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A Treasure Trove of Discoveries

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A Cabinet of Wonders for the Discerning Collector.
Art, History, Science & the Gloriously Specific.
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Lot 203

BUDGE, E. A. Wallis, and KING, L. W. 29 Volumes, various works.

Estimate: $150 - $250
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$70

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BUDGE, E. A. Wallis (1857-1934) and KING, L. W. (1869-1919). 29 Volumes, various works, including The Mummy, The Book of the Dead...
Publishers: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Company, London. 1893, 1904-1909.

29 Volumes. 8vo. Cloth bound. Some with deckled edges. The Nile has marbled edges, and Tutankamen has half bound cloth with marbled boards.

Includes the following volume sets and titles:
A History of Egypt (8 vols.); The Egyptian Heaven and Hell (3 vols.); Egypt in the Neolithic and Archaic Periods; The Mummy; Tutankhamen; The Teaching of Amen-Em-Apt; The Nile, Notes for Travelers in Egypt; Egyptian Language (two copies); The Book of the Dead; The Decrees of Memphis and Canopus (3 vols.); The book of opening the mouth (2 vols.); The liturgy of funerary offerings; Legends of the gods; Egyptian religion; Babylonian religion (by KING); Egyptian magic.

Each volume is approximately 230 pp, with illustrations (some folding plates, some chromolithographs).

Each volume is H: 8 3/4 x W: 6 x D: 1 3/8 in. Poor. Bumping, scuffing, and rubbing of most volumes. Heads and tails of many are bumped. Corners bumped. Slight foxing and browning throughout. Sun fading on many spines. Scuffs and rubs on front and back boards. Warping pages from water and humidity damage.

Bookplate: "Anglo-French Library, Cairo," "John A. Davidson," and "Angus Robertson."

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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum, CWRU.