Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 264 pages, photographs throughout. Egypt After the Pharoahs treats the period which witnessed the arrival of the Greeks and Hellenistic culture in Egypt, the reign of the Ptolemies from Ptolemy I to Cleopatra, the conquest by Rome, the scientific and cultural achievements of Alexandria, and the rise of Christianity. The rich social, cultural, and intellectual ferment of this period comes alive in Alan Bowman's narrative. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York , privately printed, 1st, 1882, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. large folio, maroon cloth with gilt stamping. Covers worn, especially corners. Internally clean. 187 pages plus 51 full-page plates: 32 artotypes, 18 engravings, 1 chromo-lithograph. Some plates with light foxing, small water stains to some margins.In 1879, Gorringe won the contract to move the obelisk of Thutmosis III from Alexandria to Central Park for $75,000. This book is about the expedition to retrieve the obelisk and a study of the other standing obelisks in Paris and London. Frontispiece portrait of William Vanderbilt who financed the acquisition of the monument. Scarce in original printing.
Hardcover. New York, Pantheon Books, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 212 pages, hardcover. Egyptian Servant Statues. Volume XIII in the Bollingen Series. Illustrated with b&w plates. Rubbing and edgewear to spine, marking to rear panel. Bumping to corners. Fading to text block, all edges. Unmarked. A tight copy.
Hardcover. Berne, Kummerly + Frey, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. This fascinating book concerning the history of the Sinai Peninsula is 239 pages in length, with 51 text figures, and numerous fine (unnumbered) color plates. Housed in plain gray cardboard slipcase. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.