Search Results: Egyptology from Leaf and Stone Books

Oxford: The Griffith Institute at the University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1958. 1st Thus. Hardcover. xi + 41 pp + 60 plates. Frontis plate showing Papyrus 10569 Cols 14-16. Original dark oxblood cloth covers with black are clean, just a hint of wear at spine tips and board corners, back board very slightly bowed out. Interior front and last blank have some foxing, otherwise clean and fresh. First published as an article, this is the first appearance in stand-alone book form. An explanatory introduction , an English translation of the papyrus, a commentary, indexes and then a transcription of the papyrus, an errata slip tipped in. A lovely copy with the small fault of the bowing of the back board, priced accordingly. ; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

Oxford: Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1968. Second Edition. Hardcover. [vi], [16], 33, [v] pp, 2 blanks. The 1968 reprint of the 1952 original. Frontis figure of the ostracon, unnumbered pages with sections of the ostracon with printed hieroglyphs below with number keys, then 33 numbered pages of commentary. Original brown kraft paper dust jacket is a bit tattered, hand-written title at spine. Book itself is bound in dark green cloth, with a small bit of sunning to upper edges, slight rubbing to corners and spine tips. Pencil erasure to first blank, title page has signature and two stamps of noted linguist, sci-fi novelist and gaming creator M.A.R. Barker, last two blanks have bottom corners roughly torn off, otherwise a nice copy. Over-sized, may require additional shipping depending on your location. ; Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall .

Chicago: Ares Pub. Good with no dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. 0890050988 . 45 pp. Goldenrod yellow paper card covers with two staples at the spine. Bit of corner curl, interior is clean and unmarked, paper a little toned with some edge curl. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 45 pages .

Leiden: E. J. Brill. Fair with no dust jacket. 1865. First Edition. Paperback. 40 pp + 3 folding plates at the rear. With bookplate of MSHG Heerma Van Voss and some slips of paper with what appear to be his comparisons of hieratic to hieroglyphic. Original grey paper card wraps are worn around the edges with some chipping and curling, spine cover repaired with old brown paper. Interior paper is toned with some foxing throughout, corners curled and bent, some chipping at the edges. The repair to the spine has left a section of the gray card on the inside front cover. Folding plates have some splitting at the folds but generally fairly sound. A good-/fair+ copy with nice provenance. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 40 pages .

Brussells: Fondation Egyptologique Reine Elisabeth. Good. 1928. Paperback. 45 pages. In French. Folio, original grey paper covers are worn at all edges, bit browned, curled, spine cover worn. Interior has bookplate of Dutch Egyptologist M. S. H. G. Heerma Van Voss. Interior pages are clean, end papers have some foxing, bottom edges are roughly cut which looks as though it were in the bindery. En Deux Dimensions 18 Points et 12 Points, avec Grandeurs Intermediaires. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 45 pages .

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0801412234 . 296 pp. Chronology, bibliography, glossary, index. Illustrated with b/w plates and figs.. Frontis plate. Bright red cloth covers have just a hint of shelf wear. Interior has old museum shop small bookplate, otherwise crisp and new. Very nice copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages .

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2010. Softcover. 1108013996 . Xxiv, 384 pp. Indexes, Geographical names. Octavo. Softcovers with ancient coptic text, red title square. Bottom front cover has small curl, paper a bit toned but otherwise clean and sturdy. Very nice copy. Coptic with English. ; Cambridge Literary Collection; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages .

Francofurti AD Viadrum: Joannis Christiani Kleyb. Good with no dust jacket. 1753. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 blanks, [22], 122 pp 2 blanks. Small quarto, 9" x 7.5". Engraved printers mark on title page, 2 full page brass engraved plates of the Memnon Amenhotep III statue at Thebes by Bernigeroth. Various head and tails pieces. In possibly original binding, 3/4 leather. Brown leather spine covers with raised bands, gilt spine label, bit rubbed, leather corners rubbed away, marbled hard paper boards are a bit rubbed. Interior bookplate of Dean Thomas Gaisford (1779-1855) the famous English classical scholar. First free endpaper missing small piece at top edge. Lightly foxed and browned throughout, last two blanks never separated. OCLC 763141502. Son of a Protestant pastor, Jablonski (1693-1757) visited most of the libraries of Europe to acquire an in-depth knowledge of the Coptic language. He was a professor of philosophy, then of theology, and a Protestant minister in… Read More

