and chipping ; all about the Egyptian kings; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 71 pages . Sorg Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11017
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MacQuitty William
ABU SIMBEL
New York: Putnam. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Minor chipping to DJ. Binding slightly loose in places; The Egyptian version of Mount Rushmore in living color ; Color Photographs; Square 8vo; 192 pages . Putnam hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3665
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Wilson John A
THOUSANDS OF YEARS A N Archaeologist's Search for Ancient Egypt
New York: Scribner & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0684127288 . DJ spine sunned and with light shelfwear; Noted archaeologist Wilson's story of how he came to be an eminent Egyptologist; B&W Photographs; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 218 pages . Scribner & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5557 ISBN : 0684127288 9780684127286
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Murray's
A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT Including Descriptions of the Course of the Nile through Egypt and Nubia Alexandria Cairo the Pyramids and Thebes the Suez Canal the Peninsula of Mount Sinai Theoases the Pyoom & C.
London: John Murray. Very Good-. 1873. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Boards with moderate wear and darkening to extremities. Hinges weakening. ; 12mo; 505 88 pages . John Murray hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4733
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Wilson Robert Forrest
THE LIVING PAGEANT OF THE NILE
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good. 1924. Hardcover. Gilt lettering coming off. ; How the River Nile nurtured the beginnings of civilization. Dark green boards with gilt lettering; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 240 pages . Bobbs-Merrill hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4822
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Wilson John A
THE BURDEN OF EGYPT An Interpretation of Ancient Egyptian Culture
Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Very Good. 1951. Hardcover. Boards with moderate wear to extremities. Spine ends fraying ; Maps in endpapers; B&W Photographs; 332 pages . University of Chicago Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3744
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Poole Reginald Stuart
THE CITIES OF EGYPT
London: Smith Elder & Company. Good. 1882. Hardcover. Boards with moderate wear. Front hinge cracked. ; Fold-out map of Egypt; 12mo; 215 pages . Smith, Elder & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3766
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Curtis William Eleroy
EGYPT BURMA AND BRITISH MALAYSIA
Chicago: Fleming H. Revell. Very Good. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light Rubbing to extremities. Binding gapping in a couple of places but holding together. ; Gray boards with red lettering and a picture in silhouette of a rider on a camel ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages . Fleming H. Revell hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3751
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Lorimer Norma
BY THE WATERS OF EGYPT
London: Methuen. Good. 1909. Hardcover. Boards with moderate wear. Hinges started and with some tape repair ; Top edge gilt. Chatty personal account of trip up the Nile through Egypt. Dark blue boards with heiroglyphic-style illustration of lions. Map in fep. Sixteen color plates and thirty-two B&W photographs; Ex-Library; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 448 pages . Methuen hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3753
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Greener Leslie
HIGH DAM OVER NUBIA
London: Cassell. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate. DJ price clipped ; Letter from previous owner laid in. Study of the potential effect of the Aswan dam which would be completed in 1970 ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 198 pages . Cassell hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3759
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Cottrell Leonard
THE LOST PHARAOHS The Romance of Egyptian Archaeology
New York: Philosophical Library. Very Good. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper ; Some of the Egyptian pharaohs have until now been overlooked ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 256 pages . Philosophical Library hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3757
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Bey Amine Youssef
INDEPENDENT EGYPT
London: John Murray. Very Good. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Orange boards discolored in front. Previous owner's inscription in front endpaper. Front hinge weakening ; History of Egypt for the twentieth century up to the outbreak of WW2. Mr. Bey was an Egyptian nationalist yet relatively sympathetic to the position of the British colonialists ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 1940 pages . John Murray hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3785
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Hoagland Edward
AFRICAN CALLIOPE A Journey to the Sudan
New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394504186 . A country under the radar of most Westerners the Sudan of the 70's is here examined ; 8vo; 239 pages . Random House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3792 ISBN : 0394504186 9780394504186
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Bradnum Frederick
THE LONG WALKS Journeys to the Sources of the White Nile
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. DJ a bit tanned and with light wear to extremities; Explore up the Nile with this expedition ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 271 pages . Victor Gollancz Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3674
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Lloyd Lord
EGYPT SINCE CROMER TWO VOLUMES
London: Macmillan. Very Good. 1933. Hardcover. Both volumes have light rubbing to extremities. Vol one has light foxing throughout and front hinge starting; Vol two has foxing to edges; Volume one has fold-out map of the region in rear. Intended as a follow-up to the Earl of Cromer's 'Modern Egypt ' Lloyd covers the fifty years since the British occupied Egypt to install a new government supposedly for their own good. ; 8vo; 390 418 pages . Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3730
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Baedeker Karl
EGYPT AND THE SUDAN Handbook for Travellers
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. Near Fine. 1914. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Minor rubbing to extremities. Front endpaper stamped; 22 fold out color maps 85 plans and 55 vignettes; 12mo; 458 pages . Karl Baedeker hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1765
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Whately M. L.
