Valley of the Kings
by Romer, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0688007589
- ISBN 13
- 9780688007584
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: William Morrow, 1981. Stated First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated First Edition (first printing, with full number line on copyright page) in clean dust jacket. Clean dark blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Thoroughly illustrated with both color and black and white photographs, drawings, maps. 293 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, small price clip to upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A classic historical account of one of the world's richest archaeological sites--the Valley of the Kings. Most of the pictorial material in this remarkable book had not been published before, and much of it was unknown even to the specialists, including the complete account of the intrigues, rivalries, and dedication ofthe European archeologists..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026848
- Title
- Valley of the Kings
- Author
- Romer, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0688007589
- ISBN 13
- 9780688007584
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- ARCHAEOLOGY, VALLEY OF THE KINGS, EGYPTOLOGY, FIRST EDITION, JOHN ROMER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology;
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