This is the rating and price for John Garstang The Burial Customs Of Ancient Egypt 1907 First Edition Antique British Egyptology Archaeology Middle Kingdom Tombs Beni Hassan Photographic Plates, 1902

Description : Title: The Burial Customs of Ancient Egypt, as Illustrated by Tombs of the Middle Kingdom, Being a Report of Excavations Made in the Necropolis of Beni Hassan During 1902-3-4 Author: John Garstang - John Garstang (5 May 1876 – 12 September 1956) was a British archaeologist of the ancient Near East, especially Anatolia and the southern Levant. [Courtesy Wikipedia] Publisher: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd City: London Year: 1907 Printing Information: First Edition Binding Style: Hardcover Pagination: xv/250 pages plus 231 photographic figures and 16 plates Width: 8.25 Height: 10.75 Book Details: This volume embodies an account of the results of excavations made during two winter seasons, 1902-3 and 1903-4, in the Necropolis of Beni Hassan. (From the Preface) Chapters include Furniture of the Tomb, The Coffin and Details of Interment, and Notes on the Inscribed Objects, among others. Condition / Notes: This antique first edition is bound in dark green cloth, with stamped gilt lettering and ornamentation on the front cover and spine. The exterior exhibits rubbing along the extremities and light to moderate scuffing on the covers. The head and foot of the spine cover display fraying. The binding is cracked. The pages show mild age toning concentrated in the margins. A bookplate is adhered to the front flyleaf. Minor pencil markings appear on the front pastedown and flyleaf. This book is richly illustrated with 231 photographic figures and 16 plates, a number of which fold out. The full-color frontispiece depicts an Egyptian model of a funereal barque. 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: $6.50
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