AMONG THE HUTS IN EGYPT Scenes from Real Life
London: Seeley Jackson & Halliday. Very Good. 1871. Hardcover. Front cover detached but present. Some shelfwear and minor rubbing to boards. Some foxing to first and last pages. Internally near fine with binding tight; Decorative green 1/4 leather boards with gilt decoration. Marbled edges and matching covers. Spine with gilt ornate bordeaux spine label and five raised bands. Numerous plates in sepia from drawings ; 12mo; 344 pages . Seeley, Jackson & Halliday hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2226
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Time Life Books Editors
What Life Was Like: On the Banks of the Nile Egypt 3050-30 Bc
USA: Time Life Education 1996. Hardcover. As New/As New. Type: Hardback Sixth Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. This first volume of the world history series from Time-Life Books presents Egyptian history through the eyes of the ancient Egyptians themselves. It offers a portrait of the daily life of people from all walks of life. Richly illustrated with contemporary paintings reliefs and artifacts as well as detailed reconstructions and maps of towns buildings and the world as it was. Binding of very clean and unmarked black cloth w/bright and sharp gilt titles and on front gilt decoration and title. Tight solid and square. Internals are as new as is the beautifully illustrated jacket--see photo. Fascinating and gorgeous book. 190 pages. 10.25 x 10.5 inches. 1996 Time Life Education Richmond Virginia U.S.A. Time Life Education hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016784 ISBN : 0809493780 9780809493784
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Cockburn Aidan & Eve Cockburn
MUMMIES DISEASE AND ANCIENT CULTURES
Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0521230209 . DJ shows some wear at extremities front board has cup ring - text is clean and unmarked. Overall in VERY GOOD condition; To look upon a mummy is to come face to face with our past. This book presents the story of mummification as a practice worldwide. Mummies have been found on every continent some deliberately preserved by use of a variety of complex techniques as with the ancient Egyptians others accidentally by dry baking heat intense cold and ice or by tanning in peat bogs. By examining these preserved humans we can get profound insights into the lives health culture and deaths of individuals and populations long gone. The first edition of this book was acclaimed as a classic. This readable new edition builds on these foundations investigating the fantastic new findings in South America Europe and the Far East. It will be a must-have volume for anyone working in paleopathology and a fascinating read for all those interested in anthropology archaeology and the history of medicine. ; 360 pages . Cambridge University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 83 ISBN : 0521230209 9780521230209
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Egypt Exploration Society
Report of the Forty-Eighth Ordinary General meeting Fifty-Second Annual General Meeting Subscription List and Balance Sheets
London: Printed by J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd 1935. Paperback. Very Good. 35 10p. Softcover in original wrapper. 21cm. Minor cover spotting. <br/><br/> Printed by J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd paperback
Bookseller reference : 90360
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British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account
Report of the XXXIst Year Presented to the Contributors with Subscription List and Balance Sheet. cover title
London: Issued at the Edwards Library University College 1925. Paperback. Very Good. 12 3p. Softcover in original wrapper. 20cm. <br/><br/> Issued at the Edwards Library, University College paperback
Bookseller reference : 90130
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Egypt. Service des Antiquites
Rapports sur la Marche du Service des Antiquites de 1899 a 1910
Le Caire: Imprimerie Nationale 1912. Paperback. Fair. xliv 342p. Softcover lacking almost all of original wrapper. 29cm. Minor chipping. Unopened. French text. Seven more volumes were issued over the next several years bringing the history up to 1916. <br/><br/> Imprimerie Nationale paperback
Bookseller reference : 90121
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Egypt. Service des Antiquites
Annales du Service des Antiquites de l'Egypte Tome LXVII
Le Caire: Organisme Genereal des Imprimeries Gouvernmentales 1988. Paperback. Very Good. photos illustrations and diagrams 3 folding 224p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. Bookplate American Jounal of Archaeology. French text. <br/><br/> Organisme Genereal des Imprimeries Gouvernmentales paperback
Bookseller reference : 89734
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Egypt. Service des Antiquites
Annales du Service des Antiquites de L'Egypte. Tome LXVI
Le Caire: Organisme General des Imprimeries Gouvernementales 1987. Paperback. Very Good. photos maps some folding 266p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. French text. <br/><br/> Organisme General des Imprimeries Gouvernementales paperback
Bookseller reference : 89713
