This is the rating and price for 2V Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt Le Petit Temple D'Abou Simbel 1968 Author-Signed First Edition Vintage Egyptology Archaeology Epigraphy Plates Decorative Binding, 1968

Description : Title: Le petit temple d'Abou Simbel : Nofretari pour qui se leve le Dieu-soleil Author: Ch Kuentz, Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt - Christiane Desroches Noblecourt was a French Egyptologist. She was the author of many books on Egyptian art and history and was also known for her role in the preservation of the Nubian temples from flooding caused by the Aswan Dam. (Information courtesy of Wikipedia) Publisher: Centre de documentation et d'etude sur l'ancienne Egypte City: Cairo Year: 1968 Printing Information: First Edition Binding Style: Hardcover Number of Volumes: 2 Full Set: Yes Width: 13 Height: 17.25 Book Details: Contents: I : Etude archeologique et epigraphique : essai d'interpretation. II : Planches Condition / Notes: This is a scarce author-signed first edition of this work, with an inscription at the top of the front flyleaf of the first volume reading Pour comprendre le secret des deux temples / Ch. Desroches-Noblecourt. This set is made up of a small (11.25 x 14.25) and a large folio (13 x 17.25). These volumes are bound in their original pale blue moiré silk-backed boards, with color insets to the front covers and stamped gilt lettering to the spines. The books show minor external wear, with light shelfwear to the covers, including sunning to the spines and the extremities of the covers. The bindings are firm. The volumes are adorned with pictorial endpapers. The pages are clean and bright. The edges of the text block of both volumes exhibit light scattered foxing. This work is profusely illustrated with b&w photographic plates, full-page illustrations, and diagrams. The foreword is bilingual in Arabic and French, the main text is in French. For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $13.50
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