Wm ernest walker (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. Ex libris: Front cover detached, otherwise good copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A substantial group of excavation reports, compiled chiefly by the "father of modern archaeology", W. M. Flinders Petrie, richly illustrated and central to the development of scientific Egyptology. In the publisher's original half red cloth bindings with paper-covered boards, with Prehistoric Egypt in the publisher"s original cloth binding.First editions.A series of excavation reports and artefact studies documenting key sites of ancient Egypt, including Memphis, Gizeh, Badari, and prehistoric material culture, with extensive photographic plates of finds and architectural remains.Lacking several intermediate years, including the 14th, 17th-22nd, and 24th-28th years of the series, including Memphis I,andQau and Badari II.Compromising: (1906) Hyksos and Israelite Cities by W. M. Flinders Petrie, with chapters by J. Garrow Duncan. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account Twelfth Year, 1906. Illustrated with forty plates, including one in colour and one folding plate. (1907) Gizeh and Rifeh by W. M. Flinders Petrie. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account Thirteenth Year, 1907. Illustrated with forty plates, one of which is folding. (1909) The Palace of Apries (Memphis II) by W. M. Flinders Petrie, with a chapter by J. W. Walker. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account Fifteenth Year, 1909. Illustrated with thirty-four plates. (1910) Meydum and Memphis (III) by W. M. Flinders Petrie, Ernest Mackay, and Gerald Wainwright. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account Sixteenth Year, 1910. Illustrated with forty-seven plates. (1927) Qau and Badari I by Guy Brunton, with chapters by Alan Gardiner and W. M. Flinders Petrie. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account Twenty-Ninth Year, 1923. Illustrated with forty-nine plates, six of which are folding. (1928) Qau and Badari II by Guy Brunton. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account Twenty-Ninth Year, 1923. Illustrated with fifty-four plates. (1920) Prehistoric Egypt: Illustrated by Over 1,000 Objects in University College, London by W. M. Flinders Petrie. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account Twenty-Third Year, 1917. Illustrated with forty-three plates, eight of which are brown-toned.Collated, complete. Compiled chiefly by W. M. Flinders Petrie, often called the "father of modern archaeology", these volumes reflect the systematic archaeological methods and recording practices developed under the British School of Archaeology in Egypt in the early twentieth century. In the publisher's original half red cloth bindings with paper-covered boards, with Prehistoric Egypt in the publisher"s original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Spines slightly faded. Minor discolouration to boards, heavier to perimeters. The odd minor handling mark. Offsetting and scattered spotting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Hinges strained in places, but firm. Pages bright and clean with scattered spotting to first and last few leaves and fore edges. Plates notably bright and clean. Slight age toning, more so to older copies. Very Good. None Stated (illustrator). book.…