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[004746] . Scribner's Magazine, Vol. II, July-December . ill. Engravings, Plates, Map, Drawings. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1887. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4". Blue Cloth. Bound Magazine. Good to Good- Six months bound into one volume. Lacks the advertisements and individual covers. Numerous articles by famous authors: "Camping and Hunting in the Shoshone" by W.S. Rainsford, with photographs; "Caverns and Cavern Life" by N.S. Shaler with illustrations and "The Instability of the Atmosphere" by Shaler with illustrations and diagrams by the author; "The Modern Nile" by Edward L. Wilson, with photos by the author; "Bucolic Dialect of the Plains" by Louis Swinburne; In Dickens-Land by Edwin Percy Whipple; "A Drift from Redwood Camp" by Bret Harte with 8 illustrations; "The Unpublished Letters of Thackeray" with illustrations, portraits and reproductions of letters and drawings; Law Lane by Sarah Orne Jewett with 8 llustrations; "Wagner And Scenic Art" by William F. Apthorp with illustrations from the original designs for the setting of the Bayreuth stage; "The Physical Characteristics Of The Athlete" by Dr. D.A. Sargent with illustrations of athletes in motion; "In Grand Kabylia" by Henry M. Field with illustrations ; Many more famous authors including: Rebecca Harding Davis; Henrietta Christian Wright; and Olive Risley Seward. Articles on France: Paris School of Fine Arts with illustrations, Napoleon and His Times with illustrations and French Traits. Other articles on Europe: Florence with 16 illustrations; Holland with illustrations, Denmark(Treaty with) and "The Viking ship" with drawings.Poetry including one by Robert Louis Stevenson titled "Ticonderoga" with illustrations and "In Her Garden" by Susan Coolidge. One full plate by Howard Pyle. Blue covers worn, soiled and spotted. Spine top edge frayed with tears. Bottom spine edge worn, tiny strip worn through and color bleeding-dampness? Covers intact but due to condition are Good-. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Hinge broken on blank pages before title page and beginning at back covers' endpages. Sporadic watermarks on pages, mainly on the upper margin corners of pages, occasionally down sides, but rarely in text. Otherwise text is tight and Very Good. $30.00

[004726] Brady, Thomas Allan. THE RECEPTION OF THE EGYPTIAN CULTS BY THE GREEKS (330-30 B.C.). ill. Chart, Map. Columbia MO: University of Missouri, 1935. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/2". Stiff Covers. Egypt. Very Good- The University of Missouri Studies. A Quarterly of Research. 1935. Thomas Allan Brady, Ph.D. was the Assistant Professor of History. "It is the aim of this study to discover what effect the Egyptian religious institutions exercised upon the Greeks in Egypt and in Greece." 88 pp. including Appendixs, Chart and Map. Chapters include: The First Period, 330-285: The Creation of Sarapis; The Second Period, 285-223: The Expansion of the Cult of the Egyptian Gods; The Third Period, 223-145: The Reaction of the Natives in Egypt and Spread of the Cult in Greece; and The Fourth Period, 145-30: Resort to the Native Cults in Egypt and Final Development of the Cults in Greece. Appendices on Temples, Altars, Shrines of Isis and Sarapis and Prosopographia. Chart: Statistical Analysis of Prosopographia. Map: Temples, Altars, Shrines of Isis and Sarapis. Stiff paper covers. Small tear at spine base and slight rubbing to spine paper, otherwise covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Thomas Allan Brady became Vice President of The University of Missouri. $45.00

[002657] Edwards, I. E. S.. THE TREASURES OF TUTANKHAMUN . ill. color Plates, Photographs. 1973. Egypt. Near Fine / Good. Book is Near Fine. DJ with 1" tear near top of front joint/gutter. Paper rubbed at tips of corners, otherwise Good +. $7.00

[002655] Edwards, I. E. S.. TUTANKHAMUN : HIS TOMB AND ITS TREASURES. ill. color Plates. 1976. Egypt. Near Fine / Very Good to Very Good+. gift inscription on free endpaper. remainder stamp (house/red) on bottom page edge) $15.00

[004477] Haynes, Henry W. Prof.. DISCOVERY OF PALOEOLITHIC FLINT IMPLEMENTS IN UPPER EGYPT. ill. Plates. 1881. Size:10" x 12". Disbound?. Egypt. Good Presented January 12, 1881. Four pages of text, uncut at top edge. Plus a page with Descriptions of the 7 Plates. Each plate with 5-13 separate "figures". All the objects are represented of their natural size. Name at base of each plate: ALBERTYPE FORBES CO. 3 staples at spine. Does not appear to be disbound, but no indication of publication. On "first/front" page, states: III. DISCOVERY OF PALOEOLITHIC FLINT IMPLEMENTS IN UPPER EGYPT... at bottom of page: Vol.X. First page "unstapled/torn" for 2 of the 3 staples. Front page "darkened" and some soiling. Chips/small tears to side and bottom edges of front page. Rest of text and plates are clean and in Very Good + condition. Plates are exquisite. $85.00

[000318] Ions, Veronica. EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY. ill. Colour Plates. London: Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1973. Second Impression. Size: Approx. 8" x 11". Red Cloth. Egypt. Near Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0 600 02365 6. 141 pp. including Index. 24 colour pages. Over 100 black and white illustrations. Egyptian myth is depicted in great detail in Egypt's celebrated art. A rich and illuminating study. Pictorial endpapers, full- color dust-jacket. $14.50

[004613] Kelly, R. Talbot. PEEPS AT MANY LANDS: EGYPT . ill. Author. London: A & C. Black, 1920. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 3/4". Green Cloth. Egypt. Good to Good+ 8 full page illustrations in color by author. Map. Chapters cover: Its Antiquity; The Land; Cairo; Nile; The Monuments; The People; and The Desert. 87 pp. Mildly soiled covers. Spine with dark "spot" at base-possibly residue from sticker/label? Overall covers are Good to Good+. ex.-mus. stamp and previous owner's name on verso of Frontis. page. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $10.00

[002544] MacQuitty, William. TUTANKHAMUN THE LAST JOURNEY. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, Incorporated, 1976. Book Club Edition. Near Fine to Fine / Very Good to Very Good+. ISBN: 0-517-531704. $5.00

[004476] Mason, S.C.. DATES OF EGYPT AND THE SUDAN. ill. Plates, Figures (drawings, Photographs, graph), Tables. Washington: Goverment Printing Office, 1915. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Egypt. Very Good United States Department of Agriculture. Bulletin No. 271. Professional Paper. September 28, 1915. Contents: Nile Valley Dates and Their Climatic Environments; and Descriptions of 22 Varieties of dates of Egypt and the Sudan. 40 pp. 16 Plates including a map of Egypt and the Sudan, showing the route of travel and the localities where dates were studied. 9 illustrations and 11Tables. ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Mildly sunned along edges, otherwise covers are Very Good+. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on first page of text, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Author was an Arboriculturist, Crop Physiology and Breeding Investigations. $40.00