Collectible - Acceptable First Edition

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1932. 1st edition. The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications, 9. Medinet Habu -- Volume II. Elephant folio tan boards with brown spine. Gilt spine lettering and color plate to the front board. xpp. 76 plates and 6 text figures. The personal copy of contributing epigrapher William Franklin Edgerton with his name neatly printed to the front pastedown. Fair book. Lightly edgeworn with minor fraying to the lower corners. The spine and boards show minor rubbing and dust soiling. The front hinge is cracked at the title page, and Plate 55 is detached and laid in. The interior is fairly clean and bright for the book's age with the exception of a few more heavily toned plates. A rare 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.