Author: Walter B. Emery; H. S. Smith; A. Millard
Title: Forty-Ninth Excavation Memoir: The Fortress of Buhen, the Archaeological Report
Description: London, Egypt Exploration Society, 1979 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce comprehensive large paper report on the excavation of the fortress of Buhen, first edition in dust wrapper. Forty-Ninth Excavation Memoir. The scarce first edition of this large volume containing the archaeological report of the Fortress of Buhen, ancient Egyptian settlement on the West bank of the Nile below the Second Cataract in what is now Northern State, Sudan. Containing architectural descriptions, archaeological commentary, the finds, the Buhen Horse, and more. With extensive Index. Illustrated with a frontispiece and one-hundred and eight full page plates as well as numerous figures in text. Collated, complete. Written by Walter B. Emery, H. S. Smith, and A. Millard. With contributions by D. M. Dixon, J. Clutton-Brock, R. Burleigh, ad R. M. F. Preston. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, light bumping to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper unclipped and smart with minor shelf wear, with some chipping and closed tears to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to fore edge, not affecting pages that are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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