[Rarebooks] Offering: Egyptology and some others.

[Michael John Thompson]

AMELINEAU, E. Prolégomènes à L'Etude de la Religion Egyptienne;  Deuxieme 
Partie.
Paris: Ernest LeRoux. 1916. First edition. Octavo, contemporary marbled 
boards with leather spine, gilt titles, marbled endpapers. Volume II only, 
although self contained and integrel unto itself, Vol I was published in 
1908. Issued as Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Etudes. Sciences 
Religieuses. Volume 30. 432 pp., text illustrations. Slight wear to edges 
of binding, small tear to leather at spine head, a very good copy. $100.00

BUDGE, Sir E.A. Wallis, Kt. THE MUMMY. A Handbook of Egyptian Funerary 
Archaeology. Cambridge: At The University Press. 1925. Second edition, 
revised and greatly enlarged. Heavy octavo, original maroon cloth titled in 
gilt on spine, Egyptian device in blind on front panel. 513 pp. Index, 
Plates, Folding frontispiece of The Rosetta Stone. Slight rubbing to spine 
head, overall a very good copy in slightly worn and rubbed dust wrapper. 
 From the library of Charles Muses, with his handwritten notes on the rear 
endpapers and a few marks to the text, with his ownership stamp to the 
front free endpaper.  The better edition. $225.00

BUDGE, Sir Ernest A. Wallis. EGYPTIAN TALES AND ROMANCES. Pagan, Christian 
and Muslim.           London: Thornton Butterworth. 1931. First edition. 
Octavo, neatly rebound in contemporary full blue cloth, gilt titles to 
spine. A Boots Library binding, but neatly done. 422 pp., Index, 
Frontispiece plus 15 additional full-page plates. Inner hinges neatly 
repaired, rental stub on rear endpaper, boots sticker neatly removed from 
front panel, but overall a very good clean copy. Two previous owners 
signatures on front endpapers, plus an old booksellers ticket from The 
Aquarian Book Service in London. A very uncommon book. $60.00

CERNY, Jaroslav and GARDINER, Alan H.    HIERATIC OSTRACA. Volume I. 
Oxford: Printed for the Griffith Institute At the University Press by 
Charles Batey. 1957. First edition. Volume One (only volume published). 
Elephant Folio, 20 x 15 inches, original green cloth titled in gilt. 115 
plates. Excellent reproductions, mostly full-size, of specimens of of 
Theban origin, written in the hieratic, dating between the 18th and 20th 
Dynasties (roughly 1500 to 1100 BC). A few small notes in pencil, a fine 
copy. $375.00

ERMAN, Adolf. THE LITERATURE OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. Poems, Narratives, 
and Manuals of Instruction, from the Third and Second Millenia B.C. 
Translated into English by Aylward M. Blackman. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 
1927.
First edition. Octavo, neatly rebound in contemporary full red cloth, gilt 
titles to spine. A Boots Library binding, but neatly done. 318 pp., Notes. 
A Scholarly History of Egyptian Literature, translated from the German. 
Inner hinges neatly strengthened, rental stub on rear endpaper, Boots 
sticker neatly removed from front panel; overall a very good clean copy. 
Handsome and attractive contemporary Egyptian style bookplate on inner 
front cover "Ex Libris A.H. Aszkanazy".  Overall, a very good copy. $50.00

MASPERO, Sir G[ustave]. MANUAL OF EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY And Guide to the 
Study of Antiquities in Egypt. For the Use of Students and Travellers. 
Translated and Enlarged by Agnes S. Johns. With Three Hundred and Forty-Two 
Illustrations. London: H. Grevel and Co. / New York: G.P. Putnam,'s Sons. 
1914. Sixth English Edition. Small octavo, original red clothdecorated in 
blind and titled in gilt. 385 pp + 4 pp ads at rear, Illustrated, Index. 
mark to front free endpaper, slight spine tanning, slightly bumped: a very 
good copy. $40.00

RACHEWILTZ, Boris de. THE ROCK TOMB OF IRW-K3-PTH. With a Frontispiece, 
XXVIII Plates (50 Photographs), 6 Figures in the Text and Hieroglyphic 
Translations. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 1960. First edition. Quarto, original 
black cloth gilt titles. 29 pp. + 28 pp plates, text illustrations. 
Archeological study of an Egyptian Old Kingdom Tomb. A fine copy. $125.00

