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1972ref. 44334E. J. Brill. Fine with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Études Préliminaires Aux Religions Orientales Dans L'empire Romain 20; 198 pages . 1972. 9004034102 . E. J. Brill hardcover
1995ref. 44439Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Near Fine. Softcover. Very minor shelfwear.; 218 pages . 1995. 8774521861 . Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek paperback
1798ref. 181876London: printed for J. Wright 1798-1800. Mixed editions as usual. The work is formed of a collection of letters written by soldiers in Napoleon's army in Egypt published by the British as a propaganda exercise. The contents include the private accounts of foot soldiers in the campaign reports from General Damas to General Kleber and Napoleon complaining about his wife to his brother. Each letter is translated with additional footnotes. Facsimiles of both Napoleon's and Nelson's handwriting can be found on the folding plate. Provenance: from the library of Clive Richards although unmarked as such. Richards owned "the finest collection of Nelson letters in private hands" according to The Telegraph. He served as vice president of the Nelson Society and was a member of the 1805 Club for 30 years. 3 vols bound in one octavo 217 x 132 mm pp. xxiv 248 4; iv xxxii 236 4; ii xx 182. Vol. 1 bound with half title. Engraved tissue-guarded folding plate and folding map tables in text; text in English and French. With 8 pp. of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary mottled quarter calf red spine label smooth spine with flat bands ruled in gilt marbled boards edges yellow. Inscribed on half-title "Chas J. Clarke April 19th 1799" verses 10-13 of Horace's Ode 1.37 inscribed in pencil on front free endpaper recto. Spine a little stripped head chipped extremities slightly rubbed tips bumped contents a little toned and foxed: a very good copy. ESTC T148911; T122998; T121981; Sandler 853. "Clive Richards City financier and owner of the finest collection of Nelson letters in private hands - obituary" The Telegraph 23 April 2021. hardcover
1928ref. 179529Primarily Egypt: 15 December 1927 - 19 January 1928. Mummies rather too plentiful An animated account of an Essex family's winter getaway in Egypt comprising lively descriptions of Cairo's many sights and sounds humorous observations and a detailed record of their itinerary. The writer Arthur George Aldous 1867-1942; his signature appears on the first page pursued a career with the civil service in North Borneo before retiring to Dedham in Essex. He was accompanied to Egypt by his wife Alice Maud Mackenzie Young 1870-1944 and their daughter Elizabeth 1906-1964 whom he calls "A and B." Embarking the P&O vessel SS Narkunda they reached Port Said shortly after Christmas their time onboard recorded in enjoyable detail. "Cook's people deserved full marks for the way they saw us through customs nothing examined!. Port Said seems to have grow quite a lot and on the surface at least to be somewhat more respectable than of yor" 28 December. They reached Cairo the same day and 20 pages of the journal describe their time in the city up to their departure on 7 January 1928 during which period no day was uneventful. A trip to the bazaar gave his daughter the chance to buy a "Turkish harem lady's costume" 29 December and in each shop they were plied with Persian tea. They took day excursions to Memphis and to see statues of Ramesses and other historic sites "The Sphinx rather disappointed us" - 31 December and a highlight was a trip to the Egyptian Museum to see the recently installed Tutankhamun relics. "The whole museum was well worth a visit. and mummies rather too plentiful" 30 December. The holiday concludes with a visit to Italy and the journal ends on their arrival back in London. Octavo. With approx. 70 pages of neat manuscript leaves mostly written one side only several blank leaves at end. Original red roan marbled endpapers and edges. Bookplate of Charles Benson 1933-2017 of Kent UK. Light rubbing mark on rear cover otherwise well-preserved. unknown
2001ref. 44915Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Lower corners of Vol 3 a bit bumped. Dustjackets are protected in plastic sleeves.; 3 Volume Complete Set. Sandpiper reprint.; Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints; 1-3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 2136 pages; A documented study of the main aspects of Alexandrian life in the Ptolemaic period. An attempt to provide a documented account of selected but associated aspects both of the city as a social unit - its topography its civic organisation and constitutional history its commerce and its cults - and of its achievement in science learning and literature . 2001. 0198142781 . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
