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Egypt: Ancient Sites and Modern Scenes
by Maspero, Gaston
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g
- Seller
-
Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. g. 8vo. 330pp. Gilt embossed blue cloth and spine. Head and tail of spine bumped. Corners worn. Gilt top edge. Fore-and bottom edges untrimmed. "With the bookplate and signature of Bruce Bryan, the noted author and long time curator of the Southwest Museum of The American Indians in Pasadena, California". Color Frontispiece. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Translated from French by Elizabeth Lee. Binding in good, interior in very good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11220
- Title
- Egypt: Ancient Sites and Modern Scenes
- Author
- Maspero, Gaston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- French travel descriptions, 19th Century , Egyptian antiquties , Egypt, history, archaeology
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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