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UK: Templar Publishing, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Malcolm Godwin; paper engineering by Andy Mansfield. CONDITION: NEW 2009 Templar hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), first edition, first printing. Beautiful color illustrations by Malcolm Godwin. Text by Robert Coupe. Paper engineering by Andy Mansfield. The front cover is beautiful - raised designs & title in silver, gold & red foils. CONTENT: This book reveals ancient Egypt in a new light, with a wealth of exciting pop-ups, booklets, and lift-up flaps. Look inside the pyramids to see how they were constructed, explore the holy temple at Karnak and take a journey to the afterlife. The book if loaded with little fold-out history booklets. The first pop-up is a 2-sided boat of the New Kingdom; the second is of the Pharaoh and Queen; Great Pyramid; and a temple. There are flaps to lift, wheels to turn, and flaps to lift. Excellent. My favorite of all of it: the layout of how Carter dug down the layers to… Read More

USA: Henry Holt, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Bruce Strachan. CONDITION: NEW 2008 Henry Holt large hard cover (pictorial boards) & DJ, first printing. Wonderful, historically accurate, 3-dimension clay & wood color illustrations. CONTENT: More a showcase for Strachan's art than a primer for students of ancient Egypt, this survey pairs brief explanatory comments with photos of 3-D clay and wood tableaux illuminated by dim, filtered light. After an opening that is addressed to adults, the present-tense text covers one topic per spread, from "The Nile River" through "Pyramids," "Mummification," and related spreads introducing Hatshepsut, Ramses the Great, and King Tut's tomb. The spread labeled "Book of the Dead" neither mentions nor depicts said book, presenting instead a gallery of gods. Though the toylike, generally bare-chested figures of humans and gods are rendered with a fair degree of realism in credible settings, the pyramids at Giza are seen in a distant, aerial view that… Read More

Dutton Children's Books / Intervisual Books, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket Issued. Roger Stewart color illus/ Jose Seminario paper-engineering. CONDITION: AS NEW - what makes this book AS NEW? 1 lightly bumped corner - top back board - & bottom spine (production) and the fact that I have gently perused but (but pop-ups are still quite tight - so careful!) 1997 Dutton's Books for Children/Intervisual Books hardcover (pictorial boards), first edition, first printing. Color illustrations by Roger Stewart; paper engineering by Jose R. Seminario. All pop-ups work. Lift-the-flaps lead to exciting mummy artwork. AND you can actually "unwrap" a mummy by lifting the flaps. CONTENT: The text is historically correct as are the color illustrations. A fact-filled book featuring ingenious full-color, three-dimensional illustrations delves into the interesting world of mummies, furnishing detailed information on the techniques used in mummification, the… Read More

New York: Templar, Pictures of the Past series, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Robin Lawrie. CONDITION: UNREAD 1990 Templar large hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), first printing. Excellent, historically accurate color illustrations by Robin Lawrie. CONTENT: In this book we meet Kha. He is 8 years old and lives in Thebes. We visit his home, meet his family, and see how he woks on his father's farm. We share his excitement at seeing the Pharaoh's procession and through his adventures we learn how Ancient Egypt was governed, about its priests, craftsmen, travel and trade, and its eventual downfall. Excellent intro for youngsters to the culture, geography, religion of the ancient Egyptians.

Scholastic, 2006. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Gail Gibons color illustrations. CONDITION: UNREAD 2006 Scholastic paperback (STAPLED WRAPS), first paperback edition, first printing. Wonderful color illustrations which are historically accurate. CONTENT; Gibbons uses her familiar formula of basic text and ink-and-watercolor illustrations to introduce a topic of inherent interest to most kids--ancient Egypt. Spreads offer brief facts about society, homes, clothing, farming methods, and craftsmanship before turning to the enticing subject of mummies. Several pages include interesting details about how Egyptians prepared the wellborn for the afterlife, with close-up drawings of mummification and a cross-section of a pyramid's burial chambers. Younger children may need help with some of the more abstract concepts, such as the ancient Egyptians' spiritual beliefs. There are plenty of books available on the subject for this age group, but this one is a good place to… Read More

UK: Igloo Books , 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket Issued. Color illustrations - no credit given. NO PRIORITY PLEASE. CONDITION: NEW 2011 Igloo large hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), first edition, first printing. Wonderful large pop-ups, lift-the-flaps, and 1 pull tab (tab is wrinkled from publishing process) - all in working order. No one gets credit for the excellent text nor for the illustrations. CONTENT: The first pop-up is of the Sphinx; lift the flaps to see the inside an Egyptian home; a 4-page fold-out shows the building of the Great Pyramid; a pull-out chart of important Egyptian gods; another large pop-up showing Egyptian ships on the Nile; and a multi-layered lift -the-tab showing the inside of a sarcophagus through to the body. Wonderful and fun intro for youngsters to an important ancient world civilization.

Clarion , 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Kate Kiesler color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 1996 Clarion hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Color illustrations by Kate Kiesler. CONTENT: This endearing tale is sure to find favor wherever cat stories are in demand. Worshipped as a god with servants to coddle him, a temple cat in ancient Egypt yearns for the freedom to live as a normal feline. So he slips away and travels until he reaches a fisherman's hut by the sea, where he discovers the humble pleasures of a "real" supper, a scratch behind the ears, and the joy of playing with children and being loved by them. If readers have regrets over the abandoned believers, there is no consolation offered, only an illustration on the back cover showing the god's empty pillow. The language is direct and spare but still descriptive, and the layout is consistent (full-page oil paintings opposite pages of text), making this a… Read More

Aladdin Paperbacks, 1997. 1st Paperback Edition 18th Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Robert Sabuda color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 1997 Aladdin Paperbacks/Picture Books large paperback, first PB edition, 18th printing. Simply stunning (and historically correct) color illustrations by the Author, Sabuda the Great. Also, Sabuda's Notes on the Text last page of book. CONTENT: Small and frail, Tutankhamen was an all but ignored member of the royal family of the great Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III. At the school of the menoi, or tutors, he did not excel at physical activities with the other royal princes. Keeping to himself, he observed and admired the work of his father's craftsmen, who built glorious temples to Egypt's many gods. Someday he too would find a gift for those gods. Then Amenhotep III died and the unpopular reign of Tutankhamen's brother ended in mystery. Who now would be pharaoh? Could it be a boy of only ten? Intermediate readers. Grades 3+.