ref. PE84Elephant Folio ca. 40.5 x 30 cm or 15 ¾ x 11 ¾ in. 29 black cardstock leaves two blank. Over 50 mounted real photo postcards ca. 13.5 x 8.5 cm 5 ¼ x 3 ¼ in. Four watercolours and three ink drawings ca. 13.5 x 8.5 cm 5 ¼ x 3 ¼ in. Over 25 mounted printed photo postcards ca. 13.5 x 8.5 cm 5 ¼ x 3 ¼ in. Four images with period ink German captions on recto; 38 images captioned in negative/with print English or German captions on recto. Period red cloth album fastened with string with generic title “Aegypten” on front cover. Spine mildly rubbed; but overall a very good album of interesting photos. An attractive collection of postcards real photo and printed showing Egypt including Cairo Luxor Karnak and Aswan. There are also eight original sketches three ink drawings and four watercolours of Egyptian archeological sites and landscapes. Over 50 real photo postcards show Cairo Mena Home Hotel street scenes the Great Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza statues of the Egyptian Museum Luxor Luxor Temple Colossi of Memnon Mortuary complex of Hatshepsut Karnak Temple Medinet Habu and the Philae temple complex. Print photo postcards show reliefs from the Pyramids of Giza and several artifacts displayed at the Egyptian Museum. Also included are three ink drawings two of the mortuary complex of Hatshepsut one of the Savoy Hotel in Luxor and five watercolours four landscapes from Aswan and one showing a gate at Karnak. Overall an interesting and attractive collection of postcards and art showing Egypt during the early 20th century. hardcover
1903ref. 65432Leipzig 1903. 8vo. Rødt originalt shirtingbind. clxxxiv 407 s. Med karter og oversiktsplaner.8vo. Publishers red cloth. clxxxiv 407 pp. With maps and plans. Karl Baedeker Éditeur Norsk. Hinrichsen F 222.Bindet noe slitt. Navn på forsatsbladet og tittelbladet. Binding a bit worn. Name on front free endpaper and title. hardcover
1913ref. 75814Leipzig 1913. Liten 8vo. Rødt originalbind. CXC 438 s. Illustrert med farvetrykte plansjer og karter. Verlag von Karl Bædeker. Tysk. Pent eksemplar. unknown
2007ref. 42285Prestel. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Corners lightly bumped.; Begleitband zur Ausstellung Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bonn 5. April 2007 bis 27. Januar 2008 Heavy book; 430 X 40 X 290 millimeters; 464 pages . 2007. 3791338285 . Prestel hardcover
2000ref. 42284Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien / Skira. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. 1 corner lightly bumped.; Alternate ISBN: 3854970161; Schriften Des Kunsthistorischen Museums; Bd. 3; 357 pages . 2000. 8881181738 . Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien / Skira hardcover
ref. PD80Oblong Folio ca. 38 x 27 cm or 15 x 10 ½ in. 88 stiff paper leaves one blank. 87 mounted gelatin silver photographs ca. 22 x 17 cm 8 ½ x 6 ½ in. All but three images with period ink or pencil French captions on mounts. Period olive quarter morocco album with green pebbled cloth boards and spine with raised bands. Mounts slightly age-toned with minor tearing and creases on extremities not affecting photos; a few photos mildly faded but overall a very good album of interesting photos. An interesting and extensive collection of 87 large amateur gelatin silver photographs of Egypt before World War I. The album was likely compiled by French travellers on their journey up the Nile River in the early 1910s. Over 15 photographs show views from along the Nile. They include the compiler’s boats their dahabeah a river boat for use on the Nile and a small boat with two sails the First Cataract of the Nile the island of Elephantine near Aswan the river steamer Ibis villages along the Nile including a “Marabout” village and El Balyana a cable ferry a load of goglets crossing the river peasants standing on the banks women collecting water and irrigation devices. Over 20 photographs show ancient sites in Egypt including the Philae temple complex Medinet-Abou the Dendera temple complex Karnak Luxor Temple the Temple of Edfu Abydos and Esna. One photograph shows the interior of the tomb of Rameses V. Two photographs show a group of Arab women in front of a temple. Several photographs are views of Cairo including the Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan the Cairo Citadel the Mosque of Ibn Tulun the funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay and the French Legation building. Other photographs show the Abu Haggag Mosque in Luxor built on top of ancient ruins and a quarry near Aswan. Other photographs are snapshots of daily life in Egypt. They include street scenes a Mawlid celebration “Fete des prophets” a demonstration in the streets a market in Aswan a public square in Esna a group of men sitting on the side of the road to the Pyramids of Giza a group of “fellahs” Egyptian peasants “au passage du bateau postal” and cane harvesting. Overall a very interesting collection of photographs of Egypt in the early 1910s. hardcover
