- Seller Inventory #: 5891
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: VG+/VG+
- Edition: Revised Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 050002104X
- ISBN 13: 9780500021040
- Publisher: Thames and Hudson
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1984
- Keywords: 050002104X, Cyril Aldred, Egypt, Egyptians, Ancient Egypt, History, World History, Ancient People
New York: Thames and Hudson. VG+/VG+. 1984. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 41, 43, 49, 54, 61. 050002104X . This revised & enlarged edition is bound in purple cloth with gilt printing on the spine and an image on front. It is a very pretty book; clean, straight & tight with slight wear to lower spine edge and corners & one slightly bumped upper corner. The price intact dust jacket is clean, bright & crisp; just a touch of edgewear and a couple of scratches in the laminate on the back panel. It is illustrated on the front panel with a photograph of a gilted and painted wooden statue of King Tutankhamun as the god Horus venquishing the forces of evil, from his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, c. 1330 BC. The photograph is by Roger Wood. The book itself has 148 illustrations, 8 in color and provides an up-to-date guide to the world of the ancient Egyptians. ; B&W Illustrations; 9-1/2" x 6-1/2" inches; 216 pages .