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Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Including their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, and Early History; Derived from a Comparison of the Painting, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existing, with the Accounts of Ancient Authors. (3 Volume Set)
by Wilkinson, J. G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: John Muray, 1837. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Octavos. xxxii, 406; xxxiv, 446; xxiv, 404 pages. Hardcovers bound in early dark olive green or brown full leather with raised bands on the spines. Compartments on the spines tooled in gilt. Boards have gilt rules. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. The bindings are rubbed and bumped but are sound and fairly attractive. The front board of Volume II has some scuffing along the fore edge. The text is a little toned but is generally quite clean. Illustrated throughout. An attractive full leather set.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051313
- Title
- Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Including their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, and Early History; Derived from a Comparison of the Painting, Sculptures, and Monuments Still Existing, with the Accounts of Ancient Authors. (3 Volume Set)
- Author
- Wilkinson, J. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- John Muray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1837
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1837; J. G. Wilkinson; Monuments; Egyptians; Egypt; Antiquarian; Rare; Leather Bindings; Multi-Volume Set; 19th Century; Ancient History; Illustrated; Lithographs; Plates; Africa; Nile.
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings; Africa;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- First Edition
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Jacket
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Edges
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