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. , Ltd.. Good with no dust jacket. 1897. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Xiv, [ii], 154 pp. Two b/w plates between preparatory material and text. Limited edition of 350. Beautifully bound in 1/4 leather with dark red calf spine, 5 raised bands with gilt ruling, black spine label, gilt ruling to boards, green and dark red marbled hard covers, all in very nice condition, just a hint of wear. Fresh high quality endpapers and blanks, title page in red and black, text is clean and unmarked with a small bit of age darkening, binding tight. Marbled edges. A lovely copy, heavy for international shipping. In 1895 a box was discovered in the ruins of an ancient Coptic church in Upper Egypt that contained a book, dating from c700-900AD. This was the first known complete Sahidic psalter, the text of which shows how close the modern Coptic psalter hews to the ancient. E. A. Wallis Budge should need no introduction as the flamboyant yet hard working Egyptologist… Read More

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Second Edition. Hardcover. xii, 198pp + 6 unnumbered pages. Pictures. Book has orange-brown cloth covers with black text and pattern on the front, black and white text on the spine, black text on the back. Minor wear to head, tail and corners, crease in cloth on back cover. Ex-library with white text on spine and stamps. Minor marks on pages, some tears, otherwise text is clear. ; Books on Egypt and Chaldea; Ex-Library; Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages .

Leiden and Boston: Brill. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 9004160655 . Xxvii + 568 pages. Indices. 20 Tafeln Plates. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume 29. Dark red coated cloth with golden yellow is clean and bright. Interior has small sticker mark and eraser to first fly, otherwise very good. In German. Heavy for international shipping. ; Large 8vo; 568 pages .

Arles: Actes Sud; Solin. Good with no dust jacket. 1997. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 2742715584 . 555 pp. Tall octavo. Black smooth card covers with an Egyptian eye. Corners are a bit turned in, price sticker scar on bottom spine but otherwise clean and unmarked. This contains a facsimile of Champollion's ground-breaking Egyptian grammar published by Didot in 1836. Nicely printed, the hieroglyphs and images are clean and dark. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 555 pages .

Berlin Und Leipzig: Walter De Gruyter & Co.. Fair. 1938. Hardcover. Xv + 215 pp. Index at rear. German text. Olive green cloth boards. Book is ex-library with usual interior and exterior marks. Pocket on rear fly page. Book is in fair condition. Some wear along spine and edges. Interior is clean with no non-library marks. Front fly page has very smal tears along top. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Leiden: E. J. Brill. Fair. 1952. Hardcover. Vi + 133 pp. Bibliography and index at rear. Dutch text. Black cloth boards. Some rippling on front fly pages and rear pages. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Brown mark on pages 124-125. Some pencil throughout. ; Ex-Libris; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Roma: Bardi Editore. Very Good. 1995. Softcover. 8885699057 . 121 pp. 34 figures, most color. Index at rear. Italian text. Navy blue softcover. Book is in very good condition, very clean with no marks. Very faint wear on corners. With business card, signed by author. Loose sleeve errata page inside front cover. ; 9.29 X 6.61 X 0.47 inches .

Warsaw: University of Warsaw. Good with no dust jacket. 2014. Hardcover. 441 pp. Illustrated with colour photos from the Congress at the front, texts have some b/w images of papyrus fragments. Octavo. Sand colored hard paper covers with darker images of ancient papayri. Covers are clean and unmarked, small bump at bottom of front cover. Interior is clean and tight, virtually as new. Articles presented were in English, German, French, Italian. Sections cover Ptolemaic Egypt, Roman Egypt, Late Roman and Early Arab Egypt, Literary Papyrology and Herculanum and Juristic Papyrology. Nice copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 441 pages .

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Softcover. Two journal issues. Photographs, tables, graphs, references. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 30, no. 3 (July) & 4 (October). Books have mustard paper softcovers with black text on covers and spine, illustrations on front covers. Minor wear on covers and spines. Texts are clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1966. Softcover. Two journal issues. Photographs, tables, graphs, references. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 25, no. 3 (July) & 4 (October). Books have mustard paper softcovers with black text on covers and spine, illustrations on front covers. Minor wear on covers and spines. Texts are clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Softcover. Two journal issues. Photographs, tables, graphs, references. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 31, no. 1 (January) & 2 (April). Books have mustard paper softcovers with black text on covers and spine, illustrations on front covers. Minor wear on covers. Texts are clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Toronto: Benben for Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities. Good with no dust jacket. 1978-1979. Softcover. [x], 104 and [ii] 105-253 pp. Illustrated with plates. Bright orange covers stapled, very minor wear. Clean and bright inside. Good copies. Includes articles by Jorge Roberto Ogdon, Donald B. Redford, Betsy M. Bryan, Anthony J. Spalinger, J. L. Foster, S. M. Goodman, C. A. Hope, G. E. Kadish, and many others. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 253 pages .