Scepter of Egypt: 001 by Hayes, William C

Metropolitan Museum of Art, The, 1990. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990-06. Paperback. Good.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, 1978. Later printing. Paperback. Very Good. Complete in two volumes. 1978. Later printing. Paperback, 8vo. in pictorial wraps. 496,399pp. illustrated, folding map in each volume. Very good. Light creasing, wear to spines. Internally bright and unmarked. 2vol.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1990. Fifth printing, revised. Softcover. VG. Dark purple & illus. wraps, 421 pp., BW illus., fold-out map at rear. "Devoted to Egyptian culture from its origins in the Stone Age through the succeeding periods to the collapse of the Middle Kingdom in the eighteenth century B.C. It covers ten thousand years of Egyptian prehistory and almost seventeen hundred years of recorded time; it deals with more than eighteen thousand works of art and craftsmanship. Much of the material has never been published elsewhere." (back cover).

New York: Harry Abrams, 1990. Reprinted. Softcover. Larger Octavo; pp 421; VG-/paperback; gray spine with white text; out of print; this part only; covers have slight sunning to spine; crease to front fore corner; exterior shows some rubbing due to handling; intact panels; text block has light tone to exterior edges; frontispiece; interior clean; profusely illustrated. 1334705. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 10x7x1. Original stiff card covers; in better than very good shape; no tears or chips, just mildly rubbed and edge-worn. Contents sound and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The head and tail of the spine is bumped and the edges lightly chipped and there is minor shelfwear to the back cover. The body of the book is in excellent condition, clean, solid and unmarked. xvii, 399 pages, including index. Fourth printing. "The Scepter of Egypt presents the culture of ancient Egypt as it is reflected in the large and comprehensive collection of Egyptian antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The account-written by the eminent Egyptologist and former Curator of Egyptian Art at the Museum, William C. Hayes-traces cultural development from prehistoric times through the end of the New Kingdom. The historical narrative is wholly derived from the objects in the Museum's collection, which are understood as testimonials of the life, tastes, and thought processes of the ancient Egyptians, "one of the most interesting and attractive people of the… Read More