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Beautifully bound in leather with gold leaf on cover and spine. These two volumes were reprinted from the original nearly-lost books due to degradation. These reference books examine the holdings of the British Museum before Britain colonized Egypt in 1882.
Fascinating! A stunning and…
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- Item Number: R-1195 & R-1196
- Provenance/Origin: 2019 Reprints of 1840s originals
- Composition: Paper and leather
- Dimensions: 9" x 6" wide x ~1.5" thick
- Weight: 3.5 pounds for both
- Price: $ 105.00 USD (both volumes)
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If you are interested in thumbing through world-class quality products with superb innovative design, then here are over a 1000 pages that you will just love.
Maitland-Smith – founded by a well-known London antique dealer and designer – acquired and reproduced world class and quality products. …
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- Item Number: R-5191
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11" format. Hardcover
- Weight: 10+ pounds
- Price: $ 145.00 USD
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I’ve spent almost a year now researching him, his family, his enemies (who turned allies), his horse, his motivations, his mental state, his death, his art, his monuments and homes… and a lot more.
He was complex, intriguing, fascinating . . . with…
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- Item Number: R-3029
- Provenance/Origin: Museum Book. Greece
- Dimensions: 8 x 9.5"
- Price: $ 26.00 USD
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Alexander the Great: I’ve spent almost a year now researching him, his family, his enemies (who turned allies), his horse, his motivations, his mental state, his death, his art, his monuments and homes… and a lot more.
Complex, intriguing, fascinating . . . with many “no…
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- Item Number: R-9848
- Provenance/Origin: Harper & Brothers, 1843
- Composition: Paper
- Dimensions: 4" x 6.25" x 1"
- Weight: 0.5 pound
- Price: $ 48.00 USD
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The title pretty much sums up the content. But for you Bibliophiles and Antiquarians out there who love to collect, read and admire rare and old books, this is the book for you. In the future when you visit any tomb, whether in Britain, Egypt, China . .…
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- Item Number: R-9246
- Provenance/Origin: Printed in 1864. First Edition. Hardbound.
- Dimensions: 5" x 7.5" format
- Weight: 1.5 pounds
- Price: $ 47.50
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The idea of a temple as a holy precinct, the meeting place of heaven and earth, is central to many of the world’s religions. Offering a wide-ranging study of sites of worship, from tomb-temples of ancient Egypt to the temple of Hephaistos in Athens, the Kaabah in Mecca…
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- Item Number: R-1459
- Provenance/Origin: Paperback, 128 pages, 2012, new
- Dimensions: 8.25" x 6" format
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 16.00 USD
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Indonesian tribal art is among the most intriguing and varied in the world. There are as many styles and expressions as there are ethnic and cultural groups. Each of these groups produces unique objects of great interest and beauty that are used in rituals and ceremonies …. …
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- Item Number: R-4712
- Provenance/Origin: Alliance Francaise de Singapour. 92 pages with color photos
- Dimensions: 15.25" tall x 10.25" wide
- Price: $ 145.00 USD
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The ancient Egyptians believed that the statutory agricultural labor imposed on them in order to use the Nile floods would continue to be imposed after death and into the afterlife. The shabtis / ushabti – small inscribed figures of adult male/female forms – were formed and made of…
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- Item Number: R-3010
- Provenance/Origin: Paperback. 2008. Shire Egyptology
- Dimensions: 6" x 8.25"
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 147.00 USD
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Incidents of Travel in Central America is a travel work by John Lloyd Stephens, documenting his time travelling through Central America from the early to mid-1800s…. noting the native life and customs. He was an American explorer / writer (trained as a lawyer) who was very important…
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- Item Number: R-7301
- Provenance/Origin: Harper & Brothers. 1855 Printing
- Dimensions: 6" x 9" x 3.5" thickness of both volumes
- Weight: 4 pounds
- Price: $ 177.00 USD
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This very hard to find book explores the terracotta art of the Majapahit Kingdom (1293 – 1527 AD) with a range of cultural and political influence that included Indonesia, Malaysia and foreign entities such as Malayu, Thailand, Champa and Kampuchea.
Chapters include: Majapahit – A Historical Survey;…
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- Item Number: R-6016
- Provenance/Origin: Ceramic Society of Indonesia. Jakarta. 1997
- Dimensions: 9 x 10"
- Price: $ 67.00 USD
