ANCIENT EGYPT: A FIRST LOOK AT PEOPLE OF THE NILE
by STRACHAN, Bruce
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0805074325
- ISBN 13
- 9780805074321
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About This Item
USA: Henry Holt, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Bruce Strachan. CONDITION: NEW 2008 Henry Holt large hard cover (pictorial boards) & DJ, first printing. Wonderful, historically accurate, 3-dimension clay & wood color illustrations. CONTENT: More a showcase for Strachan's art than a primer for students of ancient Egypt, this survey pairs brief explanatory comments with photos of 3-D clay and wood tableaux illuminated by dim, filtered light. After an opening that is addressed to adults, the present-tense text covers one topic per spread, from "The Nile River" through "Pyramids," "Mummification," and related spreads introducing Hatshepsut, Ramses the Great, and King Tut's tomb. The spread labeled "Book of the Dead" neither mentions nor depicts said book, presenting instead a gallery of gods. Though the toylike, generally bare-chested figures of humans and gods are rendered with a fair degree of realism in credible settings, the pyramids at Giza are seen in a distant, aerial view that doesn't capture their scale, and the nearby Sphinx sports an oddly new-looking head atop a crumbling body. [Actually, this is a great intro for younger kids to the ancient Egyptian civilization.]
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000352
- Title
- ANCIENT EGYPT: A FIRST LOOK AT PEOPLE OF THE NILE
- Author
- STRACHAN, Bruce
- Illustrator
- Bruce Strachan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0805074325
- ISBN 13
- 9780805074321
- Publisher
- Henry Holt
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 32
- LCCN
- 2005028486
- Keywords
- Ancient Egypt, Bruce Strachan, Children's ancient history, ancient history, ancient egypt, children's history books,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books: Ancient History; Children's Books: Ancient Egypt;
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- 1 lb
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