ref. 2g11146-um 1800. Kartenmaß: ca. 14 x 112 cm Planmaß: ca. 14 x 82 cm im Passepartout hinter Glas im schwarzen Holzrahmen ca. 237 x 308 cm Blattrand schief beschnitten/Plan gering fleckig und mit kleinen Löchern am Rand. unknown
ref. 5d4261The Cairo Postcard Trust Cairo um 1910. 36 Bildtafeln mit Seidenhemdchen kartonierter farbig illustrierter Einband mit Deckelillustration und Kordelbindung quart-quer Rücken etwas eingerissen/vorderer Einbanddeckel lose und mit kleinen Randläsuren/leicht fleckig. - Bildunterschriften zweisprachig: englisch und französisch - unknown
1913ref. 48898Leipzig 1913. 8vo. Origbd. CXC 438 s. Med karter og oversiktsplaner. Verlag von Karl Baedeker Norsk. Hinrichsen D 493.Et meget pent eks.A very nice copy. unknown
1820ref. 60512Kiøbenhavn. 1820. 8vo. Grønne 1800-talls skinnryggbind med enkel ryggforgylling. Marmorerte dekler. VI 637 ; 726 s. . Forlagt af Boghandler A. Goldin Dansk. Ex libris. Navn på forsatsen. unknown
1914ref. 48899Leipzig 1914. 8vo. Origbd. clxxxvi 442 s. Med karter og planer.8vo. Publishers red. cloth. clxxxvi 442 pp. With maps and plans. Karl Baedeker Éditeur Norsk. Hinrichsen F 224. hardcover
ref. 2k10160verschiedene Verlage und Orte circa 1932-2011 jeweils circa 70-450 Seiten mit einigen Abbildungen verschiedene Einbände und Formate. - gute Exemplare/ Enthalten: Brunton Geheimnisvolles Ägypten/ Clayton Die Pharaonen/ Das Reich der Pharaonen/ Hornung Tal der Könige. Die Ruhestätte der Pharaonen/ Goyon Die Cheops Pyramide/ Siliotti Ägypten/ Graichen Schliemanns Erben/ Götter Gräber und Gelehrte/ Tompkins Die Geheimnisse der großen Pyramiden/ Pharaonen der Sonne/ Schönheit im alten Ägypten/ Schulze Herrin beider Länder Hatschepsut/ Aldred Die Juwelen der Pharaonen/ Sennefer. Die Grabkammer des Bürgermeisters von Theben/ Giza. Am Fuß der großen Pyramiden/ Ägyptische Kunst/ Schoske Gott und Götter im alten Ägypten/ Eine Ägyptische Königstochter/ Gräber Mumien und Gelehrte/ Reeves Das Tal der Könige/ Grof Totenbücher/ Nofret. Die schöne/ Ägypten. Die Pharaonenreiche/ Götter und Symbole der alten Ägypter/ Otto Ägypten. der Weg des Pharaonenreiches/ Majonica Das Geheimnis der Hieroglyphen/ Ercivan Das Sternentor der Pyramiden/ Sasse Im Schatten der Pyramiden/ Führer durch die Sammlungen des Römer-Pelizaes-Museums 1 - unknown
1653ref. 136102Alexandria: 1916-53. Politics power and position under empire A rich document of empire pageantry and elite education in British Egypt bearing some 150 dated signatures of leading political military and cultural figures from the first half of the 20th century. Among them are successive British High Commissioners - McMahon Wingate and Allenby - alongside royalty senior officials diplomats and figures from commerce and the press reflecting Victoria College's status as a focal point of imperial authority and social power. Founded in 1902 with the backing of Sir Evelyn Baring Lord Cromer Victoria College educated the sons of the Anglo-Egyptian elite and staged annual speech days that became ritualized displays of British rule. Before the Second World War when British influence was at its height the college was regularly visited by high commissioners and their entourages even during wartime. Early entries include Sultan Hussein Kamal's visit of June 1916 followed by Sir Henry McMahon and senior military and diplomatic figures connected to Kitchener and the Cairo administration. McMahon's successor Reginald Wingate contributed a full-page endorsement of the school in 1917 and Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught visited in 1918 during Allenby's Egyptian campaign. In the interwar years Victoria remained a symbol of British cultural power despite Egypt's formal independence. Edmund Allenby signed repeatedly between 1919 and 1922 later joined by his successors George Lloyd and Percy Loraine often alongside Egyptian ministers. The book also records visits connected to major political developments including members of the Milner Mission in 1920 Gilbert Clayton Sultan Fuad I and George Antonius a former pupil and later a key Arab