London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd, 1925. Hardcover. Includes 36 color plates and 48 in text illustrations. "In these days it is unnecessary to say how bold a German publisher must be, to give so many coloured plates, at a time when with us all economic ideas are upside down. I hope this boldness will be rewarded. When we were excavating Ashur the wish became stronger, with every new find of this coloured Assyrian art, one day to convey the discoveries to posterity complete adn as unaltered as possible. Photography alone did not suffice for this; as far as possible every piece was copied in water-colours immediately after being found, and later we took the trouble to take colour photographs with Lumiere plates" (page 77). A folio bound in olive green buckram boards with gilt and leather title label to spine. Bumping to corners, wear to spine ends, wear to edges, minor soiling to boards, and rubbing to spine. Chipping to leather spine label. Bookplate to front pastedown. Evidence of removed library sticker to foot spine and evidence of removed library marking to rear free endpaper. Clean, bright interior aside from occasional light finger smudges to margins and minor browning to margins of plates. Tissue guards are present; however, some have creases and tears. 78 pages of text plus plates to rear. ART/021921. Very Good. More

London: John Murray, 1843. Hardcover. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (5 October 1797 – 29 October 1875) was an English traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist of the 19th century. He is often referred to as "the Father of British Egyptology." In this book he departs from his research and exploration of ancient Egypt to describe all of the sites that a modern visitor should visit. He includes a concise history of the country, an English and Arabic vocabulary, and an introduction to the study of hieroglyphics. Volume I includes a foldout map of Egypt and there are woodcuts throughout both books. The two volumes were handsomely rebound in full tan leather, but the condition of both have suffered a bit. Volume I has a torn author label to spine, bumping and rubbing. Volume II has a missing title label, bumping and rubbing, and tears to the sides of the spine label along the joints. With marbled page edges and endpapers. Bookplate of Haverland on both front pastedowns. Most text pages are very good with slight aging to margins. Pages 113 to 128 in Volume I have brown spots scattered across them - the only pages in the two volumes with this discoloration. Still very good condition. Octavo. Volume I: 476 pages; Volume II: 591 pages. E. Very Good. More