Search Results: pre dynastic cemetery at el mahasna by edward r ayrton

The Egypt Exploration Fund. , 1911. Book. Good. Hardcover. ORIGINAL 1911 PUBLICATION; ex-library; hardcover; small dent on lower edge of front board and corners bumped; light browning/soiling of boards; o/w contents in very good condition. This is a heavy volume; extra shipping may be required for priority mail or international orders. .

London: Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. g. Folio. VIII, 39, [3]pp (Text), XXXVIIIpp (Plates). Half cloth over printed paper covered boards. Remarkable work on the 1908-9 season in which Ayrton, in collaboration with W. L. S. Loat, excavated the Pre-dynastic cemetery of El-Mahasna. It is exquisitely illustrated with 38 b/w plates, plans and charts. Some rubbing and sunning along edges of binding. Spine partly chipped. Ex-library copy with library stamps on inside of front cover. Binding in overall poor to fair, interior in good+ to very good condition.

London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. fair to vg. Folio. viii, 39pp., xxxviii plates. Original black cloth over tan boards with black lettering on cover, red on spine. Thirty-First Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund. "El Mahasna... after a cursory examination, we found that the place had been badly plundered, yet we decided to ask the Government for permission to, at least, test the ground. We knew that we should not have the time at our disposal to open every grave, plundered and unplundered, but we hoped to save the unplundered graves." (Excerpts from introduction, Petrie). Sepia-toned and b/w photographs of excavation site and artifacts, and line drawings of pottery. It is exquisitely illustrated with a total of 38 b/w plates, plans and charts. Publications of Egypt Exploration Fund advertised at inside back cover. Binding with library barcode and sticker, library bookplate on inside front, library pocket and numeric stamp on inside back cover. Some wear with small… Read More

London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Good- to good+ condition.. Folio. viii, 39pp., xxxviii plates. Original black pebbled half-cloth over off-white boards with black lettering on cover, red on spine. Thirty-First Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund. "In many respects the cemetery could not be considered rich. Stone vases and the finer worked flints were rare, but on the other hand valuable ivories were found and several interesting objects in copper... we have confined ourselves to a bare statement of facts. None of the innumerable disputed questions are discussed. The description of the plates, however, has been made as full as possible, tough of a general character." (Author). Exquisitely illustrated with 38 b/w plates, plans and charts. Includes some in-text drawings and numerous photographs of the excavation site, including burial sites, ivory figures, bracelets, strings of beads, vases, pendants, figurines, slates, flints and pottery as well as drawings of pottery.… Read More

London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1911. Thirty-First Memoir. Used - Very Good. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1911. Thirty-First Memoir.. H. Book is 2. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards, quarto, 39 pp. 38 plates. Paper covering boards badly worn with staining; an old water stain at head of fore-edge; ghosts on endpapers; joists have inch and a half tear at head of spine; rear hinge starting. Internally, very sound.

1911. London, Egypt Expl. Fund, 1911. 4to. Orig. half cloth. VIII,39 pp. and 38 plates. Original printing. (31st Memoir of The Egypt Exploration Fund).