nationalist intellectual. Other signatories range from the Sultan of Zanzibar to senior churchmen naval officers journalists artists publishers and statesmen underscoring the college's place at the intersection of British and Middle Eastern elites. The final entries chart the end of the imperial era. A 1949 inscription by Said Taha Bey marked "Visit of the Hero of Faluja" poignantly closes this compendium - a compact first-hand chronicle of shifting power personalities and allegiances in modern Middle Eastern history. Quarto. Original brown buckram ledger spine and covers ruled in black grey-green endpapers joints lined with green linen tape as issued marbled and rounded edges pages with printed blue rules approximately 65 pages with one or more signatures nearly all in ink remaining pages blank. Binding sturdy boards and contents soiled in places leaves with light foxing and browning signatures well preserved: an excellent example. Samir Raafat "Victoria College - Educating the Elite 1902-1956" Egyptian Mail 30 March 1996. hardcover
ref. MC41Watercolour on paper ca. 17x22 cm 6 ¾ x 8 ¾ in. Period ink caption on verso. A very good watercolour mounted in a recent mat. This attractive bright watercolour by an unknown artist shows one of the Mamluk mausoleums in Cairo known as "the Tombs of the Caliphs. " "The Mamluk sultans and elites were eager patrons of religious and scholarly life commonly building religious or funerary complexes whose functions could include a mosque madrasa khanqah for Sufis water distribution centers sabils and mausoleum for themselves and their families. Among the best-known examples of Mamluk monuments in Cairo are the huge Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan the Mosque of Amir al-Maridani the Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad whose twin minarets were built above the gate of Bab Zuwayla the Sultan Al-Ghuri complex the funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay in the Northern Cemetery and the trio of monuments in the Bayn al-Qasrayn area comprising the complex of Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun the Madrasa of al-Nasir Muhammad and the Madrasa of Sultan Barquq. " Wikipedia. unknown
ref. MC45Watercolour on paper ca. 6x11 cm 4 ¼ x 2 ½ in. Initialed ‘A.B.’ in the lower right corner. Period ink inscription on verso “With love and all good wishes for happier times in the near future. From Peggie”. Recently matted very good watercolour. Nice watercolour view of the Great Pyramids of Giza taken at sunset with the waters of Nile in the foreground reflecting the tender colours of the evening sky. unknown
ref. PD23Oblong folio ca. 325x42 cm 13 x 16 ½ in. Six grey card album leaves. With 56 mounted gelatin silver prints including a three-part panorama ca. 65x325 cm 2 ½ x 12 ¾ in. the other photos are ca. 7.5 x 13 cm 3 x 5 ¼ in. or slightly smaller. All photos captioned and many dated in period manuscript blue ink on the mounts. Recent brown cloth album with embossed design on front cover. One image partially detached and folded one with repaired tear a few photographs with mild rubbing or fading and many photographs showing the traces of the adhesive otherwise a very good album with strong sharp photographs. Album with interesting snapshot photographs of the villages and cities located on the Nile River banks from Ibrim Lower Nubia Egypt to Kosti present-day White Nile state of Sudan. Apparently taken by a young British military man on service in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan the album includes views of the Abu Simbel rock temple before it was moved in 1968 during the construction of the Aswan High Dam Wadi Halfa Khartoum White Nile bridge to Omdurman under construction British barracks – with two images of a sand storm closing over the barracks native boats on the Blue Nile in Khartoum the White Nile in flood the junction point of the White and Blue Nile nearby Moghren village Khartoum-Omdurman ferry boat Omdurman native market buildings on the Nile bank a street in the native quarter Ad Douiem local people on the Nile bank British Governor’s house native market prison cart White Nile Police officers Wad-Alzaky Kosti railway station mosque bridge under construction native village native market “S.S. Fateh alongside at Kosti” and others; there are also photos of the local fishermen and children and several views of the White Nile with two photos showing the felucca race on July 15 1924. The album closes with a three-part panorama of Port Said harbour taken in 1926 from the “Fleet Frozen meat store” showing the Navy House destroyed during the 1956 Suez Crisis the Suez Canal Company Office and naval cruisers docked nearby. Overall a nice photo collection of views of Egypt and Sudan along the banks of the Nile River. hardcover
