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19231122G. Allen & Unwin. 1923. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. One small stain on back board. Edgewear along spine ends.; Illustrated by 50 colour tipped-in plates. A little light foxing mostly to prelims.; 223 pages . G. Allen & Unwin hardcover
184134772London: Hamilton Adams & Co. 1841. First Edition. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece of Mohammed Ali. 8vo publisher's original brown cloth the spine lettered in gilt the covers decorated and blocked in blind with fillet rules and inner decorations at the borders the upper cover with gilt pictorial device showing a camel being led by a tender and with palms and pyramid in the background. xvi 280 pp. A handsome copy in unusually pleasing condition the binding in good order even as age is observable the gilt bright the text block clean the hinges sound a bit of offset to the plate very well preserved and rare thus. SCARCE FIRST EDITION. An important and primary work on man who would Muhammad Alia 1769 – 1849 was the Ottoman viceroy and governor who became the de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848 widely considered the founder of modern Egypt. At the height of his rule in 1840 he controlled Egypt Sudan Hejaz the Levant Crete and parts of Greece and transformed Cairo from a mere Ottoman provincial capital to the center of an expansive empire.<br> Ali was a military commander in an Albanian Ottoman force sent to recover Egypt from French occupation following Napoleon's withdrawal. He rose to power through a series of political maneuvers and in 1805 he was named W li of Egypt and gained the rank of Pasha. As W li Ali attempted to modernize Egypt by instituting dramatic reforms in the military economic and cultural spheres. He also initiated a violent purge of the Mamluks consolidating his rule and permanently ending the Mamluk hold over Egypt.<br> Militarily Ali recaptured the Arabian territories for the sultan and conquered Sudan of his own accord. In 1831 Ali waged war against the sultan capturing Syria crossing into Anatolia and directly threatening Constantinople.<br> After defeating the Ottomans multiple times he accepted a peace brokered by European powers in 1842 and withdrew from the Levant; in return he and his descendants were granted hereditary rule over Egypt and Sudan. His dynasty would rule Egypt for over a century until the revolution of 1952 when King Farouk was overthrown by the Free Officers Movement led by Mohamed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser establishing the Republic of Egypt. <br> Hamilton, Adams & Co. hardcover
190221105Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1902. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. Usual browning and light chipping to dustjacket. Former owner's notes on front free endpaper and with a small chip. Browning to half-title page. Else a handsome and tight copy with nicely marbled edges. ; With 23 maps 66 plans and 59 vignettes. Including the 1904 supplement: "The Egyptian Museum at Cairo" a 24 page pamphlet with a little bit of tanning to the covers and with a small inkstain. Both supplement and dustjacket make this copy very rare. Hinrichsen 250. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; cxcii 408 pages . Karl Baedeker hardcover
190220633Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1902. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Endpapers browned and front endpaper stamped. Light creasing to back boards. Internally handsome and tight with maps in VG condition. ; With 23 maps 66 plans and 59 vignettes. Hinrichsen ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; cxcii 408 pages . Karl Baedeker hardcover
190817408Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1908. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. Light rubbing to spine and spine heels. Two maps detached but present. Edges a bit tanned ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 439 pages . Karl Baedeker hardcover
11Bolton England: Tillotson & Son. Original soft Covers. Very Good. 38 pages illustrated bibliography fold out map in rear and three colored map on rear cover inset. Booklet issued to promote tourism in the area. Laid inside rear cover is a list of other special books on Egypt from WH Smith in London. Tillotson & Son unknown
1971034026Very Good unmarked Hardback; endpapers & top edge foxed; DJ-Fair small tears. xxiv 145 pp. Index; Appendices; Catalogue of Scarabs. American University of Beirut hardcover
