The Obelisks of Egypt : Skyscrapers of the Past by Charles Cornell Van Siclen; Labib Habachi - 1977

Scribner's Sons, 1977-01-01. Hardcover. high lighting and underlining/Minimal wear to cover and jacket. Former owner name

Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1977.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, near fine in lightly edgeworn gray pictorial dj with one small closed tear. Chapter headings include: The meaning of obilisks; How obilisks were produced; Heliopolis and memphis-the old and middle kingdom; Thebes and other cities-the 18th dynasty; Rome and Istanbul; Paris, London, and New York. 203 pages,

Scribner's Sons. Collectible - Good. Signed Copy Collectible - Good. Acceptable dust jacket. Inscribed by author on dedication page.

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Scribner & Welford, Editeurs. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1977. Cloth. 0684148056 . 203 pages, contains a letter from the author taped to the front endpaper, also contains other taped-in items, photographs and newspaper clippings related to obelisks.; 8vo; Signed by Author(s) .

Scribner, 1977. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Charles Scribner's Sons. New in New dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 0684148056 . This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "The author describes the production of the obelisks, usually out of granite, and explains the complex cluster of meanings that they had for the ancient Egyptians. He tells about the Pharaohs who built them and about the conquerors and archeologists who carried some of them out of Egypt. The book contains numerous illustrations of the obelisks and of the gos and kings in whose honor they were built." ; 9.0 X 6.1 X 0.6 inches; 203 pages .

Charles Scribner's Sons. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. Hardback; foxing to edge of pages otherwise good in faded, foxed, creased and yellowed dustjacket. ; The production of the obelisks, and their complex meanings for the ancient Egyptians. Illustrated. ; 203 pages .

Scribner. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Scribner, 1977-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!