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EGYPTOLOGY CARTER (HOWARD) AND ARTHUR CRUTTENDEN MACE. The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY LADY EVELYN BEAUCHAMP, 1923-1933
11 March 2020, 13:00 GMT
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EGYPTOLOGY
CARTER (HOWARD) AND ARTHUR CRUTTENDEN MACE. The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen. Discovered by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY LADY EVELYN BEAUCHAMP 'To my Vi, in memory of the wonderful days we "all" had together. Eve' on the half-title of volume 1, half-titles, numerous photographic plates, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, the second and third volumes in dust-jackets (some losses, quite substantial on the third), 8vo, Cassell and Co., 1923-1933
Footnotes
FIRST EDITION. The first volume is inscribed by Lady Evelyn Beauchamp (née Herbert) as "Eve". In the company of her father, the Earl of Carnarvon, and Howard Carter, she was one of the first three people to enter the tomb of Tutankhamun in November 1922.