1861177021Edinburgh & London.: William Blackwood & Sons. 1861. Engraved map with original outline hand-colour 57 x 43.8 cm 61.1 x 49 cm sheet central fold very slight edge toning but the map in very good bright condition. First edition. Fine large folding map: the Nile delta and river with attractive original outline colour railways and canals marked and name references to biblical and classical geography. Published for inclusion as map 39 in "Keith Johnston's royal atlas of modern geography" . William Blackwood & Sons. unknown
19053751Chicago: Fleming H. Revell. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. Boards with light Rubbing to extremities. Binding gapping in a couple of places but holding together. ; Gray boards with red lettering and a picture in silhouette of a rider on a camel ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages . Fleming H. Revell hardcover
0702804347.Gmap. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
19333730London: Macmillan. 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Both volumes have light rubbing to extremities. Vol one has light foxing throughout and front hinge starting; Vol two has foxing to edges; Volume one has fold-out map of the region in rear. Intended as a follow-up to the Earl of Cromer's 'Modern Egypt ' Lloyd covers the fifty years since the British occupied Egypt to install a new government supposedly for their own good. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 390 418 pages . Macmillan hardcover
1959922Cairo. The Tourist Administration. 1956-1959 1959. Hardcover. Gut bis sehr gut. J3 links --- Monthly magazine bound in 3 volumes vol. 1 contains number 17 Dec. 55 nr. 18 Jan 56 nr. 31 March 57 and nr. 33 to nr. 40 = May to Dec. 1957; vol. 2 contains nr. 41 - nr. 52 = Jan. - Dec. 1958; vol. 3 contains nr. 53 - 63 = Jan. 59 - Nov. 59; in English with many illustr. In-4 each nr. about 45pp. together 33 issues bound in blue cloth Cairo. The Tourist Administration. 1956-1959 hardcover
1992w190726988Cleveland Museum of Art 1992. 476pp. Over sized heavy white cloth hardback DJ has rubbing along edges owner name on front end page appendix b&w and color photos maps catalogue of a major exhibit for Egypt's Dazzling Sun the art and history of the reign of Amenhotep III the pharaoh who called himself the "Dazzling Sun Disk" essays . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Cleveland Museum of Art Hardcover
59-WGUW-QC19Hardcover. Very Good. Jacket in Good condition with average wear and small tears. Book is Very Good with slightly bumped corners clean lightly yellowed pages firm binding. hardcover
19977792Norwalk CT: Easton Press. Fine; all edges gilt SIGNED & NUMBERED. 1997. First Edition. Leather. LIMITED #588 of 3000; 366 pages . Easton Press hardcover
1833174939London.: Published for the Proprietors by Mr. Bull. 1833. Engraved map 14.1 x 8.8 cm original hand colour in very good condition. Fine miniature map with appealing hand colour denoting Lower Central and Upper Egypt. . Published for the Proprietors by Mr. Bull. unknown
60432c. 1880s. . Albumen print pasted on original card. Fine tonal range in good condition. <br /> <br /> c. 1880s. unknown
1942207841London.: Royal Engineers. July1942. Printed colour topographical map mounted on linen 56.7 x 79.2 cms; 64.6 x 89. 5 cms sheet original folds edgewear small marginal chips a little dusty but in good condition. Detailed World War II operational map of Egypt and the Middle East issued by 512 Army Field Survey Company of the Royal Engineers. The map is marked "Not to be Published" in the upper right margin. Railways roads camel tracks telegraph lines boundaries altitudes towns and villages are marked. . Royal Engineers. unknown
198320264Geneva: Nagel Publishers. 1983. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 61 plans in black and white 6 maps and plans in colors. Including publisher mail-in card and "note of control" card laid-in. In VG slipcase ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 815 pages . 2826307266 . Nagel Publishers hardcover
19339999_04305New York Alma Egan Hyatt Foundation 1933. 1st Edition . Soft cover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Quarto. Pp. 38. Figures plans etc. some full-page. Original printed wrappers blue spine. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. First issue of this legendary publication. With articles by Günther Roeder Marcelle Werbrouck Battiscombe Gunn "On the Supposed Mention of the Egyptian God Re' in Exodus". From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Joris Frans Borghouts 1939-2018. From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Joris Frans Borghouts 1939-2018. OFP-M <br/> <br/> New York, Alma Egan Hyatt Foundation paperback
