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THE TOMB OF TUT - ANKH - AMEN
DISCOVERED BY THE LATE EARL OF CARNARVON & HOWARD CARTER
BY
HOWARD CARTER & A. C. MACE
VOLUMES ONE & TWO OF A THREE VOLUME SET
PUBLISHED BY CASSELL & COMPANY, LONDON 1927
VOLUME ONE IS A THIRD IMPRESSION FROM 1927 & VOLUME TWO IS THE FIRST EDITION FROM 1927, HARDBACK BOOKS BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED CLOTH BINDINGS, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH NUMEROUS FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, ORIGINAL DECORATED ENDPAPERS,
EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 10 x 7 INCHES
LIGHT WEAR AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINES WITH SOME VERY LIGHT MARKS TO CLOTH BOARDS, CORNERS BUMPED, SAME OWNERS NAME TO HALF TITLES,
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BOOKS HAVE SOME ISSUES INTERNALLY WITH FOXING FROM LIGHT TO MODERATE ON A NUMBER OF PAGES BEING SLIGHTLY WORSE TO VOLUME 2, SOME HEAVY FOXING TO ALL ENDPAPERS, HALF TITLES & THE OCCASIONAL PAGE, INNER FRONT & REAR HINGES TO VOLUME 2 CRACKED AND APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN GLUED AT SOME TIME BUT HOLDING VERY FIRM
EXTERNALLY THE SET IS IN LOVELY CONDITION WITH CLOTH & GILT CLEAN & BRIGHT & ALL BOARDS WELL ATTACHED, INTERNALLY THE BOOKS ARE IN FAIR - GOOD CONDITION
TWO GREAT VOLUMES ON ARCHAEOLOGY & IN THE ORIGINAL BINDINGS
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