From Offa's Dyke Books, LUDLOW, SALOP, United Kingdom
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8vo., pp: [1]-348+[4], with 4pp publisher's ads. at end & 4pp. at front before title, frontispiece & well illustrated with plates, complete as listed, original orange buckram, gilt with gilt mask of Tutankhamen to front cover, in cellophane wrap, v. sl. wear otherwise very good indeed. An account of the treasure-hunt for the buried art, wisdom & history of the ancient east, from the Nile to Babylon, the adventures, disappointments & triumphs of the hunters & the knowledge thus acquired of the ancient world. Baikie was one of the best authors in the field of popular books on Egyptology, due to his association with many of the leading figures of his day, like Petrie . stress all through has been laid upon the excavator s methods, constantly developing and improving in refinement, his adventures, his triumphs and his disappointments (preface). Seller Inventory # 377
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Glamour of Near East Excavation.
Publisher: London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. 1927.
Binding: Hardcover
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