Gifts from the Pharaohs: How Egyptian Civilization Shaped the Modern World
288pp, numerous black and white and colour photographs and illustrations. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine. 4to. . Very light scratch and <1cm ripple in cloth on front board; spine heel lightly bumped, slightly cupped. Some very small light stains on front endpapers. Otherwise, internally very neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine ends very lightly worn; cover edges lightly worn; interior very lightly stained. Translated from the original French by Jonathan Sly