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A General Introductory Guide to the Egyptian Collections in the British Museum
by Various
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$27.39NZ$20.54
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About This Item
A General Introductory Guide to the Egyptian Collections in the British Museum, with 233 Illustrations, New Edition, Revised and Enlarged
Hardback, 1930, printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, London, xv + 460 pages.
Measures around 8 3/8" by 5 3/8" by 1". Paper on card boards, paper spine. Marking and scuffing to binding. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Tearing to hinges and chipping to base of spine. Slackness to binding, cracking to front inner and inner hinge with front board partially detached. Page edges browned, scuffed, foxed, marked and a little stained. Foxing to endpapers, some marking to page surfaces but mostly clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-564
- Title
- A General Introductory Guide to the Egyptian Collections in the British Museum
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, paper on card boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition, Revised and Enlarged
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Trustees of the British Museum
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Pages
- xv + 460
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Egypt, Antiquity
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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