19599999_00399Chicago Journal of Near Eastern Studies 1959. 1st Edition . Offprint. . Octavo. Pp. 169-212. Plus one plate. Set in double columns. Original self wrappers; small inscription. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION thus. Reprinted for private circulation from Journal of Near Eastern Studies 1959. Rudolf Anthes 1896-1985. AEB 59036. ~Librarium of The Hague offers the largest and finest collection of Egyptological offprint monographs in the rare book market. With the acquisition in recent years of multiple Egyptological libraries those of Prof. Herman te Velde; Prof. Mathieu Heerma van Voss Prof. Baudouin van de Walle; Prof. Michel Malaise; Prof. Herman De Meulenaere; Egyptologist Jacobus Visser and former Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society Stewart Dale White we now hold several thousands of rare offprint monographs which were collected over many years by these scholars. Very limited in number when originally issued and fragile by nature most are by now practically extinct and the scarce survivors are much sought after. We took upon ourselves to collate catalogue and identify each item in accordance with Beinlich-Seeber or Annual Egyptological Bibliography in the hope that this collection will prove useful for scholars and collectors alike. Your queries are most welcome OFP-01 <br/> <br/> Chicago, Journal of Near Eastern Studies unknown
9999_04277Various imprints 1873-1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . 16 volumes bound in one. Quarto. Bound-up volume of 16 publications with numerous articles. With plates in various techniques some folding. HARDCOVER bound in contemporary half-cloth and marbled boards spine gilt spine-ends and lower joint bit frayed. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Comprising of the following rare publications and offprints: 1-5: Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 1873. Five issues one issue incomplete. Lacks September-October. 6-7: ZÄS Juli-October 1876. Two issues. 8: ZÄS Januar-März 1877. One issue. 9: P. Hippolyte-Boussac: Tombeau d'un astrologue thébain de la XVIIIe dynastie; with translation into English as The Tomb of a Theban Astrologer of the Eighteenth Dynasty Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects ca. 1850. 10: Recueil de travaux relatifs à la philologie et à l'archéologie égyptiennes et assyriennes IX I-II Ca. 1875. 11: Édouard Naville: La stèle de Pithom. ZÄS XL. 12: La pierre de Palmere No author Congrès des Orientalistes de Hambourg 1902. 13: Georges Legran: Notes prises à Karnak. Tirage à part de Recueil de travaux relatifs à la philologie et à l'archéologie égyptiennes et assyriennes1900. 14: Le temple et les chapelles d'Osiris à Karnak. II. La Chapelle et le tombeau d'Osiris ounnofré. No imprint. 15: S. Birch: Remarks upon the Cover of the Granite Sarcophagus of Rameses III. in the Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge Antiquarian Society 1876. 16: Georges Legrain et Édouard Naville: L'aile nord du pylône d'Anénophis III à Karnak. Annales du Musée Guimet 1902. ~ Provenance: From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Joris Frans Borghouts 1939-2018 previously at NINO with corresponding bookplate inside cover. WITH: Detailed manuscript "List of Contents" compiled on two blank preliminaries aiming to list the many dozens of articles in this collection. AND WITH: Index compiled in manuscript by another hand comprising of 4 neatly written pages with cross-references bound-in at end. With Borghouts' pencil annotations in places. Very rare scholar's copy. L-1 <br/> <br/> Various imprints, 1873-1900. hardcover
19627206Leiden Brill 1962. 1st Edition . Offprint. . Royal quarto. Pp. 3. Plus a leaf of plates printed on both sides. Original wrappers. In good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION thus. Reprinted from "Oudheidkundige Mededeelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden XLIII. X-3 <br/> <br/> Leiden, Brill unknown
19187120Leipzig Hinrich 1918. 1st Edition . Offprint. . Quarto. Pp. 16-39. Figure. Original printed wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION thus. Sonderdruck aus Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 1918. From the library of Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Joris Frans Borghouts 1939-2018. OFP-L <br/> <br/> Leipzig, Hinrich unknown
19559999_03082Pisa Lischi & Figli 1955. 1st Edition . Offprint. . Quarto. Pp. 75-81. Plus a plate with 2 images. Original printed wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION thus. Estratto da Studi in Memoria di Ippolito Rosellini II 1955. Wolja Erichsen 1890-1996. AEB 3854. OFP-F <br/> <br/> Pisa, Lischi & Figli unknown