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1908

Egypt and Its Monuments

By Robert Hichens

Illustrated by Jules Guerin

And with Photographs

First Edition ~ Rare Antique Book ~ Decorative-Cloth Publisher’s Binding ~ Signed-Binding by the Decorative Designers ~ Illustrated ~ 20 Color Plates ~ 40 Photos ~ Travel ~ Egyptian Art ~ Holy Land ~ Occult ~ Gods ~ Afterlife ~ Myths ~ Burials ~ Sarcophagi ~ Mosques ~ Monuments ~ Temples ~ Tombs ~ Art ~ Spirituality ~ Mysticism ~ Colossi ~ Book of the Dead ~ Labyrinths ~ Pharaohs ~ Kings ~ Scarabs ~ Pyramids ~ Sphinx ~ Esoterica ~ Customs ~ Rituals ~ Ancient Relics ~ Obelisks ~ Nile ~ Ruins ~ Empires ~ Villages ~ Marketplaces ~ Bazaars

Publisher:

New York: The Century Co., 1908.

Features:

First Edition (title page and copyright page dates match; no additional printings listed).

Measures 10.6 x 7.4 inches.

Original publisher’s binding: Orange cloth with embossed color and gold-gilt stamping.

Textblock top edge gilt.

20 full-page color plates including the frontispiece, each with a captioned tissue guard.

40 full-page photographs, each with a captioned tissue guard.

272 pages

Condition:

Very Good.

The covers are generally clean and bright with minor scuffs and smudges, light corner wear, and a few dents to the corners and edges. The textblock is square and solid. The hinges are stretched but not split. The pages are very clean and bright. No writing or marking.