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CARTER, Howard, & A. C. Mace.
The Tomb of Tut·Ankh·Amen
discovered by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter …
First editions, first impressions in original cloth of a set only rarely found complete thus. A key text of Egyptology, Carter's account of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen, is the primary source for what is surely, alongside Schliemann's discovery of Troy, the most famous archaeological excavation of all time: the first and to date the finest royal tomb found virtually intact in the history of Egyptology.
3 volumes octavo. Original sand cloth, titles gilt to spine and upper board, gilt scarab on black on-lay to the upper boards, green patterned endpapers. Profusely illustrated from photographs by Harry Burton, photographer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cloth slightly rubbed, heads and tails of the spines crumpled, light toning and fore-edge foxing to the text, but overall a very good set.
