2007, ISBN: 9780297645887

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Baltimore, Halgo, 1992.. Crown quarto. Pp. 108. Plates with figures. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White… Mehr…

Baltimore, Halgo, 1992.. Crown quarto. Pp. 108. Plates with figures. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer and Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society, with his ownership signature to title-page and with his pencil annotations throughout., Baltimore, Halgo, 1992., 0, Ithaca & London, Cornell University Press, 2001.. Royal octavo. Pp. xi, 275. Map. Original stiff wrappers. In fine condition. ~ First English edition. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer of the Egypt Exploration Society, with his ownership signature to title-page., Ithaca & London, Cornell University Press, 2001., 0, Lot of 4 books. Octavo. All are softcover. Some are illustrated. Various paginations, various publishers. In fine condition. ~ Lot of 4 books on the subject of Egyptology. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer and Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society, one with his neat signature to first blank. [PLEASE NOTE:] The 2 volumes of Brugsch's "Dictionnaire" which appear in the photo are NOT included in this lot!, 0, New York, Thames & Hudson, 2001.. Crown quarto. Pp. 184. Frontispiece. With 97 illustrations. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher's brown full cloth, with very good dust-jacket that has discreet repair for tear. Book is in fine, crisp condition. ~ First edition. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer of the Egypt Exploration Society, with his ownership signature to first free endpaper., New York, Thames & Hudson, 2001., 0, Rochester, Inner Traditions, 2005.. Royal octavo. Pp. 466. Text figures. Original stiff wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. From the private collection of Stewart Dale White, former Treasurer of the Egypt Exploration Society, with his ownership signature to first blank and his sporadic annotations in pencil., Rochester, Inner Traditions, 2005., 0, David & Charles. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0715370006 . DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Explains how Greece was despoiled of much of her treasures in the early nineteenth century-- treasures that are now priceless exhibits in the great museums of the world. ; 210 pages ., David & Charles, 1975, 4, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj,Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges with a small closed tear to upper wrap's bottom,right-hand corner. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,publisher's original,plain red cloth boards with crisp,bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate,fragmented papyrus illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,x-xxviiipp+1-258pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,timeline,a glossary,author preface,a prologue,12 chapters,an epilogue,24pp contemporary b/w+colour photographs /illus in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp66/7,pp130/1 and pp194/5 respectively,a bibliography,notes and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table,Roman emperors+Egyptian months and years lists,note on sources and a b/w map. In 1897 two Oxford archaeologists began digging a series of low sand-covered mounds a hundred miles south of Cairo,on a side branch of the Nile.They turned out to be the rubbish-dumps of an administrative centre and thriving city at the time of the Roman Empire - Oxrhynchos ('City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish') - inhabited by descendants of the Greek immigrants who had colonized Egypt after Alexander the Great's conquest in 332BC.When Grenfall and Hunt had finally finished,ten years later - battling against sandstorms,theft and the sheer size of their discovery - they had uncovered,amidst the rubbish,500,000 fragments of papyrus.The papyri were shipped back to Oxford and the task of deciphering these fragments began.It is still going on today.These papyri are a unique treasure-trove of original books and documents,in which lost masterpieces of Greek literature not seen by human eyes since the fall of Rome, and fragments of censored Christian Gospels,rub shoulders with tax returns,petitions,private letters, sales documents,loans,leases,wills and shopping-lists.What the excavators had found was the entire life and culture of a flourishing market-town,encapsulated in its waste paper.We hear the voices of beekeepers and boat-makers,dyers and donkey-drivers,weavers and wine-merchants,set against the great events of their age - the climax and crisis of the Roman Empire and the coming of Christianity. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2007., 4.5<

2007, ISBN: 9780297645887

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj,Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to e… Mehr…

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj,Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges with a small closed tear to upper wrap's bottom,right-hand corner. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,publisher's original,plain red cloth boards with crisp,bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate,fragmented papyrus illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,x-xxviiipp+1-258pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,timeline,a glossary,author preface,a prologue,12 chapters,an epilogue,24pp contemporary b/w+colour photographs /illus in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp66/7,pp130/1 and pp194/5 respectively,a bibliography,notes and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table,Roman emperors+Egyptian months and years lists,note on sources and a b/w map. In 1897 two Oxford archaeologists began digging a series of low sand-covered mounds a hundred miles south of Cairo,on a side branch of the Nile.They turned out to be the rubbish-dumps of an administrative centre and thriving city at the time of the Roman Empire - Oxrhynchos ('City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish') - inhabited by descendants of the Greek immigrants who had colonized Egypt after Alexander the Great's conquest in 332BC.When Grenfall and Hunt had finally finished,ten years later - battling against sandstorms,theft and the sheer size of their discovery - they had uncovered,amidst the rubbish,500,000 fragments of papyrus.The papyri were shipped back to Oxford and the task of deciphering these fragments began.It is still going on today.These papyri are a unique treasure-trove of original books and documents,in which lost masterpieces of Greek literature not seen by human eyes since the fall of Rome, and fragments of censored Christian Gospels,rub shoulders with tax returns,petitions,private letters, sales documents,loans,leases,wills and shopping-lists.What the excavators had found was the entire life and culture of a flourishing market-town,encapsulated in its waste paper.We hear the voices of beekeepers and boat-makers,dyers and donkey-drivers,weavers and wine-merchants,set against the great events of their age - the climax and crisis of the Roman Empire and the coming of Christianity. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2007., 4.5<