1964ref. 21887Paris: Éditions A. Et J. Picard. Good. Softcover. Former scholar's ink name stamp on ffeps Caroline Peck a few pencil marks in margin of text volume IV faint dampstaining to lower part of spine of plate volume IV else VG. Wraps browned. Vol. V: some pages unopened. VG.; 1964/69. 2 volumes in 4 parts. Vol. IV text and plate vols : 1964 : 858pp 469 illustrations; 40pls; Vol. V text and plate vols 1969 : vii 1037pp 385 illustrations 48pls.; 2 Volumes in 4 Parts; 4-5 . 1964. Éditions A. Et J. Picard paperback
ref. M7019dRare complete set of 2 volumes. Edition limited to 1200 sets. Ordnance Survey Giza 1949-54. First edition. Large folio original cloth containing 243 plates showing mosques and architectural and decorative details 27 in colour: 216 in photogravure with sepia ink 2 in photogravure with chromolithographed colour 3 chromolithographed and 22 in halftone offset lithography after paintings by Al-Husain Fawzy. Further with about 100 offset lithographic line illustrations on the integral leaves many full-page. Vol. I: 68 pages 93 plates 2 maps and index. Vol. II: pages 69-133 plates 94-243. In the introduction Creswell writes: "Cairo possesses a most remarkable series of Muslim monuments running unbroken from the ninth to the nineteenth centuries. In the latter respect it is unique. . we need have no hesitation in saying that these two volumes constitute the finest piece of book production achieved in Egypt". Language: English. This set ships from Europe shipping costs will be updated accordingly BPF. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Medieval & Modern Egypt. unknown
ref. PC7Twenty pairs of albumen stereoview photographs each pair ca. 75x145 cm 3 x 5 ¾ in mounted on original grey yellow and orange cards. Over a dozen cards numbered in negative from “51” to “222” one with a signature in negative partly trimmed off; one photo with a printed caption in French in negative; one photo with a printed caption in English on the paper label attached to the card’s verso. Seventeen photos with period manuscript captions and/or numbers in English or French on the cards’ versos. One photo with a paper label of a 19th-century Vienna dealer C. Jos. Rospini on the card’s verso one photo with a photo dealer’s ink stamp dated “1965” on the card’s verso. Several images mildly faded or with minor stains otherwise a very good collection of strong stereoviews. Interesting collection of early stereoview photograph views of Cairo ancient Egyptian sites along the Nile and the Suez Canal under construction. Eleven views of Cairo two identical but mounted on different types of card – yellow or orange show the Citadel Tombs of the Califs and the streets of the old city. Eight views of the ancient Egyptian temples and sites show the Great Pyramids of Giza the Great Hypostyle Hall and other sites in Karnak the Colossi of Memnon Medinet Habu temple the Memnonium and the temple in Kirscheh. The latter stood next to the Dendur and Kalabsha temples in Nubia but was flooded with the waters of Lake Nasser after the construction of the Aswan High Dam. One stereoview depicts the works on the Suez Canal with a floating construction crane in the middle of the canal. unknown
ref. MA82Nine original watercolours on paper from ca. 125x175 cm 5 x 6 ¾ in to ca. 65x125 cm 2 ½ x 5 in mounted within ink-drawn frames on the original white album leaves ca. 21x275 cm 8 ¼ x 11 in. All watercolours captioned and dated in period ink on the mounts. Period style dark green morocco album with a gilt tooled spine and cloth boards. Several leaves with minor stains on the lower blank right corners of the mounts not affecting the watercolours otherwise a very good collection. An attractive album of bright watercolour views drawn by a British traveller during his Nile cruise in the winter of 1892-1893. Dated between December 1892 and February 25th 1893 the watercolours show Assouan Aswan Cairo Girgeh Girga the ancient Thebes the Great Pyramids of Giza and the pyramids of Meidum and Saqqara. Overall a beautiful watercolour collection showing some of the iconic Egyptian sites through the eyes of a 19th-century British traveller. Captions: Assouan. Egypt. December 1892 two different views; The Nile near Thebes. February 13th 1893; Girgeh. Egypt. February 18th 1893; Pyramid of Medum. February 21st 1893 two different views; Cairo from the Nile. February 23rd 1893; Pyramid of Sakkarah. February 23rd 1893; Pyramids of Gizeh. Sunset. February 25th 1893. hardcover
