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This is Volume II of a 14 volume set that was published in a limited edition of 2000 copies. Fine cloth binding with lettering in gilt, deckled edge text block, and gilt stain to the top block edge.
Numerous colored illustrations throughout, tissue overlay frontispiece. A fine single volume copy of this important work.
Mylar Protected

New York.: Parke, Austin, And Lipscomb Inc., 1917 A 14 Volume Set Of This Limited Edition Of 2000, This One Numbered 459 And Endorsed On A Bound Page Certifying The Membership Of E.M.Ashcraft And Signed By The American Director Of The Society R.G.Lancaster. This Page Also Has A Paste Down Gilt Sticker Of The Foundation Which Is Blind Stamped. Laid In Also Is Mr Ashcraft's Honorary Membership Of The Oriental Foundation, Possibly Signed By The Director And With The Same Blind Stamped Sticker. This Laid In Piece Has Aging And Knocking To The Edges. All 14 Books Are Rough Cut, All Top Block Edges Gilt And All Frontispieces Present And Tissue Protected. Brown Hard Cover Boards. Vol 1, Babylonia Assyria; The Spine Has Become Detached Along The Front Edge And The Head And Tail Of The Spine Is Chipped And With Small Pieces Missing. The Title Is Intact, This Volume Has A Paste Down Picture Of A Striding Lion Surrounded By A Gilt Patterned Border. Vol 2, Egypt: Minor Bumping To All Corners… Read More