2007, ISBN: 0297645889

[EAN: 9780297645887], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.01], [PU: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, London], PETER PARSONS CITY OF THE SHARP NOSED FISH GREEK LIVES IN ROMAN EGYPT, … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780297645887], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.01], [PU: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, London], PETER PARSONS CITY OF THE SHARP NOSED FISH GREEK LIVES IN ROMAN EGYPT, In 1897 two Oxford archaeologists began digging a low sand-covered mound a hundred miles south of Cairo. When they had finally finished, ten years later, they had uncovered 500,000 fragments of papyri. Shipped back to Oxford, the meticulous and scholarly work of deciphering these fragments began. It is still going on today. As well as Christian writings from totally unknown gospels and Greek poems not seen by human eyes since the fall of Rome, there are tax returns, petitions, private letters, sales documents, leases, wills and shopping lists. What they found was the entire life of a flourishing market-town - Oxyrhynchos ( the city of the sharp-nosed fish' ), on a side branch of the Nile - encapsulated in its waste paper. The total lack of rain in this part of Egypt had preserved the papyrus beneath the sand, as nowhere else in the Roman Empire. We hear the voices of barbers, bee-keepers and boat-makers, dyers and donkey-drivers, plasterers and poets, weavers and wine-merchants, set against the great events of late antiquity: the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and the coming of Christianity, as well as the all-important annual flooding of the Nile. The result is an extraordinary and unique picture of everyday life in the Nile Valley between Alexander the Great in 300 BC and the Arab conquest a thousand years later. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

2007, ISBN: 0297645889

[EAN: 9780297645887], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.02], [PU: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, London], PETER PARSONS CITY OF THE SHARP NOSED FISH GREEK LIVES IN ROMAN EGYPT, … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780297645887], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.02], [PU: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, London], PETER PARSONS CITY OF THE SHARP NOSED FISH GREEK LIVES IN ROMAN EGYPT, In 1897 two Oxford archaeologists began digging a low sand-covered mound a hundred miles south of Cairo. When they had finally finished, ten years later, they had uncovered 500,000 fragments of papyri. Shipped back to Oxford, the meticulous and scholarly work of deciphering these fragments began. It is still going on today. As well as Christian writings from totally unknown gospels and Greek poems not seen by human eyes since the fall of Rome, there are tax returns, petitions, private letters, sales documents, leases, wills and shopping lists. What they found was the entire life of a flourishing market-town - Oxyrhynchos ( the city of the sharp-nosed fish' ), on a side branch of the Nile - encapsulated in its waste paper. The total lack of rain in this part of Egypt had preserved the papyrus beneath the sand, as nowhere else in the Roman Empire. We hear the voices of barbers, bee-keepers and boat-makers, dyers and donkey-drivers, plasterers and poets, weavers and wine-merchants, set against the great events of late antiquity: the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and the coming of Christianity, as well as the all-important annual flooding of the Nile. The result is an extraordinary and unique picture of everyday life in the Nile Valley between Alexander the Great in 300 BC and the Arab conquest a thousand years later. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

2007, ISBN: 9780297645887

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Tarcher, 1983 Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. book is tight with no markings, wraps have some light rubbing along with some creasing … Mehr…

Tarcher, 1983 Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. book is tight with no markings, wraps have some light rubbing along with some creasing and small tear on upper spine., Tarcher, 1983, 3, London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2007. xxviii, + 258pp., plus 3 x 8 page, colour and b/white illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain red boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. From the rear panel: "When Grenfell and Hunt began digging near the Nile in 1807 they made what has turned out to be one of the great archaeological discoveries which is still today enriching what we know about the ancient world . . . The total lack of rain in Middle Egypt preserved the papyri beneath the sand, as nowhere else in the Roman Empire. The result is a unique picture of everyday life in the Nile Valley as it was lived by its Greek-speaking settlers between Alexander the Great and the Arab Conquest a thousand years later." Book weight approx. 645g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +., Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2007, 3<