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Egypt. Service des Antiquites
Annales du Service des Antiquities de l'Egypte. Tome LXIX
Le Caire: Le Service 1983. Paperback. Very Good. photos illustrations 383p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. Upper right corner of last several pages bent. Articles in French English German or Italian. <br/><br/> Le Service paperback
Bookseller reference : 89878
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Egypt. Service des Antiquites
Annales du Service des Antiquites de l'Egypte Tome LXX 1984-1985
Le Caire: Le Service 1985. Paperback. Very Good. phtots illustrations maps x 448 21p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. Individual Articles documents studies etc. in French English or German. At head of title: Publicationa de l'Organisation des Antiquities Egyptiennes. <br/><br/> Le Service paperback
Bookseller reference : 89819
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Egypt. Service des Antiquites de l'Egypte
Annales du Service des Antiquities de l'Egypte. Tome LVI
Le Caire: Service Antiquities de l'Egypte 1959. Paperback. Very Good. photos illustrations irregular pagination. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. French text. Minor cover soil. Tear reglued at bottom of backstrip. <br/><br/> Service Antiquities de l'Egypte paperback
Bookseller reference : 89883
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Egypt. Service des Antiquites de l'Egypte
Annales du Service des Antiquities de l'Egypte Tome LXXI Volume Dedie au Professeur 'Abdel-'Aziz Saleh
Le Caire: Le Service 1987. Paperback. Very Good. photos illustrations xiv 264p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. French text. <br/><br/> Le Service paperback
Bookseller reference : 89879
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EGYPT. Bull Deborah and Donald Lorimer
UP THE NILE A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCURSION: EGYPT 1839-1898
NY: Clarkson N. Potter 1979. First edition. Clarkson N. Potter 1979. First ed. Oblong 4to. xx 131 pp. 130 photos plus 8 pp. chronology bibliography indices. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket that has one tiny closed tear. A comprehensive collection of early travel photos from Cairo to Nubia. <br/><br/> Clarkson N. Potter unknown
Bookseller reference : 52162
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Egypt. Wizarat al Tarbiyah wa al Ta'lim
Expose des Reformes Effectuees pendant l'Annee 1885 ou en Cours d'Execution dans l'Enseignement Public bound with Deuxieme Rapport a Son Altesse le Khedive sur l'Enseignement Public en Egypte Annee 1886
Le Caire 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. First item: 114p. Second item: 166p. Later quarter cloth with both wrappers bound in. 24cm. Former owner's name. French text. <br/><br/> hardcover
Bookseller reference : 83474
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Egypt. Laws statutes etc.
Codes Egyptiens Precedes du Reglement de l'Organisation Judiciaire
Le Caire: Barbier 1883. Hardcover. Good. 566p. Contemporary quarterbinding. Moderate cover scuffing and wear. Inked note in French on endpaper. Hinges repaired. French text. <br/><br/> Barbier hardcover
Bookseller reference : 83522
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Egypt. Hospitals Administration. Statistical Dept
Annual Statistical Report. In-Patients of Surgical and Medical Services Kasr el Ainy and Fouad 1st Hospital 1942
Cairo: Government Press 1946. Paperback. Fair. 205p. Softcover but lacking wrapper. 29cm. Foxing and wear. Text in Arabic and English. <br/><br/> Government Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 1837
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Egypt. Survey Department
The Rains of the Nile Basin and the Nile Flood of 1907
Cairo: National Printing Department 1909. Paperback. Good. folding map 60p. Original wrapper. 28cm. Cover chipping and browning. Text by H. G. Lyons. Survey Department Paper No. 9. <br/><br/> National Printing Department paperback
Bookseller reference : 11401
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Egypt. Maslahat Khafar al Sawahil wa Masayid al Asmak
Report on the Fisheries of Egypt.
Cairo: Government Press 1932. Hardcover. Good. 6 vols. bound in 4. folding map inside back pocket. 28cm. Some cover soil. Ex. lib. Lot of six annual reports covering 1928-1933. The first three reports are in English and the last three in French titled "Rapport sur les Pecheries d'�gypte". <br/><br/> Government Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2638
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Egypt. Survey Department
Rains of the Nile Basin and the Nile Flood of 1908
Cairo: National Printing Department 1909. Paperback. Very Good. folding map 69p. Original wrapper. 28cm. Cover soiling and minor chipping. Text by H. G. Lyons. Survey Department Paper No. 14. <br/><br/> National Printing Department paperback
Bookseller reference : 11402
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Egypt
White paper on the peace initiatives undertaken by President Anwar al-Sadat 1971-1977
The Ministry. Good. 256 pages in english unmarked. Bumped corners. Newletter from us egyptian embassy laid in. The Ministry unknown
Bookseller reference : AHMED0018
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Kelly J. B.
