Collectible - Good First Edition

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1930. 1st edition. The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications, 8. Medinet Habu -- Volume I. Elephant folio tan boards with brown spine. Gilt spine lettering and color plate to the front board. xviii + 10pp. 54 plates and 2 text figures. The personal copy of contributing epigrapher William Franklin Edgerton with his name neatly printed to the front pastedown. Good book. There is shelfwear to the edges and corners resulting in light bumping and some fraying. The spine and boards show minor rubbing and dust soiling, though the front board has some additional water staining to the lower front. The interior is fairly clean and bright for the book's age with the exception of the endpapers which are a bit dust soiled and toned with a few small, closed tears. A wonderful volume depicting reliefs and inscriptions exclusively drawn from the Temple of Ramses III. (epigraphs, epigraphy, Ramses III, pharaohs, ancient Egypt, Egyptology) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.