REYMOND, A.E.E.    THE MYTHICAL ORIGIN OF THE EGYPTIAN TEMPLE.
Manchester: University Press / NY: Barnes & Noble, Inc. 1969. First 
edition. Octavo, original brown cloth, gilt titles on spine. 355 pp., 
Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. From the library of mystical 
philosopher Charles Muses, heavily marked and annotated by him throughout. 
Very good copy in like dust wrapper. $50.00

SPIEGELBERG, Wilhelm. [Maspero, Gaston; Petrie, W.M. Flinders] DIE NOVELLE 
IM ALTEN AEGYPTEN. Ein Litterar-Historischer Essay. [THE NOVEL IN ANCIENT 
EGYPT]. Strassburg: Karl J. Trubner. 1898. First edition. Small octavo, 
original printed wrappers. 53 pp. + 2 pp ads. Study of ancient Egyptian 
Literature. "The entire material due here was collected and translated by 
Maspero and Flinders Petrie." From the foreword. The text is entirely in 
German. Light browning to wrappers, one small ownership stamp; a very good, 
crisp copy. Very uncommon. $50.00

WILKINSON, Sir J. Gardiner, F.R.S. A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE ANCIENT 
EGYPTIANS. Revised and Abridged from his Larger Work. In Two Volumes. New 
Edition, Illustrated with Five Hundred Woodcuts. London: John Murray. 1890. 
Reprint. Two volumes, octavo, original black cloth ruled and decorated in 
blind, gilt titles on spines. 419 + 438 pp., Index Frontispieces (vol II is 
a folding frontispiece). Fully illustrated with small woodcuts within the 
text. The standard popular edition of Wilkinson's epic work MANNERS AND 
CUSTOMS OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. Inner hinges neatly repaired, corners a 
touch bumped, slight wear at spine ends and edges; a very good set. $85.00

CUMONT, Franz. JUPITER HELIOPOLITAIN ET LES DIVINITES DES PLANETES. (Tirage 
a part de la Revue Syria, 1921, pp 40-46).Paris: Librairie Paul Geunthner. 
1921.First edition. Quarto, original printed wrappers. 8 pp. Torn along the 
spine hinge; some browning, good. From the library of mystical philosopher 
Charles Muses, with his ownership stamp and a few pencil notes in his hand. 
$30.00

JANNEAU, Ch.-Guill. [Ch Guillaume].UNE DYNASTIE CHALDEENNE. Les Rois D'ur. 
Paris: Librairie Paul Geunthner. 1911.   First edition. Quarto, original 
printed wrappers. 61 pp.,  frontispiece, text illustrations. From the 
library of mystical philosopher Charles Muses, with his name stamp and a 
few pencil notes in hius hand throughout. Light tanning to wrappers; a very 
good copy. $50.00

LANGDON, Stephen. TABLETS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF DREHEM With A Complete 
Account of the Origin of the Summerian Calendar, Translation, Commentary 
and 23 Plates.         Paris: Librairie Paul Geunthner. 1911. First 
edition. Quarto, original blue printed wrappers. 25 pp. + 23 Plates. The 
author was Shillito Reader of Assyriology and Comparative Semitic 
Philology, Oxford. Lightly tanned at edges, small tear at base of spine; a 
very good, clean copy. Very, very uncommon. $200.00

WEIR, John, D.A. THE VENUS TABLETS OF AMMIZADUGA.
Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut in het Nabige 
Oosten. 1972. First edition. Large square octavo, original tan printed 
wrappers. 80 pp. "The Venus tablets of Ammizaduga are the most striking 
documents of early Babylonian astronomy". Near fine copy.            $75.00

PLATONIS [PLATO]. STALLBAUMIUS, Godofredus [editor].OPERA OMNIA. Uno 
Volumine Comprehensa Ad Fidem Optimorum Librorum Denuo Recognovit et una 
cum Scholiis Graecis. Emendatius Editit Godofredus Stallbaumius. Lipsiae: 
Sumptibus Succ. Ottonis Holtze. 1899. Large Quarto. Bound in 20th Century 
plain cloth & boards, original wrappers mounted on covers. 725 pp., Text 
entirely in Greek, Introduction in Latin. The complete works in one volume. 
Some browning to paper, very good overall. Nice copy. $125.00

Terms: as usual


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