Arabia the Gulf & the West
New York NY: Basic Books 1980. Clean no names or text marking 530pp Reprint of 1991. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Basic Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 7199 ISBN : 0465004164 9780465004164
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Hourani Albert
A History of the Arab Peoples
Cambridge MA: Belknap Press 1991. Clean no name or marking to text 551pp. illus. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Belknap Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7166 ISBN : 0674395654 9780674395657
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Peters Elizabeth
THE GOLDEN ONE : A Novel of Suspense AWARD NOMINEE
New York NY U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon 2002. 1st ed. Near fine in lightly worn dust jacket. An AGATHA AWARD Nominee. It is 1917 and The Great War shows no sign of abating. Answering the siren call of Egypt once more Amelia Peabody and her family arrive at their home in Luxor to learn of a new Royal Tomb that has been ransacked by thieves. Soon the intrepid clan of archaeologists are confronted by an even more disturbing outrage: the discovery of a freshly and savagely slain corpse of a thief defiling the ancient burial sight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Morrow/Avon Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019613 ISBN : 0380978857 9780380978854
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Pearce Michael
A COLD TOUCH OF ICE Signed Copy
London: Collins 2000. The new Mamur Zapt novel. Cairo 1912 and things are starting to get ever so slightly out of hand. An Italian is found murdered and his warehouse is discovered to be stocked with guns and there's the little matter of T.E. Lawrence making a nuisance of himself. SIGNED COPY. An Ellis Peters Dagger Award Nominee for Best Historical Novel. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Collins Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018718 ISBN : 0002326973 9780002326971
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Pearce Michael
THE FIG TREE MURDER: A Mamur Zapt Mystery Signed
London: UK: Harper Collins 1996. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. SIGNED by the author at the title page. Why was the body put on the line Chance Or did someone want to halt the progress of the new electric railway out fom Cairo to the City of Pleasure being built in the suburbs Was it another of Egypt's traditional revenge killings Or had the murdered man somehow got caught up in the manoeuvrings of the sinister power groups jostling for position around the new railway In this the tenth novel in Michael Pearce's award-winning series Old Egypt is pitted against New and in the middle is the Mamur Zapt. To answer these questions he has to look both in the luxurious quarters of the dazzling New Heliopolis and in the more humble houses of the dead man's village and in neither place are things as straightforward as they seem. What is the significance of the tree of the Virgin Does it matter that the gathering place for the Mecca caravan is only a mile or two away And what of the ostrich that passed in the night . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Harper Collins Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018390 ISBN : 0002326191 9780002326193
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Pearce Michael
The Snake Catcher's Daughter A Mamur Zapt Mystery Ser.
Scottsdale AZ U.S.A.: Poisoned Pen Press 2003. 1st ed. A fine unread copy in dust jacket. Someone is running a campaign to discredit Cairo's senior police officials. Is Garvin the Commandant playing power games or is he trying to get to the bottom of the allegations of corruption What about Garvin's senior deputy McPhee a man who might finally be going round the bend And what of the Mamur Zapt himself He maybe the British head of the city's Secret Police but is he above suspicion This is the eighth in the award winning Mamur Zapt series highly praised for its elegance wry wit telling period detail and political astuteness . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Poisoned Pen Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018376 ISBN : 1590580516 9781590580516
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Doherty P. C.
THE SLAYERS OF SETH : A Story of Intrigue and Murder Set in Ancient Egypt
New York NY U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press LLC 2002. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. The fourth in the Ancient Egyptian series in which Pharao's Chief judge Lord Amerotke investigates the murder of one of Egypt's great heroes. In 2000 Doherty won The HERODOTUS AWARD for Lifetime Achievment presented by the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society for best historical writing . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Saint Martin's Press, LLC Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012301 ISBN : 0312282648 9780312282646
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Peters Elizabeth
The Ape Who Guards the Balance Amelia Peabody Mystery Ser. No. 10
New York NY U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon 1998. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket remainder copy. An Amelia Peabody mystery set in 1907 Egypt. AGATHA AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Remainder. Morrow/Avon Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016947 ISBN : 0380976579 9780380976577
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Elkins Aaron
DEAD MEN'S HEARTS
NY: Mysterious Press 1994. 1st ed. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Gideon is off to Egypt after he is promised a role in a documentary film. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Mysterious Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015225 ISBN : 0892964669 9780892964666
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