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COOK'S HANDBOOK FOR EGYPT AND THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN, with Chapters on Egyptian Archaeology.
Edition: Fourth edition.
London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1921. Hardcover - With nine maps (Eight large folding maps plus one in the pocket at the rear), and 182 illustrations in the text and two in the supplement. Includes a 28 page 1925 supplement bound in at the front, which focuses on the recent discovery and opening of King Tutankhamen's tomb, but also includes other recent excavations in Egypt and the Sudan; Egypt in 1924-25 and the Sudan in 1923-25. Index, advertisements. 28, vv, 956 pp.
Condition: Very good in the original maroon flexible cloth covers, gilt titling on the spine and front cover, marbled endpapers and all edges, green silk book marker bound in.
Book ID: 68846More details Price: $100.00 -
NONSTOP METROPOLIS: A New York City Atlas
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps.
Book ID: 84727More details Price: $150.00 -
MAPS AND MAP-MAKERS.
Edition: Revised edition, first thus.
New York: Crown, (1982.) dj. Hardcover - Originally published in 1949, this was one of the first general works on the subject by a leading London antiquarian book and map dealer, designed to be a guide for students and collectors. "Gives full information and illustrations of the principal map-makers and map publishers and their work from the earliest times to the 19th century, combining an appreciation of the popular decorative side of early maps with historical and bibliographical notes." Illustrated with 104 black and white reproductions and color plates. Index. 140 pp. ISBN: 0-517533030.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (upper corners bumped, short tear in dj near spine,)
Book ID: 52260More details Price: $20.00